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1920 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
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79-75, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 530 runs, Allowed 552 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-80
Manager: George Gibson (79-75)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 429,037 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos 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 Walter Schmidt 33 94 348 310 22 86 8 4 0 20 9 3 24 15 .277 .337 .329 .666 89 102 4 10
2 1B Charlie Grimm* 21 148 581 533 38 121 13 7 2 54 7 8 30 40 .227 .273 .289 .562 59 154 4 14
3 2B George Cutshaw 32 131 549 488 56 123 16 8 0 47 17 14 23 10 .252 .287 .318 .605 71 155 1 37
4 SS Howdy Caton 23 98 394 352 29 83 11 5 0 27 4 9 33 19 .236 .305 .295 .600 71 104 2 7
5 3B Possum Whitted 30 134 555 494 53 129 11 12 1 74 11 11 35 36 .261 .314 .338 .652 85 167 3 23
6 OF Billy Southworth* 27 146 617 546 64 155 17 13 2 53 23 25 52 20 .284 .348 .374 .722 105 204 2 17
7 OF Carson Bigbee* 25 137 607 550 78 154 19 15 4 32 31 15 45 28 .280 .341 .391 .732 107 215 6 6
8 OF Max Carey# 30 130 567 485 74 140 18 4 1 35 52 10 59 31 .289 .369 .348 .718 104 169 3 20
Rk Pos 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 OF Fred Nicholson 25 99 271 247 33 89 16 7 4 30 9 6 18 31 .360 .404 .530 .934 163 131 0 6
10 SS Walter Barbare 28 57 199 186 9 51 5 2 0 12 5 3 9 11 .274 .308 .323 .630 79 60 0 4
11 C Bill Haeffner 25 54 186 175 8 34 4 1 0 14 1 1 8 14 .194 .230 .229 .458 30 40 0 3
12 IF Bill McKechnie# 33 40 140 133 13 29 3 1 1 13 7 4 4 7 .218 .241 .278 .519 47 37 0 3
13 C Cliff Lee 23 37 81 76 9 18 2 2 0 8 0 1 4 14 .237 .275 .316 .591 67 24 0 1
14 SS Pie Traynor 21 17 56 52 6 11 3 1 0 2 1 3 3 6 .212 .268 .308 .576 63 16 1 0
15 MI Cotton Tierney 26 12 52 46 4 11 5 0 0 8 1 1 3 4 .239 .286 .348 .634 79 16 0 3
16 3B Clyde Barnhart 24 12 47 46 5 15 4 2 0 5 1 0 1 2 .326 .340 .500 .840 136 23 0 0
17 OF Homer Summa* 21 10 29 22 1 7 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 .318 .400 .455 .855 142 10 0 4
18 Bill Hinchman 37 18 18 16 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .188 .278 .188 .465 34 3 1 0
19 C Nig Clarke* 37 3 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .222 .000 .222 -33 0 0 0
20 Wally Hood 25 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 50 0 0 0
Rk Pos 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
21 P Wilbur Cooper 28 44 120 113 11 25 1 3 0 2 0 3 5 19 .221 .254 .283 .537 52 32 0 2
22 P Babe Adams* 38 35 92 89 4 13 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 18 .146 .156 .180 .335 -5 16 0 2
23 P Hal Carlson 28 39 88 85 3 23 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 16 .271 .279 .341 .620 75 29 0 2
24 P Earl Hamilton* 28 39 80 67 4 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 18 .149 .219 .149 .368 6 10 1 7
25 P Elmer Ponder 27 33 64 59 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 24 .119 .148 .136 .283 -19 8 0 3
26 P Jimmy Zinn* 25 8 16 15 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 .200 .250 .333 .583 64 5 0 0
27 P Jack Wisner 20 17 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 -63 0 1 0
28 P Johnny Meador 27 12 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 30 1 0 0
29 P Sheriff Blake# 20 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 42 1 0 0
30 P Johnny Morrison 24 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
