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1942 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1941 / 1943

66-81, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frankie Frisch (66-81)
Scored 585 runs, Allowed 631 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-79

Ballparks: Forbes Field · 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 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
Alf Anderson 28 R R 5' 11" 165 Jan 28, 1914 2 54 40 54 48 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 4 2 0.4
Bill Baker 31 R R 6' 0" 200 Feb 22, 1911 3 18 1 18 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.2
Johnny Barrett 26 L L 5' 10" 170 Dec 18, 1915 1st 111 85 111 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 74 94 16 1 0.9
Bill Brandt 27 R R 5' 8" 170 Mar 21, 1915 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Max Butcher 31 R R 6' 2" 220 Sep 21, 1910 7 24 18 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Frank Colman 24 L L 5' 11" 186 Mar 2, 1918 1st 10 8 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 2 0 -0.3
Dick Conger 21 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 3, 1921 3 3 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Pete Coscarart 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 16, 1913 5 133 125 133 130 0 0 0 25 0 108 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.4
Dutch Dietz 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Feb 12, 1912 3 40 13 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Vince DiMaggio 29 R R 5' 11" 183 Sep 6, 1912 6 143 136 143 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138 5 0 2.1
Bob Elliott 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 26, 1916 4 143 142 143 142 0 0 0 0 142 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.3 All-Star
Elbie Fletcher 26 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1916 8 145 144 145 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.9
Huck Geary 25 L R 5' 10" 170 Jan 22, 1917 1st 9 5 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Hank Gornicki 31 R R 6' 1" 145 Jan 14, 1911 2 25 14 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Frankie Gustine 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 20, 1920 4 115 105 115 111 0 1 0 107 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.6
Jack Hallett 27 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 13, 1914 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Luke Hamlin 37 L R 6' 2" 168 Jul 3, 1904 8 23 14 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Ken Heintzelman 26 R L 5' 11" 185 Oct 14, 1915 6 27 18 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Ken Jungels 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Jun 23, 1916 5 9 0 9 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.5
Bob Klinger 34 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1908 5 37 19 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Johnny Lanning 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 6, 1910 7 34 8 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Ed Leip 31 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 29, 1910 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Al Lopez HOF 33 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 20, 1908 14 103 88 103 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1.2
Stu Martin 29 L R 6' 0" 155 Nov 19, 1912 7 42 26 42 31 0 0 1 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 0.0
Babe Phelps 34 L R 6' 2" 225 Apr 16, 1908 11 95 62 95 72 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 1.6
Culley Rikard 28 L R 5' 11" 183 May 9, 1914 2 38 7 38 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 0 16 19 3 -0.3
Jim Russell 23 B R 6' 1" 181 Oct 1, 1918 1st 5 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 -0.2
Rip Sewell 35 L R 6' 1" 180 May 11, 1907 6 41 33 41 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6
Harry Shuman 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 5, 1915 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Bud Stewart 26 L R 5' 11" 160 Jun 15, 1916 2 82 37 82 50 0 0 0 6 11 0 19 0 15 34 30 2 -0.1
Nick Strincevich 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 1, 1915 3 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Maurice Van Robays 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 15, 1914 4 100 83 100 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 0 1 84 16 0 -0.2
Jimmy Wasdell 28 L L 5' 11" 185 May 15, 1914 6 122 103 122 104 0 0 7 0 0 0 36 2 61 97 18 0 0.1
Lefty Wilkie 27 L L 5' 11" 175 Oct 30, 1914 2 36 6 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.4
Johnny Wyrostek 22 L R 6' 2" 180 Jul 12, 1919 1st 9 8 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 1 0 -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

Bill Baker

Elbie Fletcher

Huck Geary
Stu Martin

Pete Coscarart

Ed Leip

Bob Elliott

Vince DiMaggio

Babe Phelps

Jimmy Wasdell

Al Lopez

Luke Hamlin

Bud Stewart

Alf Anderson

Frankie Gustine

Maurice Van Robays

Johnny Barrett

Max Butcher

Bob Klinger

Dutch Dietz

Frank Colman
Johnny Wyrostek

Bill Brandt
Ken Jungels

Harry Shuman
Nick Strincevich

Hank Gornicki

Johnny Lanning

Rip Sewell

Ken Heintzelman
Jim Russell

Dick Conger

Lefty Wilkie

Jack Hallett
Culley Rikard

1941 / 1943 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers