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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
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Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 Stats / Schedule (1939/1941) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   78-76 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   22.5
Days in First:                   2 (last on April 23, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           9 (last on September 11)
Most Games under .500:          14 (last on July 5)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       22.5 (last on September 29)

Longest Winning Streak:          8 (August 2 to August 9)
Longest Losing Streak:           9 (April 27 to May 9)

Most Runs Allowed:              17 (May 9)
Most Runs Scored:               17 (July 20)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       9
Times Opponent Shutout:          8

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        78  76     809     783    .506

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           40  34     390     354    .541
Road           38  42     419     429    .475

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           4   6      47      54    .400
May             5  15      98     133    .250
June           15  13     155     141    .536
July           18  12     162     139    .600
August         20  12     163     131    .625
September      16  18     184     185    .471

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     29  39     345     383    .426
Second Half    49  37     464     400    .570
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        22  23     206     207    .489

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        27  23     318     292    .540

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             7  15      92     124    .318
BSN            13   9     144     109    .591
CHC            11  11     100     107    .500
CIN             6  16      73     108    .273
NYG            10  12     100     124    .455
PHI            16   6     146      87    .727
STL            15   7     154     124    .682

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     PIT @STL  W   6-4        1-0     1    Tied       B Klinger                  16,600 +
  2 Mon, Apr 22     PIT  CHC  W   9-5        2-0     2     0.5       J Bowman                   10,461 ++
  3 Tue, Apr 23     PIT  CHC  W   3-2        3-0     1    Tied       M Brown                     4,138 +++
  4 Wed, Apr 24     PIT  CHC  L   4-9        3-1     3     1.0       B Lee                       3,809 -
  5 Thu, Apr 25     PIT  STL  L   9-10       3-2     3     2.0       C Shoun                     3,394 --
  6 Fri, Apr 26     PIT  STL  W  10-4        4-2     2     2.0       M Brown                     3,912 +
  7 Sat, Apr 27     PIT @CIN  L   0-3        4-3     3     3.0       B Walters                   5,959 -
  8 Sun, Apr 28     PIT @CIN  L   2-8        4-4     3     4.0       J Thompson                 19,337 --
  9 Mon, Apr 29     PIT @CIN  L   2-3        4-5     4     4.5       P Derringer                 1,549 ---
 10 Tue, Apr 30     PIT  PHI  L   2-6        4-6     5     5.5       H Mulcahy                   2,015 ----
 11 Sun, May  5     PIT  BSN  L   1-5        4-7     6     6.0       N Strincevic               10,992 -----
 12 Mon, May  6     PIT  BSN  L   7-10       4-8     6     7.0       B Swift                     2,142 ------
 13 Tue, May  7     PIT  BSN  L   9-11       4-9     8     7.0       T Earley                    2,098 -------
 14 Wed, May  8     PIT  NYG  L   6-10       4-10    8     7.5       C Melton                    3,564 --------
 15 Thu, May  9     PIT  NYG  L   6-17       4-11    8     8.5       C Hubbell                   3,492 ---------
