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	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	98	58	0.628	—	49–29	49–29
Brooklyn Dodgers	96	60	0.615	2	56–22	40–38
Chicago Cubs	82	71	0.536	14½	44–33	38–38
Boston Braves	81	72	0.529	15½	45–31	36–41
Philadelphia Phillies	69	85	0.448	28	41–36	28–49
Cincinnati Reds	67	87	0.435	30	35–42	32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	63	91	0.409	34	37–40	26–51
New York Giants	61	93	0.396	36	38–39	23–54

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	—

Game log

1946 Game Log: 63–91 (Home: 37–40; Away: 26–51)

April: 5–8 (Home: 4–4; Away: 1–4)

May: 10–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 2–5)

June: 11–19 (Home: 8–9; Away: 3–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
34	June 2	Phillies	5–1	Sewell (3–1)	Hughes	—		16–18
35	June 2	Phillies	3–10	Jurisich	Bahr (2–1)	Karl	8,971	16–19
36	June 3	Phillies	4–8	Schanz	Albosta (0–3)	Karl	2,175	16–20
37	June 4	Dodgers	4–3	Ostermueller (4–2)	Casey	—		17–20
38	June 4	Dodgers	6–7 (11)	Webber	Lanning (0–1)	Head	11,521	17–21
39	June 5	Dodgers	3–5	Higbe	Roe (2–2)	Melton	26,206	17–22
40	June 6	Dodgers	8–13	Behrman	Sewell (3–2)	Herring	3,093	17–23
41	June 7	Giants	10–5	Bahr (3–1)	Voiselle	Gables (1)	16,884	18–23
42	June 8	Giants	3–5	Koslo	Strincevich (0–5)	—	5,785	18–24
43	June 9	Giants	2–1	Ostermueller (5–2)	Kennedy	—		19–24
44	June 9	Giants	5–1	Lanning (1–1)	Joyce	—	24,787	20–24
45	June 10	Braves	5–10	Wright	Roe (2–3)	Posedel	3,652	20–25
46	June 11	Braves	5–3	Sewell (4–2)	Cooper	—	17,181	21–25
47	June 15	@ Phillies	1–3	Rowe	Strincevich (0–6)	Mauney	23,804	21–26
48	June 16	@ Phillies	3–4	Raffensberger	Sewell (4–3)	Hughes		21–27
49	June 16	@ Phillies	10–1	Ostermueller (6–2)	Stanceu	—	36,910	22–27
50	June 17	@ Phillies	3–7	Mauney	Gables (0–3)	—	16,529	22–28
51	June 18	@ Dodgers	6–3	Heintzelman (5–3)	Barney	—	32,565	23–28
52	June 19	@ Dodgers	0–7	Hatten	Roe (2–4)	—	13,093	23–29
53	June 20	@ Dodgers	3–7	Higbe	Strincevich (0–7)	—	9,490	23–30
54	June 21	@ Braves	2–3	Cooper	Ostermueller (6–3)	—	13,256	23–31
55	June 22	@ Braves	3–4 (10)	Roser	Sewell (4–4)	—	4,421	23–32
56	June 23	@ Braves	3–4	Lee	Heintzelman (5–4)	Posedel		23–33
57	June 23	@ Braves	0–4	Sain	Roe (2–5)	—	19,784	23–34
58	June 25	@ Giants	3–0	Strincevich (1–7)	Schumacher	—	20,317	24–34
59	June 26	@ Giants	0–4	Koslo	Bahr (3–2)	—	4,812	24–35
60	June 27	Cubs	5–6	Erickson	Hallett (2–3)	Schmitz	3,019	24–36
61	June 28	Cardinals	1–5	Pollet	Roe (2–6)	—	20,475	24–37
62	June 30	Cardinals	4–3	Ostermueller (7–3)	Brazle	—		25–37
63	June 30	Cardinals	1–0	Strincevich (2–7)	Brecheen	—	20,040	26–37

