1943 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1943 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
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The 1943 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 62nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 57th in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 80–74.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	0.682	—	58–21	47–28
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	0.565	18	48–29	39–38
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	0.529	23½	46–31	35–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	0.519	25	47–30	33–44
Chicago Cubs	74	79	0.484	30½	36–38	38–41
Boston Braves	68	85	0.444	36½	38–39	30–46
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	0.416	41	33–43	31–47
New York Giants	55	98	0.359	49½	34–43	21–55

Record vs. opponents

1943 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–9	8–14	11–11	11–11	11–11	12–10	3–19
Brooklyn	9–12	—	10–12	13–9	14–8	17–5	11–11	7–15
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	9–13	12–9–1	10–12	8–14	9–13
Cincinnati	11–11	9–13	13–9	—	16–6–1	19–3	9–13	10–12
New York	11–11	8–14	9–12–1	6–16–1	—	8–14–1	9–13	4–18
Philadelphia	11–11	5–17	12–10	3–19	14–8–1	—	10–12–1	9–13–1
Pittsburgh	10–12	11–11	14–8	13–9	13–9	12–10–1	—	7–15–2
St. Louis	19–3	15–7	13–9	12–10	18–4	13–9–1	15–7–2	—

Game log

1943 Game Log: 80–74 (Home: 47–30; Away: 33–44)

April: 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–2)

May: 13–13 (Home: 9–3; Away: 4–10)

June: 16–11 (Home: 12–4; Away: 4–7)

July: 18–14 (Home: 12–7; Away: 6–7)

August: 17–20 (Home: 6–7; Away: 11–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 1	Braves	3–6 (10)	Tobin	Gee (2–1)	—	—	50–43
97	August 1	Braves	7–1	Sewell (17–3)	Odom	—	31,844	51–43
98	August 2	Braves	5–4	Gornicki (4–8)	Barrett	—	11,109	52–43
99	August 3	Braves	1–6	Andrews	Rescigno (5–6)	—	2,455	52–44
100	August 4	Phillies	6–2	Butcher (6–4)	Gerheauser	—	10,417	53–44
101	August 6	@ Cardinals	3–8	Lanier	Sewell (17–4)	—	23,976	53–45
102	August 7	@ Cardinals	4–1	Hebert (7–7)	Munger	—	3,530	54–45
103	August 8	@ Cardinals	6–8	Dickson	Rescigno (5–7)	Lanier	—	54–46
104	August 8	@ Cardinals	2–5	Brecheen	Klinger (8–5)	—	15,572	54–47
105	August 11	@ Phillies	1–2	Rowe	Sewell (17–5)	—	—	54–48
106	August 11	@ Phillies	0–2	Barrett	Gornicki (4–9)	—	11,129	54–49
107	August 12	@ Phillies	3–4	Conger	Rescigno (5–8)	Kimball	12,065	54–50
108	August 14	@ Phillies	8–2	Klinger (9–5)	Kraus	—	—	55–50
109	August 14	@ Phillies	2–1	Butcher (7–4)	Gerheauser	Gornicki (2)	6,344	56–50
110	August 15	@ Braves	1–5	Tobin	Hebert (7–8)	—	—	56–51
111	August 15	@ Braves	11–1	Sewell (18–5)	Barrett	—	18,400	57–51
112	August 16	@ Braves	5–1	Gee (3–1)	Javery	—	1,654	58–51
113	August 17	@ Braves	8–0	Gornicki (5–9)	Andrews	—	—	59–51
114	August 17	@ Braves	4–3 (11)	Gornicki (6–9)	Andrews	Sewell (1)	4,831	60–51
115	August 18	@ Giants	7–6 (10)	Gornicki (7–9)	Allen	Sewell (2)	—	61–51
116	August 18	@ Giants	2–3	Hubbell	Butcher (7–5)	—	5,805	61–52
117	August 19	@ Giants	8–1	Hebert (8–8)	Fischer	—	2,863	62–52
118	August 20	@ Giants	2–3	Chase	Sewell (18–6)	—	—	62–53
119	August 20	@ Giants	4–7	Melton	Klinger (9–6)	—	7,050	62–54
120	August 21	@ Giants	4–3	Brandt (1–1)	Feldman	—	5,186	63–54
121	August 22	@ Dodgers	1–6	Head	Gornicki (7–10)	—	—	63–55
122	August 22	@ Dodgers	6–8	Barney	Gornicki (7–11)	—	28,285	63–56
123	August 24	@ Dodgers	9–6 (6)	Sewell (19–6)	Davis	Gornicki (3)	6,611	64–56
124	August 25	@ Dodgers	4–6	Wyatt	Butcher (7–6)	Webber	10,995	64–57
125	August 26	Cubs	2–3	Derringer	Hebert (8–9)	—	2,107	64–58
126	August 27	Cubs	2–3	Passeau	Klinger (9–7)	—	9,115	64–59
127	August 28	Cubs	5–4	Gee (4–1)	Wyse	—	3,154	65–59
128	August 29	Cubs	2–11	Bithorn	Sewell (19–7)	—	—	65–60
129	August 29	Cubs	3–1	Gornicki (8–11)	Hanyzewski	—	19,142	66–60
130	August 30	Cardinals	4–3 (10)	Brandt (2–1)	Brazle	—	—	67–60

September: 13–10 (Home: 7–5; Away: 6–5)

October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0)

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

Roster

1943 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

24 Bill Brandt

19 Max Butcher

23 Cookie Cuccurullo

22 Dutch Dietz

26 Johnny Gee

27 Hank Gornicki

40 Jack Hallett

21 Wally Hebert

20 Bob Klinger

29 Johnny Lanning

39 Johnny Podgajny

4 Xavier Rescigno

30 Rip Sewell

25 Harry Shuman

Catchers

1 Bill Baker

22 Hank Camelli

12 Al López

Infielders

5 Pete Coscarart

8 Bob Elliott

3 Elbie Fletcher

4 Huck Geary

16 Frankie Gustine

2 Tony Ordeñana

4 Al Rubeling

Outfielders

18 Johnny Barrett

23 Frank Colman

9 Vince DiMaggio

11,26 Tommy O'Brien

32 Jim Russell

17 Maurice Van Robays

14 Johnny Wyrostek

Other batters

-- Jimmy Wasdell

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	118	372	98	.263	1	39
1B	Elbie Fletcher	154	544	154	.283	9	70
2B	Pete Coscarart	133	491	119	.242	0	48
SS	Frankie Gustine	112	414	120	.290	0	43
3B	Bob Elliott	156	581	183	.315	7	101
OF	Johnny Barrett	130	290	67	.231	1	32
OF	Vince DiMaggio	157	580	144	.248	15	88
OF	Jim Russell	146	533	138	.259	4	44

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	69	236	68	.288	1	35
Tommy O'Brien	89	232	72	.310	2	26
Bill Baker	63	172	47	.273	1	26
Al Rubeling	47	168	44	.262	0	9
Huck Geary	46	166	25	.151	1	13
Johnny Wyrostek	51	79	12	.152	0	1
Frank Colman	32	59	16	.271	0	4
Tony Ordeñana	1	4	2	.500	0	3
Hank Camelli	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	4	2	1	.500	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	35	265.1	21	9	2.54	65
Bob Klinger	33	195	11	8	2.72	65
Max Butcher	33	193.2	10	8	2.60	45
Wally Hebert	34	184	10	11	2.98	41
Johnny Gee	15	82	4	4	4.28	18
Cookie Cuccurullo	1	7	0	1	6.43	3

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
Hank Gornicki	42	147	9	13	3.98	63
Xavier Rescigno	37	132.2	6	9	2.98	41
Jack Hallett	9	47.2	1	2	1.70	11
Johnny Podgajny	15	34.1	0	4	4.72	7
Johnny Lanning	12	27	4	1	2.33	11

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	ERA	SO
Bill Brandt	29	4	1	3.14	17
Harry Shuman	11	0	0	5.32	5
Dutch Dietz	8	0	3	6.00	4

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Burleigh Grimes
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Ripper Collins
B	York White Roses	Interstate League	Bunny Griffiths
D	Hornell Maples	PONY League	Frank Oceak

References

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

1943 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1943 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: 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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