1944 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster

The 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1944 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates Opening Day starters list, a 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates salary list, a 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates uniform number breakdown and a 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1944 Pittsburgh Pirates



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Roster
Schedule
19 Max Butcher 6-02 220 Right Right 1910-09-21
27 Cookie Cuccurullo 5-10 168 Left Left 1918-02-08
26 Johnny Gee 6-09 225 Left Left 1915-12-07
- Len Gilmore 6-03 175 Right Right 1917-11-03
21 Fritz Ostermueller 5-11 175 Left Left 1907-09-15
4 Xavier Rescigno 5-10½ 175 Right Right 1912-10-13
29 Preacher Roe 6-02 170 Left Right 1916-02-26
30 Rip Sewell 6-01 180 Right Left 1907-05-11
20 Ray Starr 6-01 178 Right Right 1906-04-23
22 Nick Strincevich 6-01 180 Right Right 1915-03-01
25 Joe Vitelli 6-01 195 Right Right 1908-04-12
- Roy Wise 6-02 170 Right Both 1923-11-18
10 Hank Camelli 5-11 190 Right Right 1914-12-09
36 Spud Davis 6-01 197 Right Right 1904-12-20
12 Al Lopez 5-11 165 Right Right 1908-08-20
- Vic Barnhart 6-00 188 Right Right 1922-09-01
5 Pete Coscarart 5-11½ 175 Right Right 1913-06-16
7 Babe Dahlgren 6-00 190 Right Right 1912-06-15
8 Bob Elliott 6-00 185 Right Right 1916-11-26
16 Frankie Gustine 6-00 180 Right Right 1920-02-20
6 Lee Handley 5-07 160 Right Right 1913-07-31
- Hank Sweeney 6-00 185 Left Left 1915-12-28
14 Frankie Zak 5-10 150 Right Right 1922-02-22
18 Johnny Barrett 5-10½ 170 Left Left 1915-12-18
23 Frank Colman 5-11 188 Left Left 1918-03-02
9 Vince DiMaggio 5-11 183 Right Right 1912-09-06
- Al Gionfriddo 5-06 165 Left Left 1922-03-08
11 Tommy O'Brien 5-11 195 Right Right 1918-12-19
- Bill Rodgers 6-00 162 Left Left 1922-12-05
4 Al Rubeling 6-00 185 Right Right 1913-05-10
32 Jim Russell 6-01 181 Right Both 1918-10-01
15 Lloyd Waner 5-09 150 Right Left 1906-03-16
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The 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates played 153 games during the regular season, won 90 games, lost 63 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Forbes Field (Park Factors: 104/103) where 604,278 fans witnessed their 1944 Pirates finish the season with a .588 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates Opening Day starters list, a 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates salary list, a 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates uniform number breakdown and a 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates primary starters list:

1944 Pittsburgh Pirates
Opening Day Starters


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1944 Pittsburgh Pirates
Most Games by Position

C Al Lopez (115)
1B Babe Dahlgren (158)
2B Pete Coscarart (136)
3B Bob Elliott (140)
SS Frankie Gustine (116)
LF Jim Russell (139)
CF Vince DiMaggio (101)
RF Johnny Barrett (92)
  
SP Max Butcher
SP Fritz Ostermueller
SP Preacher Roe
SP Rip Sewell
SP Nick Strincevich
  
RP Cookie Cuccurullo
CL Xavier Rescigno


1944 Pittsburgh Pirates
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1944 Pittsburgh Pirates
Uniform Numbers

#4 Xavier Rescigno
#4 Al Rubeling
#5 Pete Coscarart
#6 Lee Handley
#7 Babe Dahlgren
#8 Bob Elliott
#9 Vince DiMaggio
#10 Hank Camelli
#11 Tommy O'Brien
#12 Al Lopez
#14 Frankie Zak
#15 Lloyd Waner
#16 Frankie Gustine
#18 Johnny Barrett
#19 Max Butcher
#20 Ray Starr
#21 Fritz Ostermueller
#22 Nick Strincevich
#23 Frank Colman
#25 Joe Vitelli
#26 Johnny Gee
#27 Cookie Cuccurullo
#29 Preacher Roe
#30 Rip Sewell
#32 Jim Russell
#36 Spud Davis

Did you know that a 1944 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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