1941 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1941 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)	Frankie Frisch
Local radio	KDKA Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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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	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	100	54	0.649	—	52–25	48–29
St. Louis Cardinals	97	56	0.634	2½	53–24	44–32
Cincinnati Reds	88	66	0.571	12	45–34	43–32
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	73	0.526	19	45–32	36–41
New York Giants	74	79	0.484	25½	38–39	36–40
Chicago Cubs	70	84	0.455	30	38–39	32–45
Boston Braves	62	92	0.403	38	32–44	30–48
Philadelphia Phillies	43	111	0.279	57	23–52	20–59

Record vs. opponents

1941 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	4–18–2	11–11	9–13	6–16	14–8	10–12	8–14
Brooklyn	18–4–2	—	13–9	14–8	14–8	18–4	12–10	11–11–1
Chicago	11–11	9–13	—	8–14	9–13	14–8–1	9–13	10–12
Cincinnati	13–9	8–14	14–8	—	15–7	16–6	12–10	10–12
New York	16–6	8–14	13–9	7–15	—	16–6	8–14–2	6–15–1
Philadelphia	8–14	4–18	8–14–1	6–16	6–16	—	6–16	5–17
Pittsburgh	12–10	10–12	13–9	10–12	14–8–2	16–6	—	6–16
St. Louis	14–8	11–11–1	12–10	12–10	15–6–1	17–5	16–6	—

Roster

1941 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 31 Russ Bauers 21 Joe Bowman 24 Bill Brandt 25 Mace Brown 19 Max Butcher 21,37 Bill Clemensen 37 Dick Conger 22 Dutch Dietz 24 Johnny Gee 32 Ken Heintzelman 20 Bob Klinger 28 Dick Lanahan 29 Johnny Lanning 30 Rip Sewell 25 Nick Strincevich 26 Joe Sullivan 39 Lefty Wilkie		Catchers  7 Bill Baker 11 Spud Davis 12 Al Lopez 38 Joe Schultz  8 Vinnie Smith Infielders 15 Alf Anderson  2 Ripper Collins 38 Billy Cox  3 Elbie Fletcher 18 Debs Garms 16 Frankie Gustine  6 Lee Handley 10 Ed Leip  4 Stu Martin 21 Arky Vaughan		Outfielders  9 Vince DiMaggio  8 Bob Elliott -- Culley Rikard 14 Bud Stewart 17 Maurice Van Robays 10 Lloyd Waner		Manager 35 Frankie Frisch Coaches 11 Spud Davis 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
C	Al Lopez	114	317	84	.265	5	43
1B	Elbie Fletcher	151	521	150	.288	11	74
2B	Frankie Gustine	121	463	125	.270	1	46
3B	Lee Handley	124	459	132	.288	0	33
SS	Arky Vaughan	106	374	118	.316	6	38
LF	Maurice Van Robays	129	457	129	.282	4	78
CF	Vince DiMaggio	151	528	141	.267	21	100
RF	Bob 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
Bill Baker	35	67	15	.224	0	6
Billy 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
Rip 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
Joe Bowman	18	69.1	3	2	2.99	22
Russ Bauers	8	37.1	1	3	5.54	20
Bill 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
Mace 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

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Specs Toporcer
B	Harrisburg Senators	Interstate League	Les Bell
C	Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers	Canadian-American League	Buster Blakeney
C	Hutchinson Pirates	Western Association	Johnny Gooch
D	Moultrie Packers	Georgia-Florida League	Buzz Arlitt
D	Oil City Oilers	Pennsylvania State Association	George Norton
D	London Pirates	PONY League	Jimmy Jordan

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg

References

• 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac