1939 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1939 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 58th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 53rd in the National League. The Pirates finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 68–85.

Offseason

December 16, 1938: Johnny Dickshot, Al Todd and cash were traded by the Pirates to the Boston Bees for Ray Mueller.

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		81	231	53	.229	0	16
1B	Elbie Fletcher	102	370	112	.303	12	71
2B	Pep Young	84	293	81	.276	3	29
SS	Arky Vaughn	152	595	182	.306	6	62
3B	Lee Handley	101	376	107	.285	1	42
OF	Johnny Rizzo	94	330	86	.261	6	55
OF	Lloyd Waner	112	379	108	.285	0	24
OF	Paul Waner	125	461	151	.328	3	45

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 Brubaker	100	345	80	.232	7	43
Chuck Klein	85	270	81	.300	11	47
Fern Bell	83	262	75	.286	2	34
Gus Suhr	63	204	59	.289	1	31
Ray Mueller	86	180	42	.233	2	18
Bob Elliott	32	129	43	.333	3	19
Maurice Van Robays	27	105	33	.314	2	16
	31	75	17	.227	1	4
Frankie Gustine	22	70	13	.186	0	3
Red Juelich	17	46	11	.239	0	4
Joe Schultz Jr.	4	14	4	.286	0	2
Heinie Manush	10	12	0	.000	0	1
Woody Jensen	12	12	2	.167	0	1
Eddie Yount	2	2	0	.000	0	0

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
Bob Klinger	37	225.0	14	17	4.36	64
Joe Bowman	37	184.2	10	14	4.48	58
Jim Tobin	25	145.1	9	9	4.52	43
Max Butcher	14	86.2	4	4	3.43	21
Oad Swigart	3	24.1	1	1	4.44	8
Johnny Gee	3	19.2	1	2	4.12	16

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
Mace Brown	47	200.1	9	13	3.37	71
Rip Sewell	52	176.1	10	9	4.08	69
Bill Swift	36	129.2	5	7	3.89	56
	15	53.2	2	4	3.35	12
Cy Blanton	10	42.0	2	3	4.29	11

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
Ken Heintzelman	17	1	1	0	5.05	18
Bill Clemensen	12	0	1	0	7.33	13
Pep Rambert	2	0	0	0	8.82	4

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Carthage