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	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	0.682	—	58–21	47–28
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	0.565	18	48–29	39–38
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	0.529	23½	46–31	35–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	0.519	25	47–30	33–44
Chicago Cubs	74	79	0.484	30½	36–38	38–41
Boston Braves	68	85	0.444	36½	38–39	30–46
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	0.416	41	33–43	31–47
New York Giants	55	98	0.359	49½	34–43	21–55

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	—

Game log

1943 Game Log: 80–74 (Home: 47–30; Away: 33–44)

April: 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–2)

May: 13–13 (Home: 9–3; Away: 4–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
8	May 1	Cubs	6–3	Sewell (3–0)	Passeau	—	2,667	4–4
9	May 2	Cubs	3–0	Hebert (1–1)	Bithorn	—	16,491	5–4
10	May 2	Cubs	1–0	Klinger (1–0)	Barrett	—	16,491	6–4
11	May 3	@ Reds	5–7	Vander Meer	Dietz (0–2)	Riddle	2,958	6–5
12	May 4	@ Reds	8–3	Rescigno (1–0)	Starr	—	1,685	7–5
13	May 5	@ Reds	2–3	Walters	Lanning (1–1)	—	8,370	7–6
14	May 9	Cardinals	1–8	Cooper	Hebert (1–2)	—	25,887	7–7
15	May 9	Cardinals	3–3			—	25,887	7–7
16	May 13	@ Dodgers	4–5	Webber	Dietz (0–3)	—	6,735	7–8
17	May 14	@ Dodgers	5–2	Gornicki (1–1)	Fitzsimmons	—	7,230	8–8
18	May 15	@ Giants	1–2 (11)	Adams	Rescigno (1–1)	—	6,856	8–9
19	May 16	@ Giants	1–3	Wittig	Butcher (0–1)	—	13,056	8–10
20	May 16	@ Giants	2–1	Klinger (2–0)	Trinkle	—	13,056	9–10
21	May 18	@ Braves	0–4	Javery	Sewell (3–1)	—	1,026	9–11
22	May 19	@ Braves	1–2 (11)	Andrews	Rescigno (1–2)	—	—	9–12
23	May 19	@ Braves	3–5	Jeffcoat	Gornicki (1–2)	Stout	4,959	9–13
24	May 22	@ Phillies	0–10	Rowe	Klinger (2–1)	—	11,692	9–14
25	May 23	@ Phillies	4–1	Sewell (4–1)	Podgajny	—	—	10–14
26	May 23	@ Phillies	2–5	Kraus	Rescigno (1–3)	Johnson	—	10–15
27	May 26	Dodgers	17–4	Hebert (2–2)	Macon	—	2,130	11–15
28	May 27	Dodgers	9–5	Lanning (2–1)	Melton	Butcher (1)	14,724	12–15
29	May 28	Dodgers	2–6	Head	Gornicki (1–3)	—	2,456	12–16
30	May 29	Phillies	12–4	Rescigno (2–3)	Gerheauser	—	1,727	13–16
31	May 30	Phillies	4–3	Sewell (5–1)	Rowe	—	—	14–16
32	May 30	Phillies	2–1 (10)	Hebert (3–2)	Kraus	—	7,297	15–16
33	May 31	Braves	1–6	Tobin	Brandt (0–1)	—	14,391	15–17
34	May 31	Braves	4–0	Klinger (3–1)	Salvo	—	14,391	16–17

June: 16–11 (Home: 12–4; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
35	June 1	Braves	5–4 (14)	Lanning (3–1)	Javery	—	1,077	17–17
36	June 2	Braves	3–2	Rescigno (3–3)	Andrews	—	10,162	18–17
37	June 3	Giants	9–6	Sewell (6–1)	Trinkle	Lanning (1)	3,051	19–17
38	June 4	Giants	9–8	Butcher (1–1)	Mungo	Gornicki (1)	14,120	20–17
39	June 5	Giants	1–5	Hubbell	Rescigno (3–4)	—	3,186	20–18
40	June 6	Giants	18–1	Klinger (4–1)	Melton	—	—	21–18
41	June 6	Giants	7–0	Hallett (1–1)	Wittig	—	21,358	22–18
42	June 7	Dodgers	1–4	Fitzsimmons	Hebert (3–3)	—	19,162	22–19
43	June 9	@ Cardinals	3–4	Cooper	Sewell (6–2)	—	2,365	22–20
44	June 10	@ Cardinals	0–5	Lanier	Gornicki (1–4)	—	13,356	22–21
45	June 12	@ Cardinals	0–1	Pollet	Hallett (1–2)	—	3,022	22–22
46	June 13	@ Cardinals	10–3	Hebert (4–3)	Brecheen	—	16,255	23–22
47	June 13	@ Cardinals	4–4 (12)			—	16,255	23–22
48	June 15	Cubs	4–2	Sewell (7–2)	Prim	—	1,707	24–22
49	June 16	Cubs	5–2	Gornicki (2–4)	Bithorn	—	12,389	25–22
50	June 17	Cubs	2–3 (7)	Derringer	Hebert (4–4)	—	2,071	25–23
51	June 18	Reds	0–1 (14)	Starr	Butcher (1–2)	—	2,274	25–24
52	June 19	Reds	4–3 (11)	Lanning (4–1)	Shoun	—	4,235	26–24
53	June 20	Reds	5–4	Sewell (8–2)	Vander Meer	—	—	27–24
54	June 20	Reds	4–2	Rescigno (4–4)	Beggs	Lanning (2)	27,392	28–24
55	June 22	@ Cubs	0–1	Derringer	Podgajny (0–1)	—	3,783	28–25
56	June 23	@ Cubs	1–4	Passeau	Hebert (4–5)	—	—	28–26
57	June 23	@ Cubs	7–5	Gornicki (3–4)	Fleming	—	8,893	29–26
58	June 24	@ Cubs	2–1	Sewell (9–2)	Lee	—	3,217	30–26
59	June 26	@ Reds	9–0	Butcher (2–2)	Vander Meer	—	2,104	31–26
60	June 27	@ Reds	3–6	Riddle	Podgajny (0–2)	—	12,015	31–27
61	June 27	@ Reds	1–5	Starr	Gornicki (3–5)	Beggs	12,015	31–28
62	June 28	Reds	7–1	Sewell (10–2)	Walters	—	12,979	32–28
63	June 30	@ Phillies	3–3 (11)			—	10,655	32–28

July: 18–14 (Home: 12–7; Away: 6–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
64	July 1	@ Phillies	1–6	Rowe	Podgajny (0–3)	—	—	32–29
65	July 1	@ Phillies	2–1	Klinger (5–1)	Gerheauser	—	6,884	33–29
66	July 2	@ Phillies	2–1	Sewell (11–2)	Kraus	—	3,669	34–29
67	July 3	@ Braves	10–1	Rescigno (5–4)	Javery	—	2,559	35–29
68	July 4	@ Braves	1–3	Barrett	Hebert (4–6)	—	—	35–30
69	July 4	@ Braves	0–13	Tobin	Gornicki (3–6)	—	13,275	35–31
70	July 5	@ Giants	8–4	Butcher (3–2)	Melton	—	—	36–31
71	July 5	@ Giants	0–9	Chase	Klinger (5–2)	—	8,688	36–32
72	July 8	@ Dodgers	8–2	Sewell (12–2)	Fitzsimmons	—	7,075	37–32
73	July 9	@ Dodgers	7–8 (10)	Higbe	Klinger (5–3)	—	9,563	37–33
74	July 10	@ Dodgers	6–23	Davis	Podgajny (0–4)	—	14,631	37–34
75	July 11	@ Dodgers	3–2	Butcher (4–2)	Higbe	—	—	38–34
76	July 11	@ Dodgers	4–5	Allen	Rescigno (5–5)	Head	28,696	38–35
77	July 15	Cardinals	4–3	Klinger (6–3)	Lanier	—	24,578	39–35
78	July 16	Cardinals	9–5	Sewell (13–2)	Krist	—	4,050	40–35
79	July 17	Cardinals	7–3	Butcher (5–2)	Brecheen	—	—	41–35
80	July 17	Cardinals	3–2	Hebert (5–6)	Munger	—	11,362	42–35
81	July 18	Cardinals	4–7	Cooper	Gornicki (3–7)	—	—	42–36
82	July 18	Cardinals	5–6	Munger	Sewell (13–3)	Cooper	34,349	42–37
83	July 20	Phillies	1–0	Sewell (14–3)	Barrett	—	11,996	43–37
84	July 21	Phillies	10–2	Klinger (7–3)	Conger	—	2,041	44–37
85	July 22	Phillies	0–3	Rowe	Butcher (5–3)	—	—	44–38
86	July 22	Phillies	6–9	Kraus	Gornicki (3–8)	—	5,199	44–39
87	July 23	Phillies	3–2	Gee (1–0)	Gerheauser	—	1,895	45–39
88	July 24	Dodgers	6–1	Sewell (15–3)	Melton	—	5,951	46–39
89	July 25	Dodgers	7–1	Klinger (8–3)	Head	—	—	47–39
90	July 25	Dodgers	7–1	Hebert (6–6)	Higbe	—	30,309	48–39
91	July 26	Dodgers	6–10 (10)	Macon	Butcher (5–4)	—	6,125	48–40
92	July 27	Giants	8–5	Gee (2–0)	Chase	—	2,735	49–40
93	July 28	Giants	8–3	Sewell (16–3)	Hubbell	—	29,585	50–40
94	July 30	Giants	7–13	Melton	Klinger (8–4)	Adams	2,851	50–41
95	July 31	Braves	5–6	Javery	Hebert (6–7)	—	3,762	50–42

