1938 Pittsburgh Pirates

86-64 • 0.573 Win% • 2nd in NL

📊 Season Record

86 Wins
64 Losses
0.573 Win %
2nd Rank
707 R 630 RA
Diff +77

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707 Runs Scored
630 Runs Allowed
+77 Run Diff
708K Attendance

📈 vs. 1938 NL Average

Batting Avg .278 4% above the 1938 league average (.267)
OBP .337 4% above the 1938 league average (.325)
SLG .314 1% above the 1938 league average (.310)
Team ERA 3.46 9% better than the 1938 league average (3.79)
Runs Scored 707 5% above the 1938 league average (674 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 708,653
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Avg per Game 9,085

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Arky Vaughan 0.322 2 Lloyd Waner 0.313 3 Johnny Rizzo 0.301 4 Bill Brubaker 0.295 5 Gus Suhr 0.294

Home Runs

1 Johnny Rizzo 23 2 Al Todd 7 3 Arky Vaughan 7 4 Lee Handley 6 5 Paul Waner 6

RBI

1 Johnny Rizzo 111 2 Pep Young 79 3 Al Todd 75 4 Paul Waner 69 5 Arky Vaughan 68
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Paul Waner 148 625 77 175 0 0 6 69 47 28 2 0.280
Lloyd Waner 147 619 79 194 0 0 5 57 28 11 5 0.313
Lee Handley 139 570 91 153 0 0 6 51 53 31 7 0.268
Pep Young 149 562 58 156 0 0 4 79 40 64 7 0.278
Johnny Rizzo 143 555 97 167 0 0 23 111 54 61 1 0.301
Arky Vaughan 148 541 88 174 0 0 7 68 104 21 14 0.322
Gus Suhr 145 530 82 156 0 0 3 64 87 37 4 0.294
Al Todd 133 491 52 130 0 0 7 75 18 31 2 0.265
Woody Jensen 68 125 12 25 0 0 0 10 1 3 0 0.200
Bill Brubaker 45 112 18 33 0 0 3 19 9 14 2 0.295
Jim Tobin 56 103 8 25 0 0 0 11 9 12 0 0.243
Ray Berres 40 100 7 23 0 0 0 6 8 10 0 0.230
Russ Bauers 40 88 7 21 0 0 0 2 3 18 0 0.239
Cy Blanton 29 64 4 13 0 0 0 7 1 17 0 0.203
Bob Klinger 28 60 5 10 0 0 0 3 2 13 0 0.167
Bill Swift 36 50 3 10 0 0 1 6 2 10 0 0.200
Red Lucas 33 46 1 5 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0.109
Mace Brown 51 38 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 8 0 0.132
Ed Brandt 24 37 5 11 0 0 0 3 1 9 0 0.297
Johnny Dickshot 29 35 3 8 0 0 0 4 8 5 3 0.229
Tommy Thevenow 15 25 2 5 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0.200
Joe Bowman 18 21 5 7 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.333
Heinie Manush 15 13 2 4 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0.308
Rip Sewell 17 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.083
Ken Heintzelman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bob Klinger 2.99 2 Russ Bauers 3.07 3 Bill Swift 3.24 4 Ed Brandt 3.46 5 Jim Tobin 3.47

Wins

1 Mace Brown 15 2 Jim Tobin 14 3 Russ Bauers 13 4 Bob Klinger 12 5 Cy Blanton 11

Strikeouts

1 Russ Bauers 117 2 Cy Blanton 80 3 Bill Swift 77 4 Jim Tobin 70 5 Bob Klinger 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Russ Bauers 13 14 3.07 40 34 3 243.0 99 117
Jim Tobin 14 12 3.47 40 33 0 241.1 66 70
Cy Blanton 11 7 3.70 29 25 0 172.2 46 80
Bob Klinger 12 5 2.99 28 21 1 159.1 42 58
Bill Swift 7 5 3.24 36 9 4 150.0 40 77
Mace Brown 15 9 3.80 51 2 5 132.2 44 55
Ed Brandt 5 4 3.46 24 14 0 96.1 35 38
Red Lucas 6 3 3.54 13 13 0 84.0 16 19
Joe Bowman 3 4 4.65 17 1 1 60.0 20 25
Rip Sewell 0 1 4.23 17 0 1 38.1 21 17
Ken Heintzelman 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 3 1

👥 Roster (25)

Russ Bauers Ray Berres Cy Blanton Joe Bowman Ed Brandt Mace Brown Bill Brubaker Johnny Dickshot Lee Handley Ken Heintzelman Woody Jensen Bob Klinger +13 more

25 players

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