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1943 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944

80-74, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frankie Frisch (80-74)
Scored 669 runs, Allowed 605 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70

Ballparks: Forbes Field · Attendance: 498,740 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103


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1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 .791 125 215 12 6 2
3 2B Pete Coscarart 30 133 546 491 57 119 19 6 0 48 4 46 48 .242 .307 .305 .613 74 150 10 0 9
4 SS Frankie Gustine 23 112 454 414 40 120 21 3 0 43 12 32 36 .290 .341 .355 .696 98 147 8 0 8
5 3B Bob Elliott 26 156 643 581 82 183 30 12 7 101 4 56 24 .315 .376 .444 .820 133 258 16 1 5
6 OF Johnny Barrett* 27 130 329 290 41 67 12 3 1 32 5 32 23 .231 .316 .303 .619 76 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 .712 102 191 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 .776 120 102 7 2 5
10 OF Tommy O'Brien 24 89 252 232 35 72 12 7 2 26 0 15 24 .310 .352 .448 .801 127 104 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 85 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 .731 108 22 0 0 1
16 Jimmy Wasdell* 29 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .500 .750 .500 1.250 258 1 0 0 0
17 SS Tony Ordenana 24 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 185 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 82 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 64 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 10 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 13 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 5 5 0 0 2
26 P Jack Hallett 28 9 16 14 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 .286 .375 .429 .804 128 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 -19 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 -19 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
Team Totals 27.9 157 6022 5353 666 1401 240 73 42 620 64 569 566 .262 .335 .357 .692 97 1913 113 17 83
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 3 3 3 1 6 1 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 6 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Rip Sewell 36 21 9 .700 2.54 35 31 4 25 2 3 265.1 267 94 75 6 75 65 2 1 2 1112 137 1.289 9.1 0.2 2.5 2.2 0.87
2 SP Bob Klinger 35 11 8 .579 2.72 33 25 6 14 3 0 195.0 185 77 59 6 58 65 0 0 4 809 128 1.246 8.5 0.3 2.7 3.0 1.12
3 SP Max Butcher 32 10 8 .556 2.60 33 21 9 10 2 1 193.2 191 65 56 4 57 45 2 0 3 804 134 1.281 8.9 0.2 2.6 2.1 0.79
4 SP Wally Hebert* 35 10 11 .476 2.98 34 23 9 12 1 0 184.0 197 75 61 3 45 41 2 0 1 785 117 1.315 9.6 0.1 2.2 2.0 0.91
5 SP Johnny Gee* 27 4 4 .500 4.28 15 10 2 2 0 0 82.0 89 42 39 5 27 18 0 0 2 351 82 1.415 9.8 0.5 3.0 2.0 0.67
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 RP Hank Gornicki 32 9 13 .409 3.98 42 18 13 4 1 4 147.0 165 86 65 10 47 63 2 1 3 639 88 1.442 10.1 0.6 2.9 3.9 1.34
7 RP Xavier Rescigno 30 6 9 .400 2.98 37 14 8 5 1 2 132.2 125 52 44 6 45 41 2 0 2 554 117 1.281 8.5 0.4 3.1 2.8 0.91
8 RP Bill Brandt 28 4 1 .800 3.14 29 3 12 0 0 0 57.1 57 25 20 3 19 17 1 1 2 254 111 1.326 8.9 0.5 3.0 2.7 0.89
9 RP Johnny Podgajny 23 0 4 .000 4.72 15 5 6 0 0 0 34.1 37 28 18 1 13 7 0 0 0 157 75 1.456 9.7 0.3 3.4 1.8 0.54
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Jack Hallett 28 1 2 .333 1.70 9 4 1 2 1 0 47.2 36 11 9 0 11 11 1 0 2 185 206 0.986 6.8 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.00
11 Johnny Lanning 32 4 1 .800 2.33 12 2 4 0 0 2 27.0 23 10 7 0 9 11 0 0 0 114 151 1.185 7.7 0.0 3.0 3.7 1.22
12 Harry Shuman 28 0 0 5.32 11 0 6 0 0 0 22.0 30 20 13 0 8 5 2 0 0 103 67 1.727 12.3 0.0 3.3 2.0 0.63
13 Dutch Dietz 31 0 3 .000 6.00 8 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 12 6 6 0 4 4 1 0 0 44 61 1.778 12.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.00
14 Cookie Cuccurullo* 25 0 1 .000 6.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 10 7 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 34 57 1.857 12.9 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
Team Totals 32.5 80 74 .519 3.08 157 157 83 74 11 12 1404.0 1424 598 481 44 421 396 15 3 21 5945 114 1.314 9.1 0.3 2.7 2.5 0.94
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 2 4 6 7 2 6 4 2 3 2 8
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Bill Baker 32 56 50 40 190 157 29 4 3 .979 3.32 2 20 11 35% C
Johnny Barrett 27 99 64 60 173 165 6 2 0 .988 1.73 OF
Bill Brandt 28 29 3 0 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 0.45 P
Max Butcher 32 33 21 10 53 11 40 2 4 .962 1.55 P
Hank Camelli 28 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 0 C
Frank Colman 25 11 11 5 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 OF
Pete Coscarart 30 132 127 118 725 282 415 28 84 .961 5.24 2B-SS-3B
Cookie Cuccurullo 25 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 .750 3.00 P
Dutch Dietz 31 8 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.75 P
Vince DiMaggio 30 157 157 148 486 458 20 8 3 .984 3.04 OF-SS
Bob Elliott 26 152 151 144 471 150 296 25 34 .947 2.90 3B-2B-SS
Elbie Fletcher 27 154 154 149 1655 1541 108 6 141 .996 10.71 1B
Huck Geary 26 46 41 40 229 92 127 10 25 .956 4.76 SS
Johnny Gee 27 15 10 2 8 2 5 1 0 .875 0.47 P
Hank Gornicki 32 42 18 4 34 7 25 2 1 .941 0.76 P
Frankie Gustine 23 106 100 91 591 213 345 33 65 .944 5.12 SS-2B-1B
Jack Hallett 28 9 4 2 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 0.89 P
Wally Hebert 35 34 23 12 60 13 43 4 5 .933 1.65 P
Bob Klinger 35 33 25 14 51 14 37 0 2 1.000 1.55 P
Johnny Lanning 32 12 2 0 6 1 3 2 0 .667 0.33 P
Al Lopez 34 117 107 101 450 378 67 5 9 .989 3.80 1 14 26 65% C-3B
Tommy O'Brien 24 56 46 35 116 87 23 6 0 .948 1.93 OF-3B
Tony Ordenana 24 1 1 1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.00 SS
Johnny Podgajny 23 15 5 0 19 1 16 2 0 .895 1.13 P
Xavier Rescigno 30 37 14 5 27 8 16 3 1 .889 0.65 P
Al Rubeling 30 45 43 40 235 89 140 6 27 .974 5.09 2B-3B
Jim Russell 24 138 134 121 342 323 16 3 6 .991 2.42 OF-1B
Rip Sewell 36 35 31 25 77 13 60 4 4 .948 2.09 P
Harry Shuman 28 11 0 0 7 0 7 0 1 1.000 0.64 P
Maurice Van Robays 28 60 60 40 133 120 5 8 1 .940 2.08 OF
Johnny Wyrostek 23 24 9 8 40 34 1 5 0 .875 1.46 OF-3B-1B-2B
Team Totals 28.3 157 1413 1216 6248 4197 1881 170 419 .973 3.62 3 34 37 52%
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 3 3
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Bill Baker 32 198 3 -1 0 0 0 2 6 10 1.1 10 1.1 0.0 $ Purchased 2
Johnny Barrett* 27 329 -7 1 0 0 -3 -4 10 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ Purchased O9/78
Bill Brandt 28 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Max Butcher 32 70 -7 0 0 0 0 3 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Hank Camelli 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
Frank Colman* 25 68 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ O9
Pete Coscarart 30 546 -14 1 0 0 0 7 17 11 0.9 11 1.2 -0.3 $ Traded 46/5
Cookie Cuccurullo* 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
Vince DiMaggio 30 651 4 -1 0 0 8 -1 20 30 3.1 22 2.3 0.8 $ Traded *8O/6
Bob Elliott 26 643 26 1 0 0 -2 0 20 45 4.9 47 5.0 -0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag *5/46
Elbie Fletcher* 27 647 23 0 0 0 5 -7 20 41 4.4 36 3.8 0.6 $ Traded *3
Huck Geary* 26 185 -16 1 0 0 -2 3 6 -8 -1.0 -6 -0.6 -0.4 $ Conditional Deal 6
Johnny Gee* 27 30 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Hank Gornicki 32 42 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Frankie Gustine 23 454 0 0 0 0 -1 6 14 19 1.9 20 2.1 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 64/3
Jack Hallett 28 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ /1
Wally Hebert* 35 66 -4 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Bob Klinger 35 74 -3 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Johnny Lanning 32 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Al Lopez 34 428 -3 0 0 0 3 4 13 17 1.7 14 1.5 0.2 $ Traded *2/5
Tommy O'Brien 24 252 7 1 0 0 -4 -2 8 10 1.1 14 1.5 -0.4 $ Conditional Deal O97/5
Tony Ordenana 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /6
Johnny Podgajny 23 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Xavier Rescigno 30 40 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Al Rubeling 30 180 -3 1 0 0 2 2 6 8 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ 4/5
Jim Russell# 24 614 4 2 0 0 3 -6 19 22 2.3 19 2.0 0.3 $ MinorLg Draft *7O/398
Rip Sewell* 36 108 -3 1 0 0 0 6 3 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Harry Shuman 28 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Maurice Van Robays 28 261 6 1 0 0 0 -3 8 12 1.3 12 1.3 0.0 $ O97
Jimmy Wasdell* 29 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded
Johnny Wyrostek* 23 83 -9 0 0 0 -1 -1 3 -8 -1.0 -7 -0.7 -0.3 $ Purchased O/987534
Team Total 27.9 6022 -8 9 0 0 9 22 185 217 22.0 208 22.1 -0.1 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Bill Brandt 28 57.1 3 25 27 0 1.0 2 0.3 $
Max Butcher 32 193.2 21 65 93 1 1.0 28 3.3 $ Traded
Cookie Cuccurullo* 25 7.0 1 7 3 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
Dutch Dietz 31 9.0 0 6 4 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Johnny Gee* 27 82.0 10 42 39 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $ Purchased
Hank Gornicki 32 147.0 19 86 71 1 1.0 -15 -1.6 $ Waivers
Jack Hallett 28 47.2 4 11 23 0 1.0 12 1.4 $
Wally Hebert* 35 184.0 23 75 88 1 1.0 13 1.7 $ Rule 5 Draft
Bob Klinger 35 195.0 25 77 94 1 1.0 17 2.1 $ Rule 5 Draft
Johnny Lanning 32 27.0 2 10 13 0 1.0 3 0.4 $ Traded
Johnny Podgajny 23 34.1 5 28 16 0 1.0 -12 -1.2 $ Traded
Xavier Rescigno 30 132.2 14 52 64 1 1.0 12 1.4 $
Rip Sewell 36 265.1 31 94 127 1 1.0 33 4.0 $ Purchased
Harry Shuman 28 22.0 0 20 11 0 1.0 -9 -1.0 $
Team Total 32.5 1404.0 158 598 673 6 1.0 75 10.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics