1939 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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	Ray Mueller	27	86	204	180	14	42	8	1	2	18	0		14	22	.233	.289	.322	.611	65	58	2	0	10
2	1B	Elbie Fletcher*	23	102	429	370	49	112	23	4	12	71	3		48	28	.303	.386	.484	.869	134	179	11	2	9
3	2B	Pep Young	31	84	327	293	34	81	14	3	3	29	1		23	29	.276	.333	.375	.709	92	110	7	2	9
4	SS	Arky Vaughan*	27	152	693	595	94	182	30	11	6	62	12		70	20	.306	.385	.424	.808	119	252	5	6	22
5	3B	Lee Handley	25	101	421	376	43	107	14	5	1	42	17		32	20	.285	.341	.356	.697	89	134	12	0	13
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
6		Paul Waner*	36	125	506	461	62	151	30	6	3	45	0		35	18	.328	.375	.438	.813	119	202	12	0	10
7	3B	Lloyd Waner*	33	112	410	379	49	108	15	3	0	24	0		17	13	.285	.321	.340	.661	79	129	5	3	11
8		Johnny Rizzo	26	94	384	330	49	86	23	3	6	55	0		42	27	.261	.349	.403	.752	103	133	14	3	9
9	IF	Bill Brubaker	28	100	380	345	41	80	23	1	7	43	3		29	51	.232	.297	.365	.662	78	126	10	3	3
10	3B	Fern Bell	26	83	309	262	44	75	5	8	2	34	2		42	18	.286	.385	.389	.774	110	102	4	0	5
11		Chuck Klein*	34	85	302	270	37	81	16	4	11	47	1		26	17	.300	.361	.511	.873	134	138	4	0	6
12	C	Ray Berres	31	81	251	231	22	53	6	1	0	16	1		11	25	.229	.267	.264	.532	44	61	9	1	8
13	1B	Gus Suhr*	33	63	236	204	23	59	10	2	1	31	4		25	23	.289	.367	.373	.739	101	76	0	0	7
14		Bob Elliott	22	32	140	129	18	43	10	3	3	19	0		9	4	.333	.377	.527	.904	142	68	4	0	2
15	3B	Maurice Van Robays	24	27	112	105	13	33	9	0	2	16	0		6	10	.314	.351	.457	.808	117	48	3	0	1
16	C	George Susce	31	31	89	75	8	17	3	1	1	4	0		12	5	.227	.333	.333	.667	81	25	6	0	2
17	3B	Frankie Gustine	19	22	84	70	5	13	3	0	0	3	0		9	4	.186	.278	.229	.507	39	16	3	0	5
18	IF	Red Juelich	22	17	50	46	5	11	0	2	0	4	0		2	4	.239	.271	.326	.597	61	15	4	0	2
19	C	Joe Schultz*	20	4	16	14	3	4	2	0	0	2	0		2	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	117	6	0	0	0
20		Heinie Manush*	37	10	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	1	.000	.077	.000	.077	-78	0	1	0	0
21		Woody Jensen*	31	12	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	2	1	0	0
22		Eddie Yount	23	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	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
23	P	Joe Bowman*	29	70	106	96	9	33	8	1	0	18	0		5	9	.344	.382	.448	.830	124	43	1	1	4
24	P	Bob Klinger	31	37	90	84	9	17	0	0	0	6	0		5	12	.202	.247	.202	.450	23	17	2	0	1
25	P	Jim Tobin	26	43	77	74	9	18	3	1	2	11	0		2	12	.243	.263	.392	.655	75	29	0	0	1
26	P	Mace Brown	30	47	69	64	4	7	1	0	0	2	0		1	11	.109	.123	.125	.248	-33	8	1	0	4
27	P	Rip Sewell*	32	52	62	55	5	11	1	0	1	4	0		3	11	.200	.241	.273	.514	39	15	1	0	4
28	P	Bill Swift	31	36	48	42	6	10	0	0	0	2	0		4	9	.238	.304	.238	.542	49	10	3	0	2
29	P	Max Butcher	28	14	35	31	4	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	4	.097	.125	.129	.254	-31	4	3	0	3
30	P	Russ Bauers*	25	15	20	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.211	.211	.211	.421	14	4	0	0	1
31	P	Cy Blanton*	30	10	14	14	2	4	1	0	0	3	0		0	3	.286	.286	.357	.643	73	5	0	0	0
32	P	Oad Swigart*	24	3	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	36	2	0	0	2
33	P	Ken Heintzelman	23	17	9	9	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	1	.222	.222	.333	.556	49	3	0	0	0
34	P	Johnny Gee*	23	3	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bill Clemensen	20	12	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	2	.333	.333	.500	.833	123	3	0	0	0
36	P	Pep Rambert	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.6	153	5923	5269	666	1453	261	60	63	617	44	0	477	420	.276	.338	.384	.722	95	2023	128	21	156	0	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				6	6	3	5	3	6		5		5	8	3	3	5	5		6
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	Bob Klinger	31	14	17	.452	4.36	37	33	3	10	2	0	225.0	251	120	109	11	81		64	3	0	6	989	88	1.476	10.0	0.4	3.2	2.6	0.79
2	SP	Joe Bowman	29	10	14	.417	4.48	37	27	8	10	1	1	184.2	217	105	92	15	43		58	7	0	1	813	86	1.408	10.6	0.7	2.1	2.8	1.35
3	SP	Jim Tobin	26	9	9	.500	4.52	25	19	4	8	0	0	145.1	194	84	73	7	33		43	2	0	1	655	85	1.562	12.0	0.4	2.0	2.7	1.30
4	SP	Max Butcher	28	4	4	.500	3.43	14	12	0	5	2	0	86.2	104	37	33	2	23		21	0	0	0	382	112	1.465	10.8	0.2	2.4	2.2	0.91
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
5	CL	Mace Brown	30	9	13	.409	3.37	47	19	18	8	1	7	200.1	232	90	75	8	52		71	2	1	3	872	114	1.418	10.4	0.4	2.3	3.2	1.37
6	RP	Rip Sewell	32	10	9	.526	4.08	52	12	20	5	1	2	176.1	177	93	80	10	73		69	1	0	1	763	94	1.418	9.0	0.5	3.7	3.5	0.95
7	RP	Bill Swift	31	5	7	.417	3.89	36	8	18	2	1	4	129.2	150	60	56	6	28		56	3	0	0	559	99	1.373	10.4	0.4	1.9	3.9	2.00
8	RP	Russ Bauers	25	2	4	.333	3.35	15	8	4	1	0	1	53.2	46	27	20	4	25		12	1	0	1	226	114	1.323	7.7	0.7	4.2	2.0	0.48
9	RP	Ken Heintzelman*	23	1	1	.500	5.05	17	2	12	1	1	0	35.2	35	23	20	2	18		18	0	0	2	161	76	1.486	8.8	0.5	4.5	4.5	1.00
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
10		Cy Blanton	30	2	3	.400	4.29	10	6	3	1	0	0	42.0	45	23	20	4	10		11	0	0	1	182	90	1.310	9.6	0.9	2.1	2.4	1.10
11		Bill Clemensen	20	0	1	.000	7.33	12	1	8	0	0	0	27.0	32	26	22	0	20		13	3	0	1	133	52	1.926	10.7	0.0	6.7	4.3	0.65
12		Oad Swigart	24	1	1	.500	4.44	3	3	0	1	1	0	24.1	27	14	12	1	6		8	0	0	0	100	86	1.356	10.0	0.4	2.2	3.0	1.33
13		Johnny Gee*	23	1	2	.333	4.12	3	3	0	1	0	0	19.2	20	17	9	0	10		16	0	0	0	94	93	1.525	9.2	0.0	4.6	7.3	1.60
14		Pep Rambert	22	0	0		9.82	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	7	4	4	0	1		4	0	0	1	19	39	2.182	17.2	0.0	2.5	9.8	4.00
		Team Totals	29.0	68	85	.444	4.15	153	153	100	53	10	15	1354.0	1537	723	625	70	423		464	22	1	18	5948	92	1.448	10.2	0.5	2.8	3.1	1.10
		Rank in 8 NL teams		6	3		7				7	4	3	6	8	7	7	2	2		4199
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	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Russ Bauers	25	15			7	0	7	0	3	1.000										0.47						P
Fern Bell	26	1			6	2	1	3	0	.500										3.00						3B
Ray Berres	31	80			307	269	36	2	4	.993										3.81	2					C
Cy Blanton	30	10			11	1	9	1	0	.909										1.00						P
Joe Bowman	29	37			45	6	39	0	3	1.000										1.22						P
Mace Brown	30	47			51	8	42	1	3	.980										1.06						P
Bill Brubaker	28	98			500	183	290	27	47	.946										4.83						2B-3B-SS
Max Butcher	28	14			29	1	28	0	2	1.000										2.07						P
Bill Clemensen	20	12			15	3	11	1	1	.933										1.17						P
Elbie Fletcher	23	101			1074	1010	56	8	97	.993										10.55						1B
Johnny Gee	23	3			8	1	6	1	0	.875										2.33						P
Frankie Gustine	19	22			77	17	52	8	3	.896										3.14						3B
Lee Handley	25	100			281	83	180	18	14	.936										2.63						3B
Ken Heintzelman	23	17			7	2	5	0	0	1.000										0.41						P
Red Juelich	22	12			48	21	24	3	5	.938										3.75						2B-3B
Bob Klinger	31	37			72	7	62	3	5	.958										1.86						P
Ray Mueller	27	81			242	203	32	7	5	.971										2.90	1					C
Pep Rambert	22	2			1	0	1	0	0	1.000										0.50						P
Joe Schultz	20	4			25	24	1	0	0	1.000										6.25	0					C
Rip Sewell	32	52			57	9	47	1	3	.982										1.08						P
Gus Suhr	33	52			548	521	23	4	42	.993										10.46						1B
George Susce	31	31			127	111	14	2	2	.984										4.03	5					C
Bill Swift	31	36			16	2	14	0	0	1.000										0.44						P
Oad Swigart	24	3			5	2	3	0	1	1.000										1.67						P
Jim Tobin	26	25			28	2	26	0	2	1.000										1.12						P
Maurice Van Robays	24	1			5	3	2	0	1	1.000										5.00						3B
Arky Vaughan	27	152			895	330	531	34	103	.962										5.66						SS
Lloyd Waner	33	1			6	2	4	0	1	1.000										6.00						3B
Pep Young	31	84			488	202	270	16	61	.967										5.62						2B
Team Totals	28.6	153			6069	4049	1852	168	413	.972										3.67	8
Rank in 8 NL teams								6	4	3
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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