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1938 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939

86-64, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Pie Traynor (86-64)
Scored 707 runs, Allowed 630 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-67

Ballparks: Forbes Field · Attendance: 641,033 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98


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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 .824 126 228 10 0 8
3 2B Pep Young 30 149 610 562 58 156 36 5 4 79 7 40 64 .278 .329 .381 .710 95 214 15 3 5
4 SS Arky Vaughan* 26 148 650 541 88 174 35 5 7 68 14 104 21 .322 .433 .444 .876 141 240 8 2 3
5 3B Lee Handley 24 139 629 570 91 153 25 8 6 51 7 53 31 .268 .332 .372 .704 93 212 13 1 5
6 OF Johnny Rizzo 25 143 617 555 97 167 31 9 23 111 1 54 61 .301 .368 .514 .882 140 285 16 5 3
7 OF Lloyd Waner* 32 147 658 619 79 194 25 7 5 57 5 28 11 .313 .343 .401 .744 104 248 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 .767 110 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 49 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 50 5 0 1 3
14 Heinie Manush* 36 15 15 13 2 4 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 .308 .400 .538 .938 156 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 16 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 -0 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 50 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 83 13 0 0 2
23 P Joe Bowman* 28 18 24 21 5 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 .333 .364 .429 .792 117 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
Team Totals 29.8 152 6007 5422 707 1511 265 66 65 659 47 485 409 .279 .340 .388 .728 100 2103 139 19 81
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 4 2 2 4 4 5 1 3 8 1 1 4 4 3 6 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Russ Bauers* 24 94 -6 0 0 0 0 8 3 5 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $ Free Agency 1
Ray Berres 30 110 -7 0 0 0 0 1 3 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 2
Cy Blanton* 29 69 -8 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
Joe Bowman* 28 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Ed Brandt* 33 40 -1 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Mace Brown 29 43 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Bill Brubaker 27 123 1 0 0 0 -3 0 4 2 0.2 5 0.5 -0.3 $ 5/367O
Johnny Dickshot 28 43 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ O/79
Lee Handley 24 629 -7 3 0 0 9 3 17 25 2.5 16 1.6 0.9 $ Free Agency *5
Woody Jensen* 30 129 -13 0 0 0 -6 -1 4 -16 -1.7 -10 -1.0 -0.7 $ O87/9
Bob Klinger 30 63 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Red Lucas* 36 51 -8 0 0 0 0 3 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Heinie Manush* 36 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Waivers
Johnny Rizzo 25 617 26 1 0 0 -3 -6 17 35 3.7 38 3.9 -0.2 $ Traded *7O
Rip Sewell* 31 12 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Gus Suhr* 32 625 20 0 0 0 -1 -7 18 30 3.1 31 3.2 -0.1 $ *3
Bill Swift 30 54 -4 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Tommy Thevenow 34 33 -1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Free Agency /465
Jim Tobin 25 114 -4 -1 0 0 0 8 3 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Al Todd 36 521 -14 0 0 0 1 4 16 7 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Traded *2
Arky Vaughan* 26 650 35 0 0 0 18 10 18 81 8.3 63 6.4 1.9 $ Minor Lg Working Ag *6
Lloyd Waner* 32 658 1 0 0 0 3 -2 18 20 2.0 17 1.7 0.3 $11,000 Free Agency *8O
Paul Waner* 35 680 -6 0 0 0 2 -7 18 7 0.7 5 0.5 0.2 $16,500 Conditional Deal *O9/8
Pep Young 30 610 -7 -1 0 0 21 5 18 36 3.6 15 1.5 2.1 $ *4
Team Total 29.8 6007 -20 2 0 0 42 44 169 237 23.7 195 19.8 3.9 $27,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

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 99 .300 .239 .275 .264 .339 .318 .391 .582 .730 59 .283 -5.3 -0.5 .456 .114 .080 1
Ray Berres 30 110 84 7 2.2 99 .256 .230 .275 .287 .339 .250 .391 .537 .730 49 .225 -7.0 -0.7 .402 .100 .020 2
Cy Blanton* 29 69 58 3 1.4 99 .277 .203 .275 .215 .339 .203 .391 .419 .730 16 .108 -7.6 -0.8 .259 .016 .000 1
Joe Bowman* 28 24 16 3 5.0 99 .389 .333 .275 .364 .339 .429 .391 .792 .730 117 .561 0.3 0.0 .714 .143 .095 1
Ed Brandt* 33 40 28 4 3.8 99 .393 .297 .275 .316 .339 .351 .391 .667 .730 83 .437 -0.9 -0.1 .538 .081 .054 1
Mace Brown 29 43 40 1 0.7 99 .167 .132 .275 .132 .339 .184 .391 .316 .730 -14 .031 -6.0 -0.6 .200 .053 .053 1
Bill Brubaker 27 123 84 16 5.1 99 .316 .295 .275 .347 .339 .420 .391 .767 .730 110 .568 1.4 0.1 .707 .223 .125 2.4 5/367O
Johnny Dickshot 28 43 27 3 3.0 99 .267 .229 .275 .372 .339 .229 .391 .601 .730 68 .329 -1.0 -0.1 .704 .314 .000 .0 O/79
Lee Handley 24 629 435 70 4.3 99 .276 .268 .275 .332 .339 .372 .391 .704 .730 93 .492 -5.5 -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 99 .205 .200 .275 .213 .339 .232 .391 .445 .730 22 .126 -13.6 -1.4 .301 .040 .032 O87/9
Bob Klinger 30 63 52 2 1.0 99 .213 .167 .275 .194 .339 .167 .391 .360 .730 -0 .066 -8.4 -0.9 .235 .033 .000 1
Red Lucas* 36 51 44 1 0.6 99 .114 .109 .275 .163 .339 .109 .391 .272 .730 -24 .026 -7.9 -0.8 .190 .065 .000 1
Heinie Manush* 36 15 10 3 8.0 99 .308 .308 .275 .400 .339 .538 .391 .938 .730 156 .751 1.0 0.1 .900 .385 .231
Johnny Rizzo 25 617 407 103 6.8 99 .306 .301 .275 .368 .339 .514 .391 .882 .730 140 .689 29.3 2.9 .854 .312 .213 1.9 *7O
Rip Sewell* 31 12 12 0 0.0 99 .091 .083 .275 .083 .339 .083 .391 .167 .730 -54 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .083 .000 .000 1
Gus Suhr* 32 625 392 90 6.2 99 .312 .294 .275 .394 .339 .430 .391 .824 .730 126 .649 22.9 2.3 .831 .308 .136 3.4 *3
Bill Swift 30 54 43 4 2.5 99 .231 .200 .275 .231 .339 .320 .391 .551 .730 50 .262 -3.6 -0.4 .439 .160 .120 .0 1
Tommy Thevenow 34 33 23 2 2.3 99 .200 .200 .275 .333 .339 .200 .391 .533 .730 50 .238 -1.5 -0.2 .500 .160 .000 /465
Jim Tobin 25 114 81 10 3.3 99 .275 .243 .275 .310 .339 .320 .391 .630 .730 73 .373 -3.6 -0.4 .538 .165 .078 1
Al Todd 36 521 394 54 3.7 99 .272 .265 .275 .296 .339 .375 .391 .671 .730 83 .419 -13.4 -1.4 .539 .151 .110 3.1 *2
Arky Vaughan* 26 650 378 103 7.3 99 .326 .322 .275 .433 .339 .444 .391 .876 .730 141 .717 38.4 3.8 .960 .340 .122 9.3 *6
Lloyd Waner* 32 658 448 85 5.1 99 .313 .313 .275 .343 .339 .401 .391 .744 .730 104 .566 1.5 0.2 .643 .141 .087 5.0 *8O
Paul Waner* 35 680 473 78 4.4 99 .286 .280 .275 .331 .339 .378 .391 .709 .730 94 .503 -5.0 -0.5 .614 .176 .098 3.0 *O9/8
Pep Young 30 610 426 70 4.4 99 .308 .278 .275 .329 .339 .381 .391 .710 .730 95 .501 -4.0 -0.4 .627 .187 .103 5.1 *4
League Average 4.4 99 .285 .267 .274 .328 .338 .376 .390 .704 .729 93 .497 .626 .203 .108
Team Total 29.8 6007 4131 725 4.7 99 .292 .279 .275 .340 .339 .388 .391 .728 .730 100 .531 -2.0 -0.4 .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 41 41 1 6 2 0 0 6 0 0 8 .146 .146 .195 .341 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 24 147 661 604 96 162 26 8 6 54 7 56 33 .268 .331 .368 .699 74 139 139
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 25 151 650 588 103 177 33 10 24 118 1 57 65 .301 .368 .514 .881 110 143 143
Rip Sewell* 31 18 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17 17
Gus Suhr* 32 154 653 561 87 165 37 15 3 68 4 92 39 .294 .394 .430 .823 95 145 145
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 36 141 543 520 56 138 20 7 7 80 2 19 33 .265 .297 .371 .668 57 133 133
Arky Vaughan* 26 157 687 574 94 185 37 5 7 72 15 111 22 .322 .434 .441 .875 110 148 148
Lloyd Waner* 32 156 685 655 84 205 26 7 5 60 5 30 12 .313 .343 .397 .740 90 147 147
Paul Waner* 35 157 712 661 82 185 33 6 6 73 2 50 30 .280 .331 .375 .707 83 148 148
Pep Young 30 158 642 596 62 166 38 5 4 84 7 43 68 .279 .330 .379 .709 74 149 149
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 6 36 .229 .258 .274 .532 45 43 1 0 4
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 3 0 10
Bill Brubaker 27 7 1264 328 1264 1122 156 310 56 8 15 174 10 112 170 .276 .346 .381 .726 96 427 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 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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 -0 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 85 500 14 4 41
Heinie Manush* 36 16 8403 1998 8403 7642 1287 2524 491 160 110 1182 113 59 505 344 .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 .882 140 285 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 .737 102 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