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1938 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939)
86-64, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 707 runs, Allowed 630 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-67
Manager: Pie Traynor (86-64)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 641,033 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99

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1937 / 1939 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos 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 Al Todd 36 133 521 491 52 130 19 7 7 75 2 18 31 .265 .296 .375 .671 83 184 25 4 8
2 1B Gus Suhr* 32 145 625 530 82 156 35 14 3 64 4 87 37 .294 .394 .430 .824 125 228 10 0 8
3 2B Pep Young 30 149 610 562 58 156 36 5 4 79 7 40 64 .278 .329 .381 .710 94 214 15 3 5
4 SS Arky Vaughan* 26 148 650 541 88 174 35 5 7 68 14 104 21 .322 .433 .444 .876 140 240 8 2 3
5 3B Lee Handley 24 139 629 570 91 153 25 8 6 51 7 53 31 .268 .332 .372 .704 92 212 13 1 5
6 OF Johnny Rizzo 25 143 617 555 97 167 31 9 23 111 1 54 61 .301 .368 .514 .882 139 285 16 5 3
7 OF Lloyd Waner* 32 147 658 619 79 194 25 7 5 57 5 28 11 .313 .343 .401 .744 103 248 12 0 11
8 OF Paul Waner* 35 148 680 625 77 175 31 6 6 69 2 47 28 .280 .331 .378 .709 94 236 16 1 7
Rk Pos 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 OF Woody Jensen* 30 68 129 125 12 25 4 0 0 10 0 1 3 .200 .213 .232 .445 22 29 3 1 2
10 CI Bill Brubaker 27 45 123 112 18 33 5 0 3 19 2 9 14 .295 .347 .420 .767 109 47 3 0 2
11 C Ray Berres 30 40 110 100 7 23 2 0 0 6 0 8 10 .230 .287 .250 .537 48 25 5 0 2
12 OF Johnny Dickshot 28 29 43 35 3 8 0 0 0 4 3 8 5 .229 .372 .229 .601 68 8 0 0 0
13 IF Tommy Thevenow 34 15 33 25 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 49 5 0 1 3
14 Heinie Manush* 36 15 15 13 2 4 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 .308 .400 .538 .938 155 7 1 0 0
Rk Pos 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
15 P Jim Tobin 25 56 114 103 8 25 6 1 0 11 0 9 12 .243 .310 .320 .630 73 33 2 1 1
16 P Russ Bauers* 24 40 94 88 7 21 3 2 0 2 0 3 18 .239 .264 .318 .582 59 28 1 0 3
17 P Cy Blanton* 29 29 69 64 4 13 0 0 0 7 0 1 17 .203 .215 .203 .419 15 13 3 0 4
18 P Bob Klinger 30 28 63 60 5 10 0 0 0 3 0 2 13 .167 .194 .167 .360 -1 10 1 0 1
19 P Bill Swift 30 36 54 50 3 10 3 0 1 6 0 2 10 .200 .231 .320 .551 49 16 1 0 2
20 P Red Lucas* 36 33 51 46 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 .109 .163 .109 .272 -24 5 1 0 2
21 P Mace Brown 29 51 43 38 1 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 8 .132 .132 .184 .316 -14 7 2 0 5
22 P Ed Brandt* 33 24 40 37 5 11 2 0 0 3 0 1 9 .297 .316 .351 .667 82 13 0 0 2
23 P Joe Bowman* 28 18 24 21 5 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 .333 .364 .429 .792 116 9 0 0 2
24 P Rip Sewell* 31 17 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .083 .083 .167 -54 1 1 0 0
25 P Ken Heintzelman 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.8 152 6007 5422 707 1511 265 66 65 659 47 0 485 409 .279 .340 .388 .728 99 2103 139 19 81 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 4 2 2 4 4 5 3 8 1 1 4 3 3
Rk Pos 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
*Russ Bauers 24 94 71 7 2.6 100 .300 .239 .276 .264 .340 .318 .393 .582 .733 59 .283 -5.4 -0.6 .456 .114 .080 1
Ray Berres 30 110 84 7 2.2 100 .256 .230 .276 .287 .340 .250 .393 .537 .733 48 .225 -7.1 -0.7 .402 .100 .020 2
*Cy Blanton 29 69 58 3 1.4 100 .277 .203 .276 .215 .340 .203 .393 .419 .733 15 .108 -7.7 -0.8 .259 .016 .000 1
*Joe Bowman 28 24 16 3 5.0 100 .389 .333 .276 .364 .340 .429 .393 .792 .733 116 .561 0.3 0.0 .714 .143 .095 1
*Ed Brandt 33 40 28 4 3.8 100 .393 .297 .276 .316 .340 .351 .393 .667 .733 82 .437 -0.9 -0.1 .538 .081 .054 1
Mace Brown 29 43 40 1 0.7 100 .167 .132 .276 .132 .340 .184 .393 .316 .733 -14 .031 -6.0 -0.6 .200 .053 .053 1
Bill Brubaker 27 123 84 16 5.1 100 .316 .295 .276 .347 .340 .420 .393 .767 .733 109 .568 1.3 0.1 .707 .223 .125 2.4 5/36O
Johnny Dickshot 28 43 27 3 3.0 100 .267 .229 .276 .372 .340 .229 .393 .601 .733 68 .329 -1.1 -0.1 .704 .314 .000 .0 O
Lee Handley 24 629 435 70 4.3 100 .276 .268 .276 .332 .340 .372 .393 .704 .733 92 .492 -6.2 -0.6 .635 .209 .104 6.5 *5
Ken Heintzelman 22 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
*Woody Jensen 30 129 105 6 1.5 100 .205 .200 .276 .213 .340 .232 .393 .445 .733 22 .126 -13.7 -1.4 .301 .040 .032 O
Bob Klinger 30 63 52 2 1.0 100 .213 .167 .276 .194 .340 .167 .393 .360 .733 -1 .066 -8.5 -0.9 .235 .033 .000 1
*Red Lucas 36 51 44 1 0.6 100 .114 .109 .276 .163 .340 .109 .393 .272 .733 -24 .026 -8.0 -0.8 .190 .065 .000 1
*Heinie Manush 36 15 10 3 8.0 100 .308 .308 .276 .400 .340 .538 .393 .938 .733 155 .751 1.0 0.1 .900 .385 .231
Johnny Rizzo 25 617 407 103 6.8 100 .306 .301 .276 .368 .340 .514 .393 .882 .733 139 .689 28.6 2.8 .854 .312 .213 1.9 *O
*Rip Sewell 31 12 12 0 0.0 100 .091 .083 .276 .083 .340 .083 .393 .167 .733 -54 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .083 .000 .000 1
*Gus Suhr 32 625 392 90 6.2 100 .312 .294 .276 .394 .340 .430 .393 .824 .733 125 .649 22.2 2.2 .831 .308 .136 3.4 *3
Bill Swift 30 54 43 4 2.5 100 .231 .200 .276 .231 .340 .320 .393 .551 .733 49 .262 -3.6 -0.4 .439 .160 .120 .0 1
Tommy Thevenow 34 33 23 2 2.3 100 .200 .200 .276 .333 .340 .200 .393 .533 .733 49 .238 -1.5 -0.2 .500 .160 .000 /465
Jim Tobin 25 114 81 10 3.3 100 .275 .243 .276 .310 .340 .320 .393 .630 .733 73 .373 -3.7 -0.4 .538 .165 .078 1
Al Todd 36 521 394 54 3.7 100 .272 .265 .276 .296 .340 .375 .393 .671 .733 83 .419 -14.0 -1.4 .539 .151 .110 3.1 *2
*Arky Vaughan 26 650 378 103 7.3 100 .326 .322 .276 .433 .340 .444 .393 .876 .733 140 .717 37.6 3.7 .960 .340 .122 9.3 *6
*Lloyd Waner 32 658 448 85 5.1 100 .313 .313 .276 .343 .340 .401 .393 .744 .733 103 .566 0.7 0.1 .643 .141 .087 5.0 *O
*Paul Waner 35 680 473 78 4.4 100 .286 .280 .276 .331 .340 .378 .393 .709 .733 94 .502 -5.8 -0.6 .614 .176 .098 3.0 *O
Pep Young 30 610 426 70 4.4 100 .308 .278 .276 .329 .340 .381 .393 .710 .733 94 .501 -4.7 -0.5 .627 .187 .103 5.1 *4
League Average 4.4 99 .285 .267 .275 .328 .339 .376 .391 .704 .729 93 .497 .626 .203 .108
Team Total 6007 4131 725 4.7 100 .292 .279 .276 .340 .340 .388 .393 .728 .733 99 .531 -8.9 -1.1 .655 .207 .109 54.6
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
*Russ Bauers 24 42 96 93 7 22 3 2 0 2 0 3 19 .237 .260 .312 .572 7 40 40
Ray Berres 30 42 114 106 7 24 2 0 0 6 0 8 11 .226 .281 .245 .526 7 40 40
*Cy Blanton 29 31 69 68 5 14 0 0 0 8 0 1 18 .206 .217 .206 .423 3 29 29
*Joe Bowman 28 19 23 22 5 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 .318 .348 .409 .757 3 18 18
*Ed Brandt 33 25 40 39 5 11 2 0 0 3 0 1 10 .282 .300 .333 .633 4 24 24
Mace Brown 29 54 40 40 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 51 51
Bill Brubaker 27 48 129 119 19 35 5 0 3 20 2 10 15 .294 .349 .412 .761 17 45 45
Johnny Dickshot 28 31 47 38 3 9 0 0 0 4 3 9 5 .237 .383 .237 .620 3 29 29
Lee Handley 24 147 658 602 95 160 26 8 6 53 7 55 33 .266 .328 .365 .694 73 139 139
*Woody Jensen 30 72 135 133 13 27 4 0 0 11 0 1 3 .203 .215 .233 .448 6 68 68
Bob Klinger 30 30 66 64 5 11 0 0 0 3 0 2 14 .172 .197 .172 .369 2 28 28
*Red Lucas 36 35 53 49 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 4 2 .122 .189 .122 .311 1 33 33
*Heinie Manush 36 34 75 68 12 17 4 2 0 11 1 7 4 .250 .320 .368 .688 8 32 32
Johnny Rizzo 25 151 648 586 101 175 32 9 24 116 1 57 65 .299 .366 .507 .873 108 143 143
*Rip Sewell 31 18 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17 17
*Gus Suhr 32 154 651 560 86 164 37 15 3 67 4 91 39 .293 .392 .429 .820 94 145 145
Bill Swift 30 38 55 53 3 11 3 0 1 7 0 2 11 .208 .236 .321 .557 4 36 36
Tommy Thevenow 34 16 33 27 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 .222 .364 .222 .586 2 15 15
Jim Tobin 25 59 119 109 8 26 6 1 0 12 0 9 13 .239 .303 .312 .614 11 56 56
Al Todd 36 141 542 519 55 137 20 7 7 79 2 19 33 .264 .295 .370 .665 56 133 133
*Arky Vaughan 26 157 685 573 93 184 37 5 7 72 15 110 22 .321 .432 .440 .872 109 148 148
*Lloyd Waner 32 156 683 654 83 204 26 7 5 60 5 29 12 .312 .341 .396 .737 89 147 147
