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1940 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941

78-76, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frankie Frisch (78-76)
Scored 809 runs, Allowed 783 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75

Ballparks: Forbes Field · Attendance: 507,934 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95


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1939 / 1941 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
Russ Bauers 26 L R 6' 3" 195 May 10, 1914 5 15 2 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Fern Bell 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 21, 1913 2 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 -0.1
Ray Berres 32 R R 5' 9" 170 Aug 31, 1907 6 21 10 21 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Joe Bowman 30 L R 6' 2" 190 Jun 17, 1910 8 57 24 57 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0.6
Mace Brown 31 R R 6' 1" 190 May 21, 1909 6 48 17 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
Bill Brubaker 29 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 7, 1910 9 38 19 38 31 0 0 4 0 19 8 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.4
Max Butcher 29 R R 6' 2" 220 Sep 21, 1910 5 36 24 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.6
Spud Davis 35 R R 6' 1" 197 Dec 20, 1904 13 99 83 99 87 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 3.1
Dutch Dietz 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Feb 12, 1912 1st 6 2 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.3
Vince DiMaggio 27 R R 5' 11" 183 Sep 6, 1912 4 110 96 110 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 103 4 108 0 2 3.0
Bob Elliott 23 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 26, 1916 2 148 130 148 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 32 112 147 1 0 3.5
Ed Fernandes 22 B R 5' 9" 185 Mar 11, 1918 1st 29 8 29 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Elbie Fletcher 24 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1916 6 147 147 147 147 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.6
Debs Garms 33 L R 5' 8" 165 Jun 26, 1907 8 103 80 103 82 0 0 0 0 64 0 12 0 8 19 20 1 4.3
Frankie Gustine 20 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 20, 1920 2 133 125 133 130 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.0
Lee Handley 26 R R 5' 7" 160 Jul 13, 1913 5 98 73 98 82 0 0 0 2 80 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 0.6
Ray Harrell 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 16, 1912 5 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Ken Heintzelman 24 R L 5' 11" 185 Oct 14, 1915 4 41 16 41 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.9
Frank Kalin 22 R R 6' 0" 200 Oct 3, 1917 1st 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0.0
Bob Klinger 32 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1908 3 39 22 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.4
Dick Lanahan 28 L L 6' 0" 186 Sep 27, 1911 3 40 8 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Johnny Lanning 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 6, 1910 5 38 7 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Ed Leip 29 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 29, 1910 2 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1
Al Lopez HOF 31 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 20, 1908 12 59 47 59 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Danny MacFayden 35 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 10, 1905 15 35 8 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Ray Mueller 28 R R 5' 9" 175 Mar 8, 1912 6 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Pep Rambert 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 1, 1916 2 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Johnny Rizzo 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 30, 1912 3 9 7 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 2 0 -0.3
Joe Schultz 21 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 29, 1918 2 17 7 17 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3
Rip Sewell 33 L R 6' 1" 180 May 11, 1907 4 47 23 47 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4.6
Oad Swigart 25 L R 6' 0" 175 Feb 13, 1915 2 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Maurice Van Robays 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 15, 1914 2 145 142 145 143 0 0 1 0 0 0 136 1 6 143 2 0 0.6
Arky Vaughan HOF 28 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 9, 1912 9 156 155 156 155 0 0 0 0 2 155 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.4 All-Star
Lloyd Waner HOF 34 L R 5' 9" 150 Mar 16, 1906 14 72 32 72 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 39 0 42 19 11 -0.3
Paul Waner HOF 37 L L 5' 8" 153 Apr 16, 1903 15 89 51 89 53 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 45 45 36 0 0.7
Pep Young 32 R R 5' 9" 162 Aug 29, 1907 8 54 34 54 44 0 0 0 33 5 7 0 0 0 0 9 1 0.4
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Ed Leip

Elbie Fletcher
Arky Vaughan

Lee Handley
Pep Young

Elbie Fletcher
Arky Vaughan

Lee Handley
Pep Young

Johnny Rizzo

Vince DiMaggio
Bob Elliott

Vince DiMaggio
Paul Waner

Lloyd Waner

Spud Davis

Ray Berres
Al Lopez

Ray Mueller

Bill Brubaker

Frankie Gustine

Dick Lanahan
Maurice Van Robays

Debs Garms

Max Butcher

Bob Klinger

Joe Bowman

Dutch Dietz
Danny MacFayden

Frank Kalin
Pep Rambert

Mace Brown

Oad Swigart

Ray Harrell

Dick Lanahan
Maurice Van Robays

Johnny Lanning

Rip Sewell

Russ Bauers

Ken Heintzelman

Dutch Dietz

Fern Bell
Vince DiMaggio
Bob Elliott

Ed Fernandes
Joe Schultz

1939 / 1941 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers