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1947 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1946)  (1948) 86-68, 3rd in National League Scored 718 runs, Allowed 664 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .701 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 78-76   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 62-92 Manager(s): Mike Tomeo

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Ralph Kiner          24  154  527  106  161  13   3  53  126   1   0  116  100  .306  .425  .643  152  10.6  4(+1)e7    13  
 1B *Earl Torgeson        23  125  427   83  115  17  12  18   67  14   0   98   81  .269  .405  .492   96   8.1  3e23       13  
 3B  Frankie Gustine      27  154  674   88  192  31   6  14   54   3   6   64   96  .285  .345  .411   94   5.1  2e30      -17  
 SS  Billy Cox            27  151  583   62  157  26   9  20   84   4   0   26   50  .269  .299  .448   75   4.6  2e23       -9  
 2B #Red Schoendienst     24  153  676   90  180  20   9   7   51   4   1   41   37  .266  .311  .354   71   3.8  2e20       28  
 OF #Dave Philley         27  135  489   51  149  31   7   2   57  15   3   30   41  .305  .340  .409   67   4.9  2(0)e6     92  
 OF *Culley Rikard        33  116  341   44   88  17   0   4   39   0   0   53   51  .258  .356  .343   43   4.4  4(+1)e8   -83  
 OF  Sid Gordon           29   96  153   30   47  12   4   3   28   1   0   24    8  .307  .401  .497   31   7.3  3(-1)e10  109  
 1B  Hank Greenberg       36   75  139   28   32   7   1   9   26   0   0   37   34  .230  .393  .489   29   7.3  4e11       -3  
 C  *Jake Early           32   68  177   23   37   7   4   2   25   0   0   58   32  .209  .398  .328   29   5.3  4(-2)e6     9  
 C   Clyde McCullough     30   74  242   23   58  16   3   0   28   1   1   22   20  .240  .301  .331   23   3.3  3(0)e7    -58  
 OF  Erv Dusak            26   69  148   23   43   3   3   3   20   0   0   18   16  .291  .369  .412   21   5.1  3(0)e10    25  
 OF *Wally Moses          36   88  160   22   41  11   0   0   18   0   2   14   14  .256  .315  .325   15   3.2  2(0)e8    -89  
 C  *Billy Sullivan       36   29   59    9   20   4   0   0    7   0   3   10    4  .339  .435  .407    9   5.8  3(+1)e7   205  
 1B #Whitey Wietelmann    28   23   58    6   10   0   0   0    7   0   0   13    6  .172  .315  .172    4   2.3  4e13     -117  
 C  *Bill Salkeld         30   21   67    2   11   1   0   0    7   0   0    3    9  .164  .222  .179    2   1.3  3(-1)e7  -128  
 2B  Eddie Basinski       24   15   21    1    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .095  .091  .143    0    .4  4e22     -381  
 1B  Billy Herman         38    1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4e13     -543  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           769                    2

     * - 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 *Joe Hatten           30  14  17  .452  37  37   5   0   0   0   0  241.2  275  132  116  11  109   94  4.32  134   5.0   37  
  P *Sam Zoldak           28  12   3  .800  26  19   5   7   3   0   3  155.2  135   52   49  10   54   38  2.83   59   3.4  -43  
  P  Tiny Bonham          33  12   7  .632  51  14   1  22   9   4   0  153.1  153   66   61   6   39   76  3.58   63   3.6 -145  
  P *Fritz Ostermueller   39  12  10  .545  27  25   8   2   0   0   2  191.0  188   87   78  16   63   92  3.68   87   4.1  -51  
  P  Rip Sewell           40  10   9  .526  49   9   3  33  15   3   1  125.2  136   56   53  12   38   51  3.80   65   4.6  -12  
  P  Jim Bagby, Jr.       30   9   3  .750  62   2   0  27   0   3   0  117.2  140   69   63   9   38   34  4.82   68   5.2 -105  
  P *Preacher Roe         31   6   5  .545  37  16   0  15   4   0   0  128.0  133   62   51  12   47   60  3.59   69   4.9  -62  
  P  Ed Bahr              27   5   1  .833  29   5   1  18   2   1   0   73.0   59   24   18   2   32   25  2.22   24   3.0 -147  
  P  Bob Muncrief         31   5  13  .278  27  27   3   0   0   0   0  189.2  223  111  105  14   54   84  4.98  116   5.5  -29  
  P  Nick Strincevich     32   1   0 1.000   7   0   0   4   0   1   0   10.1   11    5    5   0    6    5  4.35    4   4.3 -132  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 32                                                                                      694        -49

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Clyde McCullough 574 63 70 267 28 4 1 .987 27 13 Jake Early 511 58 62 253 12 7 1 .974 13 2 Bill Salkeld 162 19 21 70 13 2 2 .976 4 3 Billy Sullivan 139 14 27 64 9 0 2 1.000 4 6 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Earl Torgeson 1015 113 113 1087 82 19 117 .984 10.36 Hank Greenberg 263 29 31 271 17 2 38 .993 9.84 Whitey Wietelmann 101 11 12 104 6 1 12 .991 9.77 Billy Herman 6 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Red Schoendienst 1369 152 153 387 537 27 137 .972 6.07 Eddie Basinski 15 2 3 3 5 0 2 1.000 4.80 Whitey Wietelmann 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frankie Gustine 1378 153 154 188 426 17 41 .973 4.01 Sid Gordon 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Erv Dusak 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Cox 1351 150 151 314 470 14 113 .982 5.22 Whitey Wietelmann 35 4 5 4 11 1 2 .938 3.82 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ralph Kiner 1269 154 154 303 8 2 0 .994 2.21 Sid Gordon 87 0 47 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 Erv Dusak 13 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 Dave Philley 12 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Culley Rikard 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Philley 1110 123 128 303 23 4 2 .988 2.64 Sid Gordon 276 31 33 65 3 5 0 .932 2.22 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Culley Rikard 728 91 91 193 5 5 0 .975 2.45 Wally Moses 376 32 73 122 1 3 0 .976 2.95 Erv Dusak 283 31 37 72 1 0 0 1.000 2.32 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1947 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Bob Muncrief
Round 1 (#11):	Sam Zoldak
Round 2 (#15):	Jake Early
Round 2 (#20):	Bill Salkeld

Transactions

• 1947-12: traded Hank Greenberg to DEA for Nick Strincevich, DEA#2
• 1947-12: traded Jake Early to WAA for WAA#3
• 1947 postseason: released Ed Albosta, Culley Rikard

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