1938 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 86-64
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 641,033, Avg. 10,270
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Pie Traynor (86-64)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1938 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1938 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1938 season with a record of 86 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Pirates plated 707 runs and allowed 630 runs. Johnny Rizzo paced Pittsburgh with 23 home runs and drove in 111 runs. Arky Vaughan led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .322 clip. Mace Brown topped the team with 15 wins, while Bob Klinger recorded a 2.99 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Pie Traynor coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Mace Brown	15	9	.625	3.80	51	2	32	0	0	5	132.7	155	68	56	5	44	55	0	0	3	585
Jim Tobin	14	12	.538	3.47	40	33	6	14	2	0	241.3	254	109	93	17	66	70	6	1	2	1029
Russ Bauers	13	14	.481	3.07	40	34	6	12	2	3	243.0	207	102	83	7	99	117	6	0	6	1008
Bob Klinger	12	5	.706	2.99	28	21	4	10	1	1	159.3	152	63	53	7	42	58	6	2	0	659
Cy Blanton	11	7	.611	3.70	29	25	1	10	1	0	172.7	190	84	71	13	46	80	2	0	2	729
Bill Swift	7	5	.583	3.24	36	9	20	2	0	4	150.0	155	65	54	9	40	77	4	0	0	633
Red Lucas	6	3	.667	3.54	13	13	0	4	0	0	84.0	90	33	33	5	16	19	1	0	0	342
Ed Brandt	5	4	.556	3.46	24	14	6	5	1	0	96.3	93	44	37	3	35	38	0	0	0	413
Joe Bowman	3	4	.429	4.65	17	1	8	0	0	1	60.0	68	33	31	2	20	25	0	0	1	265
Ken Heintzelman	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	9
Rip Sewell	0	1	.000	4.23	17	0	11	0	0	1	38.3	41	27	18	3	21	17	2	0	3	176
Totals	86	64	.573	3.46	296	152	95	57	7	15	1379.7	1406	630	531	71	432	557	27	3	17	5848

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Lloyd Waner	147	658	619	79	194	25	7	5	57	5	28	11	.313	.343	.401	.744	248	12	0	11
Paul Waner	148	680	625	77	175	31	6	6	69	2	47	28	.280	.331	.378	.709	236	16	1	7
Arky Vaughan	148	650	541	88	174	35	5	7	68	14	104	21	.322	.433	.444	.876	240	8	2	3
Johnny Rizzo	143	617	555	97	167	31	9	23	111	1	54	61	.301	.368	.514	.882	285	16	5	3
Gus Suhr	145	625	530	82	156	35	14	3	64	4	87	37	.294	.394	.430	.824	228	10	0	8
Pep Young	149	610	562	58	156	36	5	4	79	7	40	64	.278	.329	.381	.710	214	15	3	5
Lee Handley	139	629	570	91	153	25	8	6	51	7	53	31	.268	.332	.372	.704	212	13	1	5
Al Todd	133	521	491	52	130	19	7	7	75	2	18	31	.265	.296	.375	.671	184	25	4	8
Bill Brubaker	45	123	112	18	33	5	0	3	19	2	9	14	.295	.347	.420	.767	47	3	0	2
Jim Tobin	56	114	103	8	25	6	1	0	11	0	9	12	.243	.310	.320	.630	33	2	1	1
Woody Jensen	68	129	125	12	25	4	0	0	10	0	1	3	.200	.213	.232	.445	29	3	1	2
Ray Berres	40	110	100	7	23	2	0	0	6	0	8	10	.230	.287	.250	.537	25	5	0	2
Russ Bauers	40	94	88	7	21	3	2	0	2	0	3	18	.239	.264	.318	.582	28	1	0	3
Cy Blanton	29	69	64	4	13	0	0	0	7	0	1	17	.203	.215	.203	.419	13	3	0	4
Ed Brandt	24	40	37	5	11	2	0	0	3	0	1	9	.297	.316	.351	.667	13	0	0	2
Bill Swift	36	54	50	3	10	3	0	1	6	0	2	10	.200	.231	.320	.551	16	1	0	2
Bob Klinger	28	63	60	5	10	0	0	0	3	0	2	13	.167	.194	.167	.360	10	1	0	1
Johnny Dickshot	29	43	35	3	8	0	0	0	4	3	8	5	.229	.372	.229	.601	8	0	0	0
Joe Bowman	18	24	21	5	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	.333	.364	.429	.792	9	0	0	2
Tommy Thevenow	15	33	25	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	5	0	1	3
Mace Brown	51	43	38	1	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	8	.132	.132	.184	.316	7	2	0	5
Red Lucas	33	51	46	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	.109	.163	.109	.272	5	1	0	2
Heinie Manush	15	15	13	2	4	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	.308	.400	.538	.938	7	1	0	0
Rip Sewell	17	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	1	0	0
Ken Heintzelman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1697	6007	5422	707	1511	265	66	65	659	47	485	409	.279	.340	.388	.728	2103	139	19	81

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Gus Suhr	1B	145	1512	81	12	150	.993	1.986	0
Bill Brubaker	1B	9	76	2	0	4	1.000	8.667	0
Pep Young	2B	149	370	554	26	120	.973	6.201	0
Tommy Thevenow	2B	9	7	16	0	1	1.000	2.556	0
Tommy Thevenow	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Lee Handley	3B	136	119	304	23	26	.948	3.110	0
Bill Brubaker	3B	18	27	29	8	4	.875	3.111	0
Al Todd	C	132	574	89	10	7	.985	5.023	5
Ray Berres	C	40	128	21	1	0	.993	3.725	2
Paul Waner	OF	147	284	11	7	0	.977	2.007	0
Lloyd Waner	OF	144	341	15	5	5	.986	2.472	0
Johnny Rizzo	OF	140	284	5	15	1	.951	2.064	0
Woody Jensen	OF	38	45	0	5	0	.900	1.184	0
Johnny Dickshot	OF	10	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.600	0
Bill Brubaker	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Jim Tobin	P	40	11	41	0	1	1.000	1.300	0
Bill Swift	P	36	1	26	2	1	.931	.750	0
Rip Sewell	P	17	0	13	1	3	.929	.765	0
Red Lucas	P	13	3	14	0	1	1.000	1.308	0
Bob Klinger	P	28	4	34	0	2	1.000	1.357	0
Ken Heintzelman	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Mace Brown	P	51	3	28	2	1	.939	.608	0
Ed Brandt	P	24	2	18	1	1	.952	.833	0
Joe Bowman	P	17	2	8	1	2	.909	.588	0
Cy Blanton	P	29	7	42	2	7	.961	1.690	0
Russ Bauers	P	40	3	38	6	1	.872	1.025	0
Arky Vaughan	SS	147	306	507	33	107	.961	5.531	0
Tommy Thevenow	SS	4	6	13	2	6	.905	4.750	0
Bill Brubaker	SS	3	7	5	1	2	.923	4.000	0
Totals		1569	4139	1917	163	453	.974	3.860	7

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