1938 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Russ Bauers	24	13	14	.481	3.07	40	34	6	12	2	3	243.0	207	102	83	7	99		117	6	0	6	1008	123	1.259	7.7	0.3	3.7	4.3	1.18
2	SP	Jim Tobin	25	14	12	.538	3.47	40	33	6	14	2	0	241.1	254	109	93	17	66		70	6	1	2	1029	109	1.326	9.5	0.6	2.5	2.6	1.06
3	SP	Cy Blanton	29	11	7	.611	3.70	29	26	0	10	1	0	172.2	190	84	71	13	46		80	2	0	2	729	102	1.367	9.9	0.7	2.4	4.2	1.74
4	SP	Bob Klinger	30	12	5	.706	2.99	28	21	4	10	1	1	159.1	152	63	53	7	42		58	6	2	0	659	127	1.218	8.6	0.4	2.4	3.3	1.38
5	SP	Ed Brandt*	33	5	4	.556	3.46	24	13	7	5	1	0	96.1	93	44	37	3	35		38	0	0	0	413	110	1.329	8.7	0.3	3.3	3.6	1.09
6	SP	Red Lucas	36	6	3	.667	3.54	13	13	0	4	0	0	84.0	90	33	33	5	16		19	1	0	0	342	108	1.262	9.6	0.5	1.7	2.0	1.19
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	CL	Mace Brown	29	15	9	.625	3.80	51	2	32	0	0	5	132.2	155	68	56	5	44		55	0	0	3	585	100	1.500	10.5	0.3	3.0	3.7	1.25
8	RP	Bill Swift	30	7	5	.583	3.24	36	9	20	2	0	4	150.0	155	65	54	9	40		77	4	0	0	633	117	1.300	9.3	0.5	2.4	4.6	1.93
9	RP	Joe Bowman	28	3	4	.429	4.65	17	1	8	0	0	1	60.0	68	33	31	2	20		25	0	0	1	265	82	1.467	10.2	0.3	3.0	3.8	1.25
10	RP	Rip Sewell	31	0	1	.000	4.23	17	0	11	0	0	1	38.1	41	27	18	3	21		17	2	0	3	176	90	1.617	9.6	0.7	4.9	4.0	0.81
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
11		Ken Heintzelman*	22	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	2	2	0	3		1	0	0	0	9	51	2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
		Team Totals	28.4	86	64	.573	3.46	152	152	95	57	7	15	1379.2	1406	630	531	71	432		557	27	3	17	5848	110	1.332	9.2	0.5	2.8	3.6	1.29
		Rank in 8 NL teams		2	7		3				7	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2		2
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Russ Bauers	24	40	34	12	47	3	38	6	1	.872	1.03							P
Ray Berres	30	40	29	20	150	128	21	1	0	.993	3.73	2		7	9	56%		C
Cy Blanton	29	29	26	10	51	7	42	2	7	.961	1.69							P
Joe Bowman	28	17	1	0	11	2	8	1	2	.909	0.59							P
Ed Brandt	33	24	13	5	21	2	18	1	1	.952	0.83							P
Mace Brown	29	51	2	0	33	3	28	2	1	.939	0.61							P
Bill Brubaker	27	31	25	25	156	111	36	9	10	.942	4.74							3B-1B-SS-OF
Johnny Dickshot	28	10	7	6	16	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.60							OF
Lee Handley	24	136	136	133	446	119	304	23	26	.948	3.11							3B
Ken Heintzelman	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Woody Jensen	30	37	18	17	50	45	0	5	0	.900	1.18							OF
Bob Klinger	30	28	21	10	38	4	34	0	2	1.000	1.36							P
Red Lucas	36	13	13	4	17	3	14	0	1	1.000	1.31							P
Johnny Rizzo	25	140	140	134	304	284	5	15	1	.951	2.06							OF
Rip Sewell	31	17	0	0	14	0	13	1	3	.929	0.76							P
Gus Suhr	32	145	145	143	1605	1512	81	12	150	.993	10.99							1B
Bill Swift	30	36	9	2	29	1	26	2	1	.931	0.75							P
Tommy Thevenow	34	14	6	5	46	13	31	2	7	.957	3.14							2B-SS-3B
Jim Tobin	25	40	33	14	52	11	41	0	1	1.000	1.30							P
Al Todd	36	132	123	112	673	574	89	10	7	.985	5.02	5		37	36	49%		C
Arky Vaughan	26	147	147	146	846	306	507	33	107	.961	5.53							SS
Lloyd Waner	32	144	144	129	361	341	15	5	5	.986	2.47							OF
Paul Waner	35	147	147	146	302	284	11	7	0	.977	2.01							OF
Pep Young	30	149	149	143	950	370	554	26	120	.973	6.20							2B
Team Totals	29.7	152	1368	1216	6219	4139	1917	163	453	.974	3.86	7		44	45	51%
Rank in 8 NL teams								6	1	2
	Age	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

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 Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Russ Bauers	24	243.0	34	102	138	5	1.0	36	3.2	$	Free Agency
Cy Blanton	29	172.2	25	84	98	4	1.0	14	1.1	$
Joe Bowman	28	60.0	1	33	34	1	1.0	1	0.0	$	Traded
Ed Brandt*	33	96.1	14	44	55	2	1.0	11	0.9	$	Traded
Mace Brown	29	132.2	2	68	75	3	1.0	7	0.5	$	Purchased
Ken Heintzelman*	22	2.0	0	2	1	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$	Unknown
Bob Klinger	30	159.1	21	63	90	3	1.0	27	2.5	$	Rule 5 Draft
Red Lucas	36	84.0	13	33	48	2	1.0	15	1.3	$	Traded
Rip Sewell	31	38.1	0	27	22	1	1.0	-5	-0.6	$	Purchased
Bill Swift	30	150.0	9	65	85	3	1.0	20	1.8	$	Traded
Jim Tobin	25	241.1	33	109	137	5	1.0	28	2.4	$	Purchased
Team Total	28.4	1379.2	152	630	783	29	1.0	153	13.0	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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