1939 Pittsburgh Pirates

68-85 • 0.444 Win% • 6th in NL

📊 Season Record

68 Wins
85 Losses
0.444 Win %
6th Rank
666 R 721 RA
Diff -55

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666 Runs Scored
721 Runs Allowed
-55 Run Diff
426K Attendance

📈 vs. 1939 NL Average

Batting Avg .275 1% above the 1939 league average (.272)
OBP .335 1% above the 1939 league average (.332)
SLG .311 2% below the 1939 league average (.318)
Team ERA 4.15 6% worse than the 1939 league average (3.92)
Runs Scored 666 3% below the 1939 league average (684 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 426,120
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Avg per Game 5,534

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Joe Bowman 0.344 2 Bob Elliott 0.333 3 Paul Waner 0.328 4 Maurice Van Robays 0.314 5 Arky Vaughan 0.306

Home Runs

1 Elbie Fletcher 12 2 Chuck Klein 11 3 Bill Brubaker 7 4 Johnny Rizzo 6 5 Arky Vaughan 6

RBI

1 Elbie Fletcher 71 2 Arky Vaughan 62 3 Johnny Rizzo 55 4 Chuck Klein 47 5 Paul Waner 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Arky Vaughan 152 595 94 182 0 0 6 62 70 20 12 0.306
Paul Waner 125 461 62 151 0 0 3 45 35 18 0 0.328
Lloyd Waner 112 379 49 108 0 0 0 24 17 13 0 0.285
Lee Handley 101 376 43 107 0 0 1 42 32 20 17 0.285
Elbie Fletcher 102 370 49 112 0 0 12 71 48 28 3 0.303
Bill Brubaker 100 345 41 80 0 0 7 43 29 51 3 0.232
Johnny Rizzo 94 330 49 86 0 0 6 55 42 27 0 0.261
Pep Young 84 293 34 81 0 0 3 29 23 29 1 0.276
Chuck Klein 85 270 37 81 0 0 11 47 26 17 1 0.300
Fern Bell 83 262 44 75 0 0 2 34 42 18 2 0.286
Ray Berres 81 231 22 53 0 0 0 16 11 25 1 0.229
Gus Suhr 63 204 23 59 0 0 1 31 25 23 4 0.289
Ray Mueller 86 180 14 42 0 0 2 18 14 22 0 0.233
Bob Elliott 32 129 18 43 0 0 3 19 9 4 0 0.333
Maurice Van Robays 27 105 13 33 0 0 2 16 6 10 0 0.314
Joe Bowman 70 96 9 33 0 0 0 18 5 9 0 0.344
Bob Klinger 37 84 9 17 0 0 0 6 5 12 0 0.202
George Susce 31 75 8 17 0 0 1 4 12 5 0 0.227
Jim Tobin 43 74 9 18 0 0 2 11 2 12 0 0.243
Frankie Gustine 22 70 5 13 0 0 0 3 9 4 0 0.186
Mace Brown 47 64 4 7 0 0 0 2 1 11 0 0.109
Rip Sewell 52 55 5 11 0 0 1 4 3 11 0 0.200
Red Juelich 17 46 5 11 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 0.239
Bill Swift 36 42 6 10 0 0 0 2 4 9 0 0.238
Max Butcher 14 31 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.097
Russ Bauers 15 19 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.211
Cy Blanton 10 14 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0.286
Joe Schultz 4 14 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.286
Woody Jensen 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.167
Heinie Manush 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.000
Ken Heintzelman 17 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.222
Oad Swigart 3 8 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.250
Bill Clemensen 12 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.333
Johnny Gee 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Eddie Yount 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Pep Rambert 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Russ Bauers 3.35 2 Mace Brown 3.37 3 Max Butcher 3.43 4 Bill Swift 3.89 5 Rip Sewell 4.08

Wins

1 Bob Klinger 14 2 Joe Bowman 10 3 Rip Sewell 10 4 Mace Brown 9 5 Jim Tobin 9

Strikeouts

1 Mace Brown 71 2 Rip Sewell 69 3 Bob Klinger 64 4 Joe Bowman 58 5 Bill Swift 56
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Klinger 14 17 4.36 37 33 0 225.0 81 64
Mace Brown 9 13 3.37 47 19 7 200.1 52 71
Joe Bowman 10 14 4.48 37 27 1 184.2 43 58
Rip Sewell 10 9 4.08 52 12 2 176.1 73 69
Jim Tobin 9 9 4.52 25 19 0 145.1 33 43
Bill Swift 5 7 3.89 36 8 4 129.2 28 56
Max Butcher 4 4 3.43 14 12 0 86.2 23 21
Russ Bauers 2 4 3.35 15 8 1 53.2 25 12
Cy Blanton 2 3 4.29 10 6 0 42.0 10 11
Ken Heintzelman 1 1 5.05 17 2 0 35.2 18 18
Bill Clemensen 0 1 7.33 12 1 0 27.0 20 13
Oad Swigart 1 1 4.44 3 3 0 24.1 6 8
Johnny Gee 1 2 4.12 3 3 0 19.2 10 16
Pep Rambert 0 0 9.82 2 0 0 3.2 1 4

👥 Roster (36)

Russ Bauers Fern Bell Ray Berres Cy Blanton Joe Bowman Mace Brown Bill Brubaker Max Butcher Bill Clemensen Bob Elliott Elbie Fletcher Johnny Gee +24 more

36 players

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