1928 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster (40-man)

1927 Season 1929 Season

Record: 85-67-0, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Donie Bush (85-67)

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 495,070 (5th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 88-64, 837 Runs, 704 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Sparky Adams	33	us US	R	R	5' 5"	151	Aug 26, 1894	7	135	132	135	134	0	0	0	107	0	27	0	0	1	1	3	0	1.2	$10,500
Clyde Barnhart	32	us US	R	R	5' 10"	155	Dec 29, 1895	9	61	45	61	49	0	0	0	0	1	0	45	0	4	48	15	0	0.3	$8,000
Dick Bartell	20	us US	R	R	5' 9"	160	Nov 22, 1907	2	72	63	72	65	0	0	0	39	1	28	0	0	0	0	2	5	0.9	$3,300
Les Bartholomew	25	us US	R	L	5' 11"	195	Apr 4, 1903	1st	6	0	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$1,950
Homer Blankenship	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Aug 4, 1902	3	5	2	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$3,900
Erv Brame	26	us US	L	R	6' 2"	190	Oct 12, 1901	1st	35	11	35	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0.0	$3,500
Fred Brickell	21	us US	L	R	5' 7"	160	Nov 9, 1906	3	81	43	81	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	1	8	50	28	5	0.7	$2,550
Bill Burwell	33	us US	L	R	5' 11"	175	Mar 27, 1895	3	4	1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$6,000
Adam Comorosky	23	us US	R	R	5' 10"	167	Dec 9, 1904	3	51	46	51	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	11	5	49	2	1	0.3	$3,000
Joe Dawson	31	us US	R	R	5' 11"	182	Mar 9, 1897	3	31	7	31	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	$5,000
Fred Fussell	32	us US	L	L	5' 10"	155	Oct 7, 1895	3	28	20	28	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	$4,500
Johnny Gooch	30	us US	B	R	5' 11"	175	Nov 9, 1897	8	30	22	30	30	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$7,500
George Grantham	28	us US	L	R	5' 10"	170	May 20, 1900	7	124	118	124	120	0	0	119	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	3.2	$10,000
Burleigh Grimes HOF	34	us US	R	R	5' 10"	175	Aug 18, 1893	13	48	37	48	48	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	$15,000
Charlie Hargreaves	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Dec 14, 1896	6	79	70	79	77	0	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-0.2
Joe Harris	37	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	May 20, 1891	10	16	4	16	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0.4	$8,500
Rollie Hemsley	21	us US	R	R	5' 10"	170	Jun 24, 1907	1st	50	32	50	50	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	-0.4	$1,800
Carmen Hill	32	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Oct 1, 1895	8	36	31	36	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.6	$11,000
Mack Hillis	26	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Jul 23, 1901	2	11	7	11	9	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.2	$3,300
Cobe Jones	22	us US	B	R	5' 7"	155	Aug 21, 1905	1st	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	$2,400
Ray Kremer	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Mar 23, 1895	5	34	31	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$13,500
Lee Meadows	33	us US	L	R	6' 0"	190	Jul 12, 1894	14	4	2	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$13,000
Johnny Miljus	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	178	Jun 30, 1895	6	21	10	21	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$9,000
Eddie Mulligan	33	us US	R	R	5' 9"	152	Aug 27, 1894	5	27	10	27	10	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	9	8	-0.3	$5,500
John O'Connell	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Jun 13, 1904	1st	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$2,100
Pete Scott	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Dec 21, 1897	3	61	49	61	51	0	0	8	0	0	0	29	0	14	43	9	2	1.0	$6,000
Earl Smith	31	us US	L	R	5' 10"	180	Feb 14, 1897	10	33	28	33	29	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-0.1	$10,000
Glenn Spencer	22	us US	R	R	5' 11"	155	Sep 11, 1905	1st	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$1,800
Walt Tauscher	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	186	Nov 22, 1901	1st	17	0	17	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Pie Traynor HOF	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Nov 11, 1898	9	144	144	144	144	0	0	0	0	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.8	$14,000
Elmer Tutwiler	23	us US	R	R	5' 11"	158	Nov 19, 1904	1st	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$3,000
Lloyd Waner HOF	22	us US	L	R	5' 9"	150	Mar 16, 1906	2	152	152	152	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	143	0	152	0	0	2.5	$6,500
Paul Waner HOF	25	us US	L	L	5' 8"	153	Apr 16, 1903	3	152	152	152	152	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	131	131	0	0	6.8	$11,500
Bill Windle	23	us US	L	L	5' 11"	170	Dec 13, 1904	1st	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$1,200
Glenn Wright	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	170	Feb 6, 1901	5	108	99	108	102	0	0	1	0	0	101	0	0	1	1	8	0	1.6	$12,000
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Donie Bush	40	us US	Oct 8, 1887	Manager	Apr 11	Sep 27
Jewel Ens	38	us US	Aug 24, 1889		Apr 11	Sep 27
Oscar Stanage	45	us US	Mar 17, 1883		Apr 11	Sep 27
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date