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1943 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942/1944) 80-74, Finished 4th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 669 runs, Allowed 605 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70 Managed by Frankie Frisch Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 498,740 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 Stats (1942/1944) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Al Lopez            34  118  372   40   98   9  4   1   39  44   25  .263  .341  .317   2       6   0  12           88
1B *Elbie Fletcher      27  154  544   91  154  24  5   9   70  95   49  .283  .395  .395   1      12   6   2          126
2B  Pete Coscarart      30  133  491   57  119  19  6   0   48  46   48  .242  .307  .305   4      10   0   9           75
3B  Bob Elliott         26  156  581   82  183  30 12   7  101  56   24  .315  .376  .444   4      16   1   5          134
SS  Frankie Gustine     23  112  414   40  120  21  3   0   43  32   36  .290  .341  .355  12       8   0   8           99
OF  Vince DiMaggio      30  157  580   64  144  41  2  15   88  70  126  .248  .329  .403  11       8   0   1          108
OF #Jim Russell         24  146  533   79  138  19 11   4   44  77   67  .259  .354  .358  12      13   1   3          103
OF *Johnny Barrett      27  130  290   41   67  12  3   1   32  32   23  .231  .316  .303   5       3   4   3           77
    Maurice Van Robays  28   69  236   32   68  17  7   1   35  18   19  .288  .344  .432   0       7   2   5          121
    Tommy O'Brien       24   89  232   35   72  12  7   2   26  15   24  .310  .352  .448   0       8   0   5          128
    Bill Baker          32   63  172   12   47   6  3   1   26  22    6  .273  .365  .360   3       6   3   1          107
    Al Rubeling         30   47  168   23   44   8  4   0    9   8   17  .262  .295  .357   0       5   0   4           86
   *Huck Geary          26   46  166   17   25   4  0   1   13  18    6  .151  .234  .193   3       1   0   1           22
   *Johnny Wyrostek     23   51   79    7   12   3  0   0    1   3   15  .152  .183  .190   0       1   0   1            6
   *Frank Colman        25   32   59    9   16   2  2   0    4   8    7  .271  .358  .373   0       0   0   1          109
    Tony Ordenana       24    1    4    0    2   0  0   0    3   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0       0   0   0          186
    Hank Camelli        28    1    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .250  .000   0       0   0   0          -26
   *Jimmy Wasdell       29    4    2    0    1   0  0   0    1   2    0  .500  .750  .500   0       0   0   0          260

   *Rip Sewell          36   41  105    9   30   4  1   0   17   2   21  .286  .299  .343   7       2   0   1           83
    Bob Klinger         35   33   65    5   16   2  0   0    4   5    2  .246  .300  .277   0       4   0   4           65
    Max Butcher         32   33   61    1   10   2  0   0    4   2    5  .164  .190  .197   0       0   0   7           11
   *Wally Hebert        35   35   59    9   13   1  1   0    5   2    7  .220  .246  .271   0       2   0   5           47
    Hank Gornicki       32   42   40    3    7   2  0   0    2   0   16  .175  .175  .225   0       1   0   2           14
    Xavier Rescigno     30   37   35    1    5   0  1   0    1   5   11  .143  .250  .200   0       0   0   0           29
   *Johnny Gee          27   15   26    2    3   0  1   0    4   2    6  .115  .179  .192   0       0   0   2            6
    Jack Hallett        28    9   14    1    4   2  0   0    0   2    4  .286  .375  .429   0       0   0   0          129
    Bill Brandt         28   29    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .143  .143  .143   0       0   0   1          -18
    Johnny Podgajny     23   21    7    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .143  .143  .143   0       0   0   0          -18
    Johnny Lanning      32   12    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .167  .167  .167   0       0   0   0           -5
    Harry Shuman        28   11    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
   *Cookie Cuccurullo   25    1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    0       1.000         0       0   0   0             
    Dutch Dietz         31   10    0    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0  157 5353  669 1401 240 73  42  620 573  566  .262  .333  .357  64     113  17  83          102
    Rank among 8 NL teams          2    3    3   3  1   6        3    2     3     3     2   1                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Rip Sewell          36  35   2.54  21   9  3  31   4  25   2  265.3  267   94   75   6   75   65 1113   2   2  1     136
SP  Bob Klinger         35  33   2.72  11   8  0  25   6  14   3  195.0  185   77   59   6   58   65  809   0   0  0     128
SP *Wally Hebert        35  34   2.98  10  11  0  23   9  12   1  184.0  197   75   61   3   45   41  785   1   2  0     116
SP  Max Butcher         32  33   2.60  10   8  1  21   9  10   2  193.7  191   65   56   4   57   45  804   3   2  0     133
SP *Johnny Gee          27  15   4.28   4   4  0  10   2   2   0   82.0   89   42   39   5   27   18  351   2   0  0      81

RP  Bill Brandt         28  29   3.14   4   1  0   3  12   0   0   57.3   57   25   20   3   19   17  254   2   1  1     111
RP  Hank Gornicki       32  42   3.98   9  13  4  19  13   4   1  147.0  165   86   65  10   47   63  639   3   2  1      87
RP  Xavier Rescigno     30  37   2.98   6   9  2  14   8   5   1  132.7  125   52   44   6   45   41  554   2   2  0     116
RP  Harry Shuman        28  11   5.32   0   0  0   0   6   0   0   22.0   30   20   13   0    8    5  103   0   2  0      65

    Jack Hallett        28   9   1.70   1   2  0   4   1   2   1   47.7   36   11    9   0   11   11  185   2   1  0     204
    Johnny Podgajny     23  15   4.72   0   4  0   5   6   0   0   34.3   37   28   18   1   13    7  157   0   0  0      74
    Johnny Lanning      32  12   2.33   4   1  2   2   4   0   0   27.0   23   10    7   0    9   11  114   0   0  0     149
    Dutch Dietz         31   8   6.00   0   3  0   0   3   0   0    9.0   12    6    6   0    4    4   44   0   1  0      58
   *Cookie Cuccurullo   25   1   6.43   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    7.0   10    7    5   0    3    3   34   0   0  0      54
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 32.2 157   3.08  80  74 12 157  83  74  11 1404.0 1424  605  480  44  422  396 5946  17  15  3     114
    Rank among 8 NL teams           2   4   5  7           4   6      2    6    4        3    2    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- ALopez 116 378 66 4 9 .991 1 BBaker 56 157 29 4 3 .979 2 HCamelli 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 157 539 96 8 12 .988 3 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .992 9.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EFletcher 154 1541 108 6 141 .996 10.71 JRussell 6 38 0 0 3 1.000 6.33 FGustine 1 3 0 3 1 .500 3.00 JWyrostek 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 1582 108 9 145 .995 10.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .969 5.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PCoscarart 85 186 263 18 54 .961 5.28 ARubeling 44 87 138 6 27 .974 5.11 FGustine 40 75 115 6 23 .969 4.75 BElliott 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JWyrostek 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 348 516 31 104 .965 5.54 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 2.97 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BElliott 151 149 294 24 34 .949 2.93 TO'Brien 9 11 19 3 0 .909 3.33 JWyrostek 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.50 PCoscarart 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 ALopez 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 ARubeling 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 162 318 29 34 .943 3.08 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .954 4.97 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FGustine 68 135 230 24 41 .938 5.37 PCoscarart 47 96 151 10 30 .961 5.26 HGeary 46 92 127 10 25 .956 4.76 VDiMaggio 1 1 4 1 0 .833 5.00 BElliott 1 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 TOrdenana 1 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 327 519 46 97 .948 5.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.27 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- VDiMaggio 156 457 16 7 3 .985 3.03 0 156 0 JRussell 134 285 16 3 3 .990 2.25 133 2 2 JBarrett 99 165 6 2 0 .988 1.73 4 3 92 MVan Robays 60 120 5 8 1 .940 2.08 15 0 45 TO'Brien 48 76 4 3 0 .964 1.67 17 0 31 JWyrostek 20 34 0 3 0 .919 1.70 5 6 9 FColman 11 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 157 1164 47 26 7 .979 2.59 157 157 157 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .961 2.27 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSewell 35 13 60 4 4 .948 2.48 BKlinger 33 14 37 0 2 1.000 2.35 MButcher 33 11 40 2 4 .962 2.37 WHebert 34 13 43 4 5 .933 2.74 HGornicki 42 7 25 2 1 .941 1.96 XRescigno 37 8 16 3 1 .889 1.63 JGee 15 2 5 1 0 .875 0.77 BBrandt 29 1 12 0 0 1.000 2.04 JHallett 9 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.51 JPodgajny 15 1 16 2 0 .895 4.46 JLanning 12 1 3 2 0 .667 1.33 HShuman 11 0 7 0 1 1.000 2.86 DDietz 8 0 6 0 0 1.000 6.00 CCuccurullo 1 1 2 1 1 .750 3.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 75 277 21 20 .944 2.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Elliott .315 On-base % Fletcher .395 Slugging % Elliott .444 OPS Elliott .820 Games DiMaggio 157 At Bats Elliott 581 Plate Appearances (approx.) DiMaggio 651 Runs Fletcher 91 Hits Elliott 183 Total Bases Elliott 258 Doubles DiMaggio 41 Triples Elliott 12 Home Runs DiMaggio 15 RBI Elliott 101 Bases on Balls Fletcher 95 Strikeouts DiMaggio 126 Stolen Bases Gustine and Russell 12 Singles Elliott 134 Adjusted OPS+ Elliott 134 Runs Created Elliott 97 Adjusted Batting Runs Elliott 25 Batting Wins Elliott 2.6 Extra-Base Hits DiMaggio 58 Times on Base Fletcher 255 Offensive Win% Elliott .698 Hit By Pitch Fletcher 6 Sac. Hits Lopez 12 Grounded into Double Plays Elliott 16 Power/Speed Number DiMaggio 12.7 At Bats per Strikeout Elliott 24.2 At Bats per Home Run DiMaggio 38.7 Outs DiMaggio 445

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Sewell 2.54 Wins Sewell 21 Won-Loss % Sewell .700 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Klinger 1.246 Hits Allowed/9IP Klinger 8.54 Bases on Balls/9IP Hebert 2.20 Strikeouts/9IP Klinger 3.00 Games Gornicki 42 Saves Gornicki 4 Innings Sewell 265.3 Strikeouts Klinger and Sewell 65 Games Started Sewell 31 Comp. Games Sewell 25 Shutouts Klinger 3 Home Runs Allow. Gornicki 10 Bases On Balls Allow. Sewell 75 Hits Allowed Sewell 267 SO to Walk Klinger 1.12 Losses Gornicki 13 Earned Runs Allow. Sewell 75 Wild Pitches Butcher and Gornicki 3 Hit Batsmen Butcher, Gornicki, Hebert, Rescigno, and Sewell 2 Batters Faced Sewell 1113 Games Finished Gornicki 13 Adjusted ERA+ Sewell 136

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1942/1944

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