 16 Fri, May 10     PIT @CHC  W   8-3        5-11    8     7.5       M Brown                     3,448 +
 17 Sat, May 11     PIT @CHC  L   5-7        5-12    8     8.0       V Page                      7,211 -
 18 Sun, May 12     PIT @CHC  L   5-7        5-13    8     9.5       V Olsen                    17,955 --
 19 Tue, May 14     PIT @NYG  W   7-2        6-13    8     9.0       B Klinger                   4,373 +
 20 Wed, May 15     PIT @NYG  L   2-5        6-14    8     9.5       C Hubbell                   4,234 -
 21 Sat, May 18     PIT @BSN  L   5-15       6-15    8    10.0       A Piechota                  4,264 --
 22 Sun, May 19     PIT @PHI  L   5-6        6-16    8    11.0       S Johnson                   8,981 ---
 23 Mon, May 20     PIT @PHI  L   7-8        6-17    8    11.0       L Hoerst                    1,000 ----
 24 Wed, May 22     PIT @BRO  L   1-3        6-18    8    11.0       F Fitzsimmon                3,149 -----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May 25     PIT  CHC  W  12-7        7-18    8    10.5       J Bowman                    2,806 +
 26 Sun, May 26     PIT  CHC  W   3-2        8-18    8    10.5       B Klinger                   8,771 ++
 27 Mon, May 27     PIT  CIN  L   1-2        8-19    8    12.5       J Beggs                           -
 28                 PIT  CIN  L   3-7        8-20    8    12.5       J Turner                    7,258 --
 29 Tue, May 28     PIT  CIN  W   5-2        9-20    8    12.0       M Butcher                   1,800 +
 30 Wed, May 29     PIT  CIN  L   0-4        9-21    8    12.5       B Walters                   2,859 -
 31 Sun, Jun  2     PIT  NYG  W   2-1       10-21    8    14.0       B Klinger                         +
 32                 PIT  NYG  L   3-7       10-22    8    14.0       C Melton                   18,634 -
 33 Mon, Jun  3     PIT  NYG  L   3-4       10-23    8    15.0       B Lohrman                   1,987 --
 34 Tue, Jun  4     PIT  BSN  W  14-2       11-23    8    14.0       J Bowman                   20,310 +
 35 Thu, Jun  6     PIT  BSN  W   7-6       12-23    7    14.0       R Sewell                    1,165 ++
 36 Fri, Jun  7     PIT  PHI  W  10-4       13-23    7    13.0       J Lanning                   1,174 +++
 37 Sat, Jun  8     PIT  PHI  W   6-5       14-23    5    13.0       K Heintzelma                3,055 ++++
 38 Sun, Jun  9     PIT  PHI  L   1-6       14-24    5    13.0       H Mulcahy                         -
 39                 PIT  PHI  W  11-5       15-24    5    13.0       M Brown                    14,450 +
 40 Mon, Jun 10     PIT  BRO  L   7-8       15-25    5    13.5       F Fitzsimmon                2,659 -
 41 Wed, Jun 12     PIT  BRO  L   4-5       15-26    6    14.0       W Wyatt                    20,179 --
 42 Fri, Jun 14     PIT @NYG  L   6-8       15-27    6    15.0       B Lohrman                   5,955 ---
 43 Sat, Jun 15     PIT @NYG  L   1-12      15-28    7    16.0       H Schumacher                5,941 ----
 44 Sun, Jun 16     PIT @NYG  W   5-0       16-28    6    14.0       M Butcher                         +
 45                 PIT @NYG  W   5-3       17-28    6    14.0       R Sewell                   34,282 ++
 46 Mon, Jun 17     PIT @BSN  L   3-5       17-29    7    15.5       B Posedel                         -
 47                 PIT @BSN  L   1-5       17-30    7    15.5       A Piechota                  5,224 --
 48 Wed, Jun 19     PIT @BSN  W   5-1       18-30    6    14.5       J Bowman                    1,771 +
 49 Thu, Jun 20     PIT @BSN  W   8-7       19-30    6    13.5       M Butcher                   1,445 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Fri, Jun 21     PIT @BRO  L   8-10      19-31    6    14.5       F Fitzsimmon                6,106 -
