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1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (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
Managed by Pie Traynor

Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 376,734 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 Stats / Schedule (1938/1940) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   68-85 , Final Rank: 6, GB:   28.5
Days in First:                   1 (last on April 17, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           6 (last on July 26)
Most Games under .500:          18 (last on October 1)

Biggest Lead:                  1.0 (last on April 17)
Farthest Behind Leader:       28.5 (last on October 1)

Longest Winning Streak:          5 (July 19 to July 23 and September 17 to September 21)
Longest Losing Streak:          12 (August 9 to August 20)

Most Runs Allowed:              14 (June 4, July 14, and September 3)
Most Runs Scored:               14 (May 26 and May 30)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      12
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        68  85     666     721    .444

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           35  42     339     365    .455
Road           33  43     327     356    .434

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           1   8      27      44    .111
May            18  10     153     116    .643
June            8  13      75     108    .381
July           19  11     153     132    .633
August          8  22     101     128    .267
September      13  20     148     184    .394
October         1   1       9       9    .500

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     34  34     313     310    .500
Second Half    34  51     353     411    .400
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        19  24     166     171    .442

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        20  21     224     234    .488

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             9  13      78     105    .409
BSN            12   9      89      67    .571
CHC             8  14     102      98    .364
CIN             6  16      82     123    .273
NYG            11  11      98      97    .500
PHI            14   8     116     106    .636
STL             8  14     101     125    .364

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Mon, Apr 17     PIT @CIN  W   7-5        1-0     1  up 1.0  2:16 C Blanton                  30,644 +
  2 Tue, Apr 18     PIT  STL  L   2-3        1-1     3     0.5  2:16 B Weiland                  15,783 -
  3 Sat, Apr 22     PIT @CIN  L   2-4        1-2     6     1.5  1:43 P Derringer                 7,156 --
  4 Sun, Apr 23     PIT @CIN  L   2-7        1-3     7     1.5  1:43 B Walters                  23,339 ---
  5 Mon, Apr 24     PIT @CHC  L   2-6        1-4     7     2.5  2:18 E Whitehill                15,844 ----
  6 Tue, Apr 25     PIT @CHC  L   3-5        1-5     8     3.5  1:51 B Lee                       9,913 -----
  7 Wed, Apr 26     PIT @CHC  L   1-3        1-6     8     4.5  2:10 G Lillard                   9,516 ------
  8 Thu, Apr 27     PIT @STL  L   5-6        1-7     8     4.5  2:55 B McGee                     1,994 -------
  9 Sat, Apr 29     PIT  CIN  L   3-5        1-8     8     5.5  2:05 B Walters                   5,913 --------
 10 Mon, May  1     PIT  CIN  W   2-1        2-8     8     5.5  1:51 R Sewell                    2,924 +
 11 Tue, May  2     PIT @BRO  W   3-2        3-8     8     4.5  1:50 B Klinger                   9,269 ++
 12 Thu, May  4     PIT @PHI  W   6-4        4-8     8     4.0  2:12 R Bauers                    3,500 +++
 13 Fri, May  5     PIT @PHI  W  10-7        5-8     8     3.0  2:11 R Sewell                    2,000 ++++
 14 Sat, May  6     PIT @PHI  L   0-1        5-9     8     3.5  2:16 C Passeau                   7,000 -
 15 Sun, May  7     PIT @BSN  W   9-2        6-9     8     3.5  1:45 B Klinger                  21,336 +
 16 Mon, May  8     PIT @BSN  W   3-2        7-9     8     2.5  1:40 J Tobin                     2,353 ++
 17 Wed, May 10     PIT @NYG  W   5-0        8-9     5     2.0  1:54 R Sewell                    6,030 +++
 18 Thu, May 11     PIT @NYG  L   1-4        8-10    6     2.5  1:48 C Melton                    4,041 -
 19 Sat, May 13     PIT  CHC  L   2-6        8-11    7     3.0  1:52 B Lee                       6,948 --
 20 Sun, May 14     PIT  CHC  W   5-2        9-11    6     3.0  1:59 J Tobin                    15,397 +
 21 Mon, May 15     PIT  CHC  L   2-6        9-12    7     3.5  1:44 L French                    3,941 -
 22 Tue, May 16     PIT  PHI  W   8-5       10-12    6     3.5  1:50 J Bowman                    1,823 +
 23 Wed, May 17     PIT  PHI  L   3-7       10-13    7     3.5  1:45 H Mulcahy                   2,075 -
 24 Thu, May 18     PIT  PHI  W   5-4       11-13    6     3.5  2:02 J Tobin                     2,183 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Fri, May 19     PIT  BSN  L   2-5       11-14    7     4.0  2:10 D Errickson                 2,672 -
 26 Sat, May 20     PIT  BSN  W  12-6       12-14    5     4.0  2:13 J Bowman                    4,643 +
 27 Sun, May 21     PIT  NYG  W   4-1       13-14    4     4.0  1:53 B Klinger                  20,976 ++
 28 Mon, May 22     PIT  NYG  L   2-9       13-15    5     5.0  2:16 H Schumacher                2,886 -
 29 Tue, May 23     PIT  NYG  W  13-4       14-15    4     5.0  2:43 R Sewell                    3,823 +
 30 Wed, May 24     PIT  BRO  W   6-3       15-15    4     5.0  2:14 J Bowman                    2,490 ++
 31 Thu, May 25     PIT  BRO  L   2-8       15-16    4     6.0  2:05 T Pressnell                 5,600 -
 32 Fri, May 26     PIT @CHC  W  14-5       16-16    4     6.0  2:27 J Tobin                     5,982 +
 33 Sat, May 27     PIT @CHC  W   9-1       17-16    3     6.0  2:04 R Sewell                    8,035 ++
 34 Sun, May 28     PIT @CHC  L   2-6       17-17    4     6.5  1:46 D Dean                     26,511 -
 35 Mon, May 29     PIT @STL  W   7-0       18-17    3     6.5  2:06 B Klinger                   1,736 +
 36 Tue, May 30     PIT @STL  L   2-7       18-18    4     5.5  2:14 L Warneke                       0 -
 37                 PIT @STL  W  14-8       19-18    4     5.5  2:26 B Swift                    14,178 +
 38 Thu, Jun  1     PIT @PHI  W   5-2       20-18    3     5.5  1:55 R Sewell                    8,000 ++
 39 Sat, Jun  3     PIT @PHI  W  10-7       21-18    3     5.0  2:27 M Brown                     2,000 +++
 40 Sun, Jun  4     PIT @BRO  W   7-3       22-18    3     5.5  1:51 J Tobin                         0 ++++
 41                 PIT @BRO  L   1-14      22-19    3     5.5  2:02 H Casey                    24,257 -
 42 Mon, Jun  5     PIT @BRO  L   2-6       22-20    3     6.5  1:55 V Tamulis                   6,680 --
 43 Tue, Jun  6     PIT @BRO  L   2-5       22-21    3     6.5  1:55 F Fitzsimmon                6,907 ---
 44 Wed, Jun  7     PIT @BSN  W   2-0       23-21    3     6.5  1:52 B Swift                     2,795 +
 45 Thu, Jun  8     PIT @BSN  L   0-2       23-22    3     7.5  1:44 L Fette                     1,894 -
 46 Fri, Jun  9     PIT @BSN  L   1-4       23-23    4     8.0  1:36 B Posedel                   2,062 --
 47 Sat, Jun 10     PIT @NYG  L   2-6       23-24    5     8.0  1:54 H Schumacher                6,815 ---
 48 Sun, Jun 11     PIT @NYG  L   3-7       23-25    6     9.0  1:49 H Gumbert                       0 ----
 49                 PIT @NYG  L   4-5       23-26    6     9.0  2:36 C Melton                   34,749 -----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Thu, Jun 15     PIT  BSN  L   5-6       23-27    6    10.5  2:33 J Lanning                   2,900 ------
 51 Fri, Jun 16     PIT  BSN  W   4-2       24-27    6    10.0  1:51 B Klinger                   2,491 +
 52 Sat, Jun 17     PIT  PHI  L   2-11      24-28    6    11.0  2:23 S Johnson                   3,741 -
 53 Wed, Jun 21     PIT  NYG  L   4-6       24-29    6    11.5  2:37 C Melton                    5,194 --
 54 Thu, Jun 22     PIT  NYG  W   8-7       25-29    6    11.0  3:35 J Bowman                    3,869 +
 55 Fri, Jun 23     PIT  BRO  W   2-1       26-29    6    10.0  1:53 R Bauers                    2,419 ++
 56 Sat, Jun 24     PIT  BRO  W   6-2       27-29    5     9.0  1:51 J Tobin                     5,582 +++
 57 Sun, Jun 25     PIT  BRO  L   5-6       27-30    6     9.0  2:01 L Hamlin                   14,543 -
 58 Tue, Jun 27     PIT @CIN  L   0-6       27-31    6    10.0  1:49 P Derringer                 5,124 --
 59 Sat, Jul  1     PIT @STL  W   4-3       28-31    6     9.5  2:12 M Brown                     2,336 +
 60 Sun, Jul  2     PIT @STL  W   8-5       29-31    5     8.5  2:14 B Klinger                       0 ++
 61                 PIT @STL  W   6-3       30-31    5     8.5  1:36 J Tobin                    10,449 +++
 62 Tue, Jul  4     PIT  CIN  L   4-7       30-32    6     8.5  2:06 L Grissom                       0 -
 63                 PIT  CIN  W   4-3       31-32    6     8.5  1:57 M Brown                    41,937 +
 64 Wed, Jul  5     PIT  CHC  W  10-1       32-32    6     8.5  1:44 J Bowman                    2,201 ++
 65 Thu, Jul  6     PIT  CHC  W   7-2       33-32    5     8.5  1:54 B Klinger                   6,257 +++
 66 Fri, Jul  7     PIT  CHC  L   4-5       33-33    6     9.0  2:33 B Lee                       4,438 -
 67 Sun, Jul  9     PIT  STL  L   3-7       33-34    6     9.0  1:55 M Cooper                        0 --
 68                 PIT  STL  W   8-6       34-34    6     9.0  2:30 J Tobin                    29,000 +
 69 Wed, Jul 12     PIT @BRO  W   3-0       35-34    5     8.5  1:57 M Brown                    29,481 ++
 70 Fri, Jul 14     PIT @BRO  L   4-14      35-35    6     9.0  2:26 L Hamlin                   20,735 -
 71 Sat, Jul 15     PIT @BRO  L   2-6       35-36    6    10.0  1:51 F Fitzsimmon                6,814 --
 72 Sun, Jul 16     PIT @PHI  L   2-3       35-37    6     9.0  1:45 H Mulcahy                       0 ---
 73                 PIT @PHI  W   7-3       36-37    6     9.0  2:10 B Klinger                       0 +
 74 Mon, Jul 17     PIT @PHI  W   7-4       37-37    6     9.0  2:05 J Bowman                    2,500 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Tue, Jul 18     PIT @PHI  L   3-8       37-38    6    10.0  2:05 S Johnson                   6,000 -
 76 Wed, Jul 19     PIT @NYG  W  10-3       38-38    5    10.0  2:15 M Brown                     5,331 +
 77 Thu, Jul 20     PIT @NYG  W   8-4       39-38    4     9.5  2:05 B Klinger                   4,310 ++
 78 Fri, Jul 21     PIT @NYG  W   4-3       40-38    4     9.0  2:32 R Sewell                    5,355 +++
 79 Sat, Jul 22     PIT @BSN  W   9-3       41-38    3     9.0  2:02 B Swift                     2,583 ++++
 80 Sun, Jul 23     PIT @BSN  W   3-2       42-38    4    10.0  2:05 M Brown                         0 +++++
 81                 PIT @BSN  L   0-1       42-39    4    10.0  1:41 L Fette                    15,558 -
 82 Tue, Jul 25     PIT  PHI  W   5-4       43-39    2    10.0  2:28 B Klinger                   2,539 +
 83 Wed, Jul 26     PIT  PHI  W   3-1       44-39    2     9.0  2:03 B Swift                         0 ++
 84                 PIT  PHI  W   5-3       45-39    2     9.0  2:02 J Bowman                   10,611 +++
 85 Thu, Jul 27     PIT  PHI  L   8-9       45-40    3    10.5  2:17 R Harrell                   2,610 -
 86 Fri, Jul 28     PIT  BSN  L   1-7       45-41    4    11.0  2:02 J Turner                    3,137 --
 87 Sat, Jul 29     PIT  BSN  W   6-5       46-41    2    11.5  2:06 J Bowman                    4,962 +
 88 Sun, Jul 30     PIT  BSN  L   5-7       46-42    3    13.0  2:18 B Posedel                  27,099 -
 89 Tue, Aug  1     PIT  BRO  L   3-5       46-43    4    13.0  1:54 F Fitzsimmon                3,392 --
 90 Wed, Aug  2     PIT  BRO  W   6-0       47-43    4    12.0  1:39 J Bowman                    3,240 +
 91 Thu, Aug  3     PIT  BRO  L   1-4       47-44    4    12.5  1:51 T Pressnell                 3,112 -
 92 Fri, Aug  4     PIT  NYG  W   3-2       48-44    4    12.5  2:31 R Sewell                    3,477 +
 93 Sat, Aug  5     PIT  NYG  L   3-4       48-45    4    12.5  1:55 C Hubbell                   8,932 -
 94 Sun, Aug  6     PIT  NYG  L   5-9       48-46    4    12.5  2:19 H Schumacher                    0 --
 95                 PIT  NYG  W   6-0       49-46    4    12.5  2:07 B Klinger                  37,665 +
 96 Wed, Aug  9     PIT @STL  L   3-5       49-47    4    14.0  2:01 T Sunkel                    3,334 -
 97 Fri, Aug 11     PIT @CHC  L   2-3       49-48    5    14.0  1:55 B Lee                       7,296 --
 98 Sat, Aug 12     PIT @CHC  L   4-6       49-49    6    15.0  2:01 C Bryant                    9,223 ---
 99 Sun, Aug 13     PIT @CHC  L   4-5       49-50    5    14.5  1:38 D Dean                     25,180 ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Mon, Aug 14     PIT @CIN  L   8-9       49-51    6    15.5  2:38 J Thompson                 23,044 -----
101 Tue, Aug 15     PIT @CIN  L   5-6       49-52    6    16.5  2:11 J Niggeling                 7,941 ------
102 Wed, Aug 16     PIT  STL  L   3-4       49-53    6    17.0  2:15 B Bowman                        0 -------
103                 PIT  STL  L   0-3       49-54    6    17.0  1:53 B McGee                     7,855 --------
104 Thu, Aug 17     PIT  STL  L   2-4       49-55    6    18.0  1:50 C Davis                     2,737 ---------
105 Fri, Aug 18     PIT  STL  L   0-3       49-56    6    18.5  2:05 B Bowman                    2,586 ----------
106 Sat, Aug 19     PIT  CHC  L   0-5       49-57    6    19.0  1:52 B Lee                       3,126 -----------
107 Sun, Aug 20     PIT  CHC  L   5-9       49-58    6    18.0  2:20 C Passeau                       0 ------------
108                 PIT  CHC  W   5-0       50-58    6    18.0  2:00 M Butcher                  13,076 +
109 Tue, Aug 22     PIT @BSN  W   8-2       51-58    6    17.5  1:59 J Bowman                    1,767 ++
110 Wed, Aug 23     PIT @BSN  L   0-1       51-59    6    19.0  1:40 B Posedel                         -
111                 PIT @BSN  L   1-3       51-60    6    19.0  2:08 D MacFayden                 4,691 --
112 Thu, Aug 24     PIT @NYG  W   4-3       52-60    6    18.0  2:09 M Butcher                   4,341 +
113 Sat, Aug 26     PIT @NYG  L   2-6       52-61    6    19.0  1:56 H Schumacher                    0 -
114                 PIT @NYG  L   0-8       52-62    6    19.0  1:35 C Melton                   10,756 --
115 Sun, Aug 27     PIT @BRO  L   2-3       52-63    6    19.5  1:33 F Fitzsimmon                    0 ---
