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

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