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1927 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 - 108, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99

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


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1926 / 1928 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 Johnny Gooch# 29 101 318 291 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 .874 126 194 4 23
3 2B George Grantham* 27 151 634 531 96 162 33 11 8 66 9 74 39 .305 .396 .454 .850 120 241 6 23
4 SS Glenn Wright 26 143 626 570 78 160 26 4 9 105 4 39 46 .281 .328 .388 .716 85 221 1 16
5 3B Pie Traynor 28 149 633 573 93 196 32 9 5 106 11 22 11 .342 .370 .455 .825 113 261 3 35
6 OF Lloyd Waner* 21 150 683 629 133 223 17 6 2 27 14 37 23 .355 .396 .410 .806 109 258 6 11
7 OF Paul Waner* 24 155 709 623 114 237 42 18 9 131 5 60 14 .380 .437 .549 .986 154 342 3 23
8 OF Clyde Barnhart 31 108 419 360 65 115 23 4 3 54 2 37 19 .319 .384 .431 .815 111 155 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 .829 115 124 3 5
10 C Earl Smith* 30 66 223 189 16 51 3 1 5 25 0 21 11 .270 .346 .376 .722 87 71 1 11
11 2B Hal Rhyne 28 62 197 168 21 46 5 0 0 17 0 14 9 .274 .330 .304 .633 65 51 0 15
12 C Roy Spencer 27 38 97 92 9 26 3 1 0 13 0 3 3 .283 .305 .337 .642 66 31 0 2
13 OF Adam Comorosky 21 18 68 61 5 14 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 .230 .266 .246 .512 33 15 0 4
14 3B Heinie Groh 37 14 37 35 2 10 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 .286 .324 .314 .639 66 11 0 0
15 IF Joe Cronin 20 12 24 22 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 3 .227 .292 .273 .564 47 6 0 0
16 OF Fred Brickell* 20 32 23 21 6 6 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 .286 .318 .476 .794 104 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 39 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 -7 20 0 3
21 P Carmen Hill 31 44 112 104 10 22 3 3 0 10 0 5 30 .212 .248 .298 .546 41 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 17 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 Bullet Joe Bush 34 7 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .600 .667 .600 1.267 231 3 0 0
31 P Roy Mahaffey 23 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .400 .400 .400 .800 108 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
Team Totals 27.6 156 6077 5397 817 1648 258 78 54 759 65 437 355 .305 .361 .412 .773 100 2224 29 214
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 1 1 3 2 5 6 1 4 7 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Lee Meadows 32 19 10 .655 3.40 40 38 1 25 2 0 299.1 315 131 113 11 66 84 8 0 1 1263 122 1.273 9.5 0.3 2.0 2.5 1.27
2 SP Carmen Hill 31 22 11 .667 3.24 43 31 7 22 2 3 277.2 260 125 100 12 80 95 4 0 2 1165 128 1.224 8.4 0.4 2.6 3.1 1.19
3 SP Vic Aldridge 33 15 10 .600 4.25 35 34 1 17 1 1 239.1 248 123 113 16 74 86 5 0 0 1028 98 1.345 9.3 0.6 2.8 3.2 1.16
4 SP Ray Kremer 34 19 8 .704 2.47 35 28 6 18 3 2 226.0 205 73 62 9 53 63 0 0 2 927 168 1.142 8.2 0.4 2.1 2.5 1.19
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 RP Joe Dawson 30 3 7 .300 4.46 20 7 9 4 0 0 80.2 80 47 40 2 32 17 0 0 0 349 93 1.388 8.9 0.2 3.6 1.9 0.53
6 RP Johnny Miljus 32 8 3 .727 1.90 19 6 11 3 2 0 75.2 62 21 16 0 17 24 0 0 2 297 219 1.044 7.4 0.0 2.0 2.9 1.41
7 RP Mike Cvengros* 26 2 1 .667 3.35 23 4 10 0 0 1 53.2 55 25 20 3 24 21 1 0 6 236 125 1.472 9.2 0.5 4.0 3.5 0.88
8 RP Johnny Morrison 31 3 2 .600 4.19 21 2 11 1 0 3 53.2 63 27 25 2 21 21 0 0 1 236 100 1.565 10.6 0.3 3.5 3.5 1.00
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
9 Emil Yde* 27 1 3 .250 9.71 9 2 4 0 0 0 29.2 45 35 32 1 15 9 2 0 2 146 43 2.022 13.7 0.3 4.6 2.7 0.60
10 Chet Nichols 29 0 3 .000 5.86 8 0 3 0 0 0 27.2 34 19 18 1 17 9 1 0 1 132 72 1.843 11.1 0.3 5.5 2.9 0.53
11 Roy Mahaffey 23 1 0 1.000 7.71 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.1 9 8 8 0 9 4 3 0 1 45 56 1.929 8.7 0.0 8.7 3.9 0.44
