1943 Pittsburgh Pirates

80-74 • 0.519 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

80 Wins
74 Losses
0.519 Win %
4th Rank
669 R 605 RA
Diff +64

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669 Runs Scored
605 Runs Allowed
+64 Run Diff
581K Attendance

📈 vs. 1943 NL Average

Batting Avg .261 2% above the 1943 league average (.257)
OBP .333 3% above the 1943 league average (.322)
SLG .285 1% below the 1943 league average (.288)
Team ERA 3.08 9% better than the 1943 league average (3.39)
Runs Scored 669 9% above the 1943 league average (612 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 581,203
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Avg per Game 7,451

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bob Elliott 0.315 2 Tommy O'Brien 0.310 3 Frankie Gustine 0.290 4 Maurice Van Robays 0.288 5 Rip Sewell 0.286

Home Runs

1 Vince DiMaggio 15 2 Elbie Fletcher 9 3 Bob Elliott 7 4 Jim Russell 4 5 Tommy O'Brien 2

RBI

1 Bob Elliott 101 2 Vince DiMaggio 88 3 Elbie Fletcher 70 4 Pete Coscarart 48 5 Jim Russell 44
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bob Elliott 156 581 82 183 0 0 7 101 56 24 4 0.315
Vince DiMaggio 157 580 64 144 0 0 15 88 70 126 11 0.248
Elbie Fletcher 154 544 91 154 0 0 9 70 95 49 1 0.283
Jim Russell 146 533 79 138 0 0 4 44 77 67 12 0.259
Pete Coscarart 133 491 57 119 0 0 0 48 46 48 4 0.242
Frankie Gustine 112 414 40 120 0 0 0 43 32 36 12 0.290
Al Lopez 118 372 40 98 0 0 1 39 44 25 2 0.263
Johnny Barrett 130 290 41 67 0 0 1 32 32 23 5 0.231
Maurice Van Robays 69 236 32 68 0 0 1 35 18 19 0 0.288
Tommy O'Brien 89 232 35 72 0 0 2 26 15 24 0 0.310
Bill Baker 63 172 12 47 0 0 1 26 22 6 3 0.273
Al Rubeling 47 168 23 44 0 0 0 9 8 17 0 0.262
Huck Geary 46 166 17 25 0 0 1 13 18 6 3 0.151
Rip Sewell 41 105 9 30 0 0 0 17 2 21 7 0.286
Johnny Wyrostek 51 79 7 12 0 0 0 1 3 15 0 0.152
Bob Klinger 33 65 5 16 0 0 0 4 5 2 0 0.246
Max Butcher 33 61 1 10 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 0.164
Frank Colman 32 59 9 16 0 0 0 4 8 7 0 0.271
Wally Hebert 35 59 9 13 0 0 0 5 2 7 0 0.220
Hank Gornicki 42 40 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 16 0 0.175
Xavier Rescigno 37 35 1 5 0 0 0 1 5 11 0 0.143
Johnny Gee 15 26 2 3 0 0 0 4 2 6 0 0.115
Jack Hallett 9 14 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.286
Bill Brandt 29 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.143
Johnny Podgajny 21 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
Johnny Lanning 12 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167
Tony Ordenana 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.500
Hank Camelli 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Harry Shuman 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jimmy Wasdell 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.500
Arthur Cuccurullo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.000
Lloyd Dietz 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jack Hallett 1.70 2 Rip Sewell 2.54 3 Max Butcher 2.60 4 Bob Klinger 2.72 5 Wally Hebert 2.98

Wins

1 Rip Sewell 21 2 Bob Klinger 11 3 Max Butcher 10 4 Wally Hebert 10 5 Hank Gornicki 9

Strikeouts

1 Bob Klinger 65 2 Rip Sewell 65 3 Hank Gornicki 63 4 Max Butcher 45 5 Wally Hebert 41
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rip Sewell 21 9 2.54 35 31 3 265.1 75 65
Bob Klinger 11 8 2.72 33 25 0 195.0 58 65
Max Butcher 10 8 2.60 33 21 1 193.2 57 45
Wally Hebert 10 11 2.98 34 23 0 184.0 45 41
Hank Gornicki 9 13 3.98 42 19 4 147.0 47 63
Xavier Rescigno 6 9 2.98 37 14 2 132.2 45 41
Johnny Gee 4 4 4.28 15 10 0 82.0 27 18
Bill Brandt 4 1 3.14 29 3 0 57.1 19 17
Jack Hallett 1 2 1.70 9 4 0 47.2 11 11
Johnny Podgajny 0 4 4.72 15 5 0 34.1 13 7
Johnny Lanning 4 1 2.33 12 2 2 27.0 9 11
Harry Shuman 0 0 5.32 11 0 0 22.0 8 5
Lloyd Dietz 0 3 6.00 8 0 0 9.0 4 4
Arthur Cuccurullo 0 1 6.43 1 1 0 7.0 3 3

👥 Roster (32)

Bill Baker Johnny Barrett Bill Brandt Max Butcher Hank Camelli Frank Colman Pete Coscarart Arthur Cuccurullo Vince DiMaggio Lloyd Dietz Bob Elliott Elbie Fletcher +20 more

32 players

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