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1943 Pittsburgh Pirates 80 - 74

1942 / 1944 (Organization)

4th place in the NL (25 GB)
Home Record: Away Record:	47 - 30 (.610) 33 - 44 (.429)	+4.5 wins -1.5 wins

Scored/Expected: 669 / 634 ( +35 ) Allowed/Expected: 605 / 635 ( +30 )
Pyth Record: 84 - 70 (-4)

Dressed to the Nines

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Team Page	Schedule/Results	Retrosheet
Batting Stats	Transactions	Baseball-Almanac
Pitching Stats	Minor Lg Affiliates	BR Bullpen
Def Lineups	Batting Orders	Wikipedia

Forbes Field
Attendance:	498,740	Avg Att:	6,394 (1.05)
Att Rank:	3 / 8	Lg Avg:	6,070

Park Factor:	1.03
HR Factor:	0.84	R/L HR:	0.82 / 0.86

Notes:

Transactions

Date									WAR
M	D	Yr	Player	Pos	Age	Transaction	From	To	Before	After	Org
11	2	1942	Ed Albosta	SP	24.0	Rule 5 Draft	BRO	PIT	-0.3	-1.1	-1.1
11	2	1942	Wally Hebert	SP	35.2	Rule 5 Draft	San Dieg	PIT	0.9	2.6	2.6
11	9	1942	Herb Crompton	C	31.0	Minor League Draft	CHA	PIT	0.0	-0.8	0.0
1	1	1943	Bubba Harris	RP	16.9	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		PIT	0.0	-0.4	0.0
4	15	1943	Tommy O'Brien	RF	24.3	Conditional Deal	Atlanta	PIT	0.0	-0.5	0.6
4	30	1943	Jimmy Wasdell	RF	29.0	Purchased	PIT	PHI	-0.1	2.8	2.9
6	15	1943	Dutch Dietz	SW	31.3	Traded Away	PIT	PHI	3.3	-1.0	-1.0
6	15	1943	Johnny Podgajny	SP	23.0	Received in Trade	PHI	PIT	3.0	-1.5	-1.1
9	8	1943	Bill Nagel	3B	28.1	Purchased	PIT	CHA	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9
9	8	1943	Tony Ordenana	SS	24.9	Purchased	Portsmou	PIT	0.0	0.1	0.1
9	30	1943	Johnny Podgajny	SP	23.3	Traded Away	PIT	SLN	3.0	-0.3	0.0
9	30	1943	Johnny Wyrostek	RF	24.2	Traded Away	PIT	SLN	-1.4	13.3	0.0
9	30	1943	Preacher Roe	SP	28.6	Received in Trade	SLN	PIT	-0.2	30.3	8.4

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Trades

6 / 15 / 1943

Philadelphia Blue Jays Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	PHI	1st Yr
Dutch Dietz	SW	PIT	30.8	3.3	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0
Totals				3.3	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0

Pittsburgh Pirates Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	PIT	1st Yr
Johnny Podgajny	SP	PHI	22.5	3.0	-1.5	-1.1	-1.1
Totals				3.0	-1.5	-1.1	-1.1

Team Analysis

	WAR After Trade			WAR First Year
Tm	Out	In	Diff	Out	In	Diff
PHI	-1.5	-1.0	0.5	-1.1	-1.0	0.2
PIT	-1.0	-1.5	-0.5	-1.0	-1.1	-0.2

9 / 30 / 1943

St. Louis Cardinals Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	SLN	1st Yr
Johnny Wyrostek	RF	PIT	23.5	-1.4	13.3	0.0	0.0
Johnny Podgajny	SP	PIT	22.6	3.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
$		PIT
Totals				1.5	12.9	0.0	0.0

Pittsburgh Pirates Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	PIT	1st Yr
Preacher Roe	SP	SLN	27.8	-0.2	30.3	8.4	0.0
Totals				-0.2	30.3	8.4	0.0

Team Analysis

	WAR After Trade			WAR First Year
Tm	Out	In	Diff	Out	In	Diff
PIT	12.9	30.3	17.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
SLN	30.3	12.9	-17.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James