*Paul Waner 35 157 710 660 81 184 33 6 6 72 2 49 30 .279 .330 .374 .704 82 148 148
Pep Young 30 158 639 594 61 164 38 5 4 83 7 42 68 .276 .327 .377 .704 73 149 149
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
*Russ Bauers 24 3 167 75 167 157 11 36 3 2 0 8 0 0 6 36 .229 .258 .274 .532 45 43 1 0 4 0 0
Ray Berres 30 4 480 186 480 452 30 105 16 1 1 22 1 23 61 .232 .271 .279 .550 49 126 14 1 4
*Cy Blanton 29 5 365 145 365 331 17 53 3 0 0 21 0 18 73 .160 .203 .169 .373 1 56 14 0 16
*Joe Bowman 28 6 268 184 268 242 27 51 3 3 1 22 1 0 18 36 .211 .265 .260 .526 39 63 4 0 8
*Ed Brandt 33 11 878 404 878 793 80 187 21 4 0 59 1 55 83 .236 .285 .272 .558 52 216 9 0 30
Mace Brown 29 4 166 166 166 152 13 28 5 0 0 12 0 4 31 .184 .205 .217 .422 14 33 5 0 10
Bill Brubaker 27 7 1264 328 1264 1122 156 310 56 8 15 174 10 112 170 .276 .346 .381 .726 95 427 33 7 23
Johnny Dickshot 28 3 350 120 350 308 47 77 8 4 3 38 3 35 43 .250 .328 .331 .660 80 102 11 1 6
Lee Handley 24 3 1237 290 1237 1128 160 297 47 20 11 96 15 97 87 .263 .323 .370 .692 89 417 22 2 10
Ken Heintzelman 22 2 4 2 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Woody Jensen 30 8 2857 726 2857 2708 392 772 114 37 26 234 20 69 100 .285 .307 .383 .691 85 1038 54 18 62
Bob Klinger 30 1 63 28 63 60 5 10 0 0 0 3 0 2 13 .167 .194 .167 .360 -1 10 1 0 1
*Red Lucas 36 16 1608 907 1608 1439 155 404 61 13 3 190 2 0 124 133 .281 .340 .347 .687 84 500 14 4 41
*Heinie Manush 36 16 8403 1998 8403 7642 1287 2524 491 160 110 1182 114 58 505 344 .330 .377 .480 .857 121 3665 10 70 186
Johnny Rizzo 25 1 617 143 617 555 97 167 31 9 23 111 1 54 61 .301 .368 .514 .882 139 285 16 5 3
*Rip Sewell 31 2 14 22 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -22 2 1 0 0
*Gus Suhr 32 9 5489 1302 5489 4749 666 1320 266 110 78 758 48 654 391 .278 .366 .430 .796 112 2040 63 9 77
Bill Swift 30 7 555 269 555 531 37 122 27 3 3 52 0 12 101 .230 .250 .309 .558 50 164 17 2 10
Tommy Thevenow 34 15 4484 1229 4484 4164 380 1030 124 32 2 456 23 3 210 222 .247 .285 .294 .579 51 1224 52 11 99
Jim Tobin 25 2 152 77 152 137 15 40 10 1 0 17 0 13 15 .292 .358 .380 .737 101 52 4 1 1
Al Todd 36 7 2221 646 2221 2108 225 596 96 27 24 291 16 79 192 .283 .314 .388 .702 86 818 66 16 18
*Arky Vaughan 26 7 4362 997 4362 3705 660 1231 201 83 65 569 54 570 169 .332 .425 .484 .909 146 1793 38 29 58
*Lloyd Waner 32 12 7152 1574 7152 6674 1063 2155 251 111 27 546 63 364 146 .323 .360 .406 .766 102 2709 44 22 92
*Paul Waner 35 13 8765 1940 8765 7730 1399 2648 512 180 105 1100 100 851 293 .343 .410 .496 .906 138 3835 82 36 148
Pep Young 30 6 2126 559 2126 1976 214 521 105 29 26 294 16 116 249 .264 .307 .386 .692 86 762 43 7 27
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1937 / 1939 Batting Statistics