1942 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1942 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	WWSW; Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
	< Previous season Next season >

The 1942 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 61st season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 56th in the National League. The Pirates finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 66–81.

Offseason

December 1, 1941: Hank Gornicki was selected off waivers by the Pirates from the St. Louis Cardinals.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	106	48	0.688	—	60–17	46–31
Brooklyn Dodgers	104	50	0.675	2	57–22	47–28
New York Giants	85	67	0.559	20	47–31	38–36
Cincinnati Reds	76	76	0.500	29	38–39	38–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	81	0.449	36½	41–34	25–47
Chicago Cubs	68	86	0.442	38	36–41	32–45
Boston Braves	59	89	0.399	44	33–36	26–53
Philadelphia Phillies	42	109	0.278	62½	23–51	19–58

Record vs. opponents

1942 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	6–16	13–9	5–16–1	8–12	14–8	7–12–1	6–16
Brooklyn	16–6	—	16–6	15–7	14–8–1	18–4	16–6	9–13
Chicago	9–13	6–16	—	13–9	9–13–1	14–8	11–11	6–16
Cincinnati	16–5–1	7–15	9–13	—	9–13	16–6	12–9–1	7–15
New York	12–8	8–14–1	13–9–1	13–9	—	17–5	15–7	7–15
Philadelphia	8–14	4–18	8–14	6–16	5–17	—	6–13	5–17
Pittsburgh	12–7–1	6–16	11–11	9–12–1	7–15	13–6	—	8–14–2
St. Louis	16–6	13–9	16–6	15–7	15–7	17–5	14–8–2	—

Game log

1942 Game Log: 66–81 (Home: 41–34; Away: 25–47)

April: 9–6 (Home: 6–5; Away: 3–1)

May: 10–21 (Home: 6–7; Away: 4–14)

June: 13–9 (Home: 8–3; Away: 5–6)

July: 11–16 (Home: 8–7; Away: 3–9)

August: 15–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
97	August 1	@ Phillies	1–2 (12)	Hughes	Sewell (11–9)	—	—	43–53
98	August 2	@ Phillies	4–2	Hamlin (3–4)	Melton	—	—	44–53
99	August 2	@ Phillies	3–2	Dietz (4–4)	Hoerst	Butcher (1)	—	45–53
100	August 4	Cubs	2–1 (11)	Klinger (7–6)	Bithorn	—	2,042	46–53
101	August 5	Cubs	3–0	Sewell (12–9)	Fleming	—	8,826	47–53
102	August 7	Cardinals	13–6	Wilkie (5–5)	Lanier	—	10,430	48–53
103	August 8	Cardinals	5–5 (16)			—	2,128	48–53
104	August 9	Cardinals	3–4	Dickson	Lanning (3–7)	—	—	48–54
105	August 9	Cardinals	1–2 (8)	Krist	Klinger (7–7)	—	15,561	48–55
106	August 10	Cardinals	6–4	Wilkie (6–5)	Cooper	Dietz (3)	1,507	49–55
107	August 11	Reds	3–1	Gornicki (2–1)	Thompson	—	2,108	50–55
108	August 12	Reds	0–3	Vander Meer	Sewell (12–10)	—	8,114	50–56
109	August 14	@ Cubs	1–7	Warneke	Klinger (7–8)	—	3,934	50–57
110	August 15	@ Cubs	8–5	Dietz (5–4)	Bithorn	Lanning (1)	—	51–57
111	August 15	@ Cubs	8–7 (11)	Sewell (13–10)	Errickson	—	11,702	52–57
112	August 16	@ Cubs	1–5	Lee	Gornicki (2–2)	—	—	52–58
113	August 16	@ Cubs	1–4	Fleming	Sewell (13–11)	—	25,930	52–59
114	August 18	@ Reds	3–0	Lanning (4–7)	Walters	—	6,475	53–59
115	August 19	@ Reds	9–2	Gornicki (3–2)	Derringer	—	1,338	54–59
116	August 20	@ Reds	3–5	Vander Meer	Sewell (13–12)	—	1,324	54–60
117	August 21	@ Cardinals	2–10	Beazley	Dietz (5–5)	—	2,010	54–61
118	August 22	@ Cardinals	6–7	Lanier	Klinger (7–9)	—	3,067	54–62
119	August 23	@ Cardinals	5–3	Klinger (8–9)	Cooper	—	—	55–62
120	August 23	@ Cardinals	2–5	Dickson	Lanning (4–8)	—	—	55–63
121	August 25	Braves	6–0	Sewell (14–12)	Earley	—	—	56–63
122	August 27	Braves	5–0	Gornicki (4–2)	Tobin	—	4,106	57–63
123	August 29	Giants	0–2	Schumacher	Dietz (5–6)	—	—	57–64
124	August 29	Giants	4–7	McGee	Klinger (8–10)	—	5,212	57–65
125	August 30	Dodgers	1–3	Wyatt	Heintzelman (8–11)	Davis	—	57–66
126	August 30	Dodgers	9–5 (8)	Sewell (15–12)	French	—	26,377	58–66
127	August 31	Dodgers	4–5 (11)	Davis	Gornicki (4–3)	—	3,697	58–67

