1929 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1928 Season 1930 Season

Record: 88-65-1, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Donie Bush (67-51-1) and Jewel Ens (21-14)

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 491,377 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 87-66, 904 Runs, 780 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Charlie Hargreaves	32	102	352	328	33	88	12	5	1	44	1	1	16	12	.268	.306	.345	.651	59	113		2	6		1
2	1B	Earl Sheely	36	139	585	485	63	142	22	4	6	88	6	6	75	24	.293	.392	.392	.784	93	190		4	21		5
3	2B	George Grantham*	29	110	458	349	85	107	23	10	12	90	10	6	93	38	.307	.454	.533	.987	141	186		1	14		5
4	SS	Dick Bartell	21	143	674	610	101	184	40	13	2	57	11	6	40	29	.302	.347	.420	.766	87	256		2	22		0
5	3B	Pie Traynor	30	130	597	540	94	192	27	12	4	108	13	3	30	7	.356	.393	.472	.865	111	255		3	24		2
6	OF	Lloyd Waner*	23	151	726	662	134	234	28	20	5	74	6	8	37	20	.353	.395	.479	.874	113	317		9	18		1
7	OF	Paul Waner*	26	151	704	596	131	200	43	15	15	100	15	9	89	24	.336	.424	.534	.958	133	318		3	15		3
8	OF	Adam Comorosky	24	127	533	473	86	152	26	11	6	97	19	4	40	22	.321	.377	.461	.838	104	218		2	18		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	Rollie Hemsley	22	88	257	235	31	68	13	7	0	37	1	0	11	22	.289	.321	.404	.725	76	95		0	9		1
10	IF	Sparky Adams	34	74	217	196	37	51	8	1	0	11	3	2	15	5	.260	.316	.311	.627	54	61		1	5		1
11	SS	Stu Clarke	23	57	205	178	20	47	5	7	2	21	3	1	19	21	.264	.338	.404	.743	81	72		1	7		0
12	OF	Fred Brickell*	22	60	127	118	13	37	4	2	0	17	3	1	7	12	.314	.352	.381	.733	80	45		0	2		1
13	SS	Cobe Jones#	23	25	64	63	6	16	5	1	0	4	1	0	1	5	.254	.266	.365	.631	53	23		0	0		0
14	OF	Ira Flagstead	35	26	55	50	8	14	2	1	0	6	1	0	4	2	.280	.333	.360	.693	70	18		0	1		1
15	C	Bob Linton*	27	17	19	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.111	.158	.111	.269	-33	2		0	0		0
16	SS	Harry Riconda	32	8	17	15	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.467	.467	.600	1.067	159	9		0	2		0
17	OF	Jim Mosolf*	23	8	14	13	3	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	.462	.500	.692	1.192	189	9		0	0		0
18	3B	Jim Stroner	28	6	9	8	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	131	4		0	0		0
19	SS	Ben Sankey	21	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-30	1		0	1		0
20	C	John O'Connell	25	2	8	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.143	.250	.286	.536	31	2		0	0		0
21	1B	Bill Windle*	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
22		Mel Ingram	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0		0
23	P	Erv Brame*	27	59	120	116	9	36	8	1	4	25	0	0	2	7	.310	.322	.500	.822	98	58		0	2		0
24	P	Burleigh Grimes	35	33	97	91	11	26	3	3	0	12	0	1	4	10	.286	.316	.385	.700	71	35		0	2		0
25	P	Ray Kremer	34	34	94	86	4	11	4	0	1	8	0	0	7	26	.128	.194	.209	.403	-1	18		0	1		0
26	P	Jesse Petty	34	36	69	67	2	7	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	17	.104	.118	.119	.237	-42	8		0	1		0
27	P	Steve Swetonic	25	42	52	48	11	13	3	1	0	2	0	0	2	6	.271	.314	.375	.689	68	18		1	1		0
28	P	Larry French	21	30	45	42	4	8	1	0	0	8	1	0	2	12	.190	.227	.214	.442	9	9		0	1		0
