PITTSBURGH PIRATES
PITCHING LEADERS
04/20/1946
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TEAM PITCHING SINGLE SEASON LEADERS TEAM PITCHING CAREER LEADERS
154 IP required for season rate statistics. 154 IP required for career rate statistics.
ERA - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player ERA Year  
1. Rip Sewell 2.54 1943  
2. Bob Klinger 2.72 1943  
3. Fritz Ostermueller 2.73 1944  
4. Rip Sewell 2.80 1940  
5. Preacher Roe 2.87 1945  
6. Russ Bauers 2.88 1937  
7. Bob Klinger 2.99 1938  
8. Russ Bauers 3.07 1938  
9. Nick Strincevich 3.08 1944  
10. Preacher Roe 3.11 1944  
ERA - CAREER
Rank Player ERA IP  
1. Preacher Roe 2.98 420.1  
2. Fritz Ostermueller 3.25 285.1  
3. Nick Strincevich 3.32 471.2  
4. Hank Gornicki 3.37 259.0  
5. Rip Sewell 3.37 1640.2  
6. Johnny Lanning 3.52 439.2  
7. Russ Bauers 3.53 553.2  
8. Mace Brown 3.67 852.2  
9. Bob Klinger 3.74 990.2  
10. Ken Heintzelman 4.13 537.2  
WINS - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player W Year  
1. Rip Sewell 21 1943  
2. Rip Sewell 21 1944  
3. Rip Sewell 17 1942  
4. Nick Strincevich 16 1945  
5. Rip Sewell 16 1940  
6. Mace Brown 15 1938  
7. Preacher Roe 14 1945  
8. Rip Sewell 14 1941  
9. Bob Klinger 14 1939  
10. Nick Strincevich 14 1944  
WINS - CAREER
Rank Player W IP  
1. Rip Sewell 110 1640.2  
2. Bob Klinger 62 990.2  
3. Mace Brown 55 852.2  
4. Nick Strincevich 31 471.2  
5. Russ Bauers 29 553.2  
6. Ken Heintzelman 29 537.2  
7. Johnny Lanning 29 439.2  
8. Preacher Roe 27 420.1  
9. Fritz Ostermueller 16 285.1  
10. Hank Gornicki 14 259.0  
LOSSES - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player L Year  
1. Rip Sewell 17 1941  
2. Bob Klinger 17 1939  
3. Rip Sewell 15 1942  
4. Russ Bauers 14 1938  
5. Preacher Roe 13 1945  
6. Hank Gornicki 13 1943  
7. Bob Klinger 13 1940  
8. Mace Brown 13 1939  
9. Rip Sewell 12 1944  
10. Ken Heintzelman 11 1941  
LOSSES - CAREER
Rank Player L IP  
1. Rip Sewell 77 1640.2  
2. Bob Klinger 58 990.2  
3. Mace Brown 45 852.2  
4. Ken Heintzelman 31 537.2  
5. Russ Bauers 29 553.2  
6. Johnny Lanning 24 439.2  
7. Preacher Roe 24 420.1  
8. Hank Gornicki 19 259.0  
9. Nick Strincevich 19 471.2  
10. Fritz Ostermueller 11 285.1  
WINNING PCT - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player WPct Year  
1. Rip Sewell .762 1940  
2. Bob Klinger .706 1938  
3. Rip Sewell .700 1943  
4. Russ Bauers .684 1937  
5. Nick Strincevich .667 1944  
6. Rip Sewell .636 1944  
7. Nick Strincevich .615 1945  
8. Fritz Ostermueller .611 1944  
9. Bob Klinger .579 1943  
10. Rip Sewell .550 1945  
WINNING PCT - CAREER
Rank Player WPct IP  
1. Nick Strincevich .620 471.2  
2. Fritz Ostermueller .593 285.1  
3. Rip Sewell .588 1640.2  
4. Mace Brown .550 852.2  
5. Johnny Lanning .547 439.2  
6. Preacher Roe .529 420.1  
7. Bob Klinger .517 990.2  
8. Russ Bauers .500 553.2  
9. Ken Heintzelman .483 537.2  
10. Hank Gornicki .424 259.0  
SAVES - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player SV Year  
1. Mace Brown 7 1937  
2. Mace Brown 7 1940  
3. Mace Brown 7 1939  
4. Mace Brown 5 1938  
5. Bob Klinger 4 1941  
6. Hank Gornicki 4 1943  
7. Ken Heintzelman 3 1940  
8. Bob Klinger 3 1940  
9. Rip Sewell 3 1943  
10. Mace Brown 3 1936  
SAVES - CAREER
Rank Player SV IP  
1. Mace Brown 29 852.2  
2. Rip Sewell 14 1640.2  
3. Bob Klinger 9 990.2  
4. Hank Gornicki 6 259.0  
5. Johnny Lanning 6 439.2  
6. Russ Bauers 5 553.2  
7. Nick Strincevich 4 471.2  
8. Ken Heintzelman 3 537.2  
9. Lefty Wilkie 3 186.1  
10. Preacher Roe 2 420.1  
WAR - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player WAR Year  
1. Preacher Roe 6.2 1945  
2. Nick Strincevich 4.4 1945  
3. Rip Sewell 4.4 1943  
4. Russ Bauers 3.9 1937  
5. Russ Bauers 3.8 1938  
6. Fritz Ostermueller 3.4 1944  
7. Nick Strincevich 3.3 1944  
8. Bob Klinger 3.2 1943  
9. Preacher Roe 3.2 1944  
10. Rip Sewell 3.0 1944  
WAR - CAREER
Rank Player WAR IP  
1. Rip Sewell 16.2 1640.2  
2. Bob Klinger 12.8 990.2  
3. Mace Brown 9.8 852.2  
4. Preacher Roe 9.4 420.1  
5. Russ Bauers 7.6 553.2  
6. Nick Strincevich 7.5 471.2  
7. Ken Heintzelman 4.4 537.2  
8. Johnny Lanning 4.4 439.2  
9. Fritz Ostermueller 3.7 285.1  
10. Hank Gornicki 3.3 259.0  
GAMES PITCHED - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player G Year  
1. Rip Sewell 52 1939  
2. Mace Brown 51 1938  
3. Mace Brown 50 1937  
4. Mace Brown 48 1940  
5. Mace Brown 47 1936  
6. Mace Brown 47 1939  
7. Hank Gornicki 42 1943  
8. Nick Strincevich 40 1944  
9. Rip Sewell 40 1942  
10. Russ Bauers 40 1938  
GAMES PITCHED - CAREER
Rank Player G IP  
1. Rip Sewell 287 1640.2  
2. Mace Brown 262 852.2  
3. Bob Klinger 209 990.2  
4. Ken Heintzelman 120 537.2  
5. Johnny Lanning 119 439.2  
6. Russ Bauers 113 553.2  
7. Nick Strincevich 95 471.2  
8. Preacher Roe 72 420.1  
9. Hank Gornicki 67 259.0  
10. Lefty Wilkie 61 186.1  
GAMES STARTED - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player GS Year  
1. Russ Bauers 34 1938  
2. Rip Sewell 33 1944  
3. Bob Klinger 33 1939  
4. Rip Sewell 33 1942  
5. Rip Sewell 32 1941  
6. Preacher Roe 31 1945  
7. Rip Sewell 31 1943  
8. Nick Strincevich 29 1945  
9. Nick Strincevich 26 1944  
10. Bob Klinger 25 1943  
GAMES STARTED - CAREER
Rank Player GS IP  
