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1938 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1937)  (1939) 61-93, 6th in National League Scored 729 runs, Allowed 876 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .672 Park Factor: Batting - 91 / Pitching - 93 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 73-81   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 86-64 Manager(s): Tom Edwards

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Earl Averill         36  136  530   90  150  29  15  19   74   4   1   66   50  .283  .365  .502   99   6.7  2(-1)e11  -98  
 OF  Johnny Rizzo         25  118  468   88  141  30   7  28  100   0   0   47   62  .301  .367  .575   95   7.3  3(0)e17    60  
 3B  Pinky Higgins        29  137  558   92  166  25   3  11   68  11   5   68   66  .297  .370  .412   89   5.8  3e41      -12  
 2B #Heinie Mueller       25  140  477   53  138  19   7   5   71   2   3   78   45  .289  .384  .390   78   5.8  4e26      106  
 1B *Joe Kuhel            32  142  466   66  119  29   7   7   49  10   4   65   45  .255  .345  .393   65   4.8  3e19      -48  
 SS  Red Kress            33  151  547   58  135  24   2   5   63   2   1   60   53  .247  .318  .325   56   3.5  3e27     -143  
 OF *Paul Waner           35  121  438   74  123  21   7   5   67   2   0   30    8  .281  .325  .395   50   4.0  2(-2)e7    11  
 OF *Bruce Campbell       28   65  252   46   70  13   7   8   27   4   1   31   27  .278  .360  .480   45   6.5  4(-2)e10   20  
 C   Gene Desautels       31   92  299   35   88   9   2   1   40   1   2   37   24  .294  .371  .348   38   4.6  2(-1)e4   -47  
 C   Al Todd              36   85  328   34   80  19   5   2   37   1   2   17   27  .244  .286  .351   30   3.1  4(0)e5    -35  
 UT  Bill Brubaker        27   86  106   20   29   4   0   5   13   1   0   21   14  .274  .391  .453   19   6.2             77  
 OF  Joe Vosmik           28   59  171   14   45   7   0   3   23   0   0   14   12  .263  .314  .357   18   3.6  3(-1)e7  -160  
 2B  Alex Kampouris       25   16   61    6   21   4   0   2   12   0   0    5   10  .344  .388  .508   12   7.9  3e25      226  
 OF *Woody Jensen         30   20   67    6   20   5   0   0    5   0   0    3    0  .299  .329  .373    8   4.9  3(-2)e25  257  
 3B *Lew Riggs            28   11   43    2   10   2   0   0    4   1   0    4    2  .233  .298  .279    3   2.7  2e27      -86  
 PH *Heinie Manush        36    4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   -.0           -699  
 SS  Skeeter Newsome      27    6   13    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   -.1  3e23     -640  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           712                  -20

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Lon Warneke          29  11  10  .524  25  25  12   0   0   0   2  174.1  167   86   75  17   59   70  3.87   84   4.3   -9  
  P  Johnny Lanning       27   9  13  .409  37  22   2  12   1   3   1  154.1  193  125   98  12   74   62  5.71  113   6.5   91  
  P  Cy Blanton           30   8  11  .421  25  25   7   0   0   0   1  177.2  218  108   94  14   44   84  4.76  109   5.5   21  
  P *Ed Brandt            33   7   7  .500  23  17   0   5   2   0   0  104.2  122   58   53   4   38   45  4.56   57   5.0   63  
  P  Bob Klinger          30   7  12  .368  25  23   2   1   1   0   0  173.2  187   80   71   6   61   66  3.68   82   4.2   17  
  P  Peaches Davis        33   6  13  .316  30  21   8   4   1   1   0  162.1  204  103   90  12   53   39  4.99  103   5.6   25  
  P  Bucky Walters        29   4  10  .286  39  12   1  21   4   1   0  124.1  153   98   90  11   71   48  6.51   90   6.5   65  
  P *Max Lanier           22   2   1  .667  28   0   0  17   1   0   0   59.1   81   53   37   2   47   30  5.61   48   7.3   -1  
  P  Paul Dean            25   2   3  .400  27   0   0  14   0   1   0   37.2   44   29   27   7    9   15  6.45   25   6.1   74  
  P  Red Lucas            36   2   6  .250  10   9   1   1   0   0   0   65.1   82   35   22   6   18   10  3.03   45   6.1   75  
  P  Rip Sewell           31   1   1  .500  41   0   0  27   8   2   0   69.1   90   52   45   4   40   31  5.84   52   6.7   10  
  P  Wes Ferrell          30   1   4  .200  23   0   0  14   1   1   0   46.2   70   36   35   8   20   14  6.75   44   8.6   70  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      859         37

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Al Todd 722 82 83 344 48 8 7 .980 37 22 Gene Desautels 644 72 75 291 24 5 2 .984 22 8 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Kuhel 1097 123 126 1198 179 19 115 .986 11.29 Bill Brubaker 53 6 7 54 7 2 9 .968 10.36 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Heinie Mueller 1213 137 138 372 421 26 97 .968 5.88 Alex Kampouris 144 16 16 50 50 3 12 .971 6.26 Bill Brubaker 9 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pinky Higgins 1192 135 137 106 296 37 18 .916 3.03 Lew Riggs 99 11 11 1 31 2 4 .941 2.90 Bill Brubaker 57 6 9 4 13 5 0 .773 2.68 Heinie Mueller 17 2 3 0 7 0 0 1.000 3.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Red Kress 1331 150 151 299 526 22 114 .974 5.58 Skeeter Newsome 35 4 5 4 11 0 3 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Rizzo 1028 116 117 226 3 7 2 .970 2.00 Joe Vosmik 326 37 37 72 1 1 1 .986 2.01 Paul Waner 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Bill Brubaker 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Earl Averill 1158 130 135 351 20 9 2 .976 2.88 Woody Jensen 168 20 20 41 0 4 0 .911 2.19 Paul Waner 29 3 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 Bruce Campbell 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Bill Brubaker 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Paul Waner 831 94 94 165 6 4 0 .977 1.85 Bruce Campbell 535 60 61 116 5 6 4 .953 2.04 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1938 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Earl Averill
Round 2 (#14):	Pinky Higgins
Round 3 (#24):	Red Kress
Round 4 (#35):	Heinie Mueller

Transactions

• 1938-17: acquired Wes Ferrell as a free agent
• 1938-18: acquired Earl Whitehill as a free agent
• 1938-19: acquired Nick Etten as a free agent
• 1938-22: released Earl Whitehill
• 1938-22: acquired Alex Kampouris as a free agent
• 1938-23: released Nick Etten
• 1938-23: acquired Lew Riggs as a free agent

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