1947 Pittsburgh Pirates

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W-L Record: 62-92 -- 7th in National League - Manager: Billy Herman, Bill Burwell Location: Pittsburgh,PA Baseball Stadium: Forbes Field Top Draft Pick: Attendance: 1,283,531 Youngest Player: Roy Jarvis (21) Oldest Player: Art Herring (41) Longest Tenure: Rip Sewell (10)

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Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
36	Jim Bagby	P	30	R	R	6-2	170	9/8/1916	Cleveland,Ohio	MLB	1938-1947
24	Ed Bahr	P	27	R	R	6-1	172	10/16/1919	Rouleau,Saskatchewan	MLB	1946-1947
8	Eddie Basinski	SS-2B	24	R	R	6-1	172	11/4/1922	Buffalo,New York	MLB	1944-1947
18	Hank Behrman	P	26	R	R	5-11	174	6/27/1921	Brooklyn,New York	MLB	1946-1949
2,19	Jimmy Bloodworth	2B	29	R	R	5-11	180	7/26/1917	Tallahassee,Florida	MLB	1937-1951
35	Tiny Bonham	P	33	R	R	6-2	215	8/16/1913	Ione,California	MLB	1940-1949
9	Pete Castiglione	3B-SS	26	R	R	5-11	175	2/13/1921	Greenwich,Connecticut	MLB	1947-1954
6	Billy Cox	3B-SS	27	R	R	5-10	150	8/29/1919	Newport,Pennsylvania	MLB	1941-1955
3	Elbie Fletcher	1B	31	L	L	6-0	180	3/18/1916	Milton,Massachusetts	MLB	1934-1949
25	Ken Gables	P	28	R	R	5-11	210	1/31/1919	Walnut Grove,Missouri	MLB	1945-1947
18	Al Gionfriddo	OF	25	L	L	5-6	165	3/8/1922	Dysart,Pennsylvania	MLB	1944-1947
5	Hank Greenberg	1B-OF	36	R	R	6-3	210	1/1/1911	New York,New York	MLB	1930-1947
16	Frankie Gustine	2B-3B	27	R	R	6-0	180	2/20/1920	Hoopeston,Illinois	MLB	1939-1950
20	Ken Heintzelman	P	31	R	L		185	10/14/1915	Peruque,Missouri	MLB	1937-1952
11	Billy Herman	2B	37	R	R	5-11	180	7/7/1909	New Albany,Indiana	MLB	1931-1947
27	Art Herring	P	41	R	R	5-7	168	3/10/1906	Altus,Oklahoma	MLB	1929-1947
13	Kirby Higbe	P	32	R	R	5-11	190	4/8/1915	Columbia,South Carolina	MLB	1937-1950
-	Lee Howard	P	23	L	L	6-2	175	11/11/1923	Staten Island,New York	MLB	1946-1947
1	Dixie Howell	C	27	R	R	5-11	195	4/24/1920	Louisville,Kentucky	MLB	1947-1956
31	Roy Jarvis	C	21	R	R	5-9	160	6/27/1926	Shawnee,Oklahoma	MLB	1944-1947
4	Ralph Kiner	OF	24	R	R	6-2	195	10/27/1922	Santa Rita,New Mexico	MLB	1946-1955
10	Clyde Kluttz	C	29	R	R	6-0	198	12/12/1917	Rockwell,North Carolina	MLB	1942-1952
2	Al Lyons	P	28	R	R	6-2	195	7/18/1918	St. Joseph,Missouri	MLB	1944-1948
19,42	Gene Mauch	2B-SS	21	R	R	5-10	165	11/18/1925	Salina,Kansas	MLB	1944-1957
28,40	Cal McLish	P	21	B	R	6-1	200	12/1/1925	Anadarko,Oklahoma	MLB	1944-1964
19	Hugh Mulcahy	P	33	R	R	6-2	190	9/9/1913	Brighton,Massachusetts	MLB	1935-1947
28	Steve Nagy	P	28	L	L	5-10	170	5/28/1919	Franklin,New Jersey	MLB	1947-1950
21	Fritz Ostermueller	P	39	L	L	5-11	175	9/15/1907	Quincy,Illinois	MLB	1934-1948
23	Mel Queen	P	29	R	R	6-0	204	3/4/1918	Maxwell,Pennsylvania	MLB	1942-1952
12	Culley Rikard	OF	33	L	R	5-11	183	5/9/1914	Oxford,Mississippi	MLB	1941-1947
29	Preacher Roe	P	32	R	L	6-2	170	2/26/1915	Ash Flat,Arkansas	MLB	1938-1954
17	Jim Russell	OF	28	B	R	6-1	181	10/1/1918	Fayette City,Pennsylvania	MLB	1942-1951
1,2	Bill Salkeld	C	30	L	R	5-10	190	3/8/1917	Pocatello,Idaho	MLB	1945-1950
30	Rip Sewell	P	40	L	R	6-1	180	5/11/1907	Decatur,Alabama	MLB	1932-1949
26	Elmer Singleton	P	29	R	R	6-2	174	6/26/1918	Ogden,Utah	MLB	1945-1959
22	Nick Strincevich	P	32	R	R	6-1	180	3/1/1915	Gary,Indiana	MLB	1940-1948
14,42	Billy Sullivan	C-1B	36	L	R	6-0	170	10/23/1910	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1931-1947
23	Lou Tost	P	36	L	L	6-0	175	6/1/1911	Cumberland,Washington	MLB	1942-1947
15	Wally Westlake	OF	26	R	R	6-0	186	11/8/1920	Gridley,California	MLB	1947-1956
7	Whitey Wietelmann	SS-2B	28	B	R	6-0	170	3/15/1919	Zanesville,Ohio	MLB	1939-1947
32	Roger Wolff	P	36	R	R	6-0	208	4/10/1911	Evansville,Illinois	MLB	1941-1947
14	Gene Woodling	OF	24	L	R	5-9	195	8/16/1922	Akron,Ohio	MLB	1943-1962

Team Personnel

Bill Burwell (Assistant Coach)
Bill Burwell (Manager)
Jack Craddock (Broadcaster)
Billy Herman (Manager)
Rogers McKee (Assistant Coach)
Bob Prince (Broadcaster)
Rosey Rowswell (Broadcaster)
Zack Taylor (Assistant Coach)
Honus Wagner (Assistant Coach)

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