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1943 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
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 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 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 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 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 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 2 185 204 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 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Bill Baker 32 56 190 157 29 4 3 .979 3.32 2 C
Johnny Barrett 27 99 4 3 92 173 165 6 2 0 .988 1.73 OF
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
Frank Colman 25 11 0 0 11 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 OF
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 30 157 0 156 0 486 458 20 8 3 .984 3.04 OF-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 57 17 0 31 116 87 23 6 0 .948 1.93 OF-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 24 140 133 2 2 342 323 16 3 6 .991 2.42 OF-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
Maurice Van Robays 28 60 15 0 45 133 120 5 8 1 .940 2.08 OF
Johnny Wyrostek 23 24 5 6 9 40 34 1 5 0 .875 1.46 OF-3B-1B-2B
Team Totals 28.3 157 6248 4197 1881 170 419 .973 3.62 3
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 3 3
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics