1940 Pittsburgh Pirates

78-76 • 0.506 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
76 Losses
0.506 Win %
4th Rank
809 R 783 RA
Diff +26

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⚡ Quick Stats

809 Runs Scored
783 Runs Allowed
+26 Run Diff
562K Attendance

📈 vs. 1940 NL Average

Batting Avg .276 5% above the 1940 league average (.263)
OBP .342 6% above the 1940 league average (.323)
SLG .318 2% above the 1940 league average (.311)
Team ERA 4.36 13% worse than the 1940 league average (3.85)
Runs Scored 809 19% above the 1940 league average (678 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 75
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Total Attendance 562,131
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Avg per Game 7,495

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Debs Garms 0.355 2 Virgil Davis 0.326 3 Max Butcher 0.300 4 Arky Vaughan 0.300 5 Bob Elliott 0.292

Home Runs

1 Vince DiMaggio 19 2 Elbie Fletcher 16 3 Maurice Van Robays 11 4 Arky Vaughan 7 5 Virgil Davis 5

RBI

1 Maurice Van Robays 116 2 Elbie Fletcher 104 3 Arky Vaughan 95 4 Bob Elliott 64 5 Debs Garms 57
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Arky Vaughan 156 594 113 178 0 0 7 95 88 25 12 0.300
Maurice Van Robays 145 572 82 156 0 0 11 116 33 58 2 0.273
Bob Elliott 148 551 88 161 0 0 5 64 45 28 13 0.292
Frankie Gustine 133 524 59 147 0 0 1 55 35 39 7 0.281
Elbie Fletcher 147 510 94 139 0 0 16 104 119 54 5 0.273
Debs Garms 103 358 76 127 0 0 5 57 23 6 3 0.355
Vince DiMaggio 110 356 59 103 0 0 19 54 37 83 11 0.289
Lee Handley 98 302 50 85 0 0 1 19 27 16 7 0.281
Virgil Davis 99 285 23 93 0 0 5 39 35 20 0 0.326
Paul Waner 89 238 32 69 0 0 1 32 23 14 0 0.290
Al Lopez 59 174 15 45 0 0 1 24 13 13 5 0.259
Lloyd Waner 72 166 30 43 0 0 0 3 5 5 2 0.259
Pep Young 54 136 19 34 0 0 2 20 12 23 1 0.250
Joe Bowman 57 90 11 22 0 0 1 14 14 14 0 0.244
Bill Brubaker 38 78 8 15 0 0 0 7 8 16 0 0.192
Rip Sewell 47 73 14 14 0 0 1 4 3 19 0 0.192
Ken Heintzelman 41 54 4 9 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0.167
Mace Brown 48 52 4 6 0 0 0 3 4 8 0 0.115
Max Butcher 36 50 6 15 0 0 0 10 2 7 0 0.300
Bob Klinger 39 42 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.143
Joe Schultz 16 36 2 7 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0.194
Johnny Lanning 38 35 2 7 0 0 0 3 2 8 0 0.200
Dick Lanahan 40 34 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0.118
Ed Fernandes 28 33 1 4 0 0 0 2 7 6 0 0.121
Ray Berres 21 32 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.188
Danny MacFayden 35 28 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.179
Johnny Rizzo 9 28 1 5 0 0 0 2 5 5 0 0.179
Russ Bauers 15 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.286
Lloyd Dietz 6 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.143
Ed Leip 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
Oad Swigart 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.200
Fern Bell 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.000
Frank Kalin 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.000
Ray Mueller 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.333
Pep Rambert 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Ray Harrell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Rip Sewell 2.80 2 Mace Brown 3.49 3 Danny MacFayden 3.55 4 Johnny Lanning 4.05 5 Dick Lanahan 4.25

Wins

1 Rip Sewell 16 2 Mace Brown 10 3 Joe Bowman 9 4 Max Butcher 8 5 Ken Heintzelman 8

Strikeouts

1 Mace Brown 73 2 Ken Heintzelman 71 3 Rip Sewell 60 4 Joe Bowman 57 5 Bob Klinger 48
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rip Sewell 16 5 2.80 33 23 1 189.2 67 60
Joe Bowman 9 10 4.46 32 24 2 187.2 66 57
Mace Brown 10 9 3.49 48 17 7 173.0 49 73
Ken Heintzelman 8 8 4.47 39 16 3 165.0 65 71
Bob Klinger 8 13 5.39 39 22 3 142.0 53 48
Max Butcher 8 9 6.01 35 24 2 136.1 46 40
Johnny Lanning 8 4 4.05 38 7 2 115.2 39 42
Dick Lanahan 6 8 4.25 40 8 2 108.0 42 45
Danny MacFayden 5 4 3.55 35 8 2 91.1 27 24
Russ Bauers 0 2 7.63 15 2 0 30.2 18 11
Oad Swigart 0 2 4.43 7 2 0 22.1 10 9
Lloyd Dietz 0 1 5.87 4 2 0 15.1 4 8
Pep Rambert 0 1 7.56 3 1 0 8.1 4 0
Ray Harrell 0 0 8.10 3 0 0 3.1 2 3

👥 Roster (36)

Russ Bauers Fern Bell Ray Berres Joe Bowman Mace Brown Bill Brubaker Max Butcher Virgil Davis Vince DiMaggio Lloyd Dietz Bob Elliott Ed Fernandes +24 more

36 players

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