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1927 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926/1928)
94-60, Finished 1st in National League
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Won NL Pennant
Scored 817 runs, Allowed 659 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62
Managed by Donie Bush

Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 869,720 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 107, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 Stats (1926/1928) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Johnny Gooch        29  101  291   22   75  17  2   2   48  19   21  .258  .305  .351   0           1   8           70
1B  Joe Harris          36  129  411   57  134  27  9   5   73  48   19  .326  .402  .472   0           4  23          127
2B *George Grantham     27  151  531   96  162  33 11   8   66  74   39  .305  .396  .454   9           6  23          121
3B  Pie Traynor         28  149  573   93  196  32  9   5  106  22   11  .342  .370  .455  11           3  35          114
SS  Glenn Wright        26  143  570   78  160  26  4   9  105  39   46  .281  .328  .388   4           1  16           86
OF *Lloyd Waner         21  150  629  133  223  17  6   2   27  37   23  .355  .396  .410  14           6  11          110
OF *Paul Waner          24  155  623  114  237  42 18   9  131  60   14  .380  .437  .549   5           3  23          155
OF  Clyde Barnhart      31  108  360   65  115  23  4   3   54  37   19  .319  .384  .431   2           1  21          112
    Kiki Cuyler         28   85  285   60   88  13  7   3   31  37   36  .309  .394  .435  20           3   5          116
   *Earl Smith          30   66  189   16   51   3  1   5   25  21   11  .270  .346  .376   0           1  11           88
    Hal Rhyne           28   62  168   21   46   5  0   0   17  14    9  .274  .330  .304   0           0  15           66
    Roy Spencer         27   38   92    9   26   3  1   0   13   3    3  .283  .305  .337   0           0   2           67
    Adam Comorosky      21   18   61    5   14   1  0   0    4   3    1  .230  .266  .246   0           0   4           34
    Heinie Groh         37   14   35    2   10   1  0   0    3   2    2  .286  .324  .314   0           0   0           67
    Joe Cronin          20   12   22    2    5   1  0   0    3   2    3  .227  .292  .273   0           0   0           48
   *Fred Brickell       20   32   21    6    6   1  0   1    4   1    0  .286  .318  .476   0           0   1          105
    Ed Sicking          30    6    7    1    1   1  0   0    3   1    0  .143  .250  .286   0           0   0           39
    Herman Layne        26   11    6    3    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .143  .000   0           0   0          -60
    Dick Bartell        19    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    0  .000  .500  .000   0           0   0           40

   *Lee Meadows         32   40  115    3   18   0  1   0    6   4   20  .157  .185  .174   0           0   3           -6
    Carmen Hill         31   44  104   10   22   3  3   0   10   5   30  .212  .248  .298   0           0   3           42
    Vic Aldridge        33   35   96    5   21   5  0   0    9   1    3  .219  .227  .271   0           0   3           29
    Ray Kremer          34   35   83    3   14   1  0   2   10   2   19  .169  .188  .253   0           0   3           14
    Johnny Miljus       32   19   28    2    5   1  0   0    2   0    7  .179  .179  .214   0           0   1            2
    Joe Dawson          30   20   25    1    5   0  0   0    1   0    3  .200  .200  .200   0           0   1            4
   *Mike Cvengros       26   23   19    2    3   1  0   0    3   1    1  .158  .200  .211   0           0   1            7
   #Emil Yde            27   23   18    8    3   0  1   0    1   0    1  .167  .167  .278   0           0   0           14
    Johnny Morrison     31   21   13    0    2   0  1   0    0   0    6  .154  .154  .308   0           0   1           18
    Chet Nichols        29    8    9    0    1   1  0   0    1   0    4  .111  .111  .222   0           0   0          -15
    Joe Bush            34    7    5    0    3   0  0   0    2   1    1  .600  .667  .600   0           0   0          232
    Roy Mahaffey        23    2    5    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    3  .400  .400  .400   0           0   0          109
   *Don Songer          28    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  156 5397  817 1648 258 78  54  759 437  355  .305  .357  .412  65          29 214          109
    Rank among 8 NL teams          1    1    1   3  2   5        4    7     1     1     2   6                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Lee Meadows         32  40   3.40  19  10  0  38   1  25   2  299.3  315  131  113  11   66   84 1263   1   8  0     121
SP  Vic Aldridge        33  35   4.25  15  10  1  34   1  17   1  239.3  248  123  113  16   74   86 1028   0   5  0      97
SP  Carmen Hill         31  43   3.24  22  11  3  31   7  22   2  277.7  260  125  100  12   80   95 1165   2   4  0     127
SP  Ray Kremer          34  35   2.47  19   8  2  28   6  18   3  226.0  205   73   62   9   53   63  927   2   0  0     166

RP *Mike Cvengros       26  23   3.35   2   1  1   4  10   0   0   53.7   55   25   20   3   24   21  236   6   2  0     123
RP  Johnny Morrison     31  21   4.19   3   2  3   2  11   1   0   53.7   63   27   25   2   21   21  236   1   0  0      98
RP  Joe Dawson          30  20   4.46   3   7  0   7   9   4   0   80.7   80   47   40   2   32   17  349   0   0  0      92
RP  Johnny Miljus       32  19   1.90   8   3  0   6  11   3   2   75.7   62   21   16   0   17   24  297   2   0  0     216

   *Emil Yde            27   9   9.71   1   3  0   2   4   0   0   29.7   45   35   32   1   15    9  146   2   2  0      42
    Chet Nichols        29   8   5.86   0   3  0   0   3   0   0   27.7   34   19   18   1   17    9  132   1   1  0      70
    Roy Mahaffey        23   2   7.71   1   0  0   1   1   0   0    9.3    9    8    8   0    9    4   45   1   0  0      53
    Joe Bush            34   5  13.50   1   2  0   3   1   0   0    6.7   14   14   10   1    5    1   42   1   0  0      30
   *Don Songer          28   2  11.57   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.7   10   10    6   0    4    1   27   0   1  0      36
   *Red Peery           20   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    1    0   0    1    0    5   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.7 156   3.66  94  60 10 156  66  90  10 1385.0 1400  659  563  58  418  435 5898  19  23  0     112
    Rank among 8 NL teams           5   1   8  5           1   4      2    2    3        4    3    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
JGooch       91  285   57   9   7  .974   2            
ESmith       61  187   32   3   2  .986   7            
RSpencer     34   98   15   3   2  .974   4            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  156  570  104  15  11  .978  13   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .989 10.16
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JHarris     116 1056   78  11  84  .990  9.78
GGrantham    29  247   12   3  22  .989  8.93
PWaner       14  104    5   3   8  .973  7.79
JCronin       1    7    1   0   0 1.000  8.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  156 1414   96  17 114  .989  9.81
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .966  5.63
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
GGrantham   124  279  363  32  65  .953  5.18
HRhyne       45  105  101   8  19  .963  4.58
JCronin       7    3    2   0   0 1.000  0.71
ESicking      5    6    8   0   1 1.000  2.80
LWaner        1    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  156  394  474  40  85  .956  5.64
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .945  2.82
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
PTraynor    143  212  265  19  23  .962  3.34
HGroh        12    9   14   1   0  .958  1.92
HRhyne       10    8   14   0   1 1.000  2.20
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  156  229  293  20  24  .963  3.39
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .944  5.18
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
GWright     143  296  430  45  82  .942  5.08
PTraynor      9   13   28   1   2  .976  4.56
HRhyne        7    5    7   3   2  .800  1.71
JCronin       4    2    7   4   0  .692  2.25
DBartell      1    3    2   0   1 1.000  5.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  156  319  474  53  87  .937  5.15
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .970  2.35  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
LWaner      150  396    9  10   0  .976  2.70  42 109   0
PWaner      143  326   20   7   4  .980  2.42   0   0 143
CBarnhart    94  222    5   5   2  .978  2.41  94   0   0
KCuyler      73  195    6   4   0  .980  2.75  12  49  13
AComorosky   16   43    1   1   0  .978  2.75  15   1   0
FBrickell     3    5    0   0   0 1.000  1.67   1   0   2
JHarris       3    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.33   3   0   0
HLayne        2    0    0   1   0  .000  0.00   1   1   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  156 1188   41  28   6  .978  2.66 156 156 156
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .958  2.33
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
LMeadows     40    5   64   5   5  .932  2.07
CHill        43   11   64   4   0  .949  2.43
VAldridge    35    5   35   0   2 1.000  1.50
RKremer      35    7   37   1   0  .978  1.75
JDawson      20    1   18   2   0  .905  2.12
JMiljus      19    4   23   0   2 1.000  3.21
MCvengros    23    3   16   0   0 1.000  3.18
JMorrison    21    0    6   1   1  .857  1.01
EYde          9    2   11   1   0  .929  3.94
CNichols      8    0    6   0   0 1.000  1.95
RMahaffey     2    0    1   0   0 1.000  0.97
JBush         5    0    2   0   0 1.000  2.69
DSonger       2    0    1   0   0 1.000  1.91
RPeery        1    0    1   0   0 1.000  9.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  156   38  285  14  10  .958  2.10
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageWaner.380
On-base %Waner.437
Slugging %Waner.549
OPSWaner.986
GamesWaner155
At BatsWaner629
Plate Appearances (approx.)Waner709
RunsWaner133
HitsWaner237
Total BasesWaner342
DoublesWaner42
TriplesWaner18
Home RunsWaner and Wright9
RBIWaner131
Bases on BallsGrantham74
StrikeoutsWright46
Stolen BasesCuyler20
SinglesWaner198
Adjusted OPS+Waner155
Runs CreatedWaner149
Adjusted Batting RunsWaner51
Batting WinsWaner4.9
Extra-Base HitsWaner69
Times on BaseWaner300
Offensive Win%Waner.799
Hit By PitchGrantham and Waner6
Sac. HitsTraynor35
Power/Speed NumberGrantham8.5
At Bats per StrikeoutTraynor52.1
At Bats per Home RunWright63.3
OutsWright426

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAKremer2.47
WinsHill22
Won-Loss %Kremer.704
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Kremer1.142
Hits Allowed/9IPKremer8.16
Bases on Balls/9IPMeadows1.98
Strikeouts/9IPAldridge3.23
GamesHill43
SavesHill and Morrison3
InningsMeadows299.3
StrikeoutsHill95
Games StartedMeadows38
Comp. GamesMeadows25
ShutoutsKremer3
Home Runs Allow.Aldridge16
Bases On Balls Allow.Hill80
Hits AllowedMeadows315
SO to WalkMeadows1.27
LossesHill11
Earned Runs Allow.Aldridge and Meadows113
Wild PitchesCvengros6
Hit BatsmenMeadows8
Batters FacedMeadows1263
Games FinishedMiljus and Morrison11
Adjusted ERA+Kremer166

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