1942 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1942 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 1942 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 61st season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 56th in the National League. The Pirates finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 66–81.

Offseason

December 1, 1941: Hank Gornicki was selected off waivers by the Pirates from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	106	48	0.688	—	60–17	46–31
Brooklyn Dodgers	104	50	0.675	2	57–22	47–28
New York Giants	85	67	0.559	20	47–31	38–36
Cincinnati Reds	76	76	0.500	29	38–39	38–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	81	0.449	36½	41–34	25–47
Chicago Cubs	68	86	0.442	38	36–41	32–45
Boston Braves	59	89	0.399	44	33–36	26–53
Philadelphia Phillies	42	109	0.278	62½	23–51	19–58

Record vs. opponents

1942 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	6–16	13–9	5–16–1	8–12	14–8	7–12–1	6–16
Brooklyn	16–6	—	16–6	15–7	14–8–1	18–4	16–6	9–13
Chicago	9–13	6–16	—	13–9	9–13–1	14–8	11–11	6–16
Cincinnati	16–5–1	7–15	9–13	—	9–13	16–6	12–9–1	7–15
New York	12–8	8–14–1	13–9–1	13–9	—	17–5	15–7	7–15
Philadelphia	8–14	4–18	8–14	6–16	5–17	—	6–13	5–17
Pittsburgh	12–7–1	6–16	11–11	9–12–1	7–15	13–6	—	8–14–2
St. Louis	16–6	13–9	16–6	15–7	15–7	17–5	14–8–2	—

Game log

1942 Game Log: 66–81 (Home: 41–34; Away: 25–47)

April: 9–6 (Home: 6–5; Away: 3–1)

May: 10–21 (Home: 6–7; Away: 4–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
17	May 1	Dodgers	7–6	Heintzelman (3–0)	Allen	—	9,199	10–6
18	May 2	Dodgers	10–5	Wilkie (1–1)	Davis	—	17,210	11–6
19	May 3	Braves	6–2	Butcher (3–1)	Javery	—	—	12–6
20	May 3	Braves	3–12 (8)	Earley	Sewell (3–1)	—	29,030	12–7
21	May 4	Braves	2–1	Klinger (1–0)	Tobin	—	1,637	13–7
22	May 5	Braves	1–7	Wallace	Dietz (1–3)	—	2,321	13–8
23	May 7	Giants	2–1 (11)	Wilkie (2–1)	Carpenter	—	—	14–8
24	May 7	Giants	2–6	Koslo	Heintzelman (3–1)	—	4,075	14–9
25	May 8	@ Cubs	6–4	Sewell (4–1)	Schmitz	—	4,133	15–9
26	May 9	@ Cubs	1–3	Lee	Butcher (3–2)	—	3,465	15–10
27	May 10	@ Cubs	2–4	Passeau	Hamlin (1–1)	—	22,042	15–11
28	May 10	@ Cubs	3–2	Klinger (2–0)	Erickson	—	22,042	16–11
29	May 12	@ Giants	3–7	Melton	Heintzelman (3–2)	—	—	16–12
30	May 13	@ Giants	3–1	Butcher (4–2)	Koslo	—	—	17–12
31	May 14	@ Dodgers	4–7	French	Wilkie (2–2)	Casey	—	17–13
32	May 15	@ Dodgers	3–8	Wyatt	Sewell (4–2)	—	—	17–14
33	May 16	@ Dodgers	1–8	Head	Heintzelman (3–3)	—	—	17–15
34	May 17	@ Phillies	7–2	Hamlin (2–1)	Hoerst	—	—	18–15
35	May 17	@ Phillies	4–5 (11)	Melton	Klinger (2–1)	—	—	18–16
36	May 19	@ Phillies	4–5	Podgajny	Butcher (4–3)	Hoerst	3,366	18–17
37	May 20	@ Braves	3–4 (10)	Sain	Heintzelman (3–4)	—	3,010	18–18
38	May 23	Cubs	5–4	Lanning (1–2)	Erickson	Sewell (1)	3,090	19–18
39	May 24	Cubs	5–7 (10)	Lee	Sewell (4–3)	—	16,746	19–19
40	May 24	Cubs	4–11	Passeau	Heintzelman (3–5)	—	16,746	19–20
41	May 25	@ Reds	1–6	Derringer	Butcher (4–4)	—	16,205	19–21
42	May 27	Cardinals	3–5	Beazley	Sewell (4–4)	—	1,635	19–22
43	May 28	Cardinals	2–3 (11)	Beazley	Wilkie (2–3)	Gumbert	16,577	19–23
44	May 30	@ Cubs	5–10	Mooty	Gornicki (0–1)	Pressnell	—	19–24
45	May 30	@ Cubs	2–3	Fleming	Hamlin (2–2)	Pressnell	22,735	19–25
46	May 31	@ Reds	2–8	Walters	Sewell (4–5)	—	—	19–26
47	May 31	@ Reds	0–3	Starr	Butcher (4–5)	—	16,721	19–27

