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1942 Pittsburgh Pirates (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
Managed by Frankie Frisch

Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 448,897 (5th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 Stats / Schedule (1941/1943) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   66-81 , Final Rank: 5, GB:   36.5
Days in First:                   4 (last on April 19, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           6 (last on May 8)
Most Games under .500:          17 (last on September 22)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       36.5 (last on September 27)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (June 5 to June 13)
Longest Losing Streak:          10 (May 24 to June 2)

Most Runs Allowed:              17 (June 2)
Most Runs Scored:               13 (August 7)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       9
Times Opponent Shutout:         13

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        66  81     585     631    .449

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           41  34     333     301    .547
Road           25  47     252     330    .347

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           9   6      72      59    .600
May            10  21     106     160    .323
June           13   9     104      98    .591
July           11  16     103     102    .407
August         15  15     122     114    .500
September       8  14      78      98    .364

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     34  40     294     338    .459
Second Half    32  41     291     293    .438
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        20  21     161     162    .488

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        19  18     195     197    .514

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             6  16      72     121    .273
BSN            12   7      87      64    .632
CHC            11  11      87      93    .500
CIN             9  12      76      88    .429
NYG             7  15      78     102    .318
PHI            13   6      96      62    .684
STL             8  14      89     101    .364

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 14     PIT @CIN  W   4-2        1-0     1    Tied  2:14 M Butcher                  34,104 +
  2 Wed, Apr 15     PIT @CIN  W   6-2        2-0     1    Tied  2:16 D Dietz                     3,628 ++
  3 Thu, Apr 16     PIT @CIN  L   7-8        2-1     2     1.0  2:33 J Beggs                     2,421 -
  4 Fri, Apr 17     PIT  STL  W   3-2        3-1     2     1.0  2:10 R Sewell                   18,324 +
  5 Sat, Apr 18     PIT  STL  W   3-0        4-1     1    Tied  4:05 K Heintzelma                5,945 ++
  6 Sun, Apr 19     PIT  STL  L   2-3        4-2     1    Tied  2:43 J Beazley                  12,929 -
  7 Mon, Apr 20     PIT  CHC  L   2-8        4-3     2     1.0  2:04 J Mooty                     1,752 --
  8 Tue, Apr 21     PIT  CHC  W   5-2        5-3     2     1.0  1:52 R Sewell                    2,397 +
  9 Wed, Apr 22     PIT  CHC  W   9-1        6-3     2     1.0  2:04 L Hamlin                    3,517 ++
 10 Thu, Apr 23     PIT  CIN  L   3-5        6-4     2     2.0  2:10 J Vander Mee                4,533 -
 11 Fri, Apr 24     PIT  CIN  L   5-9        6-5     3     2.0  2:24 R Starr                     4,971 --
 12 Sun, Apr 26     PIT @STL  W   2-0        7-5     2     3.0  2:12 K Heintzelma                      +
 13                 PIT @STL  -   4-4        7-5     2     3.0  2:36                            14,820 +
 14 Tue, Apr 28     PIT  PHI  W   7-1        8-5     2     3.0  1:55 M Butcher                   1,752 ++
