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1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938/1940) 68-85, Finished 6th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 666 runs, Allowed 721 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-82 Managed by Pie Traynor Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 376,734 (6th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 98   (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 101   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 Stats (1938/1940) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ray Mueller         27   86  180   14   42   8  1   2   18  14   22  .233  .289  .322   0       2   0  10           65
1B *Elbie Fletcher      23  102  370   49  112  23  4  12   71  48   28  .303  .386  .484   3      11   2   9          134
2B  Pep Young           31   84  293   34   81  14  3   3   29  23   29  .276  .333  .375   1       7   2   9           92
3B  Lee Handley         25  101  376   43  107  14  5   1   42  32   20  .285  .341  .356  17      12   0  13           89
SS *Arky Vaughan        27  152  595   94  182  30 11   6   62  70   20  .306  .385  .424  12       5   6  22          119
OF *Paul Waner          36  125  461   62  151  30  6   3   45  35   18  .328  .375  .438   0      12   0  10          120
OF *Lloyd Waner         33  112  379   49  108  15  3   0   24  17   13  .285  .321  .340   0       5   3  11           79
OF  Johnny Rizzo        26   94  330   49   86  23  3   6   55  42   27  .261  .349  .403   0      14   3   9          103
    Bill Brubaker       28  100  345   41   80  23  1   7   43  29   51  .232  .297  .365   3      10   3   3           79
   *Chuck Klein         34   85  270   37   81  16  4  11   47  26   17  .300  .361  .511   1       4   0   6          134
    Fern Bell           26   83  262   44   75   5  8   2   34  42   18  .286  .385  .389   2       4   0   5          110
    Ray Berres          31   81  231   22   53   6  1   0   16  11   25  .229  .267  .264   1       9   1   8           44
   *Gus Suhr            33   63  204   23   59  10  2   1   31  25   23  .289  .367  .373   4       0   0   7          101
    Bob Elliott         22   32  129   18   43  10  3   3   19   9    4  .333  .377  .527   0       4   0   2          143
    Maurice Van Robays  24   27  105   13   33   9  0   2   16   6   10  .314  .351  .457   0       3   0   1          118
    George Susce        31   31   75    8   17   3  1   1    4  12    5  .227  .333  .333   0       6   0   2           81
    Frankie Gustine     19   22   70    5   13   3  0   0    3   9    4  .186  .278  .229   0       3   0   5           39
    Red Juelich         22   17   46    5   11   0  2   0    4   2    4  .239  .271  .326   0       4   0   2           61
   *Joe Schultz         20    4   14    3    4   2  0   0    2   2    0  .286  .375  .429   0       0   0   0          117
   *Woody Jensen        31   12   12    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    0  .167  .167  .167   0       1   0   0           -9
   *Heinie Manush       37   10   12    0    0   0  0   0    1   1    1  .000  .077  .000   0       1   0   0          -78
    Eddie Yount         23    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100

   *Joe Bowman          29   70   96    9   33   8  1   0   18   5    9  .344  .382  .448   0       1   1   4          124
    Bob Klinger         31   37   84    9   17   0  0   0    6   5   12  .202  .247  .202   0       2   0   1           23
    Jim Tobin           26   43   74    9   18   3  1   2   11   2   12  .243  .263  .392   0       0   0   1           75
    Mace Brown          30   47   64    4    7   1  0   0    2   1   11  .109  .123  .125   0       1   0   4          -33
   *Rip Sewell          32   52   55    5   11   1  0   1    4   3   11  .200  .241  .273   0       1   0   4           39
    Bill Swift          31   36   42    6   10   0  0   0    2   4    9  .238  .304  .238   0       3   0   2           49
    Max Butcher         28   14   31    4    3   1  0   0    0   1    4  .097  .125  .129   0       3   0   3          -31
   *Russ Bauers         25   15   19    1    4   0  0   0    0   0    1  .211  .211  .211   0       0   0   1           14
   *Cy Blanton          30   10   14    2    4   1  0   0    3   0    3  .286  .286  .357   0       0   0   0           73
    Ken Heintzelman     23   17    9    2    2   1  0   0    1   0    1  .222  .222  .333   0       0   0   0           49
   *Oad Swigart         24    3    8    1    2   0  0   0    2   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0       0   0   2           36
    Bill Clemensen      20   12    6    0    2   1  0   0    1   0    2  .333  .333  .500   0       0   0   0          123
   *Johnny Gee          23    3    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    4  .000  .143  .000   0       0   0   0          -58
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  153 5269  666 1453 261 60  63  617 477  420  .276  .336  .384  44     128  21 156          100
    Rank among 8 NL teams          6    6    3   5  3   6        5    8     3     3     5   5                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Klinger         31  37   4.36  14  17  0  33   3  10   2  225.0  251  120  109  11   81   64  989   6   3  0      88
SP  Joe Bowman          29  37   4.48  10  14  1  27   8  10   1  184.7  217  105   92  15   43   58  813   1   7  0      86
SP  Jim Tobin           26  25   4.52   9   9  0  19   4   8   0  145.3  194   84   73   7   33   43  655   1   2  0      85
SP  Max Butcher         28  14   3.43   4   4  0  12   0   5   2   86.7  104   37   33   2   23   21  382   0   0  0     112
SP  Russ Bauers         25  15   3.35   2   4  1   8   4   1   0   53.7   46   27   20   4   25   12  226   1   1  0     114
SP  Cy Blanton          30  10   4.29   2   3  0   6   3   1   0   42.0   45   23   20   4   10   11  182   1   0  0      90

CL  Mace Brown          30  47   3.37   9  13  7  19  18   8   1  200.3  232   90   75   8   52   71  872   3   2  1     114
RP  Rip Sewell          32  52   4.08  10   9  2  12  20   5   1  176.3  177   93   80  10   73   69  763   1   1  0      94
RP  Bill Swift          31  36   3.89   5   7  4   8  18   2   1  129.7  150   60   56   6   28   56  559   0   3  0      99
RP *Ken Heintzelman     23  17   5.05   1   1  0   2  12   1   1   35.7   35   23   20   2   18   18  161   2   0  0      76
RP  Bill Clemensen      20  12   7.33   0   1  0   1   8   0   0   27.0   32   26   22   0   20   13  133   1   3  0      52

    Oad Swigart         24   3   4.44   1   1  0   3   0   1   1   24.3   27   14   12   1    6    8  100   0   0  0      86
   *Johnny Gee          23   3   4.12   1   2  0   3   0   1   0   19.7   20   17    9   0   10   16   94   0   0  0      93
    Pep Rambert         22   2   9.82   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.7    7    4    4   0    1    4   19   1   0  0      39
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9 153   4.15  68  85 15 153 100  53  10 1354.0 1537  721  624  70  423  464 5948  18  22  1      92
    Rank among 8 NL teams           7   6   3  3           7   4      6    8    7        2    2    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RMueller 81 203 32 7 5 .971 1 RBerres 80 269 36 2 4 .993 2 GSusce 31 111 14 2 2 .984 5 JSchultz 4 24 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 153 607 83 11 11 .984 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 10.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EFletcher 101 1010 56 8 97 .993 10.55 GSuhr 52 521 23 4 42 .993 10.46 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 1531 79 12 139 .993 10.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .968 5.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PYoung 84 202 270 16 61 .967 5.62 BBrubaker 65 162 202 19 43 .950 5.60 RJuelich 10 19 24 3 5 .935 4.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 383 496 38 109 .959 5.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .942 2.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LHandley 100 83 180 18 14 .936 2.63 BBrubaker 32 21 84 7 4 .937 3.28 FGustine 22 17 52 8 3 .896 3.14 RJuelich 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 FBell 1 2 1 3 0 .500 3.00 MVan Robays 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00 LWaner 1 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 130 323 36 23 .926 3.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .953 5.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AVaughan 152 330 531 34 103 .962 5.66 BBrubaker 1 0 4 1 0 .800 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 330 535 35 103 .961 5.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .975 2.17 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- PWaner 106 206 12 5 4 .978 2.06 0 0 106 LWaner 92 225 9 2 1 .992 2.54 0 92 0 JRizzo 86 186 2 5 0 .974 2.19 86 0 0 FBell 67 152 6 4 0 .975 2.36 15 46 7 CKlein 66 133 4 7 0 .951 2.08 30 0 37 BElliott 30 88 1 2 0 .978 2.97 0 30 0 MVan Robays 25 33 1 3 0 .919 1.36 25 0 0 WJensen 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 0 1 2 HManush 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 153 1024 36 28 5 .974 2.35 153 153 153 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BKlinger 37 7 62 3 5 .958 2.76 MBrown 47 8 42 1 3 .980 2.25 JBowman 37 6 39 0 3 1.000 2.19 RSewell 52 9 47 1 3 .982 2.86 JTobin 25 2 26 0 2 1.000 1.73 BSwift 36 2 14 0 0 1.000 1.11 MButcher 14 1 28 0 2 1.000 3.01 RBauers 15 0 7 0 3 1.000 1.17 CBlanton 10 1 9 1 0 .909 2.14 KHeintzelma 17 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.76 BClemensen 12 3 11 1 1 .933 4.67 OSwigart 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.85 JGee 3 1 6 1 0 .875 3.20 PRambert 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 44 300 8 23 .977 2.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Waner .328 On-base % Fletcher .386 Slugging % Fletcher .484 OPS Fletcher .870 Games Vaughan 152 At Bats Vaughan 595 Plate Appearances (approx.) Vaughan 693 Runs Vaughan 94 Hits Vaughan 182 Total Bases Vaughan 252 Doubles Vaughan and Waner 30 Triples Vaughan 11 Home Runs Fletcher 12 RBI Fletcher 71 Bases on Balls Vaughan 70 Strikeouts Brubaker 51 Stolen Bases Handley 17 Singles Vaughan 135 Adjusted OPS+ Fletcher 134 Runs Created Vaughan 95 Adjusted Batting Runs Fletcher 19 Batting Wins Fletcher 1.8 Extra-Base Hits Vaughan 47 Times on Base Vaughan 258 Offensive Win% Fletcher .664 Hit By Pitch Vaughan 6 Sac. Hits Vaughan 22 Grounded into Double Plays Rizzo 14 Power/Speed Number Vaughan 8.0 At Bats per Strikeout Vaughan 29.8 At Bats per Home Run Fletcher 30.8 Outs Vaughan 440

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Brown 3.37 Wins Klinger 14 Won-Loss % Sewell .526 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Bowman 1.408 Hits Allowed/9IP Sewell 9.03 Bases on Balls/9IP Bowman 2.10 Strikeouts/9IP Sewell 3.52 Games Sewell 52 Saves Brown 7 Innings Klinger 225.0 Strikeouts Brown 71 Games Started Klinger 33 Comp. Games Bowman and Klinger 10 Shutouts Butcher and Klinger 2 Home Runs Allow. Bowman 15 Bases On Balls Allow. Klinger 81 Hits Allowed Klinger 251 SO to Walk Brown 1.37 Losses Klinger 17 Earned Runs Allow. Klinger 109 Wild Pitches Klinger 6 Hit Batsmen Bowman 7 Batters Faced Klinger 989 Games Finished Sewell 20 Adjusted ERA+ Brown 114

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