1941 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1941 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909);
	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1887);
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)	Frankie Frisch
Local radio	KDKA; Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
	[[1940 Pittsburgh Pirates season#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other; This page is a soft redirect. < Previous season]] [[1942 Pittsburgh Pirates season#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other; This page is a soft redirect.Next season >]]

The 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 81–73, 19 games behind the first-place Brooklyn Dodgers.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Brooklyn Dodgers	100	54	--	.649
St. Louis Cardinals	97	56	2.5	.634
Cincinnati Reds	88	66	12	.571
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	73	19	.526
New York Giants	74	79	25.5	.484
Chicago Cubs	70	84	30	.455
Boston Braves	62	92	38	.403
Philadelphia Phillies	43	111	57	.279

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1941 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

35 Frankie Frisch

Coaches

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
C	Lopez, AlAl Lopez	114	317	84	.265	5	43
1B	Fletcher, ElbieElbie Fletcher	151	521	150	.288	11	74
2B	Gustine, FrankieFrankie Gustine	121	463	125	.270	1	46
3B	Handley, LeeLee Handley	124	459	132	.288	0	33
SS	Vaughan, ArkyArky Vaughan	106	374	118	.316	6	38
LF	Van Robays, MauriceMaurice Van Robays	129	457	129	.282	4	78
CF	DiMaggio, VinceVince DiMaggio	151	528	141	.267	21	100
RF	Elliott, BobBob Elliott	141	527	144	.273	3	76

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	35	67	15	.224	0	6
Cox, BillyBilly Cox	10	37	10	.270	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
Sewell, RipRip Sewell	39	249	14	17	3.72	76

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
Bowman, JoeJoe Bowman	18	69.1	3	2	2.99	22
Bauers, RussRuss Bauers	8	37.1	1	3	5.54	20
Brandt, BillBill Brandt	2	7	0	1	3.86	0

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
Brown, MaceMace Brown	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

1941 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Arky Vaughan, starter, SS
Bob Elliott, reserve
Al Lopez, reserve

League top five finishers

Vince DiMaggio

#3 in NL in RBI (100)

Elbie Fletcher

NL leader in on-base percentage (.421)

Rip Sewell

NL leader in losses (17)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg

Notes

References

1941 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1941 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.

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Buffer' not found.

Search

Actions

Journals

Conferences

Frequent Links

Open Access Articles- Top Results for 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates season