1940 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1940 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	KDKA Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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The 1940 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 59th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 54th in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 78–76.

Offseason

Prior to 1940 season: Billy Cox was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	100	53	0.654	—	55–21	45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers	88	65	0.575	12	41–37	47–28
St. Louis Cardinals	84	69	0.549	16	41–36	43–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	0.506	22½	40–34	38–42
Chicago Cubs	75	79	0.487	25½	40–37	35–42
New York Giants	72	80	0.474	27½	33–43	39–37
Boston Bees	65	87	0.428	34½	35–40	30–47
Philadelphia Phillies	50	103	0.327	50	24–55	26–48

Record vs. opponents

1940 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	8–14	9–12	7–15	15–6	9–13	8–14
Brooklyn	13–9	—	10–12	8–14–1	16–5	17–5	15–7–1	9–13–1
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	6–16	12–10	12–10	11–11	8–14
Cincinnati	12–9	14–8–1	16–6	—	15–7	15–7	16–6	12–10–1
New York	15–7	5–16	10–12	7–15	—	12–10	12–10	11–10
Philadelphia	6–15	5–17	10–12	7–15	10–12	—	6–16	6–16
Pittsburgh	13–9	7–15–1	11–11	6–16	10–12	16–6	—	15–7–1
St. Louis	14–8	13–9–1	14–8	10–12–1	10–11	16–6	7–15–1	—

Game log

1940 Game Log: 78–76 (Home: 40–34; Away: 38–42)

April: 4–6 (Home: 3–3; Away: 1–3)

May: 5–15 (Home: 3–8; Away: 2–7)

June: 15–13 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
31	June 2	Giants	2–1	Klinger (4–4)	Schumacher	MacFayden (1)	—	10–21
32	June 2	Giants	3–7 (8)	Melton	Brown (3–4)	Gumbert	18,634	10–22
33	June 3	Giants	3–4	Lohrman	Butcher (1–5)	—	1,987	10–23
34	June 4	Bees	14–2	Bowman (3–3)	Callahan	—	20,310	11–23
35	June 6	Bees	7–6	Sewell (1–1)	Sullivan	—	1,165	12–23
36	June 7	Phillies	10–4	Lanning (1–1)	Johnson	—	1,174	13–23
37	June 8	Phillies	6–5	Heintzelman (1–0)	Johnson	Brown (1)	3,055	14–23
38	June 9	Phillies	1–6	Mulcahy	Klinger (4–5)	—	14,450	14–24
39	June 9	Phillies	11–5 (8)	Brown (4–4)	Pearson	—	14,450	15–24
40	June 10	Dodgers	7–8	Fitzsimmons	Lanahan (0–3)	—	2,659	15–25
41	June 12	Dodgers	4–5	Wyatt	Brown (4–5)	—	20,179	15–26
42	June 14	@ Giants	6–8	Lohrman	Klinger (4–6)	Brown	5,955	15–27
43	June 15	@ Giants	1–12	Schumacher	Bowman (3–4)	—	5,941	15–28
44	June 16	@ Giants	5–0	Butcher (2–5)	Hubbell	—	34,282	16–28
45	June 16	@ Giants	5–3	Sewell (2–1)	Gumbert	Heintzelman (1)	34,282	17–28
46	June 17	@ Bees	3–5	Posedel	Lanning (1–2)	—	—	17–29
47	June 17	@ Bees	1–5	Piechota	Brown (4–6)	—	5,224	17–30
48	June 19	@ Bees	5–1	Bowman (4–4)	Errickson	—	1,771	18–30
49	June 20	@ Bees	8–7	Butcher (3–5)	Fette	Brown (3)	1,445	19–30
50	June 21	@ Dodgers	8–10	Fitzsimmons	Klinger (4–7)	Tamulis	6,106	19–31
51	June 22	@ Dodgers	7–2	Sewell (3–1)	Carleton	—	10,850	20–31
52	June 23	@ Dodgers	8–5	MacFayden (1–1)	Wyatt	Brown (4)	—	21–31
53	June 23	@ Dodgers	4–4 (13)			—	24,239	21–31
54	June 25	@ Phillies	9–7	Lanning (2–2)	Higbe	Klinger (1)	1,000	22–31
55	June 26	@ Phillies	2–4	Blanton	Bowman (4–5)	—	12,565	22–32
56	June 26	@ Phillies	11–6	Sewell (4–1)	Beck	Brown (5)	12,565	23–32
57	June 28	Cardinals	2–8	McGee	Heintzelman (1–1)	—	20,490	23–33
58	June 30	Cardinals	0–1	Cooper	Klinger (4–8)	—	—	23–34
59	June 30	Cardinals	2–0	Butcher (4–5)	Shoun	—	25,096	24–34

July: 18–12 (Home: 7–5; Away: 11–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
60	July 1	@ Cubs	4–3 (10)	Brown (5–6)	Olsen	—	4,335	25–34
61	July 2	@ Cubs	0–10	Lee	Bowman (4–6)	—	5,120	25–35
62	July 3	@ Cubs	5–7	Passeau	Bauers (0–2)	—	5,678	25–36
63	July 4	@ Reds	1–9	Walters	Klinger (4–9)	—	—	25–37
64	July 4	@ Reds	1–3	Thompson	Butcher (4–6)	—	19,399	25–38
65	July 5	@ Reds	4–5	Beggs	MacFayden (1–2)	—	5,682	25–39
66	July 6	@ Cardinals	15–8	Klinger (5–9)	Russell	Lanning (1)	—	26–39
67	July 6	@ Cardinals	4–3 (10)	Brown (6–6)	Warneke	—	3,537	27–39
68	July 7	@ Cardinals	7–6	Sewell (5–1)	Shoun	Lanahan (2)	—	28–39
69	July 7	@ Cardinals	4–1	Heintzelman (2–1)	Cooper	—	7,303	29–39
70	July 12	Phillies	3–6	Mulcahy	Bowman (4–7)	—	9,042	29–40
71	July 13	Phillies	9–8	MacFayden (2–2)	Johnson	Bowman (1)	2,375	30–40
72	July 14	Dodgers	6–2	Sewell (6–1)	Hamlin	—	33,336	31–40
73	July 14	Dodgers	0–2	Fitzsimmons	Heintzelman (2–2)	—	33,336	31–41
74	July 15	Dodgers	1–10	Wyatt	Butcher (4–7)	—	—	31–42
75	July 15	Dodgers	4–3	Klinger (6–9)	Pressnell	—	12,215	32–42
76	July 16	Dodgers	5–3	Lanning (3–2)	Pressnell	—	2,271	33–42
77	July 18	Giants	1–6	Hubbell	Heintzelman (2–3)	—	25,188	33–43
78	July 19	Giants	2–5	Schumacher	Sewell (6–2)	Gumbert	2,481	33–44
79	July 20	Bees	17–6	Brown (7–6)	Errickson	—	2,661	34–44
80	July 21	Bees	5–3	Lanahan (1–3)	Salvo	Brown (6)	—	35–44
81	July 21	Bees	16–2 (8)	Bowman (5–7)	Posedel	—	11,071	36–44
82	July 23	@ Giants	1–9	Hubbell	Klinger (6–10)	—	12,428	36–45
83	July 25	@ Giants	2–1	Sewell (7–2)	Schumacher	—	3,265	37–45
84	July 26	@ Bees	9–0	Heintzelman (3–3)	Posedel	—	1,093	38–45
85	July 27	@ Bees	10–4	MacFayden (3–2)	Sullivan	—	1,509	39–45
86	July 28	@ Bees	5–2	Lanahan (2–3)	Errickson	—	—	40–45
87	July 28	@ Bees	7–3	Butcher (5–7)	Javery	—	5,471	41–45
88	July 29	@ Dodgers	6–7	Pressnell	Brown (7–7)	—	3,537	41–46
89	July 30	@ Dodgers	8–2	Sewell (8–2)	Head	—	19,910	42–46

August: 20–12 (Home: 15–6; Away: 5–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
90	August 1	@ Dodgers	3–8	Wyatt	Heintzelman (3–4)	—	—	42–47
91	August 1	@ Dodgers	7–8	Casey	Lanahan (2–4)	—	19,393	42–48
92	August 2	@ Phillies	5–2 (10)	Bowman (6–7)	Johnson	Klinger (2)	7,521	43–48
93	August 3	@ Phillies	8–0	Brown (8–7)	Higbe	—	1,000	44–48
94	August 4	@ Phillies	6–1	Sewell (9–2)	Mulcahy	—	—	45–48
95	August 4	@ Phillies	6–4	Lanning (4–2)	Frye	Heintzelman (2)	7,182	46–48
96	August 6	Cardinals	3–1	Heintzelman (4–4)	Cooper	—	8,582	47–48
97	August 7	Cardinals	10–9	Klinger (7–10)	Shoun	Lanning (2)	5,640	48–48
98	August 7	Cardinals	12–6	Butcher (6–7)	Lanier	Bowman (2)	5,640	49–48
99	August 9	Cubs	6–2	Sewell (10–2)	Raffensberger	—	29,978	50–48
100	August 10	Cubs	0–1	Olsen	Klinger (7–11)	—	4,474	50–49
101	August 11	Cubs	7–3	Lanning (5–2)	Raffensberger	—	—	51–49
102	August 11	Cubs	5–1	Lanahan (3–4)	Passeau	—	28,968	52–49
103	August 12	Reds	4–2	Butcher (7–7)	Walters	—	42,254	53–49
104	August 13	Reds	3–4 (10)	Beggs	Heintzelman (4–5)	—	6,810	53–50
105	August 14	@ Cardinals	6–7 (11)	Shoun	Brown (8–8)	—	11,077	53–51
106	August 16	@ Cardinals	6–5	Lanning (6–2)	McGee	—	4,218	54–51
107	August 16	@ Cardinals	5–9	Warneke	Butcher (7–8)	—	4,218	54–52
108	August 17	@ Cubs	5–6 (13)	Passeau	MacFayden (3–3)	—	6,003	54–53
109	August 18	@ Cubs	1–9	French	Sewell (10–3)	—	7,597	54–54
110	August 19	Bees	0–3	Errickson	Bowman (6–8)	—	1,803	54–55
111	August 20	Bees	6–3	Lanahan (4–4)	Salvo	—	1,050	55–55
112	August 21	Bees	3–2	Heintzelman (5–5)	Coffman	—	2,281	56–55
113	August 22	Giants	4–5 (12)	Dean	MacFayden (3–4)	—	—	56–56
114	August 22	Giants	4–0	Sewell (11–3)	Melton	—	12,523	57–56
115	August 23	Giants	13–10	Heintzelman (6–5)	Hubbell	—	2,562	58–56
116	August 24	Giants	6–7	Hubbell	Heintzelman (6–6)	—	7,630	58–57
117	August 25	Dodgers	4–3	Lanahan (5–4)	Wyatt	—	22,257	59–57
118	August 25	Dodgers	1–8	Fitzsimmons	Klinger (7–12)	—	22,257	59–58
119	August 28	Phillies	5–0	Sewell (12–3)	Mulcahy	—	4,100	60–58
120	August 28	Phillies	5–2	Bowman (7–8)	Higbe	—	4,100	61–58
121	August 29	Phillies	4–0	Brown (9–8)	Pearson	MacFayden (2)	2,239	62–58