 15 Wed, Apr 29     PIT  PHI  W   7-6        9-5     2     3.0  2:26 R Sewell                    1,567 +++
 16 Thu, Apr 30     PIT  PHI  L   3-6        9-6     2     4.0  2:17 L Hoerst                    1,826 -
 17 Fri, May  1     PIT  BRO  W   7-6       10-6     2     3.0       K Heintzelma                9,199 +
 18 Sat, May  2     PIT  BRO  W  10-5       11-6     2     2.0  2:40 L Wilkie                   17,210 ++
 19 Sun, May  3     PIT  BSN  W   6-2       12-6     2     1.0  2:15 M Butcher                         +++
 20                 PIT  BSN  L   3-12      12-7     2     1.0  2:04 T Earley                   29,030 -
 21 Mon, May  4     PIT  BSN  W   2-1       13-7     2     0.5  1:51 B Klinger                   1,637 +
 22 Tue, May  5     PIT  BSN  L   1-7       13-8     2     1.5  2:13 L Wallace                   2,321 -
 23 Thu, May  7     PIT  NYG  W   2-1       14-8     2     1.5  2:01 L Wilkie                          +
 24                 PIT  NYG  L   2-6       14-9     2     1.5  2:19 D Koslo                     4,075 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Fri, May  8     PIT @CHC  W   6-4       15-9     2     1.5  2:09 R Sewell                    4,133 +
 26 Sat, May  9     PIT @CHC  L   1-3       15-10    2     2.0  1:46 B Lee                       3,465 -
 27 Sun, May 10     PIT @CHC  L   2-4       15-11    2     2.5  2:04 C Passeau                         --
 28                 PIT @CHC  W   3-2       16-11    2     2.5  2:31 B Klinger                  22,042 +
 29 Tue, May 12     PIT @NYG  L   3-7       16-12    2     2.5  2:16 C Melton                    5,465 -
 30 Wed, May 13     PIT @NYG  W   3-1       17-12    2     2.5  2:34 M Butcher                   5,901 +
 31 Thu, May 14     PIT @BRO  L   4-7       17-13    2     3.5  2:15 L French                   18,126 -
 32 Fri, May 15     PIT @BRO  L   3-8       17-14    3     4.5  2:06 W Wyatt                    12,134 --
 33 Sat, May 16     PIT @BRO  L   1-8       17-15    3     5.5  2:03 E Head                     16,978 ---
 34 Sun, May 17     PIT @PHI  W   7-2       18-15    2     6.5  2:02 L Hamlin                          +
 35                 PIT @PHI  L   4-5       18-16    2     6.5  2:39 R Melton                   10,079 -
 36 Tue, May 19     PIT @PHI  L   4-5       18-17    4     8.0  1:39 J Podgajny                  3,366 --
 37 Wed, May 20     PIT @BSN  L   3-4       18-18    4     8.0  2:12 J Sain                      3,010 ---
 38 Sat, May 23     PIT  CHC  W   5-4       19-18    4     6.5  2:00 J Lanning                   3,090 +
 39 Sun, May 24     PIT  CHC  L   5-7       19-19    4     8.0  2:05 B Lee                             -
 40                 PIT  CHC  L   4-11      19-20    4     8.0  2:22 C Passeau                  16,746 --
 41 Mon, May 25     PIT @CIN  L   1-6       19-21    5     9.0  2:01 P Derringer                16,205 ---
 42 Wed, May 27     PIT  STL  L   3-5       19-22    5    10.0  2:11 J Beazley                   1,635 ----
 43 Thu, May 28     PIT  STL  L   2-3       19-23    6    11.0  2:54 J Beazley                  16,577 -----
 44 Sat, May 30     PIT @CHC  L   5-10      19-24    7    11.5  2:03 J Mooty                           ------
 45                 PIT @CHC  L   2-3       19-25    7    11.5  2:13 B Fleming                  22,735 -------
 46 Sun, May 31     PIT @CIN  L   2-8       19-26    7    13.5  1:57 B Walters                         --------
 47                 PIT @CIN  L   0-3       19-27    7    13.5  1:48 R Starr                    16,721 ---------
 48 Tue, Jun  2     PIT  BRO  L   2-17      19-28    7    14.5  2:13 L Webber                    3,257 ----------
 49 Fri, Jun  5     PIT  PHI  W   6-5       20-28    7    14.0  2:19 K Heintzelma                1,195 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sat, Jun  6     PIT  PHI  W   3-1       21-28    7    14.0  1:31 R Sewell                    2,184 ++
 51 Sun, Jun  7     PIT  PHI  W   5-4       22-28    6    14.0  2:25 K Heintzelma                      +++
 52                 PIT  PHI  W   8-6       23-28    6    14.0  1:54 J Lanning                   8,461 ++++
 53 Tue, Jun  9     PIT  BSN  W  10-2       24-28    5    13.5  2:01 K Heintzelma                1,871 +++++
 54 Wed, Jun 10     PIT  BSN  W   3-0       25-28    5    13.0  1:55 R Sewell                   11,533 ++++++
 55 Sat, Jun 13     PIT  NYG  W   8-2       26-28    5    12.5  2:12 B Klinger                   4,096 +++++++
 56 Sun, Jun 14     PIT  NYG  L   3-4       26-29    5    12.5  2:15 B Carpenter                       -
 57                 PIT  NYG  W   8-3       27-29    5    12.5  2:00 R Sewell                   16,719 +
 58 Mon, Jun 15     PIT  NYG  L   2-6       27-30    6    12.5  1:54 H Schumacher                3,908 -
 59 Tue, Jun 16     PIT @PHI  L   1-5       27-31    6    13.0  2:32 J Podgajny                  1,196 --
 60 Wed, Jun 17     PIT @PHI  W   6-1       28-31    5    13.0  2:01 B Klinger                   3,804 +
 61 Fri, Jun 19     PIT @BSN  W   7-6       29-31    5    13.5  2:52 D Dietz                     3,304 ++
 62 Sat, Jun 20     PIT @BSN  L   0-4       29-32    5    14.5  1:52 A Javery                    2,863 -
 63 Sun, Jun 21     PIT @BSN  W   7-3       30-32    5    14.0  2:44 M Butcher                   5,000 +
 64 Tue, Jun 23     PIT @BRO  L   2-6       30-33    5    15.0  1:50 L French                   16,080 -
 65 Fri, Jun 26     PIT @NYG  L   2-4       30-34    6    16.5  1:50 C Melton                    7,585 --
 66 Sat, Jun 27     PIT @NYG  L   2-5       30-35    6    16.5  1:50 B Carpenter                 4,109 ---
 67 Sun, Jun 28     PIT @NYG  W   8-7       31-35    6    15.5  1:51 L Wilkie                          +
 68                 PIT @NYG  W   9-3       32-35    6    15.5  2:15 B Klinger                  31,505 ++
 69 Tue, Jun 30     PIT @STL  L   2-4       32-36    6    16.0  2:03 M Cooper                   13,252 -
 70 Wed, Jul  1     PIT @STL  L   0-4       32-37    6    16.5  1:35 E White                     1,439 --
 71 Thu, Jul  2     PIT @STL  L   1-3       32-38    6    17.0  1:44 J Beazley                   8,699 ---
 72 Fri, Jul  3     PIT @STL  W   5-4       33-38    6    17.0  2:02 J Lanning                   1,169 +
 73 Sat, Jul  4     PIT  CIN  L   0-2       33-39    6    18.5  1:41 B Walters                  18,000 -
 74 Sun, Jul  5     PIT  CIN  W   4-3       34-39    6    18.5  2:16 R Sewell                          +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75                 PIT  CIN  L   2-5       34-40    6    18.5  2:05 R Starr                    11,365 -
 76 Thu, Jul  9     PIT  PHI  W   9-0       35-40    6    18.5  2:20 R Sewell                   29,488 +
 77 Sat, Jul 11     PIT  PHI  W  12-5       36-40    5    18.5  2:06 L Wilkie                    2,034 ++
 78 Sun, Jul 12     PIT  BRO  L   1-2       36-41    5    18.5  2:00 L French                          -
 79                 PIT  BRO  W   6-4       37-41    5    18.5  2:15 K Heintzelma               29,543 +
 80 Tue, Jul 14     PIT  BRO  L   1-5       37-42    6    19.5  1:50 W Wyatt                    21,254 -
 81 Wed, Jul 15     PIT  NYG  W   6-2       38-42    5    19.5  1:55 R Sewell                    2,394 +
 82 Thu, Jul 16     PIT  NYG  L   1-3       38-43    6    20.0  1:47 C Hubbell                   9,098 -
 83 Fri, Jul 17     PIT  NYG  L   2-11      38-44    6    21.0  2:19 H Schumacher                2,083 --
 84 Sat, Jul 18     PIT  BSN  W   3-0       39-44    6    20.5  1:52 K Heintzelma                2,179 +
 85 Sun, Jul 19     PIT  BSN  W   8-7       40-44    5    18.5  2:20 D Dietz                           ++
 86                 PIT  BSN  W   9-0       41-44    5    18.5  1:58 B Klinger                   7,425 +++
 87 Mon, Jul 20     PIT  BRO  L   0-5       41-45    5    19.5  1:48 L French                   13,600 -
 88 Tue, Jul 21     PIT @NYG  L   5-6       41-46    5    20.5  2:06 C Hubbell                   8,937 --
 89 Thu, Jul 23     PIT @NYG  L   4-6       41-47    6    21.5  2:09 B McGee                     5,555 ---
 90 Fri, Jul 24     PIT @BRO  L   4-6       41-48    6    22.5  1:51 W Wyatt                    10,798 ----
 91 Sat, Jul 25     PIT @BRO  W   4-1       42-48    6    21.5  2:04 H Gornicki                 11,314 +
 92 Sun, Jul 26     PIT @BRO  L   2-3       42-49    6    23.5  2:03 J Allen                           -
 93                 PIT @BRO  L   3-5       42-50    6    23.5  2:25 M Macon                    31,844 --
 94 Tue, Jul 28     PIT @BSN  L   3-4       42-51    6    24.0  2:10 L Tost                      1,527 ---
 95 Wed, Jul 29     PIT @BSN  W   3-0       43-51    6    24.5  1:55 R Sewell                          +
 96                 PIT @BSN  L   5-6       43-52    6    24.5  2:02 J Tobin                     4,064 -
 97 Sat, Aug  1     PIT @PHI  L   1-2       43-53    6    26.0  2:15 T Hughes                    1,595 --
 98 Sun, Aug  2     PIT @PHI  W   4-2       44-53    5    25.0  1:59 L Hamlin                          +
 99                 PIT @PHI  W   3-2       45-53    5    25.0  2:21 D Dietz                     7,794 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Tue, Aug  4     PIT  CHC  W   2-1       46-53    5    25.0  2:18 B Klinger                   2,042 +++
101 Wed, Aug  5     PIT  CHC  W   3-0       47-53    5    25.0  1:51 R Sewell                    8,826 ++++
102 Fri, Aug  7     PIT  STL  W  13-6       48-53    5    23.5  2:21 L Wilkie                   10,430 +++++
103 Sat, Aug  8     PIT  STL  -   5-5       48-53    5    23.0  3:44                             2,128 +++++
104 Sun, Aug  9     PIT  STL  L   3-4       48-54    5    24.0  2:30 M Dickson                         -
105                 PIT  STL  L   1-2       48-55    5    24.0  2:51 H Krist                    15,561 --
106 Mon, Aug 10     PIT  STL  W   6-4       49-55    5    24.0  2:07 L Wilkie                    1,507 +
107 Tue, Aug 11     PIT  CIN  W   3-1       50-55    5    23.5  1:47 H Gornicki                  2,108 ++
108 Wed, Aug 12     PIT  CIN  L   0-3       50-56    5    24.5  1:55 J Vander Mee                8,114 -
109 Fri, Aug 14     PIT @CHC  L   1-7       50-57    5    26.0  2:12 L Warneke                   3,934 --
110 Sat, Aug 15     PIT @CHC  W   8-5       51-57    5    25.5  2:28 D Dietz                           +
111                 PIT @CHC  W   8-7       52-57    5    25.5  2:40 R Sewell                   11,702 ++
112 Sun, Aug 16     PIT @CHC  L   1-5       52-58    5    26.0  1:56 B Lee                             -
113                 PIT @CHC  L   1-4       52-59    5    26.0  1:47 B Fleming                  25,930 --
114 Tue, Aug 18     PIT @CIN  W   3-0       53-59    5    25.0  1:46 J Lanning                   6,475 +
115 Wed, Aug 19     PIT @CIN  W   9-2       54-59    5    25.0  2:18 H Gornicki                  1,338 ++
116 Thu, Aug 20     PIT @CIN  L   3-5       54-60    5    26.0  1:57 J Vander Mee                1,324 -
117 Fri, Aug 21     PIT @STL  L   2-10      54-61    5    26.5  2:22 J Beazley                   2,010 --
118 Sat, Aug 22     PIT @STL  L   6-7       54-62    5    27.5  2:16 M Lanier                    3,067 ---
119 Sun, Aug 23     PIT @STL  W   5-3       55-62    5    28.5  2:26 B Klinger                         +
120                 PIT @STL  L   2-5       55-63    5    28.5  2:12 M Dickson                  14,798 -
121 Tue, Aug 25     PIT  BSN  W   6-0       56-63    5    27.0  1:41 R Sewell                    8,194 +
122 Thu, Aug 27     PIT  BSN  W   5-0       57-63    5    26.5  1:39 H Gornicki                  4,106 ++
123 Sat, Aug 29     PIT  NYG  L   0-2       57-64    5    27.5  1:47 H Schumacher                      -
124                 PIT  NYG  L   4-7       57-65    5    27.5  1:59 B McGee                     5,212 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sun, Aug 30     PIT  BRO  L   1-3       57-66    5    27.5  2:05 W Wyatt                           ---
126                 PIT  BRO  W   9-5       58-66    5    27.5  2:20 R Sewell                   26,377 +
127 Mon, Aug 31     PIT  BRO  L   4-5       58-67    5    28.5  3:01 C Davis                     3,697 -
128 Tue, Sep  1     PIT  BRO  L   2-4       58-68    5    29.5  1:51 K Higbe                     4,437 --
129 Wed, Sep  2     PIT  PHI  W   5-2       59-68    5    29.5  2:01 D Dietz                     3,712 +
130 Fri, Sep  4     PIT  CHC  L   3-5       59-69    5    30.5  2:07 H Bithorn                   5,218 -
131 Sun, Sep  6     PIT  CHC  W   6-0       60-69    5    29.0  1:54 H Gornicki                        +
132                 PIT  CHC  W   5-0       61-69    5    29.0  1:59 L Hamlin                    8,610 ++
133 Mon, Sep  7     PIT  STL  W  11-6       62-69    5    29.0  2:24 R Sewell                          +++
134                 PIT  STL  L   4-6       62-70    5    29.0  2:10 J Beazley                  18,785 -
135 Tue, Sep  8     PIT @BRO  L   0-4       62-71    5    30.0  1:38 E Head                     17,105 --
136 Thu, Sep 10     PIT @PHI  L   1-2       62-72    5    30.0  2:11 T Hughes                          ---
137 Sat, Sep 12     PIT @BSN  L   1-4       62-73    5    29.5  1:51 J Tobin                           ----
138                 PIT @BSN  -   2-2       62-73    5    29.5  2:04                             1,737 ----
139 Sun, Sep 13     PIT @NYG  L   0-5       62-74    5    30.5  2:00 B Carpenter                       -----
140                 PIT @NYG  L   3-5       62-75    5    30.5  2:15 B McGee                    17,794 ------
141 Mon, Sep 14     PIT @NYG  L   1-6       62-76    5    31.5  1:39 H Schumacher                2,428 -------
142 Wed, Sep 16     PIT @BRO  L   3-10      62-77    5    33.0  2:20 W Wyatt                    11,994 --------
143 Thu, Sep 17     PIT @BRO  W   3-2       63-77    5    33.0  2:00 R Sewell                   10,518 +
144 Fri, Sep 18     PIT  CIN  L   1-5       63-78    6    33.5  2:16 J Vander Mee                5,154 -
145 Sat, Sep 19     PIT  CIN  L   3-4       63-79    6    34.0  1:46 B Walters                   1,485 --
146 Sun, Sep 20     PIT  CIN  W   2-1       64-79    6    33.5  2:46 J Lanning                         +
147                 PIT  CIN  -   3-3       64-79    6    33.5  1:43                             4,161 +
148 Mon, Sep 21     PIT @STL  L   1-2       64-80    6    34.5  2:18 E White                     5,000 -
149 Tue, Sep 22     PIT @STL  L   3-9       64-81    6    35.5  2:12 H Gumbert                   8,823 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sun, Sep 27     PIT @CIN  W   8-7       65-81    5    36.5  2:31 J Lanning                         +
151                 PIT @CIN  W   7-4       66-81    5    36.5  1:54 B Brandt                    2,010 ++

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


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