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1938 Pittsburgh Pirates (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
Managed by Pie Traynor

Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 641,033 (5th of 8)
Park Factors
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Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Game Results

Season Summary   86-64 , Final Rank: 2, GB:    2.0
Days in First:                  69 (last on September 27, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          27 (last on September 25)
Most Games under .500:           2 (last on May 28)

Biggest Lead:                  7.0 (last on September 1)
Farthest Behind Leader:        8.5 (last on May 29)

Longest Winning Streak:         13 (June 29 to July 12)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (April 28 to May 3)

Most Runs Allowed:              18 (May 22)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (June 19)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       9
Times Opponent Shutout:          8

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        86  64     707     630    .573

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           44  33     348     330    .571
Road           42  31     359     300    .575

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     38  25     291     270    .603
Second Half    48  39     416     360    .552
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        32  20     199     187    .615

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        23  19     267     226    .548

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 19     PIT @STL  W   4-3        1-0     1    Tied  2:26 B Klinger                  19,865 +
  2 Wed, Apr 20     PIT @STL  W   9-4        2-0     1    Tied  2:18 J Tobin                     1,957 ++
  3 Thu, Apr 21     PIT @STL  W   6-5        3-0     1  up 1.0  2:02 M Brown                           +++
  4 Fri, Apr 22     PIT  CIN  W   7-4        4-0     1  up 1.0  2:10 R Lucas                    20,586 ++++
  5 Sat, Apr 23     PIT  CIN  W   6-2        5-0     1  up 1.0  1:37 C Blanton                   8,550 +++++
  6 Sun, Apr 24     PIT  CIN  W   2-1        6-0     1  up 1.0  1:38 J Tobin                    17,012 ++++++
  7 Mon, Apr 25     PIT  CHC  W   8-6        7-0     1  up 1.5  2:20 M Brown                     9,235 +++++++
  8 Tue, Apr 26     PIT  CHC  L   3-5        7-1     1  up 0.5  2:26 T Carleton                  7,523 -
  9 Wed, Apr 27     PIT  CHC  W   6-5        8-1     1    Tied  1:59 M Brown                     9,537 +
 10 Thu, Apr 28     PIT  STL  L   3-5        8-2     2     1.0  2:17 B Weiland                   8,033 -
 11 Sat, Apr 30     PIT @CIN  L   0-2        8-3     2     2.0  1:40 P Davis                     3,663 --
 12 Sun, May  1     PIT @CIN  L   1-4        8-4     3     3.0  2:07 A Hollingswo               14,439 ---
 13 Mon, May  2     PIT @CIN  L   6-8        8-5     3     4.0  2:01 J Vander Mee                2,405 ----
 14 Tue, May  3     PIT  BRO  L   2-7        8-6     3     4.0  1:58 T Pressnell                 2,266 -----
 15 Wed, May  4     PIT  BRO  W   9-5        9-6     3     4.0  2:10 J Bowman                    2,431 +
 16 Thu, May  5     PIT  BRO  W   4-2       10-6     3     3.0  1:40 R Lucas                     2,031 ++
 17 Fri, May  6     PIT  NYG  L   7-11      10-7     3     4.0  2:20 C Melton                   10,648 -
 18 Sat, May  7     PIT  NYG  L   5-6       10-8     3     5.0  2:08 J Brown                    16,064 --
 19 Sun, May  8     PIT  BSN  W   2-1       11-8     3     5.0  2:50 M Brown                     7,512 +
 20 Mon, May  9     PIT  BSN  L   5-7       11-9     3     5.5  3:01 I Hutchinson                1,219 -
 21 Fri, May 13     PIT @CHC  W   4-1       12-9     3     6.0  2:09 M Brown                     5,931 +
 22 Sun, May 15     PIT @CHC  W   4-3       13-9     2     5.5  2:41 B Swift                    15,494 ++
 23 Tue, May 17     PIT @BSN  L   0-1       13-10    2     6.0  1:34 M Shoffner                  2,800 -
 24 Wed, May 18     PIT @BSN  L   1-2       13-11    3     6.0  2:40 J Turner                    2,070 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Thu, May 19     PIT @BSN  L   3-4       13-12    3     6.0  2:30 I Hutchinson                2,359 ---
 26 Fri, May 20     PIT @BRO  L   5-7       13-13    5     6.0  2:55 V Mungo                     5,749 ----
 27 Sat, May 21     PIT @BRO  W   5-4       14-13    5     5.0  2:28 J Tobin                    14,610 +
 28 Sun, May 22     PIT @NYG  L   2-18      14-14    5     6.0  1:58 C Hubbell                  30,343 -
 29 Mon, May 23     PIT @NYG  W   4-3       15-14    5     5.0  2:14 M Brown                     5,364 +
 30 Wed, May 25     PIT @PHI  L   1-2       15-15    5     6.5  1:34 B Walters                   1,000 -
 31 Fri, May 27     PIT  CHC  L   0-5       15-16    5     7.0  1:45 B Lee                       3,010 --
 32 Sat, May 28     PIT  CHC  L   3-9       15-17    5     8.5  1:51 C Bryant                    4,014 ---
 33 Sun, May 29     PIT  CHC  W   2-1       16-17    5     8.5  1:47 R Lucas                     7,050 +
 34 Mon, May 30     PIT  STL  W   5-4       17-17    5     7.5  3:21 B Klinger                       0 ++
 35                 PIT  STL  L   6-9       17-18    5     7.5  2:15 C Davis                    20,000 -
 36 Wed, Jun  1     PIT  NYG  W   4-1       18-18    5     6.5  1:42 R Bauers                    4,001 +
 37 Fri, Jun  3     PIT  NYG  W   6-5       19-18    4     5.5  2:08 B Klinger                   8,513 ++
 38 Sat, Jun  4     PIT  BRO  W   4-3       20-18    4     4.5  2:25 B Swift                     4,168 +++
 39 Sun, Jun  5     PIT  BRO  L   5-10      20-19    5     5.0  2:18 B Posedel                         -
 40 Mon, Jun  6     PIT  BRO  L   4-9       20-20    5     6.0  1:45 M Butcher                   1,594 --
 41 Wed, Jun  8     PIT  BSN  W   4-1       21-20    5     5.5  1:41 B Klinger                   2,765 +
 42 Thu, Jun  9     PIT  BSN  W   5-3       22-20    4     5.5  1:45 M Brown                     4,410 ++
 43 Fri, Jun 10     PIT  PHI  L   2-3       22-21    5     6.5  1:43 H Mulcahy                   1,034 -
 44 Sat, Jun 11     PIT  PHI  W   4-3       23-21    4     6.0  1:52 B Swift                     3,811 +
 45 Sun, Jun 12     PIT  PHI  W  11-5       24-21    4     5.5  2:10 M Brown                     4,826 ++
 46 Tue, Jun 14     PIT @NYG  L   3-5       24-22    4     6.5  2:10 H Schumacher                5,334 -
 47 Wed, Jun 15     PIT @NYG  W   2-0       25-22    4     5.5  1:55 J Tobin                     5,874 +
 48 Thu, Jun 16     PIT @NYG  W  10-2       26-22    4     4.5  1:58 B Klinger                   6,800 ++
 49 Fri, Jun 17     PIT @PHI  W   4-3       27-22    4     4.5  2:21 M Brown                           +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sat, Jun 18     PIT @PHI  L   3-5       27-23    4     5.5  1:59 H Mulcahy                   3,000 -
 51 Sun, Jun 19     PIT @PHI  W  14-4       28-23    4     3.5  2:08 J Tobin                         0 +
 52                 PIT @PHI  W  16-3       29-23    4     3.5  2:07 C Blanton                  10,000 ++
 53 Tue, Jun 21     PIT @BRO  W   9-3       30-23    4     2.5  2:26 R Bauers                   25,527 +++
 54 Thu, Jun 23     PIT @BRO  L   1-8       30-24    4     3.0  1:46 T Pressnell                 3,258 -
 55 Sat, Jun 25     PIT @BSN  W   8-7       31-24    4     2.5  2:20 M Brown                     8,614 +
 56 Tue, Jun 28     PIT  CIN  L   2-5       31-25    4     3.5  2:00 J Vander Mee               12,430 -
 57 Wed, Jun 29     PIT  CIN  W   5-4       32-25    3     4.0  1:54 B Swift                     3,470 +
 58 Thu, Jun 30     PIT  CIN  W   3-1       33-25    2     4.0  1:42 C Blanton                   6,835 ++
 59 Sat, Jul  2     PIT  STL  W   5-1       34-25    2     4.5  2:00 B Klinger                   3,892 +++
 60 Sun, Jul  3     PIT  STL  W   6-5       35-25    2     3.5  2:56 M Brown                         0 ++++
 61                 PIT  STL  W   6-2       36-25    2     3.5  1:36 R Bauers                   20,000 +++++
 62 Mon, Jul  4     PIT @CIN  W   2-1       37-25    2     3.5  1:38 C Blanton                       0 ++++++
 63                 PIT @CIN  W   3-2       38-25    2     3.5  1:45 B Swift                    22,400 +++++++
 64 Fri, Jul  8     PIT @STL  W   6-2       39-25    2     3.5  2:03 B Klinger                         ++++++++
 65 Sat, Jul  9     PIT @STL  W   8-7       40-25    2     2.5  2:11 M Brown                     2,859 +++++++++
 66 Sun, Jul 10     PIT @STL  W   5-2       41-25    2     2.0  2:14 C Blanton                       0 ++++++++++
 67                 PIT @STL  W   4-3       42-25    2     2.0  1:57 R Bauers                          +++++++++++
 68 Mon, Jul 11     PIT @CHC  W   5-3       43-25    2     1.5  2:12 J Tobin                     6,688 ++++++++++++
 69 Tue, Jul 12     PIT @CHC  W  14-6       44-25    2     0.5  2:17 E Brandt                          +++++++++++++
 70 Wed, Jul 13     PIT  BRO  L   5-10      44-26    2     0.5  2:23 T Pressnell                 5,561 -
 71 Thu, Jul 14     PIT  BRO  W   3-2       45-26    1  up 0.5  2:05 J Tobin                     7,802 +
 72 Fri, Jul 15     PIT  BRO  L   4-9       45-27    2     0.5  2:15 L Hamlin                    4,512 -
 73 Sat, Jul 16     PIT  NYG  W   7-3       46-27    1  up 0.5  2:15 B Klinger                  15,197 +
 74 Sun, Jul 17     PIT  NYG  L   1-2       46-28    2     0.5  1:53 C Hubbell                       0 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75                 PIT  NYG  -   7-7       46-28    2     0.5  2:35                            43,241 -
 76 Mon, Jul 18     PIT  NYG  W   7-4       47-28    1  up 0.5  2:12 C Blanton                  11,098 +
 77 Tue, Jul 19     PIT  PHI  W   8-0       48-28    1  up 0.5  1:42 E Brandt                    2,472 ++
 78 Wed, Jul 20     PIT  PHI  L   0-11      48-29    1  up 1.5  2:03 A Hollingswo                    0 -
 79                 PIT  PHI  W   4-1       49-29    1  up 1.5  1:42 R Bauers                    6,000 +
 80 Thu, Jul 21     PIT  PHI  W   5-4       50-29    1  up 1.5  2:00 M Brown                    10,535 ++
 81 Fri, Jul 22     PIT  BSN  W   4-3       51-29    1  up 2.0  2:00 C Blanton                   4,749 +++
 82 Sat, Jul 23     PIT  BSN  L   2-4       51-30    1  up 2.5  1:50 D MacFayden                 5,436 -
 83 Sun, Jul 24     PIT  BSN  W   5-4       52-30    1  up 4.0  3:19 J Tobin                         0 +
 84                 PIT  BSN  W   4-2       53-30    1  up 4.0  1:14 E Brandt                          ++
 85 Tue, Jul 26     PIT @PHI  L   5-6       53-31    1  up 4.0  2:18 P Sivess                    1,500 -
 86 Wed, Jul 27     PIT @PHI  W   4-2       54-31    1  up 5.0  1:57 R Bauers                    1,000 +
 87 Thu, Jul 28     PIT @PHI  W   9-2       55-31    1  up 5.0  1:59 J Tobin                     2,000 ++
 88 Fri, Jul 29     PIT @BRO  W   7-6       56-31    1  up 5.0  2:31 J Bowman                    2,582 +++
 89 Sat, Jul 30     PIT @BRO  W   9-2       57-31    1  up 5.0  2:30 C Blanton                   8,523 ++++
 90 Sun, Jul 31     PIT @BRO  L   3-4       57-32    1  up 5.0  1:46 B Posedel                  27,719 -
 91 Tue, Aug  2     PIT @BSN  L   1-3       57-33    1  up 5.0  1:42 J Lanning                   2,451 --
 92 Wed, Aug  3     PIT @BSN  W   9-4       58-33    1  up 5.5  2:00 C Blanton                       0 +
 93                 PIT @BSN  W   5-3       59-33    1  up 5.5  2:05 J Bowman                    7,844 ++
 94 Thu, Aug  4     PIT @BSN  L   3-4       59-34    1  up 5.5  1:45 D MacFayden                 1,834 -
 95 Fri, Aug  5     PIT @NYG  L   3-5       59-35    1  up 4.5  2:13 J Brown                    18,535 --
 96 Sun, Aug  7     PIT @NYG  W   5-1       60-35    1  up 6.5  2:05 J Tobin                         0 +
 97                 PIT @NYG  W  13-3       61-35    1  up 6.5  2:20 E Brandt                   50,468 ++
 98 Tue, Aug  9     PIT  STL  W   1-0       62-35    1  up 6.5  1:41 R Bauers                    5,000 +++
 99 Wed, Aug 10     PIT  STL  L   0-5       62-36    1  up 6.5  1:29 L Warneke                  14,000 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Fri, Aug 12     PIT  CHC  L   3-9       62-37    1  up 5.5  1:48 B Lee                      14,962 --
101 Sat, Aug 13     PIT  CHC  L   5-11      62-38    1  up 5.0  2:13 D Dean                            ---
102 Sun, Aug 14     PIT  CHC  W   2-0       63-38    1  up 4.5  1:39 R Bauers                   24,193 +
103 Mon, Aug 15     PIT  CIN  L   2-6       63-39    1  up 4.0  1:44 J Cascarella                9,000 -
104 Tue, Aug 16     PIT  CIN  W  10-0       64-39    1  up 5.0  1:42 C Blanton                   6,253 +
105 Wed, Aug 17     PIT @STL  W   4-3       65-39    1  up 5.0  2:23 B Swift                     2,725 ++
106 Thu, Aug 18     PIT @STL  L   1-5       65-40    1  up 5.0  1:47 B Weiland                         -
107 Sat, Aug 20     PIT @CHC  W   5-2       66-40    1  up 5.5  1:49 R Lucas                    20,787 +
108 Sun, Aug 21     PIT @CHC  L   4-6       66-41    1  up 5.0  1:51 B Lee                           0 -
109                 PIT @CHC  L   1-6       66-42    1  up 5.0  1:51 T Carleton                 40,402 --
110 Mon, Aug 22     PIT @CHC  W   4-2       67-42    1  up 5.5  2:06 J Tobin                    13,738 +
111 Tue, Aug 23     PIT  BSN  L   0-6       67-43    1  up 5.0  1:58 J Lanning                  12,294 -
112                 PIT  BSN  W   4-3       68-43    1  up 5.0  5:31 M Brown                    12,294 +
113 Wed, Aug 24     PIT  BSN  W   6-2       69-43    1  up 6.0  1:50 R Bauers                    4,040 ++
114 Thu, Aug 25     PIT  PHI  L   1-2       69-44    1  up 4.5  2:03 M Butcher                       0 -
115                 PIT  PHI  L   1-2       69-45    1  up 4.5  2:25 B Hallahan                  3,093 --
116 Fri, Aug 26     PIT  PHI  L   4-6       69-46    1  up 4.5  2:10 A Smith                           ---
117 Sat, Aug 27     PIT  PHI  W   6-1       70-46    1  up 5.5  1:57 E Brandt                    5,889 +
118 Sun, Aug 28     PIT  BRO  L   5-8       70-47    1  up 4.5  2:07 T Pressnell                16,045 -
119 Mon, Aug 29     PIT  BRO  W  10-1       71-47    1  up 5.5  1:56 C Blanton                   3,425 +
120 Tue, Aug 30     PIT  NYG  W   7-1       72-47    1  up 6.5  1:52 J Tobin                           ++
121 Wed, Aug 31     PIT  NYG  L   5-6       72-48    1  up 6.5  2:35 J Wittig                        0 -
122                 PIT  NYG  W  12-3       73-48    1  up 6.5  1:59 R Lucas                    43,586 +
123 Thu, Sep  1     PIT  NYG  W   6-0       74-48    1  up 7.0  1:59 B Klinger                  28,839 ++
124 Fri, Sep  2     PIT  STL  L  10-11      74-49    1  up 6.5  2:23 B Weiland                   4,480 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sat, Sep  3     PIT  STL  L   0-6       74-50    1  up 5.0  1:48 M Macon                     7,759 --
126 Sun, Sep  4     PIT  STL  W   5-3       75-50    1  up 6.0  1:57 R Bauers                   12,187 +
127 Mon, Sep  5     PIT  CHC  L   0-3       75-51    1  up 4.0  1:43 B Lee                           0 -
128                 PIT  CHC  L   3-4       75-52    1  up 4.0  2:01 C Bryant                   42,545 --
129 Wed, Sep  7     PIT @CIN  W   7-1       76-52    1  up 5.0  1:44 B Klinger                  18,735 +
130 Thu, Sep  8     PIT @CIN  L   3-5       76-53    1  up 4.0  1:59 J Vander Mee               29,043 -
131 Sat, Sep 10     PIT @STL  W  14-7       77-53    1  up 4.5  2:18 M Brown                     3,632 +
132 Sun, Sep 11     PIT @STL  L   4-6       77-54    1  up 3.5  1:48 P Dean                     15,739 -
133 Wed, Sep 14     PIT @NYG  L   0-3       77-55    1  up 2.5  1:58 H Schumacher                    0 --
134                 PIT @NYG  L   3-10      77-56    1  up 2.5  2:04 H Gumbert                  28,185 ---
135 Thu, Sep 15     PIT @NYG  W   7-2       78-56    1  up 3.0  2:06 J Tobin                     4,978 +
136 Fri, Sep 16     PIT @BSN  W   7-6       79-56    1  up 3.0  2:37 B Swift                         0 ++
137                 PIT @BSN  L   4-5       79-57    1  up 3.0  2:03 D Errickson                 8,296 -
138 Sat, Sep 17     PIT @BSN  W   2-1       80-57    1  up 2.5  1:59 B Klinger                         +
139 Sun, Sep 18     PIT @PHI  W   1-0       81-57    1  up 3.5  2:00 R Bauers                        0 ++
140                 PIT @PHI  -   1-1       81-57    1  up 3.5  1:10                             1,500 ++
141 Thu, Sep 22     PIT @BRO  W   6-0       82-57    1  up 3.5  1:33 J Tobin                         0 +++
142                 PIT @BRO  W  11-6       83-57    1  up 3.5  2:25 B Klinger                         ++++
143 Fri, Sep 23     PIT  CIN  L   4-5       83-58    1  up 2.0  2:23 B Walters                   7,429 -
144 Sat, Sep 24     PIT  CIN  W   4-1       84-58    1  up 2.0       R Bauers                   11,318 +
145 Sun, Sep 25     PIT  CIN  W   5-3       85-58    1  up 2.0  1:52 R Lucas                    27,147 ++
146 Tue, Sep 27     PIT @CHC  L   1-2       85-59    1  up 0.5  1:38 D Dean                            -
147 Wed, Sep 28     PIT @CHC  L   5-6       85-60    2     0.5  2:37 C Root                          0 --
148 Thu, Sep 29     PIT @CHC  L   1-10      85-61    2     1.5  2:15 B Lee                      42,628 ---
149 Fri, Sep 30     PIT @CIN  L   1-7       85-62    2     1.5  1:28 P Derringer                     0 ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 PIT @CIN  W   4-2       86-62    2     1.5  1:30 R Bauers                    8,661 +
151 Sat, Oct  1     PIT @CIN  L   6-9       86-63    2     2.0  2:09 J Weaver                   13,396 -
152 Sun, Oct  2     PIT @CIN  L   4-5       86-64    2     2.0  1:32 J Vander Mee               14,007 --

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