1942 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1942 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)	Frankie Frisch
Local radio	WWSW Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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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.

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: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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

Batting

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
3B	Bob Elliott	143	560	166	.296	9	89

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	42	120	27	.225	1	12
Bill Baker	18	17	2	.118	0	2

Pitching

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
Max Butcher	24	150.2	5	8	2.93	49
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
Dutch Dietz	40	134.1	6	9	3.95	35
Hank Gornicki	25	112	5	6	2.57	48
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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

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.