1940 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1940 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)	Frankie Frisch
Local radio	KDKA; Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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The 1940 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 59th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 54th in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 78–76.

Offseason

Prior to 1940 season: Billy Cox was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	100	53	0.654	—	55–21	45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers	88	65	0.575	12	41–37	47–28
St. Louis Cardinals	84	69	0.549	16	41–36	43–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	0.506	22½	40–34	38–42
Chicago Cubs	75	79	0.487	25½	40–37	35–42
New York Giants	72	80	0.474	27½	33–43	39–37
Boston Bees	65	87	0.428	34½	35–40	30–47
Philadelphia Phillies	50	103	0.327	50	24–55	26–48

Record vs. opponents

1940 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	8–14	9–12	7–15	15–6	9–13	8–14
Brooklyn	13–9	—	10–12	8–14–1	16–5	17–5	15–7–1	9–13–1
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	6–16	12–10	12–10	11–11	8–14
Cincinnati	12–9	14–8–1	16–6	—	15–7	15–7	16–6	12–10–1
New York	15–7	5–16	10–12	7–15	—	12–10	12–10	11–10
Philadelphia	6–15	5–17	10–12	7–15	10–12	—	6–16	6–16
Pittsburgh	13–9	7–15–1	11–11	6–16	10–12	16–6	—	15–7–1
St. Louis	14–8	13–9–1	14–8	10–12–1	10–11	16–6	7–15–1	—

Game log

1940 Game Log: 78–76 (Home: 40–34; Away: 38–42)

April: 4–6 (Home: 3–3; Away: 1–3)

May: 5–15 (Home: 3–8; Away: 2–7)

June: 15–13 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–6)

July: 18–12 (Home: 7–5; Away: 11–7)

August: 20–12 (Home: 15–6; Away: 5–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
90	August 1	@ Dodgers	3–8	Wyatt	Heintzelman (3–4)	—	—	42–47
91	August 1	@ Dodgers	7–8	Casey	Lanahan (2–4)	—	19,393	42–48
92	August 2	@ Phillies	5–2 (10)	Bowman (6–7)	Johnson	Klinger (2)	7,521	43–48
93	August 3	@ Phillies	8–0	Brown (8–7)	Higbe	—	1,000	44–48
94	August 4	@ Phillies	6–1	Sewell (9–2)	Mulcahy	—	—	45–48
95	August 4	@ Phillies	6–4	Lanning (4–2)	Frye	Heintzelman (2)	7,182	46–48
96	August 6	Cardinals	3–1	Heintzelman (4–4)	Cooper	—	8,582	47–48
97	August 7	Cardinals	10–9	Klinger (7–10)	Shoun	Lanning (2)	5,640	48–48
98	August 7	Cardinals	12–6	Butcher (6–7)	Lanier	Bowman (2)	5,640	49–48
99	August 9	Cubs	6–2	Sewell (10–2)	Raffensberger	—	29,978	50–48
100	August 10	Cubs	0–1	Olsen	Klinger (7–11)	—	4,474	50–49
101	August 11	Cubs	7–3	Lanning (5–2)	Raffensberger	—	—	51–49
102	August 11	Cubs	5–1	Lanahan (3–4)	Passeau	—	28,968	52–49
103	August 12	Reds	4–2	Butcher (7–7)	Walters	—	42,254	53–49
104	August 13	Reds	3–4 (10)	Beggs	Heintzelman (4–5)	—	6,810	53–50
105	August 14	@ Cardinals	6–7 (11)	Shoun	Brown (8–8)	—	11,077	53–51
106	August 16	@ Cardinals	6–5	Lanning (6–2)	McGee	—	4,218	54–51
107	August 16	@ Cardinals	5–9	Warneke	Butcher (7–8)	—	4,218	54–52
108	August 17	@ Cubs	5–6 (13)	Passeau	MacFayden (3–3)	—	6,003	54–53
109	August 18	@ Cubs	1–9	French	Sewell (10–3)	—	7,597	54–54
110	August 19	Bees	0–3	Errickson	Bowman (6–8)	—	1,803	54–55
111	August 20	Bees	6–3	Lanahan (4–4)	Salvo	—	1,050	55–55
112	August 21	Bees	3–2	Heintzelman (5–5)	Coffman	—	2,281	56–55
113	August 22	Giants	4–5 (12)	Dean	MacFayden (3–4)	—	—	56–56
114	August 22	Giants	4–0	Sewell (11–3)	Melton	—	12,523	57–56
115	August 23	Giants	13–10	Heintzelman (6–5)	Hubbell	—	2,562	58–56
116	August 24	Giants	6–7	Hubbell	Heintzelman (6–6)	—	7,630	58–57
117	August 25	Dodgers	4–3	Lanahan (5–4)	Wyatt	—	22,257	59–57
118	August 25	Dodgers	1–8	Fitzsimmons	Klinger (7–12)	—	22,257	59–58
119	August 28	Phillies	5–0	Sewell (12–3)	Mulcahy	—	4,100	60–58
120	August 28	Phillies	5–2	Bowman (7–8)	Higbe	—	4,100	61–58
121	August 29	Phillies	4–0	Brown (9–8)	Pearson	MacFayden (2)	2,239	62–58

September: 16–18 (Home: 5–5; Away: 11–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
122	September 1	Cardinals	10–0	Heintzelman (7–6)	Shoun	—	—	63–58
123	September 1	Cardinals	5–5 (11)			—	20,945	63–58
124	September 2	Cubs	5–2	Sewell (13–3)	Root	—	—	64–58
125	September 2	Cubs	1–7	Olsen	Bowman (7–9)	—	26,120	64–59
126	September 4	@ Reds	2–3 (12)	Beggs	Lanahan (5–5)	—	30,543	64–60
127	September 5	@ Reds	3–6	Vander Meer	Lanning (6–3)	—	7,661	64–61
128	September 7	@ Cardinals	14–9	MacFayden (4–4)	Doyle	Brown (6)	2,065	65–61
129	September 8	@ Cardinals	16–14	Lanahan (6–5)	McGee	Heintzelman (3)	—	66–61
130	September 8	@ Cardinals	5–4 (5)	Klinger (8–12)	Warneke	Butcher (2)	10,718	67–61
131	September 10	@ Phillies	11–3	Bowman (8–9)	Mulcahy	—	—	68–61
132	September 10	@ Phillies	11–1	Sewell (14–3)	Frye	—	1,000	69–61
133	September 11	@ Phillies	9–3	Brown (10–8)	Pearson	—	2,500	70–61
134	September 12	@ Dodgers	0–7	Casey	Heintzelman (7–7)	—	—	70–62
135	September 12	@ Dodgers	4–7	Casey	Lanahan (6–6)	—	10,570	70–63
136	September 13	@ Dodgers	2–8	Head	Klinger (8–13)	—	2,769	70–64
137	September 14	@ Dodgers	0–5	Fitzsimmons	Lanahan (6–7)	—	—	70–65
138	September 14	@ Dodgers	2–4	Carleton	Lanning (6–4)	—	16,278	70–66
139	September 15	@ Giants	10–3	Sewell (15–3)	Melton	—	—	71–66
140	September 15	@ Giants	4–3	Bowman (9–9)	Gumbert	—	9,240	72–66
141	September 16	@ Giants	7–6	Butcher (8–8)	Lohrman	Klinger (3)	1,262	73–66
142	September 17	@ Bees	5–10	Errickson	Lanahan (6–8)	Strincevich	1,077	73–67
143	September 18	@ Bees	1–4	Tobin	Bowman (9–10)	—	2,013	73–68
144	September 19	Cardinals	1–2	McGee	Sewell (15–4)	—	—	73–69
145	September 19	Cardinals	2–8	Hutchinson	Heintzelman (7–8)	—	5,048	73–70
146	September 21	Reds	1–8	Walters	Butcher (8–9)	—	—	73–71
147	September 21	Reds	8–7 (10)	MacFayden (5–4)	Riddle	—	6,395	74–71
148	September 22	Reds	1–2	Turner	Swigart (0–2)	—	—	74–72
149	September 22	Reds	8–1	Lanning (7–4)	Vander Meer	—	14,865	75–72
150	September 23	Reds	12–9	Heintzelman (8–8)	Beggs	Brown (7)	2,098	76–72
151	September 25	@ Cubs	1–2 (11)	Lee	Sewell (15–5)	—	—	76–73
152	September 25	@ Cubs	4–6	Olsen	Brown (10–9)	Raffensberger	7,828	76–74
153	September 26	@ Cubs	7–6	Lanning (8–4)	Bryant	Sewell (1)	1,789	77–74
154	September 27	@ Reds	4–3 (10)	Sewell (16–5)	Moore	—	3,173	78–74
155	September 28	@ Reds	5–6	Turner	Dietz (0–1)	Moore	6,603	78–75
156	September 29	@ Reds	3–11	Walters	Rambert (0–1)	Vander Meer	13,860	78–76

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1940 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

31 Russ Bauers

21 Joe Bowman

25 Mace Brown

19 Max Butcher

-- Dutch Dietz

27 Ray Harrell

32 Ken Heintzelman

20 Bob Klinger

17,28 Dick Lanahan

29 Johnny Lanning

22 Danny MacFayden

-- Pep Rambert

30 Rip Sewell

26 Oad Swigart

Catchers

12 Ray Berres

11 Spud Davis

38 Ed Fernandes

12 Al López

14 Ray Mueller

38 Joe Schultz

Infielders

15 Bill Brubaker

3,5 Elbie Fletcher

9,18 Debs Garms

16 Frankie Gustine

4,6 Lee Handley

10 Ed Leip

21 Arky Vaughan

4,6 Pep Young

Outfielders

17 Vince DiMaggio

8,37 Bob Elliott

-- Frank Kalin

7 Johnny Rizzo

17,28 Maurice Van Robays

10 Lloyd Waner

9,18 Paul Waner

Other batters

37 Fern Bell

Manager

35 Frankie Frisch

Coaches

34 Jake Flowers

36 Mike Kelly

33 Honus Wagner

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Spud Davis	99	285	93	.326	5	39
1B	Elbie Fletcher	147	510	139	.273	16	104
2B	Frankie Gustine	133	524	147	.281	1	55
SS	Arky Vaughn	156	594	178	.300	7	95
3B	Lee Handley	98	302	85	.281	1	19
OF	Vince DiMaggio	110	356	103	.289	19	54
OF	Bob Elliott	148	551	161	.292	5	64
OF	Maurice Van Robays	145	572	156	.273	11	116

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Debs Garms	103	358	127	.355	5	57
Paul Waner	89	238	69	.290	1	32
Al López	59	174	45	.259	1	24
Lloyd Waner	72	166	43	.259	0	3
Pep Young	54	136	34	.250	2	20
Bill Brubaker	38	78	15	.192	0	7
Joe Schultz Jr.	16	36	7	.194	0	4
Ed Fernandes	28	33	4	.121	0	2
Ray Berres	21	32	6	.188	0	2
Johnny Rizzo	9	28	5	.179	0	2
Ed Leip	3	5	1	.200	0	0
Ray Mueller	4	3	1	.333	0	1
Frank Kalin	3	3	0	.000	0	1
Fern Bell	6	3	0	.000	0	1

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rip Sewell	33	189.2	16	5	2.80	60
Joe Bowman	32	187.2	9	10	4.46	57
Max Butcher	35	136.1	8	9	6.01	40

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mace Brown	48	173	10	9	3.49	73
Ken Heintzelman	39	165	8	8	4.47	71
Bob Klinger	39	142	8	13	5.39	48
Johnny Lanning	38	115.2	8	4	4.05	42
Dick Lanahan	40	108	6	8	4.25	45
Danny MacFayden	35	91.1	5	4	3.55	24
Oad Swigart	7	22.1	0	2	4.43	9
Dutch Dietz	4	15.1	0	1	5.87	8
Pep Rambert	3	8.1	0	1	7.56	0

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Russ Bauers	15	0	2	0	7.63	11
Ray Harrell	3	0	0	0	8.10	3

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Dick Porter
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Specs Toporcer
B	Gadsden Pilots	Southeastern League	Billy Bancroft
B	Harrisburg Senators	Interstate League	Les Bell
C	Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers	Canadian–American League	Steve Yerkes and Buster Blakeney
C	Hutchinson Pirates	Western Association	Jimmy Jordan and Buzz Arlitt
D	Carthage Pirates	Arkansas–Missouri League	Buzz Arlitt
D	Fort Lauderdale Tarpons	Florida East Coast League	Herb Thomas
D	McKeesport Little Braves/Oil City Oilers	Pennsylvania State Association	Elmer Klump
D	London Pirates	PONY League	Mickey LaLange and Jimmy Jordan

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Lauderdale

Arkansas–Missouri League folded, July 1, 1940; McKeesport franchise moved to Oil City and renamed, July 1, 1940

Notes

From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
Billy Cox page at Baseball Reference

References

1940 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1940 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Billy Cox page at Baseball Reference

1940 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
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1940 All-Star Game 1940 World Series