1929 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930

88-65, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Donie Bush (67-51) and Jewel Ens (21-14)
Scored 904 runs, Allowed 780 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-66

Ballparks: Forbes Field · Attendance: 491,377 (4th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101

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1928 / 1930 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	34	R	R	5' 5"	151	Aug 26, 1894	8	74	46	74	62	0	0	0	20	15	30	2	0	0	2	4	8	-0.2	$
Dick Bartell	21	R	R	5' 9"	160	Nov 22, 1907	3	143	142	143	143	0	0	0	64	0	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	$
Erv Brame	27	L	R	6' 2"	190	Oct 12, 1901	2	59	28	59	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	4.3	$
Fred Brickell	22	L	R	5' 7"	160	Nov 9, 1906	4	60	23	60	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	13	27	33	0	0.0	$
Leon Chagnon	26	R	R	6' 0"	182	Sep 28, 1902	1st	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$
Stu Clarke	23	R	R	5' 8"	160	Jan 24, 1906	1st	57	53	57	57	0	0	0	1	15	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$
Adam Comorosky	23	R	R	5' 10"	167	Dec 9, 1905	4	127	118	127	121	0	0	0	0	0	0	119	3	0	121	4	2	2.3	$
Joe Dawson	32	R	R	5' 11"	182	Mar 9, 1897	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$
Ralph Erickson	27	L	L	6' 1"	175	Jun 25, 1902	1st	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$
Ira Flagstead	35	R	R	5' 9"	165	Sep 22, 1893	12	26	8	26	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	9	17	0	0.0	$
Larry French	21	R	L	6' 1"	195	Nov 1, 1907	1st	30	13	30	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$
Fred Fussell	33	L	L	5' 10"	155	Oct 7, 1895	4	21	3	21	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.1	$
George Grantham	29	L	R	5' 10"	170	May 20, 1900	8	110	101	110	105	0	0	12	76	0	0	19	0	0	19	5	0	4.3	$
Burleigh Grimes HOF	35	R	R	5' 10"	175	Aug 18, 1893	14	33	29	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	$17,000
Charlie Hargreaves	32	R	R	6' 0"	170	Dec 14, 1896	7	102	97	102	101	0	101	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.5	$
Rollie Hemsley	22	R	R	5' 10"	170	Jun 24, 1907	2	88	55	88	81	0	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0.1	$
Carmen Hill	33	R	R	6' 1"	180	Oct 1, 1895	9	27	3	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$
Mel Ingram	24	R	R	5' 11"	175	Jul 4, 1904	1st	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		$
Cobe Jones	21	B	R	5' 7"	155	Aug 21, 1907	2	25	10	25	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	9	1	-0.4	$
Ray Kremer	36	R	R	6' 1"	190	Mar 23, 1893	6	34	27	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	$
Bob Linton	27	L	R	6' 0"	185	Apr 18, 1902	1st	17	0	17	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	-0.3	$
Lee Meadows	34	L	R	6' 0"	190	Jul 12, 1894	15	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$
Heinie Meine	33	R	R	5' 11"	180	May 1, 1896	2	22	13	22	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	$
Jim Mosolf	23	L	R	5' 10"	186	Aug 21, 1905	1st	8	2	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0.2	$
John O'Connell	25	R	R	6' 0"	170	Jun 13, 1904	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$
Jesse Petty	34	R	L	6' 0"	195	Nov 23, 1894	6	36	25	36	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	$
Harry Riconda	32	R	R	5' 10"	175	May 17, 1897	5	8	4	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0.0	$
Ben Sankey	21	R	R	5' 10"	155	Sep 2, 1907	1st	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$
Earl Sheely	36	R	R	6' 3"	195	Feb 12, 1893	8	139	137	139	139	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	$
Jim Stroner	28	R	R	5' 10"	175	May 29, 1901	1st	6	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.0	$
Steve Swetonic	25	R	R	5' 11"	185	Aug 13, 1903	1st	42	12	42	41	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.7	$
Pie Traynor HOF	30	R	R	6' 0"	170	Nov 11, 1898	10	130	130	130	130	0	0	0	0	130	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.4	$
Lloyd Waner HOF	23	L	R	5' 9"	150	Mar 16, 1906	3	151	151	151	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	151	0	151	0	0	4.2	$
Paul Waner HOF	26	L	L	5' 8"	153	Apr 16, 1903	4	151	150	151	150	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	141	141	1	0	5.5	$
Bill Windle	24	L	L	5' 11"	170	Dec 13, 1904	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$
	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

1928 / 1930 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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