1947 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster

The 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1947 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 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates Opening Day starters list, a 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates salary list, a 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates uniform number breakdown and a 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1947 Pittsburgh Pirates



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Roster
Schedule
36 Jim Bagby 6-02 170 Right Right 1916-09-08
24 Ed Bahr 6-01½ 172 Right Right 1919-10-16
18 Hank Behrman 5-11 174 Right Right 1921-06-27
35 Tiny Bonham 6-02 215 Right Right 1913-08-16
25 Ken Gables 5-11 210 Right Right 1919-01-31
20 Ken Heintzelman 5-11½ 185 Left Right 1915-10-14
27 Art Herring 5-07 168 Right Right 1906-03-10
13 Kirby Higbe 5-11 190 Right Right 1915-04-08
- Lee Howard 6-02 175 Left Left 1923-11-11
2 Al Lyons 6-02 195 Right Right 1918-07-18
28, 40 Cal McLish 6-01 200 Right Both 1925-12-01
19 Hugh Mulcahy 6-02 190 Right Right 1913-09-09
28 Steve Nagy 5-10 170 Left Left 1919-05-28
21 Fritz Ostermueller 5-11 175 Left Left 1907-09-15
23 Mel Queen 6-00½ 204 Right Right 1918-03-04
29 Preacher Roe 6-02 170 Left Right 1916-02-26
30 Rip Sewell 6-01 180 Right Left 1907-05-11
26 Elmer Singleton 6-02 174 Right Right 1918-06-26
22 Nick Strincevich 6-01 180 Right Right 1915-03-01
23 Lou Tost 6-00 175 Left Left 1911-06-01
32 Roger Wolff 6-00½ 208 Right Right 1911-04-10
1 Dixie Howell 5-11 195 Right Right 1920-04-24
31 Roy Jarvis 5-09 160 Right Right 1926-06-07
10 Clyde Kluttz 6-00 198 Right Right 1917-12-12
1, 2 Bill Salkeld 5-10 190 Right Left 1917-03-08
14, 42 Billy Sullivan 6-00 170 Right Left 1910-10-23
8 Eddie Basinski 6-01 172 Right Right 1922-11-04
2, 19 Jimmy Bloodworth 5-11 180 Right Right 1917-07-26
9 Pete Castiglione 5-11 175 Right Right 1921-02-13
6 Billy Cox 5-10 150 Right Right 1919-08-29
3 Elbie Fletcher 6-00 180 Left Left 1916-03-18
5 Hank Greenberg 6-03½ 210 Right Right 1911-01-01
16 Frankie Gustine 6-00 180 Right Right 1920-02-20
11 Billy Herman 5-11 180 Right Right 1909-07-07
19, 42 Gene Mauch 5-10 165 Right Right 1925-11-18
7 Whitey Wietelmann 6-00 170 Right Both 1919-03-15
4 Ralph Kiner 6-02 195 Right Right 1922-10-27
12 Culley Rikard 5-11 183 Right Left 1914-05-09
17 Jim Russell 6-01 181 Right Both 1918-10-01
15 Wally Westlake 6-00 186 Right Right 1920-11-08
14 Gene Woodling 5-09½ 195 Right Left 1922-08-16
18 Al Gionfriddo 5-06 165 Left Left 1922-03-08
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The 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates played 154 games during the regular season, won 62 games, lost 92 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at Forbes Field (Park Factors: 103/104) where 1,283,531 fans witnessed their 1947 Pirates finish the season with a .403 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 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates Opening Day starters list, a 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates salary list, a 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates uniform number breakdown and a 1947 Pittsburgh Pirates primary starters list:

1947 Pittsburgh Pirates
Opening Day Starters


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1947 Pittsburgh Pirates
Most Games by Position

C Dixie Howell (74)
1B Hank Greenberg (119)
2B Jimmy Bloodworth (87)
3B Frankie Gustine (156)
SS Billy Cox (129)
LF Ralph Kiner (152)
CF Jim Russell (102)
RF Wally Westlake (97)
  
SP Tiny Bonham
SP Fritz Ostermueller
SP Preacher Roe
  
RP Jim Bagby
RP Elmer Singleton
RP Nick Strincevich
CL Kirby Higbe


1947 Pittsburgh Pirates
Salaries

Hank Greenberg $100,000.00
Ralph Kiner $10,000.00


1947 Pittsburgh Pirates
Uniform Numbers

#1 Dixie Howell
#1 Bill Salkeld
#2 Jimmy Bloodworth
#2 Al Lyons
#2 Bill Salkeld
#3 Elbie Fletcher
#4 Ralph Kiner
#5 Hank Greenberg
#6 Billy Cox
#7 Whitey Wietelmann
#8 Eddie Basinski
#9 Pete Castiglione
#10 Clyde Kluttz
#11 Billy Herman
#12 Culley Rikard
#13 Kirby Higbe
#14 Billy Sullivan
#14 Gene Woodling
#15 Wally Westlake
#16 Frankie Gustine
#17 Jim Russell
#18 Hank Behrman
#18 Al Gionfriddo
#19 Jimmy Bloodworth
#19 Gene Mauch
#19 Hugh Mulcahy
#20 Ken Heintzelman
#21 Fritz Ostermueller
#22 Nick Strincevich
#23 Mel Queen
#23 Lou Tost
#24 Ed Bahr
#25 Ken Gables
#26 Elmer Singleton
#27 Art Herring
#28 Cal McLish
#28 Steve Nagy
#29 Preacher Roe
#30 Rip Sewell
#31 Roy Jarvis
#32 Roger Wolff
#35 Tiny Bonham
#36 Jim Bagby
#40 Cal McLish
#42 Gene Mauch
#42 Billy Sullivan

Did you know that a 1947 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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