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1929 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930)
88-65, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 904 runs, Allowed 780 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-66
Manager: Donie Bush (67-51) and Jewel Ens (21-14)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 491,377 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

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1928 / 1930 Batting Statistics

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 32 102 352 328 33 88 12 5 1 44 1 16 12 .268 .306 .345 .651 60 113 2 6
2 1B Earl Sheely 36 139 585 485 63 142 22 4 6 88 6 75 24 .293 .392 .392 .784 93 190 4 21
3 2B George Grantham* 29 110 457 349 85 107 23 10 12 90 10 93 38 .307 .454 .533 .987 141 186 1 14
4 SS Dick Bartell 21 143 674 610 101 184 40 13 2 57 11 40 29 .302 .347 .420 .766 87 256 2 22
5 3B Pie Traynor 30 130 597 540 94 192 27 12 4 108 13 30 7 .356 .393 .472 .865 111 255 3 24
6 OF Lloyd Waner* 23 151 726 662 134 234 28 20 5 74 6 37 20 .353 .395 .479 .874 114 317 9 18
7 OF Paul Waner* 26 151 703 596 131 200 43 15 15 100 15 89 24 .336 .424 .534 .958 134 318 3 15
8 OF Adam Comorosky 23 127 533 473 86 152 26 11 6 97 19 40 22 .321 .377 .461 .838 105 218 2 18
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 C Rollie Hemsley 22 88 255 235 31 68 13 7 0 37 1 11 22 .289 .321 .404 .725 77 95 0 9
10 IF Sparky Adams 34 74 217 196 37 51 8 1 0 11 3 15 5 .260 .316 .311 .627 55 61 1 5
11 IF Stu Clarke 23 57 205 178 20 47 5 7 2 21 3 19 21 .264 .338 .404 .743 82 72 1 7
12 OF Fred Brickell* 22 60 127 118 13 37 4 2 0 17 3 7 12 .314 .352 .381 .733 80 45 0 2
13 SS Cobe Jones# 21 25 64 63 6 16 5 1 0 4 1 1 5 .254 .266 .365 .631 53 23 0 0
14 OF Ira Flagstead 35 26 55 50 8 14 2 1 0 6 1 4 2 .280 .333 .360 .693 70 18 0 1
15 C Bob Linton* 27 17 19 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .111 .158 .111 .269 -33 2 0 0
16 SS Harry Riconda 32 8 17 15 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .467 .467 .600 1.067 160 9 0 2
17 OF Jim Mosolf* 23 8 14 13 3 6 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 .462 .500 .692 1.192 190 9 0 0
18 3B Jim Stroner 28 6 9 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .375 .444 .500 .944 132 4 0 0
19 SS Ben Sankey 21 2 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -30 1 0 1
20 C John O'Connell 25 2 8 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .286 .536 31 2 0 0
21 1B Bill Windle* 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
22 Mel Ingram 24 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Erv Brame* 27 59 120 116 9 36 8 1 4 25 0 2 7 .310 .322 .500 .822 99 58 0 2
24 P Burleigh Grimes 35 33 97 91 11 26 3 3 0 12 0 4 10 .286 .316 .385 .700 71 35 0 2
25 P Ray Kremer 36 34 94 86 4 11 4 0 1 8 0 7 26 .128 .194 .209 .403 -1 18 0 1
26 P Jesse Petty 34 36 69 67 2 7 1 0 0 6 0 1 17 .104 .118 .119 .237 -42 8 0 1
27 P Steve Swetonic 25 42 52 48 11 13 3 1 0 2 0 2 6 .271 .314 .375 .689 68 18 1 1
28 P Larry French 21 30 45 42 4 8 1 0 0 8 1 2 12 .190 .227 .214 .442 9 9 0 1
29 P Heinie Meine 33 22 44 39 6 4 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 .103 .146 .179 .326 -20 7 0 3
30 P Carmen Hill 33 27 29 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .036 .069 .036 .105 -73 1 0 0
31 P Fred Fussell* 33 21 16 16 4 4 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 .250 .250 .688 .938 121 11 0 0
32 P Joe Dawson 32 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 191 1 0 0
33 P Leon Chagnon 26 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
34 P Lee Meadows* 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
35 P Ralph Erickson* 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.2 154 6198 5490 904 1663 285 116 60 828 94 0 503 335 .303 .364 .430 .794 94 2360 0 29 176 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 2 2 4 1 6 3 4 8 2 3 5 3 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 Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Sparky Adams 34 217 150 19 3.4 123 .267 .260 .307 .316 .371 .311 .447 .627 .818 55 .291 -14.1 -1.3 .552 .143 .051 .0 645/O
Dick Bartell 21 674 448 88 5.2 123 .314 .302 .307 .347 .371 .420 .447 .766 .818 87 .479 -13.5 -1.2 .725 .202 .118 3.4 64
*Erv Brame 27 120 82 19 6.2 123 .305 .310 .307 .322 .371 .500 .447 .822 .818 99 .554 -1.0 -0.1 .750 .207 .190 .0 1
*Fred Brickell 22 127 83 16 5.1 123 .349 .314 .307 .352 .371 .381 .447 .733 .818 80 .470 -3.9 -0.4 .679 .153 .068 .0 O
Leon Chagnon 26 2 2 0 0.0 122 .000 .000 .307 .000 .371 .000 .447 .000 .818 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Stu Clarke 23 205 138 24 4.6 123 .290 .264 .307 .338 .371 .404 .447 .743 .818 82 .424 -6.2 -0.6 .725 .264 .140 2.4 65/4
Adam Comorosky 23 533 339 82 6.4 123 .328 .321 .307 .377 .371 .461 .447 .838 .818 105 .573 2.7 0.2 .869 .264 .140 9.1 *O
Joe Dawson 32 3 1 1 26.6 123 .500 .500 .307 .667 .371 .500 .447 1.167 .818 191 .948 0.5 0.0 2.000 .500 .000 /1
*Ralph Erickson 27 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Ira Flagstead 35 55 37 6 4.3 123 .292 .280 .307 .333 .371 .360 .447 .693 .818 70 .393 -2.4 -0.2 .639 .180 .080 .0 /O
Larry French 21 45 35 2 1.5 123 .267 .190 .307 .227 .371 .214 .447 .442 .818 9 .087 -6.2 -0.6 .353 .095 .024 .0 1
*Fred Fussell 33 16 12 3 6.7 123 .154 .250 .307 .250 .371 .688 .447 .938 .818 121 .588 0.2 0.0 .917 .438 .438 .0 1
*George Grantham 29 457 256 84 8.7 123 .318 .307 .307 .454 .371 .533 .447 .987 .818 141 .702 28.1 2.5 1.198 .521 .226 10.9 4O3
Burleigh Grimes 35 97 67 11 4.4 123 .321 .286 .307 .316 .371 .385 .447 .700 .818 71 .398 -4.7 -0.4 .600 .143 .099 1
Charlie Hargreaves 32 352 246 34 3.7 123 .276 .268 .307 .306 .371 .345 .447 .651 .818 60 .326 -22.2 -2.0 .550 .128 .076 1.0 2
Rollie Hemsley 22 255 176 31 4.7 123 .319 .289 .307 .321 .371 .404 .447 .725 .818 77 .429 -9.7 -0.9 .641 .166 .115 .0 2
Carmen Hill 33 29 27 0 0.0 123 .045 .036 .307 .069 .371 .036 .447 .105 .818 -73 .000 -7.9 -0.7 .074 .036 .000 1
Mel Ingram 24 0 0 0.0 0.0
#Cobe Jones 21 64 47 6 3.4 123 .276 .254 .307 .266 .371 .365 .447 .631 .818 53 .294 -4.9 -0.4 .532 .143 .111 .0 6
Ray Kremer 36 94 76 3 1.0 123 .169 .128 .307 .194 .371 .209 .447 .403 .818 -1 .046 -14.3 -1.3 .333 .163 .081 .0 1
*Bob Linton 27 19 16 0 0.0 123 .125 .111 .307 .158 .371 .111 .447 .269 .818 -33 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .188 .056 .000 /2
*Lee Meadows 34 1 1 0 0.0 122 .000 .000 .307 .000 .371 .000 .447 .000 .818 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Heinie Meine 33 44 38 1 0.7 123 .105 .103 .307 .146 .371 .179 .447 .326 .818 -20 .023 -7.8 -0.7 .257 .128 .077 1
*Jim Mosolf 23 14 7 5 19.0 123 .500 .462 .307 .500 .371 .692 .447 1.192 .818 190 .907 1.8 0.2 1.429 .308 .231 /O
John O'Connell 25 8 6 1 4.4 123 .167 .143 .307 .250 .371 .286 .447 .536 .818 31 .405 -0.8 -0.1 .500 .286 .143 /2
Jesse Petty 34 69 61 1 0.4 123 .140 .104 .307 .118 .371 .119 .447 .237 .818 -42 .010 -15.4 -1.4 .150 .030 .015 1
Harry Riconda 32 17 10 4 10.6 123 .467 .467 .307 .467 .371 .600 .447 1.067 .818 160 .771 1.4 0.1 1.125 .133 .133 /6
Ben Sankey 21 8 7 0 0.0 123 .167 .143 .307 .143 .371 .143 .447 .286 .818 -30 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .167 .000 .000 /6
Earl Sheely 36 585 364 74 5.4 123 .299 .293 .307 .392 .371 .392 .447 .784 .818 93 .494 -2.4 -0.2 .802 .266 .099 6.0 *3
Jim Stroner 28 9 5 2 10.6 123 .375 .375 .307 .444 .371 .500 .447 .944 .818 132 .771 0.5 0.0 1.000 .250 .125 /5
Steve Swetonic 25 52 36 5 3.7 123 .310 .271 .307 .314 .371 .375 .447 .689 .818 68 .328 -2.6 -0.2 .600 .146 .104 1
Pie Traynor 30 597 372 99 7.1 123 .355 .356 .307 .393 .371 .472 .447 .865 .818 111 .616 8.8 0.8 .865 .196 .117 6.1 *5
*Lloyd Waner 23 726 446 123 7.3 123 .359 .353 .307 .395 .371 .479 .447 .874 .818 114 .631 12.6 1.1 .862 .190 .125 5.5 *O
*Paul Waner 26 703 411 134 8.7 123 .332 .336 .307 .424 .371 .534 .447 .958 .818 134 .699 34.3 3.1 1.073 .372 .198 15.0 *O/3
*Bill Windle 24 1 1 0 0.0 122 .000 .307 .000 .371 .000 .447 .000 .818 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /3
League Average 5.6 120 .306 .293 .304 .356 .368 .423 .443 .779 .811 92 .511 .758 .237 .130
Team Total 6198 4003 878 5.8 123 .315 .303 .307 .364 .371 .430 .447 .794 .818 94 .529 -55.9 -5.2 .780 .236 .127 73.2
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Sparky Adams 34 78 215 200 31 47 7 1 0 9 3 14 5 .235 .288 .280 .568 16 74 74
Dick Bartell 21 150 657 618 86 170 37 12 2 48 10 37 31 .275 .318 .383 .702 75 143 143
*Erv Brame 27 62 119 117 8 33 7 1 4 21 0 2 7 .282 .294 .462 .756 16 59 59
*Fred Brickell 22 63 127 120 11 35 4 2 0 15 3 7 13 .292 .331 .358 .689 14 60 60
Leon Chagnon 26 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Stu Clarke 23 60 199 181 17 43 5 6 2 17 3 17 22 .238 .307 .365 .671 20 57 57
Adam Comorosky 23 134 518 479 73 141 24 10 6 83 18 37 23 .294 .347 .424 .771 69 127 127
Joe Dawson 32 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 4 4
Ira Flagstead 35 61 142 129 20 31 5 1 0 17 3 13 8 .240 .310 .295 .604 12 58 58
Larry French 21 32 46 44 4 8 1 0 0 8 1 2 13 .182 .217 .205 .422 2 30 30
*Fred Fussell 33 22 17 17 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 21 21
*George Grantham 29 116 439 353 72 98 21 9 11 76 9 85 40 .278 .419 .482 .901 72 110 110
Burleigh Grimes 35 35 96 92 9 24 3 3 0 10 0 4 11 .261 .292 .359 .650 9 33 33
Charlie Hargreaves 32 107 351 334 28 82 11 5 1 38 1 15 13 .246 .282 .317 .599 29 102 102
Rollie Hemsley 22 93 250 240 27 64 12 7 0 32 1 10 23 .267 .296 .375 .671 26 88 88
Carmen Hill 33 32 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 30 30
#Cobe Jones 21 26 65 64 5 15 5 1 0 3 1 1 5 .234 .246 .344 .590 5 25 25
Ray Kremer 36 36 97 90 4 11 4 0 1 7 0 7 27 .122 .186 .200 .386 3 34 34
*Bob Linton 27 18 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 17 17
*Lee Meadows 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Heinie Meine 33 23 43 41 6 4 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 .098 .140 .171 .310 1 22 22
*Jim Mosolf 23 8 14 13 3 6 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 .462 .500 .692 1.192 4 8 8
John O'Connell 25 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 2 2
Jesse Petty 34 38 72 71 2 8 1 0 0 7 0 1 18 .113 .125 .127 .252 1 36 36
Harry Riconda 32 8 16 16 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 8 8
Ben Sankey 21 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Earl Sheely 36 146 564 491 53 130 20 4 5 74 5 69 25 .265 .360 .352 .712 62 139 139
Jim Stroner 28 6 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .429 .804 1 6 6
Steve Swetonic 25 44 51 48 9 11 3 1 0 2 0 2 6 .229 .275 .333 .608 4 42 42
Pie Traynor 30 137 574 543 80 177 25 11 4 92 12 28 7 .326 .362 .435 .797 84 130 130
*Lloyd Waner 23 159 708 666 114 216 26 18 5 63 6 34 21 .324 .364 .440 .804 104 151 151
*Paul Waner 26 159 686 601 111 184 40 14 14 85 14 82 25 .306 .392 .489 .881 114 151 151
*Bill Windle 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Sparky Adams 34 8 3811 881 3811 3406 529 980 126 31 7 250 126 50 287 124 .288 .346 .349 .696 82 1189 19 99
Dick Bartell 21 3 949 216 949 845 128 255 48 17 3 93 15 63 47 .302 .356 .409 .765 90 346 8 33
*Erv Brame 27 2 174 94 174 165 15 49 12 1 5 36 0 6 10 .297 .322 .473 .794 95 78 0 3
*Fred Brickell 22 4 435 197 435 396 64 127 12 7 4 66 8 31 36 .321 .373 .417 .790 101 165 2 6
Leon Chagnon 26 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Stu Clarke 23 1 205 57 205 178 20 47 5 7 2 21 3 19 21 .264 .338 .404 .743 82 72 1 7
Adam Comorosky 23 4 815 204 815 725 115 222 34 15 8 135 21 59 31 .306 .361 .428 .788 96 310 3 28
Joe Dawson 32 4 85 59 85 77 7 20 2 1 0 4 0 0 5 9 .260 .305 .312 .617 59 24 0 3
*Ralph Erickson 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ira Flagstead 35 12 4612 1174 4612 3983 623 1163 255 46 38 429 70 58 450 279 .292 .371 .408 .779 104 1624 53 126
Larry French 21 1 45 30 45 42 4 8 1 0 0 8 1 2 12 .190 .227 .214 .442 9 9 0 1
*Fred Fussell 33 4 106 80 106 100 11 15 2 0 2 3 0 0 4 26 .150 .190 .230 .420 7 23 1 1
*George Grantham 29 8 3786 926 3786 3190 583 983 187 64 66 496 114 53 463 343 .308 .399 .469 .868 124 1496 17 116
Burleigh Grimes 35 14 1427 496 1427 1308 135 332 55 11 2 137 14 4 61 202 .254 .289 .317 .606 64 415 4 54
Charlie Hargreaves 32 7 1264 412 1264 1157 92 314 43 11 4 137 6 2 75 48 .271 .319 .338 .657 70 391 6 26
Rollie Hemsley 22 2 395 138 395 368 45 104 15 10 0 55 2 15 32 .283 .311 .378 .688 71 139 0 12
Carmen Hill 33 9 295 144 295 274 18 52 3 7 0 28 0 0 13 69 .190 .226 .252 .478 25 69 0 0 8 0 0
Mel Ingram 24 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
#Cobe Jones 21 2 66 26 66 65 6 17 5 1 0 4 1 1 5 .262 .273 .369 .642 56 24 0 0
Ray Kremer 36 6 537 222 537 487 40 87 20 2 4 52 0 0 27 150 .179 .222 .253 .474 22 123 0 23
*Bob Linton 27 1 19 17 19 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .111 .158 .111 .269 -33 2 0 0
*Lee Meadows 34 15 1200 498 1200 1117 80 201 21 10 5 75 0 1 34 272 .180 .208 .230 .438 20 257 6 43
Heinie Meine 33 2 45 23 45 40 6 4 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 1 .100 .143 .175 .318 -22 7 0 3
*Jim Mosolf 23 1 14 8 14 13 3 6 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 .462 .500 .692 1.192 190 9 0 0
John O'Connell 25 2 9 3 9 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .250 .472 16 2 0 0
Jesse Petty 34 6 407 188 407 388 21 49 9 1 0 22 1 0 7 117 .126 .142 .155 .296 -22 60 0 12
Harry Riconda 32 5 862 242 862 764 83 189 44 11 4 70 13 6 61 91 .247 .310 .349 .659 71 267 8 29
Ben Sankey 21 1 8 2 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -30 1 0 1
Earl Sheely 36 8 4677 1087 4677 3933 542 1193 229 25 47 670 33 31 529 184 .303 .391 .410 .801 108 1613 38 177
Jim Stroner 28 1 9 6 9 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .375 .444 .500 .944 132 4 0 0
Steve Swetonic 25 1 52 42 52 48 11 13 3 1 0 2 0 2 6 .271 .314 .375 .689 68 18 1 1
Pie Traynor 30 10 5115 1186 5115 4650 764 1496 226 109 42 804 129 46 272 142 .322 .362 .444 .806 107 2066 21 172
*Lloyd Waner 23 3 2129 453 2129 1950 388 678 67 40 12 162 28 114 56 .348 .389 .442 .831 111 861 19 46
*Paul Waner 26 4 2727 602 2727 2357 488 840 170 74 38 396 37 292 73 .356 .431 .540 .970 147 1272 15 63
*Bill Windle 24 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 267 2 0 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1928 / 1930 Batting Statistics