 51 Sat, Jun 22     PIT @BRO  W   7-2       20-31    6    13.5       R Sewell                   10,850 +
 52 Sun, Jun 23     PIT @BRO  W   8-5       21-31    5    14.0       D MacFayden                       ++
 53                 PIT @BRO  -   4-4       21-31    5    14.0                                  24,239 ++
 54 Tue, Jun 25     PIT @PHI  W   9-7       22-31    5    13.5       J Lanning                   1,000 +++
 55 Wed, Jun 26     PIT @PHI  L   2-4       22-32    5    13.5       C Blanton                         -
 56                 PIT @PHI  W  11-6       23-32    5    13.5       R Sewell                   12,565 +
 57 Fri, Jun 28     PIT  STL  L   2-8       23-33    5    13.5       B McGee                    20,490 -
 58 Sun, Jun 30     PIT  STL  L   0-1       23-34    5    15.0       M Cooper                          --
 59                 PIT  STL  W   2-0       24-34    5    15.0       M Butcher                  25,096 +
 60 Mon, Jul  1     PIT @CHC  W   4-3       25-34    5    14.0       M Brown                     4,335 ++
 61 Tue, Jul  2     PIT @CHC  L   0-10      25-35    6    14.5       B Lee                       5,120 -
 62 Wed, Jul  3     PIT @CHC  L   5-7       25-36    6    15.5       C Passeau                   5,678 --
 63 Thu, Jul  4     PIT @CIN  L   1-9       25-37    6    17.5       B Walters                         ---
 64                 PIT @CIN  L   1-3       25-38    6    17.5       J Thompson                 19,399 ----
 65 Fri, Jul  5     PIT @CIN  L   4-5       25-39    6    18.5       J Beggs                           -----
 66 Sat, Jul  6     PIT @STL  W  15-8       26-39    6    18.0       B Klinger                         +
 67                 PIT @STL  W   4-3       27-39    6    18.0       M Brown                     3,537 ++
 68 Sun, Jul  7     PIT @STL  W   7-6       28-39    5    16.5       R Sewell                          +++
 69                 PIT @STL  W   4-1       29-39    5    16.5       K Heintzelma                7,303 ++++
 70 Fri, Jul 12     PIT  PHI  L   3-6       29-40    5    17.5       H Mulcahy                   4,042 -
 71 Sat, Jul 13     PIT  PHI  W   9-8       30-40    5    17.0       D MacFayden                 2,375 +
 72 Sun, Jul 14     PIT  BRO  W   6-2       31-40    5    18.0       R Sewell                          ++
 73                 PIT  BRO  L   0-2       31-41    5    18.0       F Fitzsimmon               33,336 -
 74 Mon, Jul 15     PIT  BRO  L   1-10      31-42    6    18.5       W Wyatt                           --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75                 PIT  BRO  W   4-3       32-42    6    18.5       B Klinger                  12,215 +
 76 Tue, Jul 16     PIT  BRO  W   5-3       33-42    6    18.0       J Lanning                   2,271 ++
 77 Thu, Jul 18     PIT  NYG  L   1-6       33-43    6    19.0       C Hubbell                  25,188 -
 78 Fri, Jul 19     PIT  NYG  L   2-5       33-44    6    19.0       H Schumacher                2,481 --
 79 Sat, Jul 20     PIT  BSN  W  17-6       34-44    6    19.0       M Brown                     2,661 +
 80 Sun, Jul 21     PIT  BSN  W   5-3       35-44    6    19.0       D Lanahan                         ++
 81                 PIT  BSN  W  16-2       36-44    6    19.0       J Bowman                   11,071 +++
 82 Tue, Jul 23     PIT @NYG  L   1-9       36-45    6    20.5       C Hubbell                  12,428 -
 83 Thu, Jul 25     PIT @NYG  W   2-1       37-45    6    20.5       R Sewell                    3,265 +
 84 Fri, Jul 26     PIT @BSN  W   9-0       38-45    6    20.5       K Heintzelma                1,093 ++
 85 Sat, Jul 27     PIT @BSN  W  10-4       39-45    6    19.5       D MacFayden                 1,509 +++
 86 Sun, Jul 28     PIT @BSN  W   5-2       40-45    5    18.5       D Lanahan                         ++++
