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1939 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
68-85, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 666 runs, Allowed 721 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-82
Manager: Pie Traynor (68-85)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 376,734 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101

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1938 / 1940 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Russ Bauers 25 L R 6' 3" 195 May 10, 1914 4 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fern Bell 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 21, 1913 1st 83 83 83 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 46 7 67
Ray Berres 31 R R 5' 9" 170 Aug 31, 1907 5 81 81 81 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cy Blanton 30 L R 180 Jul 6, 1908 6 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Bowman 29 L R 6' 2" 190 Jun 17, 1910 7 70 70 70 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mace Brown 30 R R 6' 1" 190 May 21, 1909 5 47 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Brubaker 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 7, 1910 8 100 100 100 0 0 0 65 32 1 0 0 0 0
Max Butcher 28 R R 6' 2" 220 Sep 21, 1910 4 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Clemensen 20 R R 6' 1" 193 Jun 20, 1919 1st 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Elliott 22 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 26, 1916 1st 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 30
Elbie Fletcher 23 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1916 5 102 102 102 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Gee 23 L L 6' 9" 225 Dec 7, 1915 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frankie Gustine 19 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 20, 1920 1st 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Handley 25 R R 5' 7" 160 Jul 31, 1913 4 101 101 101 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Heintzelman 23 R L 185 Oct 14, 1915 3 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woody Jensen 31 L L 160 Aug 11, 1907 9 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Red Juelich 22 R R 170 Sep 20, 1916 1st 17 17 17 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 0
Chuck Klein HOF 34 L R 6' 0" 185 Oct 7, 1904 12 85 85 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 37 66
Bob Klinger 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1908 2 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heinie Manush HOF 37 L L 6' 1" 200 Jul 20, 1901 17 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ray Mueller 27 R R 5' 9" 175 Mar 8, 1912 5 86 86 86 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pep Rambert 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 1, 1916 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Rizzo 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 30, 1912 2 94 94 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 0 0 86
Joe Schultz 20 L R 5' 11" 184 Aug 29, 1918 1st 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rip Sewell 32 L R 6' 1" 180 May 11, 1907 3 52 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gus Suhr 33 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 3, 1906 10 63 63 63 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Susce 31 R R 200 Aug 13, 1907 3 31 31 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Swift 31 R R 192 Jun 19, 1908 8 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oad Swigart 24 L R 6' 0" 175 Feb 13, 1915 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Tobin 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 27, 1912 3 43 43 43 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maurice Van Robays 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 15, 1914 1st 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 0 0 25
Arky Vaughan HOF 27 L R 175 Mar 9, 1912 8 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Lloyd Waner HOF 33 L R 5' 9" 150 Mar 16, 1906 13 112 112 112 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 92 0 92
Paul Waner HOF 36 L L 153 Apr 16, 1903 14 125 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 106
Pep Young 31 R R 5' 9" 162 Aug 29, 1907 7 84 84 84 0 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Yount 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 19, 1915 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1938 / 1940 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played