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1942 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1941 / 1943)
66-81, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 585 runs, Allowed 631 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-79
Manager: Frankie Frisch (66-81)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 448,897 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

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1941 / 1943 Batting Statistics

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 Al Lopez 33 103 331 289 17 74 8 2 1 26 0 34 17 .256 .338 .308 .646 87 89 10 2 6
2 1B Elbie Fletcher* 26 145 623 506 86 146 22 5 7 57 0 105 60 .289 .417 .393 .810 135 199 4 6 6
3 2B Frankie Gustine 22 115 422 388 34 89 11 4 2 35 5 29 27 .229 .286 .294 .580 68 114 14 2 3
4 SS Pete Coscarart 29 133 536 487 57 111 12 4 3 29 2 38 56 .228 .288 .287 .575 67 140 8 3 8
5 3B Bob Elliott 25 143 621 560 75 166 26 7 9 89 2 52 35 .296 .358 .416 .774 123 233 12 2 7
6 OF Johnny Barrett* 26 111 390 332 56 82 11 6 0 26 10 48 42 .247 .347 .316 .664 92 105 4 3 7
7 OF Vince DiMaggio 29 143 560 496 57 118 22 3 15 75 10 52 87 .238 .311 .385 .697 101 191 13 1 11
8 OF Jimmy Wasdell* 28 122 463 409 44 106 11 2 3 38 1 47 22 .259 .337 .318 .655 90 130 9 1 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
9 OF Maurice Van Robays 27 100 362 328 29 76 13 5 1 46 0 30 24 .232 .298 .311 .609 76 102 10 1 3
10 C Babe Phelps* 34 95 281 257 21 73 11 1 9 41 2 20 24 .284 .345 .440 .785 126 113 5 4 0
11 OF Bud Stewart* 26 82 208 183 21 40 8 4 0 20 2 22 16 .219 .302 .306 .608 76 56 3 0 3
12 SS Alf Anderson 28 54 187 166 24 45 4 1 0 7 4 18 19 .271 .342 .307 .650 88 51 3 0 3
13 2B Stu Martin* 29 42 130 120 16 27 4 2 1 12 1 8 10 .225 .273 .317 .590 70 38 1 0 2
14 OF Culley Rikard* 28 38 59 52 6 10 2 1 0 5 0 7 8 .192 .288 .269 .557 62 14 1 0 0
15 OF Frank Colman* 24 10 40 37 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 .135 .179 .216 .396 14 8 0 0 1
16 OF Johnny Wyrostek* 22 9 38 35 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 .114 .184 .171 .356 3 6 0 0 0
17 SS Huck Geary* 25 9 24 22 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 .227 .292 .227 .519 51 5 0 0 0
18 C Bill Baker 31 18 18 17 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .118 .167 .118 .284 -17 2 0 0 0
19 OF Jim Russell# 23 5 15 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 -40 1 0 0 0
20 Ed Leip 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Rip Sewell* 35 41 91 87 9 13 3 0 0 4 2 3 19 .149 .178 .184 .362 5 16 2 0 1
22 P Max Butcher 31 24 51 49 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -17 7 2 0 2
23 P Bob Klinger 34 37 50 40 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 5 4 .200 .289 .225 .514 50 9 2 0 5
24 P Dutch Dietz 30 40 40 35 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 .200 .263 .200 .463 35 7 0 1 2
25 P Luke Hamlin* 37 23 40 37 2 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 11 .243 .243 .243 .486 41 9 0 0 3
26 P Lefty Wilkie* 27 36 39 38 5 10 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 .263 .282 .316 .598 73 12 0 0 0
27 P Hank Gornicki 31 25 39 35 6 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 12 .114 .162 .200 .362 4 7 0 0 2
28 P Ken Heintzelman 26 27 39 35 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 8 .086 .135 .114 .249 -28 4 0 0 2
29 P Johnny Lanning 31 34 32 29 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 7 .138 .167 .241 .408 17 7 2 0 2
30 P Jack Hallett 27 3 8 8 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .375 .375 .750 1.125 221 6 0 0 0
31 P Bill Brandt 27 3 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -17 1 0 0 0
32 P Nick Strincevich 27 7 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
33 P Dick Conger 21 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
34 P Ken Jungels 26 9 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 189 1 0 0 0
35 P Harry Shuman 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.7 151 5754 5107 585 1250 173 49 54 544 41 0 535 539 .245 .320 .330 .649 88 1683 105 26 86 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 5 5 6 2 7 6 4 3 5 5 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 Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Alf Anderson 28 187 127 17 3.6 89 .306 .271 .259 .342 .332 .307 .360 .650 .692 88 .475 -2.1 -0.2 .589 .169 .036 .0 6
Bill Baker 31 18 15 0 0.0 89 .118 .118 .259 .167 .332 .118 .360 .284 .692 -17 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .200 .059 .000 2
*Johnny Barrett 26 390 261 36 3.7 89 .283 .247 .259 .347 .332 .316 .360 .664 .692 92 .489 -1.8 -0.2 .654 .244 .069 .0 O
Bill Brandt 27 7 6 0 0.0 89 .167 .143 .259 .143 .332 .143 .360 .286 .692 -17 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .167 .000 .000 /1
Max Butcher 31 51 46 1 0.6 89 .159 .143 .259 .143 .332 .143 .360 .286 .692 -17 .032 -7.5 -0.8 .159 .000 .000 1
*Frank Colman 24 40 33 1 0.8 89 .118 .135 .259 .179 .332 .216 .360 .396 .692 14 .057 -4.3 -0.5 .313 .135 .081 .0 /O
Dick Conger 21 3 3 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .259 .000 .332 .000 .360 .000 .692 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Pete Coscarart 29 536 392 40 2.8 89 .252 .228 .259 .288 .332 .287 .360 .575 .692 67 .355 -21.8 -2.4 .477 .142 .060 2.4 *64
Dutch Dietz 30 40 30 2 1.8 89 .259 .200 .259 .263 .332 .200 .360 .463 .692 35 .202 -3.0 -0.3 .357 .057 .000 1
Vince DiMaggio 29 560 402 59 4.0 89 .261 .238 .259 .311 .332 .385 .360 .697 .692 101 .518 -0.7 -0.1 .650 .272 .147 12.0 *O
Bob Elliott 25 621 413 83 5.4 89 .304 .296 .259 .358 .332 .416 .360 .774 .692 123 .656 16.1 1.7 .712 .216 .120 3.3 *5/O
*Elbie Fletcher 26 623 370 82 6.0 89 .317 .289 .259 .417 .332 .393 .360 .810 .692 135 .695 29.6 3.2 .852 .312 .105 .0 *3
*Huck Geary 25 24 17 1 1.6 89 .263 .227 .259 .292 .332 .227 .360 .519 .692 51 .168 -1.4 -0.2 .412 .091 .000 /6
Hank Gornicki 31 39 33 1 0.8 89 .136 .114 .259 .162 .332 .200 .360 .362 .692 4 .057 -4.5 -0.5 .290 .143 .086 .0 1
Frankie Gustine 22 422 316 32 2.7 89 .242 .229 .259 .286 .332 .294 .360 .580 .692 68 .352 -16.8 -1.8 .479 .152 .064 2.9 *4/562
Jack Hallett 27 8 5 2 10.8 89 .500 .375 .259 .375 .332 .750 .360 1.125 .692 221 .870 1.0 0.1 1.200 .375 .375 .0 /1
*Luke Hamlin 37 40 31 2 1.7 89 .346 .243 .259 .243 .332 .243 .360 .486 .692 41 .192 -3.0 -0.3 .321 .000 .000 1
Ken Heintzelman 26 39 34 1 0.8 89 .111 .086 .259 .135 .332 .114 .360 .249 .692 -28 .053 -5.8 -0.6 .188 .086 .029 1
Ken Jungels 26 2 1 1 27.0 89 .500 .500 .260 .500 .332 .500 .360 1.000 .692 189 .973 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000 /1
Bob Klinger 34 50 39 3 2.1 89 .222 .200 .259 .289 .332 .225 .360 .514 .692 50 .247 -2.5 -0.3 .412 .150 .025 1
Johnny Lanning 31 32 29 1 0.9 89 .182 .138 .259 .167 .332 .241 .360 .408 .692 17 .070 -3.1 -0.3 .296 .138 .103 1
Ed Leip 31 0 0 0.0 0.0
Al Lopez 33 331 231 30 3.5 89 .269 .256 .259 .338 .332 .308 .360 .646 .692 87 .461 -3.8 -0.4 .556 .170 .052 .0 2
*Stu Martin 29 130 96 10 2.8 89 .239 .225 .259 .273 .332 .317 .360 .590 .692 70 .364 -5.1 -0.6 .500 .167 .092 1.0 4/36
*Babe Phelps 34 281 189 38 5.4 89 .286 .284 .259 .345 .332 .440 .360 .785 .692 126 .656 7.8 0.8 .735 .241 .156 3.3 2
*Culley Rikard 28 59 43 4 2.5 89 .227 .192 .259 .288 .332 .269 .360 .557 .692 62 .318 -2.5 -0.3 .488 .212 .077 O
#Jim Russell 23 15 13 0 0.0 89 .100 .071 .259 .133 .332 .071 .360 .205 .692 -40 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .154 .071 .000 /O
*Rip Sewell 35 91 77 3 1.0 89 .191 .149 .259 .178 .332 .184 .360 .362 .692 5 .086 -10.8 -1.2 .276 .092 .034 .0 1
Harry Shuman 27 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
*Bud Stewart 26 208 149 17 3.1 89 .240 .219 .259 .302 .332 .306 .360 .608 .692 76 .404 -5.6 -0.6 .548 .219 .087 .0 O5/4
Nick Strincevich 27 5 5 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .260 .000 .332 .000 .360 .000 .692 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Maurice Van Robays 27 362 265 30 3.0 89 .248 .232 .259 .298 .332 .311 .360 .609 .692 76 .400 -10.5 -1.1 .508 .171 .079 .0 O
*Jimmy Wasdell 28 463 318 44 3.7 89 .268 .259 .259 .337 .332 .318 .360 .655 .692 90 .490 -4.5 -0.5 .574 .176 .059 1.5 O/3
*Lefty Wilkie 27 39 28 3 2.9 89 .278 .263 .259 .282 .332 .316 .360 .598 .692 73 .376 -1.6 -0.2 .464 .079 .053 1
*Johnny Wyrostek 22 38 31 1 0.9 89 .121 .114 .259 .184 .332 .171 .360 .356 .692 3 .063 -4.6 -0.5 .290 .143 .057 /O
League Average 3.8 87 .266 .248 .256 .317 .328 .342 .356 .659 .684 93 .497 .587 .201 .094
Team Total 5754 4048 545 3.6 89 .265 .245 .259 .320 .332 .330 .360 .649 .692 88 .478 -80.5 -9.0 .577 .198 .085 46.6
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Alf Anderson 28 57 198 178 28 50 4 1 0 8 4 20 20 .281 .354 .315 .668 20 54 54
Bill Baker 31 19 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .053 .000 .053 0 18 18
*Johnny Barrett 26 118 415 358 66 93 12 7 0 31 11 54 44 .260 .361 .332 .694 42 111 111
Bill Brandt 27 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Max Butcher 31 25 52 52 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 24 24
*Frank Colman 24 11 42 40 3 6 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 .150 .190 .225 .415 2 10 10
Dick Conger 21 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Pete Coscarart 29 141 569 523 67 125 14 5 3 34 2 43 59 .239 .301 .302 .603 47 133 133
Dutch Dietz 30 42 41 38 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 .211 .268 .211 .479 2 40 40
Vince DiMaggio 29 151 591 532 66 132 25 3 17 87 11 58 92 .248 .323 .402 .725 69 143 143
Bob Elliott 25 151 663 603 87 186 29 8 10 103 2 58 37 .308 .371 .433 .804 96 143 143
*Elbie Fletcher 26 154 670 545 100 164 25 6 8 66 0 118 64 .301 .431 .413 .844 95 145 145
*Huck Geary 25 10 26 24 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 .250 .308 .250 .558 2 9 9
Hank Gornicki 31 26 39 37 6 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 13 .108 .154 .189 .343 1 25 25
Frankie Gustine 22 122 450 416 39 99 12 4 2 40 6 32 29 .238 .296 .300 .596 37 115 115
Jack Hallett 27 3 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 3 3
*Luke Hamlin 37 24 39 39 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 23 23
Ken Heintzelman 26 29 41 38 2 4 1 0 0 8 0 3 8 .105 .171 .132 .302 1 27 27
Ken Jungels 26 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 9 9
Bob Klinger 34 39 49 43 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 6 4 .209 .306 .233 .539 3 37 37
Johnny Lanning 31 36 31 30 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 7 .133 .161 .233 .395 1 34 34
Al Lopez 33 109 351 311 20 83 9 2 1 31 0 38 18 .267 .350 .318 .669 35 103 103
*Stu Martin 29 44 137 128 18 30 4 2 1 13 1 9 11 .234 .285 .320 .605 12 42 42
*Babe Phelps 34 101 303 277 25 82 12 1 10 48 2 22 25 .296 .356 .455 .811 44 95 95
*Culley Rikard 28 40 63 55 6 11 2 1 0 5 0 8 8 .200 .302 .273 .574 4 38 38
#Jim Russell 23 5 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 5 5
*Rip Sewell 35 43 95 92 10 14 3 0 0 4 2 3 20 .152 .179 .185 .364 3 41 41
*Bud Stewart 26 87 221 196 25 45 9 4 0 24 2 25 17 .230 .317 .316 .633 20 82 82
Nick Strincevich 27 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
Maurice Van Robays 27 106 387 352 34 85 15 6 1 53 0 34 25 .241 .310 .327 .637 35 100 100
*Jimmy Wasdell 28 129 494 440 51 119 12 2 3 44 1 53 23 .270 .350 .327 .677 51 122 122
*Lefty Wilkie 27 38 43 42 6 12 0 1 0 5 0 1 2 .286 .302 .333 .636 4 36 36
*Johnny Wyrostek 22 10 40 37 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 .108 .175 .162 .337 1 9 9
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Alf Anderson 28 2 427 124 427 389 56 93 11 3 1 17 6 32 49 .239 .299 .290 .589 68 113 6 1 5
Bill Baker 31 3 173 82 173 154 11 32 4 1 0 15 2 17 9 .208 .287 .247 .533 50 38 6 0 2
*Johnny Barrett 26 1 390 111 390 332 56 82 11 6 0 26 10 48 42 .247 .347 .316 .664 92 105 4 3 7
Bill Brandt 27 2 8 5 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -28 1 0 0 0
Max Butcher 31 7 448 245 448 420 32 76 9 0 1 26 0 11 77 .181 .202 .210 .411 14 88 18 0 17
*Frank Colman 24 1 40 10 40 37 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 .135 .179 .216 .396 14 8 0 0 1
Dick Conger 21 3 3 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Coscarart 29 5 1744 466 1744 1553 194 367 62 10 16 141 18 153 201 .236 .309 .320 .629 73 497 28 10 28
Dutch Dietz 30 3 74 79 74 67 5 12 0 0 0 1 0 3 16 .179 .225 .179 .404 16 12 0 1 3
Vince DiMaggio 29 6 2736 696 2736 2431 319 613 122 15 82 361 50 264 525 .252 .328 .416 .744 110 1011 43 12 29
Bob Elliott 25 4 1971 464 1971 1767 255 514 94 31 20 248 21 170 119 .291 .355 .413 .768 116 730 39 5 29
*Elbie Fletcher 26 8 3823 922 3823 3233 481 887 151 41 54 407 24 532 320 .274 .381 .397 .778 119 1282 63 27 31
*Huck Geary 25 1 24 9 24 22 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 .227 .292 .227 .519 51 5 0 0 0
Hank Gornicki 31 2 43 30 43 39 6 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 13 .128 .171 .205 .376 8 8 0 0 2 0 0
Frankie Gustine 22 4 1568 391 1568 1445 144 374 70 18 4 139 17 101 108 .259 .309 .340 .650 83 492 39 5 17
Jack Hallett 27 3 42 27 42 39 3 9 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 10 .231 .268 .359 .627 67 14 2 0 1
*Luke Hamlin 37 8 449 236 449 407 19 63 7 2 1 25 0 0 8 103 .155 .173 .189 .362 -2 77 8 1 33
Ken Heintzelman 26 6 182 122 182 165 13 22 3 0 0 13 0 0 7 38 .133 .169 .152 .320 -10 25 5 0 10 0 0
Ken Jungels 26 5 10 28 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -47 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Klinger 34 5 282 176 282 258 21 49 3 0 0 15 0 15 35 .190 .234 .202 .436 21 52 9 0 9
Johnny Lanning 31 7 325 235 325 295 17 43 10 0 1 17 0 10 63 .146 .176 .190 .366 3 56 8 1 19
Ed Leip 31 4 66 30 66 62 7 17 1 2 0 5 1 1 3 6 .274 .308 .355 .663 79 22 4 0 1
Al Lopez 33 14 5215 1509 5215 4694 502 1241 174 38 48 535 37 411 450 .264 .325 .348 .674 85 1635 112 13 97
*Stu Martin 29 7 2346 658 2346 2119 309 573 108 24 16 178 35 175 175 .270 .328 .367 .695 87 777 39 8 44
*Babe Phelps 34 11 2306 726 2306 2117 239 657 143 19 54 345 9 0 160 157 .310 .362 .472 .835 125 1000 64 13 16
*Culley Rikard 28 2 80 44 80 72 7 14 3 1 0 5 0 8 9 .194 .275 .264 .539 55 19 1 0 0
#Jim Russell 23 1 15 5 15 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 -40 1 0 0 0
*Rip Sewell 35 6 343 204 343 321 40 56 8 1 3 17 2 0 12 66 .174 .204 .234 .438 22 75 9 0 10
Harry Shuman 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Bud Stewart 26 2 395 155 395 355 48 86 15 4 0 30 5 34 33 .242 .308 .307 .616 76 109 4 0 6
Nick Strincevich 27 3 59 55 59 54 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .148 .179 .148 .327 -7 8 0 0 3 0 0
Maurice Van Robays 27 4 1587 401 1587 1462 186 394 72 17 18 256 2 110 121 .269 .323 .379 .702 96 554 47 5 10
*Jimmy Wasdell 28 6 1433 417 1433 1298 165 346 51 15 14 164 15 4 111 109 .267 .327 .361 .689 88 469 15 6 18
*Lefty Wilkie 27 2 63 62 63 62 7 17 0 1 0 6 0 1 7 .274 .286 .306 .592 69 19 0 0 0
*Johnny Wyrostek 22 1 38 9 38 35 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 .114 .184 .171 .356 3 6 0 0 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1941 / 1943 Batting Statistics