 87                 PIT @BSN  W   7-3       41-45    5    18.5       M Butcher                   5,471 +++++
 88 Mon, Jul 29     PIT @BRO  L   6-7       41-46    6    18.5       T Pressnell                 3,537 -
 89 Tue, Jul 30     PIT @BRO  W   8-2       42-46    6    18.5       R Sewell                   19,910 +
 90 Thu, Aug  1     PIT @BRO  L   3-8       42-47    6    19.0       W Wyatt                           -
 91                 PIT @BRO  L   7-8       42-48    6    19.0       H Casey                    19,393 --
 92 Fri, Aug  2     PIT @PHI  W   5-2       43-48    6    17.5       J Bowman                    7,521 +
 93 Sat, Aug  3     PIT @PHI  W   8-0       44-48    6    17.0       M Brown                     1,000 ++
 94 Sun, Aug  4     PIT @PHI  W   6-1       45-48    6    16.0       R Sewell                          +++
 95                 PIT @PHI  W   6-4       46-48    6    16.0       J Lanning                   7,182 ++++
 96 Tue, Aug  6     PIT  STL  W   3-1       47-48    5    15.5       K Heintzelma                8,582 +++++
 97 Wed, Aug  7     PIT  STL  W  10-9       48-48    5    14.0       B Klinger                         ++++++
 98                 PIT  STL  W  12-6       49-48    5    14.0       M Butcher                   5,640 +++++++
 99 Fri, Aug  9     PIT  CHC  W   6-2       50-48    4    14.5       R Sewell                   29,978 ++++++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sat, Aug 10     PIT  CHC  L   0-1       50-49    5    15.5       V Olsen                     4,474 -
101 Sun, Aug 11     PIT  CHC  W   7-3       51-49    4    13.5       J Lanning                         +
102                 PIT  CHC  W   5-1       52-49    4    13.5       D Lanahan                  28,968 ++
103 Mon, Aug 12     PIT  CIN  W   4-2       53-49    4    12.5       M Butcher                  42,254 +++
104 Tue, Aug 13     PIT  CIN  L   3-4       53-50    4    13.5       J Beggs                     6,810 -
105 Wed, Aug 14     PIT @STL  L   6-7       53-51    4    14.0       C Shoun                    11,077 --
106 Fri, Aug 16     PIT @STL  W   6-5       54-51    4    14.5       J Lanning                         +
107                 PIT @STL  L   5-9       54-52    4    14.5       L Warneke                   4,218 -
108 Sat, Aug 17     PIT @CHC  L   5-6       54-53    4    15.0       C Passeau                   6,003 --
109 Sun, Aug 18     PIT @CHC  L   1-9       54-54    5    14.5       L French                    7,597 ---
110 Mon, Aug 19     PIT  BSN  L   0-3       54-55    6    14.5       D Errickson                 1,803 ----
111 Tue, Aug 20     PIT  BSN  W   6-3       55-55    6    14.5       D Lanahan                   1,050 +
112 Wed, Aug 21     PIT  BSN  W   3-2       56-55    5    13.5       K Heintzelma                2,281 ++
113 Thu, Aug 22     PIT  NYG  L   4-5       56-56    5    14.0       P Dean                            -
114                 PIT  NYG  W   4-0       57-56    5    14.0       R Sewell                   12,523 +
115 Fri, Aug 23     PIT  NYG  W  13-10      58-56    5    13.0       K Heintzelma                2,562 ++
116 Sat, Aug 24     PIT  NYG  L   6-7       58-57    5    14.0       C Hubbell                   7,630 -
117 Sun, Aug 25     PIT  BRO  W   4-3       59-57    5    15.0       D Lanahan                         +
118                 PIT  BRO  L   1-8       59-58    5    15.0       F Fitzsimmon               22,257 -
119 Wed, Aug 28     PIT  PHI  W   5-0       60-58    5    14.0       R Sewell                          +
120                 PIT  PHI  W   5-2       61-58    5    14.0       J Bowman                    4,100 ++
121 Thu, Aug 29     PIT  PHI  W   4-0       62-58    5    14.0       M Brown                     2,239 +++
122 Sun, Sep  1     PIT  STL  W  10-0       63-58    4    14.5       K Heintzelma                      ++++
123                 PIT  STL  -   5-5       63-58    4    14.5                                  20,945 ++++
124 Mon, Sep  2     PIT  CHC  W   5-2       64-58    4    14.5       R Sewell                          +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 PIT  CHC  L   1-7       64-59    4    14.5       V Olsen                    26,120 -
126 Wed, Sep  4     PIT @CIN  L   2-3       64-60    4    16.0       J Beggs                    30,543 --
127 Thu, Sep  5     PIT @CIN  L   3-6       64-61    4    17.0       J Vander Mee                      ---
128 Sat, Sep  7     PIT @STL  W  14-9       65-61    4    17.0       D MacFayden                 2,065 +
129 Sun, Sep  8     PIT @STL  W  16-14      66-61    3    15.5       D Lanahan                         ++
130                 PIT @STL  W   5-4       67-61    3    15.5       B Klinger                  10,718 +++
131 Tue, Sep 10     PIT @PHI  W  11-3       68-61    3    14.5       J Bowman                          ++++
132                 PIT @PHI  W  11-1       69-61    3    14.5       R Sewell                    1,000 +++++
133 Wed, Sep 11     PIT @PHI  W   9-3       70-61    3    15.0       M Brown                     2,500 ++++++
134 Thu, Sep 12     PIT @BRO  L   0-7       70-62    3    16.5       H Casey                           -
135                 PIT @BRO  L   4-7       70-63    3    16.5       H Casey                           --
136 Fri, Sep 13     PIT @BRO  L   2-8       70-64    3    17.5       E Head                      2,769 ---
137 Sat, Sep 14     PIT @BRO  L   0-5       70-65    4    19.0       F Fitzsimmon                      ----
138                 PIT @BRO  L   2-4       70-66    4    19.0       T Carleton                        -----
139 Sun, Sep 15     PIT @NYG  W  10-3       71-66    4    18.5       R Sewell                          +
140                 PIT @NYG  W   4-3       72-66    4    18.5       J Bowman                    9,240 ++
141 Mon, Sep 16     PIT @NYG  W   7-6       73-66    4    18.5       M Butcher                   1,262 +++
142 Tue, Sep 17     PIT @BSN  L   5-10      73-67    4    19.5       D Errickson                 1,077 -
143 Wed, Sep 18     PIT @BSN  L   1-4       73-68    4    20.5       J Tobin                     2,013 --
144 Thu, Sep 19     PIT  STL  L   1-2       73-69    4    22.0       B McGee                           ---
145                 PIT  STL  L   2-8       73-70    4    22.0       I Hutchinson                5,048 ----
146 Sat, Sep 21     PIT  CIN  L   1-8       73-71    4    22.0       B Walters                         -----
147                 PIT  CIN  W   8-7       74-71    4    22.0       D MacFayden                 6,395 +
148 Sun, Sep 22     PIT  CIN  L   1-2       74-72    4    22.0       J Turner                          -
149                 PIT  CIN  W   8-1       75-72    4    22.0       J Lanning                  14,865 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Mon, Sep 23     PIT  CIN  W  12-9       76-72    4    21.0       K Heintzelma                2,098 ++
151 Wed, Sep 25     PIT @CHC  L   1-2       76-73    4    22.0       B Lee                             -
152                 PIT @CHC  L   4-6       76-74    4    22.0       V Olsen                     7,828 --
153 Thu, Sep 26     PIT @CHC  W   7-6       77-74    4    21.5       J Lanning                   1,789 +
154 Fri, Sep 27     PIT @CIN  W   4-3       78-74    4    20.5       R Sewell                    3,173 ++
155 Sat, Sep 28     PIT @CIN  L   5-6       78-75    4    21.5       J Turner                    6,603 -
156 Sun, Sep 29     PIT @CIN  L   3-11      78-76    4    22.5       B Walters                  13,860 --

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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