12 Bullet Joe Bush 34 1 2 .333 13.50 5 3 1 0 0 0 6.2 14 14 10 1 5 1 0 0 1 42 32 2.850 18.9 1.4 6.8 1.4 0.20
13 Don Songer* 28 0 0 11.57 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 10 10 6 0 4 1 1 0 0 27 39 3.000 19.3 0.0 7.7 1.9 0.25
14 Red Peery* 20 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 31.7 94 60 .610 3.66 156 156 66 90 10 10 1385.0 1400 659 563 58 418 435 25 0 19 5898 114 1.313 9.1 0.4 2.7 2.8 1.04
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 5 1 4 5 2 2 3 5 4 3 4
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Vic Aldridge 33 35 34 17 40 5 35 0 2 1.000 1.14 P
Clyde Barnhart 31 94 92 86 232 222 5 5 2 .978 2.41 OF
Dick Bartell 19 1 1 1 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00 SS
Fred Brickell 20 3 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 OF
Bullet Joe Bush 34 5 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40 P
Adam Comorosky 21 16 16 16 45 43 1 1 0 .978 2.75 OF
Joe Cronin 20 10 4 2 26 12 10 4 0 .846 1.83 2B-SS-1B
Kiki Cuyler 28 73 67 65 205 195 6 4 0 .980 2.75 OF
Mike Cvengros 26 23 4 0 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 0.83 P
Joe Dawson 30 20 7 4 21 1 18 2 0 .905 0.95 P
Johnny Gooch 29 91 75 67 351 285 57 9 7 .974 3.76 2 23 20 47% 39% C
George Grantham 27 151 145 134 936 526 375 35 87 .963 5.89 2B-1B
Heinie Groh 37 12 6 6 24 9 14 1 0 .958 1.92 3B
Joe Harris 36 119 116 111 1146 1057 78 11 84 .990 9.54 1B-OF
Carmen Hill 31 43 31 22 79 11 64 4 0 .949 1.74 P
Ray Kremer 34 35 28 18 45 7 37 1 0 .978 1.26 P
Herman Layne 26 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 OF
Roy Mahaffey 23 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Lee Meadows 32 40 38 25 74 5 64 5 5 .932 1.73 P
Johnny Miljus 32 19 6 3 27 4 23 0 2 1.000 1.42 P
Johnny Morrison 31 21 2 1 7 0 6 1 1 .857 0.29 P
Chet Nichols 29 8 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.75 P
Red Peery 20 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Hal Rhyne 28 61 49 34 251 118 122 11 22 .956 3.87 2B-3B-SS
Ed Sicking 30 5 2 1 14 6 8 0 1 1.000 2.80 2B
Earl Smith 30 61 59 43 222 187 32 3 2 .986 3.59 7 30 11 27% 39% C
Don Songer 28 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Roy Spencer 27 34 22 16 116 98 15 3 2 .974 3.32 4 12 5 29% 39% C
Pie Traynor 28 148 147 140 538 225 293 20 25 .963 3.41 3B-SS
Lloyd Waner 21 150 147 140 416 397 9 10 0 .976 2.69 OF-2B
Paul Waner 24 155 155 153 465 430 25 10 12 .978 2.90 OF-1B
Glenn Wright 26 143 143 140 771 296 430 45 82 .942 5.08 SS
Emil Yde 27 9 2 0 14 2 11 1 0 .929 1.44 P
Team Totals 28.0 156 1404 1247 6106 4152 1767 187 337 .969 3.69 13 65 36 36% 39%
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 6 5
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Vic Aldridge 33 35 100 -10 0 0 0 10 0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 3 Traded 1
Clyde Barnhart 31 108 419 7 -0 0 7 -4 9 0.9 12 21 2.1 .509 .506 1.5 0.3 14 7O
Dick Bartell 19 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .510 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /6
Fred Brickell* 20 32 23 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 /O98
Bullet Joe Bush 34 7 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .523 .501 0.2 0.0 2 Purchased /1
Adam Comorosky 21 18 68 -6 0 0 2 -1 -4 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .474 .497 -0.5 0.1 -5 O7/8
Joe Cronin 20 12 24 -2 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .480 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 Free Agency /463
Kiki Cuyler 28 85 330 6 2 0 1 -2 7 0.7 10 17 1.7 .509 .505 1.6 -0.2 16 Purchased O897
Mike Cvengros* 26 23 21 -3 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 Rule 5 Draft 1
Joe Dawson 30 20 26 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 1
Johnny Gooch# 29 101 318 -13 0 0 1 3 -9 -1.0 9 0 0.0 .491 .494 -0.1 0.4 -1 2
George Grantham* 27 151 634 18 -1 0 -4 3 16 1.5 18 34 3.3 .510 .510 3.8 -0.2 38 Traded *43
Heinie Groh 37 14 37 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .490 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 Free Agency 5
