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1928 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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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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 Charlie Hargreaves 31 79 284 260 15 74 8 2 1 32 1 12 9 .285 .319 .342 .661 70 89 1 11
2 1B George Grantham* 28 124 522 440 93 142 24 9 10 85 9 59 37 .323 .408 .486 .894 129 214 4 19
3 2B Sparky Adams 33 135 628 539 91 149 14 6 0 38 8 64 18 .276 .357 .325 .682 77 175 4 21
4 SS Glenn Wright 27 108 443 407 63 126 20 8 8 66 3 21 53 .310 .343 .457 .800 104 186 0 15
5 3B Pie Traynor 29 144 640 569 91 192 38 12 3 124 12 28 10 .337 .370 .462 .832 113 263 1 42
6 OF Fred Brickell* 21 81 225 202 34 65 4 4 3 41 5 20 18 .322 .383 .426 .809 108 86 0 3
7 OF Lloyd Waner* 22 152 720 659 121 221 22 14 5 61 8 40 13 .335 .377 .434 .811 108 286 4 17
8 OF Paul Waner* 25 152 697 602 142 223 50 19 6 86 6 77 16 .370 .446 .547 .992 154 329 5 13
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 MI Dick Bartell 20 72 271 233 27 71 8 4 1 36 4 21 18 .305 .377 .386 .763 97 90 6 11
10 OF Clyde Barnhart 32 61 211 196 18 58 6 2 4 30 3 11 9 .296 .333 .408 .741 90 80 0 4
11 OF Pete Scott 30 60 203 177 33 55 10 4 5 33 1 18 14 .311 .378 .497 .875 123 88 1 7
12 OF Adam Comorosky 22 51 198 176 22 52 6 3 2 34 1 15 6 .295 .354 .398 .752 93 70 1 6
13 C Rollie Hemsley 21 50 140 133 14 36 2 3 0 18 1 4 10 .271 .292 .331 .623 60 44 0 3
14 C Earl Smith* 31 32 99 85 8 21 6 0 2 11 0 11 7 .247 .333 .388 .722 85 33 0 3
15 C Johnny Gooch# 30 31 88 80 7 19 2 1 0 5 0 3 6 .238 .265 .288 .553 42 23 0 5
16 IF Eddie Mulligan 33 27 50 43 4 10 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 .233 .283 .279 .562 45 12 0 4
17 IF Mack Hillis 26 11 38 36 6 9 2 3 1 7 1 0 6 .250 .250 .556 .806 102 20 0 2
18 1B Joe Harris 37 16 28 23 2 9 2 1 0 2 0 4 2 .391 .500 .565 1.065 173 13 1 0
19 SS Cobe Jones# 20 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 158 1 0 0
20 1B Bill Windle* 23 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 654 2 0 0
21 C John O'Connell 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
22 P Burleigh Grimes 34 48 140 131 17 42 8 1 0 16 1 4 15 .321 .341 .397 .738 89 52 0 5
23 P Carmen Hill 32 36 92 86 5 20 0 3 0 13 0 2 16 .233 .250 .302 .552 41 26 0 4
24 P Ray Kremer 35 34 88 78 4 14 3 0 0 9 0 7 29 .179 .247 .218 .465 20 17 0 3
25 P Fred Fussell* 32 28 62 58 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .121 .164 .121 .285 -26 7 1 1
26 P Erv Brame* 26 35 54 49 6 13 4 0 1 11 0 4 3 .265 .321 .408 .729 86 20 0 1
27 P Joe Dawson 31 31 48 43 4 12 2 1 0 3 0 4 6 .279 .340 .372 .713 83 16 0 1
28 P Johnny Miljus 33 21 27 26 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 .308 .333 .308 .641 66 8 0 0
29 P Bill Burwell* 33 4 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 15 2 0 1
30 P Homer Blankenship 25 5 8 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .500 .875 123 4 0 0
31 P Les Bartholomew 25 6 7 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 .143 .143 .286 .429 8 2 0 0
32 P Walt Tauscher 26 17 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -14 1 0 0
33 P Lee Meadows* 33 4 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 158 2 0 0
34 P Elmer Tutwiler 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
35 P Glenn Spencer 22 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.4 152 6037 5371 837 1659 246 100 52 768 64 435 352 .309 .364 .421 .785 101 2261 29 202
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 1 1 5 1 6 5 7 7 1 1 3 1 3
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
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* - 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 Burleigh Grimes 34 25 14 .641 2.99 48 37 9 28 4 3 330.2 311 146 110 11 77 97 9 1 3 1377 136 1.173 8.5 0.3 2.1 2.6 1.26