September: 8–14 (Home: 5–5; Away: 3–9)

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

Roster

1942 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

-- Bill Brandt

19 Max Butcher

-- Dick Conger

22 Dutch Dietz

27 Hank Gornicki

-- Jack Hallett

13 Luke Hamlin

32 Ken Heintzelman

24 Ken Jungels

20 Bob Klinger

29 Johnny Lanning

30 Rip Sewell

-- Harry Shuman

25 Nick Strincevich

39 Lefty Wilkie

Catchers

7 Bill Baker

12 Al López

10 Babe Phelps

Infielders

15 Alf Anderson

5 Pete Coscarart

8 Bob Elliott

3 Elbie Fletcher

4 Huck Geary

16 Frankie Gustine

4 Stu Martin

Outfielders

18 Johnny Barrett

-- Frank Colman

9 Vince DiMaggio

40 Culley Rikard

-- Jim Russell

14 Bud Stewart

17 Maurice Van Robays

11 Jimmy Wasdell

23 Johnny Wyrostek

Other batters

3 Ed Leip

Manager

35 Frankie Frisch

Coaches

36 Spud Davis

34 Jake Flowers

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 López	103	289	74	.256	1	26
1B	Elbie Fletcher	145	506	146	.289	7	57
2B	Frankie Gustine	115	388	89	.229	2	35
SS	Pete Coscarart	133	487	111	.228	3	29
3B	Bob Elliott	143	560	166	.296	9	89
OF	Johnny Barrett	111	332	82	.247	0	26
OF	Vince DiMaggio	143	496	118	.238	15	75
OF	Jimmy Wasdell	122	409	106	.259	3	38

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
Maurice Van Robays	100	328	76	.232	1	46
Babe Phelps	95	257	73	.284	9	41
Bud Stewart	82	183	40	.219	0	20
Alf Anderson	54	166	45	.271	0	7
Stu Martin	42	120	27	.225	1	12
Culley Rikard	38	52	10	.192	0	5
Frank Colman	10	37	5	.135	1	2
Johnny Wyrostek	9	35	4	.114	0	3
Huck Geary	9	22	5	.227	0	2
Bill Baker	18	17	2	.118	0	2
Jim Russell	5	14	1	.071	0	0
Ed Leip	3	0	0	---	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	40	248	17	15	3.41	69
Max Butcher	24	150.2	5	8	2.93	49
Ken Heintzelman	27	130	8	11	4.57	39
Jack Hallett	3	22.1	0	1	4.84	16
Bill Brandt	3	16.1	1	1	4.96	4

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	37	152.2	8	11	3.24	58
Dutch Dietz	40	134.1	6	9	3.95	35
Johnny Lanning	34	119.1	6	8	3.32	31
Hank Gornicki	25	112	5	6	2.57	48
Luke Hamlin	23	112	4	4	3.94	38
Lefty Wilkie	35	107.1	6	7	4.19	18
Nick Strincevich	7	22.1	0	0	2.82	10
Dick Conger	2	8.1	0	0	2.16	3

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
Ken Jungels	6	0	0	0	6.59	7
Harry Shuman	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Burleigh Grimes
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Ripper Collins
B	Harrisburg Senators	Interstate League	Danny Taylor
C	Hutchinson Pirates	Western Association	Walter Holke
D	Moultrie Packers	Georgia–Florida League	F. M. McVay
D	Oil City Oilers	Pennsylvania State Association	Frank Oceak
D	Hornell Maples	PONY League	Poke Whalen and Leo Mackey

Toronto affiliation shared with Philadelphia Athletics

Notes

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

References

1942 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1942 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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

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

[2] Hank Gornicki page at Baseball-Reference

1942 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1942 All-Star Game 1942 World Series