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1938 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Russ Bauers 24 L R 6' 3" 195 May 10, 1914 3 40 34 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
Ray Berres 30 R R 5' 9" 170 Aug 31, 1907 4 40 29 40 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Cy Blanton 29 L R 5' 11" 180 Jul 6, 1908 5 29 26 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Joe Bowman 28 L R 6' 2" 190 Jun 17, 1910 6 18 1 18 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3 $
Ed Brandt 33 L L 6' 1" 190 Feb 17, 1905 11 24 13 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Mace Brown 29 R R 6' 1" 190 May 21, 1909 4 51 2 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $ All-Star
Bill Brubaker 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 7, 1910 7 45 25 45 31 0 0 9 0 18 3 1 0 0 1 10 4 0.2 $
Johnny Dickshot 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 24, 1910 3 29 7 29 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 10 11 8 0.0 $
Lee Handley 24 R R 5' 7" 160 Jul 13, 1913 3 139 136 139 136 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.5 $
Ken Heintzelman 22 R L 5' 11" 185 Oct 14, 1915 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Woody Jensen 30 L L 5' 10" 160 Aug 11, 1907 8 68 18 68 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 22 1 37 26 5 -1.7 $
Bob Klinger 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1908 1st 28 21 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Red Lucas 36 L R 5' 9" 170 Apr 28, 1902 16 33 13 33 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0.9 $
Heinie Manush HOF 36 L L 6' 1" 200 Jul 20, 1901 16 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.2 $
Johnny Rizzo 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 30, 1912 1st 143 140 143 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 140 3 0 3.7 $
Rip Sewell 31 L R 6' 1" 180 May 11, 1907 2 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Gus Suhr 32 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 3, 1906 9 145 145 145 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $
Bill Swift 30 R R 6' 1" 192 Jun 19, 1908 7 36 9 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Tommy Thevenow 34 R R 5' 10" 155 Sep 6, 1903 15 15 6 15 14 0 0 0 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $
Jim Tobin 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 27, 1912 2 56 33 56 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 3.0 $
Al Todd 36 R R 6' 1" 198 Jan 7, 1902 7 133 123 133 132 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.6 $
Arky Vaughan HOF 26 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 9, 1912 7 148 147 148 147 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 1 0 8.3 $ All-Star
Lloyd Waner HOF 32 L R 5' 9" 150 Mar 16, 1906 12 147 144 147 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 3 0 2.0 $11,000 All-Star
Paul Waner HOF 35 L L 5' 8" 153 Apr 16, 1903 13 148 147 148 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 147 147 1 0 0.7 $16,500
Pep Young 30 R R 5' 9" 162 Aug 29, 1907 6 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Lloyd Waner

Paul Waner

Johnny Rizzo

Woody Jensen

Johnny Dickshot

Lee Handley

Arky Vaughan

Tommy Thevenow

Gus Suhr

Bill Brubaker

Pep Young

Al Todd

Ray Berres

Heinie Manush

Red Lucas

Bob Klinger

Rip Sewell

Bill Swift

Cy Blanton

Mace Brown

Joe Bowman

Ed Brandt

Jim Tobin

Russ Bauers

Ken Heintzelman

1937 / 1939 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers