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1937 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936/1938)
86-68, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 704 runs, Allowed 646 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71
Managed by Pie Traynor

Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 459,679 (4th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 Stats (1936/1938) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Al Todd             35  133  514   51  158  18 10   8   86  16   36  .307  .330  .428   2      16   1   3          104
1B *Gus Suhr            31  151  575   69  160  28 14   5   97  83   42  .278  .369  .402   2       9   0   9          109
2B  Lee Handley         23  127  480   59  120  21 12   3   37  37   40  .250  .305  .363   5       7   1   4           81
3B  Bill Brubaker       26  120  413   57  105  20  4   6   48  47   51  .254  .335  .366   2      13   3   9           90
SS *Arky Vaughan        25  126  469   71  151  17 17   5   72  54   22  .322  .394  .463   7       6   2   6          132
OF *Paul Waner          34  154  619   94  219  30  9   2   74  63   34  .354  .413  .441   4      11   0   8          132
OF *Lloyd Waner         31  129  537   80  177  23  4   1   45  34   12  .330  .370  .393   3       7   0  11          107
OF *Woody Jensen        29  124  509   77  142  23  9   5   45  15   29  .279  .301  .389   2      13   1  11           86
    Pep Young           29  113  408   43  106  20  3   9   54  26   63  .260  .306  .390   4       8   1   7           88
    Johnny Dickshot     27   82  264   42   67   8  4   3   33  26   36  .254  .323  .348   0      11   1   6           82
    Tom Padden          28   35   98   14   28   2  0   0    8  13   11  .286  .369  .306   1       2   0   2           85
    Fred Schulte        36   29   20    5    2   0  0   0    3   4    3  .100  .280  .100   0       0   1   0            7
    Pie Traynor         38    5   12    3    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0       1   0   0           -9
    Ray Berres          29    2    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .167  .167  .167   0       0   0   0           -9
    Bill Schuster       24    3    6    2    3   0  0   0    1   1    0  .500  .571  .500   0       0   0   0          193

   *Cy Blanton          28   36   85    4   14   0  0   0    3   9   20  .165  .245  .165   0       1   0   4           13
   *Red Lucas           35   59   82    8   22   3  0   0   17   7    6  .268  .326  .305   0       2   0   0           72
   *Russ Bauers         23   34   69    4   15   0  0   0    6   3   18  .217  .250  .217   0       0   0   1           28
   *Ed Brandt           32   33   59    5   10   2  0   0    2   8   10  .169  .269  .203   0       2   0   1           30
    Bill Swift          29   36   54    0    9   1  0   0    2   3   15  .167  .211  .185   0       2   0   2            8
   *Joe Bowman          27   35   47    3   10   1  0   0    4   5    9  .213  .288  .234   0       2   0   3           43
    Jim Tobin           24   21   34    7   15   4  0   0    6   4    3  .441  .500  .559   0       2   0   0          187
    Mace Brown          28   50   30    3    9   1  0   0    2   1    4  .300  .323  .333   0       1   0   0           78
    Jim Weaver          33   32   27    0    4   0  0   0    2   4   10  .148  .258  .148   0       1   0   2           13
    Waite Hoyt          37   11   12    1    1   1  0   0    2   0    4  .083  .083  .167   0       0   0   0          -34
    Ken Heintzelman     21    1    4    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.4  154 5433  704 1550 223 86  47  649 463  480  .285  .341  .384  32     117  11  89          103
    Rank among 8 NL teams          2    5    1   6  1   7        5    8     2     2     5   8                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Cy Blanton          28  36   3.30  14  12  0  34   0  14   4  242.7  250  115   89  13   76  143 1034   3   5  0     117
SP *Ed Brandt           32  33   3.11  11  10  2  25   6   7   2  176.3  177   73   61  11   67   74  750   1   2  0     124
SP  Red Lucas           35  20   4.27   8  10  0  20   0   9   1  126.3  150   69   60  12   23   20  549   0   1  0      90
SP  Russ Bauers         23  34   2.88  13   6  1  19   9  11   2  187.7  174   70   60   2   80  118  807   5   4  0     134
SP  Joe Bowman          27  30   4.57   8   8  1  19   8   7   0  128.0  161   78   65  11   35   38  567   2   1  0      85

CL  Mace Brown          28  50   4.18   7   2  7   2  27   0   0  107.7  109   59   50   2   45   60  470   3   1  0      93
RP  Jim Weaver          33  32   3.20   8   5  0   9  10   2   1  109.7  106   49   39   2   31   44  457   3   0  0     121
RP  Bill Swift          29  36   3.95   9  10  3  17  12   9   0  164.0  160   79   72  14   34   84  676   3   3  0      98
RP  Jim Tobin           24  20   3.00   6   3  1   8   9   7   0   87.0   74   38   29   1   28   37  357   4   1  0     129
RP  Waite Hoyt          37  11   4.50   1   2  2   0   6   0   0   28.0   31   14   14   3    6   21  121   0   0  0      86

   *Ken Heintzelman     21   1   2.00   1   0  0   1   0   1   0    9.0    6    3    2   0    3    4   34   0   1  0     193
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0 154   3.56  86  68 17 154  87  67  12 1366.0 1398  646  540  71  428  643 5822  24  19  0     109
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   3   6  2           4   2      4    3    3        4    3    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
ATodd       128  603   89  20  15  .972   0            
TPadden      34  143   28   3   4  .983   5            
RBerres       2    9    2   0   0 1.000   0            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  154  755  119  23  19  .974   5   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .989 10.10
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
GSuhr       151 1452   91  11 108  .993 10.22
PWaner        3   27    3   2   3  .937 10.00
BBrubaker     1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154 1481   94  13 111  .992 10.38
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .959  5.33
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
LHandley    126  296  375  35  67  .950  5.33
PYoung       30   73   92   2  14  .988  5.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  369  467  37  81  .958  5.51
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .954  2.72
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BBrubaker   115   98  216  16  16  .952  2.73
PYoung       39   38   76   7   4  .942  2.92
PTraynor      3    2    8   0   0 1.000  3.33
LHandley      1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  138  300  23  20  .950  2.89
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .951  4.85
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
AVaughan    108  231  335  26  58  .956  5.24
PYoung       45   84  160  15  34  .942  5.42
BBrubaker     3    8    9   1   1  .944  5.67
BSchuster     2    3    6   0   2 1.000  4.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  326  510  42  95  .952  5.51
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .974  2.13  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
PWaner      150  271   16   9   3  .970  1.91   0   0 150
LWaner      123  312    8   4   0  .988  2.60   0 123   0
WJensen     120  256    5  10   1  .963  2.17  88  32   0
JDickshot    64  109    5   6   2  .950  1.78  58   0   6
AVaughan     12   26    0   1   0  .963  2.17  12   0   0
FSchulte      4    4    0   1   0  .800  1.00   1   1   2
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  154  978   34  31   6  .970  2.22 154 154 154
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .958  2.39
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CBlanton     36    9   48   5   5  .919  2.11
RBauers      34    1   58   2   0  .967  2.83
EBrandt      33    4   43   1   1  .979  2.40
BSwift       36    2   21   0   3 1.000  1.26
JBowman      30   14   24   0   3 1.000  2.67
RLucas       20    9   19   0   1 1.000  2.00
JWeaver      32    3   16   2   1  .905  1.56
MBrown       50    5   17   0   0 1.000  1.84
JTobin       20    5   10   1   0  .937  1.55
WHoyt        11    0    1   0   0 1.000  0.32
KHeintzelma   1    0    0   1   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154   52  257  12  14  .963  2.04
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageWaner.354
On-base %Waner.413
Slugging %Vaughan.463
OPSVaughan.857
GamesWaner154
At BatsWaner619
Plate Appearances (approx.)Waner690
RunsWaner94
HitsWaner219
Total BasesWaner273
DoublesWaner30
TriplesVaughan17
Home RunsYoung9
RBISuhr97
Bases on BallsSuhr83
StrikeoutsYoung63
Stolen BasesVaughan7
SinglesWaner178
Adjusted OPS+Waner and Vaughan132
Runs CreatedWaner113
Adjusted Batting RunsWaner30
Batting WinsWaner3.0
Extra-Base HitsSuhr47
Times on BaseWaner282
Offensive Win%Waner.702
Hit By PitchBrubaker3
Sac. HitsJensen and Waner11
Grounded into Double PlaysTodd16
Power/Speed NumberVaughan5.8
At Bats per StrikeoutWaner44.8
At Bats per Home RunYoung45.3
OutsSuhr433

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERABauers2.88
WinsBlanton14
Won-Loss %Bauers.684
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Swift1.183
Hits Allowed/9IPBauers8.34
Bases on Balls/9IPSwift1.87
Strikeouts/9IPBauers5.66
GamesBrown50
SavesBrown7
InningsBlanton242.7
StrikeoutsBlanton143
Games StartedBlanton34
Comp. GamesBlanton14
ShutoutsBlanton4
Home Runs Allow.Swift14
Bases On Balls Allow.Bauers80
Hits AllowedBlanton250
SO to WalkSwift2.47
LossesBlanton12
Earned Runs Allow.Blanton89
Wild PitchesBauers5
Hit BatsmenBlanton5
Batters FacedBlanton1034
Games FinishedBrown27
Adjusted ERA+Bauers134

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Cy Blanton
Arky Vaughan (Starting 3B)
Paul Waner (Starting RF)

1936/1938

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