September: 16–18 (Home: 5–5; Away: 11–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
122	September 1	Cardinals	10–0	Heintzelman (7–6)	Shoun	—	—	63–58
123	September 1	Cardinals	5–5 (11)			—	20,945	63–58
124	September 2	Cubs	5–2	Sewell (13–3)	Root	—	—	64–58
125	September 2	Cubs	1–7	Olsen	Bowman (7–9)	—	26,120	64–59
126	September 4	@ Reds	2–3 (12)	Beggs	Lanahan (5–5)	—	30,543	64–60
127	September 5	@ Reds	3–6	Vander Meer	Lanning (6–3)	—	7,661	64–61
128	September 7	@ Cardinals	14–9	MacFayden (4–4)	Doyle	Brown (7)	2,065	65–61
129	September 8	@ Cardinals	16–14	Lanahan (6–5)	McGee	Heintzelman (3)	—	66–61
130	September 8	@ Cardinals	5–4 (5)	Klinger (8–12)	Warneke	Butcher (2)	10,718	67–61
131	September 10	@ Phillies	11–3	Bowman (8–9)	Mulcahy	—	—	68–61
132	September 10	@ Phillies	11–1	Sewell (14–3)	Frye	—	1,000	69–61
133	September 11	@ Phillies	9–3	Brown (10–8)	Pearson	—	2,500	70–61
134	September 12	@ Dodgers	0–7	Casey	Heintzelman (7–7)	—	—	70–62
135	September 12	@ Dodgers	4–7	Casey	Lanahan (6–6)	—	10,570	70–63
136	September 13	@ Dodgers	2–8	Head	Klinger (8–13)	—	2,769	70–64
137	September 14	@ Dodgers	0–5	Fitzsimmons	Lanahan (6–7)	—	—	70–65
138	September 14	@ Dodgers	2–4	Carleton	Lanning (6–4)	—	16,278	70–66
139	September 15	@ Giants	10–3	Sewell (15–3)	Melton	—	—	71–66
140	September 15	@ Giants	4–3	Bowman (9–9)	Gumbert	—	9,240	72–66
141	September 16	@ Giants	7–6	Butcher (8–8)	Lohrman	Klinger (3)	1,262	73–66
142	September 17	@ Bees	5–10	Errickson	Lanahan (6–8)	Strincevich	1,077	73–67
143	September 18	@ Bees	1–4	Tobin	Bowman (9–10)	—	2,013	73–68
144	September 19	Cardinals	1–2	McGee	Sewell (15–4)	—	—	73–69
145	September 19	Cardinals	2–8	Hutchinson	Heintzelman (7–8)	—	5,048	73–70
146	September 21	Reds	1–8	Walters	Butcher (8–9)	—	—	73–71
147	September 21	Reds	8–7 (10)	MacFayden (5–4)	Riddle	—	6,395	74–71
148	September 22	Reds	1–2	Turner	Swigart (0–2)	—	—	74–72
149	September 22	Reds	8–1	Lanning (7–4)	Vander Meer	—	14,865	75–72
150	September 23	Reds	12–9	Heintzelman (8–8)	Beggs	Brown (8)	2,098	76–72
151	September 25	@ Cubs	1–2 (11)	Lee	Sewell (15–5)	—	—	76–73
152	September 25	@ Cubs	4–6	Olsen	Brown (10–9)	Raffensberger	7,828	76–74
153	September 26	@ Cubs	7–6	Lanning (8–4)	Bryant	Sewell (1)	1,789	77–74
154	September 27	@ Reds	4–3 (10)	Sewell (16–5)	Moore	—	3,173	78–74
155	September 28	@ Reds	5–6	Turner	Dietz (0–1)	Moore	6,603	78–75
156	September 29	@ Reds	3–11	Walters	Rambert (0–1)	Vander Meer	13,860	78–76

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

Roster

1940 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

31 Russ Bauers

21 Joe Bowman

25 Mace Brown

19 Max Butcher

-- Dutch Dietz

27 Ray Harrell

32 Ken Heintzelman

20 Bob Klinger

17,28 Dick Lanahan

29 Johnny Lanning

22 Danny MacFayden

-- Pep Rambert

30 Rip Sewell

26 Oad Swigart

Catchers

12 Ray Berres

11 Spud Davis

38 Ed Fernandes

12 Al Lopez

14 Ray Mueller

38 Joe Schultz

Infielders

15 Bill Brubaker

3,5 Elbie Fletcher

9,18 Debs Garms

16 Frankie Gustine

4,6 Lee Handley

10 Ed Leip

21 Arky Vaughan

4,6 Pep Young

Outfielders

17 Vince DiMaggio

8,37 Bob Elliott

-- Frank Kalin

7 Johnny Rizzo

17,28 Maurice Van Robays

10 Lloyd Waner

9,18 Paul Waner

Other batters

37 Fern Bell

Manager

35 Frankie Frisch

Coaches

34 Jake Flowers

36 Mike Kelly

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
OF	Elliott, BobBob Elliott	148	551	161	.292	5	64

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
Waner, PaulPaul Waner	89	238	69	.290	1	32

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
Bowman, JoeJoe Bowman	32	187.2	9	10	4.46	57

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
Brown, MaceMace Brown	48	173	10	9	3.49	73

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
Bauers, RussRuss Bauers	15	0	2	0	7.63	11

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Dick Porter
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Specs Toporcer
B	Gadsden Pilots	Southeastern League	Billy Bancroft
B	Harrisburg Senators	Interstate League	Les Bell
C	Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers	Canadian–American League	Steve Yerkes and Buster Blakeney
C	Hutchinson Pirates	Western Association	Jimmy Jordan and Buzz Arlitt
D	Carthage Pirates	Arkansas–Missouri League	Buzz Arlitt
D	Fort Lauderdale Tarpons	Florida East Coast League	Herb Thomas
D	McKeesport Little Braves/Oil City Oilers	Pennsylvania State Association	Elmer Klump
D	London Pirates	PONY League	Mickey LaLange and Jimmy Jordan

Notes

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Billy Cox page at Baseball Reference

References

1940 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1940 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.

1940 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1940 All-Star Game 1940 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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