1938 Pittsburgh Pirates season

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season.

1938 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)	Pie Traynor
Local radio	KDKA Rosey Rowswell, Jack Craddock
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The 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 57th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 52nd in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 86–64.

Offseason

February 22, 1938: Tommy Thevenow was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	89	63	0.586	—	44–33	45–30
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	64	0.573	2	44–33	42–31
New York Giants	83	67	0.553	5	43–30	40–37
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	0.547	6	43–34	39–34
Boston Bees	77	75	0.507	12	45–30	32–45
St. Louis Cardinals	71	80	0.470	17½	36–41	35–39
Brooklyn Dodgers	69	80	0.463	18½	31–41	38–39
Philadelphia Phillies	45	105	0.300	43	26–48	19–57

Record vs. opponents

1938 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–12	12–10	11–9	8–14	14–8	9–13	13–9–1
Brooklyn	10–12	—	9–11–1	9–13	8–14	15–7	9–11	9–12–1
Chicago	12–10	11–9–1	—	11–11	12–10	18–4	12–10	13–9–1
Cincinnati	9–11	13–9	11–11	—	12–9	14–7	10–12	13–9–1
New York	14–8	14–8	10–12	9–12	—	16–5	9–13–1	11–9–1
Philadelphia	8–14	7–15	4–18	7–14	5–16	—	8–12–1	6–16
Pittsburgh	13–9	11–9	10–12	12–10	13–9–1	12–8–1	—	15–7
St. Louis	9–13–1	12–9–1	9–13–1	9–13–1	9–11–1	16–6	7–15	—

Game log

1938 Game Log: 86–64 (Home: 44–33; Away: 42–31)

April: 8–3 (Home: 5–2; Away: 3–1)

May: 9–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 4–8)

June: 16–7 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–3)

July: 24–7 (Home: 12–5; Away: 12–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
59	July 2	Cardinals	5–1	Klinger (6–1)	McGee	—	3,892	34–25
60	July 3	Cardinals	6–5 (12)	Brown (11–2)	Shoun	—	—	35–25
61	July 3	Cardinals	6–2 (8)	Bauers (3–7)	Henshaw	—	20,000	36–25
62	July 4	@ Reds	2–1	Blanton (4–1)	Davis	—	—	37–25
63	July 4	@ Reds	3–2	Swift (5–3)	Walters	—	22,400	38–25
64	July 8	@ Cardinals	6–2	Klinger (7–1)	McGee	—	—	39–25
65	July 9	@ Cardinals	8–7	Brown (12–2)	Lanier	—	2,859	40–25
66	July 10	@ Cardinals	5–2	Blanton (5–1)	Macon	—	—	41–25
67	July 10	@ Cardinals	4–3	Bauers (4–7)	Weiland	Bowman (1)	—	42–25
68	July 11	@ Cubs	5–3	Tobin (6–3)	French	Brown (1)	—	43–25
69	July 12	@ Cubs	14–6	Brandt (1–2)	Carleton	Sewell (1)	—	44–25
70	July 13	Dodgers	5–10	Pressnell	Brown (12–3)	—	5,561	44–26
71	July 14	Dodgers	3–2 (11)	Tobin (7–3)	Fitzsimmons	—	7,802	45–26
72	July 15	Dodgers	4–9	Hamlin	Swift (5–4)	—	4,512	45–27
73	July 16	Giants	7–3	Klinger (8–1)	Melton	—	15,197	46–27
74	July 17	Giants	1–2	Hubbell	Tobin (7–4)	—	—	46–28
75	July 17	Giants	7–7			—	43,241	46–28
76	July 18	Giants	7–4	Blanton (6–1)	Gumbert	Swift (1)	8,638	47–28
77	July 19	Phillies	8–0	Brandt (2–2)	Mulcahy	—	2,472	48–28
78	July 20	Phillies	0–11	Hollingsworth	Klinger (8–2)	—	—	48–29
79	July 20	Phillies	4–1	Bauers (5–7)	Sivess	—	6,000	49–29
80	July 21	Phillies	5–4	Brown (13–3)	Smith	—	10,535	50–29
81	July 22	Bees	4–3	Blanton (7–1)	Turner	—	4,749	51–29
82	July 23	Bees	2–4	MacFayden	Bauers (5–8)	Errickson	—	51–30
83	July 24	Bees	5–4 (15)	Tobin (8–4)	Hutchinson	—	—	52–30
84	July 24	Bees	4–2 (6)	Brandt (3–2)	Lanning	—	—	53–30
85	July 26	@ Phillies	5–6	Sivess	Brown (13–4)	—	1,500	53–31
86	July 27	@ Phillies	4–2	Bauers (6–8)	Hallahan	—	—	54–31
87	July 28	@ Phillies	9–2	Tobin (9–4)	Hollingsworth	—	2,000	55–31
88	July 29	@ Dodgers	7–6	Bowman (2–3)	Pressnell	Swift (2)	2,582	56–31
89	July 30	@ Dodgers	9–2	Blanton (8–1)	Tamulis	Brown (2)	8,523	57–31
90	July 31	@ Dodgers	3–4	Posedel	Swift (5–5)	—	27,719	57–32

August: 16–16 (Home: 9–10; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
91	August 2	@ Bees	1–3	Lanning	Tobin (9–5)	—	2,451	57–33
92	August 3	@ Bees	9–4	Blanton (9–1)	Turner	Brown (3)	7,844	58–33
93	August 3	@ Bees	5–3	Bowman (3–3)	Reis	—	7,844	59–33
94	August 4	@ Bees	3–4	MacFayden	Brown (13–5)	—	1,834	59–34
95	August 5	@ Giants	3–5	Brown	Klinger (8–3)	—	18,535	59–35
96	August 7	@ Giants	5–1	Tobin (10–5)	Gumbert	—	—	60–35
97	August 7	@ Giants	13–3	Brandt (4–2)	Hubbell	—	50,468	61–35
98	August 9	Cardinals	1–0	Bauers (7–8)	Henshaw	—	5,000	62–35
99	August 10	Cardinals	0–5 (7)	Warneke	Klinger (8–4)	—	14,000	62–36
100	August 12	Cubs	3–9	Lee	Tobin (10–6)	—	14,962	62–37
101	August 13	Cubs	5–11	Dean	Blanton (9–2)	Page	15,332	62–38
102	August 14	Cubs	2–0	Bauers (8–8)	Root	Brown (4)	24,193	63–38
103	August 15	Reds	2–6	Cascarella	Brown (13–6)	Davis	6,143	63–39
104	August 16	Reds	10–0	Blanton (10–2)	Davis	—	6,253	64–39
105	August 17	@ Cardinals	4–3 (10)	Swift (6–5)	Henshaw	—	2,725	65–39
106	August 18	@ Cardinals	1–5	Weiland	Bauers (8–9)	—	—	65–40
107	August 20	@ Cubs	5–2	Lucas (4–2)	Dean	Swift (3)	—	66–40
108	August 21	@ Cubs	4–6	Lee	Blanton (10–3)	Russell	—	66–41
109	August 21	@ Cubs	1–6	Carleton	Bauers (8–10)	—	40,402	66–42
110	August 22	@ Cubs	4–2	Tobin (11–6)	Bryant	—	—	67–42
111	August 23	Bees	0–6	Lanning	Klinger (8–5)	—	12,294	67–43
112	August 23	Bees	4–3 (14)	Brown (14–6)	Errickson	—	12,294	68–43
113	August 24	Bees	6–2	Bauers (9–10)	Hutchinson	—	4,040	69–43
114	August 25	Phillies	1–2	Butcher	Blanton (10–4)	—	—	69–44
115	August 25	Phillies	1–2 (11)	Hallahan	Lucas (4–3)	—	3,093	69–45
116	August 26	Phillies	4–6	Smith	Tobin (11–7)	Sivess	—	69–46
117	August 27	Phillies	6–1	Brandt (5–2)	Hollingsworth	—	5,889	70–46
118	August 28	Dodgers	5–8	Pressnell	Bauers (9–11)	—	16,045	70–47
119	August 29	Dodgers	10–1	Blanton (11–4)	Posedel	—	3,425	71–47
120	August 30	Giants	7–1	Tobin (12–7)	Coffman	—	—	72–47
121	August 31	Giants	5–6	Wittig	Bauers (9–12)	—	—	72–48
122	August 31	Giants	12–3	Lucas (5–3)	Melton	—	43,586	73–48

September: 13–14 (Home: 4–5; Away: 9–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
123	September 1	Giants	6–0	Klinger (9–5)	Schumacher	—	28,839	74–48
124	September 2	Cardinals	10–11	Weiland	Blanton (11–5)	McGee	4,480	74–49
125	September 3	Cardinals	0–6	Macon	Tobin (12–8)	—	7,759	74–50
126	September 4	Cardinals	5–3	Bauers (10–12)	Henshaw	—	12,187	75–50
127	September 5	Cubs	0–3	Lee	Brandt (5–3)	—	—	75–51
128	September 5	Cubs	3–4	Bryant	Tobin (12–9)	—	42,545	75–52
129	September 7	@ Reds	7–1	Klinger (10–5)	Derringer	—	8,839	76–52
130	September 8	@ Reds	3–5	Vander Meer	Blanton (11–6)	—	29,043	76–53
131	September 10	@ Cardinals	14–7	Brown (15–6)	Macon	—	3,632	77–53
132	September 11	@ Cardinals	4–6	Dean	Bauers (10–13)	—	15,739	77–54
133	September 14	@ Giants	0–3	Schumacher	Blanton (11–7)	—	—	77–55
134	September 14	@ Giants	3–10	Gumbert	Brandt (5–4)	—	28,185	77–56
135	September 15	@ Giants	7–2	Tobin (13–9)	Melton	—	4,978	78–56
136	September 16	@ Bees	7–6 (11)	Swift (7–5)	MacFayden	—	8,296	79–56
137	September 16	@ Bees	4–5	Errickson	Bowman (3–4)	—	8,296	79–57
138	September 17	@ Bees	2–1	Klinger (11–5)	Shoffner	—	—	80–57
139	September 18	@ Phillies	1–0	Bauers (11–13)	Hollingsworth	—	—	81–57
140	September 18	@ Phillies	1–1 (5)			—	1,500	81–57
141	September 22	@ Dodgers	6–0	Tobin (14–9)	Fitzsimmons	—	—	82–57
142	September 22	@ Dodgers	11–6	Klinger (12–5)	Hamlin	Brown (5)	—	83–57
143	September 23	Reds	4–5 (12)	Walters	Brown (15–7)	—	7,429	83–58
144	September 24	Reds	4–1	Bauers (12–13)	Vander Meer	—	11,318	84–58
145	September 25	Reds	5–3	Lucas (6–3)	Derringer	Swift (4)	27,147	85–58
146	September 27	@ Cubs	1–2	Dean	Tobin (14–10)	Lee	42,238	85–59
147	September 28	@ Cubs	5–6	Root	Brown (15–8)	—	34,465	85–60
148	September 29	@ Cubs	1–10	Lee	Bauers (12–14)	—	—	85–61
149	September 30	@ Reds	1–7	Derringer	Tobin (14–11)	—	—	85–62
150	September 30	@ Reds	4–2	Bauers (13–14)	Moore	—	8,361	86–62

October: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2)

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

Roster

1938 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

51 Russ Bauers

46 Cy Blanton

48 Joe Bowman

49 Ed Brandt

47 Mace Brown

53 Ken Heintzelman

41 Bob Klinger

40 Red Lucas

44 Rip Sewell

45 Bill Swift

50 Jim Tobin

Catchers

32 Ray Berres

30 Al Todd

Infielders

25 Bill Brubaker

20 Lee Handley

24 Gus Suhr

22,54 Tommy Thevenow

21 Arky Vaughan

26 Pep Young

Outfielders

17 Johnny Dickshot

16 Woody Jensen

12 Johnny Rizzo

10 Lloyd Waner

11 Paul Waner

Other batters

36 Heinie Manush

Manager

35 Pie Traynor

Coaches

36 Jewel Ens

34 Johnny Gooch

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
SS	Vaughan, ArkyArky Vaughan	148	541	174	.322	7	68

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
Thevenow, TommyTommy Thevenow	15	25	5	.200	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
Bauers, RussRuss Bauers	40	243	13	14	3.07	117

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

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	Montreal Royals	International League	Rabbit Maranville and Alex Hooks
A1	Knoxville Smokies	Southern Association	Neil Caldwell
B	Savannah Indians	Sally League	Chick Autry
C	Hutchinson Larks	Western Association	Hugh McMullen
D	Carthage Pirates	Arkansas–Missouri League	Buzz Arlitt

Notes

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

References

1938 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1938 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.

1938 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

1938 All-Star Game 1938 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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