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1945 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1944)  (1946) 89-65, 2nd in National League Scored 687 runs, Allowed 551 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-60 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .700 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 85-69   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 82-72 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 *Wally Moses          34  153  638  116  197  33  12   2   47  26   5   61   46  .309  .370  .408  102   6.0  2(0)e9    -16  
 3B  Oscar Grimes         30  149  533   86  151  22  16   9   71   2   5   99   89  .283  .394  .435   94   6.1  4e33       76  
 OF *Johnny Barrett       29  151  561   94  145  28   6  15   81  21   2   83  105  .258  .354  .410   87   5.4  2(+1)e9   -11  
 SS #Red Schoendienst     22  153  623   79  186  27   9   2   82  21   4   22   24  .299  .325  .380   76   4.4  2e29       57  
 OF  Carden Gillenwater   28  154  579   64  143  23   3   7   81  23   4   67  114  .247  .324  .333   67   3.9  1(-3)e11  -98  
 C  *Bill Salkeld         28   99  280   49   74  15   1  20   59   3   3   52   16  .264  .376  .539   58   7.1  3(-1)e8   -51  
 1B  Jimmie Foxx          37   79  223   33   61  19   2   6   36   0   0   22   40  .274  .340  .457   34   5.4  3e15       42  
 2B  Pete Coscarart       32  121  377   35   73  18   0   5   41   0   4   42   71  .194  .275  .281   28   2.4  3e17     -143  
 1B  Roy Hughes           34   82  240   18   63   9   1   0   25   4   0   14   22  .262  .305  .308   22   3.3  4e15       -4  
 2B  Frankie Gustine      25   80  225   23   55  12   1   0   20   6   2   22   20  .244  .320  .307   21   3.3  2e31      -78  
 3B *Jack Saltzgaver      42   76  121   11   38   5   3   0   22   0   0   11    5  .314  .371  .405   17   5.6  3e30      -11  
 C   Gus Mancuso          39   55  177   15   35  11   1   0   23   0   1   27   14  .198  .300  .271   15   2.8  3(-1)e7    35  
 3B  Vic Barnhart         22   44  144   18   40   4   0   0   16   0   1    9   14  .278  .320  .306   14   3.4  4e38       22  
 C   Spud Davis           40   14   45    6   15   5   0   0    5   0   0    2    3  .333  .367  .444    7   6.8  4(0)e7    203  
 C   Hank Ruszkowski      19   20   57    4   13   1   0   0    4   0   0    3   11  .228  .270  .246    4   2.3  4(-1)e10   47  
 OF  Ed Mierkowicz        21    5   12    4    3   3   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .250  .375  .500    2   7.4  4(+3)e8   421  
 SS  Frankie Zak          23   11   11    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .091  .154  .091    0    .3  4e44     -195  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           657                  -10

     * - 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         29  26   4  .867  35  35   9   0   0   0   3  257.2  223   76   62  11   61  210  2.17   82   2.8  -94  
  P  Nick Strincevich     30  17  12  .586  32  32  11   0   0   0   3  239.1  244   93   79   7   43  102  2.97   90   3.3  -47  
  P  Max Butcher          34  12   4  .750  36  20   0   9   3   1   0  159.0  168   70   64   8   42   53  3.62   68   3.9  -50  
  P  Bob Muncrief         29   8   7  .533  30  14   3  12   5   1   1  122.0   97   39   32   5   41   52  2.36   35   2.5  -73  
  P  Ken Gables           26   8   9  .471  36  15   1  15   4   1   0  135.0  141   60   47   8   28   54  3.13   59   3.9   -7  
  P  Rip Sewell           38   7  11  .389  24  23   3   1   0   0   0  150.1  168   88   75   5   72   41  4.49   79   4.7  -48  
  P  Boom-Boom Beck       40   5   5  .500  38   7   1  27  17   2   1   97.0   94   25   22   1   25   40  2.04   35   3.3  -19  
  P *Fritz Ostermueller   37   4   7  .364  24   8   2   7   2   1   0   83.1   84   41   31   6   34   49  3.35   44   4.6   47  
  P *Sam Zoldak           26   1   2  .333  46   0   0  29   8   2   0   72.2   69   25   18   1   26   26  2.23   30   3.7  -39  
  P  Steve Roser          27   1   2  .333  11   0   0   6   1   0   0   16.0   18    7    6   1    4   10  3.38    9   5.1  119  
  P  Jack Salveson        31   0   2  .000  30   0   0  18   4   1   0   47.1   60   27   25   2    8   14  4.75   27   5.2  -45  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      561        -44

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bill Salkeld 670 76 80 350 32 10 1 .974 40 17 Gus Mancuso 445 49 53 256 25 2 0 .993 13 14 Hank Ruszkowski 152 17 20 78 8 3 0 .966 6 4 Spud Davis 109 12 13 59 4 1 0 .984 4 2 Frankie Gustine 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Hughes 532 61 62 570 55 6 49 .990 10.57 Jimmie Foxx 471 50 64 481 35 8 49 .985 9.85 Oscar Grimes 376 43 45 366 40 3 34 .993 9.72 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pete Coscarart 886 102 105 259 301 6 61 .989 5.69 Frankie Gustine 480 52 64 136 184 9 39 .973 6.00 Jack Saltzgaver 7 0 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.68 Roy Hughes 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 8.10 Frankie Zak 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Red Schoendienst 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Oscar Grimes 930 105 107 138 263 20 24 .952 3.88 Vic Barnhart 275 33 33 41 73 11 2 .912 3.73 Jack Saltzgaver 161 16 26 29 33 1 4 .984 3.46 Roy Hughes 12 0 6 5 4 1 0 .900 6.75 Frankie Gustine 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Red Schoendienst 1351 151 153 289 420 23 86 .969 4.72 Frankie Gustine 18 2 4 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.00 Frankie Zak 6 1 3 0 4 0 1 1.000 6.00 Roy Hughes 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 .667 6.00 Vic Barnhart 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Barrett 1340 149 151 304 9 6 0 .981 2.10 Ed Mierkowicz 26 3 3 11 1 0 0 1.000 4.15 Red Schoendienst 14 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carden Gillenwater 1378 154 154 304 10 15 1 .954 2.05 Johnny Barrett 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Moses 1365 152 153 360 8 11 0 .971 2.43 Ed Mierkowicz 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 Johnny Barrett 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Red Schoendienst 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1945 Draft

Round 1 (#6):	Wally Moses
Round 2 (#20):	Oscar Grimes
Round 3 (#31):	Jimmie Foxx
Round 4 (#42):	Roy Hughes
Round 5 (#54):	Gus Mancuso
Round 6 (#66):	Steve Roser
Round 7 (#75):	Jack Salveson
Round 8 (#81):	Hank Ruszkowski

Transactions

• 1945-16: acquired Ed Mierkowicz as a free agent
• 1945 postseason: released Sam Zoldak

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