29	P	Heinie Meine	33	22	44	39	6	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	2	1	.103	.146	.179	.326	-21	7		0	3		0
30	P	Carmen Hill	33	27	30	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.036	.069	.036	.105	-74	1		0	0		0
31	P	Fred Fussell*	33	21	16	16	4	4	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.688	.938	120	11		0	0		0
32	P	Joe Dawson	32	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	191	1		0	0		0
33	P	Leon Chagnon	26	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
34	P	Lee Meadows*	34	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
35	P	Ralph Erickson*	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0		0
		Team Totals	27.3	154	6203	5490	904	1663	285	116	60	828	94	49	503	335	.303	.364	.430	.794	94	2360		29	176		26
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	2	2	4	1	6		3	2	4	1	2	3	5	3		3		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.0	154	5630	4952	851	1552	263	110	53	759	93	48	481	249	.313	.377	.443	.820	100	2194		28	165		26
		Pitcher Totals	30.7	154	573	538	53	111	22	6	7	69	1	1	22	86	.206	.239	.309	.547	33	166		1	11		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Burleigh Grimes	35	17	7	.708	3.13	33	29	4	18	2	2	232.2	245	108	81	11	70	1	62	4	0	0	1004	154	3.83	1.354	9.5	0.4	2.7	2.4	0.89
2	SP	Erv Brame	27	16	11	.593	4.55	37	28	5	19	1	0	229.2	250	123	116	17	71	1	68	0	0	4	994	106	4.09	1.398	9.8	0.7	2.8	2.7	0.96
3	SP	Ray Kremer	34	18	10	.643	4.26	34	27	5	14	0	0	221.2	226	114	105	21	60	1	66	1	0	3	930	113	4.26	1.290	9.2	0.9	2.4	2.7	1.10
4	SP	Jesse Petty*	34	11	10	.524	3.71	36	25	5	12	1	0	184.1	197	100	76	12	42	3	58	0	0	1	783	130	3.69	1.297	9.6	0.6	2.1	2.8	1.38
5	SP	Heinie Meine	33	7	6	.538	4.50	22	13	5	7	1	1	108.0	120	62	54	4	34	0	19	7	0	4	468	107	4.06	1.426	10.0	0.3	2.8	1.6	0.56
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Steve Swetonic	25	8	10	.444	4.82	41	12	17	3	0	5	143.2	172	87	77	6	50	2	35	5	0	4	644	100	4.00	1.545	10.8	0.4	3.1	2.2	0.70
7	RP	Larry French*	21	7	5	.583	4.90	30	13	10	6	0	1	123.0	130	78	67	10	62	2	49	3	0	3	552	98	4.64	1.561	9.5	0.7	4.5	3.6	0.79
8	RP	Carmen Hill	33	2	3	.400	3.99	27	3	13	0	0	3	79.0	94	45	35	4	35	2	28	0	0	1	360	121	4.07	1.633	10.7	0.5	4.0	3.2	0.80
9	RP	Fred Fussell*	33	2	2	.500	8.62	21	3	7	0	0	1	39.2	68	42	38	8	8	0	18	1	0	2	189	56	5.19	1.916	15.4	1.8	1.8	4.1	2.25
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Joe Dawson	32	0	1	.000	8.31	4	0	3	0	0	0	8.2	13	9	8	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	41	60	6.37	1.846	13.5	2.1	3.1	2.1	0.67
11		Leon Chagnon	26	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	11	7	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	34	56	3.94	1.714	14.1	1.3	1.3	5.1	4.00
12		Ralph Erickson*	27	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	23	8.79	4.000	18.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
13		Lee Meadows	34	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	53	7.29	4.500	27.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	30.7	88	65	.575	4.36	154	154	75	79	5	13	1379.0	1530	779	668	96	439	12	409	21	0	22	6010	111	4.11	1.428	10.0	0.6	2.9	2.7	0.93
		Rank in 8 NL teams		2	7		3				3	5	4	2	1	4	3	4	3		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W