1941 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1941 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 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 81–73, 19 games behind the first-place Brooklyn Dodgers.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	100	54	0.649	—	52–25	48–29
St. Louis Cardinals	97	56	0.634	2½	53–24	44–32
Cincinnati Reds	88	66	0.571	12	45–34	43–32
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	73	0.526	19	45–32	36–41
New York Giants	74	79	0.484	25½	38–39	36–40
Chicago Cubs	70	84	0.455	30	38–39	32–45
Boston Braves	62	92	0.403	38	32–44	30–48
Philadelphia Phillies	43	111	0.279	57	23–52	20–59

Record vs. opponents

1941 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	4–18–2	11–11	9–13	6–16	14–8	10–12	8–14
Brooklyn	18–4–2	—	13–9	14–8	14–8	18–4	12–10	11–11–1
Chicago	11–11	9–13	—	8–14	9–13	14–8–1	9–13	10–12
Cincinnati	13–9	8–14	14–8	—	15–7	16–6	12–10	10–12
New York	16–6	8–14	13–9	7–15	—	16–6	8–14–2	6–15–1
Philadelphia	8–14	4–18	8–14–1	6–16	6–16	—	6–16	5–17
Pittsburgh	12–10	10–12	13–9	10–12	14–8–2	16–6	—	6–16
St. Louis	14–8	11–11–1	12–10	12–10	15–6–1	17–5	16–6	—

Game log

1941 Game Log: 81–73 (Home: 45–32; Away: 36–41)

April: 3–10 (Home: 2–3; Away: 1–7)

May: 11–11 (Home: 7–4; Away: 4–7)

June: 14–12 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–5)

July: 22–9 (Home: 13–3; Away: 9–6)

August: 18–15 (Home: 5–4; Away: 13–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
95	August 1	Giants	6–3	Butcher (11–7)	Hubbell	—	4,324	51–42
96	August 2	Giants	0–2 (10)	Schumacher	Sewell (10–10)	—	5,550	51–43
97	August 3	Giants	5–4	Dietz (3–0)	McGee	—	—	52–43
98	August 3	Giants	10–4 (6)	Klinger (6–3)	Wittig	—	25,688	53–43
99	August 4	@ Reds	4–1	Lanning (7–6)	Thompson	—	2,109	54–43
100	August 5	@ Reds	7–5	Butcher (12–7)	Turner	Klinger (3)	2,390	55–43
101	August 6	@ Cubs	13–3	Sewell (11–10)	Pressnell	—	5,574	56–43
102	August 7	@ Cubs	4–3	Dietz (4–0)	Mooty	—	5,035	57–43
103	August 8	@ Cubs	0–1	Erickson	Lanning (7–7)	—	5,846	57–44
104	August 9	@ Cardinals	5–4 (13)	Klinger (7–3)	Hutchinson	—	5,223	58–44
105	August 10	@ Cardinals	2–3	White	Sewell (11–11)	Crouch	—	58–45
106	August 10	@ Cardinals	2–4	Cooper	Heintzelman (7–8)	—	26,513	58–46
107	August 13	Cubs	4–6	Eaves	Lanning (7–8)	Mooty	24,373	58–47
108	August 14	Cubs	2–6	Passeau	Butcher (12–8)	—	3,032	58–48
109	August 16	Cardinals	4–2	Heintzelman (8–8)	White	—	—	59–48
110	August 17	Cardinals	1–7	Cooper	Butcher (12–9)	—	—	59–49
111	August 17	Cardinals	8–2	Sewell (12–11)	Warneke	—	34,292	60–49
112	August 18	@ Dodgers	5–6	Casey	Butcher (12–10)	—	9,832	60–50
113	August 19	@ Dodgers	0–9	Davis	Sullivan (4–1)	—	—	60–51
114	August 19	@ Dodgers	2–6	Drake	Heintzelman (8–9)	Casey	9,372	60–52
115	August 20	@ Dodgers	6–7	Allen	Sewell (12–12)	—	14,752	60–53
116	August 21	@ Giants	5–3	Butcher (13–10)	McGee	—	11,845	61–53
117	August 22	@ Giants	5–3	Lanning (8–8)	Bowman	—	2,439	62–53
118	August 23	@ Giants	3–5	Schumacher	Dietz (4–1)	—	—	62–54
119	August 23	@ Giants	4–3	Klinger (8–3)	Brown	—	—	63–54
120	August 24	@ Braves	3–4 (12)	Salvo	Sewell (12–13)	—	—	63–55
121	August 24	@ Braves	7–3 (6)	Klinger (9–3)	Javery	—	13,411	64–55
122	August 26	@ Braves	3–4	Tobin	Wilkie (2–4)	—	—	64–56
123	August 26	@ Braves	6–1	Butcher (14–10)	Errickson	—	3,527	65–56
124	August 27	@ Phillies	12–2	Lanning (9–8)	Blanton	—	1,748	66–56
125	August 28	@ Phillies	3–2	Dietz (5–1)	Pearson	Klinger (4)	5,500	67–56
126	August 30	@ Cubs	1–4	Erickson	Sewell (12–14)	—	6,777	67–57
127	August 31	@ Cubs	4–3	Butcher (15–10)	Passeau	—	—	68–57

September: 13–16 (Home: 13–11; Away: 0–5)

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

Roster

1941 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

31 Russ Bauers

21 Joe Bowman

24 Bill Brandt

25 Mace Brown

19 Max Butcher

21,37 Bill Clemensen

37 Dick Conger

22 Dutch Dietz

24 Johnny Gee

32 Ken Heintzelman

20 Bob Klinger

28 Dick Lanahan

29 Johnny Lanning

30 Rip Sewell

25 Nick Strincevich

26 Joe Sullivan

39 Lefty Wilkie

Catchers

7 Bill Baker

11 Spud Davis

12 Al López

38 Joe Schultz

8 Vinnie Smith

Infielders

15 Alf Anderson

2 Ripper Collins

38 Billy Cox

3 Elbie Fletcher

18 Debs Garms

16 Frankie Gustine

6 Lee Handley

10 Ed Leip

4 Stu Martin

21 Arky Vaughan

Outfielders

9 Vince DiMaggio

8 Bob Elliott

-- Culley Rikard

14 Bud Stewart

17 Maurice Van Robays

10 Lloyd Waner

Manager

35 Frankie Frisch

Coaches

11 Spud Davis

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	Al Lopez	114	317	84	.265	5	43
1B	Elbie Fletcher	151	521	150	.288	11	74
2B	Frankie Gustine	121	463	125	.270	1	46
3B	Lee Handley	124	459	132	.288	0	33
SS	Arky Vaughan	106	374	118	.316	6	38
LF	Maurice Van Robays	129	457	129	.282	4	78
CF	Vince DiMaggio	151	528	141	.267	21	100
RF	Bob Elliott	141	527	144	.273	3	76

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
Stu Martin	88	233	71	.305	0	19
Alf Anderson	70	223	48	.215	1	10
Debs Garms	83	220	58	.264	3	42
Bud Stewart	73	172	46	.267	0	10
Spud Davis	57	107	27	.252	0	6
Bill Baker	35	67	15	.224	0	6
Ripper Collins	49	62	13	.210	0	11
Billy Cox	10	37	10	.270	0	2
Vinnie Smith	9	33	10	.303	0	5
Ed Leip	15	25	5	.200	0	3
Culley Rikard	6	20	4	.200	0	0
Lloyd Waner	3	4	1	.250	0	1
Joe Schultz	2	2	1	.500	0	0

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	39	249	14	17	3.72	76
Max Butcher	33	236	17	12	3.05	61
Ken Heintzelman	35	196	11	11	3.44	81
Johnny Lanning	34	175.2	11	11	3.13	41

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
Bob Klinger	35	116.2	9	4	3.93	36
Dutch Dietz	33	100.1	7	2	2.33	22
Lefty Wilkie	26	79	2	4	4.56	16
Joe Bowman	18	69.1	3	2	2.99	22
Joe Sullivan	16	39.1	4	1	2.97	10
Russ Bauers	8	37.1	1	3	5.54	20
Nick Strincevich	12	31	1	2	5.23	12
Bill Clemensen	2	13	1	0	2.77	4
Johnny Gee	3	7.1	0	2	6.14	2
Bill Brandt	2	7	0	1	3.86	0
Dick Conger	2	4	0	0	0.00	2

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
Dick Lanahan	7	0	1	0	5.25	5
Mace Brown	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

1941 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Arky Vaughan, starter, SS
Bob Elliott, reserve
Al López, reserve

League top five finishers

Vince DiMaggio

#3 in NL in RBI (100)

Elbie Fletcher

NL leader in on-base percentage (.421)

Rip Sewell

NL leader in losses (17)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Specs Toporcer
B	Harrisburg Senators	Interstate League	Les Bell
C	Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers	Canadian–American League	Buster Blakeney
C	Hutchinson Pirates	Western Association	Johnny Gooch
D	Moultrie Packers	Georgia–Florida League	Buzz Arlitt
D	Oil City Oilers	Pennsylvania State Association	George Norton
D	London Pirates	PONY League	Jimmy Jordan

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg

Notes

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

References

1941 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1941 Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

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