1938 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1938 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)	Pie Traynor
Local radio	KDKA Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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The 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 57th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 52nd in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 86–64.

Offseason

• February 22, 1938: Tommy Thevenow was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago Cubs	89	63	--	.586
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	64	2	.573
New York Giants	83	67	5	.553
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	6	.547
Boston Bees	77	75	12	.507
St. Louis Cardinals	71	80	17.5	.470
Brooklyn Dodgers	69	80	18.5	.463
Philadelphia Phillies	45	105	43	.300

Record vs. opponents

1938 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–12	12–10	11–9	8–14	14–8	9–13	13–9–1
Brooklyn	10–12	—	9–11–1	9–13	8–14	15–7	9–11	9–12–1
Chicago	12–10	11–9–1	—	11–11	12–10	18–4	12–10	13–9–1
Cincinnati	9–11	13–9	11–11	—	12–9	14–7	10–12	13–9–1
New York	14–8	14–8	10–12	9–12	—	16–5	9–13–1	11–9–1
Philadelphia	8–14	7–15	4–18	7–14	5–16	—	8–12–1	6–16
Pittsburgh	13–9	11–9	10–12	12–10	13–9–1	12–8–1	—	15–7
St. Louis	9–13–1	12–9–1	9–13–1	9–13–1	9–11–1	16–6	7–15	—

Roster

1938 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 51 Russ Bauers 46 Cy Blanton 48 Joe Bowman 49 Ed Brandt 47 Mace Brown 53 Ken Heintzelman 41 Bob Klinger 40 Red Lucas 44 Rip Sewell 45 Bill Swift 50 Jim Tobin		Catchers 32 Ray Berres 30 Al Todd Infielders 25 Bill Brubaker 20 Lee Handley 24 Gus Suhr 22,54 Tommy Thevenow 21 Arky Vaughan 26 Pep Young		Outfielders 17 Johnny Dickshot 16 Woody Jensen 12 Johnny Rizzo 10 Lloyd Waner 11 Paul Waner Other batters 36 Heinie Manush		Manager 35 Pie Traynor Coaches 36 Jewel Ens 34 Johnny Gooch 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
SS	Vaughan, ArkyArky Vaughan	148	541	174	.322	7	68

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
Thevenow, TommyTommy Thevenow	15	25	5	.200	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
Bauers, RussRuss Bauers	40	243	13	14	3.07	117

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

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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Montreal Royals	International League	Rabbit Maranville and Alex Hooks
A1	Knoxville Smokies	Southern Association	Neil Caldwell
B	Savannah Indians	Sally League	Chick Autry
C	Hutchinson Larks	Western Association	Hugh McMullen
D	Carthage Pirates	Arkansas–Missouri League	Buzz Arlitt

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Carthage

Notes

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
2. Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1938 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.