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 National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 80–74.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	--	.682
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	18	.565
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	23.5	.529
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	25	.519
Chicago Cubs	74	79	30.5	.484
Boston Braves	68	85	36.5	.444
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	41	.416
New York Giants	55	98	49.5	.359

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	—

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 Lopez Infielders  5 Pete Coscarart  8 Bob Elliott  3 Elbie Fletcher  4 Hank 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

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

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
Baker, BillBill Baker	63	172	47	.273	1	26
Ordeñana, TonyTony Ordeñana	1	4	2	.500	0	3

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

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
Butcher, MaxMax Butcher	33	193.2	10	8	2.60	45
Gornicki, HankHank Gornicki	42	147	1	0	3.14	17

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
Brandt, BillBill Brandt	29	4	1	0	3.14	17

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

1. 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.