August: 17–20 (Home: 6–7; Away: 11–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 1	Braves	3–6 (10)	Tobin	Gee (2–1)	—	—	50–43
97	August 1	Braves	7–1	Sewell (17–3)	Odom	—	31,844	51–43
98	August 2	Braves	5–4	Gornicki (4–8)	Barrett	—	11,109	52–43
99	August 3	Braves	1–6	Andrews	Rescigno (5–6)	—	2,455	52–44
100	August 4	Phillies	6–2	Butcher (6–4)	Gerheauser	—	10,417	53–44
101	August 6	@ Cardinals	3–8	Lanier	Sewell (17–4)	—	23,976	53–45
102	August 7	@ Cardinals	4–1	Hebert (7–7)	Munger	—	3,530	54–45
103	August 8	@ Cardinals	6–8	Dickson	Rescigno (5–7)	Lanier	—	54–46
104	August 8	@ Cardinals	2–5	Brecheen	Klinger (8–5)	—	15,572	54–47
105	August 11	@ Phillies	1–2	Rowe	Sewell (17–5)	—	—	54–48
106	August 11	@ Phillies	0–2	Barrett	Gornicki (4–9)	—	11,129	54–49
107	August 12	@ Phillies	3–4	Conger	Rescigno (5–8)	Kimball	12,065	54–50
108	August 14	@ Phillies	8–2	Klinger (9–5)	Kraus	—	—	55–50
109	August 14	@ Phillies	2–1	Butcher (7–4)	Gerheauser	Gornicki (2)	6,344	56–50
110	August 15	@ Braves	1–5	Tobin	Hebert (7–8)	—	—	56–51
111	August 15	@ Braves	11–1	Sewell (18–5)	Barrett	—	18,400	57–51
112	August 16	@ Braves	5–1	Gee (3–1)	Javery	—	1,654	58–51
113	August 17	@ Braves	8–0	Gornicki (5–9)	Andrews	—	—	59–51
114	August 17	@ Braves	4–3 (11)	Gornicki (6–9)	Andrews	Sewell (1)	4,831	60–51
115	August 18	@ Giants	7–6 (10)	Gornicki (7–9)	Allen	Sewell (2)	—	61–51
116	August 18	@ Giants	2–3	Hubbell	Butcher (7–5)	—	5,805	61–52
117	August 19	@ Giants	8–1	Hebert (8–8)	Fischer	—	2,863	62–52
118	August 20	@ Giants	2–3	Chase	Sewell (18–6)	—	—	62–53
119	August 20	@ Giants	4–7	Melton	Klinger (9–6)	—	7,050	62–54
120	August 21	@ Giants	4–3	Brandt (1–1)	Feldman	—	5,186	63–54
121	August 22	@ Dodgers	1–6	Head	Gornicki (7–10)	—	—	63–55
122	August 22	@ Dodgers	6–8	Barney	Gornicki (7–11)	—	28,285	63–56
123	August 24	@ Dodgers	9–6 (6)	Sewell (19–6)	Davis	Gornicki (3)	6,611	64–56
124	August 25	@ Dodgers	4–6	Wyatt	Butcher (7–6)	Webber	10,995	64–57
125	August 26	Cubs	2–3	Derringer	Hebert (8–9)	—	2,107	64–58
126	August 27	Cubs	2–3	Passeau	Klinger (9–7)	—	9,115	64–59
127	August 28	Cubs	5–4	Gee (4–1)	Wyse	—	3,154	65–59
128	August 29	Cubs	2–11	Bithorn	Sewell (19–7)	—	—	65–60
129	August 29	Cubs	3–1	Gornicki (8–11)	Hanyzewski	—	19,142	66–60
130	August 30	Cardinals	4–3 (10)	Brandt (2–1)	Brazle	—	—	67–60

September: 13–10 (Home: 7–5; Away: 6–5)

October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0)

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

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

↑ 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.

1943 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

1943 All-Star Game 1943 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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