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1928 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 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 76 175 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 3.000 653 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 23 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 1 7 7 1 1 3 1 3 4 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 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 16 68 61 4 0 5 963 88 1.466 10.4 0.7 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 5 56 36 1 0 2 548 124 1.337 8.1 0.3 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 84 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 58 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 71 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 79 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 52 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 25 273 1.235 6.4 0.0 4.8 3.2 0.67
14 Elmer Tutwiler 23 0 0 4.91 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 91 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 104 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 6
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% PO Pos. Summary
Sparky Adams 33 134 132 130 776 317 440 19 68 .976 5.61 2B-SS-OF
Clyde Barnhart 32 49 45 41 102 96 3 3 0 .971 2.02 OF-3B
Dick Bartell 20 65 63 56 373 158 199 16 40 .957 5.33 2B-SS-3B
Les Bartholomew 25 6 0 0 6 0 5 1 1 .833 0.83 P
Homer Blankenship 25 5 2 1 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.80 P
Erv Brame 26 24 11 6 21 2 18 1 0 .952 0.83 P
Fred Brickell 21 50 43 39 118 107 6 5 1 .958 2.26 OF
Bill Burwell 33 4 1 0 10 1 8 1 0 .900 2.25 P
Adam Comorosky 22 49 46 42 124 118 2 4 1 .968 2.45 OF
Joe Dawson 31 31 7 1 21 6 15 0 0 1.000 0.68 P
Fred Fussell 32 28 20 9 31 4 25 2 1 .935 1.04 P
Johnny Gooch 30 30 22 16 117 92 20 5 3 .957 3.61 3 16 11 41% C
George Grantham 28 120 118 114 1208 1118 73 17 84 .986 9.84 1B-2B-3B
Burleigh Grimes 34 48 37 28 119 9 106 4 6 .966 2.40 P
Charlie Hargreaves 31 77 70 59 288 230 47 11 7 .962 3.60 2 38 27 42% C
Joe Harris 37 6 4 4 41 36 5 0 7 1.000 6.83 1B
Rollie Hemsley 21 50 32 27 157 127 24 6 4 .962 3.08 3 20 14 41% C
Carmen Hill 32 36 31 16 56 7 44 5 2 .911 1.42 P
Mack Hillis 26 9 7 7 41 14 25 2 4 .951 4.33 2B-3B
Cobe Jones 20 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 SS
Ray Kremer 35 34 31 17 42 7 33 2 0 .952 1.18 P
Lee Meadows 33 4 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Johnny Miljus 33 21 10 3 17 2 15 0 1 1.000 0.81 P
Eddie Mulligan 33 10 10 8 38 18 18 2 7 .947 3.60 3B-2B
John O'Connell 24 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 1 100% C
Pete Scott 30 51 49 41 198 186 8 4 6 .980 3.88 OF-1B
Earl Smith 31 29 28 18 92 78 11 3 2 .967 3.18 2 16 6 27% C
Glenn Spencer 22 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Walt Tauscher 26 17 0 0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.41 P
Pie Traynor 29 144 144 143 498 175 296 27 15 .946 3.27 3B
Elmer Tutwiler 23 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Lloyd Waner 22 152 152 149 442 418 15 9 4 .980 2.85 OF
Paul Waner 25 152 152 147 567 533 22 12 17 .979 3.58 OF-1B
Bill Windle 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1B
Glenn Wright 27 102 99 97 535 195 301 39 59 .927 4.82 SS-OF-1B
Team Totals 27.6 152 1368 1220 6063 4059 1803 201 340 .967 3.78 10 90 59 40%
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 7
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Sparky Adams 33 628 -11 2 0 0 3 5 16 15 1.5 12 1.2 0.3 $ Traded *46/O9
Clyde Barnhart 32 211 -2 -1 0 0 0 -2 6 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ O7/95
Dick Bartell 20 271 2 -1 0 0 -3 3 8 9 0.9 12 1.2 -0.3 $2,750 46/5
Les Bartholomew 25 7 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Homer Blankenship 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
Erv Brame* 26 54 -1 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
Fred Brickell* 21 225 4 1 0 0 1 -2 7 11 1.1 10 1.0 0.1 $ O7/98
Bill Burwell* 33 10 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Adam Comorosky 22 198 0 0 0 0 1 -2 6 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ O78/9
Joe Dawson 31 48 -1 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
Fred Fussell* 32 62 -11 0 0 0 0 5 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Johnny Gooch# 30 88 -7 0 0 0 -1 1 3 -4 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ 2
George Grantham* 28 522 24 2 0 0 1 -5 15 37 3.7 36 3.6 0.1 $ Traded *3/45
Burleigh Grimes 34 140 -2 0 0 0 0 10 4 12 1.2 12 1.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Charlie Hargreaves 31 284 -10 -2 0 0 -1 2 8 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Traded 2
Joe Harris 37 28 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ Waivers /3
Rollie Hemsley 21 140 -8 0 0 0 -1 2 4 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 2
Carmen Hill 32 92 -8 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
Mack Hillis 26 38 -1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ /45
Cobe Jones# 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /6
Ray Kremer 35 88 -10 0 0 0 0 6 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
Lee Meadows* 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /1
Johnny Miljus 33 27 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
Eddie Mulligan 33 50 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /54
John O'Connell 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
Pete Scott 30 203 7 0 0 0 0 -2 6 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $ Traded O79/3
Earl Smith* 31 99 -2 -1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 2
Glenn Spencer 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Walt Tauscher 26 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Pie Traynor 29 640 15 2 0 0 1 5 18 41 4.1 40 4.1 0.0 $ Purchased *5
Elmer Tutwiler 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Lloyd Waner* 22 720 14 4 0 0 -2 -4 18 30 3.1 32 3.2 -0.1 $ Free Agency *O87
Paul Waner* 25 697 58 4 0 0 5 -7 18 78 7.9 73 7.4 0.5 $ Conditional Deal *O93
Bill Windle* 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /3
Glenn Wright 27 443 2 1 0 0 -5 6 13 17 1.7 22 2.2 -0.5 $ 6/3O9
Team Total 27.4 6037 49 12 0 0 0 41 168 270 27.0 270 27.2 -0.2 $2,750
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Les Bartholomew* 25 22.2 0 18 13 0 1.0 -5 -0.4 $
Homer Blankenship 25 21.2 2 15 13 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Erv Brame 26 95.2 11 62 57 0 1.0 -5 -0.4 $
Bill Burwell 33 20.2 1 12 12 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Joe Dawson 31 128.2 7 54 76 0 1.0 22 2.4 $
Fred Fussell* 32 159.2 20 79 95 0 1.0 16 1.7 $ Traded
Burleigh Grimes 34 330.2 37 146 196 0 1.0 50 5.3 $ Traded
Carmen Hill 32 237.0 31 110 141 0 1.0 31 3.3 $
Ray Kremer 35 219.0 31 124 130 0 1.0 6 0.8 $
Lee Meadows 33 10.0 2 11 6 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $ Traded
Johnny Miljus 33 69.2 10 48 41 0 1.0 -7 -0.6 $
Glenn Spencer 22 5.2 0 3 3 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Walt Tauscher 26 29.1 0 20 17 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $
Elmer Tutwiler 23 3.2 0 2 2 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Team Total 32.1 1354.0 152 704 802 0 1.0 98 11.2 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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