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1943 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944)
80-74, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 669 runs, Allowed 605 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70
Manager: Frankie Frisch (80-74)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 498,740 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103

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1942 / 1944 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 34 118 428 372 40 98 9 4 1 39 2 44 25 .263 .341 .317 .659 88 118 6 0 12
2 1B Elbie Fletcher* 27 154 647 544 91 154 24 5 9 70 1 95 49 .283 .395 .395 .791 126 215 12 6 2
3 2B Pete Coscarart 30 133 546 491 57 119 19 6 0 48 4 46 48 .242 .307 .305 .613 75 150 10 0 9
4 SS Frankie Gustine 23 112 454 414 40 120 21 3 0 43 12 32 36 .290 .341 .355 .696 99 147 8 0 8
5 3B Bob Elliott 26 156 643 581 82 183 30 12 7 101 4 56 24 .315 .376 .444 .820 134 258 16 1 5
6 OF Johnny Barrett* 27 130 329 290 41 67 12 3 1 32 5 32 23 .231 .316 .303 .619 77 88 3 4 3
7 OF Vince DiMaggio 30 157 651 580 64 144 41 2 15 88 11 70 126 .248 .329 .403 .733 108 234 8 0 1
8 OF Jim Russell# 24 146 614 533 79 138 19 11 4 44 12 77 67 .259 .354 .358 .712 103 191 13 1 3
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 28 69 261 236 32 68 17 7 1 35 0 18 19 .288 .344 .432 .776 121 102 7 2 5
10 OF Tommy O'Brien 24 89 252 232 35 72 12 7 2 26 0 15 24 .310 .352 .448 .801 128 104 8 0 5
11 C Bill Baker 32 63 198 172 12 47 6 3 1 26 3 22 6 .273 .365 .360 .726 107 62 6 3 1
12 SS Huck Geary* 26 46 185 166 17 25 4 0 1 13 3 18 6 .151 .234 .193 .426 22 32 1 0 1
13 2B Al Rubeling 30 47 180 168 23 44 8 4 0 9 0 8 17 .262 .295 .357 .653 86 60 5 0 4
14 OF Johnny Wyrostek* 23 51 83 79 7 12 3 0 0 1 0 3 15 .152 .183 .190 .373 6 15 1 0 1
15 OF Frank Colman* 25 32 68 59 9 16 2 2 0 4 0 8 7 .271 .358 .373 .731 109 22 0 0 1
16 Jimmy Wasdell* 29 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .500 .750 .500 1.250 260 1 0 0 0
17 SS Tony Ordenana 24 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 186 2 0 0 0
18 C Hank Camelli 28 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 0 0
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
19 P Rip Sewell* 36 41 108 105 9 30 4 1 0 17 7 2 21 .286 .299 .343 .642 83 36 2 0 1
20 P Bob Klinger 35 33 74 65 5 16 2 0 0 4 0 5 2 .246 .300 .277 .577 65 18 4 0 4
21 P Max Butcher 32 33 70 61 1 10 2 0 0 4 0 2 5 .164 .190 .197 .387 11 12 0 0 7
22 P Wally Hebert* 35 35 66 59 9 13 1 1 0 5 0 2 7 .220 .246 .271 .517 47 16 2 0 5
23 P Hank Gornicki 32 42 42 40 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 16 .175 .175 .225 .400 14 9 1 0 2
24 P Xavier Rescigno 30 37 40 35 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 5 11 .143 .250 .200 .450 29 7 0 0 0
25 P Johnny Gee* 27 15 30 26 2 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 6 .115 .179 .192 .371 6 5 0 0 2
26 P Jack Hallett 28 9 16 14 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 .286 .375 .429 .804 129 6 0 0 0
27 P Bill Brandt 28 29 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -18 1 0 0 1
28 P Johnny Podgajny 23 21 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -18 1 0 0 0
29 P Johnny Lanning 32 12 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -5 1 0 0 0
30 P Cookie Cuccurullo* 25 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
31 P Harry Shuman 28 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Dutch Dietz 31 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.9 157 6022 5353 666 1401 240 73 42 620 64 0 569 566 .262 .335 .357 .692 97 1913 113 17 83 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 3 3 3 1 6 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 2
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
Bill Baker 32 198 132 22 4.5 92 .279 .273 .268 .365 .337 .360 .364 .726 .701 107 .559 2.3 0.2 .687 .233 .087 1.5 2
*Johnny Barrett 27 329 229 27 3.2 92 .248 .231 .268 .316 .337 .303 .364 .619 .701 77 .402 -8.1 -0.9 .571 .200 .072 1.7 O
Bill Brandt 28 8 7 0 0.0 92 .143 .143 .268 .143 .337 .143 .364 .286 .701 -18 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .167 .000 .000 1
Max Butcher 32 70 58 2 0.9 92 .179 .164 .268 .190 .337 .197 .364 .387 .701 11 .066 -7.3 -0.8 .275 .066 .033 1
Hank Camelli 28 4 3 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .268 .250 .337 .000 .364 .250 .701 -26 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .333 .000 /2
*Frank Colman 25 68 44 8 4.9 92 .308 .271 .268 .358 .337 .373 .364 .731 .701 109 .598 0.7 0.1 .698 .237 .102 O
Pete Coscarart 30 546 391 46 3.2 92 .269 .242 .268 .307 .337 .305 .364 .613 .701 75 .402 -16.2 -1.7 .524 .165 .063 .0 46/5
*Cookie Cuccurullo 25 2 0 0 1.000 .338 0.6 0.1 /1
Dutch Dietz 31 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Vince DiMaggio 30 651 445 77 4.7 92 .294 .248 .268 .329 .337 .403 .364 .733 .701 108 .576 6.8 0.7 .709 .295 .155 12.7 *O/6
Bob Elliott 26 643 419 97 6.2 92 .320 .315 .268 .376 .337 .444 .364 .820 .701 134 .698 24.5 2.6 .771 .232 .129 5.1 *5/46
*Elbie Fletcher 27 647 404 84 5.6 92 .298 .283 .268 .395 .337 .395 .364 .791 .701 126 .655 23.2 2.4 .789 .289 .112 1.8 *3
*Huck Geary 26 185 143 7 1.3 92 .151 .151 .268 .234 .337 .193 .364 .426 .701 22 .119 -16.9 -1.8 .373 .169 .042 1.5 6
*Johnny Gee 27 30 25 1 1.1 92 .150 .115 .268 .179 .337 .192 .364 .371 .701 6 .085 -3.4 -0.4 .304 .154 .077 1
Hank Gornicki 32 42 36 2 1.5 92 .292 .175 .268 .175 .337 .225 .364 .400 .701 14 .145 -4.6 -0.5 .265 .050 .050 1
Frankie Gustine 23 454 310 50 4.4 92 .317 .290 .268 .341 .337 .355 .364 .696 .701 99 .544 -0.8 -0.1 .632 .171 .065 .0 64/3
Jack Hallett 28 16 10 2 5.4 92 .400 .286 .268 .375 .337 .429 .364 .804 .701 129 .639 0.7 0.1 .800 .286 .143 /1
*Wally Hebert 35 66 53 4 2.0 92 .250 .220 .268 .246 .337 .271 .364 .517 .701 47 .230 -4.4 -0.5 .375 .085 .051 1
Bob Klinger 35 74 57 5 2.4 92 .254 .246 .268 .300 .337 .277 .364 .577 .701 65 .282 -3.0 -0.3 .434 .108 .031 1
Johnny Lanning 32 6 5 0 0.0 92 .167 .167 .268 .167 .337 .167 .364 .333 .701 -5 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .200 .000 .000 1
Al Lopez 34 428 292 40 3.7 92 .280 .263 .268 .341 .337 .317 .364 .659 .701 88 .470 -5.0 -0.5 .586 .177 .054 1.3 *2/5
Tommy O'Brien 24 252 173 37 5.8 92 .340 .310 .268 .352 .337 .448 .364 .801 .701 128 .667 7.0 0.7 .708 .203 .138 .0 O/5
Tony Ordenana 24 4 2 1 13.5 92 .500 .500 .268 .500 .337 .500 .364 1.000 .701 186 .904 0.4 0.0 1.000 .000 .000 /6
Johnny Podgajny 23 7 6 0 0.0 92 .167 .143 .268 .143 .337 .143 .364 .286 .701 -18 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .167 .000 .000 1
Xavier Rescigno 30 40 30 2 1.8 92 .208 .143 .268 .250 .337 .200 .364 .450 .701 29 .192 -3.3 -0.4 .400 .200 .057 1
Al Rubeling 30 180 133 18 3.6 92 .291 .262 .268 .295 .337 .357 .364 .653 .701 86 .464 -4.0 -0.4 .527 .143 .095 4/5
#Jim Russell 24 614 411 67 4.4 92 .290 .259 .268 .354 .337 .358 .364 .712 .701 103 .549 3.6 0.4 .689 .266 .099 6.0 *O/3
*Rip Sewell 36 108 78 11 3.8 92 .357 .286 .268 .299 .337 .343 .364 .642 .701 83 .484 -2.9 -0.3 .584 .143 .057 .0 1
Harry Shuman 28 2 2 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .268 .000 .338 .000 .364 .000 .702 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 1
Maurice Van Robays 28 261 180 35 5.2 92 .310 .288 .268 .344 .337 .432 .364 .776 .701 121 .627 5.6 0.6 .697 .220 .144 .0 O
*Jimmy Wasdell 29 4 1 1 27.0 92 .500 .500 .268 .750 .337 .500 .364 1.250 .701 260 .971 0.9 0.1 3.000 1.000 .000
*Johnny Wyrostek 23 83 69 3 1.2 92 .188 .152 .268 .183 .337 .190 .364 .373 .701 6 .097 -9.8 -1.1 .265 .076 .038 O/534
League Average 3.9 89 .276 .257 .265 .323 .333 .347 .359 .670 .692 94 .500 .593 .193 .091
Team Total 6022 4148 649 4.2 92 .286 .262 .268 .335 .337 .357 .364 .692 .701 97 .531 -17.4 -2.0 .631 .214 .096 50.7
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
Bill Baker 32 66 210 183 14 52 7 3 1 30 3 24 6 .284 .376 .372 .748 25 63 63
*Johnny Barrett 27 136 345 306 46 73 13 3 1 36 5 35 24 .239 .325 .310 .635 30 130 130
Bill Brandt 28 30 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29 29
Max Butcher 32 34 65 63 1 10 2 0 0 4 0 2 5 .159 .185 .190 .375 2 33 33
Hank Camelli 28 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 1 1
*Frank Colman 25 33 72 63 11 18 2 2 0 5 0 9 7 .286 .375 .381 .756 9 32 32
Pete Coscarart 30 139 571 520 65 131 21 7 0 54 4 51 50 .252 .319 .319 .638 52 133 133
*Cookie Cuccurullo 25 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 1
Dutch Dietz 31 32 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 31 31
Vince DiMaggio 30 164 692 615 73 159 45 2 17 100 12 77 132 .259 .341 .421 .762 88 157 157
Bob Elliott 26 163 680 617 93 201 33 13 8 115 4 62 25 .326 .388 .460 .849 110 156 156
*Elbie Fletcher 27 161 688 577 103 169 26 5 10 79 1 104 51 .293 .407 .407 .814 95 154 154
*Huck Geary 26 48 193 174 19 27 4 0 1 15 3 19 6 .155 .238 .195 .434 8 46 46
*Johnny Gee 27 16 29 27 2 3 0 1 0 5 0 2 6 .111 .172 .185 .358 1 15 15
Hank Gornicki 32 44 42 42 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 42 42
Frankie Gustine 23 117 475 440 46 133 23 3 0 49 13 35 38 .302 .354 .368 .722 57 112 112
Jack Hallett 28 9 16 14 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 .286 .375 .429 .804 2 9 9
*Wally Hebert 35 37 64 62 10 14 1 1 0 5 0 2 7 .226 .250 .274 .524 4 35 35
Bob Klinger 35 34 75 69 6 18 2 0 0 5 0 6 2 .261 .320 .290 .610 6 33 33
Johnny Lanning 32 13 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12 12
Al Lopez 34 123 442 394 46 108 10 4 1 45 2 48 26 .274 .353 .327 .680 46 118 118
Tommy O'Brien 24 93 262 246 40 79 13 8 2 30 0 16 25 .321 .363 .463 .826 42 89 89
Tony Ordenana 24 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1 1
Johnny Podgajny 23 36 29 28 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 .000 .034 .000 .034 2 34 34
Xavier Rescigno 30 39 43 37 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 6 11 .162 .279 .216 .495 2 37 37
Al Rubeling 30 49 187 178 26 48 9 4 0 10 0 9 18 .270 .305 .365 .670 20 47 47
#Jim Russell 24 153 651 565 90 152 21 12 4 50 13 85 70 .269 .366 .370 .736 76 146 146
*Rip Sewell 36 43 113 111 10 33 4 1 0 20 8 2 22 .297 .310 .351 .661 13 41 41
Harry Shuman 28 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11 11
Maurice Van Robays 28 72 273 251 37 75 19 8 1 40 0 20 20 .299 .355 .450 .806 40 69 69
*Jimmy Wasdell 29 152 618 561 66 157 22 7 5 83 7 55 23 .280 .346 .371 .717 71 145 145
*Johnny Wyrostek 23 53 86 83 8 13 3 0 0 1 0 3 16 .157 .186 .193 .379 3 51 51
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
Bill Baker 32 4 371 145 371 326 23 79 10 4 1 41 5 39 15 .242 .329 .307 .636 80 100 12 3 3
*Johnny Barrett 27 2 719 241 719 622 97 149 23 9 1 58 15 80 65 .240 .333 .310 .643 85 193 7 7 10
Bill Brandt 28 3 16 34 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .133 .133 .133 .267 -23 2 0 0 1
Max Butcher 32 8 518 278 518 481 33 86 11 0 1 30 0 13 82 .179 .200 .208 .408 13 100 18 0 24
Hank Camelli 28 1 4 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 0 0
*Frank Colman 25 2 108 42 108 96 11 21 2 2 1 6 0 10 9 .219 .292 .313 .605 73 30 0 0 2
Pete Coscarart 30 6 2290 599 2290 2044 251 486 81 16 16 189 22 199 249 .238 .308 .317 .625 73 647 38 10 37
*Cookie Cuccurullo 25 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
Dutch Dietz 31 4 81 110 81 73 8 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 18 .178 .231 .178 .409 18 13 0 1 3 0 0
Vince DiMaggio 30 7 3387 853 3387 3011 383 757 163 17 97 449 61 334 651 .251 .329 .413 .742 110 1245 51 12 30
Bob Elliott 26 5 2614 620 2614 2348 337 697 124 43 27 349 25 226 143 .297 .360 .421 .781 120 988 55 6 34
*Elbie Fletcher 27 9 4470 1076 4470 3777 572 1041 175 46 63 477 25 627 369 .276 .383 .396 .780 120 1497 75 33 33
*Huck Geary 26 2 209 55 209 188 20 30 4 0 1 15 3 20 9 .160 .240 .197 .437 26 37 1 0 1
*Johnny Gee 27 3 40 21 40 35 3 4 0 1 0 4 0 3 10 .114 .184 .171 .356 1 6 0 0 2
Hank Gornicki 32 3 85 72 85 79 9 12 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 29 .152 .173 .215 .388 11 17 1 0 4 0 0
Frankie Gustine 23 5 2022 503 2022 1859 184 494 91 21 4 182 29 133 144 .266 .316 .344 .660 86 639 47 5 25
Jack Hallett 28 4 58 36 58 53 4 13 2 1 1 3 0 0 4 14 .245 .298 .377 .676 84 20 2 0 1
*Wally Hebert 35 4 174 126 174 159 19 43 5 2 0 11 0 0 3 28 .270 .284 .327 .611 63 52 2 0 12
Bob Klinger 35 6 356 209 356 323 26 65 5 0 0 19 0 20 37 .201 .248 .217 .465 30 70 13 0 13
Johnny Lanning 32 8 331 247 331 301 17 44 10 0 1 17 0 10 63 .146 .176 .189 .366 3 57 8 1 19
Al Lopez 34 15 5643 1627 5643 5066 542 1339 183 42 49 574 39 455 475 .264 .327 .346 .673 85 1753 118 13 109
Tommy O'Brien 24 1 252 89 252 232 35 72 12 7 2 26 0 15 24 .310 .352 .448 .801 128 104 8 0 5
Tony Ordenana 24 1 4 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 186 2 0 0 0
Johnny Podgajny 23 4 169 117 169 161 10 27 2 1 0 11 0 1 37 .168 .178 .193 .370 8 31 4 1 6
Xavier Rescigno 30 1 40 37 40 35 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 5 11 .143 .250 .200 .450 29 7 0 0 0
Al Rubeling 30 3 630 161 630 563 72 141 24 10 4 49 4 5 58 76 .250 .320 .350 .670 80 197 12 0 9
#Jim Russell 24 2 629 151 629 547 81 139 19 11 4 44 12 78 71 .254 .348 .351 .699 100 192 13 1 3
*Rip Sewell 36 7 451 245 451 426 49 86 12 2 3 34 9 0 14 87 .202 .227 .261 .488 37 111 11 0 11
Harry Shuman 28 2 2 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maurice Van Robays 28 5 1848 470 1848 1698 218 462 89 24 19 291 2 128 140 .272 .326 .386 .712 100 656 54 7 15
*Jimmy Wasdell 29 7 2011 562 2011 1822 219 483 70 21 18 232 21 4 159 131 .265 .327 .356 .683 91 649 28 8 22
*Johnny Wyrostek 23 2 121 60 121 114 7 16 3 1 0 4 0 6 17 .140 .183 .184 .368 5 21 1 0 1
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

1942 / 1944 Batting Statistics