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1939 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

68-85, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Pie Traynor (68-85)
Scored 666 runs, Allowed 721 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-82

Ballparks: Forbes Field · 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 - 99, Pitching - 100


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1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Russ Bauers 25 L R 6' 3" 195 May 10, 1914 4 15 8 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Fern Bell 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 21, 1913 1st 83 65 83 68 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 42 8 67 11 4 1.1 $
Ray Berres 31 R R 5' 9" 170 Aug 31, 1907 5 81 72 81 80 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.8 $
Cy Blanton 30 L R 5' 11" 180 Jul 6, 1908 6 10 6 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Joe Bowman 29 L R 6' 2" 190 Jun 17, 1910 7 70 27 70 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 1.2 $
Mace Brown 30 R R 6' 1" 190 May 21, 1909 5 47 19 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Bill Brubaker 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 7, 1910 8 100 91 100 95 0 0 0 65 32 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.1 $
Max Butcher 28 R R 6' 2" 220 Sep 21, 1910 4 14 12 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Bill Clemensen 20 R R 6' 1" 193 Jun 20, 1919 1st 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Bob Elliott 22 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 26, 1916 1st 32 30 32 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 30 2 0 1.3 $
Elbie Fletcher 23 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1916 5 102 101 102 101 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.1 $
Johnny Gee 23 L L 6' 9" 225 Dec 7, 1915 1st 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Frankie Gustine 19 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 20, 1920 1st 22 21 22 22 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Lee Handley 25 R R 5' 7" 160 Jul 13, 1913 4 101 98 101 100 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.7 $
Ken Heintzelman 23 R L 5' 11" 185 Oct 14, 1915 3 17 2 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Woody Jensen 31 L L 5' 10" 160 Aug 11, 1907 9 12 1 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 3 -0.2 $
Red Juelich 22 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 20, 1916 1st 18 12 18 14 0 0 0 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 -0.3 $
Chuck Klein HOF 34 L R 6' 0" 185 Oct 7, 1904 12 85 65 85 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 39 66 19 0 1.4 $8,500
Bob Klinger 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1908 2 37 33 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Heinie Manush HOF 37 L L 6' 1" 200 Jul 20, 1901 17 10 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 -0.3 $
Ray Mueller 27 R R 5' 9" 175 Mar 8, 1912 5 86 50 86 82 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.2 $
Pep Rambert 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 1, 1916 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Johnny Rizzo 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 30, 1912 2 94 85 94 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 0 0 86 8 0 0.6 $9,000
Joe Schultz 20 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 29, 1918 1st 4 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Rip Sewell 32 L R 6' 1" 180 May 11, 1907 3 52 12 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Gus Suhr 33 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 3, 1906 10 63 52 63 52 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0.2 $
George Susce 31 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 13, 1907 3 31 27 31 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bill Swift 31 R R 6' 1" 192 Jun 19, 1908 8 36 8 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Oad Swigart 24 L R 6' 0" 175 Feb 13, 1915 1st 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jim Tobin 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 27, 1912 3 43 19 43 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0.4 $
Maurice Van Robays 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 15, 1914 1st 27 25 27 26 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 0 0 25 1 0 0.0 $
Arky Vaughan HOF 27 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 9, 1912 8 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 $ All-Star
Lloyd Waner HOF 33 L R 5' 9" 150 Mar 16, 1906 13 112 85 112 93 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 92 0 92 18 1 0.0 $
Paul Waner HOF 36 L L 5' 8" 153 Apr 16, 1903 14 126 105 126 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 106 20 0 1.8 $
Pep Young 31 R R 5' 9" 162 Aug 29, 1907 7 84 82 84 84 0 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Eddie Yount 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 19, 1915 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Oad Swigart
Eddie Yount
Lloyd Waner
Paul Waner
Johnny Rizzo
Chuck Klein
Heinie Manush
Elbie Fletcher
Woody Jensen
Fern Bell

Maurice Van Robays
Lee Handley
Arky Vaughan
Frankie Gustine
Red Juelich
Pep Rambert
Bob Elliott
Gus Suhr
Bill Brubaker
Pep Young

Ray Mueller
George Susce
Ray Berres
Joe Schultz
Max Butcher
Bill Clemensen
Bob Klinger
Johnny Gee
Rip Sewell

Bill Swift
Cy Blanton
Mace Brown
Joe Bowman
Bill Clemensen
Jim Tobin
Russ Bauers
Ken Heintzelman

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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