1939 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 68-85
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 376,734, Avg. 6,764
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Pie Traynor (68-85)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1939 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1939 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1939 season with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.

The Pirates plated 666 runs and allowed 721 runs. Elbie Fletcher paced Pittsburgh with 12 home runs and accounted for 71 RBI. Paul Waner led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .328 clip. Bob Klinger topped the team with 14 wins, while Mace Brown recorded a 3.37 ERA, tops among 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
Bob Klinger	14	17	.452	4.36	37	33	3	10	2	0	225.0	251	120	109	11	81	64	3	0	6	989
Rip Sewell	10	9	.526	4.08	52	12	20	5	1	2	176.3	177	93	80	10	73	69	1	0	1	763
Joe Bowman	10	14	.417	4.48	37	27	8	10	1	1	184.7	217	105	92	15	43	58	7	0	1	813
Jim Tobin	9	9	.500	4.52	25	19	4	8	0	0	145.3	194	84	73	7	33	43	2	0	1	655
Mace Brown	9	13	.409	3.37	47	19	18	8	1	7	200.3	232	90	75	8	52	71	2	1	3	872
Bill Swift	5	7	.417	3.89	36	8	18	2	1	4	129.7	150	60	56	6	28	56	3	0	0	559
Max Butcher	4	4	.500	3.43	14	12	0	5	2	0	86.7	104	37	33	2	23	21	0	0	0	382
Cy Blanton	2	3	.400	4.29	10	6	3	1	0	0	42.0	45	23	20	4	10	11	0	0	1	182
Russ Bauers	2	4	.333	3.35	15	8	4	1	0	1	53.7	46	27	20	4	25	12	1	0	1	226
Oad Swigart	1	1	.500	4.44	3	3	0	1	1	0	24.3	27	14	12	1	6	8	0	0	0	100
Ken Heintzelman	1	1	.500	5.05	17	2	12	1	1	0	35.7	35	23	20	2	18	18	0	0	2	161
Johnny Gee	1	2	.333	4.12	3	3	0	1	0	0	19.7	20	17	9	0	10	16	0	0	0	94
Pep Rambert	0	0		9.82	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.7	7	4	4	0	1	4	0	0	1	19
Bill Clemensen	0	1	.000	7.33	12	1	8	0	0	0	27.0	32	26	22	0	20	13	3	0	1	133
Totals	68	85	.444	4.15	310	153	100	53	10	15	1354.0	1537	723	625	70	423	464	22	1	18	5948

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Arky Vaughan	152	693	595	94	182	30	11	6	62	12	70	20	.306	.385	.424	.808	252	5	6	22
Paul Waner	125	506	461	62	151	30	6	3	45	0	35	18	.328	.375	.438	.813	202	12	0	10
Elbie Fletcher	102	429	370	49	112	23	4	12	71	3	48	28	.303	.386	.484	.869	179	11	2	9
Lloyd Waner	112	410	379	49	108	15	3	0	24	0	17	13	.285	.321	.340	.661	129	5	3	11
Lee Handley	101	421	376	43	107	14	5	1	42	17	32	20	.285	.341	.356	.697	134	12	0	13
Johnny Rizzo	94	384	330	49	86	23	3	6	55	0	42	27	.261	.349	.403	.752	133	14	3	9
Chuck Klein	85	302	270	37	81	16	4	11	47	1	26	17	.300	.361	.511	.873	138	4	0	6
Pep Young	84	327	293	34	81	14	3	3	29	1	23	29	.276	.333	.375	.709	110	7	2	9
Bill Brubaker	100	380	345	41	80	23	1	7	43	3	29	51	.232	.297	.365	.662	126	10	3	3
Fern Bell	83	309	262	44	75	5	8	2	34	2	42	18	.286	.385	.389	.774	102	4	0	5
Gus Suhr	63	236	204	23	59	10	2	1	31	4	25	23	.289	.367	.373	.739	76	0	0	7
Ray Berres	81	251	231	22	53	6	1	0	16	1	11	25	.229	.267	.264	.532	61	9	1	8
Bob Elliott	32	140	129	18	43	10	3	3	19	0	9	4	.333	.377	.527	.904	68	4	0	2
Ray Mueller	86	204	180	14	42	8	1	2	18	0	14	22	.233	.289	.322	.611	58	2	0	10
Joe Bowman	70	106	96	9	33	8	1	0	18	0	5	9	.344	.382	.448	.830	43	1	1	4
Maurice Van Robays	27	112	105	13	33	9	0	2	16	0	6	10	.314	.351	.457	.808	48	3	0	1
Jim Tobin	43	77	74	9	18	3	1	2	11	0	2	12	.243	.263	.392	.655	29	0	0	1
George Susce	31	89	75	8	17	3	1	1	4	0	12	5	.227	.333	.333	.667	25	6	0	2
Bob Klinger	37	90	84	9	17	0	0	0	6	0	5	12	.202	.247	.202	.450	17	2	0	1
Frankie Gustine	22	84	70	5	13	3	0	0	3	0	9	4	.186	.278	.229	.507	16	3	0	5
Red Juelich	17	50	46	5	11	0	2	0	4	0	2	4	.239	.271	.326	.597	15	4	0	2
Rip Sewell	52	62	55	5	11	1	0	1	4	0	3	11	.200	.241	.273	.514	15	1	0	4
Bill Swift	36	48	42	6	10	0	0	0	2	0	4	9	.238	.304	.238	.542	10	3	0	2
Mace Brown	47	69	64	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	11	.109	.123	.125	.248	8	1	0	4
Cy Blanton	10	14	14	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	.286	.286	.357	.643	5	0	0	0
Joe Schultz	4	16	14	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	6	0	0	0
Russ Bauers	15	20	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.211	.211	.211	.421	4	0	0	1
Max Butcher	14	35	31	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.097	.125	.129	.254	4	3	0	3
Bill Clemensen	12	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.333	.500	.833	3	0	0	0
Oad Swigart	3	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	2
Ken Heintzelman	17	9	9	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.222	.222	.333	.556	3	0	0	0
Woody Jensen	12	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	1	0	0
Johnny Gee	3	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0
Eddie Yount	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Heinie Manush	10	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	1	0	0
Pep Rambert	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1786	5923	5269	666	1453	261	60	63	617	44	477	420	.276	.338	.384	.722	2023	128	21	156

