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
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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | SS | Vince DiMaggio | 30 | 157 | 651 | 580 | 64 | 144 | 41 | 2 | 15 | 88 | 11 | 70 | 126 | .248 | .329 | .403 | .733 | 108 | 234 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 7 | 1B | Jim Russell# | 24 | 146 | 614 | 533 | 79 | 138 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 44 | 12 | 77 | 67 | .259 | .354 | .358 | .712 | 103 | 191 | 13 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 8 | Johnny Barrett* | 27 | 130 | 329 | 290 | 41 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 32 | 23 | .231 | .316 | .303 | .619 | 77 | 88 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | 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 | 3B | 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 | IF | 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 | 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 | 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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1113 | 136 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 133 | 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 | 116 | 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 | 81 | 1.415 | 9.8 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.67 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | RP | Hank Gornicki | 32 | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.98 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 147.0 | 165 | 86 | 65 | 10 | 47 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 639 | 87 | 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 | 116 | 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 | 74 | 1.456 | 9.7 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 0.54 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 204 | 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 | 149 | 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 | 65 | 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 | 58 | 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 | 54 | 1.857 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.00 | ||
| Team Totals | 32.5 | 80 | 74 | .519 | 3.06 | 157 | 158 | 83 | 74 | 11 | 12 | 1404.0 | 1424 | 598 | 477 | 44 | 421 | 396 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 5946 | 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 | 4063 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Baker | 32 | 56 | 190 | 157 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .979 | 3.32 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Brandt | 28 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.45 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Max Butcher | 32 | 33 | 53 | 11 | 40 | 2 | 4 | .962 | 1.55 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hank Camelli | 28 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.00 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Pete Coscarart | 30 | 133 | 725 | 282 | 415 | 28 | 84 | .961 | 5.24 | 2B-SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Cookie Cuccurullo | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Dutch Dietz | 31 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.75 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Vince DiMaggio | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.00 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Elliott | 26 | 154 | 471 | 150 | 296 | 25 | 34 | .947 | 2.90 | 3B-2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Elbie Fletcher | 27 | 154 | 1655 | 1541 | 108 | 6 | 141 | .996 | 10.71 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Huck Geary | 26 | 46 | 229 | 92 | 127 | 10 | 25 | .956 | 4.76 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Gee | 27 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 0.47 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hank Gornicki | 32 | 42 | 34 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 0.76 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Frankie Gustine | 23 | 109 | 591 | 213 | 345 | 33 | 65 | .944 | 5.12 | SS-2B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Hallett | 28 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.89 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Wally Hebert | 35 | 34 | 60 | 13 | 43 | 4 | 5 | .933 | 1.65 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Klinger | 35 | 33 | 51 | 14 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.55 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Lanning | 32 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Lopez | 34 | 117 | 450 | 378 | 67 | 5 | 9 | .989 | 3.80 | 1 | C-3B | |||||||||||||||
| Tommy O'Brien | 24 | 9 | 33 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 3.33 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Tony Ordenana | 24 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.00 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Podgajny | 23 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.13 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Xavier Rescigno | 30 | 37 | 27 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 0.65 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Rubeling | 30 | 45 | 235 | 89 | 140 | 6 | 27 | .974 | 5.09 | 2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Russell | 24 | 6 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.33 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Rip Sewell | 36 | 35 | 77 | 13 | 60 | 4 | 4 | .948 | 2.09 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Shuman | 28 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.64 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Wyrostek | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 0.25 | 3B-2B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.3 | 157 | 6248 | 4197 | 1881 | 170 | 419 | .973 | 3.62 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |