1943 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 80-74
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 498,740, Avg. 9,528
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Frankie Frisch (80-74)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1943 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 80-74
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 498,740, Avg. 9,528
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Frankie Frisch (80-74)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1943 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1943 season with a record of 80 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Pirates tallied 669 runs and yielded 605 runs. Vince DiMaggio paced Pittsburgh with 15 home runs Bob Elliott drove in 101 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .315 clip. Rip Sewell led the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.54 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Sewell | 21 | 9 | .700 | 2.54 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 265.3 | 267 | 94 | 75 | 6 | 75 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1113 |
| Bob Klinger | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.72 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 195.0 | 185 | 77 | 59 | 6 | 58 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 809 |
| Max Butcher | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.60 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 193.7 | 191 | 65 | 56 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 804 |
| Wally Hebert | 10 | 11 | .476 | 2.98 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 184.0 | 197 | 75 | 61 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 785 |
| Hank Gornicki | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.98 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 147.0 | 165 | 86 | 65 | 10 | 47 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 639 |
| Xavier Rescigno | 6 | 9 | .400 | 2.98 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 132.7 | 125 | 52 | 44 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 554 |
| Johnny Lanning | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.33 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27.0 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 |
| Bill Brandt | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.14 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.3 | 57 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 254 |
| Johnny Gee | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.28 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 89 | 42 | 39 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 351 |
| Jack Hallett | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.70 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 47.7 | 36 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 185 |
| Harry Shuman | 0 | 0 | 5.32 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 30 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 103 | |
| Arthur Cuccurullo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Lloyd Dietz | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.00 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Johnny Podgajny | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.72 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 | 37 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 |
| Totals | 80 | 74 | .519 | 3.06 | 314 | 158 | 83 | 74 | 11 | 12 | 1404.0 | 1424 | 598 | 477 | 44 | 421 | 0 | 396 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 5946 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Elliott | 156 | 643 | 581 | 82 | 183 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 24 | .315 | .376 | .444 | .820 | 258 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Elbie Fletcher | 154 | 647 | 544 | 91 | 154 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 49 | .283 | .395 | .395 | .791 | 215 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince DiMaggio | 157 | 651 | 580 | 64 | 144 | 41 | 2 | 15 | 88 | 11 | 0 | 70 | 126 | .248 | .329 | .403 | .733 | 234 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Russell | 146 | 614 | 533 | 79 | 138 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 77 | 67 | .259 | .354 | .358 | .712 | 191 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Gustine | 112 | 454 | 414 | 40 | 120 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 32 | 36 | .290 | .341 | .355 | .696 | 147 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Coscarart | 133 | 546 | 491 | 57 | 119 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 48 | .242 | .307 | .305 | .613 | 150 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Lopez | 118 | 428 | 372 | 40 | 98 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 25 | .263 | .341 | .317 | .659 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy O'Brien | 89 | 252 | 232 | 35 | 72 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 24 | .310 | .352 | .448 | .801 | 104 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Van Robays | 69 | 261 | 236 | 32 | 68 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19 | .288 | .344 | .432 | .776 | 102 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Barrett | 130 | 329 | 290 | 41 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 23 | .231 | .316 | .303 | .619 | 88 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Baker | 63 | 198 | 172 | 12 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | .273 | .365 | .360 | .726 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Rubeling | 47 | 180 | 168 | 23 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .262 | .295 | .357 | .653 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rip Sewell | 41 | 108 | 105 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .286 | .299 | .343 | .642 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Huck Geary | 46 | 185 | 166 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | .151 | .234 | .193 | .426 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Colman | 32 | 68 | 59 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .271 | .358 | .373 | .731 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Klinger | 33 | 74 | 65 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .246 | .300 | .277 | .577 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Hebert | 35 | 66 | 59 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .220 | .246 | .271 | .517 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Wyrostek | 51 | 83 | 79 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .152 | .183 | .190 | .373 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Butcher | 33 | 70 | 61 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .164 | .190 | .197 | .387 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Gornicki | 42 | 42 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .175 | .175 | .225 | .400 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Rescigno | 37 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .143 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hallett | 9 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .286 | .375 | .429 | .804 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gee | 15 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .115 | .179 | .192 | .371 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Ordenana | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Wasdell | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .750 | .500 | 1.250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Lanning | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Podgajny | 21 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Brandt | 29 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Shuman | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Camelli | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Cuccurullo | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lloyd Dietz | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1838 | 6022 | 5353 | 666 | 1401 | 240 | 73 | 42 | 620 | 64 | 0 | 569 | 566 | .262 | .335 | .357 | .692 | 1913 | 113 | 17 | 83 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Wyrostek | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Russell | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Gustine | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elbie Fletcher | 1B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 1541 | 108 | 6 | 141 | .996 | 1.708 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Wyrostek | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Rubeling | 2B | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 87 | 138 | 6 | 27 | .974 | 5.114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Gustine | 2B | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 115 | 6 | 23 | .969 | 4.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Elliott | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Coscarart | 2B | 85 | 0 | 0.0 | 186 | 263 | 18 | 54 | .961 | 5.282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Wyrostek | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Rubeling | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy O'Brien | 3B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Lopez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Elliott | 3B | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 149 | 294 | 24 | 34 | .949 | 2.934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Coscarart | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Lopez | C | 116 | 0 | 0.0 | 378 | 66 | 4 | 9 | .991 | 3.828 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Camelli | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Baker | C | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 157 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .979 | 3.321 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Wyrostek | OF | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 1.700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maurice Van Robays | OF | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 120 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .940 | 2.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Russell | OF | 134 | 0 | 0.0 | 285 | 16 | 3 | 3 | .990 | 2.246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy O'Brien | OF | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .964 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vince DiMaggio | OF | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | 457 | 16 | 7 | 3 | .985 | 3.032 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Colman | OF | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Barrett | OF | 99 | 0 | 0.0 | 165 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .988 | 1.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Shuman | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Sewell | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 60 | 4 | 4 | .948 | 2.086 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xavier Rescigno | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .889 | .649 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Podgajny | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Lanning | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Klinger | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Hebert | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 43 | 4 | 5 | .933 | 1.647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Hallett | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Gornicki | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .941 | .762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Gee | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Dietz | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Cuccurullo | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Butcher | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 40 | 2 | 4 | .962 | 1.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Brandt | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .448 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Ordenana | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Gustine | SS | 68 | 0 | 0.0 | 135 | 230 | 24 | 41 | .938 | 5.368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Huck Geary | SS | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 92 | 127 | 10 | 25 | .956 | 4.761 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Elliott | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vince DiMaggio | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Coscarart | SS | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 96 | 151 | 10 | 30 | .961 | 5.255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1678 | 0 | 0.0 | 4197 | 1881 | 170 | 419 | .973 | 3.622 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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