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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 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 Sep 1, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind8.5last on May 29, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50027last on Sep 25
Most Games under .5002last on May 28
Longest Winning Streak13Jun 29 to Jul 12
Longest Losing Streak5Apr 28 to May 3
Most Runs Allowed18May 22
Most Runs Scored16Jun 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 Apr 19 PIT @ STL W 4 3 1-0 1 Tied Klinger 2:26 19,865 +
2 2 Apr 20 PIT @ STL W 9 4 2-0 1 Tied Tobin 2:18 1,957 ++
3 3 Apr 21 PIT @ STL W 6 5 3-0 1 up 1.0 Brown 2:02 +++
4 4 Apr 22 PIT CIN W 7 4 4-0 1 up 1.0 Lucas 2:10 20,586 ++++
5 5 Apr 23 PIT CIN W 6 2 5-0 1 up 1.0 Blanton 1:37 8,550 +++++
6 6 Apr 24 PIT CIN W 2 1 6-0 1 up 1.0 Tobin 1:38 17,012 ++++++
7 7 Apr 25 PIT CHC W 8 6 7-0 1 up 1.5 Brown 2:20 9,235 +++++++
8 8 Apr 26 PIT CHC L 3 5 7-1 1 up 0.5 Carleton 2:26 7,523 -
9 9 Apr 27 PIT CHC W 6 5 8-1 1 Tied Brown 1:59 9,537 +
10 10 Apr 28 PIT STL L 3 5 8-2 2 1.0 Weiland 2:17 8,033 -
11 11 Apr 30 PIT @ CIN L 0 2 8-3 2 2.0 Davis 1:40 3,663 --
12 12 May 1 PIT @ CIN L 1 4 8-4 3 3.0 Hollingsworth 2:07 14,439 ---
13 13 May 2 PIT @ CIN L 6 8 8-5 3 4.0 Vander Meer 2:01 2,405 ----
14 14 May 3 PIT BRO L 2 7 8-6 3 4.0 Pressnell 1:58 2,266 -----
15 15 May 4 PIT BRO W 9 5 9-6 3 4.0 Bowman 2:10 2,431 +
16 16 May 5 PIT BRO W 4 2 10-6 3 3.0 Lucas 1:40 2,031 ++
17 17 May 6 PIT NYG L 7 11 10-7 3 4.0 Melton 2:20 10,648 -
18 18 May 7 PIT NYG L 5 6 10-8 3 5.0 Brown 2:08 16,064 --
19 19 May 8 PIT BSN W 2 1 11-8 3 5.0 Brown 2:50 7,512 +
20 20 May 9 PIT BSN L 5 7 11-9 3 5.5 Hutchinson 3:01 1,219 -
21 21 May 13 PIT @ CHC W 4 1 12-9 3 6.0 Brown 2:09 5,931 +
22 22 May 15 PIT @ CHC W 4 3 13-9 2 5.5 Swift 2:41 15,494 ++
23 23 May 17 PIT @ BSN L 0 1 13-10 2 6.0 Shoffner 1:34 2,800 -
24 24 May 18 PIT @ BSN L 1 2 13-11 3 6.0 Turner 2:40 2,070 --
25 25 May 19 PIT @ BSN L 3 4 13-12 3 6.0 Hutchinson 2:30 2,359 ---
26 26 May 20 PIT @ BRO L 5 7 13-13 5 6.0 Mungo 2:55 5,749 ----
27 27 May 21 PIT @ BRO W 5 4 14-13 5 5.0 Tobin 2:28 14,610 +
28 28 May 22 PIT @ NYG L 2 18 14-14 5 6.0 Hubbell 1:58 30,343 -
29 29 May 23 PIT @ NYG W 4 3 15-14 5 5.0 Brown 2:14 5,364 +
30 30 May 25 PIT @ PHI L 1 2 15-15 5 6.5 Walters 1:34 1,000 -
31 31 May 27 PIT CHC L 0 5 15-16 5 7.0 Lee 1:45 3,010 --
32 32 May 28 PIT CHC L 3 9 15-17 5 8.5 Bryant 1:51 4,014 ---
33 33 May 29 PIT CHC W 2 1 16-17 5 8.5 Lucas 1:47 7,050 +
34 34 May 30 PIT STL W 5 4 17-17 5 7.5 Klinger 3:21 0 ++
35 35 May 30 PIT STL L 6 9 17-18 5 7.5 Davis 2:15 20,000 -
36 36 Jun 1 PIT NYG W 4 1 18-18 5 6.5 Bauers 1:42 4,001 +
37 37 Jun 3 PIT NYG W 6 5 19-18 4 5.5 Klinger 2:08 8,513 ++
38 38 Jun 4 PIT BRO W 4 3 20-18 4 4.5 Swift 2:25 4,168 +++
39 39 Jun 5 PIT BRO L 5 10 20-19 5 5.0 Posedel 2:18 -
40 40 Jun 6 PIT BRO L 4 9 20-20 5 6.0 Butcher 1:45 1,594 --
41 41 Jun 8 PIT BSN W 4 1 21-20 5 5.5 Klinger 1:41 2,765 +
42 42 Jun 9 PIT BSN W 5 3 22-20 4 5.5 Brown 1:45 4,410 ++
43 43 Jun 10 PIT PHI L 2 3 22-21 5 6.5 Mulcahy 1:43 1,034 -
44 44 Jun 11 PIT PHI W 4 3 23-21 4 6.0 Swift 1:52 3,811 +
45 45 Jun 12 PIT PHI W 11 5 24-21 4 5.5 Brown 2:10 4,826 ++
46 46 Jun 14 PIT @ NYG L 3 5 24-22 4 6.5 Schumacher 2:10 5,334 -
47 47 Jun 15 PIT @ NYG W 2 0 25-22 4 5.5 Tobin 1:55 5,874 +
48 48 Jun 16 PIT @ NYG W 10 2 26-22 4 4.5 Klinger 1:58 6,800 ++
49 49 Jun 17 PIT @ PHI W 4 3 27-22 4 4.5 Brown 2:21 +++
50 50 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 Jun 19 PIT @ PHI W 14 4 28-23 4 3.5 Tobin 2:08 0 +
52 52 Jun 19 PIT @ PHI W 16 3 29-23 4 3.5 Blanton 2:07 10,000 ++
53 53 Jun 21 PIT @ BRO W 9 3 30-23 4 2.5 Bauers 2:26 25,527 +++
54 54 Jun 23 PIT @ BRO L 1 8 30-24 4 3.0 Pressnell 1:46 3,258 -
55 55 Jun 25 PIT @ BSN W 8 7 31-24 4 2.5 Brown 2:20 8,614 +
56 56 Jun 28 PIT CIN L 2 5 31-25 4 3.5 Vander Meer 2:00 12,430 -
57 57 Jun 29 PIT CIN W 5 4 32-25 3 4.0 Swift 1:54 3,470 +
58 58 Jun 30 PIT CIN W 3 1 33-25 2 4.0 Blanton 1:42 6,835 ++
59 59 Jul 2 PIT STL W 5 1 34-25 2 4.5 Klinger 2:00 3,892 +++
60 60 Jul 3 PIT STL W 6 5 35-25 2 3.5 Brown 2:56 0 ++++
61 61 Jul 3 PIT STL W 6 2 36-25 2 3.5 Bauers 1:36 20,000 +++++
62 62 Jul 4 PIT @ CIN W 2 1 37-25 2 3.5 Blanton 1:38 0 ++++++
63 63 Jul 4 PIT @ CIN W 3 2 38-25 2 3.5 Swift 1:45 22,400 +++++++
64 64 Jul 8 PIT @ STL W 6 2 39-25 2 3.5 Klinger 2:03 ++++++++
65 65 Jul 9 PIT @ STL W 8 7 40-25 2 2.5 Brown 2:11 2,859 +++++++++
66 66 Jul 10 PIT @ STL W 5 2 41-25 2 2.0 Blanton 2:14 0 ++++++++++
67 67 Jul 10 PIT @ STL W 4 3 42-25 2 2.0 Bauers 1:57 +++++++++++
68 68 Jul 11 PIT @ CHC W 5 3 43-25 2 1.5 Tobin 2:12 6,688 ++++++++++++
69 69 Jul 12 PIT @ CHC W 14 6 44-25 2 0.5 Brandt 2:17 +++++++++++++
70 70 Jul 13 PIT BRO L 5 10 44-26 2 0.5 Pressnell 2:23 5,561 -
71 71 Jul 14 PIT BRO W 3 2 45-26 1 up 0.5 Tobin 2:05 7,802 +
72 72 Jul 15 PIT BRO L 4 9 45-27 2 0.5 Hamlin 2:15 4,512 -
73 73 Jul 16 PIT NYG W 7 3 46-27 1 up 0.5 Klinger 2:15 15,197 +
74 74 Jul 17 PIT NYG L 1 2 46-28 2 0.5 Hubbell 1:53 0 -
75 75 Jul 17 PIT NYG T 7 7 46-28 2 0.5 2:35 43,241 -
76 76 Jul 18 PIT NYG W 7 4 47-28 1 up 0.5 Blanton 2:12 11,098 +
77 77 Jul 19 PIT PHI W 8 0 48-28 1 up 0.5 Brandt 1:42 2,472 ++
78 78 Jul 20 PIT PHI L 0 11 48-29 1 up 1.5 Hollingsworth 2:03 0 -
79 79 Jul 20 PIT PHI W 4 1 49-29 1 up 1.5 Bauers 1:42 6,000 +
80 80 Jul 21 PIT PHI W 5 4 50-29 1 up 1.5 Brown 2:00 10,535 ++
81 81 Jul 22 PIT BSN W 4 3 51-29 1 up 2.0 Blanton 2:00 4,749 +++
82 82 Jul 23 PIT BSN L 2 4 51-30 1 up 2.5 MacFayden 1:50 5,436 -
83 83 Jul 24 PIT BSN W 5 4 52-30 1 up 4.0 Tobin 3:19 0 +
84 84 Jul 24 PIT BSN W 4 2 53-30 1 up 4.0 Brandt 1:14 ++
85 85 Jul 26 PIT @ PHI L 5 6 53-31 1 up 4.0 Sivess 2:18 1,500 -
86 86 Jul 27 PIT @ PHI W 4 2 54-31 1 up 5.0 Bauers 1:57 1,000 +
87 87 Jul 28 PIT @ PHI W 9 2 55-31 1 up 5.0 Tobin 1:59 2,000 ++
88 88 Jul 29 PIT @ BRO W 7 6 56-31 1 up 5.0 Bowman 2:31 2,582 +++
89 89 Jul 30 PIT @ BRO W 9 2 57-31 1 up 5.0 Blanton 2:30 8,523 ++++
90 90 Jul 31 PIT @ BRO L 3 4 57-32 1 up 5.0 Posedel 1:46 27,719 -
91 91 Aug 2 PIT @ BSN L 1 3 57-33 1 up 5.0 Lanning 1:42 2,451 --
92 92 Aug 3 PIT @ BSN W 9 4 58-33 1 up 5.5 Blanton 2:00 0 +
93 93 Aug 3 PIT @ BSN W 5 3 59-33 1 up 5.5 Bowman 2:05 7,844 ++
94 94 Aug 4 PIT @ BSN L 3 4 59-34 1 up 5.5 MacFayden 1:45 1,834 -
95 95 Aug 5 PIT @ NYG L 3 5 59-35 1 up 4.5 Brown 2:13 18,535 --
96 96 Aug 7 PIT @ NYG W 5 1 60-35 1 up 6.5 Tobin 2:05 0 +
97 97 Aug 7 PIT @ NYG W 13 3 61-35 1 up 6.5 Brandt 2:20 50,468 ++
98 98 Aug 9 PIT STL W 1 0 62-35 1 up 6.5 Bauers 1:41 5,000 +++
99 99 Aug 10 PIT STL L 0 5 62-36 1 up 6.5 Warneke 1:29 14,000 -
100 100 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 Aug 13 PIT CHC L 5 11 62-38 1 up 5.0 Dean 2:13 ---
102 102 Aug 14 PIT CHC W 2 0 63-38 1 up 4.5 Bauers 1:39 24,193 +
103 103 Aug 15 PIT CIN L 2 6 63-39 1 up 4.0 Cascarella 1:44 9,000 -
104 104 Aug 16 PIT CIN W 10 0 64-39 1 up 5.0 Blanton 1:42 6,253 +
105 105 Aug 17 PIT @ STL W 4 3 65-39 1 up 5.0 Swift 2:23 2,725 ++
106 106 Aug 18 PIT @ STL L 1 5 65-40 1 up 5.0 Weiland 1:47 -
107 107 Aug 20 PIT @ CHC W 5 2 66-40 1 up 5.5 Lucas 1:49 20,787 +
108 108 Aug 21 PIT @ CHC L 4 6 66-41 1 up 5.0 Lee 1:51 0 -
109 109 Aug 21 PIT @ CHC L 1 6 66-42 1 up 5.0 Carleton 1:51 40,402 --
110 110 Aug 22 PIT @ CHC W 4 2 67-42 1 up 5.5 Tobin 2:06 13,738 +
111 111 Aug 23 PIT BSN L 0 6 67-43 1 up 5.0 Lanning 1:58 12,294 -
112 112 Aug 23 PIT BSN W 4 3 68-43 1 up 5.0 Brown 5:31 12,294 +
113 113 Aug 24 PIT BSN W 6 2 69-43 1 up 6.0 Bauers 1:50 4,040 ++
114 114 Aug 25 PIT PHI L 1 2 69-44 1 up 4.5 Butcher 2:03 0 -
115 115 Aug 25 PIT PHI L 1 2 69-45 1 up 4.5 Hallahan 2:25 3,093 --
116 116 Aug 26 PIT PHI L 4 6 69-46 1 up 4.5 Smith 2:10 ---
117 117 Aug 27 PIT PHI W 6 1 70-46 1 up 5.5 Brandt 1:57 5,889 +
118 118 Aug 28 PIT BRO L 5 8 70-47 1 up 4.5 Pressnell 2:07 16,045 -
119 119 Aug 29 PIT BRO W 10 1 71-47 1 up 5.5 Blanton 1:56 3,425 +
120 120 Aug 30 PIT NYG W 7 1 72-47 1 up 6.5 Tobin 1:52 ++
121 121 Aug 31 PIT NYG L 5 6 72-48 1 up 6.5 Wittig 2:35 0 -
122 122 Aug 31 PIT NYG W 12 3 73-48 1 up 6.5 Lucas 1:59 43,586 +
123 123 Sep 1 PIT NYG W 6 0 74-48 1 up 7.0 Klinger 1:59 28,839 ++
124 124 Sep 2 PIT STL L 10 11 74-49 1 up 6.5 Weiland 2:23 4,480 -
125 125 Sep 3 PIT STL L 0 6 74-50 1 up 5.0 Macon 1:48 7,759 --
126 126 Sep 4 PIT STL W 5 3 75-50 1 up 6.0 Bauers 1:57 12,187 +
127 127 Sep 5 PIT CHC L 0 3 75-51 1 up 4.0 Lee 1:43 0 -
128 128 Sep 5 PIT CHC L 3 4 75-52 1 up 4.0 Bryant 2:01 42,545 --
129 129 Sep 7 PIT @ CIN W 7 1 76-52 1 up 5.0 Klinger 1:44 18,735 +
130 130 Sep 8 PIT @ CIN L 3 5 76-53 1 up 4.0 Vander Meer 1:59 29,043 -
131 131 Sep 10 PIT @ STL W 14 7 77-53 1 up 4.5 Brown 2:18 3,632 +
132 132 Sep 11 PIT @ STL L 4 6 77-54 1 up 3.5 Dean 1:48 15,739 -
133 133 Sep 14 PIT @ NYG L 0 3 77-55 1 up 2.5 Schumacher 1:58 0 --
134 134 Sep 14 PIT @ NYG L 3 10 77-56 1 up 2.5 Gumbert 2:04 28,185 ---
135 135 Sep 15 PIT @ NYG W 7 2 78-56 1 up 3.0 Tobin 2:06 4,978 +
136 136 Sep 16 PIT @ BSN W 7 6 79-56 1 up 3.0 Swift 2:37 0 ++
137 137 Sep 16 PIT @ BSN L 4 5 79-57 1 up 3.0 Errickson 2:03 8,296 -
138 138 Sep 17 PIT @ BSN W 2 1 80-57 1 up 2.5 Klinger 1:59 +
139 139 Sep 18 PIT @ PHI W 1 0 81-57 1 up 3.5 Bauers 2:00 0 ++
140 140 Sep 18 PIT @ PHI T 1 1 81-57 1 up 3.5 1:10 1,500 ++
141 141 Sep 22 PIT @ BRO W 6 0 82-57 1 up 3.5 Tobin 1:33 0 +++
142 142 Sep 22 PIT @ BRO W 11 6 83-57 1 up 3.5 Klinger 2:25 ++++
143 143 Sep 23 PIT CIN L 4 5 83-58 1 up 2.0 Walters 2:23 7,429 -
144 144 Sep 24 PIT CIN W 4 1 84-58 1 up 2.0 Bauers 11,318 +
145 145 Sep 25 PIT CIN W 5 3 85-58 1 up 2.0 Lucas 1:52 27,147 ++
146 146 Sep 27 PIT @ CHC L 1 2 85-59 1 up 0.5 Dean 1:38 -
147 147 Sep 28 PIT @ CHC L 5 6 85-60 2 0.5 Root 2:37 0 --
148 148 Sep 29 PIT @ CHC L 1 10 85-61 2 1.5 Lee 2:15 42,628 ---
149 149 Sep 30 PIT @ CIN L 1 7 85-62 2 1.5 Derringer 1:28 0 ----
150 150 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 Oct 1 PIT @ CIN L 6 9 86-63 2 2.0 Weaver 2:09 13,396 -
152 152 Oct 2 PIT @ CIN L 4 5 86-64 2 2.0 Vander Meer 1:32 14,007 --
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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