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1938 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 86-64, Final Rank:2, GB: 2.0
Days in First69last on Tuesday, Sep 27, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 84last on Sep 27, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead7last on Thursday, Sep 1, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind8.5last on Sunday, May 29, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50027last on Sunday, Sep 25
Most Games under .5002last on Saturday, May 28
Longest Winning Streak13Wednesday, Jun 29 to Tuesday, Jul 12
Longest Losing Streak5Thursday, Apr 28 to Tuesday, May 3
Most Runs Allowed18Sunday, May 22
Most Runs Scored16Sunday, Jun 19
Times Shutout by Opponent9 
Times Opponent Shutout8 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 86 64 707 630 .573
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 44 33 348 330 .571
Road 42 31 359 300 .575
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 8 3 54 42 .727
May 9 15 86 124 .375
June 16 7 129 93 .696
July 24 7 167 122 .774
August 16 16 142 119 .500
September 13 14 119 116 .481
October 0 2 10 14 .000
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 38 25 291 270 .603
Second Half 48 39 416 360 .552
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 32 20 199 187 .615
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 23 19 267 226 .548
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 11 9 111 106 .550
BSN 13 9 84 76 .591
CHC 10 12 83 105 .455
CIN 12 10 87 78 .545
NYG 13 9 126 101 .591
PHI 12 8 104 66 .600
STL 15 7 112 98 .682

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 19 PIT @ STL W 4 3 1-0 1 Tied Klinger 2:26 19,865 +
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 20 PIT @ STL W 9 4 2-0 1 Tied Tobin 2:18 1,957 ++
3 3 Thursday, Apr 21 PIT @ STL W 6 5 3-0 1 up 1.0 Brown 2:02 +++
4 4 Friday, Apr 22 PIT CIN W 7 4 4-0 1 up 1.0 Lucas 2:10 20,586 ++++
5 5 Saturday, Apr 23 PIT CIN W 6 2 5-0 1 up 1.0 Blanton 1:37 8,550 +++++
6 6 Sunday, Apr 24 PIT CIN W 2 1 6-0 1 up 1.0 Tobin 1:38 17,012 ++++++
7 7 Monday, Apr 25 PIT CHC W 8 6 7-0 1 up 1.5 Brown 2:20 9,235 +++++++
8 8 Tuesday, Apr 26 PIT CHC L 3 5 7-1 1 up 0.5 Carleton 2:26 7,523 -
9 9 Wednesday, Apr 27 PIT CHC W 6 5 8-1 1 Tied Brown 1:59 9,537 +
10 10 Thursday, Apr 28 PIT STL L 3 5 8-2 2 1.0 Weiland 2:17 8,033 -
11 11 Saturday, Apr 30 PIT @ CIN L 0 2 8-3 2 2.0 Davis 1:40 3,663 --
12 12 Sunday, May 1 PIT @ CIN L 1 4 8-4 3 3.0 Hollingsworth 2:07 14,439 ---
13 13 Monday, May 2 PIT @ CIN L 6 8 8-5 3 4.0 Vander Meer 2:01 2,405 ----
