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1928 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929)
85-67, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 837 runs, Allowed 704 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-64
Manager: Donie Bush (85-67)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
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 - 107, Pitching - 105

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Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Sparky Adams 33 R R 151 Aug 26, 1894 7 135 135 135 0 0 0 107 0 27 0 0 1 1
Clyde Barnhart 32 R R 5' 10" 155 Dec 29, 1895 9 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 1 0 45 0 4 48
Dick Bartell 20 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 22, 1907 2 72 72 72 0 0 0 39 1 27 0 0 0 0
Les Bartholomew 25 R L 195 Apr 4, 1903 1st 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Homer Blankenship 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 4, 1902 3 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erv Brame 26 L R 6' 2" 190 Oct 12, 1901 1st 35 35 35 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Brickell 21 L R 5' 7" 160 Nov 9, 1906 3 81 81 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 8 50
Bill Burwell 33 L R 5' 11" 175 Mar 27, 1895 3 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Comorosky 22 R R 5' 10" 167 Dec 9, 1905 3 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 9 5 49
Joe Dawson 31 R R 5' 11" 182 Mar 9, 1897 3 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Fussell 32 L L 5' 10" 155 Oct 7, 1895 3 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Gooch 30 B R 5' 11" 175 Nov 9, 1897 8 31 31 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Grantham 28 L R 5' 10" 170 May 20, 1900 7 124 124 124 0 0 119 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Burleigh Grimes HOF 34 R R 5' 10" 175 Aug 18, 1893 13 48 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Hargreaves 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 14, 1896 6 79 79 79 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Harris 37 R R 5' 9" 170 May 20, 1891 10 16 16 16 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rollie Hemsley 21 R R 5' 10" 170 Jun 24, 1907 1st 50 50 50 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carmen Hill 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 1, 1895 8 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mack Hillis 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Jul 23, 1901 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
Cobe Jones 20 B R 5' 7" 155 Aug 21, 1907 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ray Kremer 35 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 23, 1893 5 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Meadows 33 L R 6' 0" 190 Jul 12, 1894 14 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Miljus 33 R R 6' 1" 178 Jun 30, 1895 6 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Mulligan 33 R R 5' 9" 152 Aug 27, 1894 5 27 27 27 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0
John O'Connell 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Jun 13, 1904 1st 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Scott 30 R R 175 Dec 21, 1897 3 60 60 60 0 0 8 0 0 0 29 0 13 42
Earl Smith 31 L R 180 Feb 14, 1897 10 32 32 32 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Spencer 22 R R 5' 11" 155 Sep 11, 1905 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Tauscher 26 R R 6' 1" 186 Nov 22, 1901 1st 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pie Traynor HOF 29 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 11, 1898 9 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0
Elmer Tutwiler 22 R R 5' 11" 158 Nov 19, 1905 1st 2 2 2 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 143 0 152
Paul Waner HOF 25 L L 153 Apr 16, 1903 3 152 152 152 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 131 131
Bill Windle 23 L L 170 Dec 13, 1904 1st 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Wright 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 6, 1901 5 108 108 108 0 0 1 0 0 101 0 0 1 1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

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