1940 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 78-76
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 507,934, Avg. 9,692
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Frankie Frisch (78-76)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1940 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1940 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1940 season with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.

The Pirates topped the circuit with 809 runs. Pittsburgh surrendered 783 runs, most in the league. Vince DiMaggio paced the team with 19 home runs, and Elbie Fletcher walloped 20 or more also. Maurice Van Robays recorded 116 runs batted in. Arky Vaughan led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .300 clip. Rip Sewell paced the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 2.80 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Frankie Frisch 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
Rip Sewell	16	5	.762	2.80	33	23	3	14	2	1	189.7	169	71	59	6	67	60	3	0	2	790
Mace Brown	10	9	.526	3.49	48	17	21	5	1	7	173.0	181	78	67	5	49	73	2	0	4	737
Joe Bowman	9	10	.474	4.46	32	24	5	10	0	2	187.7	209	113	93	10	66	57	7	1	1	844
Johnny Lanning	8	4	.667	4.05	38	7	16	2	0	2	115.7	119	59	52	8	39	42	0	0	1	489
Ken Heintzelman	8	8	.500	4.47	39	16	12	5	2	3	165.0	193	86	82	7	65	71	4	1	7	742
Max Butcher	8	9	.471	6.01	35	24	5	6	2	2	136.3	161	99	91	13	46	40	1	1	1	608
Bob Klinger	8	13	.381	5.39	39	22	6	3	0	3	142.0	196	102	85	5	53	48	5	0	5	662
Dick Lanahan	6	8	.429	4.25	40	8	17	4	0	2	108.0	121	63	51	8	42	45	1	1	1	481
Danny MacFayden	5	4	.556	3.55	35	8	13	0	0	2	91.3	112	47	36	5	27	24	4	0	0	409
Ray Harrell	0	0		8.10	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.3	5	5	3	0	2	3	0	0	2	17
Lloyd Dietz	0	1	.000	5.87	4	2	1	0	0	0	15.3	22	11	10	2	4	8	0	0	1	66
Pep Rambert	0	1	.000	7.56	3	1	1	0	0	0	8.3	12	8	7	0	4	0	3	0	0	44
Oad Swigart	0	2	.000	4.43	7	2	3	0	0	0	22.3	27	14	11	1	10	9	0	0	0	102
Russ Bauers	0	2	.000	7.63	15	2	2	0	0	0	30.7	42	29	26	2	18	11	2	0	3	153
Totals	78	76	.506	4.36	371	156	107	49	7	24	1388.7	1569	785	673	72	492	491	32	4	28	6144

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Arky Vaughan	156	689	594	113	178	40	15	7	95	12	88	25	.300	.393	.453	.846	269	5	3	4
Bob Elliott	148	611	551	88	161	34	11	5	64	13	45	28	.292	.348	.421	.769	232	11	2	13
Maurice Van Robays	145	609	572	82	156	27	7	11	116	2	33	58	.273	.316	.402	.718	230	16	3	1
Frankie Gustine	133	565	524	59	147	32	7	1	55	7	35	39	.281	.328	.374	.702	196	13	2	4
Elbie Fletcher	147	641	510	94	139	22	7	16	104	5	119	54	.273	.418	.437	.856	223	12	9	3
Debs Garms	103	385	358	76	127	23	7	5	57	3	23	6	.355	.395	.500	.895	179	3	1	3
Vince DiMaggio	110	400	356	59	103	26	0	19	54	11	37	83	.289	.364	.522	.887	186	7	5	2
Virgil Davis	99	324	285	23	93	14	1	5	39	0	35	20	.326	.404	.435	.839	124	15	2	2
Lee Handley	98	335	302	50	85	7	4	1	19	7	27	16	.281	.340	.341	.681	103	2	0	6
Paul Waner	89	261	238	32	69	16	1	1	32	0	23	14	.290	.352	.378	.731	90	4	0	0
Al Lopez	59	191	174	15	45	6	2	1	24	5	13	13	.259	.310	.333	.643	58	8	0	4
Lloyd Waner	72	172	166	30	43	3	0	0	3	2	5	5	.259	.285	.277	.562	46	1	1	0
Pep Young	54	150	136	19	34	8	2	2	20	1	12	23	.250	.320	.382	.702	52	0	2	0
Joe Bowman	57	105	90	11	22	5	1	1	14	0	14	14	.244	.352	.356	.708	32	3	1	0
Max Butcher	36	53	50	6	15	3	0	0	10	0	2	7	.300	.327	.360	.687	18	2	0	1
Bill Brubaker	38	90	78	8	15	3	1	0	7	0	8	16	.192	.267	.256	.524	20	0	0	4
Rip Sewell	47	77	73	14	14	2	1	1	4	0	3	19	.192	.224	.288	.511	21	1	0	1
Ken Heintzelman	41	59	54	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.167	.196	.167	.363	9	3	0	3
Johnny Lanning	38	40	35	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	2	8	.200	.243	.257	.500	9	0	0	3
Joe Schultz	16	38	36	2	7	0	1	0	4	0	2	1	.194	.237	.250	.487	9	0	0	0
Ray Berres	21	33	32	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	.188	.212	.188	.400	6	1	0	0
Bob Klinger	39	44	42	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.163	.143	.306	6	3	0	1
Mace Brown	48	62	52	4	6	1	0	0	3	0	4	8	.115	.193	.135	.328	7	1	1	5
Johnny Rizzo	9	34	28	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	5	5	.179	.324	.214	.538	6	1	1	0
Danny MacFayden	35	30	28	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.179	.207	.179	.385	5	1	0	1
Ed Fernandes	28	40	33	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	7	6	.121	.275	.152	.427	5	0	0	0
Dick Lanahan	40	35	34	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	.118	.118	.118	.235	4	1	0	1
Russ Bauers	15	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	4	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	1	0	0	0
Ed Leip	3	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	1	0	0
Oad Swigart	7	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1
Lloyd Dietz	6	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0
Pep Rambert	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Fern Bell	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0
Frank Kalin	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	1	0	0
Ray Harrell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1956	6115	5466	809	1511	276	68	76	740	69	553	494	.276	.346	.394	.740	2151	116	33	63

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Paul Waner	1B	8	88	6	1	12	.989	11.750	0
Maurice Van Robays	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Elbie Fletcher	1B	147	1512	104	11	128	.993	1.993	0
Bill Brubaker	1B	4	25	2	0	1	1.000	6.750	0
Pep Young	2B	33	51	79	13	9	.909	3.939	0
Ed Leip	2B	2	2	2	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Lee Handley	2B	2	5	4	1	3	.900	4.500	0
Frankie Gustine	2B	130	288	402	43	92	.941	5.308	0
Pep Young	3B	5	4	7	0	1	1.000	2.200	0
Arky Vaughan	3B	2	1	4	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
Lee Handley	3B	80	84	139	18	12	.925	2.788	0
Debs Garms	3B	64	65	123	7	15	.964	2.938	0
Bill Brubaker	3B	19	23	40	3	4	.955	3.316	0
Joe Schultz	C	13	29	4	3	0	.917	2.538	0
Ray Mueller	C	4	7	2	0	0	1.000	2.250	0
Al Lopez	C	59	224	29	2	7	.992	4.288	1
Ed Fernandes	C	27	47	5	1	1	.981	1.926	0
Virgil Davis	C	87	288	61	12	11	.967	4.011	2
Ray Berres	C	21	40	9	1	2	.980	2.333	1
Paul Waner	OF	45	62	3	1	0	.985	1.444	0
Lloyd Waner	OF	42	90	3	1	1	.989	2.214	0
Maurice Van Robays	OF	143	276	10	11	3	.963	2.000	0
Johnny Rizzo	OF	7	9	0	2	0	.818	1.286	0
Frank Kalin	OF	2	2	0	1	0	.667	1.000	0
Debs Garms	OF	19	32	3	2	0	.946	1.842	0
Bob Elliott	OF	147	302	12	7	0	.978	2.136	0
Vince DiMaggio	OF	108	220	13	5	3	.979	2.157	0
Oad Swigart	P	7	0	6	0	0	1.000	.857	0
Rip Sewell	P	33	17	46	5	0	.926	1.909	0
Pep Rambert	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Danny MacFayden	P	35	2	22	1	2	.960	.686	0
Johnny Lanning	P	38	8	22	3	2	.909	.789	0
Dick Lanahan	P	40	3	22	1	3	.962	.625	0
Bob Klinger	P	39	6	33	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
Ken Heintzelman	P	39	4	45	1	4	.980	1.256	0
Ray Harrell	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Lloyd Dietz	P	4	0	2	1	1	.667	.500	0
Max Butcher	P	35	5	34	2	2	.951	1.114	0
Mace Brown	P	48	10	40	2	1	.962	1.042	0
Joe Bowman	P	32	15	36	1	0	.981	1.594	0
Russ Bauers	P	15	1	7	0	1	1.000	.533	0
Pep Young	SS	7	6	12	2	6	.900	2.571	0
Arky Vaughan	SS	155	308	542	52	94	.942	5.484	0
Bill Brubaker	SS	8	4	4	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Totals		1762	4165	1941	217	423	.966	3.465	4

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