31 P Whitey Glazner 26 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Mule Watson 23 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.4 155 5796 5219 530 1342 162 90 16 449 181 117 374 405 .257 .310 .332 .642 82 1732 29 174
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 7 8 8 3 8 1 3 5 6 8 7 8 8 8
Rk Pos 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
*Babe Adams 38 92 78 2 0.7 93 .171 .146 .280 .156 .334 .180 .372 .335 .706 -5 .042 -12.5 -1.4 .224 .045 .034 .0 1
Walter Barbare 28 199 142 18 3.5 93 .291 .274 .280 .308 .334 .323 .372 .630 .706 79 .449 -5.4 -0.6 .514 .108 .048 .0 64/5
Clyde Barnhart 24 47 31 8 7.0 93 .341 .326 .280 .340 .334 .500 .372 .840 .706 136 .749 1.9 0.2 .806 .217 .174 .0 5
*Carson Bigbee 25 607 417 72 4.7 93 .290 .280 .280 .341 .334 .391 .372 .732 .706 107 .589 4.6 0.5 .686 .222 .111 7.1 *O
#Sheriff Blake 20 4 3 0 0.0 93 .250 .250 .280 .250 .334 .250 .372 .500 .706 42 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /1
#Max Carey 30 567 375 69 5.0 93 .307 .289 .280 .369 .334 .348 .372 .718 .706 104 .617 5.7 0.6 .769 .268 .060 2.0 *O
Hal Carlson 28 88 64 8 3.4 93 .333 .271 .280 .279 .334 .341 .372 .620 .706 75 .442 -3.0 -0.3 .484 .082 .071 1
Howdy Caton 23 394 285 30 2.9 93 .249 .236 .280 .305 .334 .295 .372 .600 .706 71 .366 -13.0 -1.4 .482 .139 .060 .0 6
*Nig Clarke 37 9 7 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .280 .222 .334 .000 .372 .222 .706 -33 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .286 .286 .000 /2
Wilbur Cooper 28 120 93 7 2.0 93 .266 .221 .280 .254 .334 .283 .372 .537 .706 52 .238 -7.6 -0.8 .374 .080 .062 1
George Cutshaw 32 549 416 42 2.8 93 .257 .252 .280 .287 .334 .318 .372 .605 .706 71 .349 -19.4 -2.1 .480 .119 .066 .0 *4
Whitey Glazner 26 3 3 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .280 .000 .334 .000 .372 .000 .706 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Charlie Grimm 21 581 434 40 2.5 93 .242 .227 .280 .273 .334 .289 .372 .562 .706 59 .312 -29.1 -3.2 .445 .116 .062 3.1 *3
Bill Haeffner 25 186 145 9 1.7 93 .211 .194 .280 .230 .334 .229 .372 .458 .706 30 .180 -16.2 -1.8 .338 .080 .034 .0 2
*Earl Hamilton 28 80 64 2 0.8 93 .204 .149 .280 .219 .334 .149 .372 .368 .706 6 .059 -8.2 -0.9 .281 .075 .000 1
Bill Hinchman 37 18 13 1 2.1 93 .231 .188 .280 .278 .334 .188 .372 .465 .706 34 .246 -1.3 -0.2 .385 .063 .000
Wally Hood 25 2 1 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .280 .500 .334 .000 .372 .500 .706 50 .000 0.1 0.0 2.000 2.000 .000 .0
Cliff Lee 23 81 60 6 2.7 93 .290 .237 .280 .275 .334 .316 .372 .591 .706 67 .346 -3.5 -0.4 .458 .118 .079 2/O
#Bill McKechnie 33 140 111 9 2.2 93 .224 .218 .280 .241 .334 .278 .372 .519 .706 47 .264 -9.6 -1.1 .407 .113 .060 1.8 56/43
Johnny Meador 27 7 5 0 0.0 93 .250 .167 .280 .286 .334 .167 .372 .452 .706 30 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .400 .167 .000 1
Johnny Morrison 24 3 3 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .280 .000 .334 .000 .372 .000 .706 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Fred Nicholson 25 271 170 52 8.3 93 .401 .360 .280 .404 .334 .530 .372 .934 .706 163 .803 19.9 2.1 .927 .255 .170 5.5 O
Elmer Ponder 27 64 55 1 0.5 93 .200 .119 .280 .148 .334 .136 .372 .283 .706 -19 .023 -9.2 -1.0 .192 .051 .017 1
Walter Schmidt 33 348 237 34 3.9 93 .292 .277 .280 .337 .334 .329 .372 .666 .706 89 .505 -3.8 -0.4 .599 .148 .052 .0 2
*Billy Southworth 27 617 433 66 4.2 93 .292 .284 .280 .348 .334 .374 .372 .722 .706 105 .533 3.6 0.4 .615 .181 .090 3.7 *O
*Homer Summa 21 29 19 4 5.7 93 .333 .318 .280 .400 .334 .455 .372 .855 .706 142 .673 1.3 0.1 .933 .318 .136 .0 /O
Cotton Tierney 26 52 39 4 2.8 93 .262 .239 .280 .286 .334 .348 .372 .634 .706 79 .356 -1.1 -0.1 .528 .174 .109 .0 4/6
Pie Traynor 21 56 44 3 1.9 93 .239 .212 .280 .268 .334 .308 .372 .576 .706 63 .207 -2.5 -0.3 .409 .115 .096 .0 6
Mule Watson 23 3 3 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .280 .000 .334 .000 .372 .000 .706 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Possum Whitted 30 555 399 50 3.4 93 .280 .261 .280 .314 .334 .338 .372 .652 .706 85 .444 -10.8 -1.2 .545 .148 .077 1.8 *53/O
Jack Wisner 20 8 7 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .280 .125 .334 .000 .372 .125 .706 -63 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .143 .000 .000 1
*Jimmy Zinn 25 16 12 1 2.3 93 .300 .200 .280 .250 .334 .333 .372 .583 .706 64 .274 -0.8 -0.1 .500 .200 .133 /1O
League Average 3.9 91 .289 .269 .277 .321 .331 .355 .368 .677 .699 94 .505 .579 .160 .087
Team Total 5796 4168 538 3.5 93 .276 .257 .280 .310 .334 .332 .372 .642 .706 82 .457 -126.1 -14.0 .551 .159 .075 29.4
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
*Babe Adams 38 37 96 95 5 15 0 0 1 4 0 1 19 .158 .167 .189 .356 3 35 35
Walter Barbare 28 60 208 198 10 56 5 2 0 14 5 10 12 .283 .317 .328 .646 21 57 57
Clyde Barnhart 24 13 51 50 6 17 5 2 0 6 1 1 2 .340 .353 .520 .873 9 12 12
*Carson Bigbee 25 144 644 587 89 170 21 17 4 37 34 50 29 .290 .352 .404 .756 82 137 137
#Sheriff Blake 20 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6 6
#Max Carey 30 137 602 528 84 165 21 5 1 40 61 70 33 .313 .397 .377 .774 78 130 130
Hal Carlson 28 41 92 91 4 26 5 1 0 2 0 1 17 .286 .293 .363 .656 9 39 39
Howdy Caton 23 103 408 371 33 88 12 5 0 31 4 35 20 .237 .306 .296 .603 34 98 98
*Nig Clarke 37 3 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 3 3
Wilbur Cooper 28 46 124 119 13 26 1 3 0 2 0 5 20 .218 .250 .277 .527 8 44 44
George Cutshaw 32 138 542 516 64 132 17 9 0 54 18 25 11 .256 .292 .324 .615 48 131 131
Whitey Glazner 26 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Charlie Grimm 21 156 599 563 43 130 14 8 2 61 8 32 42 .231 .277 .295 .572 45 148 148
Bill Haeffner 25 57 195 186 9 38 4 1 0 16 1 9 15 .204 .241 .237 .478 11 54 54
*Earl Hamilton 28 41 76 70 4 10 0 0 0 2 0 5 19 .143 .211 .143 .353 2 39 39
Bill Hinchman 37 19 20 18 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .222 .300 .222 .522 1 18 18
Wally Hood 25 9 25 17 6 3 2 0 0 1 4 8 4 .176 .440 .294 .734 2 9 9
Cliff Lee 23 39 85 81 11 20 2 2 0 9 0 4 15 .247 .282 .321 .603 7 37 37
#Bill McKechnie 33 42 144 140 14 31 3 1 1 14 7 4 7 .221 .243 .279 .522 9 40 40
Johnny Meador 27 13 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 12 12
Johnny Morrison 24 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Fred Nicholson 25 104 283 263 38 97 17 8 4 34 10 20 33 .369 .413 .540 .953 59 99 99
Elmer Ponder 27 35 64 62 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 2 25 .113 .141 .129 .270 1 33 33
Walter Schmidt 33 99 363 332 25 96 9 4 0 23 10 27 16 .289 .350 .340 .690 39 94 94
*Billy Southworth 27 154 632 575 72 164 18 14 2 60 24 55 21 .285 .350 .376 .725 75 146 146
*Homer Summa 21 11 27 24 1 8 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 .333 .407 .458 .866 5 10 10
Cotton Tierney 26 13 52 49 5 12 5 0 0 10 1 3 4 .245 .288 .347 .635 5 12 12
Pie Traynor 21 18 58 54 8 11 3 1 0 3 1 3 6 .204 .259 .296 .555 4 17 17
Mule Watson 23 19 32 30 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 12 .167 .219 .167 .385 1 18 18
Possum Whitted 30 141 564 523 60 139 12 13 1 84 12 38 38 .266 .319 .344 .663 57 134 134
Jack Wisner 20 18 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 17 17
*Jimmy Zinn 25 8 17 16 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 .188 .235 .313 .548 1 8 8
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
*Babe Adams 38 13 859 343 859 794 56 158 20 10 2 53 0 0 39 143 .199 .237 .257 .494 43 204 1 25
Walter Barbare 28 6 946 260 946 854 69 210 25 10 1 67 24 12 43 71 .246 .287 .302 .589 73 258 6 43
Clyde Barnhart 24 1 47 12 47 46 5 15 4 2 0 5 1 0 1 2 .326 .340 .500 .840 136 23 0 0
*Carson Bigbee 25 5 2208 530 2208 1971 249 518 55 34 7 102 108 15 168 94 .263 .325 .336 .661 95 662 15 54
#Sheriff Blake 20 1 4 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 42 1 0 0
#Max Carey 30 11 5925 1362 5925 5181 801 1424 198 86 31 403 444 46 541 512 .275 .349 .364 .713 109 1887 47 156
Hal Carlson 28 4 192 98 192 182 6 37 5 3 0 7 0 0 3 44 .203 .220 .264 .484 41 48 1 6
Howdy Caton 23 4 922 231 922 814 85 184 18 16 0 53 18 9 83 52 .226 .301 .287 .588 73 234 4 21
*Nig Clarke 37 9 1711 506 1711 1536 157 390 64 20 6 127 16 0 138 9 .254 .318 .333 .652 102 512 7 30 0
Wilbur Cooper 28 9 733 317 733 682 48 145 14 9 0 44 7 3 25 107 .213 .242 .260 .501 49 177 1 25
George Cutshaw 32 9 5111 1241 5111 4629 511 1203 162 75 23 526 244 57 260 213 .260 .302 .342 .644 89 1584 19 203
Whitey Glazner 26 1 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Charlie Grimm 21 4 807 224 807 740 55 168 21 10 2 72 10 8 40 63 .227 .272 .291 .563 63 215 6 21
Bill Haeffner 25 2 190 57 190 179 8 35 4 1 0 14 1 1 8 15 .196 .230 .229 .459 31 41 0 3
*Earl Hamilton 28 10 644 311 644 546 29 82 10 1 0 19 3 1 66 125 .150 .247 .172 .419 24 94 4 28
Bill Hinchman 37 10 3485 908 3485 3043 364 793 128 69 20 369 85 17 298 174 .261 .336 .368 .704 118 1119 48 96
Wally Hood 25 1 22 9 22 15 5 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 5 4 .133 .350 .200 .550 58 3 0 2
Cliff Lee 23 2 201 79 201 188 14 40 4 6 0 10 2 1 10 22 .213 .253 .298 .550 60 56 0 3
#Bill McKechnie 33 11 3180 846 3180 2843 319 713 86 33 8 240 127 4 190 199 .251 .301 .313 .614 78 889 15 132
Johnny Meador 27 1 7 12 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 30 1 0 0
Johnny Morrison 24 1 3 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Fred Nicholson 25 3 361 142 361 327 45 111 19 9 5 37 11 6 25 44 .339 .386 .498 .885 153 163 0 9
Elmer Ponder 27 3 86 45 86 81 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 34 .111 .133 .123 .256 -26 10 0 3
Walter Schmidt 33 5 1407 420 1407 1267 101 310 31 11 2 108 28 3 85 67 .245 .297 .291 .588 75 369 9 46
*Billy Southworth 27 5 1608 392 1608 1422 182 405 38 39 8 165 67 29 146 63 .285 .353 .383 .737 115 545 5 35
*Homer Summa 21 1 29 10 29 22 1 7 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 .318 .400 .455 .855 142 10 0 4
Cotton Tierney 26 1 52 12 52 46 4 11 5 0 0 8 1 1 3 4 .239 .286 .348 .634 79 16 0 3
Pie Traynor 21 1 56 17 56 52 6 11 3 1 0 2 1 3 3 6 .212 .268 .308 .576 63 16 1 0
Mule Watson 23 3 84 43 84 80 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 29 .113 .134 .125 .259 -23 10 0 0 2 0
Possum Whitted 30 9 3584 916 3584 3226 380 864 122 53 16 388 111 43 189 289 .268 .311 .353 .665 96 1140 15 154
Jack Wisner 20 2 15 21 15 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .067 .000 .067 -80 0 1 0
*Jimmy Zinn 25 2 30 18 30 28 4 7 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 6 .250 .300 .429 .729 104 12 0 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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