1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster

The 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1946 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 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Opening Day starters list, a 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates salary list, a 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates uniform number breakdown and a 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1946 Pittsburgh Pirates



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Roster
Schedule
24 Ed Albosta 6-01 175 Right Right 1918-10-27
46 Ed Bahr 6-01½ 172 Right Right 1919-10-16
47 Bill Clemensen 6-01 193 Right Right 1919-06-20
45 Ken Gables 5-11 210 Right Right 1919-01-31
40 Al Gerheauser 6-03 190 Left Left 1917-06-24
26 Hank Gornicki 6-01 145 Right Right 1911-01-14
39 Jack Hallett 6-04 215 Right Right 1914-11-13
20 Ken Heintzelman 5-11½ 185 Left Right 1915-10-14
42 Jim Hopper 6-01 175 Right Right 1919-09-01
11 Lee Howard 6-02 175 Left Left 1923-11-11
25 Johnny Lanning 6-01 185 Right Right 1910-09-06
21 Fritz Ostermueller 5-11 175 Left Left 1907-09-15
29 Preacher Roe 6-02 170 Left Right 1916-02-26
30 Rip Sewell 6-01 180 Right Left 1907-05-11
22 Nick Strincevich 6-01 180 Right Right 1915-03-01
11, 47 Al Tate 6-00 180 Right Right 1918-07-01
27 Junior Walsh 5-11 185 Right Right 1919-03-07
31 Lefty Wilkie 5-11½ 175 Left Left 1914-10-30
44 Bill Baker 6-00 200 Right Right 1911-02-22
10 Hank Camelli 5-11 190 Right Right 1914-12-09
31 Roy Jarvis 5-09 160 Right Right 1926-06-07
12 Al Lopez 5-11 165 Right Right 1908-08-20
1 Bill Salkeld 5-10 190 Right Left 1917-03-08
28 Vinnie Smith 6-01 176 Right Right 1915-12-07
2 Jimmy Brown 5-08½ 165 Right Both 1910-04-25
5 Pete Coscarart 5-11½ 175 Right Right 1913-06-16
4 Billy Cox 5-10 150 Right Right 1919-08-29
15 Elbie Fletcher 6-00 180 Left Left 1916-03-18
16 Frankie Gustine 6-00 180 Right Right 1920-02-20
6 Lee Handley 5-07 160 Right Right 1913-07-31
9 Burgess Whitehead 5-10½ 160 Right Right 1910-06-29
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
8 Bob Elliott 6-00 185 Right Right 1916-11-26
3 Al Gionfriddo 5-06 165 Left Left 1922-03-08
49 Ben Guintini 6-01½ 190 Right Right 1920-01-13
43 Ralph Kiner 6-02 195 Right Right 1922-10-27
32 Jim Russell 6-01 181 Right Both 1918-10-01
7, 19 Maurice Van Robays 6-00½ 190 Right Right 1914-11-15
41 Chuck Workman 6-00 175 Right Left 1915-01-06
37 Alf Anderson 5-11 165 Right Right 1914-01-28
17 Vic Barnhart 6-00 188 Right Right 1922-09-01
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The 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates played 154 games during the regular season, won 63 games, lost 91 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at Forbes Field (Park Factors: 103/103) where 749,962 fans witnessed their 1946 Pirates finish the season with a .409 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 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Opening Day starters list, a 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates salary list, a 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates uniform number breakdown and a 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates primary starters list:

1946 Pittsburgh Pirates
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1946 Pittsburgh Pirates
Most Games by Position

C Al Lopez (56)
1B Elbie Fletcher (147)
2B Frankie Gustine (113)
3B Lee Handley (102)
SS Billy Cox (114)
LF Jim Russell (67)
CF Ralph Kiner (76)
RF Bob Elliott (92)
  
SP Ken Heintzelman
SP Fritz Ostermueller
SP Rip Sewell
SP Nick Strincevich
  
RP Ken Gables
RP Al Gerheauser
RP Jack Hallett
RP Johnny Lanning
CL Preacher Roe


1946 Pittsburgh Pirates
Salaries

Ralph Kiner $5,000.00


1946 Pittsburgh Pirates
Uniform Numbers

#1 Bill Salkeld
#2 Jimmy Brown
#3 Al Gionfriddo
#4 Billy Cox
#5 Pete Coscarart
#6 Lee Handley
#7 Maurice Van Robays
#8 Bob Elliott
#9 Burgess Whitehead
#10 Hank Camelli
#11 Lee Howard
#11 Al Tate
#12 Al Lopez
#14 Frankie Zak
#15 Elbie Fletcher
#16 Frankie Gustine
#17 Vic Barnhart
#18 Johnny Barrett
#19 Maurice Van Robays
#20 Ken Heintzelman
#21 Fritz Ostermueller
#22 Nick Strincevich
#23 Frank Colman
#24 Ed Albosta
#25 Johnny Lanning
#26 Hank Gornicki
#27 Junior Walsh
#28 Vinnie Smith
#29 Preacher Roe
#30 Rip Sewell
#31 Roy Jarvis
#31 Lefty Wilkie
#32 Jim Russell
#37 Alf Anderson
#39 Jack Hallett
#40 Al Gerheauser
#41 Chuck Workman
#42 Jim Hopper
#43 Ralph Kiner
#44 Bill Baker
#45 Ken Gables
#46 Ed Bahr
#47 Bill Clemensen
#47 Al Tate
#49 Ben Guintini

Did you know that a 1946 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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