1941 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1941 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	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:
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	—

Game log

1941 Game Log: 81–73 (Home: 45–32; Away: 36–41)

April: 3–10 (Home: 2–3; Away: 1–7)

May: 11–11 (Home: 7–4; Away: 4–7)

June: 14–12 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
37	June 2	@ Braves	0–2	Errickson	Lanning (1–2)	—	1,034	14–22
38	June 3	@ Braves	9–5	Heintzelman (2–3)	LaManna	Bowman (1)	1,776	15–22
39	June 6	@ Giants	5–4	Butcher (5–4)	McGee	—	—	16–22
40	June 6	@ Giants	4–3	Sewell (4–5)	Lohrman	—	8,324	17–22
41	June 7	@ Phillies	0–2	Blanton	Lanning (1–3)	—	3,802	17–23
42	June 8	@ Phillies	12–2	Bowman (2–1)	Hughes	Sewell (1)	—	18–23
43	June 8	@ Phillies	2–5	Podgajny	Bauers (1–3)	—	—	18–24
44	June 9	@ Phillies	5–0	Wilkie (2–1)	Grissom	—	892	19–24
45	June 10	@ Dodgers	3–4	Fitzsimmons	Heintzelman (2–4)	—	6,426	19–25
46	June 11	@ Dodgers	8–1	Sewell (5–5)	Higbe	—	30,469	20–25
47	June 14	Braves	8–2	Butcher (6–4)	Salvo	—	2,908	21–25
48	June 15	Braves	1–5	Posedel	Wilkie (2–2)	—	12,562	21–26
49	June 17	Giants	3–6	Hubbell	Sewell (5–6)	—	1,586	21–27
50	June 18	Giants	2–2 (11)			—	24,738	21–27
51	June 19	Giants	6–9	Brown	Heintzelman (2–5)	—	2,127	21–28
52	June 20	Phillies	7–6	Dietz (1–0)	Pearson	—	1,046	22–28
53	June 21	Phillies	2–0	Bowman (3–1)	Grissom	—	2,321	23–28
54	June 22	Phillies	4–1	Sewell (6–6)	Blanton	—	—	24–28
55	June 22	Phillies	4–7	Hughes	Butcher (6–5)	Johnson	10,060	24–29
56	June 23	Dodgers	4–9	Fitzsimmons	Klinger (2–3)	Brown	2,335	24–30
57	June 24	Dodgers	0–8	Davis	Lanning (1–4)	—	20,537	24–31
58	June 25	Dodgers	4–5	Higbe	Heintzelman (2–6)	—	2,425	24–32
59	June 27	@ Cubs	4–2	Sewell (7–6)	Passeau	—	4,622	25–32
60	June 28	@ Cubs	2–3	Olsen	Butcher (6–6)	—	3,654	25–33
61	June 29	@ Cubs	8–2	Lanning (2–4)	French	—	—	26–33
62	June 29	@ Cubs	3–2	Sullivan (1–0)	Lee	Sewell (2)	17,440	27–33
63	June 30	Cardinals	4–3	Heintzelman (3–6)	Gumbert	—	16,306	28–33

