1947 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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.

1947 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersFrank E. McKinney, John W. Galbreath, Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson
General managersRoy Hamey
ManagersBilly Herman, Bill Burwell
Local radioWWSW
Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 9460 0.610 52–25 42–35
St. Louis Cardinals 8965 0.578 5 46–31 43–34
Boston Braves 8668 0.558 8 50–27 36–41
New York Giants 8173 0.526 13 45–31 36–42
Cincinnati Reds 7381 0.474 21 42–35 31–46
Chicago Cubs 6985 0.448 25 36–43 33–42
Philadelphia Phillies 6292 0.403 32 38–38 24–54
Pittsburgh Pirates 6292 0.403 32 32–45 30–47

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 12–1013–913–913–914–812–109–13
Brooklyn 10–1215–715–714–814–815–711–11–1
Chicago 9–137–1512–107–1516–6–18–1410–12
Cincinnati 9–137–1510–1213–913–913–98–14
New York 9–138–1415–79–1312–1015–7–113–9
Philadelphia 8–148–146–16–19–1310–1213–98–14
Pittsburgh 10–127–1514–89–137–15–19–136–16–1
St. Louis 13–911–11–112–1014–89–1314–816–6–1

Game log

1947 Game Log: 62–92 (Home: 32–45; Away: 30–47)
April: 8–5 (Home: 3–2; Away: 5–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 15@ Cubs1–0Sewell (1–0)Borowy29,4271–0
2April 17@ Cubs7–1Roe (1–0)Wyse9,7492–0
3April 18Reds12–11Ostermueller (1–0)BeggsBonham (1)38,2163–0
4April 19Reds6–1Strincevich (1–0)Lively21,8914–0
5April 20Reds5–13BlackwellBahr (0–1)4–1
6April 20Reds7–3 (6)Sewell (2–0)Erautt40,7845–1
7April 23@ Cardinals8–5Bahr (1–1)Burkhart6,8326–1
8April 24Cubs5–6BorowyRoe (1–1)Kush6,8896–2
9April 26@ Reds2–3GumbertNagy (0–1)11,3166–3
10April 27@ Reds1–6WaltersSewell (2–1)6–4
11April 27@ Reds1–2 (12)HetkiOstermueller (1–1)36,9616–5
12April 29@ Phillies6–2Bahr (2–1)Raffensberger7,3867–5
13April 30@ Phillies11–4Bonham (1–0)Hughes6,5768–5
May: 9–12 (Home: 7–4; Away: 2–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
14May 6@ Braves0–6SainHigbe (0–1)29,6318–6
15May 7@ Braves2–3KarlBehrman (0–1)11,1758–7
16May 8@ Braves5–12BeazleyStrincevich (1–1)4,5608–8
17May 10Cardinals3–0Ostermueller (2–1)Dickson12,5799–8
18May 11Cardinals6–10 (10)HearnNagy (0–2)9–9
19May 11Cardinals3–3 (7)29,3159–9
20May 15Dodgers7–3Bahr (3–1)LombardiBonham (2)13,47110–9
21May 16Dodgers1–3BrancaHigbe (0–2)Casey34,18410–10
22May 17Dodgers4–0Ostermueller (3–1)Melton17,67311–10
23May 18Giants7–6Singleton (1–0)Trinkle12–10
24May 18Giants6–11 (7)ThompsonStrincevich (1–2)Ayers32,99612–11
25May 20Braves4–3 (10)Bonham (2–0)Karl37,17513–11
26May 22@ Cardinals1–4PolletHigbe (0–3)14,03513–12
27May 23@ Cardinals0–2MungerRoe (1–2)12,72213–13
28May 25@ Cardinals5–10BrazleBehrman (0–2)13–14
29May 25@ Cardinals2–1Ostermueller (4–1)Hearn26,81714–14
30May 26@ Reds5–1Higbe (1–3)WaltersHerring (1)19,96715–14
31May 27@ Reds1–6BlackwellBahr (3–2)2,97415–15
32May 28Cubs7–6Herring (1–0)Kush30,33916–15
33May 30Cubs2–1 (10)Roe (2–2)Erickson17–15
34May 30Cubs2–5BorowyHigbe (1–4)37,45117–16
35May 31@ Giants9–10TrinkleHerring (1–1)32,90517–17
June: 8–21 (Home: 2–9; Away: 6–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
36June 1@ Braves0–2SainBahr (3–3)17–18
37June 1@ Braves7–8 (10)CooperBagby (0–1)30,65617–19
38June 2@ Braves4–3Sewell (3–1)JohnsonHerring (2)5,83118–19
39June 3@ Dodgers6–11BarneyHigbe (1–5)Casey18–20
40June 3@ Dodgers7–8BarneyRoe (2–3)27,24418–21
41June 4@ Dodgers4–9BrancaSingleton (1–1)32,28718–22
42June 5@ Dodgers0–3TaylorOstermueller (4–2)24,97718–23
43June 6@ Phillies3–4SchmidtHerring (1–2)12,42118–24
44June 8@ Phillies2–5LeonardStrincevich (1–3)18–25
45June 8@ Phillies5–4Bonham (3–0)Donnelly18,55119–25
46June 9@ Giants10–13JansenHerring (1–3)13,06919–26
47June 10@ Giants2–3 (12)ThompsonBonham (3–1)39,69019–27
48June 11@ Giants8–7Ostermueller (5–2)BeggsHigbe (1)13,22220–27
49June 12Cubs3–7EricksonBahr (3–4)Schmitz32,13220–28
50June 13Braves2–6BarrettSewell (3–2)6,31420–29
51June 15Braves4–13SpahnStrincevich (1–4)20–30
52June 15Braves3–12SainRoe (2–4)29,06220–31
53June 18Giants5–12JansenOstermueller (5–3)3,66120–32
54June 19Giants12–2Higbe (2–5)Cooper8,77921–32
55June 20Phillies6–0Bonham (4–1)Rowe27,68322–32
56June 21Phillies1–5LeonardBagby (0–2)11,14422–33
57June 22Phillies3–4 (13)JurisichHigbe (2–6)Mauney25,39222–34
58June 24Dodgers2–4BrancaOstermueller (5–4)35,33122–35
59June 25Dodgers2–6TaylorHigbe (2–7)10,31322–36
60June 26@ Cubs8–0Bonham (5–1)Lade10,65423–36
61June 27@ Cubs12–8Bagby (1–2)LeeHigbe (2)9,72524–36
62June 28@ Cubs2–6MeyerRoe (2–5)24–37
63June 28@ Cubs5–6LadeWolff (0–1)37,11124–38
64June 29@ Cubs10–4Higbe (3–7)Passeau27,38525–38
July: 15–18 (Home: 8–9; Away: 7–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
65July 1Cardinals1–2HearnBonham (5–2)37,84425–39
66July 2Reds6–8GumbertOstermueller (5–5)23,38425–40
67July 3Reds7–3Bagby (2–2)Hetki8,61026–40
68July 4@ Reds0–8BlackwellRoe (2–6)26–41
69July 4@ Reds4–6GumbertBahr (3–5)19,28226–42
70July 5Cubs3–4LadeSewell (3–3)12,34026–43
71July 6Cubs6–2Bonham (6–2)EricksonHigbe (3)27–43
72July 6Cubs10–0Ostermueller (6–5)Meyer25,77628–43
73July 10@ Phillies2–7LeonardBagby (2–3)12,04428–44
74July 10@ Phillies1–2HughesHigbe (3–8)12,04428–45
75July 11@ Phillies7–2Bonham (7–2)Schanz12,67029–45
76July 12@ Phillies2–4RoweSewell (3–4)Donnelly8,03529–46
77July 13@ Giants6–3Ostermueller (7–5)Cooper30–46
78July 13@ Giants1–3JansenRoe (2–7)30,16630–47
79July 14@ Giants1–5HartungHigbe (3–9)8,63130–48
80July 15@ Dodgers12–4Roe (3–7)Taylor31–48
81July 15@ Dodgers9–3Bagby (3–3)Hatten25,59432–48
82July 16@ Dodgers6–10BehrmanBonham (7–3)Taylor27,75632–49
83July 17@ Dodgers7–1Queen (1–0)King9,13333–49
84July 18@ Braves2–1Higbe (4–9)Voiselle19,62834–49
85July 19@ Braves0–2SainRoe (3–8)22,58434–50
86July 20@ Braves9–1Ostermueller (8–5)Spahn15,67535–50
87July 21Phillies1–8LeonardWolff (0–2)12,63135–51
88July 23Phillies6–2Bonham (8–3)Jurisich27,56336–51
89July 24Phillies8–6Sewell (4–4)Schmidt12,63137–51
90July 24Phillies3–2Higbe (5–9)RoweRoe (1)15,43338–51
91July 25Dodgers1–4TaylorQueen (1–1)42,01438–52
92July 26Dodgers4–6CaseyStrincevich (1–5)17,60638–53
93July 27Dodgers4–8BehrmanOstermueller (8–6)Casey38–54
94July 27Dodgers4–11 (7)GreggHigbe (5–10)42,71638–55
95July 29Braves6–5Bonham (9–3)Voiselle20,18639–55
96July 30Braves5–3Higbe (6–10)Barrett12,67240–55
97July 30Braves5–8WrightRoe (3–9)Karl12,67240–56
August: 14–18 (Home: 5–6; Away: 9–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
98August 1Giants1–2KosloQueen (1–2)28,85540–57
99August 2Giants2–10JansenWolff (0–3)40–58
100August 2Giants5–4Ostermueller (9–6)Iott19,19641–58
101August 3Giants8–11KennedyRoe (3–10)Trinkle41–59
102August 3Giants6–6 (8)26,49041–59
103August 4Reds4–7WaltersBonham (9–4)Gumbert19,88341–60
104August 5Reds12–4Queen (2–2)LivelyHigbe (4)6,22942–60
105August 6@ Cubs7–2Wolff (1–3)Erickson9,08643–60
106August 7@ Cubs3–0Higbe (7–10)Borowy7,76644–60
107August 8@ Cardinals0–6MungerOstermueller (9–7)21,87244–61
108August 9@ Cardinals5–4Higbe (8–10)Pollet20,32045–61
109August 10@ Cardinals0–5DicksonRoe (3–11)45–62
110August 10@ Cardinals5–7BurkhartBonham (9–5)Dickson25,48245–63
111August 11@ Reds3–8WaltersWolff (1–4)12,83245–64
112August 12@ Reds3–2 (12)Lyons (1–0)Peterson5,73046–64
113August 13Cubs10–2Queen (3–2)EricksonBonham (3)5,11147–64
114August 14Cardinals5–3Ostermueller (10–7)Dickson19,19748–64
115August 15Cardinals4–7MungerBonham (9–6)Wilks35,34448–65
116August 16Cardinals12–7Bagby (4–3)Burkhart6,43549–65
117August 17Cardinals5–6HearnHigbe (8–11)Brazle36,00049–66
118August 19@ Braves5–7LanfranconiLyons (1–1)23,19249–67
119August 20@ Braves16–10Ostermueller (11–7)Sain24,63850–67
120August 21@ Giants1–4HartungHigbe (8–12)20,70050–68
121August 22@ Giants7–8TrinkleLyons (1–2)Beggs8,77350–69
122August 23@ Giants11–10Bagby (5–3)BeggsHigbe (5)51–69
123August 23@ Giants4–0Roe (4–11)Hansen32,21152–69
124August 24@ Dodgers1–3BrancaBonham (9–7)Casey33,20752–70
125August 25@ Dodgers10–11KingHigbe (8–13)Casey52–71
126August 26@ Dodgers16–3Ostermueller (12–7)Gregg24,06953–71
127August 27@ Phillies3–4LeonardQueen (3–3)7,53753–72
128August 28@ Phillies0–7RoweSingleton (1–2)8,20253–73
129August 30@ Cubs8–5Bonham (10–7)EricksonRoe (2)27,52354–73
130August 31@ Cubs3–6LadeStrincevich (1–6)22,92554–74
September: 8–18 (Home: 7–15; Away: 1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 1@ Cardinals5–6 (10)DicksonOstermueller (12–8)54–75
132September 1@ Cardinals2–8HearnRoe (4–12)30,09554–76
133September 3Reds6–13BlackwellHigbe (8–14)37,29954–77
134September 4Reds5–7GumbertQueen (3–4)3,68254–78
135September 6Cubs7–6 (10)Sewell (5–4)Erickson6,03755–78
136September 7Cubs3–4LadeHigbe (8–15)11,93055–79
137September 8Giants8–10TrinkleBagby (5–4)3,93655–80
138September 9Giants1–3HartungRoe (4–13)20,00855–81
139September 10Giants2–3JansenQueen (3–5)3,55755–82
140September 11Braves4–3 (13)Higbe (9–15)Sain7,01056–82
141September 11Braves10–8Singleton (2–2)Lanfranconi7,01057–82
142September 12Braves4–3Sewell (6–4)Barrett21,01258–82
143September 13Braves1–8JohnsonRoe (4–14)10,72158–83
144September 14Phillies3–7LeonardBonham (10–8)58–84
145September 14Phillies7–9RoweQueen (3–6)24,27958–85
146September 15Phillies12–2Higbe (10–15)Hughes2,83359–85
147September 16Phillies1–2DonnellyQueen (3–7)2,56859–86
148September 17Dodgers2–4GreggOstermueller (12–9)Behrman33,91659–87
149September 18Dodgers8–7Higbe (11–15)King15,44060–87
150September 21@ Reds1–3BlackwellHigbe (11–16)60–88
151September 21@ Reds11–7 (8)Nagy (1–2)Gumbert15,97561–88
152September 23Cardinals4–8HearnOstermueller (12–10)Wilks10,33061–89
153September 24Cardinals1–5MungerRoe (4–15)11,65861–90
154September 25Cardinals3–15DicksonHigbe (11–17)7,15561–91
155September 25Cardinals1–3StaleyNagy (1–3)7,15561–92
156September 28Reds7–0Bonham (11–8)Lively33,70462–92
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

