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1927 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 / 1928

94-60, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Donie Bush (94-60)
Scored 817 runs, Allowed 659 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62

Ballparks: Forbes Field · 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

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-0) to New York Yankees

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1926 / 1928 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Vic Aldridge 33 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 25, 1893 8 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Clyde Barnhart 31 R R 5' 10" 155 Dec 29, 1895 8 108 92 108 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 94 14 0 2.4
Dick Bartell 19 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 22, 1907 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Fred Brickell 20 L R 5' 7" 160 Nov 9, 1906 2 32 1 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 17 12 0.1
Bullet Joe Bush 34 R R 5' 9" 173 Nov 27, 1892 16 7 3 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.9
Adam Comorosky 21 R R 5' 10" 167 Dec 9, 1905 2 18 16 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 16 1 1 -0.3
Joe Cronin HOF 20 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 12, 1906 2 12 4 12 10 0 0 1 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2
Kiki Cuyler HOF 28 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 30, 1898 7 85 67 85 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 49 13 73 12 0 2.0
Mike Cvengros 26 L L 5' 8" 159 Dec 1, 1900 5 23 4 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Joe Dawson 30 R R 5' 11" 182 Mar 9, 1897 2 20 7 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Johnny Gooch 29 B R 5' 11" 175 Nov 9, 1897 7 101 75 101 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.2
George Grantham 27 L R 5' 10" 170 May 20, 1900 6 151 145 151 151 0 0 30 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7
Heinie Groh 37 R R 5' 8" 158 Sep 18, 1889 16 14 6 14 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Joe Harris 36 R R 5' 9" 170 May 20, 1891 9 129 116 129 119 0 0 116 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 0 2.7
Carmen Hill 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 1, 1895 7 44 31 44 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.2
Ray Kremer 34 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 23, 1893 4 35 28 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.7
Herman Layne 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Feb 13, 1901 1st 11 1 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 8 -0.1
Roy Mahaffey 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 9, 1904 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Lee Meadows 32 L R 6' 0" 190 Jul 12, 1894 13 40 38 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9
Johnny Miljus 32 R R 6' 1" 178 Jun 30, 1895 5 19 6 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
Johnny Morrison 31 R R 5' 11" 188 Oct 22, 1895 8 21 2 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Chet Nichols 29 R R 5' 11" 160 Jul 3, 1897 2 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Red Peery 20 L L 5' 11" 160 Aug 15, 1906 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hal Rhyne 28 R R 5' 8" 163 Mar 30, 1899 2 62 49 62 61 0 0 0 45 10 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4
Ed Sicking 30 R R 5' 9" 165 Mar 30, 1897 5 7 2 7 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.1
Earl Smith 30 L R 5' 10" 180 Feb 14, 1897 9 67 59 67 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.2
Don Songer 28 L L 6' 0" 165 Jan 31, 1899 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Roy Spencer 27 R R 5' 10" 168 Feb 22, 1900 3 38 22 38 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1
Pie Traynor HOF 28 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 11, 1898 8 149 147 149 148 0 0 0 0 143 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.2
Lloyd Waner HOF 21 L R 5' 9" 150 Mar 16, 1906 1st 150 147 150 150 0 0 0 1 0 0 42 109 0 150 0 0 3.3
Paul Waner HOF 24 L L 5' 8" 153 Apr 16, 1903 2 155 155 155 155 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 143 143 0 0 7.1
Glenn Wright 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 6, 1901 4 143 143 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Emil Yde 27 B L 5' 11" 165 Jan 28, 1900 4 23 2 23 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 -1.6
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1926 / 1928 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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