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1939 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
6 OF Johnny Rizzo 26 94 384 330 49 86 23 3 6 55 0 42 27 .261 .349 .403 .752 103 133 14 3 9
7 OF 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 OF Paul Waner* 36 125 506 461 62 151 30 6 3 45 0 35 18 .328 .375 .438 .813 120 202 12 0 10
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 IF Bill Brubaker 28 100 380 345 41 80 23 1 7 43 3 29 51 .232 .297 .365 .662 79 126 10 3 3
10 OF 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 OF 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 OF Bob Elliott 22 32 140 129 18 43 10 3 3 19 0 9 4 .333 .377 .527 .904 143 68 4 0 2
15 OF Maurice Van Robays 24 27 112 105 13 33 9 0 2 16 0 6 10 .314 .351 .457 .808 118 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 OF 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 OF Woody Jensen* 31 12 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -9 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
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
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* - 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 4 3 6 8 7 7 2 2 6
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Russ Bauers 25 15 7 0 7 0 3 1.000 0.47 P
Fern Bell 26 68 15 46 7 168 154 7 7 0 .958 2.37 OF-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
Bob Elliott 22 30 0 30 0 91 88 1 2 0 .978 2.97 OF
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
Woody Jensen 31 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 OF
Red Juelich 22 12 48 21 24 3 5 .938 3.75 2B-3B
Chuck Klein 34 66 30 0 37 144 133 4 7 0 .951 2.08 OF
Bob Klinger 31 37 72 7 62 3 5 .958 1.86 P
Heinie Manush 37 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
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
Johnny Rizzo 26 86 86 0 0 193 186 2 5 0 .974 2.19 OF
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 26 25 0 0 42 36 3 3 1 .929 1.50 OF-3B
Arky Vaughan 27 152 895 330 531 34 103 .962 5.66 SS
Lloyd Waner 33 93 0 92 0 242 227 13 2 2 .992 2.58 OF-3B
Paul Waner 36 106 0 0 106 223 206 12 5 4 .978 2.06 OF
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 G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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