June: 13–9 (Home: 8–3; Away: 5–6)

July: 11–16 (Home: 8–7; Away: 3–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
70	July 1	@ Cardinals	0–4	White	Heintzelman (6–9)	—	1,439	32–37
71	July 2	@ Cardinals	1–3	Beazley	Klinger (5–3)	—	8,699	32–38
72	July 3	@ Cardinals	5–4	Lanning (3–2)	Warneke	Dietz (2)	1,169	33–38
73	July 4	Reds	0–2	Walters	Butcher (5–7)	—	18,000	33–39
74	July 5	Reds	4–3	Sewell (8–7)	Derringer	—	—	34–39
75	July 5	Reds	2–5	Starr	Hamlin (2–4)	—	11,365	34–40
76	July 9	Phillies	9–0	Sewell (9–7)	Melton	—	29,488	35–40
77	July 11	Phillies	12–5	Wilkie (4–4)	Pearson	—	2,034	36–40
78	July 12	Dodgers	1–2	French	Lanning (3–3)	—	—	36–41
79	July 12	Dodgers	6–4	Heintzelman (7–9)	Higbe	Sewell (2)	29,543	37–41
80	July 14	Dodgers	1–5	Wyatt	Klinger (5–4)	—	21,254	37–42
81	July 15	Giants	6–2	Sewell (10–7)	Carpenter	—	2,394	38–42
82	July 16	Giants	1–3	Hubbell	Butcher (5–8)	—	9,098	38–43
83	July 17	Giants	2–11	Schumacher	Lanning (3–4)	Adams	2,083	38–44
84	July 18	Braves	3–0	Heintzelman (8–9)	Javery	—	—	39–44
85	July 19	Braves	8–7	Dietz (3–3)	Errickson	—	—	40–44
86	July 19	Braves	9–0 (8)	Klinger (6–4)	Salvo	—	7,425	41–44
87	July 20	Dodgers	0–5	French	Lanning (3–5)	—	13,600	41–45
88	July 21	@ Giants	5–6	Hubbell	Wilkie (4–5)	—	8,937	41–46
89	July 23	@ Giants	4–6	McGee	Sewell (10–8)	—	5,555	41–47
90	July 24	@ Dodgers	4–6	Wyatt	Heintzelman (8–10)	—	10,798	41–48
91	July 25	@ Dodgers	4–1	Gornicki (1–1)	Davis	—	11,314	42–48
92	July 26	@ Dodgers	2–3	Allen	Klinger (6–5)	Head	—	42–49
93	July 26	@ Dodgers	3–5	Macon	Lanning (3–6)	Head	31,844	42–50
94	July 28	@ Braves	3–4	Tost	Dietz (3–4)	—	1,527	42–51
95	July 29	@ Braves	3–0	Sewell (11–8)	Javery	—	—	43–51
96	July 29	@ Braves	5–6	Tobin	Klinger (6–6)	—	4,064	43–52

August: 15–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
97	August 1	@ Phillies	1–2 (12)	Hughes	Sewell (11–9)	—	—	43–53
98	August 2	@ Phillies	4–2	Hamlin (3–4)	Melton	—	—	44–53
99	August 2	@ Phillies	3–2	Dietz (4–4)	Hoerst	Butcher (1)	—	45–53
100	August 4	Cubs	2–1 (11)	Klinger (7–6)	Bithorn	—	2,042	46–53
101	August 5	Cubs	3–0	Sewell (12–9)	Fleming	—	8,826	47–53
102	August 7	Cardinals	13–6	Wilkie (5–5)	Lanier	—	10,430	48–53
103	August 8	Cardinals	5–5 (16)			—	2,128	48–53
104	August 9	Cardinals	3–4	Dickson	Lanning (3–7)	—	—	48–54
105	August 9	Cardinals	1–2 (8)	Krist	Klinger (7–7)	—	15,561	48–55
106	August 10	Cardinals	6–4	Wilkie (6–5)	Cooper	Dietz (3)	1,507	49–55
107	August 11	Reds	3–1	Gornicki (2–1)	Thompson	—	2,108	50–55
108	August 12	Reds	0–3	Vander Meer	Sewell (12–10)	—	8,114	50–56
109	August 14	@ Cubs	1–7	Warneke	Klinger (7–8)	—	3,934	50–57
110	August 15	@ Cubs	8–5	Dietz (5–4)	Bithorn	Lanning (1)	—	51–57
111	August 15	@ Cubs	8–7 (11)	Sewell (13–10)	Errickson	—	11,702	52–57
112	August 16	@ Cubs	1–5	Lee	Gornicki (2–2)	—	—	52–58
113	August 16	@ Cubs	1–4	Fleming	Sewell (13–11)	—	25,930	52–59
114	August 18	@ Reds	3–0	Lanning (4–7)	Walters	—	6,475	53–59
115	August 19	@ Reds	9–2	Gornicki (3–2)	Derringer	—	1,338	54–59
116	August 20	@ Reds	3–5	Vander Meer	Sewell (13–12)	—	1,324	54–60
117	August 21	@ Cardinals	2–10	Beazley	Dietz (5–5)	—	2,010	54–61
118	August 22	@ Cardinals	6–7	Lanier	Klinger (7–9)	—	3,067	54–62
119	August 23	@ Cardinals	5–3	Klinger (8–9)	Cooper	—	—	55–62
120	August 23	@ Cardinals	2–5	Dickson	Lanning (4–8)	—	—	55–63
121	August 25	Braves	6–0	Sewell (14–12)	Earley	—	—	56–63
122	August 27	Braves	5–0	Gornicki (4–2)	Tobin	—	4,106	57–63
123	August 29	Giants	0–2	Schumacher	Dietz (5–6)	—	—	57–64
124	August 29	Giants	4–7	McGee	Klinger (8–10)	—	5,212	57–65
125	August 30	Dodgers	1–3	Wyatt	Heintzelman (8–11)	Davis	—	57–66
126	August 30	Dodgers	9–5 (8)	Sewell (15–12)	French	—	26,377	58–66
127	August 31	Dodgers	4–5 (11)	Davis	Gornicki (4–3)	—	3,697	58–67

September: 8–14 (Home: 5–5; Away: 3–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
128	September 1	Dodgers	2–4	Higbe	Klinger (8–11)	—	4,437	58–68
129	September 2	Phillies	5–2	Dietz (6–6)	Hoerst	—	3,712	59–68
130	September 4	Cubs	3–5	Bithorn	Sewell (15–13)	—	5,218	59–69
131	September 6	Cubs	6–0	Gornicki (5–3)	Passeau	—	—	60–69
132	September 6	Cubs	5–0	Hamlin (4–4)	Fleming	—	8,610	61–69
133	September 7	Cardinals	11–6	Sewell (16–13)	Dickson	Klinger (1)	—	62–69
134	September 7	Cardinals	4–6 (8)	Beazley	Dietz (6–7)	—	18,785	62–70
135	September 8	@ Dodgers	0–4	Head	Wilkie (6–6)	—	—	62–71
136	September 10	@ Phillies	1–2 (11)	Hughes	Dietz (6–8)	—	—	62–72
137	September 12	@ Braves	1–4	Tobin	Gornicki (5–4)	—	—	62–73
138	September 12	@ Braves	2–2 (11)			—	—	62–73
139	September 13	@ Giants	0–5	Carpenter	Sewell (16–14)	—	—	62–74
140	September 13	@ Giants	3–5	McGee	Wilkie (6–7)	—	17,794	62–75
141	September 14	@ Giants	1–6	Schumacher	Dietz (6–9)	—	2,428	62–76
142	September 16	@ Dodgers	3–10	Wyatt	Gornicki (5–5)	—	11,994	62–77
143	September 17	@ Dodgers	3–2	Sewell (17–14)	Head	—	—	63–77
144	September 18	Reds	1–5	Vander Meer	Hallett (0–1)	—	5,154	63–78
145	September 19	Reds	3–4	Walters	Brandt (0–1)	—	1,485	63–79
146	September 20	Reds	2–1 (13)	Lanning (5–8)	Shoun	—	—	64–79
147	September 20	Reds	3–3 (7)			—	4,161	64–79
148	September 21	@ Cardinals	1–2	White	Gornicki (5–6)	—	5,000	64–80
149	September 22	@ Cardinals	3–9	Gumbert	Sewell (17–15)	Dickson	8,823	64–81
150	September 27	@ Reds	8–7 (12)	Lanning (6–8)	Beggs	Gornicki (1)	—	65–81
151	September 27	@ Reds	7–4	Brandt (1–1)	Vander Meer	Gornicki (2)	2,070	66–81

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

Roster

1942 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

-- Bill Brandt

19 Max Butcher

-- Dick Conger

22 Dutch Dietz

27 Hank Gornicki

-- Jack Hallett

13 Luke Hamlin

32 Ken Heintzelman

24 Ken Jungels

20 Bob Klinger

29 Johnny Lanning

30 Rip Sewell

-- Harry Shuman

25 Nick Strincevich

39 Lefty Wilkie

Catchers

7 Bill Baker

12 Al López

10 Babe Phelps

Infielders

15 Alf Anderson

5 Pete Coscarart

8 Bob Elliott

3 Elbie Fletcher

4 Huck Geary

16 Frankie Gustine

4 Stu Martin

Outfielders

18 Johnny Barrett

-- Frank Colman

9 Vince DiMaggio

40 Culley Rikard

-- Jim Russell

14 Bud Stewart

17 Maurice Van Robays

11 Jimmy Wasdell

23 Johnny Wyrostek

Other batters

3 Ed Leip

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
3B	Elliott, BobBob Elliott	143	560	166	.296	9	89

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
Martin, StuStu Martin	42	120	27	.225	1	12
Baker, BillBill Baker	18	17	2	.118	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
Butcher, MaxMax Butcher	24	150.2	5	8	2.93	49
Brandt, BillBill Brandt	3	16.1	1	1	4.96	4

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
Dietz, DutchDutch Dietz	40	134.1	6	9	3.95	35
Gornicki, HankHank Gornicki	25	112	5	6	2.57	48
Conger, DickDick Conger	2	8.1	0	0	2.16	3

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	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Burleigh Grimes
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Ripper Collins
B	Harrisburg Senators	Interstate League	Danny Taylor
C	Hutchinson Pirates	Western Association	Walter Holke
D	Moultrie Packers	Georgia–Florida League	F. M. McVay
D	Oil City Oilers	Pennsylvania State Association	Frank Oceak
D	Hornell Maples	PONY League	Poke Whalen and Leo Mackey

Notes

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

References

1942 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1942 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.

1942 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

1942 All-Star Game 1942 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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