July: 11–19 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
64	July 1	@ Cubs	1–0	Sewell (5–4)	Wyse	—	18,828	27–37
65	July 2	@ Cubs	9–0	Heintzelman (6–4)	Chipman	—	12,970	28–37
66	July 3	@ Cubs	3–4	Kush	Gerheauser (0–1)	—		28–38
67	July 3	@ Cubs	1–2	Erickson	Roe (2–7)	—	25,623	28–39
68	July 4	@ Reds	6–1	Strincevich (3–7)	Heusser	—		29–39
69	July 4	@ Reds	3–4 (11)	Shoun	Albosta (0–4)	—	15,437	29–40
70	July 5	@ Reds	3–4	Walters	Sewell (5–5)	—	18,519	29–41
71	July 6	@ Cardinals	4–12	Wilks	Gables (0–4)	—	12,660	29–42
72	July 7	@ Cardinals	3–4	Dickson	Ostermueller (7–4)	—		29–43
73	July 7	@ Cardinals	0–6	Pollet	Heintzelman (6–5)	—	16,625	29–44
74	July 11	Phillies	1–4	Rowe	Strincevich (3–8)	—	3,772	29–45
75	July 12	Phillies	4–3	Bahr (4–2)	Judd	Roe (2)	15,047	30–45
76	July 13	Phillies	8–1	Lanning (2–1)	Schanz	—	5,011	31–45
77	July 14	Braves	1–4	Spahn	Ostermueller (7–5)	—		31–46
78	July 14	Braves	5–2	Sewell (6–5)	Wright	—	17,414	32–46
79	July 15	Braves	2–3	Niggeling	Heintzelman (6–6)	—	11,787	32–47
80	July 16	Braves	0–10	Cooper	Albosta (0–5)	—	2,387	32–48
81	July 17	Giants	8–5	Strincevich (4–8)	Trinkle	—		33–48
82	July 18	Giants	7–3	Roe (3–7)	Koslo	Lanning (1)	3,397	34–48
83	July 20	Dodgers	1–4	Herring	Heintzelman (6–7)	—	7,736	34–49
84	July 21	Dodgers	0–3	Lombardi	Ostermueller (7–6)	—		34–50
85	July 21	Dodgers	5–6	Behrman	Sewell (6–6)	Gregg	18,844	34–51
86	July 24	@ Phillies	0–2	Rowe	Strincevich (4–9)	—	22,025	34–52
87	July 25	@ Phillies	2–1	Lanning (3–1)	Judd	—		35–52
88	July 25	@ Phillies	2–9	Donnelly	Sewell (6–7)	—	10,252	35–53
89	July 26	@ Dodgers	5–0	Ostermueller (8–6)	Lombardi	—	26,918	36–53
90	July 27	@ Dodgers	3–4	Casey	Roe (3–8)	—	33,645	36–54
91	July 27	@ Dodgers	3–4	Higbe	Albosta (0–6)	Casey	33,645	36–55
92	July 28	@ Dodgers	7–3	Strincevich (5–9)	Barney	—	19,836	37–55
93	July 31	@ Braves	1–2	Sain	Lanning (3–2)	—	9,343	37–56

August: 11–15 (Home: 9–10; Away: 2–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
94	August 2	@ Giants	6–0	Ostermueller (9–6)	Koslo	—	11,873	38–56
95	August 2	@ Giants	2–3	Trinkle	Heintzelman (6–8)	Thompson	12,561	38–57
96	August 4	@ Giants	0–4	Budnick	Strincevich (5–10)	—		38–58
97	August 4	@ Giants	1–10	Kennedy	Lanning (3–3)	—	27,709	38–59
98	August 7	Cardinals	1–8	Brecheen	Ostermueller (9–7)	—	14,888	38–60
99	August 9	Cubs	3–9	Erickson	Heintzelman (6–9)	—	13,624	38–61
100	August 10	Cubs	3–2	Strincevich (6–10)	Schmitz	—	3,452	39–61
101	August 11	Cubs	10–9	Gerheauser (1–1)	Borowy	—		40–61
102	August 11	Cubs	4–4			—	18,700	40–61
103	August 12	Reds	3–2	Bahr (5–2)	Heusser	—	2,764	41–61
104	August 13	Reds	3–2	Hallett (3–3)	Gumbert	—	15,575	42–61
105	August 14	Reds	3–2	Strincevich (7–10)	Malloy	—	3,890	43–61
106	August 16	@ Cardinals	3–0	Heintzelman (7–9)	Dickson	—	10,795	44–61
107	August 17	@ Cubs	1–2	Schmitz	Bahr (5–3)	—	15,127	44–62
108	August 18	@ Cubs	0–8	Erickson	Hallett (3–4)	—	30,965	44–63
109	August 20	Dodgers	10–0	Strincevich (8–10)	Lombardi	—	31,106	45–63
110	August 21	Dodgers	2–8	Hatten	Heintzelman (7–10)	—	7,974	45–64
111	August 22	Giants	0–1 (10)	Kennedy	Sewell (6–8)	—	3,958	45–65
112	August 23	Giants	7–3	Bahr (6–3)	Trinkle	—	15,306	46–65
113	August 24	Giants	1–8	Voiselle	Lanning (3–4)	—	5,260	46–66
114	August 25	Braves	5–7	Wright	Ostermueller (9–8)	Barrett		46–67
115	August 25	Braves	5–10	Johnson	Strincevich (8–11)	Spahn	20,049	46–68
116	August 26	Braves	3–2	Heintzelman (8–10)	Niggeling	—	2,169	47–68
117	August 27	Braves	1–9	Spahn	Ostermueller (9–9)	—	3,094	47–69
118	August 28	Phillies	1–4	Judd	Sewell (6–9)	Donnelly	11,594	47–70
119	August 29	Phillies	2–5	Raffensberger	Bahr (6–4)	—	1,124	47–71
120	August 31	Cardinals	6–1	Strincevich (9–11)	Dickson	—	6,074	48–71