July: 22–9 (Home: 13–3; Away: 9–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
64	July 1	Cardinals	7–11	Warneke	Sewell (7–7)	—	—	28–34
65	July 2	Reds	8–3	Butcher (7–6)	Derringer	—	1,941	29–34
66	July 4	@ Reds	0–6	Walters	Lanning (2–5)	—	—	29–35
67	July 4	@ Reds	6–4	Heintzelman (4–6)	Pearson	—	14,391	30–35
68	July 5	Cubs	9–6	Sullivan (2–0)	Lee	Klinger (1)	4,571	31–35
69	July 6	Cubs	2–1	Sewell (8–7)	Passeau	—	—	32–35
70	July 6	Cubs	13–4 (8)	Butcher (8–6)	Root	Lanning (1)	14,306	33–35
71	July 10	@ Phillies	6–3	Sewell (9–7)	Hughes	Sullivan (1)	—	34–35
72	July 12	@ Phillies	6–1	Lanning (3–5)	Podgajny	—	1,500	35–35
73	July 13	@ Giants	4–0	Heintzelman (5–6)	Lohrman	—	—	36–35
74	July 13	@ Giants	2–8	Schumacher	Butcher (8–7)	—	22,865	36–36
75	July 14	@ Giants	2–3	Hubbell	Sewell (9–8)	—	3,125	36–37
76	July 15	@ Giants	5–1	Butcher (9–7)	Melton	—	3,296	37–37
77	July 16	@ Braves	1–4	Tobin	Lanning (3–6)	—	—	37–38
78	July 16	@ Braves	13–5	Dietz (2–0)	Hutchings	Wilkie (1)	3,278	38–38
79	July 18	@ Braves	5–1	Heintzelman (6–6)	Johnson	—	—	39–38
80	July 18	@ Braves	3–4	LaManna	Wilkie (2–3)	—	3,315	39–39
81	July 20	@ Dodgers	1–5	Davis	Sewell (9–9)	—	—	39–40
82	July 20	@ Dodgers	5–1	Lanning (4–6)	Wyatt	—	—	40–40
83	July 21	@ Dodgers	8–3	Heintzelman (7–6)	Kimball	—	—	41–40
84	July 22	Phillies	4–3	Klinger (3–3)	Podgajny	—	1,730	42–40
85	July 23	Phillies	5–2	Butcher (10–7)	Blanton	—	13,109	43–40
86	July 24	Phillies	3–2	Klinger (4–3)	Grissom	—	1,326	44–40
87	July 25	Dodgers	8–4	Sullivan (3–0)	Wyatt	—	—	45–40
88	July 25	Dodgers	8–2	Lanning (5–6)	Davis	—	—	46–40
89	July 26	Dodgers	2–3	Hamlin	Heintzelman (7–7)	Higbe	7,009	46–41
90	July 27	Dodgers	4–3	Klinger (5–3)	Davis	—	—	47–41
91	July 27	Dodgers	8–0 (8)	Sewell (10–9)	Casey	—	40,093	48–41
92	July 29	Braves	5–3 (8)	Sullivan (4–0)	Javery	Klinger (2)	4,860	49–41
93	July 30	Braves	2–3 (10)	Tobin	Bowman (3–2)	—	11,362	49–42
94	July 31	Braves	9–8	Lanning (6–6)	Errickson	Dietz (1)	1,870	50–42

August: 18–15 (Home: 5–4; Away: 13–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
95	August 1	Giants	6–3	Butcher (11–7)	Hubbell	—	4,324	51–42
96	August 2	Giants	0–2 (10)	Schumacher	Sewell (10–10)	—	5,550	51–43
97	August 3	Giants	5–4	Dietz (3–0)	McGee	—	—	52–43
98	August 3	Giants	10–4 (6)	Klinger (6–3)	Wittig	—	25,688	53–43
99	August 4	@ Reds	4–1	Lanning (7–6)	Thompson	—	2,109	54–43
100	August 5	@ Reds	7–5	Butcher (12–7)	Turner	Klinger (3)	2,390	55–43
101	August 6	@ Cubs	13–3	Sewell (11–10)	Pressnell	—	5,574	56–43
102	August 7	@ Cubs	4–3	Dietz (4–0)	Mooty	—	5,035	57–43
103	August 8	@ Cubs	0–1	Erickson	Lanning (7–7)	—	5,846	57–44
104	August 9	@ Cardinals	5–4 (13)	Klinger (7–3)	Hutchinson	—	5,223	58–44
105	August 10	@ Cardinals	2–3	White	Sewell (11–11)	Crouch	—	58–45
106	August 10	@ Cardinals	2–4	Cooper	Heintzelman (7–8)	—	26,513	58–46
107	August 13	Cubs	4–6	Eaves	Lanning (7–8)	Mooty	24,373	58–47
108	August 14	Cubs	2–6	Passeau	Butcher (12–8)	—	3,032	58–48
109	August 16	Cardinals	4–2	Heintzelman (8–8)	White	—	—	59–48
110	August 17	Cardinals	1–7	Cooper	Butcher (12–9)	—	—	59–49
111	August 17	Cardinals	8–2	Sewell (12–11)	Warneke	—	34,292	60–49
112	August 18	@ Dodgers	5–6	Casey	Butcher (12–10)	—	9,832	60–50
113	August 19	@ Dodgers	0–9	Davis	Sullivan (4–1)	—	—	60–51
114	August 19	@ Dodgers	2–6	Drake	Heintzelman (8–9)	Casey	9,372	60–52
115	August 20	@ Dodgers	6–7	Allen	Sewell (12–12)	—	14,752	60–53
116	August 21	@ Giants	5–3	Butcher (13–10)	McGee	—	11,845	61–53
117	August 22	@ Giants	5–3	Lanning (8–8)	Bowman	—	2,439	62–53
118	August 23	@ Giants	3–5	Schumacher	Dietz (4–1)	—	—	62–54
119	August 23	@ Giants	4–3	Klinger (8–3)	Brown	—	—	63–54
120	August 24	@ Braves	3–4 (12)	Salvo	Sewell (12–13)	—	—	63–55
121	August 24	@ Braves	7–3 (6)	Klinger (9–3)	Javery	—	13,411	64–55
122	August 26	@ Braves	3–4	Tobin	Wilkie (2–4)	—	—	64–56
123	August 26	@ Braves	6–1	Butcher (14–10)	Errickson	—	3,527	65–56
124	August 27	@ Phillies	12–2	Lanning (9–8)	Blanton	—	1,748	66–56
125	August 28	@ Phillies	3–2	Dietz (5–1)	Pearson	Klinger (4)	5,500	67–56
126	August 30	@ Cubs	1–4	Erickson	Sewell (12–14)	—	6,777	67–57
127	August 31	@ Cubs	4–3	Butcher (15–10)	Passeau	—	—	68–57