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Gus Suhr	1B	52	521	23	4	42	.993	1.462	0
Elbie Fletcher	1B	101	1010	56	8	97	.993	1.554	0
Pep Young	2B	84	202	270	16	61	.967	5.619	0
Red Juelich	2B	10	19	24	3	5	.935	4.300	0
Bill Brubaker	2B	65	162	202	19	43	.950	5.600	0
Lloyd Waner	3B	1	2	4	0	1	1.000	6.000	0
Maurice Van Robays	3B	1	3	2	0	1	1.000	5.000	0
Red Juelich	3B	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Lee Handley	3B	100	83	180	18	14	.936	2.630	0
Frankie Gustine	3B	22	17	52	8	3	.896	3.136	0
Bill Brubaker	3B	32	21	84	7	4	.938	3.281	0
Fern Bell	3B	1	2	1	3	0	.500	3.000	0
George Susce	C	31	111	14	2	2	.984	4.032	5
Joe Schultz	C	4	24	1	0	0	1.000	6.250	0
Ray Mueller	C	81	203	32	7	5	.971	2.901	1
Ray Berres	C	80	269	36	2	4	.993	3.813	2
Paul Waner	OF	106	206	12	5	4	.978	2.057	0
Lloyd Waner	OF	92	225	9	2	1	.992	2.543	0
Maurice Van Robays	OF	25	33	1	3	0	.919	1.360	0
Johnny Rizzo	OF	86	186	2	5	0	.974	2.186	0
Heinie Manush	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Chuck Klein	OF	66	133	4	7	0	.951	2.076	0
Woody Jensen	OF	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Bob Elliott	OF	30	88	1	2	0	.978	2.967	0
Fern Bell	OF	67	152	6	4	0	.975	2.358	0
Jim Tobin	P	25	2	26	0	2	1.000	1.120	0
Oad Swigart	P	3	2	3	0	1	1.000	1.667	0
Bill Swift	P	36	2	14	0	0	1.000	.444	0
Rip Sewell	P	52	9	47	1	3	.982	1.077	0
Pep Rambert	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Bob Klinger	P	37	7	62	3	5	.958	1.865	0
Ken Heintzelman	P	17	2	5	0	0	1.000	.412	0
Johnny Gee	P	3	1	6	1	0	.875	2.333	0
Bill Clemensen	P	12	3	11	1	1	.933	1.167	0
Max Butcher	P	14	1	28	0	2	1.000	2.071	0
Mace Brown	P	47	8	42	1	3	.980	1.064	0
Joe Bowman	P	37	6	39	0	3	1.000	1.216	0
Cy Blanton	P	10	1	9	1	0	.909	1.000	0
Russ Bauers	P	15	0	7	0	3	1.000	.467	0
Arky Vaughan	SS	152	330	531	34	103	.962	5.664	0
Bill Brubaker	SS	1	0	4	1	0	.800	4.000	0
Totals		1606	4049	1852	168	413	.972	3.674	8

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