1942 Pittsburgh Pirates

66-81 • 0.449 Win% • 5th in NL

📊 Season Record

66 Wins
81 Losses
0.449 Win %
5th Rank
585 R 631 RA
Diff -46

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⚡ Quick Stats

585 Runs Scored
631 Runs Allowed
-46 Run Diff
512K Attendance

📈 vs. 1942 NL Average

Batting Avg .244 2% below the 1942 league average (.248)
OBP .316 equal to the 1942 league average (.315)
SLG .276 4% below the 1942 league average (.287)
Team ERA 3.58 8% worse than the 1942 league average (3.32)
Runs Scored 585 2% below the 1942 league average (598 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 512,584
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Avg per Game 6,656

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bob Elliott 0.296 2 Elbie Fletcher 0.289 3 Babe Phelps 0.284 4 Alf Anderson 0.271 5 Jimmy Wasdell 0.259

Home Runs

1 Vince DiMaggio 15 2 Bob Elliott 9 3 Babe Phelps 9 4 Elbie Fletcher 7 5 Pete Coscarart 3

RBI

1 Bob Elliott 89 2 Vince DiMaggio 75 3 Elbie Fletcher 57 4 Maurice Van Robays 46 5 Babe Phelps 41
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bob Elliott 143 560 75 166 0 0 9 89 52 35 2 0.296
Elbie Fletcher 145 506 86 146 0 0 7 57 105 60 0 0.289
Vince DiMaggio 143 496 57 118 0 0 15 75 52 87 10 0.238
Pete Coscarart 133 487 57 111 0 0 3 29 38 56 2 0.228
Jimmy Wasdell 122 409 44 106 0 0 3 38 47 22 1 0.259
Frankie Gustine 115 388 34 89 0 0 2 35 29 27 5 0.229
Johnny Barrett 111 332 56 82 0 0 0 26 48 42 10 0.247
Maurice Van Robays 100 328 29 76 0 0 1 46 30 24 0 0.232
Al Lopez 103 289 17 74 0 0 1 26 34 17 0 0.256
Babe Phelps 95 257 21 73 0 0 9 41 20 24 2 0.284
Bud Stewart 82 183 21 40 0 0 0 20 22 16 2 0.219
Alf Anderson 54 166 24 45 0 0 0 7 18 19 4 0.271
Stu Martin 42 120 16 27 0 0 1 12 8 10 1 0.225
Rip Sewell 41 87 9 13 0 0 0 4 3 19 2 0.149
Culley Rikard 38 52 6 10 0 0 0 5 7 8 0 0.192
Max Butcher 24 49 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.143
Bob Klinger 37 40 3 8 0 0 0 3 5 4 0 0.200
Aldon Wilkie 36 38 5 10 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0.263
Frank Colman 10 37 2 5 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0.135
Luke Hamlin 23 37 2 9 0 0 0 7 0 11 0 0.243
Lloyd Dietz 40 35 3 7 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 0.200
Hank Gornicki 25 35 6 4 0 0 1 2 2 12 0 0.114
Ken Heintzelman 27 35 1 3 0 0 0 4 2 8 0 0.086
Johnny Wyrostek 9 35 0 4 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0.114
Johnny Lanning 34 29 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.138
Huck Geary 9 22 3 5 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0.227
Bill Baker 18 17 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.118
Jim Russell 5 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.071
Jack Hallett 3 8 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.375
Bill Brandt 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
Nick Strincevich 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Conger 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ken Jungels 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Ed Leip 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Harry Shuman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Hank Gornicki 2.57 2 Max Butcher 2.93 3 Bob Klinger 3.24 4 Johnny Lanning 3.32 5 Rip Sewell 3.41

Wins

1 Rip Sewell 17 2 Ken Heintzelman 8 3 Bob Klinger 8 4 Lloyd Dietz 6 5 Johnny Lanning 6

Strikeouts

1 Rip Sewell 69 2 Bob Klinger 58 3 Max Butcher 49 4 Hank Gornicki 48 5 Ken Heintzelman 39
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rip Sewell 17 15 3.41 40 33 2 248.0 72 69
Bob Klinger 8 11 3.24 37 19 1 152.2 45 58
Max Butcher 5 8 2.93 24 18 1 150.2 44 49
Lloyd Dietz 6 9 3.95 40 13 3 134.1 57 35
Ken Heintzelman 8 11 4.57 27 18 0 130.0 63 39
Johnny Lanning 6 8 3.32 34 8 1 119.1 26 31
Hank Gornicki 5 6 2.57 25 14 2 112.0 40 48
Luke Hamlin 4 4 3.94 23 14 0 112.0 19 38
Aldon Wilkie 6 7 4.19 35 6 1 107.1 37 18
Jack Hallett 0 1 4.84 3 3 0 22.1 8 16
Nick Strincevich 0 0 2.82 7 1 0 22.1 9 10
Bill Brandt 1 1 4.96 3 3 0 16.1 5 4
Ken Jungels 0 0 6.59 6 0 0 13.2 4 7
Dick Conger 0 0 2.16 2 1 0 8.1 5 3
Harry Shuman 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 1 1

👥 Roster (35)

Alf Anderson Bill Baker Johnny Barrett Bill Brandt Max Butcher Frank Colman Dick Conger Pete Coscarart Vince DiMaggio Lloyd Dietz Bob Elliott Elbie Fletcher +23 more

35 players

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