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1940 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939/1941)
78-76, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 809 runs, Allowed 783 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75
Managed by Frankie Frisch

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

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Spud Davis          35   99  285   23   93  14  1   5   39  35   20  .326  .404  .435   0      15   2   2          132
1B *Elbie Fletcher      24  147  510   94  139  22  7  16  104 119   54  .273  .418  .437   5      12   9   3          137
2B  Frankie Gustine     20  133  524   59  147  32  7   1   55  35   39  .281  .328  .374   7      13   2   4           94
3B  Lee Handley         26   98  302   50   85   7  4   1   19  27   16  .281  .340  .341   7       2   0   6           89
SS *Arky Vaughan        28  156  594  113  178  40 15   7   95  88   25  .300  .393  .453  12       5   3   4          134
OF  Bob Elliott         23  148  551   88  161  34 11   5   64  45   28  .292  .348  .421  13      11   2  13          112
OF  Maurice Van Robays  25  145  572   82  156  27  7  11  116  33   58  .273  .316  .402   2      16   3   1           98
OF  Vince DiMaggio      27  110  356   59  103  26  0  19   54  37   83  .289  .364  .522  11       7   5   2          143
   *Debs Garms          33  103  358   76  127  23  7   5   57  23    6  .355  .395  .500   3       3   1   3          146
   *Paul Waner          37   89  238   32   69  16  1   1   32  23   14  .290  .352  .378   0       4   0   0          102
    Al Lopez            31   59  174   15   45   6  2   1   24  13   13  .259  .310  .333   5       8   0   4           78
   *Lloyd Waner         34   72  166   30   43   3  0   0    3   5    5  .259  .285  .277   2       1   1   0           56
    Pep Young           32   54  136   19   34   8  2   2   20  12   23  .250  .320  .382   1       0   2   0           94
    Bill Brubaker       29   38   78    8   15   3  1   0    7   8   16  .192  .267  .256   0       0   0   4           46
   *Joe Schultz         21   16   36    2    7   0  1   0    4   2    1  .194  .237  .250   0       0   0   0           35
   #Ed Fernandes        22   28   33    1    4   1  0   0    2   7    6  .121  .275  .152   0       0   0   0           21
    Ray Berres          32   21   32    2    6   0  0   0    2   1    1  .188  .212  .188   0       1   0   0           11
    Johnny Rizzo        27    9   28    1    5   1  0   0    2   5    5  .179  .324  .214   0       1   1   0           52
    Ed Leip             29    3    5    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .200  .200  .200   0       1   0   0           11
    Fern Bell           27    6    3    0    0   0  0   0    1   1    1  .000  .250  .000   0       0   0   0          -25
    Frank Kalin         22    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    1   2    0  .000  .400  .000   0       1   0   0           19
    Ray Mueller         28    4    3    1    1   0  0   0    1   2    0  .333  .600  .333   0       0   0   0          165