September: 13–16 (Home: 13–11; Away: 0–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
128	September 1	@ Cardinals	3–5	White	Heintzelman (8–10)	—	—	68–58
129	September 1	@ Cardinals	3–6 (8)	Pollet	Klinger (9–4)	—	34,812	68–59
130	September 3	Reds	3–2	Lanning (10–8)	Riddle	—	18,428	69–59
131	September 4	Reds	4–0 (5)	Sewell (13–14)	Walters	—	1,720	70–59
132	September 5	Reds	4–10	Derringer	Butcher (15–11)	Beggs	—	70–60
133	September 5	Reds	1–0 (7)	Dietz (6–1)	Starr	—	4,897	71–60
134	September 6	Cubs	6–4	Heintzelman (9–10)	Mooty	—	3,040	72–60
135	September 7	Cubs	1–3	Eaves	Lanning (10–9)	—	6,619	72–61
136	September 9	Giants	2–4 (10)	Schumacher	Sewell (13–15)	—	1,873	72–62
137	September 10	Giants	10–7	Lanning (11–9)	Lohrman	Wilkie (2)	1,076	73–62
138	September 11	Braves	7–5	Heintzelman (10–10)	Hutchings	—	—	74–62
139	September 11	Braves	0–10	Earley	Gee (0–1)	—	2,320	74–63
140	September 12	Braves	6–3	Dietz (7–1)	Johnson	—	—	75–63
141	September 12	Braves	0–5	Javery	Lanning (11–10)	—	2,083	75–64
142	September 13	Braves	1–0	Strincevich (1–1)	Salvo	—	—	76–64
143	September 14	Phillies	2–1	Butcher (16–11)	Hoerst	—	—	77–64
144	September 14	Phillies	3–6	Hughes	Sewell (13–16)	—	7,495	77–65
145	September 17	Dodgers	4–6	Davis	Heintzelman (10–11)	Hamlin	6,206	77–66
146	September 18	Dodgers	6–5	Sewell (14–16)	Casey	—	6,803	78–66
147	September 20	@ Reds	1–2	Walters	Butcher (16–12)	—	—	78–67
148	September 20	@ Reds	3–7	Derringer	Strincevich (1–2)	—	9,817	78–68
149	September 21	@ Reds	0–2	Riddle	Dietz (7–2)	—	10,248	78–69
150	September 23	Cardinals	4–0	Heintzelman (11–11)	Cooper	—	—	79–69
151	September 23	Cardinals	0–9	Lanier	Sewell (14–17)	—	—	79–70
152	September 24	Cardinals	0–4	Gumbert	Lanning (11–11)	—	—	79–71
153	September 25	Cardinals	3–1	Butcher (17–12)	White	—	—	80–71
154	September 26	Reds	3–4	Vander Meer	Brandt (0–1)	—	717	80–72
155	September 27	Reds	9–15	Riddle	Gee (0–2)	Beggs	1,695	80–73
156	September 28	Reds	3–2	Clemensen (1–0)	Walters	—	4,137	81–73

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

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 López

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	Lopez, AlAl Lopez	114	317	84	.265	5	43
1B	Fletcher, ElbieElbie Fletcher	151	521	150	.288	11	74
2B	Gustine, FrankieFrankie Gustine	121	463	125	.270	1	46
3B	Handley, LeeLee Handley	124	459	132	.288	0	33
SS	Vaughan, ArkyArky Vaughan	106	374	118	.316	6	38
LF	Van Robays, MauriceMaurice Van Robays	129	457	129	.282	4	78
CF	DiMaggio, VinceVince DiMaggio	151	528	141	.267	21	100
RF	Elliott, BobBob 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
Baker, BillBill Baker	35	67	15	.224	0	6
Cox, BillyBilly 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
Sewell, RipRip 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
Bowman, JoeJoe Bowman	18	69.1	3	2	2.99	22
Bauers, RussRuss Bauers	8	37.1	1	3	5.54	20
Brandt, BillBill 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
Brown, MaceMace 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 López, 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

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

Notes

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

References

1941 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1941 Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

1941 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

1941 All-Star Game 1941 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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