Roster

1947 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
CDixie Howell7621459.276425
1BHank Greenberg125402100.2492574
2BJimmy Bloodworth8831679.250748
SSBilly Cox132529145.2741554
3BFrankie Gustine156616183.297967
OFRalph Kiner152565177.31351127
OFWally Westlake112407111.2731769
OFJim Russell128478121.253851

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
Culley Rikard10932493.287432
Clyde Kluttz7323270.302642
Eddie Basinski5616132.199417
Elbie Fletcher6915738.242122
Whitey Wietelmann4812830.23417
Gene Woodling227921.266010
Bill Salkeld476113.21308
Billy Sullivan385514.25508
Pete Castiglione135014.28001
Billy Herman154710.21306
Roy Jarvis18457.15614
Gene Mauch16309.30001
Al Gionfriddo110.00000

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
Fritz Ostermueller26183.012103.8466
Mel Queen1474.0374.0134

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
Kirby Higbe46225.011173.7299
Tiny Bonham33149.21183.8563
Preacher Roe38144.04155.2559
Rip Sewell24121.0643.5736
Nick Strincevich3289.0165.2622
Ed Bahr1982.1354.5925
Roger Wolff1330.0148.707
Hank Behrman1024.2029.1211
Steve Nagy614.0135.794
Hugh Mulcahy26.2004.052
Ken Heintzelman24.00020.252

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 Bagby375404.6723
Elmer Singleton362216.3124
Al Lyons131207.3116
Art Herring111328.446
Lee Howard20003.382
Lou Tost10009.000
Cal McLish100018.000
Ken Gables100054.000

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 Side 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, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
  6. Frank Thomas at Baseball-Reference
  7. Joe Grace at Baseball-Reference

References

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