   *Joe Bowman          30   57   90   11   22   5  1   1   14  14   14  .244  .352  .356   0       3   1   0           97
   *Rip Sewell          33   47   73   14   14   2  1   1    4   3   19  .192  .224  .288   0       1   0   1           41
    Ken Heintzelman     24   41   54    4    9   0  0   0    0   2    9  .167  .196  .167   0       3   0   3            1
    Mace Brown          31   48   52    4    6   1  0   0    3   4    8  .115  .193  .135   0       1   1   5           -8
    Max Butcher         29   36   50    6   15   3  0   0   10   2    7  .300  .327  .360   0       2   0   1           90
    Bob Klinger         32   39   42    3    6   0  0   0    0   1    2  .143  .163  .143   0       3   0   1          -15
    Johnny Lanning      29   38   35    2    7   2  0   0    3   2    8  .200  .243  .257   0       0   0   3           39
   *Dick Lanahan        28   40   34    4    4   0  0   0    2   0    7  .118  .118  .118   0       1   0   1          -35
    Danny MacFayden     35   35   28    2    5   0  0   0    1   1    2  .179  .207  .179   0       1   0   1            8
   *Russ Bauers         26   15    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    2  .286  .286  .286   0       0   0   0           59
    Dutch Dietz         28    6    7    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .143  .143  .143   0       0   0   0          -21
   *Oad Swigart         25    7    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0  .200  .200  .200   1       0   0   1           11
    Pep Rambert         23    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0       0   0   0            0
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  156 5466  809 1511 276 68  76  740 553  494  .276  .343  .394  69     116  33  63          111
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    1    2   1  2   6        1    7     1     1     2   3                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Joe Bowman          30  32   4.46   9  10  2  24   5  10   0  187.7  209  113   93  10   66   57  844   1   7  1      85
SP  Max Butcher         29  35   6.01   8   9  2  24   5   6   2  136.3  161   99   91  13   46   40  608   1   1  1      63
SP  Rip Sewell          33  33   2.80  16   5  1  23   3  14   2  189.7  169   71   59   6   67   60  790   2   3  0     136
SP  Bob Klinger         32  39   5.39   8  13  3  22   6   3   0  142.0  196  102   85   5   53   48  662   5   5  0      71

CL  Mace Brown          31  48   3.49  10   9  7  17  21   5   1  173.0  181   78   67   5   49   73  737   4   2  0     109
RP *Dick Lanahan        28  40   4.25   6   8  2   8  17   4   0  108.0  121   63   51   8   42   45  481   1   1  1      90
RP  Johnny Lanning      29  38   4.05   8   4  2   7  16   2   0  115.7  119   59   52   8   39   42  489   1   0  0      94
RP  Danny MacFayden     35  35   3.55   5   4  2   8  13   0   0   91.3  112   47   36   5   27   24  409   0   4  0     107
RP *Ken Heintzelman     24  39   4.47   8   8  3  16  12   5   2  165.0  193   86   82   7   65   71  742   7   4  1      85

    Russ Bauers         26  15   7.63   0   2  0   2   2   0   0   30.7   42   29   26   2   18   11  153   3   2  0      50
    Oad Swigart         25   7   4.43   0   2  0   2   3   0   0   22.3   27   14   11   1   10    9  102   0   0  0      86
    Dutch Dietz         28   4   5.87   0   1  0   2   1   0   0   15.3   22   11   10   2    4    8   66   1   0  0      65
    Pep Rambert         23   3   7.56   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    8.3   12    8    7   0    4    0   44   0   3  0      50
    Ray Harrell         28   3   8.10   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.3    5    5    3   0    2    3   17   2   0  0      47
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9 156   4.36  78  76 24 156 107  49   8 1388.0 1569  783  672  72  492  491 6144  28  32  4      87
    Rank among 8 NL teams           6   4   5  1           8   7      5    8    8        1    7    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
SDavis       87  288   61  12  11  .967   2            
ALopez       59  224   29   2   7  .992   1            
EFernandes   27   47    5   1   1  .981   0            
RBerres      21   40    9   1   2  .980   1            
JSchultz     13   29    4   3   0  .917   0            
RMueller      4    7    2   0   0 1.000   0            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  156  635  110  19  21  .975   4   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .990 10.08
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
EFletcher   147 1512  104  11 128  .993 10.99
PWaner        8   88    6   1  12  .989 11.75
BBrubaker     4   25    2   0   1 1.000  6.75
MVan Robays   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  156 1625  112  12 141  .993 11.26
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .964  5.14
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
FGustine    130  288  402  43  92  .941  5.31
PYoung       33   51   79  13   9  .909  3.94
LHandley      2    5    4   1   3  .900  4.50
ELeip         2    2    2   0   1 1.000  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  156  346  487  57 105  .936  5.40
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .948  2.82
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
LHandley     80   84  139  18  12  .925  2.79
DGarms       64   65  123   7  15  .964  2.94
BBrubaker    19   23   40   3   4  .955  3.32
PYoung        5    4    7   0   1 1.000  2.20
AVaughan      2    1    4   0   0 1.000  2.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  156  177  313  28  32  .946  3.18
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .950  5.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
AVaughan    155  308  542  52  94  .942  5.48
BBrubaker     8    4    4   0   0 1.000  1.00
PYoung        7    6   12   2   6  .900  2.57
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  156  318  558  54 100  .942  5.68
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .977  2.17  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
BElliott    147  302   12   7   0  .978  2.14   4  31 113
MVan Robays 143  276   10  11   3  .963  2.00 137   0   6
VDiMaggio   108  220   13   5   3  .979  2.16   1 103   4
PWaner       45   62    3   1   0  .985  1.44   0   0  45
LWaner       42   90    3   1   1  .989  2.21   1  41   0
DGarms       19   32    3   2   0  .946  1.84   8   4   8
JRizzo        7    9    0   2   0  .818  1.29   7   0   0
FKalin        2    2    0   1   0  .667  1.00   1   0   1
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  156  993   44  30   7  .972  2.24 156 156 156
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .962  2.22
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RSewell      33   17   46   5   0  .926  2.99
JBowman      32   15   36   1   0  .981  2.45
MBrown       48   10   40   2   1  .962  2.60
KHeintzelma  39    4   45   1   4  .980  2.67
BKlinger     39    6   33   0   1 1.000  2.47
MButcher     35    5   34   2   2  .951  2.58
JLanning     38    8   22   3   2  .909  2.33
DLanahan     40    3   22   1   3  .962  2.08
DMacFayden   35    2   22   1   2  .960  2.37
RBauers      15    1    7   0   1 1.000  2.35
OSwigart      7    0    6   0   0 1.000  2.42
DDietz        4    0    2   1   1  .667  1.18
PRambert      3    0    2   0   0 1.000  2.17
RHarrell      3    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  156   71  317  17  17  .958  2.52
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageGarms.355
On-base %Fletcher.418
Slugging %DiMaggio.522
OPSGarms.895
GamesVaughan156
At BatsVaughan594
Plate Appearances (approx.)Vaughan689
RunsVaughan113
HitsVaughan178
Total BasesVaughan269
DoublesVaughan40
TriplesVaughan15
Home RunsDiMaggio19
RBIVan Robays116
Bases on BallsFletcher119
StrikeoutsDiMaggio83
Stolen BasesElliott13
SinglesVaughan116
Adjusted OPS+Garms146
Runs CreatedVaughan105
Adjusted Batting RunsFletcher34
Batting WinsFletcher3.4
Extra-Base HitsVaughan62
Times on BaseVaughan269
Offensive Win%Garms.750
Hit By PitchFletcher9
Sac. HitsElliott13
Grounded into Double PlaysVan Robays16
Power/Speed NumberDiMaggio13.9
At Bats per StrikeoutGarms59.7
At Bats per Home RunDiMaggio18.7
OutsVan Robays433

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERASewell2.80
WinsSewell16
Won-Loss %Sewell.762
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Sewell1.244
Hits Allowed/9IPSewell8.02
Bases on Balls/9IPBrown2.55
Strikeouts/9IPHeintzelman3.87
GamesBrown48
SavesBrown7
InningsSewell189.7
StrikeoutsBrown73
Games StartedBowman and Butcher24
Comp. GamesSewell14
ShutoutsButcher, Heintzelman, and Sewell2
Home Runs Allow.Butcher13
Bases On Balls Allow.Sewell67
Hits AllowedBowman209
SO to WalkBrown1.49
LossesKlinger13
Earned Runs Allow.Bowman93
Wild PitchesHeintzelman7
Hit BatsmenBowman7
Batters FacedBowman844
Games FinishedBrown21
Adjusted ERA+Sewell136

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