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1928 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929

85-67, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Donie Bush (85-67)
Scored 837 runs, Allowed 704 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-64

Ballparks: Forbes Field · Attendance: 495,070 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106


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1927 / 1929 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 Salary
Sparky Adams 33 R R 5' 5" 151 Aug 26, 1894 7 135 132 135 134 0 0 0 107 0 27 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.5 $
Clyde Barnhart 32 R R 5' 10" 155 Dec 29, 1895 9 61 45 61 49 0 0 0 0 1 0 45 0 4 48 12 0 0.1 $
Dick Bartell 20 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 22, 1907 2 72 63 72 65 0 0 0 39 1 28 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.9 $2,750
Les Bartholomew 25 R L 5' 11" 195 Apr 4, 1903 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Homer Blankenship 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 4, 1902 3 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Erv Brame 26 L R 6' 2" 190 Oct 12, 1901 1st 35 11 35 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.0 $
Fred Brickell 21 L R 5' 7" 160 Nov 9, 1906 3 81 43 81 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 1 8 50 26 5 1.1 $
Bill Burwell 33 L R 5' 11" 175 Mar 27, 1895 3 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Adam Comorosky 22 R R 5' 10" 167 Dec 9, 1905 3 51 46 51 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 11 5 49 2 0 0.5 $
Joe Dawson 31 R R 5' 11" 182 Mar 9, 1897 3 31 7 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Fred Fussell 32 L L 5' 10" 155 Oct 7, 1895 3 28 20 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Johnny Gooch 30 B R 5' 11" 175 Nov 9, 1897 8 30 22 30 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
George Grantham 28 L R 5' 10" 170 May 20, 1900 7 124 118 124 120 0 0 119 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.7 $
Burleigh Grimes HOF 34 R R 5' 10" 175 Aug 18, 1893 13 48 37 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.5 $
Charlie Hargreaves 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 14, 1896 6 79 70 79 77 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.3 $
Joe Harris 37 R R 5' 9" 170 May 20, 1891 10 16 4 16 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.5 $
Rollie Hemsley 21 R R 5' 10" 170 Jun 24, 1907 1st 50 32 50 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Carmen Hill 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 1, 1895 8 36 31 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $
Mack Hillis 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Jul 23, 1901 2 11 7 11 9 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2 $
Cobe Jones 20 B R 5' 7" 155 Aug 21, 1907 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ray Kremer 35 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 23, 1893 5 34 31 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Lee Meadows 33 L R 6' 0" 190 Jul 12, 1894 14 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Johnny Miljus 33 R R 6' 1" 178 Jun 30, 1895 6 21 10 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Eddie Mulligan 33 R R 5' 9" 152 Aug 27, 1894 5 27 10 27 10 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 -0.3 $
John O'Connell 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Jun 13, 1904 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Pete Scott 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 21, 1897 3 61 49 61 51 0 0 8 0 0 0 29 0 14 43 8 2 1.1 $
Earl Smith 31 L R 5' 10" 180 Feb 14, 1897 10 33 28 33 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1 $
Glenn Spencer 22 R R 5' 11" 155 Sep 11, 1905 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Walt Tauscher 26 R R 6' 1" 186 Nov 22, 1901 1st 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Pie Traynor HOF 29 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 11, 1898 9 144 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $
Elmer Tutwiler 23 R R 5' 11" 158 Nov 19, 1904 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Lloyd Waner HOF 22 L R 5' 9" 150 Mar 16, 1906 2 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 143 0 152 0 0 3.1 $
Paul Waner HOF 25 L L 5' 8" 153 Apr 16, 1903 3 152 152 152 152 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 131 131 0 0 7.9 $
Bill Windle 23 L L 5' 11" 170 Dec 13, 1904 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Glenn Wright 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 6, 1901 5 108 99 108 102 0 0 1 0 0 101 0 0 1 1 6 0 1.7 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1927 / 1929 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers