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1943 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1942)  (1944) 71-83, 5th in National League Scored 528 runs, Allowed 540 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .712 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 63-91   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 80-74 Manager(s): Tom Edwards

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 2B  Frankie Gustine      23  135  468   60  140  30   3   0   46  22   6   43   38  .299  .357  .376   65   5.1  2e28       37  
 OF *Wally Moses          32  154  647   78  152  22  12   6   54  44  18   42   64  .235  .286  .334   61   3.1  2(0)e8    -27  
 1B *Joe Kuhel            37  154  561   55  125  28   2   4   61  16   4   75   58  .223  .311  .301   56   3.3  1e8         9  
 3B  Steve Mesner         25  138  540   45  146  27   1   0   45   5  10   40   27  .270  .321  .324   53   3.4  3e28        9  
 OF  Sid Gordon           25  127  468   45  113  12  11   3   47   8   2   40   40  .241  .300  .333   48   3.5  3(-1)e11  -55  
 OF  Maurice Van Robays   28   86  249   28   79  19   7   1   30   1   0   36   19  .317  .404  .462   46   6.9  4(+1)e20   89  
 OF *Johnny Barrett       27  113  294   27   74  10   4   0   31  15   2   29   26  .252  .326  .313   33   3.9  2(+1)e9    20  
 SS  Eddie Miller         26  154  618   48  108  23   4   0   40   6   3   28   56  .175  .210  .225   29   1.5  1e19     -129  
 OF *Roy Weatherly        28   62  219   26   64   6   5   3   24   4   7    9    6  .292  .315  .406   25   3.9  3(+1)e9    21  
 C   Clyde McCullough     26   82  226   21   57   3   1   3   19   5   3   14   30  .252  .299  .314   21   3.2  3(0)e7     18  
 C   Bob Swift            28   86  220   22   46   7   1   0   20   0   1   35   18  .209  .318  .250   19   2.8  3(-1)e8    30  
 2B  Pete Coscarart       30   91  233   15   50   8   3   0   23   5   5   16   28  .215  .268  .275   16   2.3  3e32      -70  
 3B  Al Rubeling          30   48  117   11   33   5   2   0   11   0   0    6   10  .282  .317  .359   13   4.1  4e27       23  
 C   Roy Partee           25   41   97   11   27   5   0   0    8   0   0   12   13  .278  .360  .330   12   4.4  3(+1)e7   -19  
 SS *Huck Geary           26    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3e38     -426  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           503                  -12

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Max Butcher          32  12  10  .545  31  30   4   0   0   0   1  223.0  219   86   78   6   87   57  3.15   99   4.0   -8  
  P  Bob Muncrief         27  12  13  .480  32  31   6   1   0   0   1  223.0  211   77   67  10   64   99  2.70   86   3.5  -95  
  P  Rip Sewell           36  11  13  .458  33  31  12   1   0   0   2  249.0  248   87   74   6   86   82  2.67   98   3.5  -56  
  P  Xavier Rescigno      30   8   7  .533  32  14   4   7   1   1   4  127.1  109   42   39   7   43   47  2.76   45   3.1  -63  
  P *Wally Hebert         35   8   8  .500  28  24   6   1   1   0   1  180.1  201   77   57   3   54   48  2.84   78   3.9  -39  
  P  Jack Salveson        29   7   4  .636  23  11   3   6   0   0   0   91.2   84   37   29   4   30   34  2.85   38   3.7  -47  
  P  Kirby Higbe          28   4   6  .400  20  12   2   5   0   0   0   97.2   84   32   28   2   48   60  2.58   36   3.4 -105  
  P  Bill Brandt          28   3   1  .750  28   0   0  15   0   0   0   49.2   40   19   16   4   17   20  2.90   17   3.0  -92  
  P  Jack Hallett         28   3   6  .333  23   0   0  15   0   1   0   45.2   33    8    6   0   24   17  1.18   12   2.6    1  
  P  George Caster        35   2   9  .182  48   0   0  36  16   8   0   75.1   91   37   35   4   39   53  4.18   48   5.8  112  
  P  Hank Gornicki        32   1   4  .200  18   0   0  13   1   0   0   28.2   29   15   12   0   15   17  3.77   13   4.2  -59  
  P *Johnny Gee           27   0   0  .000   6   1   0   2   0   0   0   11.0   14    7    7   0    4    2  5.73    6   5.7   64  
  P  Johnny Lanning       32   0   2  .000  17   0   0  15  11   0   0   18.0   29   16   11   0    9   10  5.50   15   6.8  262  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      596        -39

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bob Swift 631 71 86 273 29 5 3 .984 15 16 Clyde McCullough 577 61 77 259 24 5 3 .983 28 6 Roy Partee 213 22 29 114 10 1 1 .992 13 6 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Kuhel 1408 154 154 1525 135 8 148 .995 10.61 Sid Gordon 8 0 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 7.04 Frankie Gustine 5 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frankie Gustine 974 105 117 312 330 13 87 .980 5.93 Pete Coscarart 439 49 53 147 157 7 39 .977 6.24 Al Rubeling 8 0 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Steve Mesner 1193 132 135 173 319 12 36 .976 3.71 Al Rubeling 212 22 24 30 65 2 5 .979 4.04 Sid Gordon 9 0 3 2 2 2 0 .667 4.00 Pete Coscarart 7 0 3 0 3 1 1 .750 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Miller 1416 154 154 321 564 18 99 .980 5.62 Pete Coscarart 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sid Gordon 873 97 99 263 7 5 1 .982 2.78 Johnny Barrett 299 32 36 81 0 6 0 .931 2.44 Roy Weatherly 174 18 19 62 2 1 0 .985 3.30 Maurice Van Robays 74 7 10 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.54 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Maurice Van Robays 517 58 60 114 8 5 0 .961 2.12 Johnny Barrett 373 40 44 90 5 1 1 .990 2.29 Roy Weatherly 357 38 41 96 11 1 0 .991 2.70 Sid Gordon 171 18 20 45 3 3 0 .941 2.53 Wally Moses 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Moses 1413 154 154 228 10 8 2 .967 1.52 Johnny Barrett 7 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1943 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Joe Kuhel
Round 2 (#18):	Eddie Joost
Round 3 (#34):	Roy Weatherly
Round 4 (#44):	Bob Swift
Round 5 (#55):	Johnny Gee

Transactions

• 1943-01: traded Eddie Joost, Howie Schultz to CIN for Eddie Miller, Steve Mesner
• 1943 postseason: released Sid Gordon, Bob Swift

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