1. Rip Sewell 188 1640.2  
2. Bob Klinger 129 990.2  
3. Russ Bauers 69 553.2  
4. Ken Heintzelman 61 537.2  
5. Nick Strincevich 59 471.2  
6. Preacher Roe 56 420.1  
7. Mace Brown 55 852.2  
8. Johnny Lanning 40 439.2  
9. Fritz Ostermueller 35 285.1  
10. Hank Gornicki 33 259.0  
COMPLETE GAMES - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player CG Year  
1. Rip Sewell 25 1943  
2. Rip Sewell 24 1944  
3. Nick Strincevich 18 1945  
4. Rip Sewell 18 1942  
5. Rip Sewell 18 1941  
6. Preacher Roe 15 1945  
7. Rip Sewell 14 1940  
8. Fritz Ostermueller 14 1944  
9. Bob Klinger 14 1943  
10. Ken Heintzelman 13 1941  
COMPLETE GAMES - CAREER
Rank Player CG IP  
1. Rip Sewell 113 1640.2  
2. Bob Klinger 48 990.2  
3. Nick Strincevich 29 471.2  
4. Russ Bauers 25 553.2  
5. Ken Heintzelman 25 537.2  
6. Preacher Roe 22 420.1  
7. Mace Brown 18 852.2  
8. Fritz Ostermueller 18 285.1  
9. Johnny Lanning 13 439.2  
10. Hank Gornicki 11 259.0  
SHUTOUTS - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player SHO Year  
1. Rip Sewell 5 1942  
2. Bob Klinger 3 1943  
3. Rip Sewell 3 1944  
4. Ken Heintzelman 3 1942  
5. Preacher Roe 3 1945  
6. Hank Gornicki 2 1942  
7. Rip Sewell 2 1941  
8. Rip Sewell 2 1943  
9. Russ Bauers 2 1937  
10. Rip Sewell 2 1940  
SHUTOUTS - CAREER
Rank Player SHO IP  
1. Rip Sewell 16 1640.2  
2. Ken Heintzelman 8 537.2  
3. Bob Klinger 7 990.2  
4. Russ Bauers 4 553.2  
5. Preacher Roe 4 420.1  
6. Hank Gornicki 3 259.0  
7. Mace Brown 2 852.2  
8. Fritz Ostermueller 2 285.1  
9. Jack Hallett 1 70.0  
10. Johnny Lanning 1 439.2  
INNINGS PITCHED - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player IP Year  
1. Rip Sewell 286.0 1944  
2. Rip Sewell 265.1 1943  
3. Rip Sewell 249.0 1941  
4. Rip Sewell 248.0 1942  
5. Russ Bauers 243.0 1938  
6. Preacher Roe 235.0 1945  
7. Nick Strincevich 228.1 1945  
8. Bob Klinger 225.0 1939  
9. Fritz Ostermueller 204.2 1944  
10. Mace Brown 200.1 1939  
INNINGS PITCHED - CAREER
Rank Player IP IP  
1. Rip Sewell 1640.2 1640.2  
2. Bob Klinger 990.2 990.2  
3. Mace Brown 852.2 852.2  
4. Russ Bauers 553.2 553.2  
5. Ken Heintzelman 537.2 537.2  
6. Nick Strincevich 471.2 471.2  
7. Johnny Lanning 439.2 439.2  
8. Preacher Roe 420.1 420.1  
9. Fritz Ostermueller 285.1 285.1  
10. Hank Gornicki 259.0 259.0  
HITS ALLOWED - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player H Year  
1. Rip Sewell 267 1943  
2. Rip Sewell 263 1944  
3. Rip Sewell 259 1942  
4. Bob Klinger 251 1939  
5. Nick Strincevich 235 1945  
6. Mace Brown 232 1939  
7. Preacher Roe 228 1945  
8. Rip Sewell 225 1941  
9. Rip Sewell 212 1945  
10. Russ Bauers 207 1938  
HITS ALLOWED - CAREER
Rank Player H IP  
1. Rip Sewell 1613 1640.2  
2. Bob Klinger 1062 990.2  
3. Mace Brown 941 852.2  
4. Ken Heintzelman 584 537.2  
5. Russ Bauers 511 553.2  
6. Nick Strincevich 479 471.2  
7. Johnny Lanning 450 439.2  
8. Preacher Roe 410 420.1  
9. Fritz Ostermueller 275 285.1  
10. Hank Gornicki 254 259.0  
HOME RUNS ALLOWED - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player HR Year  
1. Rip Sewell 18 1941  
2. Rip Sewell 15 1944  
3. Rip Sewell 13 1942  
4. Bob Klinger 11 1939  
5. Preacher Roe 11 1945  
6. Rip Sewell 10 1939  
7. Hank Gornicki 10 1943  
8. Rip Sewell 9 1945  
9. Ken Heintzelman 9 1942  
10. Johnny Lanning 8 1940  
HOME RUNS ALLOWED - CAREER
Rank Player HR IP  
1. Rip Sewell 80 1640.2  
2. Bob Klinger 40 990.2  
3. Mace Brown 33 852.2  
4. Ken Heintzelman 26 537.2  
5. Johnny Lanning 22 439.2  
6. Preacher Roe 18 420.1  
7. Nick Strincevich 18 471.2  
8. Russ Bauers 16 553.2  
9. Fritz Ostermueller 13 285.1  
10. Hank Gornicki 12 259.0  
WALKS ALLOWED - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player BB Year  
1. Rip Sewell 99 1944  
2. Russ Bauers 99 1938  
3. Rip Sewell 91 1945  
4. Rip Sewell 84 1941  
5. Ken Heintzelman 83 1941  
6. Bob Klinger 81 1939  
7. Russ Bauers 80 1937  
8. Rip Sewell 75 1943  
9. Rip Sewell 73 1939  
10. Rip Sewell 72 1942  
WALKS ALLOWED - CAREER
Rank Player BB IP  
1. Rip Sewell 582 1640.2  
2. Bob Klinger 309 990.2  
3. Mace Brown 267 852.2  
4. Russ Bauers 251 553.2  
5. Ken Heintzelman 235 537.2  
6. Johnny Lanning 121 439.2  
7. Nick Strincevich 108 471.2  
8. Preacher Roe 105 420.1  
9. Fritz Ostermueller 102 285.1  
10. Hank Gornicki 87 259.0  
WALKS PER 9 IP - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player BB9 Year  
1. Nick Strincevich 1.8 1944  
2. Preacher Roe 1.8 1945  
3. Nick Strincevich 1.9 1945  
4. Mace Brown 2.3 1939  
5. Bob Klinger 2.4 1938  
6. Johnny Lanning 2.4 1941  
7. Rip Sewell 2.5 1943  
8. Mace Brown 2.5 1940  
9. Rip Sewell 2.6 1942  
10. Bob Klinger 2.7 1943  
WALKS PER 9 IP - CAREER
Rank Player BB9 IP  
1. Nick Strincevich 2.1 471.2  
2. Preacher Roe 2.2 420.1  
3. Johnny Lanning 2.5 439.2  
4. Bob Klinger 2.8 990.2  
5. Mace Brown 2.8 852.2  
6. Hank Gornicki 3.0 259.0  
7. Rip Sewell 3.2 1640.2  
8. Fritz Ostermueller 3.2 285.1  
9. Lefty Wilkie 3.7 186.1  
10. Ken Heintzelman 3.9 537.2  
STRIKEOUTS - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player K Year  
1. Preacher Roe 148 1945  
2. Russ Bauers 118 1937  
3. Russ Bauers 117 1938  
4. Preacher Roe 88 1944  
5. Rip Sewell 87 1944  
6. Ken Heintzelman 81 1941  
7. Fritz Ostermueller 80 1944  
8. Rip Sewell 76 1941  
9. Nick Strincevich 74 1945  
10. Mace Brown 73 1940  
STRIKEOUTS - CAREER
Rank Player K IP  
1. Rip Sewell 503 1640.2  
2. Mace Brown 343 852.2  
3. Bob Klinger 329 990.2  
4. Russ Bauers 278 553.2  
5. Preacher Roe 236 420.1  
6. Ken Heintzelman 214 537.2  
7. Nick Strincevich 143 471.2  
8. Johnny Lanning 125 439.2  
9. Hank Gornicki 111 259.0  
10. Fritz Ostermueller 109 285.1  
STRIKEOUTS PER 9 IP - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player K9 Year  
1. Preacher Roe 5.7 1945  
2. Russ Bauers 5.7 1937  
3. Russ Bauers 4.3 1938  
4. Preacher Roe 4.3 1944  
5. Ken Heintzelman 3.9 1940  
6. Mace Brown 3.8 1940  
7. Ken Heintzelman 3.7 1941  
8. Rip Sewell 3.5 1939  
9. Fritz Ostermueller 3.5 1944  
10. Bob Klinger 3.3 1938  
STRIKEOUTS PER 9 IP - CAREER
Rank Player K9 IP  
1. Preacher Roe 5.1 420.1  
2. Russ Bauers 4.5 553.2  
3. Hank Gornicki 3.9 259.0  
4. Mace Brown 3.6 852.2  
5. Ken Heintzelman 3.6 537.2  
6. Fritz Ostermueller 3.4 285.1  
7. Bob Klinger 3.0 990.2  
8. Rip Sewell 2.8 1640.2  
9. Nick Strincevich 2.7 471.2  
10. Johnny Lanning 2.6 439.2  
K/BB - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player K/BB Year  
1. Preacher Roe 3.22 1945  
2. Nick Strincevich 1.51 1945  
3. Preacher Roe 1.49 1944  
4. Mace Brown 1.49 1940  
5. Russ Bauers 1.48 1937  
6. Bob Klinger 1.38 1938  
7. Mace Brown 1.37 1939  
8. Nick Strincevich 1.27 1944  
9. Fritz Ostermueller 1.23 1944  
10. Russ Bauers 1.18 1938  
K/BB - CAREER
Rank Player K/BB IP  
1. Preacher Roe 2.2 420.1  
2. Nick Strincevich 1.3 471.2  
3. Mace Brown 1.3 852.2  
4. Hank Gornicki 1.3 259.0  
5. Russ Bauers 1.1 553.2  
6. Fritz Ostermueller 1.1 285.1  
7. Bob Klinger 1.1 990.2  
8. Johnny Lanning 1.0 439.2  
9. Ken Heintzelman 0.9 537.2  
10. Rip Sewell 0.9 1640.2  
WHIP - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player WHIP Year  
1. Preacher Roe 1.17 1945  
2. Nick Strincevich 1.19 1944  
3. Bob Klinger 1.22 1938  
4. Rip Sewell 1.24 1941  
5. Nick Strincevich 1.24 1945  
6. Rip Sewell 1.24 1940  
7. Bob Klinger 1.25 1943  
8. Russ Bauers 1.26 1938  
9. Johnny Lanning 1.26 1941  
10. Rip Sewell 1.27 1944  
WHIP - CAREER
Rank Player WHIP IP  
1. Preacher Roe 1.23 420.1  
2. Nick Strincevich 1.24 471.2  
3. Johnny Lanning 1.30 439.2  
4. Hank Gornicki 1.32 259.0  
5. Fritz Ostermueller 1.32 285.1  
6. Rip Sewell 1.34 1640.2  
7. Russ Bauers 1.38 553.2  
8. Bob Klinger 1.38 990.2  
9. Mace Brown 1.42 852.2  
10. Lefty Wilkie 1.50 186.1  
OAVG - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player OAVG Year  
1. Russ Bauers .231 1938  
2. Rip Sewell .234 1941  
3. Rip Sewell .236 1940  
4. Rip Sewell .237 1944  
5. Russ Bauers .242 1937  
6. Bob Klinger .248 1943  
7. Preacher Roe .250 1944  
8. Bob Klinger .250 1938  
9. Nick Strincevich .251 1944  
10. Johnny Lanning .253 1941  
OAVG - CAREER
Rank Player OAVG IP  
1. Russ Bauers .243 553.2  
2. Fritz Ostermueller .248 285.1  
3. Rip Sewell .252 1640.2  
4. Hank Gornicki .252 259.0  
5. Preacher Roe .254 420.1  
6. Nick Strincevich .255 471.2  
7. Johnny Lanning .261 439.2  
8. Lefty Wilkie .270 186.1  
9. Bob Klinger .270 990.2  
10. Ken Heintzelman .274 537.2  
OSLG - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player OSLG Year  
1. Russ Bauers .250 1937  
2. Russ Bauers .254 1938  
3. Rip Sewell .261 1940  
4. Nick Strincevich .271 1944  
5. Bob Klinger .272 1943  
6. Rip Sewell .277 1943  
7. Rip Sewell .277 1944  
8. Preacher Roe .279 1944  
9. Johnny Lanning .279 1941  
10. Fritz Ostermueller .281 1944  
OSLG - CAREER
Rank Player OSLG IP  
1. Russ Bauers .266 553.2  
2. Fritz Ostermueller .283 285.1  
3. Nick Strincevich .284 471.2  
4. Hank Gornicki .288 259.0  
5. Preacher Roe .288 420.1  
6. Rip Sewell .289 1640.2  
7. Lefty Wilkie .290 186.1  
8. Johnny Lanning .299 439.2  
9. Bob Klinger .301 990.2  
10. Mace Brown .305 852.2  
OOPS - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player OOPS Year  
1. Nick Strincevich .559 1944  
2. Russ Bauers .563 1938  
3. Rip Sewell .563 1940  
4. Russ Bauers .570 1937  
5. Bob Klinger .573 1943  
6. Rip Sewell .577 1944  
7. Johnny Lanning .578 1941  
8. Nick Strincevich .579 1945  
9. Rip Sewell .585 1941  
10. Preacher Roe .585 1944  
OOPS - CAREER
Rank Player OOPS IP  
1. Nick Strincevich .582 471.2  
2. Preacher Roe .588 420.1  
3. Russ Bauers .591 553.2  
4. Fritz Ostermueller .595 285.1  
5. Hank Gornicki .600 259.0  
6. Rip Sewell .603 1640.2  
7. Johnny Lanning .608 439.2  
8. Bob Klinger .626 990.2  
9. Lefty Wilkie .629 186.1  
10. Mace Brown .632 852.2  
RWAR - SINGLE SEASON
Rank Player rWAR Year  
1. Rip Sewell 7.6 1943  
2. Preacher Roe 7.5 1945  
3. Rip Sewell 6.9 1944  
4. Fritz Ostermueller 5.0 1944  
5. Russ Bauers 5.0 1938  
6. Nick Strincevich 4.9 1945  
7. Rip Sewell 4.8 1940  
8. Russ Bauers 4.6 1937  
9. Bob Klinger 4.5 1943  
10. Rip Sewell 3.7 1942  
RWAR - CAREER
Rank Player rWAR IP  
1. Rip Sewell 26.0 1640.2  
2. Bob Klinger 12.0 990.2  
3. Preacher Roe 10.7 420.1  
4. Russ Bauers 8.3 553.2  
5. Nick Strincevich 8.0 471.2  
6. Mace Brown 6.3 852.2  
7. Johnny Lanning 6.1 439.2  
8. Fritz Ostermueller 5.5 285.1  
9. Ken Heintzelman 5.1 537.2  
10. Hank Gornicki 2.6 259.0  
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