1942 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1942 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	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 Major League Baseball (MLB). The Pirates finished fifth in the National League with a record of 66–81.

Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	106	48	--	.688
Brooklyn Dodgers	104	50	2	.675
New York Giants	85	67	20	.559
Cincinnati Reds	76	76	29	.500
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	81	36.5	.449
Chicago Cubs	68	86	38	.442
Boston Braves	59	89	44	.399
Philadelphia Phillies	42	109	62.5	.278

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1942 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

3 Ed Leip

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
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

Toronto affiliation shared with Philadelphia Athletics

Notes

^ 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, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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[1] Hank Gornicki page at Baseball-Reference

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