September: 15–20 (Home: 3–5; Away: 12–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
121	September 1	Cardinals	6–7 (10)	Pollet	Sewell (6–10)	—		48–72
122	September 1	Cardinals	2–1 (7)	Ostermueller (10–9)	Brecheen	—	28,167	49–72
123	September 2	Cubs	4–1	Bahr (7–4)	Erickson	—		50–72
124	September 2	Cubs	3–7	Bauers	Sewell (6–11)	—	18,237	50–73
125	September 3	Cubs	0–2	Chipman	Hallett (3–5)	—	1,802	50–74
126	September 4	@ Reds	0–6	Beggs	Strincevich (9–12)	—	10,465	50–75
127	September 5	@ Reds	2–1	Sewell (7–11)	Vander Meer	—	1,254	51–75
128	September 6	@ Cardinals	6–7	Beazley	Heintzelman (8–11)	Burkhart	17,496	51–76
129	September 7	@ Cardinals	9–2	Ostermueller (11–9)	Pollet	—	17,266	52–76
130	September 8	@ Cardinals	4–5 (11)	Munger	Bahr (7–5)	—		52–77
131	September 8	@ Cardinals	2–12	Brazle	Strincevich (9–13)	—	25,572	52–78
132	September 10	@ Giants	7–4	Gerheauser (2–1)	Trinkle	—	9,971	53–78
133	September 11	@ Giants	7–6	Lanning (4–4)	Thompson	—		54–78
134	September 11	@ Giants	7–5	Gables (1–4)	Voiselle	Heintzelman (1)	6,358	55–78
135	September 12	@ Braves	1–0	Hallett (4–5)	Johnson	—		56–78
136	September 12	@ Braves	1–2	Wright	Strincevich (9–14)	—	3,822	56–79
137	September 13	@ Braves	4–2 (14)	Ostermueller (12–9)	Cooper	—		57–79
138	September 13	@ Braves	10–1	Bahr (8–5)	Lee	—	2,776	58–79
139	September 14	@ Braves	3–9	Sain	Gerheauser (2–2)	—	6,077	58–80
140	September 15	@ Phillies	5–6 (11)	Karl	Sewell (7–12)	—	14,279	58–81
141	September 16	@ Phillies	0–2	Raffensberger	Hallett (4–6)	—	19,247	58–82
142	September 18	@ Dodgers	3–2	Ostermueller (13–9)	Higbe	—		59–82
143	September 18	@ Dodgers	0–3	Branca	Heintzelman (8–12)	—	26,659	59–83
144	September 19	@ Dodgers	0–7	Gregg	Strincevich (9–15)	—	11,462	59–84
145	September 21	Reds	2–1 (13)	Hallett (5–6)	Gumbert	—	13,810	60–84
146	September 22	Reds	2–4	Beggs	Lanning (4–5)	—		60–85
147	September 22	Reds	5–6	Blackwell	Walsh (0–1)	Malloy	11,138	60–86
148	September 24	@ Cubs	3–13	Erickson	Ostermueller (13–10)	Chipman		60–87
149	September 24	@ Cubs	13–0 (8)	Sewell (8–12)	Lade	—	8,396	61–87
150	September 25	@ Cubs	6–5 (16)	Gables (2–4)	Lade	—	3,339	62–87
151	September 26	@ Cubs	3–5	Hanyzewski	Hallett (5–7)	Meyer	5,369	62–88
152	September 27	@ Reds	0–8	Beggs	Bahr (8–6)	—	1,120	62–89
153	September 28	@ Reds	10–3	Strincevich (10–15)	Blackwell	—	1,930	63–89
154	September 29	@ Reds	0–1	Vander Meer	Howard (0–1)	—		63–90
155	September 29	@ Reds	2–3	Hetki	Tate (0–1)	—	6,329	63–91

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

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

References

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

External links

1946 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1946 All-Star Game 1946 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

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1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

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1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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