1947 Pittsburgh Pirates season































1947 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations

  • National League (since 1887)

Location

  • Forbes Field (since 1909)

  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)

Other information
Owner(s)
Frank E. McKinney, John W. Galbreath, Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson
General manager(s) Roy Hamey
Manager(s)
Billy Herman, Bill Burwell
Local radio
WWSW
Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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The 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 66th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 61st in the National League. The Pirates finished tied with the Philadelphia Phillies for eighth and last in the league standings with a record of 62–92.




Contents






  • 1 Offseason


  • 2 Regular season


    • 2.1 Season standings


    • 2.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 2.3 Game log


    • 2.4 Opening Day lineup


    • 2.5 Notable transactions


    • 2.6 Roster




  • 3 Player stats


    • 3.1 Batting


      • 3.1.1 Starters by position


      • 3.1.2 Other batters




    • 3.2 Pitching


      • 3.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 3.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 3.2.3 Relief pitchers






  • 4 Farm system


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 References





Offseason



  • October 2, 1946: Steve Nagy was purchased by the Pirates from the Brooklyn Dodgers.[2]

  • Prior to 1947 season (exact date unknown)


    • Joe Muir was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.[3]


    • Tod Davis was returned by the Pirates to the Hollywood Stars after the expiration of their minor league working agreement.[4]





Regular season


  • June 24: Against the Pirates, Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers stole home plate for the first time in his career.[5] The Pirates catcher was Dixie Howell.


Season standings






















































































National League

W

L

Pct.

GB

Home

Road

Brooklyn Dodgers
94 60
0.610

52–25
42–35

St. Louis Cardinals
89 65
0.578
5
46–31
43–34

Boston Braves
86 68
0.558
8
50–27
36–41

New York Giants
81 73
0.526
13
45–31
36–42

Cincinnati Reds
73 81
0.474
21
42–35
31–46

Chicago Cubs
69 85
0.448
25
36–43
33–42

Philadelphia Phillies
62 92
0.403
32
38–38
24–54

Pittsburgh Pirates
62 92
0.403
32
32–45
30–47




Record vs. opponents








































































































1947 National League Records


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team
BOS
BR
CHC
CIN
NYG
PHI
PIT
STL

Boston
12–10 13–9 13–9 13–9 14–8 12–10 9–13

Brooklyn
10–12 15–7 15–7 14–8 14–8 15–7 11–11–1

Chicago
9–13 7–15 12–10 7–15 16–6–1 8–14 10–12

Cincinnati
9–13 7–15 10–12 13–9 13–9 13–9 8–14

New York
9–13 8–14 15–7 9–13 12–10 15–7–1 13–9

Philadelphia
8–14 8–14 6–16–1 9–13 10–12 13–9 8–14

Pittsburgh
10–12 7–15 14–8 9–13 7–15–1 9–13 6–16–1

St. Louis
13–9 11–11–1 12–10 14–8 9–13 14–8 16–6–1




Game log











1947 Game Log: 62–92 (Home: 32–45; Away: 30–47)











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



Opening Day lineup



Notable transactions



  • July 23, 1947: Frank Thomas was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.[6]

  • September 23, 1947: Joe Grace was selected off waivers by the Pirates from the Washington Senators.[7]



Roster














1947 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers




  • 36 Jim Bagby




  • 24 Ed Bahr




  • 18 Hank Behrman




  • 35 Tiny Bonham




  • 25 Ken Gables




  • 20 Ken Heintzelman




  • 27 Art Herring




  • 13 Kirby Higbe




  • -- Lee Howard




  •  2 Al Lyons




  • 28,40 Cal McLish




  • 19 Hugh Mulcahy




  • 28 Steve Nagy




  • 21 Fritz Ostermueller




  • 23 Mel Queen




  • 29 Preacher Roe




  • 30 Rip Sewell




  • 26 Elmer Singleton




  • 22 Nick Strincevich




  • 23 Lou Tost




  • 32 Roger Wolff




Catchers




  •  1 Dixie Howell




  • 31 Roy Jarvis




  • 10 Clyde Kluttz




  • 1,2 Bill Salkeld




  • 14,42 Billy Sullivan


Infielders






  •  8 Eddie Basinski




  • 2,19 Jimmy Bloodworth




  •  9 Pete Castiglione




  •  6 Billy Cox




  •  3 Elbie Fletcher




  •  5 Hank Greenberg




  • 16 Frankie Gustine




  • 11 Billy Herman




  • 19,42 Gene Mauch




  •  7 Whitey Wietelmann




Outfielders




  •  4 Ralph Kiner




  • 12 Culley Rikard




  • 17 Jim Russell




  • 15 Wally Westlake




  • 14 Gene Woodling


Other batters






  • 18 Al Gionfriddo




Manager




  • 39 Bill Burwell




  • 11 Billy Herman


Coaches






  • 39 Bill Burwell




  • 37 Johnny McKee




  • 38 Zack Taylor




  • 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
C Dixie Howell 76 214 59 .276 4 25
1B Hank Greenberg 125 402 100 .249 25 74
2B Jimmy Bloodworth 88 316 79 .250 7 48
3B Frankie Gustine 156 616 183 .297 9 67
SS Billy Cox 132 529 145 .274 15 54
OF Ralph Kiner 152 565 177 .313 51 127
OF Wally Westlake 112 407 111 .273 17 69
OF Jim Russell 128 478 121 .253 8 51


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
Billy Sullivan 38 55 14 .255 0 8
Billy Herman 15 47 10 .213 0 6
Al Gionfriddo 1 1 0 .000 0 0


Pitching



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
Mel Queen 14 74 3 7 4.01 34


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
Ed Bahr 19 82.1 3 5 4.59 25
Hank Behrman 10 24.2 0 2 9.12 11
Steve Nagy 6 14 1 3 5.79 4


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
Jim Bagby 37 5 4 0 4.67 23


Farm system






























































































Level
Team
League
Manager

AAA

Indianapolis Indians

American Association

Jimmy Brown

A

Albany Senators

Eastern League

Pinky May

B

York White Roses

Interstate League

Ed Turchin

B

Selma Cloverleafs

Southeastern League

Carl Fischer and Boom-Boom Beck

C

Keokuk Pirates

Central Association

Frank Oceak

C

Uniontown Coal Barons

Middle Atlantic League

Alex Stutzke

C

Fargo-Moorhead Twins

Northern League

Bruno Haas

C

Riverside Dons

Sunset League

Norm DeWeese and Jack Rothrock

D

Rehoboth Beach Pirates

Eastern Shore League

Gordon McKinnon and Doug Peden

D

Leesburg Pirates

Florida State League

Wilbur Good, Jr.

D

Tallahassee Pirates

Georgia–Florida League

Phil Seghi

D

Bartlesville Oilers

Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League

Charles Marleau

D

Salisbury Pirates

North Carolina State League

Edgar Leip

D

Hornell Pirates

PONY League

Art Doll


Notes





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


  2. ^ Steve Nagy at Baseball-Reference


  3. ^ Joe Muir at Baseball-Reference


  4. ^ Tod Davis at Baseball-Reference


  5. ^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 167, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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  6. ^ Frank Thomas at Baseball-Reference


  7. ^ Joe Grace at Baseball-Reference




References




  • 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates team at Baseball-Reference


  • 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac


  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.










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