1946 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1946 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, John W. Galbreath
General manager(s)	Ray Kennedy
Manager(s)	Frankie Frisch, Spud Davis
Local radio	WWSW Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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The 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 65th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 60th in the National League. The Pirates finished seventh in the league standings with a record of 63–91.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	98	58	--	.628
Brooklyn Dodgers	96	60	2	.615
Chicago Cubs	82	71	14.5	.536
Boston Braves	81	72	15.5	.529
Philadelphia Phillies	69	85	28	.448
Cincinnati Reds	67	87	30	.435
Pittsburgh Pirates	63	91	34	.409
New York Giants	61	93	36	.396

Record vs. opponents

1946 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	5–17	12–9–1	15–7	13–9	14–8	15–7	7–15
Brooklyn	17–5	—	11–11	14–8–1	15–7	17–5	14–8	8–16
Chicago	9–12–1	11–11	—	13–9	17–5	12–10	12–10–1	8–14
Cincinnati	7–15	8–14–1	9–13	—	14–8	8–14–1	13–9	8–14
New York	9–13	7–15	5–17	8–14	—	12–10	10–12	10–12
Philadelphia	8–14	5–17	10–12	14–8–1	10–12	—	14–8	8–14
Pittsburgh	7–15	8–14	10–12–1	9–13	12–10	8–14	—	9–13
St. Louis	15–7	16–8	14–8	14–8	12–10	14–8	13–9	—

Notable transactions

• June 17, 1946: Frank Colman was purchased from the Pirates by the New York Yankees.^[2]
• September 25, 1946: The Pirates traded $35,000 to the Oakland Oaks for Wally Westlake. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Johnny Hutchings to the Oaks on December 5.^[3]

Roster

1946 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 24 Ed Albosta 46 Ed Bahr 47 Bill Clemensen 45 Ken Gables 40 Al Gerheauser 26 Hank Gornicki 39 Jack Hallett 20 Ken Heintzelman 42 Jim Hopper 11 Lee Howard 25 Johnny Lanning 21 Fritz Ostermueller 29 Preacher Roe 30 Rip Sewell 22 Nick Strincevich 11,47 Al Tate 27 Junior Walsh 31 Lefty Wilkie		Catchers 44 Bill Baker 10 Hank Camelli 31 Roy Jarvis 12 Al López  1 Bill Salkeld 28 Vinnie Smith Infielders  2 Jimmy Brown  5 Pete Coscarart  4 Billy Cox 15 Elbie Fletcher 16 Frankie Gustine  6 Lee Handley  9 Burgess Whitehead 14 Frankie Zak		Outfielders 18 Johnny Barrett 23 Frank Colman  8 Bob Elliott  3 Al Gionfriddo 49 Ben Guintini 43 Ralph Kiner 32 Jim Russell 7,19 Maurice Van Robays 41 Chuck Workman Other batters 37 Alf Anderson 17 Vic Barnhart		Manager 36 Spud Davis 35 Frankie Frisch Coaches 34 Del Bissonette 36 Spud Davis 33 Honus Wagner

Player stats

Batting

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
SS	Cox, BillyBilly Cox	121	411	119	.290	2	36

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
Colman, FrankFrank Colman	26	53	9	.170	1	6

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

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
Bahr, EdEd Bahr	27	136.2	8	6	2.63	44
Albosta, EdEd Albosta	17	39.2	0	6	6.13	19

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
Gornicki, HankHank Gornicki	7	0	0	0	3.55	4

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hollywood Stars	Pacific Coast League	Buck Fausett and Jimmy Dykes
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern Association	Frank Snyder
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Ripper Collins
B	York White Roses	Interstate League	Boom-Boom Beck
B	Anniston Rams	Southeastern League	Tommy West
B	Selma Cloverleafs	Southeastern League	Frank Oceak
B	Yakima Stars	Western International League	Spencer Harris and Harlond Clift
C	Oil City Oilers	Middle Atlantic League	Charles Muse and Charles Harig
D	Tallassee Indians	Georgia–Alabama League	Johnnie Heving
D	Tallahassee Pirates	Georgia–Florida League	Art Doll
D	Bartlesville Owls	Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League	Keith Willoughby
D	Salisbury Pirates	North Carolina State League	Tuck McWilliams
D	Hornell Pirates	PONY League	Lou Briganti and Phil Seghi

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Anniston, Tallassee

References

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
2. Frank Colman page at Baseball Reference
3. Wally Westlake page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac