1940 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics and Roster

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1940 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939/1941)
78-76, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 809 runs, Allowed 783 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75
Managed by Frankie Frisch

Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 507,934 (5th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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   Spud Davis          35   99  285   23   93  14  1   5   39  35   20  .326  .404  .435   0      15   2   2          132
1B *Elbie Fletcher      24  147  510   94  139  22  7  16  104 119   54  .273  .418  .437   5      12   9   3          137
2B  Frankie Gustine     20  133  524   59  147  32  7   1   55  35   39  .281  .328  .374   7      13   2   4           94
3B  Lee Handley         26   98  302   50   85   7  4   1   19  27   16  .281  .340  .341   7       2   0   6           89
SS *Arky Vaughan        28  156  594  113  178  40 15   7   95  88   25  .300  .393  .453  12       5   3   4          134
OF  Bob Elliott         23  148  551   88  161  34 11   5   64  45   28  .292  .348  .421  13      11   2  13          112
OF  Maurice Van Robays  25  145  572   82  156  27  7  11  116  33   58  .273  .316  .402   2      16   3   1           98
OF  Vince DiMaggio      27  110  356   59  103  26  0  19   54  37   83  .289  .364  .522  11       7   5   2          143
   *Debs Garms          33  103  358   76  127  23  7   5   57  23    6  .355  .395  .500   3       3   1   3          146
   *Paul Waner          37   89  238   32   69  16  1   1   32  23   14  .290  .352  .378   0       4   0   0          102
    Al Lopez            31   59  174   15   45   6  2   1   24  13   13  .259  .310  .333   5       8   0   4           78
   *Lloyd Waner         34   72  166   30   43   3  0   0    3   5    5  .259  .285  .277   2       1   1   0           56
    Pep Young           32   54  136   19   34   8  2   2   20  12   23  .250  .320  .382   1       0   2   0           94
    Bill Brubaker       29   38   78    8   15   3  1   0    7   8   16  .192  .267  .256   0       0   0   4           46
   *Joe Schultz         21   16   36    2    7   0  1   0    4   2    1  .194  .237  .250   0       0   0   0           35
   #Ed Fernandes        22   28   33    1    4   1  0   0    2   7    6  .121  .275  .152   0       0   0   0           21
    Ray Berres          32   21   32    2    6   0  0   0    2   1    1  .188  .212  .188   0       1   0   0           11
    Johnny Rizzo        27    9   28    1    5   1  0   0    2   5    5  .179  .324  .214   0       1   1   0           52
    Ed Leip             29    3    5    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .200  .200  .200   0       1   0   0           11
    Fern Bell           27    6    3    0    0   0  0   0    1   1    1  .000  .250  .000   0       0   0   0          -25
    Frank Kalin         22    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    1   2    0  .000  .400  .000   0       1   0   0           19
    Ray Mueller         28    4    3    1    1   0  0   0    1   2    0  .333  .600  .333   0       0   0   0          165

   *Joe Bowman          30   57   90   11   22   5  1   1   14  14   14  .244  .352  .356   0       3   1   0           97
   *Rip Sewell          33   47   73   14   14   2  1   1    4   3   19  .192  .224  .288   0       1   0   1           41
    Ken Heintzelman     24   41   54    4    9   0  0   0    0   2    9  .167  .196  .167   0       3   0   3            1
    Mace Brown          31   48   52    4    6   1  0   0    3   4    8  .115  .193  .135   0       1   1   5           -8
    Max Butcher         29   36   50    6   15   3  0   0   10   2    7  .300  .327  .360   0       2   0   1           90
    Bob Klinger         32   39   42    3    6   0  0   0    0   1    2  .143  .163  .143   0       3   0   1          -15
    Johnny Lanning      29   38   35    2    7   2  0   0    3   2    8  .200  .243  .257   0       0   0   3           39
   *Dick Lanahan        28   40   34    4    4   0  0   0    2   0    7  .118  .118  .118   0       1   0   1          -35
    Danny MacFayden     35   35   28    2    5   0  0   0    1   1    2  .179  .207  .179   0       1   0   1            8
   *Russ Bauers         26   15    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    2  .286  .286  .286   0       0   0   0           59
    Dutch Dietz         28    6    7    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .143  .143  .143   0       0   0   0          -21
   *Oad Swigart         25    7    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0  .200  .200  .200   1       0   0   1           11
    Pep Rambert         23    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0       0   0   0            0
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  156 5466  809 1511 276 68  76  740 553  494  .276  .343  .394  69     116  33  63          111
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    1    2   1  2   6        1    7     1     1     2   3                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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  Joe Bowman          30  32   4.46   9  10  2  24   5  10   0  187.7  209  113   93  10   66   57  844   1   7  1      85
SP  Max Butcher         29  35   6.01   8   9  2  24   5   6   2  136.3  161   99   91  13   46   40  608   1   1  1      63
SP  Rip Sewell          33  33   2.80  16   5  1  23   3  14   2  189.7  169   71   59   6   67   60  790   2   3  0     136
SP  Bob Klinger         32  39   5.39   8  13  3  22   6   3   0  142.0  196  102   85   5   53   48  662   5   5  0      71

CL  Mace Brown          31  48   3.49  10   9  7  17  21   5   1  173.0  181   78   67   5   49   73  737   4   2  0     109
RP *Dick Lanahan        28  40   4.25   6   8  2   8  17   4   0  108.0  121   63   51   8   42   45  481   1   1  1      90
RP  Johnny Lanning      29  38   4.05   8   4  2   7  16   2   0  115.7  119   59   52   8   39   42  489   1   0  0      94
RP  Danny MacFayden     35  35   3.55   5   4  2   8  13   0   0   91.3  112   47   36   5   27   24  409   0   4  0     107
RP *Ken Heintzelman     24  39   4.47   8   8  3  16  12   5   2  165.0  193   86   82   7   65   71  742   7   4  1      85

    Russ Bauers         26  15   7.63   0   2  0   2   2   0   0   30.7   42   29   26   2   18   11  153   3   2  0      50
    Oad Swigart         25   7   4.43   0   2  0   2   3   0   0   22.3   27   14   11   1   10    9  102   0   0  0      86
    Dutch Dietz         28   4   5.87   0   1  0   2   1   0   0   15.3   22   11   10   2    4    8   66   1   0  0      65
    Pep Rambert         23   3   7.56   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    8.3   12    8    7   0    4    0   44   0   3  0      50
    Ray Harrell         28   3   8.10   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.3    5    5    3   0    2    3   17   2   0  0      47
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9 156   4.36  78  76 24 156 107  49   8 1388.0 1569  783  672  72  492  491 6144  28  32  4      87
    Rank among 8 NL teams           6   4   5  1           8   7      5    8    8        1    7    6

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SDavis 87 288 61 12 11 .967 2 ALopez 59 224 29 2 7 .992 1 EFernandes 27 47 5 1 1 .981 0 RBerres 21 40 9 1 2 .980 1 JSchultz 13 29 4 3 0 .917 0 RMueller 4 7 2 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 635 110 19 21 .975 4 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 10.08 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EFletcher 147 1512 104 11 128 .993 10.99 PWaner 8 88 6 1 12 .989 11.75 BBrubaker 4 25 2 0 1 1.000 6.75 MVan Robays 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1625 112 12 141 .993 11.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .964 5.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FGustine 130 288 402 43 92 .941 5.31 PYoung 33 51 79 13 9 .909 3.94 LHandley 2 5 4 1 3 .900 4.50 ELeip 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 346 487 57 105 .936 5.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 2.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LHandley 80 84 139 18 12 .925 2.79 DGarms 64 65 123 7 15 .964 2.94 BBrubaker 19 23 40 3 4 .955 3.32 PYoung 5 4 7 0 1 1.000 2.20 AVaughan 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 177 313 28 32 .946 3.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AVaughan 155 308 542 52 94 .942 5.48 BBrubaker 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 PYoung 7 6 12 2 6 .900 2.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 318 558 54 100 .942 5.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.17 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BElliott 147 302 12 7 0 .978 2.14 4 31 113 MVan Robays 143 276 10 11 3 .963 2.00 137 0 6 VDiMaggio 108 220 13 5 3 .979 2.16 1 103 4 PWaner 45 62 3 1 0 .985 1.44 0 0 45 LWaner 42 90 3 1 1 .989 2.21 1 41 0 DGarms 19 32 3 2 0 .946 1.84 8 4 8 JRizzo 7 9 0 2 0 .818 1.29 7 0 0 FKalin 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00 1 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 993 44 30 7 .972 2.24 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .962 2.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSewell 33 17 46 5 0 .926 2.99 JBowman 32 15 36 1 0 .981 2.45 MBrown 48 10 40 2 1 .962 2.60 KHeintzelma 39 4 45 1 4 .980 2.67 BKlinger 39 6 33 0 1 1.000 2.47 MButcher 35 5 34 2 2 .951 2.58 JLanning 38 8 22 3 2 .909 2.33 DLanahan 40 3 22 1 3 .962 2.08 DMacFayden 35 2 22 1 2 .960 2.37 RBauers 15 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.35 OSwigart 7 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.42 DDietz 4 0 2 1 1 .667 1.18 PRambert 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.17 RHarrell 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 71 317 17 17 .958 2.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Average Garms .355

On-base % Fletcher .418

Slugging % DiMaggio .522

OPS Garms .895

Games Vaughan 156

At Bats Vaughan 594

Plate Appearances (approx.) Vaughan 689

Runs Vaughan 113

Hits Vaughan 178

Total Bases Vaughan 269

Doubles Vaughan 40

Triples Vaughan 15

Home Runs DiMaggio 19

RBI Van Robays 116

Bases on Balls Fletcher 119

Strikeouts DiMaggio 83

Stolen Bases Elliott 13

Singles Vaughan 116

Adjusted OPS+ Garms 146

Runs Created Vaughan 105

Adjusted Batting Runs Fletcher 34

Batting Wins Fletcher 3.4

Extra-Base Hits Vaughan 62

Times on Base Vaughan 269

Offensive Win% Garms .750

Hit By Pitch Fletcher 9

Sac. Hits Elliott 13

Grounded into Double Plays Van Robays 16

Power/Speed Number DiMaggio 13.9

At Bats per Strikeout Garms 59.7

At Bats per Home Run DiMaggio 18.7

Outs Van Robays 433

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ERA Sewell 2.80

Wins Sewell 16

Won-Loss % Sewell .762

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Sewell 1.244

Hits Allowed/9IP Sewell 8.02

Bases on Balls/9IP Brown 2.55

Strikeouts/9IP Heintzelman 3.87

Games Brown 48

Saves Brown 7

Innings Sewell 189.7

Strikeouts Brown 73

Games Started Bowman and Butcher 24

Comp. Games Sewell 14

Shutouts Butcher, Heintzelman, and Sewell 2

Home Runs Allow. Butcher 13

Bases On Balls Allow. Sewell 67

Hits Allowed Bowman 209

SO to Walk Brown 1.49

Losses Klinger 13

Earned Runs Allow. Bowman 93

Wild Pitches Heintzelman 7

Hit Batsmen Bowman 7

Batters Faced Bowman 844

Games Finished Brown 21

Adjusted ERA+ Sewell 136

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Arky Vaughan (Starting SS)

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