1940 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1939 Season 1941 Season

Record: 78-76-2, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Frankie Frisch (78-76-2)

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 507,934 (5th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95

Pythagorean W-L: 79-75, 809 Runs, 783 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Virgil Davis	35	99	324	285	23	93	14	1	5	39	0	1	35	20	.326	.404	.435	.839	132	124	15	2	2		13
2	1B	Elbie Fletcher*	24	147	641	510	94	139	22	7	16	104	5	5	119	54	.273	.418	.437	.856	137	223	12	9	3		6
3	2B	Frankie Gustine	20	133	565	524	59	147	32	7	1	55	7	16	35	39	.281	.328	.374	.702	94	196	13	2	4		2
4	SS	Arky Vaughan*	28	156	689	594	113	178	40	15	7	95	12	10	88	25	.300	.393	.453	.846	134	269	5	3	4		5
5	3B	Lee Handley	26	98	335	302	50	85	7	4	1	19	7	8	27	16	.281	.340	.341	.681	89	103	2	0	6		1
6	OF	Vince DiMaggio	27	110	400	356	59	103	26	0	19	54	11	4	37	83	.289	.364	.522	.887	143	186	7	5	2		3
7	OF	Bob Elliott	23	148	611	551	88	161	34	11	5	64	13	7	45	28	.292	.348	.421	.769	112	232	11	2	13		3
8	OF	Maurice Van Robays	25	145	609	572	82	156	27	7	11	116	2	6	33	58	.273	.316	.402	.718	98	230	16	3	1		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Debs Garms*	33	103	385	358	76	127	23	7	5	57	3	7	23	6	.355	.395	.500	.895	146	179	3	1	3		1
10	OF	Paul Waner*	37	89	261	238	32	69	16	1	1	32	0	0	23	14	.290	.352	.378	.731	102	90	4	0	0		2
11	C	Al Lopez	31	59	191	174	15	45	6	2	1	24	5	2	13	13	.259	.310	.333	.643	78	58	8	0	4		2
12	OF	Lloyd Waner*	34	72	172	166	30	43	3	0	0	3	2	2	5	5	.259	.285	.277	.562	56	46	1	1	0		0
13	2B	Pep Young	32	54	150	136	19	34	8	2	2	20	1	2	12	23	.250	.320	.382	.702	94	52	0	2	0		0
14	3B	Bill Brubaker	29	38	90	78	8	15	3	1	0	7	0	1	8	16	.192	.267	.256	.524	46	20	0	0	4		1
15	C	Ed Fernandes#	22	28	41	33	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	6	.121	.275	.152	.427	21	5	0	0	0		0
16	C	Joe Schultz*	21	16	39	36	2	7	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	1	.194	.237	.250	.487	35	9	0	0	0		1
17	OF	Johnny Rizzo	27	9	34	28	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	5	.179	.324	.214	.538	52	6	1	1	0		0
18	C	Ray Berres	32	21	33	32	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.188	.212	.188	.400	11	6	1	0	0		0
19	2B	Ed Leip	29	3	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	1	1	0	0		0
20	C	Ray Mueller	28	4	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	165	1	0	0	0		0
21	OF	Frank Kalin	22	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	19	0	1	0	0		0
22		Fern Bell	27	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-25	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
23	P	Joe Bowman*	30	57	105	90	11	22	5	1	1	14	0	0	14	14	.244	.352	.356	.708	97	32	3	1	0		1
24	P	Rip Sewell*	33	47	77	73	14	14	2	1	1	4	0	0	3	19	.192	.224	.288	.511	41	21	1	0	1		0
25	P	Mace Brown	31	48	62	52	4	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	8	.115	.193	.135	.328	-8	7	1	1	5		0
26	P	Ken Heintzelman	24	41	59	54	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.167	.196	.167	.363	1	9	3	0	3		0
27	P	Max Butcher	29	36	53	50	6	15	3	0	0	10	0	0	2	7	.300	.327	.360	.687	90	18	2	0	1		0
28	P	Bob Klinger	32	39	44	42	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.163	.143	.306	-15	6	3	0	1		0
29	P	Johnny Lanning	29	38	40	35	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	8	.200	.243	.257	.500	39	9	0	0	3		0
30	P	Dick Lanahan*	28	40	35	34	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.118	.118	.118	.235	-35	4	1	0	1		0
31	P	Danny MacFayden	35	35	30	28	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.179	.207	.179	.385	8	5	1	0	1		0
32	P	Lloyd Dietz	28	6	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-21	1	0	0	0		0
33	P	Russ Bauers*	26	15	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	59	2	0	0	0		0
34	P	Oad Swigart*	25	7	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	1	0	0	1		0
35	P	Pep Rambert	23	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0		0
36	P	Ray Harrell	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	27.5	156	6117	5466	809	1511	276	68	76	740	69	71	553	494	.276	.346	.394	.740	105	2151	116	33	63		45
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	1	2	1	2	6		3	8	1	2	1	1	2	2		2		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.3	156	5589	4987	757	1419	263	66	74	702	68	71	523	414	.285	.356	.408	.764	111	2036	101	31	46		44
		Pitcher Totals	29.9	156	528	479	52	92	13	2	2	38	1	0	30	80	.192	.243	.240	.483	34	115	15	2	17		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Rip Sewell	33	16	5	.762	2.80	33	23	3	14	2	1	189.2	169	71	59	6	67	6	60	3	0	2	790	136	3.88	1.244	8.0	0.3	3.2	2.8	0.90
2	SP	Joe Bowman	30	9	10	.474	4.46	32	24	5	10	0	2	187.2	209	113	93	10	66	8	57	7	1	1	844	86	4.25	1.465	10.0	0.5	3.2	2.7	0.86
3	SP	Bob Klinger	32	8	13	.381	5.39	39	22	6	3	0	3	142.0	196	102	85	5	53	4	48	5	0	5	662	71	4.00	1.754	12.4	0.3	3.4	3.0	0.91
4	SP	Max Butcher	29	8	9	.471	6.01	35	24	5	6	2	2	136.1	161	99	91	13	46	2	40	1	1	1	608	64	4.68	1.518	10.6	0.9	3.0	2.6	0.87
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Mace Brown	31	10	9	.526	3.49	48	17	21	5	1	7	173.0	181	78	67	5	49	5	73	2	0	4	737	110	3.41	1.329	9.4	0.3	2.5	3.8	1.49
6	RP	Ken Heintzelman*	24	8	8	.500	4.47	39	16	12	5	2	3	165.0	193	86	82	7	65	5	71	4	1	7	742	85	3.94	1.564	10.5	0.4	3.5	3.9	1.09
7	RP	Johnny Lanning	29	8	4	.667	4.05	38	7	16	2	0	2	115.2	119	59	52	8	39	6	42	0	0	1	489	94	4.18	1.366	9.3	0.6	3.0	3.3	1.08
8	RP	Dick Lanahan*	28	6	8	.429	4.25	40	8	17	4	0	2	108.0	121	63	51	8	42	3	45	1	1	1	481	90	4.32	1.509	10.1	0.7	3.5	3.8	1.07
9	RP	Danny MacFayden	35	5	4	.556	3.55	35	8	13	0	0	2	91.1	112	47	36	5	27	3	24	4	0	0	409	108	4.20	1.522	11.0	0.5	2.7	2.4	0.89
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Russ Bauers	26	0	2	.000	7.63	15	2	2	0	0	0	30.2	42	29	26	2	18	0	11	2	0	3	153	51	5.08	1.957	12.3	0.6	5.3	3.2	0.61
11		Oad Swigart	25	0	2	.000	4.43	7	2	3	0	0	0	22.1	27	14	11	1	10	0	9	0	0	0	102	87	4.12	1.657	10.9	0.4	4.0	3.6	0.90
12		Lloyd Dietz	28	0	1	.000	5.87	4	2	1	0	0	0	15.1	22	11	10	2	4	0	8	0	0	1	66	67	4.43	1.696	12.9	1.2	2.3	4.7	2.00
13		Pep Rambert	23	0	1	.000	7.56	3	1	1	0	0	0	8.1	12	8	7	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	44	53	5.52	1.920	13.0	0.0	4.3	0.0	0.00
14		Ray Harrell	28	0	0		8.10	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.1	5	5	3	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	17	53	3.00	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	8.1	1.50
		Team Totals	29.8	78	76	.506	4.36	156	156	107	49	7	24	1388.2	1569	785	673	72	492	42	491	32	4	28	6144	88	4.10	1.484	10.2	0.5	3.2	3.2	1.00
		Rank in 8 NL teams		4	5		6				8	7	1	5	8	8	8	1	7		6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W