116                 PIT @BRO  W   9-5       53-63    6    19.5  2:15 C Blanton                  20,119 +
117 Thu, Aug 31     PIT @PHI  W   1-0       54-63    6    19.0  1:46 M Butcher                       0 ++
118                 PIT @PHI  L   6-11      54-64    6    19.0  1:59 B Beck                      8,000 -
119 Sat, Sep  2     PIT @STL  W  11-3       55-64    6    18.0  2:16 M Brown                     2,636 +
120 Sun, Sep  3     PIT @STL  L   6-14      55-65    6    19.5  1:59 C Davis                         0 -
121                 PIT @STL  L   0-3       55-66    6    19.5  1:38 B Weiland                  11,066 --
122 Mon, Sep  4     PIT @CHC  W   2-1       56-66    6    18.0  1:31 M Butcher                       0 +
123                 PIT @CHC  W   6-3       57-66    6    18.0  2:03 B Klinger                  32,974 ++
124 Wed, Sep  6     PIT  CIN  W   5-4       58-66    6    18.5  2:20 B Swift                         0 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 PIT  CIN  L   3-4       58-67    6    18.5       P Derringer                       -
126 Thu, Sep  7     PIT  CIN  W   8-7       59-67    6    17.5  2:43 R Sewell                    2,434 +
127 Fri, Sep  8     PIT  CIN  L   2-5       59-68    6    18.5  2:00 B Walters                   4,479 -
128 Sat, Sep  9     PIT  STL  L   2-12      59-69    6    18.5  2:08 B Weiland                   3,817 --
129 Sun, Sep 10     PIT  STL  L   3-9       59-70    6    20.0  1:49 C Davis                         0 ---
130                 PIT  STL  L   4-11      59-71    6    20.0  2:18 B Bowman                   12,588 ----
131 Mon, Sep 11     PIT  STL  W   8-6       60-71    6    19.5  1:59 J Tobin                     1,134 +
132 Wed, Sep 13     PIT  NYG  L   0-2       60-72    6    20.5  1:37 H Gumbert                       0 -
133                 PIT  NYG  W   7-4       61-72    6    20.5  1:57 B Klinger                   3,426 +
134 Thu, Sep 14     PIT  BRO  W   4-3       62-72    6    21.5  1:55 M Brown                         0 ++
135                 PIT  BRO  L   4-8       62-73    6    21.5  2:12 B Crouch                    3,637 -
136 Fri, Sep 15     PIT  BRO  L   2-4       62-74    6    22.0  2:11 I Hutchinson                1,548 --
137 Sat, Sep 16     PIT  BRO  L   2-3       62-75    6    23.0  1:56 F Fitzsimmon                2,457 ---
138 Sun, Sep 17     PIT  PHI  L   3-7       62-76    6    23.0  2:10 S Johnson                       0 ----
139                 PIT  PHI  W  10-1       63-76    6    23.0  1:50 B Klinger                   8,008 +
140 Mon, Sep 18     PIT  PHI  W   7-4       64-76    6    22.5  1:47 M Brown                       688 ++
141 Tue, Sep 19     PIT  BSN  W   5-3       65-76    6    21.5  2:06 R Sewell                      702 +++
142 Thu, Sep 21     PIT  BSN  W   6-4       66-76    6    21.5  2:12 J Gee                             ++++
143                 PIT  BSN  W   7-0       67-76    6    21.5  1:52 O Swigart                   1,980 +++++
144 Fri, Sep 22     PIT @CIN  L   0-6       67-77    6    23.5  1:56 J Thompson                      0 -
145                 PIT @CIN  L   9-10      67-78    6    23.5  2:10 M Shoffner                  5,481 --
146 Sat, Sep 23     PIT @CIN  L   5-6       67-79    6    25.5  1:42 B Walters                  20,954 ---
147                 PIT @CIN  L   1-6       67-80    6    25.5  1:42 L Grissom                  20,954 ----
148 Sun, Sep 24     PIT @CIN  L   2-11      67-81    6    26.5  1:53 P Derringer                19,929 -----
149 Wed, Sep 27     PIT  CHC  L   8-9       67-82    6    27.0  1:53 L French                        0 ------

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 PIT  CHC  L   5-9       67-83    6    27.0  2:24 J Russell                   1,483 -------
151 Fri, Sep 29     PIT  CIN  L   1-2       67-84    6    28.5  1:25 L Grissom                   1,477 --------
152 Sun, Oct  1     PIT  CIN  L   1-9       67-85    6    28.5       J Thompson                        ---------
153                 PIT  CIN  W   8-0       68-85    6    28.5  1:39 K Heintzelma                3,859 +

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