14 14 Tuesday, May 3 PIT BRO L 2 7 8-6 3 4.0 Pressnell 1:58 2,266 -----
15 15 Wednesday, May 4 PIT BRO W 9 5 9-6 3 4.0 Bowman 2:10 2,431 +
16 16 Thursday, May 5 PIT BRO W 4 2 10-6 3 3.0 Lucas 1:40 2,031 ++
17 17 Friday, May 6 PIT NYG L 7 11 10-7 3 4.0 Melton 2:20 10,648 -
18 18 Saturday, May 7 PIT NYG L 5 6 10-8 3 5.0 Brown 2:08 16,064 --
19 19 Sunday, May 8 PIT BSN W 2 1 11-8 3 5.0 Brown 2:50 7,512 +
20 20 Monday, May 9 PIT BSN L 5 7 11-9 3 5.5 Hutchinson 3:01 1,219 -
21 21 Friday, May 13 PIT @ CHC W 4 1 12-9 3 6.0 Brown 2:09 5,931 +
22 22 Sunday, May 15 PIT @ CHC W 4 3 13-9 2 5.5 Swift 2:41 15,494 ++
23 23 Tuesday, May 17 PIT @ BSN L 0 1 13-10 2 6.0 Shoffner 1:34 2,800 -
24 24 Wednesday, May 18 PIT @ BSN L 1 2 13-11 3 6.0 Turner 2:40 2,070 --
25 25 Thursday, May 19 PIT @ BSN L 3 4 13-12 3 6.0 Hutchinson 2:30 2,359 ---
26 26 Friday, May 20 PIT @ BRO L 5 7 13-13 5 6.0 Mungo 2:55 5,749 ----
27 27 Saturday, May 21 PIT @ BRO W 5 4 14-13 5 5.0 Tobin 2:28 14,610 +
28 28 Sunday, May 22 PIT @ NYG L 2 18 14-14 5 6.0 Hubbell 1:58 30,343 -
29 29 Monday, May 23 PIT @ NYG W 4 3 15-14 5 5.0 Brown 2:14 5,364 +
30 30 Wednesday, May 25 PIT @ PHI L 1 2 15-15 5 6.5 Walters 1:34 1,000 -
31 31 Friday, May 27 PIT CHC L 0 5 15-16 5 7.0 Lee 1:45 3,010 --
32 32 Saturday, May 28 PIT CHC L 3 9 15-17 5 8.5 Bryant 1:51 4,014 ---
33 33 Sunday, May 29 PIT CHC W 2 1 16-17 5 8.5 Lucas 1:47 7,050 +
34 34 Monday, May 30 PIT STL W 5 4 17-17 5 7.5 Klinger 3:21 0 ++
35 35 Monday, May 30 PIT STL L 6 9 17-18 5 7.5 Davis 2:15 20,000 -
36 36 Wednesday, Jun 1 PIT NYG W 4 1 18-18 5 6.5 Bauers 1:42 4,001 +
37 37 Friday, Jun 3 PIT NYG W 6 5 19-18 4 5.5 Klinger 2:08 8,513 ++
38 38 Saturday, Jun 4 PIT BRO W 4 3 20-18 4 4.5 Swift 2:25 4,168 +++
39 39 Sunday, Jun 5 PIT BRO L 5 10 20-19 5 5.0 Posedel 2:18 -
40 40 Monday, Jun 6 PIT BRO L 4 9 20-20 5 6.0 Butcher 1:45 1,594 --
41 41 Wednesday, Jun 8 PIT BSN W 4 1 21-20 5 5.5 Klinger 1:41 2,765 +
42 42 Thursday, Jun 9 PIT BSN W 5 3 22-20 4 5.5 Brown 1:45 4,410 ++
43 43 Friday, Jun 10 PIT PHI L 2 3 22-21 5 6.5 Mulcahy 1:43 1,034 -
44 44 Saturday, Jun 11 PIT PHI W 4 3 23-21 4 6.0 Swift 1:52 3,811 +
45 45 Sunday, Jun 12 PIT PHI W 11 5 24-21 4 5.5 Brown 2:10 4,826 ++
46 46 Tuesday, Jun 14 PIT @ NYG L 3 5 24-22 4 6.5 Schumacher 2:10 5,334 -
47 47 Wednesday, Jun 15 PIT @ NYG W 2 0 25-22 4 5.5 Tobin 1:55 5,874 +
48 48 Thursday, Jun 16 PIT @ NYG W 10 2 26-22 4 4.5 Klinger 1:58 6,800 ++
49 49 Friday, Jun 17 PIT @ PHI W 4 3 27-22 4 4.5 Brown 2:21 +++
50 50 Saturday, Jun 18 PIT @ PHI L 3 5 27-23 4 5.5 Mulcahy 1:59 3,000 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Sunday, Jun 19 PIT @ PHI W 14 4 28-23 4 3.5 Tobin 2:08 0 +
52 52 Sunday, Jun 19 PIT @ PHI W 16 3 29-23 4 3.5 Blanton 2:07 10,000 ++
53 53 Tuesday, Jun 21 PIT @ BRO W 9 3 30-23 4 2.5 Bauers 2:26 25,527 +++
54 54 Thursday, Jun 23 PIT @ BRO L 1 8 30-24 4 3.0 Pressnell 1:46 3,258 -
55 55 Saturday, Jun 25 PIT @ BSN W 8 7 31-24 4 2.5 Brown 2:20 8,614 +
56 56 Tuesday, Jun 28 PIT CIN L 2 5 31-25 4 3.5 Vander Meer 2:00 12,430 -
57 57 Wednesday, Jun 29 PIT CIN W 5 4 32-25 3 4.0 Swift 1:54 3,470 +
58 58 Thursday, Jun 30 PIT CIN W 3 1 33-25 2 4.0 Blanton 1:42 6,835 ++
59 59 Saturday, Jul 2 PIT STL W 5 1 34-25 2 4.5 Klinger 2:00 3,892 +++
60 60 Sunday, Jul 3 PIT STL W 6 5 35-25 2 3.5 Brown 2:56 0 ++++
61 61 Sunday, Jul 3 PIT STL W 6 2 36-25 2 3.5 Bauers 1:36 20,000 +++++
62 62 Monday, Jul 4 PIT @ CIN W 2 1 37-25 2 3.5 Blanton 1:38 0 ++++++
63 63 Monday, Jul 4 PIT @ CIN W 3 2 38-25 2 3.5 Swift 1:45 22,400 +++++++
64 64 Friday, Jul 8 PIT @ STL W 6 2 39-25 2 3.5 Klinger 2:03 ++++++++
65 65 Saturday, Jul 9 PIT @ STL W 8 7 40-25 2 2.5 Brown 2:11 2,859 +++++++++
66 66 Sunday, Jul 10 PIT @ STL W 5 2 41-25 2 2.0 Blanton 2:14 0 ++++++++++
67 67 Sunday, Jul 10 PIT @ STL W 4 3 42-25 2 2.0 Bauers 1:57 +++++++++++
68 68 Monday, Jul 11 PIT @ CHC W 5 3 43-25 2 1.5 Tobin 2:12 6,688 ++++++++++++
69 69 Tuesday, Jul 12 PIT @ CHC W 14 6 44-25 2 0.5 Brandt 2:17 +++++++++++++
70 70 Wednesday, Jul 13 PIT BRO L 5 10 44-26 2 0.5 Pressnell 2:23 5,561 -
71 71 Thursday, Jul 14 PIT BRO W 3 2 45-26 1 up 0.5 Tobin 2:05 7,802 +
72 72 Friday, Jul 15 PIT BRO L 4 9 45-27 2 0.5 Hamlin 2:15 4,512 -
73 73 Saturday, Jul 16 PIT NYG W 7 3 46-27 1 up 0.5 Klinger 2:15 15,197 +
74 74 Sunday, Jul 17 PIT NYG L 1 2 46-28 2 0.5 Hubbell 1:53 0 -
75 75 Sunday, Jul 17 PIT NYG T 7 7 46-28 2 0.5 2:35 43,241 -
76 76 Monday, Jul 18 PIT NYG W 7 4 47-28 1 up 0.5 Blanton 2:12 11,098 +
77 77 Tuesday, Jul 19 PIT PHI W 8 0 48-28 1 up 0.5 Brandt 1:42 2,472 ++
78 78 Wednesday, Jul 20 PIT PHI L 0 11 48-29 1 up 1.5 Hollingsworth 2:03 0 -
79 79 Wednesday, Jul 20 PIT PHI W 4 1 49-29 1 up 1.5 Bauers 1:42 6,000 +
80 80 Thursday, Jul 21 PIT PHI W 5 4 50-29 1 up 1.5 Brown 2:00 10,535 ++
81 81 Friday, Jul 22 PIT BSN W 4 3 51-29 1 up 2.0 Blanton 2:00 4,749 +++
82 82 Saturday, Jul 23 PIT BSN L 2 4 51-30 1 up 2.5 MacFayden 1:50 5,436 -
83 83 Sunday, Jul 24 PIT BSN W 5 4 52-30 1 up 4.0 Tobin 3:19 0 +
84 84 Sunday, Jul 24 PIT BSN W 4 2 53-30 1 up 4.0 Brandt 1:14 ++
85 85 Tuesday, Jul 26 PIT @ PHI L 5 6 53-31 1 up 4.0 Sivess 2:18 1,500 -
