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1939 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 67-95
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 614
Runs Allowed: 759
Exp W-L: 65-97
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,340,204
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 5th in the NL
AA: 74-63, 4th in the NL
A: 63-74, 6th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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  Frank McCormick 28 157 601 77 176 33 0 20 99 0 0 29 16 .293 .323 .448 .771 73.8 9.9 1.9
1B *Buddy Hassett 27 157 584 88 202 25 7 10 83 23 6 40 10 .346 .386 .464 .850 97.7 18.3 3.7
RF  Earl Clark 31 152 554 45 166 38 4 6 75 2 2 21 44 .300 .328 .415 .743 67.7 10.0 3.0
3B  Woody English 33 139 480 69 144 26 4 4 49 7 5 43 43 .300 .360 .396 .756 64.8 10.0 7.0
1B  Pinky Whitney 34 152 507 40 144 21 5 3 46 5 2 23 32 .284 .316 .363 .679 51.5 5.6 5.0
C  Jack Cummings 35 132 451 30 125 22 3 0 40 1 1 30 103 .277 .324 .339 .663 44.5 4.4 4.5
1B *Les Scarsella 25 148 460 42 124 10 4 1 40 2 5 26 29 .270 .309 .315 .624 40.7 2.9 2.4
1B *Johnny Hopp 22 118 371 60 106 13 8 2 23 13 11 34 26 .286 .349 .380 .729 45.7 6.2 2.4
SS  Bill Knickerbocker 27 109 270 26 71 15 4 4 24 0 0 18 16 .263 .308 .393 .701 29.5 3.4 3.3
CF  Terry Moore 27 91 244 31 61 16 3 3 21 0 1 14 9 .250 .296 .377 .673 25.1 2.4 1.3
RF *Johnny Frederick 37 101 223 28 56 12 0 7 23 0 0 11 25 .251 .289 .399 .688 24.9 3.0 1.1
C *Smead Jolley 37 56 149 3 28 6 0 1 9 0 0 4 42 .188 .209 .248 .457 4.6 0.0 1.6
P  Johnny Rigney 24 41 106 8 14 2 0 1 7 0 0 1 36 .132 .140 .179 .319 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Lohrman 26 45 89 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 30 .101 .130 .101 .232 -1.7 0.0 0.0
LF  Moose Solters 33 91 96 11 24 2 1 5 11 0 0 3 12 .250 .280 .448 .728 11.4 1.3 0.1
P *Wayne Lamaster 32 36 88 7 22 3 1 0 7 0 0 4 19 .250 .283 .307 .589 7.3 0.3 0.0
2B  Joe Gordon 24 24 84 6 16 3 2 2 7 1 0 7 20 .190 .253 .345 .598 7.8 0.4 0.6
P  Dutch Leonard 30 20 55 4 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 11 .091 .105 .091 .196 -1.0 0.0 0.0
SS *Calvin Chapman 28 60 61 13 23 2 0 0 2 8 5 2 0 .377 .397 .410 .807 8.3 1.4 0.7
P  Lee Stine 25 20 46 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .065 .083 .065 .149 -2.3 0.0 0.0
3B  Johnny Vergez 32 41 44 6 9 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 5 .205 .217 .227 .445 1.8 0.0 0.7
2B  Les Mallon 33 25 42 5 15 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .357 .386 .381 .767 4.8 0.7 0.5
C *Mickey Cochrane 36 25 31 5 9 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 5 .290 .333 .323 .656 2.8 0.3 0.5
P  Willis Hudlin 33 35 19 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .316 .316 .474 .789 2.7 0.5 0.0
P  Larry Boerner 34 38 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .182 .273 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Wally Hebert 31 53 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P #Lee Grissom 31 40 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.2 2106 5681 614 1560 254 47 69 589 64 39 320 565 .275 .314 .372 .686 612.1 80.9 40.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 6 4 6 5 4 6 2 7 8 3 5 6 5 6 6  
* - 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 24 19 15 .559 41 41 0 323.3 337 133 23 75 179 3.70 23.9
 Bill Lohrman 26 12 24 .333 45 40 2 290.0 335 158 24 86 67 4.90 7.7
*Wayne Lamaster 32 8 14 .364 36 36 0 257.0 261 116 16 78 119 4.06 16.4
 Dutch Leonard 30 9 10 .474 20 20 0 170.0 189 71 8 36 45 3.76 10.6
 Lee Stine 25 5 10 .333 20 20 0 142.7 157 65 13 43 60 4.10 6.2
 Willis Hudlin 33 4 5 .444 35 5 5 86.3 101 34 5 32 25 3.54 7.7
 Larry Boerner 34 2 3 .400 38 0 3 63.7 69 27 3 29 19 3.82 4.8
*Wally Hebert 31 3 7 .300 53 0 5 63.0 102 35 2 13 11 5.00 1.9
*Lee Grissom 31 5 6 .455 40 0 1 52.7 62 36 5 31 21 6.15 0.6
 Les Mallon 33 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.0 3 3 0 1 0 27.00 0.0
Team Totals 29.9 67 95 .414 329 162 16 1449.6 1616 678 99 424 546 4.21 79.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 8 6 5 7 6 7 2 7 6  
* - 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 .991 35.4
J.Cummings 1104.7 126 128 438 28 6 0 .987 24.1
S.Jolley 263.7 29 34 107 14 2 1 .984 55.6
M.Cochrane 80.3 7 18 30 7 0 0 1.000 80.0
L.Scarsella 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1449.7 162 181 575 49 8 1 .987 37.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.19
F.McCormick 1283.0 149 154 1606 133 17 153 .990 12.20
S.Jolley 72.0 7 14 97 4 2 12 .981 12.63
B.Knickerbocker 58.0 6 11 70 6 3 6 .962 11.79
B.Hassett 16.7 0 6 27 3 0 3 1.000 16.21
J.Hopp 15.0 0 4 18 2 0 1 1.000 12.00
L.Scarsella 5.0 0 3 6 1 0 1 1.000 12.60
Team Total 1449.7 162 192 1824 149 22 176 .989 12.25
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
B.Hassett 1058.3 121 123 294 458 27 98 .965 6.39
J.Gordon 198.3 24 24 47 81 1 23 .992 5.81
B.Knickerbocker 128.7 12 20 40 60 1 21 .990 7.00
C.Chapman 38.0 2 11 11 16 1 1 .964 6.39
L.Mallon 26.3 3 7 12 12 2 4 .923 8.20
Team Total 1449.7 162 185 404 627 32 147 .970 6.40
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 3.16
P.Whitney 1225.3 148 151 105 332 27 30 .942 3.21
B.Knickerbocker 101.0 7 30 10 29 1 5 .975 3.48
J.Vergez 79.7 6 21 5 34 1 0 .975 4.41
C.Chapman 28.3 1 12 1 5 2 2 .750 1.91
W.English 14.0 0 8 3 2 1 0 .833 3.21
L.Mallon 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 223 124 402 32 37 .943 3.27
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.46
W.English 1030.7 112 128 163 481 17 83 .974 5.62
B.Knickerbocker 299.7 37 40 41 151 7 40 .965 5.77
C.Chapman 68.7 8 12 11 36 1 3 .979 6.16
L.Mallon 50.7 5 9 10 20 0 5 1.000 5.33
Team Total 1449.6 162 189 225 688 25 131 .973 5.67
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.03
L.Scarsella 1070.0 126 130 240 4 1 3 .996 2.05
B.Hassett 215.7 24 27 51 2 2 0 .964 2.21
M.Solters 62.0 4 23 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.45
J.Frederick 59.0 7 7 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.37
J.Hopp 23.0 0 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
S.Jolley 9.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
C.Chapman 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
E.Clark 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1449.7 162 205 315 8 3 3 .991 2.01
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.67
J.Hopp 743.3 83 92 220 1 2 1 .991 2.68
T.Moore 454.0 53 59 125 5 2 0 .985 2.58
E.Clark 130.0 15 17 40 2 2 0 .955 2.91
J.Frederick 113.3 10 21 28 0 2 0 .933 2.22
M.Solters 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 190 414 8 8 1 .981 2.62
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.07
E.Clark 1068.7 131 132 248 7 0 2 1.000 2.15
J.Frederick 281.0 26 48 75 1 1 0 .987 2.43
C.Chapman 37.0 2 14 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.97
S.Jolley 32.3 3 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.78
J.Hopp 29.7 0 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.43
M.Solters 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 213 345 8 1 2 .997 2.19
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.28
J.Rigney 323.3 41 41 24 63 1 3 .989 2.42
B.Lohrman 290.0 40 45 20 42 1 3 .984 1.92
W.Lamaster 257.0 36 36 20 48 1 4 .986 2.38
D.Leonard 170.0 20 20 13 30 0 1 1.000 2.28
L.Stine 142.7 20 20 8 37 2 3 .957 2.84
W.Hudlin 86.3 5 35 5 13 1 0 .947 1.88
L.Boerner 63.7 0 38 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.26
W.Hebert 63.0 0 53 6 15 0 1 1.000 3.00
L.Grissom 52.7 0 40 5 10 0 1 1.000 2.56
L.Mallon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.6 162 329 105 270 6 16 .984 2.33
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hassett .346
On-Base Pct Hassett .386
Slugging Pct Hassett .464
OPS Hassett .850
XR Hassett 97.7
Games Hassett, McCormick 157
At-Bats McCormick 601
Runs Hassett 88
Hits Hassett 202
Total Bases Hassett 271
Singles Hassett 160
Doubles Clark 38
Triples Hopp 8
Homeruns McCormick 20
RBIs McCormick 99
Stolen Bases Hassett 23
Caught Stealing Hopp 11
Walks English 43
Strikeouts Cummings 103
ERA Rigney 3.70
Wins Rigney 19
Losses Lohrman 24
Winning Pct Rigney .559
Saves Hebert, Hudlin 5
Games Pitched Hebert 53
Games Started Rigney 41
Complete Games Rigney 24
Shutouts Rigney 6
Innings Pitched Rigney 323.3
Hits Allowed Rigney 337
Homeruns Allowed Lohrman 24
Strikeouts Rigney 179
Walks Allowed Lohrman 86
Walks per 9IP Leonard 1.9
Hits per 9IP Lamaster 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Rigney 5.0
WHiP Rigney 1.27
OAVG Lamaster .264
OOBP Rigney .306
OSLG Lamaster .380
OOPS Lamaster .697
Team All-Stars
Woody English
Frank McCormick
Player Salaries
Woody English $ 6,500,000
Earl Clark $ 6,500,000
Al Simmons $ 5,005,005
Pinky Whitney $ 4,500,000
Jack Cummings $ 3,650,000
Willis Hudlin $ 3,500,000
Johnny Frederick $ 3,221,000
Frank McCormick $ 2,564,286
Les Burke $ 2,555,555
Mickey Cochrane $ 2,510,000
Cliff Bolton $ 2,510,000
Johnny Vergez $ 2,000,000
Hank Johnson $ 1,436,000
Wally Hebert $ 760,000
Les Mallon $ 750,000
Smead Jolley $ 500,000
Charlie English $ 350,000
Larry Boerner $ 350,000
Terry Moore $ 350,000
Bill Lohrman $ 350,000
Calvin Chapman $ 300,000
Joe Gordon $ 300,000
Lee Grissom $ 300,000
Buddy Hassett $ 300,000
Ben Huffman $ 300,000
Bill Knickerbocker $ 300,000
Wayne Lamaster $ 300,000
Johnny Rigney $ 300,000
Les Scarsella $ 300,000
Moose Solters $ 300,000
Lee Stine $ 300,000
Johnny Hopp $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Dick Culler Seattle (M) Bill Knickerbocker
2/3 Signed     Woody English
2/8 Signed     Mickey Cochrane
2/9 Signed     Les Mallon
2/11 Signed     Pinky Whitney
2/22 Signed     Jack Cummings
4/2 Signed     Hank Johnson
7/1 Released Blondy Ryan    
7/1 Released Ray Starr    
7/1 Released Guy Bush    
7/1 Released Jim Levey    
7/1 Released Chappie Geygan    
7/1 Traded Dutch Leonard
Stu Flythe		 Detroit Al Simmons
Ben Huffman
Bob Kennedy
 
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