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.

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:
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)

April: 8–5 (Home: 3–2; Away: 5–3)

May: 9–12 (Home: 7–4; Away: 2–8)

June: 8–21 (Home: 2–9; Away: 6–12)

July: 15–18 (Home: 8–9; Away: 7–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
65	July 1	Cardinals	1–2	Hearn	Bonham (5–2)	—	37,844	25–39
66	July 2	Reds	6–8	Gumbert	Ostermueller (5–5)	—	23,384	25–40
67	July 3	Reds	7–3	Bagby (2–2)	Hetki	—	8,610	26–40
68	July 4	@ Reds	0–8	Blackwell	Roe (2–6)	—		26–41
69	July 4	@ Reds	4–6	Gumbert	Bahr (3–5)	—	19,282	26–42
70	July 5	Cubs	3–4	Lade	Sewell (3–3)	—	12,340	26–43
71	July 6	Cubs	6–2	Bonham (6–2)	Erickson	Higbe (3)		27–43
72	July 6	Cubs	10–0	Ostermueller (6–5)	Meyer	—	25,776	28–43
73	July 10	@ Phillies	2–7	Leonard	Bagby (2–3)	—	12,044	28–44
74	July 10	@ Phillies	1–2	Hughes	Higbe (3–8)	—	12,044	28–45
75	July 11	@ Phillies	7–2	Bonham (7–2)	Schanz	—	12,670	29–45
76	July 12	@ Phillies	2–4	Rowe	Sewell (3–4)	Donnelly	8,035	29–46
77	July 13	@ Giants	6–3	Ostermueller (7–5)	Cooper	—		30–46
78	July 13	@ Giants	1–3	Jansen	Roe (2–7)	—	30,166	30–47
79	July 14	@ Giants	1–5	Hartung	Higbe (3–9)	—	8,631	30–48
80	July 15	@ Dodgers	12–4	Roe (3–7)	Taylor	—		31–48
81	July 15	@ Dodgers	9–3	Bagby (3–3)	Hatten	—	25,594	32–48
82	July 16	@ Dodgers	6–10	Behrman	Bonham (7–3)	Taylor	27,756	32–49
83	July 17	@ Dodgers	7–1	Queen (1–0)	King	—	9,133	33–49
84	July 18	@ Braves	2–1	Higbe (4–9)	Voiselle	—	19,628	34–49
85	July 19	@ Braves	0–2	Sain	Roe (3–8)	—	22,584	34–50
86	July 20	@ Braves	9–1	Ostermueller (8–5)	Spahn	—	15,675	35–50
87	July 21	Phillies	1–8	Leonard	Wolff (0–2)	—	12,631	35–51
88	July 23	Phillies	6–2	Bonham (8–3)	Jurisich	—	27,563	36–51
89	July 24	Phillies	8–6	Sewell (4–4)	Schmidt	—	12,631	37–51
90	July 24	Phillies	3–2	Higbe (5–9)	Rowe	Roe (1)	15,433	38–51
91	July 25	Dodgers	1–4	Taylor	Queen (1–1)	—	42,014	38–52
92	July 26	Dodgers	4–6	Casey	Strincevich (1–5)	—	17,606	38–53
93	July 27	Dodgers	4–8	Behrman	Ostermueller (8–6)	Casey		38–54
94	July 27	Dodgers	4–11 (7)	Gregg	Higbe (5–10)	—	42,716	38–55
95	July 29	Braves	6–5	Bonham (9–3)	Voiselle	—	20,186	39–55
96	July 30	Braves	5–3	Higbe (6–10)	Barrett	—	12,672	40–55
97	July 30	Braves	5–8	Wright	Roe (3–9)	Karl	12,672	40–56

August: 14–18 (Home: 5–6; Away: 9–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
98	August 1	Giants	1–2	Koslo	Queen (1–2)	—	28,855	40–57
99	August 2	Giants	2–10	Jansen	Wolff (0–3)	—		40–58
100	August 2	Giants	5–4	Ostermueller (9–6)	Iott	—	19,196	41–58
101	August 3	Giants	8–11	Kennedy	Roe (3–10)	Trinkle		41–59
102	August 3	Giants	6–6 (8)			—	26,490	41–59
103	August 4	Reds	4–7	Walters	Bonham (9–4)	Gumbert	19,883	41–60
104	August 5	Reds	12–4	Queen (2–2)	Lively	Higbe (4)	6,229	42–60
105	August 6	@ Cubs	7–2	Wolff (1–3)	Erickson	—	9,086	43–60
106	August 7	@ Cubs	3–0	Higbe (7–10)	Borowy	—	7,766	44–60
107	August 8	@ Cardinals	0–6	Munger	Ostermueller (9–7)	—	21,872	44–61
108	August 9	@ Cardinals	5–4	Higbe (8–10)	Pollet	—	20,320	45–61
109	August 10	@ Cardinals	0–5	Dickson	Roe (3–11)	—		45–62
110	August 10	@ Cardinals	5–7	Burkhart	Bonham (9–5)	Dickson	25,482	45–63
111	August 11	@ Reds	3–8	Walters	Wolff (1–4)	—	12,832	45–64
112	August 12	@ Reds	3–2 (12)	Lyons (1–0)	Peterson	—	5,730	46–64
113	August 13	Cubs	10–2	Queen (3–2)	Erickson	Bonham (3)	5,111	47–64
114	August 14	Cardinals	5–3	Ostermueller (10–7)	Dickson	—	19,197	48–64
115	August 15	Cardinals	4–7	Munger	Bonham (9–6)	Wilks	35,344	48–65
116	August 16	Cardinals	12–7	Bagby (4–3)	Burkhart	—	6,435	49–65
117	August 17	Cardinals	5–6	Hearn	Higbe (8–11)	Brazle	36,000	49–66
118	August 19	@ Braves	5–7	Lanfranconi	Lyons (1–1)	—	23,192	49–67
119	August 20	@ Braves	16–10	Ostermueller (11–7)	Sain	—	24,638	50–67
120	August 21	@ Giants	1–4	Hartung	Higbe (8–12)	—	20,700	50–68
121	August 22	@ Giants	7–8	Trinkle	Lyons (1–2)	Beggs	8,773	50–69
122	August 23	@ Giants	11–10	Bagby (5–3)	Beggs	Higbe (5)		51–69
123	August 23	@ Giants	4–0	Roe (4–11)	Hansen	—	32,211	52–69
124	August 24	@ Dodgers	1–3	Branca	Bonham (9–7)	Casey	33,207	52–70
125	August 25	@ Dodgers	10–11	King	Higbe (8–13)	Casey		52–71
126	August 26	@ Dodgers	16–3	Ostermueller (12–7)	Gregg	—	24,069	53–71
127	August 27	@ Phillies	3–4	Leonard	Queen (3–3)	—	7,537	53–72
128	August 28	@ Phillies	0–7	Rowe	Singleton (1–2)	—	8,202	53–73
129	August 30	@ Cubs	8–5	Bonham (10–7)	Erickson	Roe (2)	27,523	54–73
130	August 31	@ Cubs	3–6	Lade	Strincevich (1–6)	—	22,925	54–74

September: 8–18 (Home: 7–15; Away: 1–3)

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

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

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Steve Nagy at Baseball-Reference
↑ Joe Muir at Baseball-Reference
↑ Tod Davis at Baseball-Reference
↑ 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
↑ Frank Thomas at Baseball-Reference
↑ 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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[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, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4

[6] Frank Thomas at Baseball-Reference

[7] Joe Grace at Baseball-Reference

1947 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
1947 All-Star Game 1947 World Series

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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