86 86 Wednesday, Jul 27 PIT @ PHI W 4 2 54-31 1 up 5.0 Bauers 1:57 1,000 +
87 87 Thursday, Jul 28 PIT @ PHI W 9 2 55-31 1 up 5.0 Tobin 1:59 2,000 ++
88 88 Friday, Jul 29 PIT @ BRO W 7 6 56-31 1 up 5.0 Bowman 2:31 2,582 +++
89 89 Saturday, Jul 30 PIT @ BRO W 9 2 57-31 1 up 5.0 Blanton 2:30 8,523 ++++
90 90 Sunday, Jul 31 PIT @ BRO L 3 4 57-32 1 up 5.0 Posedel 1:46 27,719 -
91 91 Tuesday, Aug 2 PIT @ BSN L 1 3 57-33 1 up 5.0 Lanning 1:42 2,451 --
92 92 Wednesday, Aug 3 PIT @ BSN W 9 4 58-33 1 up 5.5 Blanton 2:00 0 +
93 93 Wednesday, Aug 3 PIT @ BSN W 5 3 59-33 1 up 5.5 Bowman 2:05 7,844 ++
94 94 Thursday, Aug 4 PIT @ BSN L 3 4 59-34 1 up 5.5 MacFayden 1:45 1,834 -
95 95 Friday, Aug 5 PIT @ NYG L 3 5 59-35 1 up 4.5 Brown 2:13 18,535 --
96 96 Sunday, Aug 7 PIT @ NYG W 5 1 60-35 1 up 6.5 Tobin 2:05 0 +
97 97 Sunday, Aug 7 PIT @ NYG W 13 3 61-35 1 up 6.5 Brandt 2:20 50,468 ++
98 98 Tuesday, Aug 9 PIT STL W 1 0 62-35 1 up 6.5 Bauers 1:41 5,000 +++
99 99 Wednesday, Aug 10 PIT STL L 0 5 62-36 1 up 6.5 Warneke 1:29 14,000 -
100 100 Friday, Aug 12 PIT CHC L 3 9 62-37 1 up 5.5 Lee 1:48 14,962 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Saturday, Aug 13 PIT CHC L 5 11 62-38 1 up 5.0 Dean 2:13 ---
102 102 Sunday, Aug 14 PIT CHC W 2 0 63-38 1 up 4.5 Bauers 1:39 24,193 +
103 103 Monday, Aug 15 PIT CIN L 2 6 63-39 1 up 4.0 Cascarella 1:44 9,000 -
104 104 Tuesday, Aug 16 PIT CIN W 10 0 64-39 1 up 5.0 Blanton 1:42 6,253 +
105 105 Wednesday, Aug 17 PIT @ STL W 4 3 65-39 1 up 5.0 Swift 2:23 2,725 ++
106 106 Thursday, Aug 18 PIT @ STL L 1 5 65-40 1 up 5.0 Weiland 1:47 -
107 107 Saturday, Aug 20 PIT @ CHC W 5 2 66-40 1 up 5.5 Lucas 1:49 20,787 +
108 108 Sunday, Aug 21 PIT @ CHC L 4 6 66-41 1 up 5.0 Lee 1:51 0 -
109 109 Sunday, Aug 21 PIT @ CHC L 1 6 66-42 1 up 5.0 Carleton 1:51 40,402 --
110 110 Monday, Aug 22 PIT @ CHC W 4 2 67-42 1 up 5.5 Tobin 2:06 13,738 +
111 111 Tuesday, Aug 23 PIT BSN L 0 6 67-43 1 up 5.0 Lanning 1:58 12,294 -
112 112 Tuesday, Aug 23 PIT BSN W 4 3 68-43 1 up 5.0 Brown 5:31 12,294 +
113 113 Wednesday, Aug 24 PIT BSN W 6 2 69-43 1 up 6.0 Bauers 1:50 4,040 ++
114 114 Thursday, Aug 25 PIT PHI L 1 2 69-44 1 up 4.5 Butcher 2:03 0 -
115 115 Thursday, Aug 25 PIT PHI L 1 2 69-45 1 up 4.5 Hallahan 2:25 3,093 --
116 116 Friday, Aug 26 PIT PHI L 4 6 69-46 1 up 4.5 Smith 2:10 ---
117 117 Saturday, Aug 27 PIT PHI W 6 1 70-46 1 up 5.5 Brandt 1:57 5,889 +
118 118 Sunday, Aug 28 PIT BRO L 5 8 70-47 1 up 4.5 Pressnell 2:07 16,045 -
119 119 Monday, Aug 29 PIT BRO W 10 1 71-47 1 up 5.5 Blanton 1:56 3,425 +
120 120 Tuesday, Aug 30 PIT NYG W 7 1 72-47 1 up 6.5 Tobin 1:52 ++
121 121 Wednesday, Aug 31 PIT NYG L 5 6 72-48 1 up 6.5 Wittig 2:35 0 -
122 122 Wednesday, Aug 31 PIT NYG W 12 3 73-48 1 up 6.5 Lucas 1:59 43,586 +
123 123 Thursday, Sep 1 PIT NYG W 6 0 74-48 1 up 7.0 Klinger 1:59 28,839 ++
124 124 Friday, Sep 2 PIT STL L 10 11 74-49 1 up 6.5 Weiland 2:23 4,480 -
125 125 Saturday, Sep 3 PIT STL L 0 6 74-50 1 up 5.0 Macon 1:48 7,759 --
126 126 Sunday, Sep 4 PIT STL W 5 3 75-50 1 up 6.0 Bauers 1:57 12,187 +
127 127 Monday, Sep 5 PIT CHC L 0 3 75-51 1 up 4.0 Lee 1:43 0 -
128 128 Monday, Sep 5 PIT CHC L 3 4 75-52 1 up 4.0 Bryant 2:01 42,545 --
129 129 Wednesday, Sep 7 PIT @ CIN W 7 1 76-52 1 up 5.0 Klinger 1:44 18,735 +
130 130 Thursday, Sep 8 PIT @ CIN L 3 5 76-53 1 up 4.0 Vander Meer 1:59 29,043 -
131 131 Saturday, Sep 10 PIT @ STL W 14 7 77-53 1 up 4.5 Brown 2:18 3,632 +
132 132 Sunday, Sep 11 PIT @ STL L 4 6 77-54 1 up 3.5 Dean 1:48 15,739 -
133 133 Wednesday, Sep 14 PIT @ NYG L 0 3 77-55 1 up 2.5 Schumacher 1:58 0 --
134 134 Wednesday, Sep 14 PIT @ NYG L 3 10 77-56 1 up 2.5 Gumbert 2:04 28,185 ---
135 135 Thursday, Sep 15 PIT @ NYG W 7 2 78-56 1 up 3.0 Tobin 2:06 4,978 +
136 136 Friday, Sep 16 PIT @ BSN W 7 6 79-56 1 up 3.0 Swift 2:37 0 ++
137 137 Friday, Sep 16 PIT @ BSN L 4 5 79-57 1 up 3.0 Errickson 2:03 8,296 -
138 138 Saturday, Sep 17 PIT @ BSN W 2 1 80-57 1 up 2.5 Klinger 1:59 +
139 139 Sunday, Sep 18 PIT @ PHI W 1 0 81-57 1 up 3.5 Bauers 2:00 0 ++
140 140 Sunday, Sep 18 PIT @ PHI T 1 1 81-57 1 up 3.5 1:10 1,500 ++
141 141 Thursday, Sep 22 PIT @ BRO W 6 0 82-57 1 up 3.5 Tobin 1:33 0 +++
142 142 Thursday, Sep 22 PIT @ BRO W 11 6 83-57 1 up 3.5 Klinger 2:25 ++++
143 143 Friday, Sep 23 PIT CIN L 4 5 83-58 1 up 2.0 Walters 2:23 7,429 -
144 144 Saturday, Sep 24 PIT CIN W 4 1 84-58 1 up 2.0 Bauers 11,318 +
145 145 Sunday, Sep 25 PIT CIN W 5 3 85-58 1 up 2.0 Lucas 1:52 27,147 ++
146 146 Tuesday, Sep 27 PIT @ CHC L 1 2 85-59 1 up 0.5 Dean 1:38 -
147 147 Wednesday, Sep 28 PIT @ CHC L 5 6 85-60 2 0.5 Root 2:37 0 --
148 148 Thursday, Sep 29 PIT @ CHC L 1 10 85-61 2 1.5 Lee 2:15 42,628 ---
149 149 Friday, Sep 30 PIT @ CIN L 1 7 85-62 2 1.5 Derringer 1:28 0 ----
150 150 Friday, Sep 30 PIT @ CIN W 4 2 86-62 2 1.5 Bauers 1:30 8,661 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Saturday, Oct 1 PIT @ CIN L 6 9 86-63 2 2.0 Weaver 2:09 13,396 -
152 152 Sunday, Oct 2 PIT @ CIN L 4 5 86-64 2 2.0 Vander Meer 1:32 14,007 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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