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1947 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major league affiliations
Location
1947 Information
Owner(s) John W. Galbreath
General Manager(s) Roy Hamey
Manager(s) Billy Herman, Bill Burwell
Local television none
Local radio WWSW
Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

  • June 24: Against the Pirates, Jackie Robinson stole home plate for the first time in his career.[4] The Pirates catcher was Dixie Howell.

Season standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Brooklyn Dodgers 94 60 -- .610
St. Louis Cardinals 89 65 5 .578
Boston Braves 86 68 8 .558
New York Giants 81 73 13 .526
Cincinnati Reds 73 81 21 .474
Chicago Cubs 69 85 25 .448
Philadelphia Phillies 62 92 32 .403
Pittsburgh Pirates 62 92 32 .403

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1947 Pittsburgh Pirates roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

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 Howell, DixieDixie Howell 76 214 59 .276 4 25
1B Greenberg, HankHank Greenberg 125 402 100 .249 25 74
2B Bloodworth, JimmyJimmy Bloodworth 88 316 79 .250 7 48
3B Gustine, FrankieFrankie Gustine 156 616 183 .297 9 67
SS Cox, BillyBilly Cox 132 529 145 .274 15 54
OF Kiner, RalphRalph Kiner 152 565 177 .313 51 127
OF Westlake, WallyWally Westlake 112 407 111 .273 17 69
OF Russell, JimJim 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
Sullivan, BillyBilly Sullivan 38 55 14 .255 0 8

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
Queen, MelMel 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
Bagby, JimJim Bagby 37 115.2 5 4 4.67 23
Nagy, SteveSteve 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

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
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. ^ Steve Nagy page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Joe Muir page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Tod Davis page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Frank Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Joe Grace page at Baseball Reference

References

1947 MLB season by team
American League
National League
Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis
1947 All-Star Game • 1947 World Series
Pittsburgh Pirates
Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys · Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Franchise
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Retired Numbers
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Minors
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Championships (5)
1909 · 1925 · 1960 · 1971 · 1979
League Pennants
American Association:  none · National League: 1901 · 1902 · 1903 · 1909 · 1925 · 1927 · 1960 · 1971 · 1979
Division Titles
East: 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1974 · 1975 · 1979 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · Central: none · Wild Card: none







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