1945 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1945 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)	Frankie Frisch
Local radio	WWSW; Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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The 1945 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 64th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 59th in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 82–72.

Offseason

Prior to 1945 season: Tod Davis was acquired by the Pirates from the Hollywood Stars as part of a minor league working agreement.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	98	56	0.636	—	49–26	49–30
St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	0.617	3	48–29	47–30
Brooklyn Dodgers	87	67	0.565	11	48–30	39–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	82	72	0.532	16	45–34	37–38
New York Giants	78	74	0.513	19	47–30	31–44
Boston Braves	67	85	0.441	30	36–38	31–47
Cincinnati Reds	61	93	0.396	37	36–41	25–52
Philadelphia Phillies	46	108	0.299	52	22–55	24–53

Record vs. opponents

1945 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13–1	7–15	10–12	10–10–2	14–8	7–15	10–12
Brooklyn	13–9–1	—	8–14–1	11–11	15–7	19–3	12–10	9–13
Chicago	15–7	14–8–1	—	21–1	11–11	17–5	14–8	6–16
Cincinnati	12–10	11–11	1–21	—	6–16	12–10	10–12	9–13
New York	10–10–2	7–15	11–11	16–6	—	17–5	11–11	6–16
Philadelphia	8–14	3–19	5–17	10–12	5–17	—	6–16	9–13
Pittsburgh	15–7	10–12	8–14	12–10	11–11	16–6	—	10–12–1
St. Louis	12–10	13–9	16–6	13–9	16–6	13–9	12–10–1	—

Game log

1945 Game Log: 82–72 (Home: 45–34; Away: 37–38)

April: 4–7 (Home: 1–3; Away: 3–4)

May: 15–9 (Home: 10–4; Away: 5–5)

June: 14–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 6–8)

July: 16–15 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–10)

August: 18–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 13–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 1	@ Cubs	1–0	Butcher (9–7)	Passeau	—	17,780	50–46
97	August 2	@ Cubs	0–1	Derringer	Roe (7–9)	—	18,535	50–47
98	August 3	Cardinals	1–5	Dockins	Gables (6–2)	—	22,218	50–48
99	August 4	Cardinals	5–6	Brecheen	Gerheauser (3–9)	—	5,280	50–49
100	August 5	Cardinals	3–10	Barrett	Butcher (9–8)	—	—	50–50
101	August 5	Cardinals	12–5	Ostermueller (1–1)	Burkhart	Gables (1)	22,105	51–50
102	August 8	@ Phillies	4–0	Roe (8–9)	Kraus	—	—	52–50
103	August 8	@ Phillies	0–5	Mauney	Cuccurullo (1–3)	—	6,630	52–51
104	August 9	@ Phillies	3–1	Gables (7–2)	Barrett	—	5,017	53–51
105	August 10	@ Phillies	10–2	Ostermueller (2–1)	Schanz	—	—	54–51
106	August 10	@ Phillies	1–6	Judd	Strincevich (10–7)	—	5,728	54–52
107	August 12	@ Braves	6–7	Hendrickson	Gerheauser (3–10)	—	—	54–53
108	August 12	@ Braves	3–0	Roe (9–9)	Wright	—	14,961	55–53
109	August 13	@ Braves	4–6	Andrews	Gables (7–3)	Hendrickson	2,095	55–54
110	August 14	@ Braves	7–5 (10)	Ostermueller (3–1)	Hendrickson	—	—	56–54
111	August 14	@ Braves	6–2	Beck (3–0)	Javery	—	4,542	57–54
112	August 15	@ Giants	11–9	Gables (8–3)	Feldman	Gerheauser (1)	—	58–54
113	August 15	@ Giants	3–2	Strincevich (11–7)	Zabala	—	18,822	59–54
114	August 16	@ Giants	1–2	Mungo	Roe (9–10)	Adams	22,807	59–55
115	August 17	@ Giants	2–3	Brewer	Gables (8–4)	—	3,834	59–56
116	August 18	@ Giants	0–6	Maglie	Rescigno (1–5)	—	10,126	59–57
117	August 19	@ Dodgers	2–6	Webber	Ostermueller (3–2)	—	—	59–58
118	August 19	@ Dodgers	4–2	Strincevich (12–7)	Branca	—	19,422	60–58
119	August 20	@ Dodgers	11–1	Roe (10–10)	Seats	—	6,322	61–58
120	August 21	@ Dodgers	12–1	Gables (9–4)	Gregg	—	5,484	62–58
121	August 23	Reds	6–2	Beck (4–0)	Harrist	—	1,567	63–58
122	August 24	Reds	1–2	Heusser	Strincevich (12–8)	—	12,923	63–59
123	August 25	Reds	0–1	Kennedy	Roe (10–11)	—	3,402	63–60
124	August 26	Reds	10–7	Rescigno (2–5)	Fox	—	527	64–60
125	August 26	Reds	2–1	Gables (10–4)	Bowman	—	14,193	65–60
126	August 28	Cubs	3–6	Borowy	Ostermueller (3–3)	—	23,335	65–61
127	August 29	Cubs	0–2	Prim	Strincevich (12–9)	Vandenberg	4,881	65–62
128	August 30	Cubs	6–4	Roe (11–11)	Erickson	Rescigno (6)	—	66–62
129	August 31	@ Reds	6–5	Gables (11–4)	Bowman	Rescigno (7)	4,499	67–62

September: 15–10 (Home: 10–8; Away: 5–2)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1945 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

20 Boom-Boom Beck

19 Max Butcher

27 Cookie Cuccurullo

45 Ken Gables

40 Al Gerheauser

25 Johnny Lanning

21 Fritz Ostermueller

4 Xavier Rescigno

29 Preacher Roe

30 Rip Sewell

20 Ray Starr

22 Nick Strincevich

Catchers

2 Hank Camelli

36 Spud Davis

12 Al López

1 Bill Salkeld

Infielders

17 Vic Barnhart

23 Frank Colman

5 Pete Coscarart

7 Babe Dahlgren

8 Bob Elliott

16 Frankie Gustine

6 Lee Handley

4 Jack Saltzgaver

14 Frankie Zak

Outfielders

18 Johnny Barrett

3 Al Gionfriddo

11 Tommy O'Brien

32 Jim Russell

15 Lloyd Waner

Other batters

4 Bill Rodgers

25 Joe Vitelli

Manager

35 Frankie Frisch

Coaches

36 Spud Davis

34 Jake Flowers

33 Honus Wagner

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Al López	91	243	53	.218	0	18
1B	Babe Dahlgren	144	531	133	.250	5	75
2B	Pete Coscarart	123	392	95	.242	8	38
SS	Frankie Gustine	128	478	134	.280	2	66
3B	Bob Elliott	144	541	157	.290	8	108
OF	Johnny Barrett	142	507	130	.256	15	67
OF	Al Gionfriddo	122	409	116	.284	2	42
OF	Jim Russell	146	510	145	.284	12	77

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Lee Handley	98	312	93	.298	1	32
Bill Salkeld	95	267	83	.311	15	52
Vic Barnhart	71	201	54	.269	0	19
Tommy O'Brien	58	161	54	.335	0	18
Frank Colman	77	153	32	.209	4	30
Jack Saltzgaver	52	117	38	.325	0	10
Spud Davis	23	33	8	.242	0	6
Frankie Zak	15	28	4	.143	0	3
Lloyd Waner	23	19	5	.263	0	1
Hank Camelli	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Bill Rodgers	1	1	1	1.000	0	0
Joe Vitelli	1	0	0	---	0	0

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Preacher Roe	33	235	14	13	2.87	148
Nick Strincevich	36	228.1	16	10	3.31	74
Rip Sewell	33	188	11	9	4.07	60
Max Butcher	28	169.1	10	8	3.03	37
Fritz Ostermueller	14	80.2	5	4	4.57	29

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Al Gerheauser	32	140.1	5	10	3.91	55
Ken Gables	29	138.2	11	7	4.15	49
Boom-Boom Beck	14	63	6	1	2.14	20

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Xavier Rescigno	44	3	5	9	5.72	29
Cookie Cuccurullo	29	1	3	1	5.24	17
Ray Starr	4	0	2	0	9.45	0
Johnny Lanning	1	0	0	0	36.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Hollywood Stars	Pacific Coast League	Buck Fausett
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Ripper Collins
B	York White Roses	Interstate League	Bunny Griffiths
D	Salisbury Pirates	North Carolina State League	Tuck McWilliams
D	Hornell Pirates	PONY League	John Morrow and Fred Hering

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Albany

Notes

From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
Tod Davis page at Baseball Reference

References

1945 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1945 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Tod Davis page at Baseball Reference

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