2 SP Carmen Hill 32 16 10 .615 3.53 36 31 4 16 1 2 237.0 229 110 93 16 81 73 4 0 4 1008 115 1.308 8.7 0.6 3.1 2.8 0.90
3 SP Ray Kremer 35 15 13 .536 4.64 34 31 1 17 1 0 219.0 253 124 113 15 68 61 4 0 5 963 87 1.466 10.4 0.6 2.8 2.5 0.90
4 SP Fred Fussell* 32 8 9 .471 3.61 28 20 4 9 2 1 159.2 183 79 64 6 41 43 1 0 5 689 113 1.403 10.3 0.3 2.3 2.4 1.05
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 31 7 7 .500 3.29 31 7 17 1 0 3 128.2 116 54 47 6 56 36 1 0 2 548 123 1.337 8.1 0.4 3.9 2.5 0.64
6 RP Erv Brame 26 7 4 .636 5.08 24 11 7 6 0 0 95.2 110 62 54 5 44 22 1 0 1 436 80 1.610 10.3 0.5 4.1 2.1 0.50
7 RP Johnny Miljus 33 5 7 .417 5.30 21 10 7 3 0 1 69.2 90 48 41 2 33 26 3 0 1 334 77 1.766 11.6 0.3 4.3 3.4 0.79
8 RP Walt Tauscher 26 0 0 4.91 17 0 9 0 0 1 29.1 28 20 16 0 12 7 3 0 1 124 83 1.364 8.6 0.0 3.7 2.1 0.58
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 Les Bartholomew* 25 0 0 7.15 6 0 3 0 0 0 22.2 31 18 18 2 9 6 0 0 1 103 57 1.765 12.3 0.8 3.6 2.4 0.67
10 Homer Blankenship 25 0 2 .000 5.82 5 2 2 1 0 0 21.2 27 15 14 1 9 6 0 0 0 98 70 1.662 11.2 0.4 3.7 2.5 0.67
11 Bill Burwell 33 1 0 1.000 5.23 4 1 1 0 0 0 20.2 18 12 12 2 8 2 0 0 0 87 78 1.258 7.8 0.9 3.5 0.9 0.25
12 Lee Meadows 33 1 1 .500 8.10 4 2 1 1 0 0 10.0 18 11 9 0 5 3 0 0 0 54 50 2.300 16.2 0.0 4.5 2.7 0.60
13 Glenn Spencer 22 0 0 1.59 4 0 4 0 0 0 5.2 4 3 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 25 256 1.235 6.4 0.0 4.8 3.2 0.67
14 Elmer Tutwiler 22 0 0 4.91 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 83 1.091 9.8 0.0 0.0 2.5
Team Totals 32.1 85 67 .559 3.95 152 152 70 82 8 11 1354.0 1422 704 594 66 446 385 26 1 23 5861 103 1.380 9.5 0.4 3.0 2.6 0.86
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 6 2 4 5 7 3 6 5 4 4 3391
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Sparky Adams 33 135 0 0 1 776 317 440 19 68 .976 5.61 2B-SS-OF
Clyde Barnhart 32 49 45 0 4 102 96 3 3 0 .971 2.02 OF-3B
Dick Bartell 20 67 373 158 199 16 40 .957 5.33 2B-SS-3B
Les Bartholomew 25 6 6 0 5 1 1 .833 0.83 P
Homer Blankenship 25 5 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.80 P
Erv Brame 26 24 21 2 18 1 0 .952 0.83 P
Fred Brickell 21 50 44 0 8 118 107 6 5 1 .958 2.26 OF
Bill Burwell 33 4 10 1 8 1 0 .900 2.25 P
Adam Comorosky 22 49 38 9 5 124 118 2 4 1 .968 2.45 OF
Joe Dawson 31 31 21 6 15 0 0 1.000 0.68 P
Fred Fussell 32 28 31 4 25 2 1 .935 1.04 P
Johnny Gooch 30 31 117 92 20 5 3 .957 3.61 3 C
George Grantham 28 121 1208 1118 73 17 84 .986 9.84 1B-2B-3B
Burleigh Grimes 34 48 119 9 106 4 6 .966 2.40 P
Charlie Hargreaves 31 77 288 230 47 11 7 .962 3.60 2 C
Joe Harris 37 6 41 36 5 0 7 1.000 6.83 1B
Rollie Hemsley 21 49 157 127 24 6 4 .962 3.08 3 C
Carmen Hill 32 36 56 7 44 5 2 .911 1.42 P
Mack Hillis 26 9 41 14 25 2 4 .951 4.33 2B-3B
Cobe Jones 20 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 SS
Ray Kremer 35 34 42 7 33 2 0 .952 1.18 P
Lee Meadows 33 4 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Johnny Miljus 33 21 17 2 15 0 1 1.000 0.81 P
Eddie Mulligan 33 10 38 18 18 2 7 .947 3.60 3B-2B
John O'Connell 24 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 C
Pete Scott 30 50 29 0 13 198 186 8 4 6 .980 3.88 OF-1B
Earl Smith 31 28 92 78 11 3 2 .967 3.18 2 C
Glenn Spencer 22 4 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Walt Tauscher 26 17 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.41 P
Pie Traynor 29 144 498 175 296 27 15 .946 3.27 3B
Elmer Tutwiler 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Lloyd Waner 22 152 10 143 0 442 418 15 9 4 .980 2.85 OF
Paul Waner 25 155 0 0 131 567 533 22 12 17 .979 3.58 OF-1B
Bill Windle 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1B
Glenn Wright 27 103 0 0 1 535 195 301 39 59 .927 4.82 SS-1B-OF
Team Totals 27.6 152 6063 4059 1803 201 340 .967 3.78 10
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 7
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

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