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1927 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 / 1928)
94-60, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 817 runs, Allowed 659 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62
Manager: Donie Bush (94-60)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 869,720 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 107, Pitching - 105;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99
Won NL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-0) to New York Yankees

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1926 / 1928 Batting Statistics

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 Johnny Gooch# 29 101 319 291 22 75 17 2 2 48 0 19 21 .258 .305 .351 .656 70 102 1 8
2 1B Joe Harris 36 129 486 411 57 134 27 9 5 73 0 48 19 .326 .402 .472 .874 127 194 4 23
3 2B George Grantham* 27 151 634 531 96 162 33 11 8 66 9 74 39 .305 .396 .454 .850 121 241 6 23
4 SS Glenn Wright 26 143 626 570 78 160 26 4 9 105 4 39 46 .281 .328 .388 .716 86 221 1 16
5 3B Pie Traynor 28 149 633 573 93 196 32 9 5 106 11 22 11 .342 .370 .455 .825 114 261 3 35
6 OF Lloyd Waner* 21 150 683 629 133 223 17 6 2 27 14 37 23 .355 .396 .410 .806 110 258 6 11
7 OF Paul Waner* 24 155 709 623 114 237 42 18 9 131 5 60 14 .380 .437 .549 .986 155 342 3 23
8 OF Clyde Barnhart 31 108 419 360 65 115 23 4 3 54 2 37 19 .319 .384 .431 .815 112 155 1 21
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 Kiki Cuyler 28 85 330 285 60 88 13 7 3 31 20 37 36 .309 .394 .435 .829 116 124 3 5
10 C Earl Smith* 30 66 222 189 16 51 3 1 5 25 0 21 11 .270 .346 .376 .722 88 71 1 11
11 2B Hal Rhyne 28 62 197 168 21 46 5 0 0 17 0 14 9 .274 .330 .304 .633 66 51 0 15
12 C Roy Spencer 27 38 97 92 9 26 3 1 0 13 0 3 3 .283 .305 .337 .642 67 31 0 2
13 OF Adam Comorosky 21 18 68 61 5 14 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 .230 .266 .246 .512 34 15 0 4
14 3B Heinie Groh 37 14 37 35 2 10 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 .286 .324 .314 .639 67 11 0 0
15 IF Joe Cronin 20 12 24 22 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 3 .227 .292 .273 .564 48 6 0 0
16 OF Fred Brickell* 20 32 23 21 6 6 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 .286 .318 .476 .794 105 10 0 1
17 2B Ed Sicking 30 6 8 7 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 .143 .250 .286 .536 39 2 0 0
18 OF Herman Layne 26 11 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .143 .000 .143 -60 0 0 0
19 SS Dick Bartell 19 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 40 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
20 P Lee Meadows* 32 40 122 115 3 18 0 1 0 6 0 4 20 .157 .185 .174 .359 -6 20 0 3
21 P Carmen Hill 31 44 112 104 10 22 3 3 0 10 0 5 30 .212 .248 .298 .546 42 31 0 3
22 P Vic Aldridge 33 35 100 96 5 21 5 0 0 9 0 1 3 .219 .227 .271 .498 29 26 0 3
23 P Ray Kremer 34 35 88 83 3 14 1 0 2 10 0 2 19 .169 .188 .253 .441 14 21 0 3
24 P Johnny Miljus 32 19 29 28 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 .179 .179 .214 .393 2 6 0 1
25 P Joe Dawson 30 20 26 25 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 4 5 0 1
26 P Mike Cvengros* 26 23 21 19 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 .158 .200 .211 .411 7 4 0 1
27 P Emil Yde# 27 23 18 18 8 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .167 .167 .278 .444 14 5 0 0
28 P Johnny Morrison 31 21 14 13 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 .154 .154 .308 .462 18 4 0 1
29 P Chet Nichols 29 8 9 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 .111 .111 .222 .333 -15 2 0 0
30 P Joe Bush 34 7 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .600 .667 .600 1.267 232 3 0 0
31 P Roy Mahaffey 23 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .400 .400 .400 .800 109 2 0 0
32 P Don Songer* 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
33 P Red Peery* 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 156 6077 5397 817 1648 258 78 54 759 65 0 437 355 .305 .361 .412 .773 101 2224 0 29 214 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 1 1 3 2 5 6 4 7 1 1 2 2 2
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
Vic Aldridge 33 100 78 6 2.1 110 .226 .219 .299 .227 .358 .271 .412 .498 .770 29 .188 -10.1 -1.0 .360 .063 .052 1
Clyde Barnhart 31 419 266 59 5.9 110 .331 .319 .299 .384 .358 .431 .412 .815 .770 112 .616 7.1 0.7 .796 .219 .111 2.4 O
Dick Bartell 19 4 2 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .298 .500 .358 .000 .412 .500 .770 40 .000 0.1 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000 /6
*Fred Brickell 20 23 16 3 5.0 110 .250 .286 .299 .318 .358 .476 .412 .794 .770 105 .542 -0.0 0.0 .733 .238 .190 .0 /O
Joe Bush 34 6 2 2 26.8 110 .750 .600 .299 .667 .358 .600 .412 1.267 .770 232 .962 1.1 0.1 2.000 .200 .000 /1
Adam Comorosky 21 68 51 4 2.1 110 .233 .230 .299 .266 .358 .246 .412 .512 .770 34 .194 -6.0 -0.6 .383 .066 .016 O
Joe Cronin 20 24 17 2 3.2 110 .263 .227 .299 .292 .358 .273 .412 .564 .770 48 .335 -1.6 -0.2 .471 .136 .045 /463
Kiki Cuyler 28 330 202 48 6.4 110 .346 .309 .299 .394 .358 .435 .412 .829 .770 116 .646 7.3 0.7 .934 .326 .126 5.2 O
*Mike Cvengros 26 21 17 1 1.6 110 .167 .158 .299 .200 .358 .211 .412 .411 .770 7 .124 -2.6 -0.3 .313 .105 .053 1
Joe Dawson 30 26 21 1 1.3 110 .227 .200 .299 .200 .358 .200 .412 .400 .770 4 .087 -3.6 -0.4 .250 .000 .000 1
#Johnny Gooch 29 319 224 31 3.7 110 .272 .258 .299 .305 .358 .351 .412 .656 .770 70 .404 -12.9 -1.3 .565 .158 .093 .0 2
*George Grantham 27 634 392 94 6.4 110 .318 .305 .299 .396 .358 .454 .412 .850 .770 121 .650 18.2 1.8 .894 .305 .149 8.5 *43
Heinie Groh 37 37 25 4 4.3 110 .303 .286 .299 .324 .358 .314 .412 .639 .770 67 .469 -1.7 -0.2 .520 .086 .029 5
Joe Harris 36 486 300 77 6.9 110 .333 .326 .299 .402 .358 .472 .412 .874 .770 127 .677 17.1 1.7 .888 .263 .146 .0 *3/O
Carmen Hill 31 112 85 8 2.5 110 .297 .212 .299 .248 .358 .298 .412 .546 .770 42 .251 -9.5 -1.0 .439 .135 .087 1
Ray Kremer 34 88 72 4 1.5 110 .194 .169 .299 .188 .358 .253 .412 .441 .770 14 .114 -10.9 -1.1 .333 .108 .084 .0 1
Herman Layne 26 7 6 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .299 .143 .358 .000 .412 .143 .770 -60 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .167 .000 /O
Roy Mahaffey 23 5 3 1 8.9 110 1.000 .400 .299 .400 .358 .400 .412 .800 .770 109 .772 0.0 0.0 .667 .000 .000 /1
*Lee Meadows 32 122 100 4 1.1 110 .189 .157 .299 .185 .358 .174 .412 .359 .770 -6 .065 -18.3 -1.8 .247 .052 .017 1
Johnny Miljus 32 29 24 1 1.1 110 .238 .179 .299 .179 .358 .214 .412 .393 .770 2 .070 -4.1 -0.4 .261 .036 .036 1
Johnny Morrison 31 14 12 1 2.2 110 .286 .154 .299 .154 .358 .308 .412 .462 .770 18 .211 -1.8 -0.2 .364 .154 .154 1
Chet Nichols 29 9 8 0 0.0 110 .200 .111 .299 .111 .358 .222 .412 .333 .770 -15 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .250 .111 .111 /1
*Red Peery 20 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Hal Rhyne 28 197 137 17 3.3 110 .289 .274 .299 .330 .358 .304 .412 .633 .770 66 .357 -8.2 -0.8 .533 .113 .030 45/6
Ed Sicking 30 8 6 1 4.5 110 .143 .143 .299 .250 .358 .286 .412 .536 .770 39 .488 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .286 .143 /4
*Earl Smith 30 222 149 24 4.3 110 .266 .270 .299 .346 .358 .376 .412 .722 .770 88 .472 -3.6 -0.4 .674 .217 .106 .0 2
*Don Songer 28 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .299 .000 .358 .000 .412 .000 .770 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Roy Spencer 27 97 68 9 3.5 110 .292 .283 .299 .305 .358 .337 .412 .642 .770 67 .384 -4.7 -0.5 .515 .087 .054 2
Pie Traynor 28 633 412 96 6.2 110 .343 .342 .299 .370 .358 .455 .412 .825 .770 114 .637 9.5 0.9 .788 .171 .113 6.9 *5/6
*Lloyd Waner 21 683 417 101 6.5 110 .366 .355 .299 .396 .358 .410 .412 .806 .770 110 .654 9.3 0.9 .776 .137 .056 3.5 *O/4
*Paul Waner 24 709 409 149 9.8 110 .380 .380 .299 .437 .358 .549 .412 .986 .770 155 .799 50.6 4.9 1.062 .273 .169 6.4 *O3
Glenn Wright 26 626 426 72 4.5 110 .293 .281 .299 .328 .358 .388 .412 .716 .770 86 .494 -13.1 -1.3 .646 .182 .107 5.5 *6
#Emil Yde 27 18 15 1 1.8 110 .176 .167 .299 .167 .358 .278 .412 .444 .770 14 .151 -2.5 -0.2 .333 .111 .111 /1
League Average 4.7 104 .298 .281 .289 .337 .348 .384 .399 .721 .747 93 .510 .672 .197 .103
Team Total 6077 3963 821 5.5 110 .320 .305 .299 .361 .358 .412 .412 .773 .770 101 .586 1.3 -0.1 .735 .200 .107 59.0
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
Vic Aldridge 33 37 100 99 4 20 5 0 0 8 0 1 3 .202 .210 .253 .463 5 35 35
Clyde Barnhart 31 114 410 372 62 114 23 4 3 52 2 37 20 .306 .371 .414 .785 57 108 108
Dick Bartell 19 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 1 1
*Fred Brickell 20 34 23 22 6 6 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 .273 .304 .455 .759 3 32 32
Joe Bush 34 11 10 9 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .556 .600 .556 1.156 3 10 10
Adam Comorosky 21 19 67 64 5 15 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 .234 .269 .250 .519 4 18 18
Joe Cronin 20 13 26 24 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 2 3 .250 .308 .292 .599 2 12 12
Kiki Cuyler 28 89 332 293 56 86 13 7 3 29 20 36 38 .294 .377 .416 .793 45 85 85
*Mike Cvengros 26 24 22 21 3 4 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 .190 .227 .238 .465 1 23 23
Joe Dawson 30 21 26 26 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 20 20
#Johnny Gooch 29 106 321 301 21 74 17 2 2 46 0 19 22 .246 .293 .336 .628 29 101 101
*George Grantham 27 159 627 548 91 160 33 11 8 63 9 73 41 .292 .381 .436 .817 89 151 151
Heinie Groh 37 15 37 35 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 .257 .297 .286 .583 3 14 14
Joe Harris 36 136 474 423 54 132 27 9 5 69 0 47 20 .312 .386 .454 .840 73 129 129
Carmen Hill 31 46 113 108 10 22 3 3 0 10 0 5 32 .204 .239 .287 .526 7 44 44
Ray Kremer 34 37 90 88 3 15 1 0 2 11 0 2 20 .170 .189 .250 .439 4 35 35
Herman Layne 26 12 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 11 11
Roy Mahaffey 23 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2 2
*Lee Meadows 32 42 123 119 3 17 0 1 0 5 0 4 21 .143 .171 .160 .330 3 40 40
Johnny Miljus 32 20 29 29 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 19 19
Johnny Morrison 31 22 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 21 21
Chet Nichols 29 8 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
Hal Rhyne 28 65 187 173 20 45 5 0 0 16 0 14 9 .260 .316 .289 .605 16 62 62
Ed Sicking 30 6 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 6 6
*Earl Smith 30 69 217 195 15 50 3 1 5 24 0 21 12 .256 .332 .359 .691 23 66 66
*Don Songer 28 25 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .273 .385 .273 .657 1 24 24
Roy Spencer 27 40 99 96 9 27 3 1 0 13 0 3 3 .281 .303 .333 .636 9 38 38
Pie Traynor 28 157 615 590 88 193 32 9 5 100 11 22 12 .327 .354 .437 .792 90 149 149
*Lloyd Waner 21 158 690 647 126 220 17 6 2 26 14 37 24 .340 .381 .394 .775 96 150 150
*Paul Waner 24 163 701 639 108 233 41 18 9 124 5 59 15 .365 .421 .527 .948 141 155 155
Glenn Wright 26 150 629 589 74 158 26 4 9 99 4 39 48 .268 .315 .372 .687 68 143 143
#Emil Yde 27 24 19 19 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 23 23
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
Vic Aldridge 33 8 581 226 581 541 39 122 14 4 1 56 2 0 10 35 .226 .240 .272 .511 33 147 0 30
Clyde Barnhart 31 8 2837 753 2837 2477 386 730 115 59 23 406 32 21 254 140 .295 .362 .417 .779 101 1032 7 99
Dick Bartell 19 1 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 40 0 0 0
*Fred Brickell 20 2 83 56 83 76 17 25 4 1 1 8 0 4 6 .329 .378 .447 .825 116 34 2 1
Joe Bush 34 16 1300 566 1300 1224 128 312 59 17 7 137 4 4 52 190 .255 .285 .348 .633 74 426 0 24
Adam Comorosky 21 2 84 26 84 76 7 18 2 1 0 4 1 4 3 .237 .275 .289 .564 47 22 0 4
Joe Cronin 20 2 116 50 116 105 11 27 3 2 0 14 0 8 18 .257 .310 .324 .634 67 34 0 3
Kiki Cuyler 28 7 2288 525 2288 2025 415 680 115 65 38 312 130 27 180 224 .336 .399 .513 .912 135 1039 33 50
*Mike Cvengros 26 5 181 113 181 159 14 29 4 2 0 12 0 1 13 21 .182 .244 .233 .477 25 37 0 9
Joe Dawson 30 2 34 24 34 32 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .219 .219 .219 .438 14 7 0 2
#Johnny Gooch 29 7 1708 520 1708 1541 154 444 71 17 5 210 7 5 134 94 .288 .350 .366 .716 86 564 12 21
*George Grantham 27 6 2807 692 2807 2401 405 734 140 45 44 321 95 53 311 268 .306 .388 .456 .845 120 1096 12 83
Heinie Groh 37 16 7035 1676 7035 6074 918 1774 308 87 26 566 180 66 696 345 .292 .373 .384 .757 118 2334 83 182
Joe Harris 36 9 3442 899 3442 2923 451 933 193 62 46 507 36 16 395 182 .319 .406 .475 .880 133 1388 30 94
Carmen Hill 31 7 171 78 171 157 12 31 3 4 0 15 0 0 10 46 .197 .246 .268 .513 37 42 0 0 4 0 0
Ray Kremer 34 4 355 154 355 323 32 62 13 2 3 35 0 0 13 95 .192 .223 .272 .496 28 88 0 19
Herman Layne 26 1 7 11 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .143 .000 .143 -60 0 0 0
Roy Mahaffey 23 2 7 6 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 50 2 0 0
*Lee Meadows 32 13 1195 493 1195 1112 80 199 21 10 5 74 0 1 34 271 .179 .207 .229 .437 20 255 6 43
Johnny Miljus 32 5 71 62 71 69 3 12 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 13 .174 .186 .217 .403 6 15 0 1
Johnny Morrison 31 8 514 242 514 463 31 77 6 6 0 31 0 1 12 105 .166 .189 .205 .394 2 95 1 38
Chet Nichols 29 2 12 11 12 12 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 .167 .167 .250 .417 8 3 0 0
*Red Peery 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Rhyne 28 2 622 171 622 534 67 138 19 3 2 56 1 49 30 .258 .328 .316 .644 70 169 6 33
Ed Sicking 30 5 654 203 654 597 51 135 13 2 0 59 14 5 39 43 .226 .277 .255 .532 56 152 3 15
*Earl Smith 30 9 2229 739 2229 1966 205 602 99 19 43 315 18 9 210 88 .306 .376 .442 .818 115 868 11 42
*Don Songer 28 4 58 71 58 53 4 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 6 .132 .207 .170 .377 0 9 0 0
Roy Spencer 27 3 172 80 172 163 15 49 7 1 0 19 1 0 5 6 .301 .321 .356 .677 75 58 0 4
Pie Traynor 28 8 3878 912 3878 3541 579 1112 161 85 35 572 104 46 214 125 .314 .356 .437 .793 105 1548 17 106
*Lloyd Waner 21 1 683 150 683 629 133 223 17 6 2 27 14 37 23 .355 .396 .410 .806 110 258 6 11
*Paul Waner 24 2 1327 299 1327 1159 215 417 77 40 17 210 16 126 33 .360 .426 .539 .965 151 625 7 35
Glenn Wright 26 4 2441 568 2441 2258 328 667 101 47 42 414 27 13 116 156 .295 .330 .438 .768 98 988 2 65
#Emil Yde 27 4 284 163 284 269 38 58 10 7 1 25 1 1 7 34 .216 .236 .316 .551 42 85 0 8
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

1926 / 1928 Batting Statistics