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1944 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1943)  (1945) 72-82, 5th in National League Scored 622 runs, Allowed 655 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-81 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .676 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 64-90   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 90-63 Manager(s): Tom Edwards

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Johnny Barrett       28  152  553  100  138  20  25   7   68  22   6   95   67  .250  .357  .414   89   5.5  2(+1)e11  -11  
 OF *Wally Moses          33  143  584   81  177  27  12   5   63  31  11   38   40  .303  .344  .416   81   4.9  2(0)e8     35  
 3B  Roy Hughes           33  132  496   79  151  20   3   0   35  36   3   32   34  .304  .346  .357   68   5.0  2e27       15  
 OF  Andy Pafko           23  133  508   42  132  12   4   8   65   9   4   40   35  .260  .316  .346   56   3.8  3(-1)e7    -3  
 1B  Howie Schultz        22  146  587   53  134  23   2  12   99   7   5   29  100  .228  .267  .336   52   3.0  3e15      -77  
 C   Roy Partee           26   92  287   35   78  13   0   4   25   1   0   39   37  .272  .358  .359   37   4.6  3(+1)e9    76  
 2B  Frankie Gustine      24  119  418   50  100  24   3   0   34  12   1   31   51  .239  .293  .311   37   2.9  2e33       12  
 3B  Glen Stewart         31  120  381   28   85  13   5   0   33   0   2   31   59  .223  .278  .283   29   2.5  3e27       12  
 2B  Pete Coscarart       31   70  177   18   47   6   1   5   30   7   5   12   16  .266  .311  .395   20   3.9  3e29       37  
 C   Spud Davis           39   68   97   12   34   6   0   3   13   0   0   12   12  .351  .423  .505   20   8.3  4(0)e7    119  
 3B  Al Rubeling          31   64  162   25   35   5   2   6   20   3   0   21   17  .216  .304  .383   19   4.0  4e27       -4  
 SS  Frankie Zak          22   75  142   15   37   4   0   0   12   7   0   11   27  .261  .312  .289   14   3.6  4e39     -115  
 OF  Roberto Ortiz        29   73  167   19   32   5   0   1   10   4   0   17   35  .192  .271  .240   11   2.2  3(-1)e17 -162  
 SS  Ray Hamrick          22   32  103   11   22   7   0   0    9   2   1   13   21  .214  .308  .282    9   3.2  4e51       64  
 C   Billy Holm           31   54  140    9   16   3   0   0   13   1   1   21   21  .114  .226  .136    6   1.3  3(-1)e7   -25  
 1B  John Antonelli       28   11   36    4   11   3   0   0    6   0   0    0    6  .306  .306  .389    4   4.6  4e15      266  
 OF *Larry Rosenthal      34   13   25    4    7   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .280  .357  .480    3   4.9  3(-1)e10  278  
 C   Norm Schlueter       27   11   33    4    3   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    8  .091  .205  .152    0    .7  3(+1)e9    -1  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           565                    0

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Preacher Roe         28  13   7  .650  35  17   3   6   2   3   0  150.2  147   62   47   5   55   79  2.81   61   3.7  -10  
  P  Rip Sewell           37  12   8  .600  39  22   5  12   2   0   2  193.0  175   77   65   5   71   76  3.03   74   3.5  -75  
  P *Fritz Ostermueller   36  12  15  .444  31  29  12   2   0   0   3  220.2  256   98   72  12   71  106  2.94  112   4.5   24  
  P  Nick Strincevich     29  10  10  .500  29  29   9   0   0   0   2  204.0  221   83   73   5   44   60  3.22   90   3.9   -8  
  P  Bob Muncrief         28  10  13  .435  30  30   6   0   0   0   1  201.2  231  111   91  12   54  110  4.06  103   4.5   27  
  P  Max Butcher          33   7  11  .389  28  24   5   3   1   0   0  182.1  206   74   64   4   53   55  3.16   89   4.4  -26  
  P  Xavier Rescigno      31   3   6  .333  35   3   1  13   1   1   0   69.0  105   66   59   8   27   31  7.70   68   8.9  133  
  P  Steve Roser          26   2   3  .400  32   0   0  20   3   4   0   47.1   51   24   23   2   24   27  4.37   26   5.2  114  
  P  George Caster        36   2   7  .222  52   0   0  37  12  11   0   71.0   90   50   47   4   40   49  5.96   49   6.3   54  
  P *Cookie Cuccurullo    26   1   2  .333  30   0   0  20   4   2   0   49.1   48   10    5   0   16   15  0.91   19   3.5  -82  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      696          3

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Roy Partee 723 82 86 357 39 14 4 .966 38 25 Billy Holm 419 47 54 212 20 6 1 .975 9 7 Spud Davis 155 14 29 86 3 5 1 .947 9 2 Norm Schlueter 92 11 11 40 3 1 1 .977 6 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Howie Schultz 1299 143 146 1313 120 15 158 .990 9.93 John Antonelli 90 11 11 86 7 0 5 1.000 9.30 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frankie Gustine 977 110 113 303 320 19 79 .970 5.74 Pete Coscarart 335 37 46 114 120 6 38 .975 6.29 Al Rubeling 74 7 12 19 21 0 8 1.000 4.89 Glen Stewart 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Glen Stewart 673 77 83 99 187 11 18 .963 3.82 Roy Hughes 466 51 58 77 99 7 16 .962 3.40 Al Rubeling 236 26 29 34 67 4 5 .962 3.85 Frankie Gustine 14 0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.21 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Hughes 593 65 68 137 196 24 48 .933 5.06 Glen Stewart 300 35 36 61 110 4 20 .977 5.13 Ray Hamrick 271 32 32 66 89 11 24 .934 5.15 Frankie Zak 222 22 35 34 68 6 14 .944 4.14 Frankie Gustine 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 Pete Coscarart 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Barrett 1222 135 136 311 9 8 0 .976 2.36 Roberto Ortiz 91 10 10 26 4 3 1 .909 2.98 Andy Pafko 77 9 9 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Andy Pafko 1085 119 121 246 18 8 3 .971 2.19 Wally Moses 183 21 21 44 5 0 0 1.000 2.41 Johnny Barrett 77 9 9 20 3 0 0 1.000 2.70 Larry Rosenthal 42 5 5 15 2 0 1 1.000 3.64 Roberto Ortiz 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Pete Coscarart 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Moses 1047 116 119 270 11 5 2 .983 2.41 Roberto Ortiz 236 27 28 58 1 1 0 .983 2.25 Al Rubeling 55 6 7 16 0 1 0 .941 2.63 Pete Coscarart 50 5 10 17 0 1 0 .944 3.08 Johnny Barrett 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1944 Draft

Round 1 (#12):	George Caster
Round 2 (#26):	Andy Pafko
Round 3 (#37):	Billy Holm
Round 4 (#47):	Glen Stewart
Round 5 (#56):	Roberto Ortiz
Round 6 (#62):	Ray Hamrick
Round 7 (#65):	Larry Rosenthal
Round 8 (#68):	Tommy Brown
Round 9 (#71):	Norm Schlueter

Transactions

• 1944-01: traded Oscar Grimes to DEA for Howie Schultz
• 1944-14: acquired John Antonelli as a free agent
• 1944 postseason: released Billy Cox, Erv Dusak, Ray Hamrick, Roberto Ortiz, Andy Pafko, Glen Stewart, Nick Strincevich

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