Joe Harris 36 129 486 17 0 0 1 -6 13 1.2 14 27 2.7 .510 .508 2.6 -0.5 26 Waivers *3/7O
Carmen Hill 31 44 112 -10 0 0 0 11 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 4 1
Ray Kremer 34 35 88 -11 0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .493 .498 -0.2 0.0 0 1
Herman Layne 26 11 7 -1 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .486 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 Traded /O87
Roy Mahaffey 23 2 5 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .520 .500 0.0 0.0 1 /1
Lee Meadows* 32 40 122 -18 0 0 0 12 -6 -0.6 4 -3 -0.6 .484 .496 -0.6 0.0 -3 Traded 1
Johnny Miljus 32 19 29 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 1
Johnny Morrison 31 21 14 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 1
Chet Nichols 29 8 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .491 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 /1
Red Peery* 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
Hal Rhyne 28 62 197 -8 0 0 -3 2 -9 -0.9 6 -3 -0.4 .485 .494 0.0 -0.1 -0 Conditional Deal 45/6
Ed Sicking 30 6 8 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .491 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 /4
Earl Smith* 30 66 223 -3 0 0 -1 2 -2 -0.2 6 4 0.4 .497 .499 0.5 0.1 5 Purchased 2
Don Songer* 28 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .490 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 /1
Roy Spencer 27 38 97 -4 0 0 -1 1 -4 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .488 .497 -0.1 -0.0 -1 2
Pie Traynor 28 149 633 11 -1 0 4 5 20 1.9 18 38 3.7 .513 .512 3.4 0.9 34 Purchased *5/6
Lloyd Waner* 21 150 683 11 -1 0 1 -4 6 0.6 20 26 2.5 .504 .504 2.5 -0.4 25 Free Agency *O87/4
Paul Waner* 24 155 709 51 -1 0 5 -7 48 4.8 20 69 6.8 .531 .530 6.3 -0.2 64 Conditional Deal *O93
Glenn Wright 26 143 626 -13 -0 0 2 10 -2 -0.3 18 16 1.5 .499 .499 1.4 1.1 14 *6
Emil Yde# 27 23 18 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.1 0 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 Traded /1
Team Total 27.6 1711 6077 4 -1 0 14 55 72 6.6 174 246 22.5 .504 .501 21.7 1.3 232
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Vic Aldridge 33 239.1 35 34 123 4.63 4.58 0.09 0.00 105.6 4.75 3 0.3 1.0 -0.2 2.0 27 .510 .502 Traded
Bullet Joe Bush 34 6.2 5 3 14 18.90 5.00 0.13 0.00 112.0 5.46 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -9 .329 .495 Purchased
Mike Cvengros* 26 53.2 23 4 25 4.19 4.65 0.09 0.00 106.1 4.84 4 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.8 9 .517 .502 Rule 5 Draft
Joe Dawson 30 80.2 20 7 47 5.24 4.60 0.09 0.00 106.7 4.81 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.2 4 .480 .498
Carmen Hill 31 277.2 43 31 125 4.05 4.59 0.09 0.00 106.5 4.79 23 2.4 1.0 -0.2 4.4 50 .556 .515
Ray Kremer 34 226.0 35 28 73 2.91 4.54 0.09 0.00 105.1 4.68 45 5.0 1.0 -0.2 6.6 67 .642 .531
Roy Mahaffey 23 9.1 2 1 8 7.71 4.48 0.09 0.00 101.3 4.45 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .350 .498
Lee Meadows 32 299.1 40 38 131 3.94 4.60 0.09 0.00 105.9 4.77 28 3.0 1.0 -0.2 5.1 57 .574 .518 Traded
Johnny Miljus 32 75.2 19 6 21 2.50 4.38 0.09 0.00 103.1 4.42 16 1.8 1.0 -0.1 2.3 24 .593 .511
Johnny Morrison 31 53.2 21 2 27 4.53 4.51 0.09 0.00 105.4 4.66 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.5 6 .504 .501
Chet Nichols 29 27.2 8 0 19 6.18 4.33 0.10 0.00 104.2 4.41 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .434 .497
Red Peery* 20 1.0 1 0 1 9.00 5.36 0.10 0.00 112.0 5.89 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .466 .500
Don Songer* 28 4.2 2 0 10 19.29 4.79 0.12 0.00 112.0 5.23 -7 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -7 .230 .497
Emil Yde* 27 29.1 9 2 35 10.74 4.66 0.10 0.00 105.3 4.80 -19 -1.6 1.0 -0.0 -1.4 -16 .317 .490 Traded
Team Total 31.7 1384.2 263 156 659 4.28 4.57 0.09 0.00 105.7 4.73 70 8.7 1.0 -1.0 18.7 205 .533 .504
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1926 / 1928 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics