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1941 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1940)  (1942) 65-89, 6th in National League Scored 544 runs, Allowed 663 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-92 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .703 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 61-93   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 81-73 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  Danny Litwhiler      24  148  586   62  202  31   8  14   82   1   2   46   33  .345  .390  .497  111   7.4  3(-2)e16   71  
 1B *Joe Kuhel            35  153  541   61  142  30   4  12   61  16   3   56   45  .262  .333  .399   75   4.8  1e10       10  
 3B  Bobby Bragan         23  145  546   61  135  21   1   3   50   5   3   28   30  .247  .283  .306   48   2.9  4e20      -13  
 OF  Maurice Van Robays   26  131  382   47  108   7   3   3   34   0   0   38   24  .283  .345  .340   45   4.2  4(+1)e10  -38  
 SS  Frank Croucher       26  133  487   38  118  17   5   1   50   3   1   37   65  .242  .298  .304   44   3.1  3e52      -28  
 2B  Frankie Gustine      21  141  460   57  119  20   6   2   40   1   3   24   33  .259  .295  .341   44   3.4  2e41      -35  
 C   Clyde McCullough     24  147  476   46  106   5   5   6   40   1   2   37   78  .223  .278  .292   38   2.7  3(-1)e5   -41  
 OF  Gee Walker           33   81  329   29   90  13   6   2   36   8   4   14   27  .274  .301  .368   32   3.4  4(+1)e8   -76  
 OF  Myril Hoag           33   82  306   25   75  12   3   2   23   2   8   26   21  .245  .304  .324   24   2.6  3(-2)e16   10  
 3B *Debs Garms           34   66  244   32   53   8   1   1   14   0   0   29   18  .217  .299  .270   21   3.0  4e47     -134  
 OF *Stan Spence          26   51  187   20   37   4   2   3   13   0   2   19   13  .198  .289  .289   15   2.7  4(-2)e7   -66  
 ?  *Paul Waner           38   22   81   12   24   3   1   2   10   0   2   12    4  .296  .383  .432   12   5.2            114  
 SS  Alf Anderson         27   26   82    6   26   2   2   0   13   1   0    3   11  .317  .345  .390   11   5.3  3e56      192  
 C   Herman Franks        27   31   80    7   22   8   0   0    9   0   0    7   10  .275  .333  .375    9   4.4  3(-1)e5   160  
 PH #Ripper Collins       37   49   41    3   12   2   3   0    6   0   0    5    4  .293  .362  .488    7   7.1            264  
 2B  Dutch Meyer          25   26  101   12   14   5   1   1    4   2   2    3   12  .139  .163  .238    3   1.0  4e25     -110  
 C   Spud Davis           36   42   31    5    7   0   1   0    3   0   0    4    7  .226  .306  .290    2   2.6  4(0)e6    -35  
 PH  Vinnie Smith         25   17   10    3    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .300  .385  .300    0   2.4             28  
 ?  *Jimmy Wasdell        27    5    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0    .6           -514  
 C  #Ken Silvestri        25    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  3(+1)e3  -812  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           550                  -11

     * - 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  Kirby Higbe          26  14  14  .500  34  34  11   0   0   0   4  252.0  207   80   71  14  109  111  2.54  101   3.6  -25  
  P  Rip Sewell           34  12  11  .522  32  30   9   1   0   0   4  227.2  210  103   92  21   84   80  3.64  104   4.0   10  
  P  Max Butcher          30  12  12  .500  36  35   7   1   1   0   2  239.0  253  109   85   7   77   63  3.20  107   3.9  -32  
  P  Lon Warneke          32   8  19  .296  33  33   5   0   0   0   4  215.1  223  108   90  19  102   86  3.76  115   4.7   23  
  P *Lefty Wilkie         26   6   5  .545  66   0   0  29   4   2   0  113.2  137   64   54   3   73   21  4.28   74   5.9    3  
  P  Johnny Lanning       30   3   2  .600  20   1   1  13   2   0   0   31.0   38   14   11   3   13    4  3.19   22   6.8  100  
  P  Bob Muncrief         25   3   5  .375  40  13   3  18   8   0   1  139.0  146   60   45   6   41   44  2.91   62   4.0  -54  
  P *Joe Sullivan         30   2   3  .400  16   0   0  12   2   3   0   23.0   32   22   22   1   18    6  8.61   19   7.4   37  
  P  George Caster        33   2   5  .286  27   0   0  19   5   2   0   39.1   59   36   30   4   23   14  6.86   39   8.8  155  
  P  Bob Klinger          33   2   6  .250  23   4   1  12   1   2   0   69.1   80   35   33   5   14   24  4.28   38   4.9   18  
  P  Johnny Podgajny      21   1   7  .125  16   4   1  11   3   1   0   38.0   48   32   24   2   22    9  5.68   28   6.4   37  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      714          0

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Clyde McCullough 1185 133 136 507 50 13 8 .977 30 18 Spud Davis* 252 27 33 123 5 3 0 .977 Herman Franks 187 21 27 83 8 5 1 .948 7 3 Ken Silvestri* 26 3 4 17 0 0 0 1.000 Vinnie Smith 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Kuhel 1376 153 153 1507 181 6 136 .996 11.04 Paul Waner* 61 7 7 73 4 3 8 .962 11.36 Jimmy Wasdell* 58 6 10 66 5 0 6 1.000 10.95 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frankie Gustine 773 86 91 249 273 19 67 .965 6.08 Bobby Bragan 417 47 51 144 159 9 40 .971 6.54 Dutch Meyer 198 21 24 60 78 3 19 .979 6.28 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Bragan 764 86 87 69 175 13 7 .949 2.87 Debs Garms 536 58 65 60 131 18 5 .914 3.21 Frankie Gustine 87 10 10 11 17 3 1 .903 2.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Croucher 1181 133 133 294 486 39 100 .952 5.95 Alf Anderson 185 21 25 45 66 7 16 .941 5.41 Bobby Bragan 22 0 8 3 9 0 3 1.000 4.91 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Maurice Van Robays 785 88 88 169 6 5 0 .972 2.01 Gee Walker 591 66 66 117 2 2 0 .983 1.81 Jimmy Wasdell* 185 22 23 27 2 2 0 .935 1.41 Paul Waner* 74 8 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Herman Franks 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Ripper Collins 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Debs Garms 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Myril Hoag 733 82 82 228 8 6 3 .975 2.90 Stan Spence 446 50 51 128 6 1 2 .993 2.70 Gee Walker 121 12 16 42 0 0 0 1.000 3.13 Paul Waner 87 10 10 22 1 1 0 .958 2.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Danny Litwhiler 1288 143 143 268 9 19 1 .936 1.94 Paul Waner* 146 16 18 27 4 1 0 .969 1.92 Jimmy Wasdell* 97 11 12 17 0 1 0 .944 1.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1941 Draft

Round 1 (#4):	Lon Warneke
Round 2 (#16):	Debs Garms
Round 3 (#30):	Frank Croucher
Round 4 (#40):	Gee Walker
Round 5 (#49):	Jimmy Wasdell
Round 6 (#54):	Herman Franks
Round 7 (#57):	Dutch Meyer

Transactions

• 1941-11: acquired Stan Spence as a free agent
• 1941-14: traded Spud Davis, Johnny Lanning, Jimmy Wasdell, PIN#1 to BRN for Paul Waner, Johnny Podgajny, Bob Klinger, Ken Silvestri

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