1941 Pittsburgh Pirates

81-73 • .526 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

81 Wins
73 Losses
.526 Win %
4th Rank
690 R 643 RA
Diff +47

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⚡ Quick Stats

690 Runs Scored
643 Runs Allowed
+47 Run Diff
527K Attendance

📈 vs. 1941 NL Average

Batting Avg .267 4% above the 1941 league average (.258)
OBP .337 4% above the 1941 league average (.326)
SLG .367 2% above the 1941 league average (.361)
Team ERA 3.48 4% better than the 1941 league average (3.64)
Runs Scored 690 5% above the 1941 league average (658 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 527,628
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Avg per Game 6,764

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1941

Batting Avg

1 Arky Vaughan 0.316 2 Stu Martin 0.305 3 Elbie Fletcher 0.288 4 Lee Handley 0.288 5 Maurice Van Robays 0.282

Home Runs

1 Vince DiMaggio 21 2 Elbie Fletcher 11 3 Arky Vaughan 6 4 Al Lopez 5 5 Maurice Van Robays 4

RBI

1 Vince DiMaggio 100 2 Maurice Van Robays 78 3 Bob Elliott 76 4 Elbie Fletcher 74 5 Frankie Gustine 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Vince DiMaggio 151 528 73 141 27 5 21 100 68 100 10 0.267
Bob Elliott 141 527 74 144 24 10 3 76 64 52 6 0.273
Elbie Fletcher 151 521 95 150 29 13 11 74 118 54 5 0.288
Frankie Gustine 121 463 46 125 24 7 1 46 28 38 5 0.270
Lee Handley 124 459 59 132 18 4 0 33 35 22 16 0.288
Maurice Van Robays 129 457 62 129 23 5 4 78 41 29 0 0.282
Arky Vaughan 106 374 69 118 20 7 6 38 50 13 8 0.316
Al Lopez 114 317 33 84 9 1 5 43 31 23 0 0.265
Stu Martin 88 233 37 71 13 2 0 19 10 17 2 0.305
Alf Anderson 70 223 32 48 7 2 1 10 14 30 2 0.215
Debs Garms 83 220 25 58 9 3 3 42 22 12 0 0.264
Bud Stewart 73 172 27 46 7 0 0 10 12 17 3 0.267
Virgil Davis 57 107 3 27 4 1 0 6 11 11 0 0.252
Rip Sewell 42 92 12 16 2 0 1 5 3 15 0 0.174
Max Butcher 33 82 4 15 0 0 0 3 3 9 0 0.183
Bill Baker 35 67 5 15 3 0 0 6 11 0 0 0.224
Ken Heintzelman 35 63 4 8 1 0 0 8 3 19 0 0.127
Ripper Collins 49 62 5 13 2 2 0 11 6 14 0 0.210
Johnny Lanning 34 56 5 6 3 0 0 4 3 8 0 0.107
Billy Cox 10 37 4 10 3 1 0 2 3 2 1 0.270
Vinnie Smith 9 33 3 10 1 0 0 5 1 5 0 0.303
Bob Klinger 35 32 1 8 2 0 0 3 2 4 0 0.250
Joe Bowman 22 31 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.258
Lloyd Dietz 33 25 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.160
Ed Leip 15 25 1 5 0 2 0 3 1 2 1 0.200
Aldon Wilkie 26 24 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.292
Culley Rikard 6 20 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.200
Russ Bauers 8 14 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0.357
Joe Sullivan 16 11 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.364
Nick Strincevich 12 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.429
Bill Clemensen 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Lloyd Waner 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.250
Johnny Gee 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Joe Schultz 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Bill Brandt 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dick Lanahan 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mace Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Conger 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1941

ERA

1 Lloyd Dietz 2.33 2 Joe Sullivan 2.97 3 Joe Bowman 2.99 4 Max Butcher 3.05 5 Johnny Lanning 3.13

Wins

1 Max Butcher 17 2 Rip Sewell 14 3 Ken Heintzelman 11 4 Johnny Lanning 11 5 Bob Klinger 9

Strikeouts

1 Ken Heintzelman 81 2 Rip Sewell 76 3 Max Butcher 61 4 Johnny Lanning 41 5 Bob Klinger 36
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rip Sewell 14 17 3.72 39 32 2 249.0 225 103 84 76
Max Butcher 17 12 3.05 33 32 0 236.0 249 80 66 61
Ken Heintzelman 11 11 3.44 35 24 0 196.0 206 75 83 81
Johnny Lanning 11 11 3.13 34 23 1 175.2 175 61 47 41
Bob Klinger 9 4 3.93 35 9 4 116.2 127 51 30 36
Lloyd Dietz 7 2 2.33 33 6 1 100.1 88 26 33 22
Aldon Wilkie 2 4 4.56 26 6 2 79.0 90 40 40 16
Joe Bowman 3 2 2.99 18 7 1 69.1 77 23 28 22
Joe Sullivan 4 1 2.97 16 4 1 39.1 40 13 22 10
Russ Bauers 1 3 5.54 8 5 0 37.1 40 23 25 20
Nick Strincevich 1 2 5.23 12 3 0 31.0 35 18 13 12
Bill Clemensen 1 0 2.77 2 1 0 13.0 7 4 7 4
Dick Lanahan 0 1 5.25 7 0 0 12.0 13 7 3 5
Johnny Gee 0 2 6.14 3 2 0 7.1 10 5 5 2
Bill Brandt 0 1 3.86 2 1 0 7.0 5 3 3 0
Dick Conger 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 4.0 3 0 3 2
Mace Brown 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0

👥 Roster (38)

Alf Anderson Bill Baker Russ Bauers Joe Bowman Bill Brandt Mace Brown Max Butcher Bill Clemensen Ripper Collins Dick Conger Billy Cox Virgil Davis +26 more

38 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 81-73 (.526 win pct).
Who led the 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Vince DiMaggio led the 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates with 21 home runs.
What was the 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 3.48.
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