1943 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1943 Pittsburgh Pirates
1943 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Other information
Owners	Bill Benswanger
Managers	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 record 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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 21	@ Cubs	6–0	Sewell (1–0)	Derringer	—	9,044	1–0
2	April 22	@ Cubs	3–4	Hanyzewski	Dietz (0–1)	—	3,325	1–1
3	April 24	@ Cubs	3–6	Bithorn	Hallett (0–1)	—	6,771	1–2
4	April 25	@ Cubs	6–2	Sewell (2–0)	Warneke	—	7,349	2–2
5	April 27	Reds	4–1	Lanning (1–0)	Starr	Rescigno (1)	11,937	3–2
6	April 28	Reds	1–3	Riddle	Hebert (0–1)	Beggs	2,121	3–3
7	April 29	Reds	1–6	Vander Meer	Gornicki (0–1)	—	3,146	3–4

May: 13–13 (Home: 9–3; Away: 4–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
8	May 1	Cubs	6–3	Sewell (3–0)	Passeau	—	2,667	4–4
9	May 2	Cubs	3–0	Hebert (1–1)	Bithorn	—	16,491	5–4
10	May 2	Cubs	1–0	Klinger (1–0)	Barrett	—	16,491	6–4
11	May 3	@ Reds	5–7	Vander Meer	Dietz (0–2)	Riddle	2,958	6–5
12	May 4	@ Reds	8–3	Rescigno (1–0)	Starr	—	1,685	7–5
13	May 5	@ Reds	2–3	Walters	Lanning (1–1)	—	8,370	7–6
14	May 9	Cardinals	1–8	Cooper	Hebert (1–2)	—	25,887	7–7
15	May 9	Cardinals	3–3			—	25,887	7–7
16	May 13	@ Dodgers	4–5	Webber	Dietz (0–3)	—	6,735	7–8
17	May 14	@ Dodgers	5–2	Gornicki (1–1)	Fitzsimmons	—	7,230	8–8
18	May 15	@ Giants	1–2 (11)	Adams	Rescigno (1–1)	—	6,856	8–9
19	May 16	@ Giants	1–3	Wittig	Butcher (0–1)	—	13,056	8–10
20	May 16	@ Giants	2–1	Klinger (2–0)	Trinkle	—	13,056	9–10
21	May 18	@ Braves	0–4	Javery	Sewell (3–1)	—	1,026	9–11
22	May 19	@ Braves	1–2 (11)	Andrews	Rescigno (1–2)	—	—	9–12
23	May 19	@ Braves	3–5	Jeffcoat	Gornicki (1–2)	Stout	4,959	9–13
24	May 22	@ Phillies	0–10	Rowe	Klinger (2–1)	—	11,692	9–14
25	May 23	@ Phillies	4–1	Sewell (4–1)	Podgajny	—	—	10–14
26	May 23	@ Phillies	2–5	Kraus	Rescigno (1–3)	Johnson	—	10–15
27	May 26	Dodgers	17–4	Hebert (2–2)	Macon	—	2,130	11–15
28	May 27	Dodgers	9–5	Lanning (2–1)	Melton	Butcher (1)	14,724	12–15
29	May 28	Dodgers	2–6	Head	Gornicki (1–3)	—	2,456	12–16
30	May 29	Phillies	12–4	Rescigno (2–3)	Gerheauser	—	1,727	13–16
31	May 30	Phillies	4–3	Sewell (5–1)	Rowe	—	—	14–16
32	May 30	Phillies	2–1 (10)	Hebert (3–2)	Kraus	—	7,297	15–16
33	May 31	Braves	1–6	Tobin	Brandt (0–1)	—	14,391	15–17
34	May 31	Braves	4–0	Klinger (3–1)	Salvo	—	14,391	16–17

June: 16–11 (Home: 12–4; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
35	June 1	Braves	5–4 (14)	Lanning (3–1)	Javery	—	1,077	17–17
36	June 2	Braves	3–2	Rescigno (3–3)	Andrews	—	10,162	18–17
37	June 3	Giants	9–6	Sewell (6–1)	Trinkle	Lanning (1)	3,051	19–17
38	June 4	Giants	9–8	Butcher (1–1)	Mungo	Gornicki (1)	14,120	20–17
39	June 5	Giants	1–5	Hubbell	Rescigno (3–4)	—	3,186	20–18
40	June 6	Giants	18–1	Klinger (4–1)	Melton	—	—	21–18
41	June 6	Giants	7–0	Hallett (1–1)	Wittig	—	21,358	22–18
42	June 7	Dodgers	1–4	Fitzsimmons	Hebert (3–3)	—	19,162	22–19
43	June 9	@ Cardinals	3–4	Cooper	Sewell (6–2)	—	2,365	22–20
44	June 10	@ Cardinals	0–5	Lanier	Gornicki (1–4)	—	13,356	22–21
45	June 12	@ Cardinals	0–1	Pollet	Hallett (1–2)	—	3,022	22–22
46	June 13	@ Cardinals	10–3	Hebert (4–3)	Brecheen	—	16,255	23–22
47	June 13	@ Cardinals	4–4 (12)			—	16,255	23–22
48	June 15	Cubs	4–2	Sewell (7–2)	Prim	—	1,707	24–22
49	June 16	Cubs	5–2	Gornicki (2–4)	Bithorn	—	12,389	25–22
50	June 17	Cubs	2–3 (7)	Derringer	Hebert (4–4)	—	2,071	25–23
51	June 18	Reds	0–1 (14)	Starr	Butcher (1–2)	—	2,274	25–24
52	June 19	Reds	4–3 (11)	Lanning (4–1)	Shoun	—	4,235	26–24
53	June 20	Reds	5–4	Sewell (8–2)	Vander Meer	—	—	27–24
54	June 20	Reds	4–2	Rescigno (4–4)	Beggs	Lanning (2)	27,392	28–24
55	June 22	@ Cubs	0–1	Derringer	Podgajny (0–1)	—	3,783	28–25
56	June 23	@ Cubs	1–4	Passeau	Hebert (4–5)	—	—	28–26
57	June 23	@ Cubs	7–5	Gornicki (3–4)	Fleming	—	8,893	29–26
58	June 24	@ Cubs	2–1	Sewell (9–2)	Lee	—	3,217	30–26
59	June 26	@ Reds	9–0	Butcher (2–2)	Vander Meer	—	2,104	31–26
60	June 27	@ Reds	3–6	Riddle	Podgajny (0–2)	—	12,015	31–27
61	June 27	@ Reds	1–5	Starr	Gornicki (3–5)	Beggs	12,015	31–28
62	June 28	Reds	7–1	Sewell (10–2)	Walters	—	12,979	32–28
63	June 30	@ Phillies	3–3 (11)			—	10,655	32–28

July: 18–14 (Home: 12–7; Away: 6–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
64	July 1	@ Phillies	1–6	Rowe	Podgajny (0–3)	—	—	32–29
65	July 1	@ Phillies	2–1	Klinger (5–1)	Gerheauser	—	6,884	33–29
66	July 2	@ Phillies	2–1	Sewell (11–2)	Kraus	—	3,669	34–29
67	July 3	@ Braves	10–1	Rescigno (5–4)	Javery	—	2,559	35–29
68	July 4	@ Braves	1–3	Barrett	Hebert (4–6)	—	—	35–30
69	July 4	@ Braves	0–13	Tobin	Gornicki (3–6)	—	13,275	35–31
70	July 5	@ Giants	8–4	Butcher (3–2)	Melton	—	—	36–31
71	July 5	@ Giants	0–9	Chase	Klinger (5–2)	—	8,688	36–32
72	July 8	@ Dodgers	8–2	Sewell (12–2)	Fitzsimmons	—	7,075	37–32
73	July 9	@ Dodgers	7–8 (10)	Higbe	Klinger (5–3)	—	9,563	37–33
74	July 10	@ Dodgers	6–23	Davis	Podgajny (0–4)	—	14,631	37–34
75	July 11	@ Dodgers	3–2	Butcher (4–2)	Higbe	—	—	38–34
76	July 11	@ Dodgers	4–5	Allen	Rescigno (5–5)	Head	28,696	38–35
77	July 15	Cardinals	4–3	Klinger (6–3)	Lanier	—	24,578	39–35
78	July 16	Cardinals	9–5	Sewell (13–2)	Krist	—	4,050	40–35
79	July 17	Cardinals	7–3	Butcher (5–2)	Brecheen	—	—	41–35
80	July 17	Cardinals	3–2	Hebert (5–6)	Munger	—	11,362	42–35
81	July 18	Cardinals	4–7	Cooper	Gornicki (3–7)	—	—	42–36
82	July 18	Cardinals	5–6	Munger	Sewell (13–3)	Cooper	34,349	42–37
83	July 20	Phillies	1–0	Sewell (14–3)	Barrett	—	11,996	43–37
84	July 21	Phillies	10–2	Klinger (7–3)	Conger	—	2,041	44–37
85	July 22	Phillies	0–3	Rowe	Butcher (5–3)	—	—	44–38
86	July 22	Phillies	6–9	Kraus	Gornicki (3–8)	—	5,199	44–39
87	July 23	Phillies	3–2	Gee (1–0)	Gerheauser	—	1,895	45–39
88	July 24	Dodgers	6–1	Sewell (15–3)	Melton	—	5,951	46–39
89	July 25	Dodgers	7–1	Klinger (8–3)	Head	—	—	47–39
90	July 25	Dodgers	7–1	Hebert (6–6)	Higbe	—	30,309	48–39
91	July 26	Dodgers	6–10 (10)	Macon	Butcher (5–4)	—	6,125	48–40
92	July 27	Giants	8–5	Gee (2–0)	Chase	—	2,735	49–40
93	July 28	Giants	8–3	Sewell (16–3)	Hubbell	—	29,585	50–40
94	July 30	Giants	7–13	Melton	Klinger (8–4)	Adams	2,851	50–41
95	July 31	Braves	5–6	Javery	Hebert (6–7)	—	3,762	50–42

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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
133	September 1	Cardinals	6–8	Dickson	Gee (4–2)	—	5,234	67–63
134	September 3	@ Cubs	5–1	Sewell (20–7)	Hanyzewski	—	5,717	68–63
135	September 4	@ Cubs	7–4	Gornicki (9–11)	Derringer	Rescigno (2)	3,212	69–63
136	September 5	@ Cubs	5–4 (12)	Brandt (3–1)	Erickson	Sewell (3)	—	70–63
137	September 6	@ Cardinals	2–3	Brazle	Butcher (7–7)	—	—	70–64
138	September 6	@ Cardinals	2–6	Brecheen	Hebert (8–11)	—	13,429	70–65
139	September 8	@ Cardinals	1–5	Munger	Sewell (20–8)	—	4,049	70–66
140	September 10	@ Reds	9–6	Hebert (9–11)	Beggs	—	—	71–66
141	September 10	@ Reds	0–1	Walters	Butcher (7–8)	—	9,613	71–67
142	September 11	@ Reds	11–1	Klinger (10–8)	Vander Meer	—	1,568	72–67
143	September 12	@ Reds	0–1	Riddle	Sewell (20–9)	—	—	72–68
144	September 12	@ Reds	7–0	Rescigno (6–8)	Starr	—	10,303	73–68
145	September 17	Reds	1–0	Butcher (8–8)	Walters	—	6,118	74–68
146	September 19	Reds	10–3	Sewell (21–9)	Riddle	—	—	75–68
147	September 19	Reds	2–1	Butcher (9–8)	Vander Meer	—	13,646	76–68
148	September 22	Braves	3–5	Andrews	Gornicki (9–12)	—	1,404	76–69
149	September 23	Braves	1–2	Tobin	Gee (4–3)	—	1,784	76–70
150	September 25	Giants	7–2	Butcher (10–8)	Chase	—	1,530	77–70
151	September 26	Giants	5–0	Klinger (11–8)	Melton	—	—	78–70
152	September 26	Giants	3–4 (10)	Voiselle	Gornicki (9–13)	—	38,617	78–71
153	September 28	Dodgers	5–2	Hebert (10–11)	Melton	—	—	79–71
154	September 28	Dodgers	4–2	Brandt (4–1)	Davis	Gornicki (4)	3,410	80–71
155	September 29	Dodgers	7–14	Ostermueller	Rescigno (6–9)	—	1,579	80–72

October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
156	October 3	Phillies	1–3	Barrett	Gee (4–4)	—	—	80–73
157	October 3	Phillies	3–11	McKee	Cuccurullo (0–1)	—	5,430	80–74

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

Roster

1943 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

-- Jimmy Wasdell

Manager

35 Frankie Frisch

Coaches

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	195.0	11	8	2.72	65
Max Butcher	33	193.2	10	8	2.60	45
Wally Hebert	34	184.0	10	11	2.98	41
Johnny Gee	15	82.0	4	4	4.28	18
Cookie Cuccurullo	1	7.0	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	147.0	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	27.0	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 Side 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 Side in 1907.

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