1938 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 72-90
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 660
Runs Allowed: 780
Exp W-L: 69-93
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,383,064
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 6th in the NL
AA: 68-69, 7th in the NL
A: 55-82, 8th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Buddy Hassett 26 158 608 76 213 34 5 12 98 9 6 34 10 .350 .383 .482 .865 102.3 19.0 3.9
LF  Moose Solters 32 152 596 98 174 22 5 11 48 4 2 27 86 .292 .323 .401 .724 72.3 9.5 3.2
1B  Frank McCormick 27 158 597 74 186 33 1 25 100 0 0 26 15 .312 .338 .496 .833 85.6 13.0 4.4
RF  Earl Clark 30 152 568 64 156 29 5 11 81 1 0 22 32 .275 .302 .401 .703 63.4 7.5 3.8
3B  Johnny Vergez 31 146 488 42 131 18 1 8 54 4 0 16 93 .268 .292 .359 .651 45.3 3.6 5.2
SS *Calvin Chapman 27 147 446 43 92 13 2 2 33 5 1 23 24 .206 .246 .258 .504 24.2 0.0 5.3
C *Smead Jolley 36 110 355 34 104 18 4 5 32 0 0 15 66 .293 .327 .408 .736 39.3 4.8 4.4
CF *Heinie Manush 36 101 290 45 92 14 3 1 26 5 1 25 23 .317 .373 .397 .770 40.9 6.8 2.0
1B *Les Scarsella 24 125 251 30 73 11 6 1 28 1 2 11 14 .291 .319 .394 .714 27.4 3.2 1.2
RF *Johnny Frederick 36 103 227 34 63 8 5 11 33 0 0 13 19 .278 .320 .502 .822 32.8 5.0 1.1
CF  Terry Moore 26 88 197 26 42 5 3 3 21 0 1 14 11 .213 .266 .315 .581 16.3 0.3 0.9
C *Cliff Bolton 31 82 186 14 44 7 2 0 17 0 0 21 15 .237 .316 .296 .611 18.9 1.4 2.7
C *Denny Williams 38 76 158 14 35 2 2 2 14 3 0 18 10 .222 .299 .297 .597 14.2 0.5 2.0
P  Johnny Rigney 23 41 122 7 21 2 0 0 7 1 1 2 37 .172 .183 .189 .371 3.3 0.0 0.0
2B  Charlie English 28 72 128 8 27 7 1 0 6 0 0 1 13 .211 .217 .281 .498 3.4 0.0 1.3
P  Dutch Leonard 29 42 113 6 20 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 19 .177 .198 .186 .384 2.9 0.0 0.0
SS *Les Burke 35 64 85 8 23 3 1 0 13 1 0 5 3 .271 .312 .329 .641 10.2 1.0 1.0
2B  Joe Gordon 23 26 87 11 21 5 1 3 9 0 2 8 15 .241 .302 .425 .727 10.6 1.2 0.7
P *Wayne Lamaster 31 33 61 3 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 17 .164 .190 .180 .371 1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Boerner 33 30 64 6 11 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 14 .172 .185 .266 .450 2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Guy Bush 36 35 32 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .188 .313 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Lee Stine 24 6 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Lohrman 25 60 12 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .333 .385 .333 .718 1.6 0.3 0.0
P *Wally Hebert 30 43 12 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2.5 0.6 0.0
P  Willis Hudlin 32 12 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
RF  Chappie Geygan 35 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Lee Grissom 30 45 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 2110 5709 649 1555 238 47 96 634 34 16 288 556 .272 .308 .381 .689 621.2 77.7 43.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 6 5 8 5 5 6 4 4 8 3 6 8 5 6 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Johnny Rigney 23 20 10 .667 41 41 0 342.7 327 131 18 101 180 3.44 28.5
 Dutch Leonard 29 15 19 .441 42 42 0 337.7 387 152 9 66 91 4.05 21.6
