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1939 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1938)  (1940)
55-99, 7th in National League
Scored 620 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-94
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .686
Park Factor: Batting - 95 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 69-85   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 68-85
Manager(s): Tom Edwards

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Joe Kuhel            33  152  608   89  174  16   9  19   98  13   5   44   76  .286  .333  .436   85   5.0  1e12      -66  
 3B  Billy Werber         31  154  610   85  168  33   8   0   57  10   1   82   51  .275  .364  .356   84   4.8  1e35      -57  
 OF *Paul Waner           36  138  507   64  144  31   9   5   58   1   1   31   38  .284  .325  .410   67   4.7  1(-2)e7   -78  
 OF  Joe Vosmik           29  150  578   73  144  19   7   5   62  12  10   71   49  .249  .329  .332   66   3.8  3(0)e8    -83  
 OF *Bruce Campbell       29   94  346   59   94  24   7   7   33   9   3   53   44  .272  .369  .442   60   6.3  3(0)e17   -20  
 OF  Johnny Rizzo         26   94  359   32  102  26   6   5   43   1   0   35   31  .284  .348  .432   54   5.4  3(+1)e9    28  
 UT  Frank Croucher       24  122  350   39   97  19   0   2   27   7   3   17   61  .277  .310  .349   36   3.6             -6  
 2B  Bill Brubaker        28  132  359   33   79  20   2   7   36   2   3   25   71  .220  .269  .345   31   2.9  4e44      -47  
 C   Al Todd              37   80  253   27   68  10   0   6   37   3   4   18   13  .269  .318  .379   29   4.0  4(+5)e6     1  
 C   Gene Desautels       32   84  234   19   63   9   0   0   14   0   3   33   21  .269  .360  .308   26   3.8  3(+1)e7    22  
 SS  Skeeter Newsome      28  104  273   24   62  14   0   0   31   3   4   22   20  .227  .292  .278   22   2.7  2e41       27  
 SS  Bobby Mattick        23   63  187    8   48   9   2   0   15   0   0    8   28  .257  .286  .326   17   3.3  3e69      -67  
 OF  Maurice Van Robays   24   57  122   12   30   9   0   2   11   0   0   10   14  .246  .313  .369   12   3.5  4(+1)e18 -126  
 C   Buddy Rosar          25   32  101   10   26   6   0   0    7   3   2    8   17  .257  .312  .317    9   3.1  4(+2)e7   -70  
 2B  Red Juelich          22   47   51    6   13   2   2   0    6   0   0    2    5  .255  .283  .373    4   3.1  4e45       59  
 1B *Nick Etten           25   12   34    6    8   3   2   0    2   0   0    2    1  .235  .278  .441    3   3.9  3e15       -9  
 PH  Frankie Gustine      19   18   14    3    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .214  .353  .214    1   3.3             60  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           614                  -39

     * - 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  Bucky Walters        30  16  16  .500  34  34  16   0   0   0   1  261.1  237  128   95  10  104  133  3.27  107   3.6   13  
  P  Johnny Lanning       28   8   7  .533  53   7   1  32  14   5   0  118.1  116   58   47   7   63   47  3.57   61   4.6    2  
  P  Lon Warneke          30   6   9  .400  29  23   5   5   1   2   2  155.2  151   82   65  12   34   59  3.76   71   4.1  -52  
  P  Red Lynn             25   5   5  .500  50   0   0  36   2   2   0   75.1   70   41   34   8   26   44  4.06   38   4.5  -13  
  P  Alex Carrasquel      26   5  12  .294  30  19   1   8   1   1   0  146.2  148   63   59   4   42   42  3.62   61   3.8  -73  
  P  Rip Sewell           32   4  10  .286  23  15   1   6   1   1   1  106.0  102   57   47   5   44   58  3.99   51   4.3  -17  
  P  Cy Blanton           31   3   2  .600  19   2   0  10   1   2   0   46.0   56   25   23   3   11   15  4.50   25   4.8   37  
  P  Bob Klinger          31   3  21  .125  32  32   1   0   0   0   0  196.1  254  156  137  12   92   84  6.28  142   6.4   63  
  P  Vern Kennedy         32   2   7  .222  33  14   0  12   1   0   0  120.0  135   78   67   5   63   35  5.02   69   5.2 -129  
  P *Max Lanier           23   1   0 1.000   8   4   0   1   0   0   0   32.2   19    7    5   0   12   15  1.38    6   1.9  -93  
  P  Oad Swigart          24   1   2  .333   7   3   0   3   0   0   0   23.0   25   13   10   2    6   14  3.91   14   5.8   -6  
  P  Paul Dean            26   1   6  .143  39   1   0  13   1   4   0   71.2  112   60   57   8   20   38  7.16   68   8.4  114  
  P  Peaches Davis        34   0   2  .000  10   0   0   3   0   2   0   14.0   19   10    9   2    3    6  5.79    9   5.8  -94  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      730         -9

     * - 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               579  64  74  298   48   6   0  .983  99  36
 Gene Desautels        562  65  72  250   35  13   2  .956  72  24
 Buddy Rosar           226  25  30  124   17   6   0  .959  27  10
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Kuhel 1305 147 149 1327 127 10 112 .993 10.03 Nick Etten 62 7 10 63 9 1 4 .986 10.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Brubaker 761 87 98 179 229 33 52 .925 4.83 Frank Croucher 456 53 58 123 140 12 31 .956 5.19 Skeeter Newsome 107 10 16 23 47 3 3 .959 5.91 Red Juelich 44 4 12 13 13 1 5 .963 5.36 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Werber 1366 154 154 176 362 31 28 .946 3.54 Maurice Van Robays 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Skeeter Newsome 613 71 85 138 200 18 44 .949 4.96 Bobby Mattick 451 53 60 115 151 20 20 .930 5.31 Frank Croucher 294 30 53 82 89 3 13 .983 5.23 Bill Brubaker 8 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Paul Waner            551  63  63  148    3   6   0  .962  2.47
 Bruce Campbell        519  58  59  110    3   5   1  .958  1.96
 Maurice Van Robays    222  26  27   60    2   2   0  .969  2.52
 Johnny Rizzo           68   7   8   14    0   1   0  .933  1.85
 Joe Vosmik              5   0   3    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.80
 Bobby Mattick           2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Vosmik 685 75 79 221 10 6 0 .975 3.04 Johnny Rizzo 674 79 79 192 9 7 1 .966 2.69 Maurice Van Robays 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Vosmik 594 69 69 146 2 1 1 .993 2.24 Paul Waner 520 57 65 124 5 2 1 .985 2.23 Bruce Campbell 211 24 25 56 0 1 0 .982 2.39 Johnny Rizzo 42 4 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.36 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1939 Draft


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