*Wayne Lamaster 31 9 11 .450 33 31 0 210.3 219 80 15 58 118 3.42 16.8
 Larry Boerner 33 7 18 .280 30 28 0 185.3 231 101 6 98 54 4.90 5.9
 Guy Bush 36 5 7 .417 35 9 1 112.3 128 51 9 49 35 4.09 6.3
 Bill Lohrman 25 10 7 .588 60 2 5 99.3 121 50 9 29 22 4.53 7.7
*Wally Hebert 30 3 5 .375 43 0 2 60.0 81 24 0 20 7 3.60 4.6
*Lee Grissom 30 1 6 .143 45 0 9 50.7 67 27 4 27 27 4.80 2.6
 Lee Stine 24 1 2 .333 6 6 0 41.0 50 23 7 7 13 5.05 0.5
 Willis Hudlin 32 1 5 .167 12 3 3 32.3 41 19 7 5 9 5.29 0.5
Team Totals 29.3 72 90 .444 347 162 20 1471.6 1652 658 84 460 556 4.02 95.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 7 7 6 3 8 3 4 2 6 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 32.9
S.Jolley 775.3 91 93 324 28 7 2 .981 41.2
C.Bolton 376.0 41 51 144 23 2 0 .988 50.0
D.Williams 314.0 30 48 116 17 2 0 .985 9.1
L.Scarsella 6.3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1471.7 162 195 586 68 11 2 .983 35.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.35
F.McCormick 1289.3 144 152 1665 132 15 162 .992 12.54
L.Scarsella 168.7 18 24 192 19 0 23 1.000 11.26
S.Jolley 8.7 0 4 10 3 0 1 1.000 13.51
B.Hassett 5.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1471.7 162 183 1871 154 15 186 .993 12.38
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.53
B.Hassett 1078.0 119 123 297 473 32 122 .960 6.43
J.Gordon 217.7 25 26 67 93 3 20 .982 6.62
L.Burke 121.0 13 20 37 53 6 15 .938 6.69
C.English 49.0 5 9 10 26 1 7 .973 6.61
C.Chapman 6.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1471.7 162 180 413 646 42 164 .962 6.48
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.94
J.Vergez 1190.0 141 145 81 297 26 29 .936 2.86
C.English 272.7 21 59 15 70 8 7 .914 2.81
J.Levey 4.0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
L.Scarsella 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Bolton 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1470.7 162 209 98 370 34 37 .932 2.86
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.67
C.Chapman 1154.0 136 141 202 544 32 107 .959 5.82
L.Burke 113.3 6 30 29 55 4 9 .955 6.67
D.Williams 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
L.Scarsella 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.English 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1270.3 142 174 231 602 36 117 .959 5.90
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.00
M.Solters 1028.0 120 123 233 5 10 0 .960 2.08
B.Hassett 222.0 23 30 49 0 2 0 .961 1.99
J.Frederick 91.0 11 11 17 2 0 2 1.000 1.88
L.Scarsella 38.0 3 11 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
C.Bolton 29.0 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
H.Manush 28.0 0 15 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
E.Clark 17.0 0 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71
D.Williams 10.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Jolley 7.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Chapman 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1471.7 162 211 329 7 12 2 .966 2.05
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.55
H.Manush 550.0 61 75 156 4 7 2 .958 2.62
E.Clark 384.3 44 46 108 2 1 1 .991 2.58
T.Moore 309.3 38 41 74 0 2 0 .974 2.15
J.Frederick 152.0 10 33 31 0 1 0 .969 1.84
L.Scarsella 57.0 7 8 16 0 2 0 .889 2.53
D.Williams 19.0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
Team Total 1471.7 162 207 390 6 13 3 .968 2.42
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.13
E.Clark 858.0 101 104 181 8 0 2 1.000 1.98
M.Solters 214.7 25 25 47 2 2 2 .961 2.05
J.Frederick 175.0 15 39 45 0 1 0 .978 2.31
L.Scarsella 165.0 20 20 37 1 4 0 .905 2.07
C.Bolton 29.7 0 12 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.73
T.Moore 13.0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
S.Jolley 6.3 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
H.Manush 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1463.7 161 207 327 11 7 4 .980 2.08
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.40
J.Rigney 342.7 41 41 17 53 2 3 .972 1.84
D.Leonard 337.7 42 42 31 86 5 6 .959 3.12
W.Lamaster 210.3 31 33 11 41 1 4 .981 2.23
L.Boerner 185.3 28 30 13 49 2 5 .969 3.01
G.Bush 112.3 9 35 9 21 0 1 1.000 2.40
B.Lohrman 99.3 2 60 9 19 2 1 .933 2.54
W.Hebert 60.0 0 43 2 16 2 0 .900 2.70
L.Grissom 50.7 0 45 0 8 0 1 1.000 1.42
L.Stine 41.0 6 6 5 10 0 1 1.000 3.29
W.Hudlin 32.3 3 12 2 4 1 0 .857 1.67
Team Total 1471.6 162 347 99 307 15 22 .964 2.48
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hassett .350
On-Base Pct Hassett .383
Slugging Pct McCormick .496
OPS Hassett .865
XR Hassett 102.3
Games Hassett, McCormick 158
At-Bats Hassett 608
Runs Solters 98
Hits Hassett 213
Total Bases McCormick 296
Singles Hassett 162
Doubles Hassett 34
Triples Scarsella 6
Homeruns McCormick 25
RBIs McCormick 100
Stolen Bases Hassett 9
Caught Stealing Hassett 6
Walks Hassett 34
Strikeouts Vergez 93
ERA Lamaster 3.42
Wins Rigney 20
Losses Leonard 19
Winning Pct Rigney .667
Saves Grissom 9
Games Pitched Lohrman 60
Games Started Leonard 42
Complete Games Rigney 25
Shutouts Leonard 3
Innings Pitched Rigney 342.7
Hits Allowed Leonard 387
Homeruns Allowed Rigney 18
Strikeouts Rigney 180
Walks Allowed Rigney 101
Walks per 9IP Leonard 1.8
Hits per 9IP Rigney 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Lamaster 5.0
WHiP Rigney 1.25
OAVG Rigney .248
OOBP Rigney .300
OSLG Rigney .348
OOPS Rigney .649
Team All-Stars
Buddy Hassett
Frank McCormick
Player Salaries
Babe Herman $ 9,200,000
Earl Clark $ 6,500,000
Smead Jolley $ 4,210,000
Willis Hudlin $ 3,500,000
Dutch Leonard $ 3,464,286
Johnny Frederick $ 3,221,000
Les Burke $ 2,555,555
Cliff Bolton $ 2,510,000
Frank McCormick $ 1,800,000
Denny Williams $ 1,500,000
Heinie Manush $ 1,404,000
Johnny Vergez $ 1,085,714
Lee Grissom $ 964,286
Wally Hebert $ 760,000
Chappie Geygan $ 750,000
Guy Bush $ 578,000
Willie Underhill $ 500,000
Bill Lohrman $ 350,000
Charlie English $ 350,000
Lee Stine $ 300,000
Buddy Hassett $ 300,000
Wayne Lamaster $ 300,000
Joe Gordon $ 300,000
Jim Levey $ 300,000
Terry Moore $ 300,000
Calvin Chapman $ 300,000
Johnny Rigney $ 300,000
Les Scarsella $ 300,000
Moose Solters $ 300,000
Larry Boerner $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Denny Williams
2/8 Signed     Cliff Bolton
2/9 Signed     Johnny Frederick
2/16 Signed     Les Burke
2/17 Signed     Bill Barrett
3/3 Released Moe Berg    
4/2 Signed     Heinie Manush
6/9 Released Bill Barrett    
6/30 Released Gabby Hartnett