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1929 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 32 102 352 328 33 88 12 5 1 44 1 16 12 .268 .306 .345 .651 59 113 2 6
2 1B Earl Sheely 36 139 585 485 63 142 22 4 6 88 6 75 24 .293 .392 .392 .784 92 190 4 21
3 2B George Grantham* 29 110 457 349 85 107 23 10 12 90 10 93 38 .307 .454 .533 .987 140 186 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 .874 113 317 9 18
7 OF Paul Waner* 26 151 703 596 131 200 43 15 15 100 15 89 24 .336 .424 .534 .958 133 318 3 15
8 OF Adam Comorosky 23 127 533 473 86 152 26 11 6 97 19 40 22 .321 .377 .461 .838 104 218 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 76 95 0 9
10 IF Sparky Adams 34 74 217 196 37 51 8 1 0 11 3 15 5 .260 .316 .311 .627 54 61 1 5
11 IF Stu Clarke 23 57 205 178 20 47 5 7 2 21 3 19 21 .264 .338 .404 .743 81 72 1 7
12 OF Fred Brickell* 22 60 127 118 13 37 4 2 0 17 3 7 12 .314 .352 .381 .733 79 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 1.067 159 9 0 2
17 OF Jim Mosolf* 23 8 14 13 3 6 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 .462 .500 .692 1.192 188 9 0 0
18 3B Jim Stroner 28 6 9 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .375 .444 .500 .944 131 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 98 58 0 2
24 P Burleigh Grimes 35 33 97 91 11 26 3 3 0 12 0 4 10 .286 .316 .385 .700 70 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 -21 7 0 3
30 P Carmen Hill 33 27 29 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .036 .069 .036 .105 -74 1 0 0
31 P Fred Fussell* 33 21 16 16 4 4 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 .250 .250 .688 .938 120 11 0 0
32 P Joe Dawson 32 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 190 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
Team Totals 27.2 154 6198 5490 904 1663 285 116 60 828 94 503 335 .303 .364 .430 .794 94 2360 29 176
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 2 2 4 1 6 3 1 4 8 2 3 5 3 3 2 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 35 17 7 .708 3.13 33 29 4 18 2 2 232.2 245 108 81 11 70 62 4 0 0 1004 154 1.354 9.5 0.4 2.7 2.4 0.89
2 SP Erv Brame 27 16 11 .593 4.55 37 28 5 19 1 0 229.2 250 123 116 17 71 68 0 0 4 994 106 1.398 9.8 0.7 2.8 2.7 0.96
3 SP Ray Kremer 36 18 10 .643 4.26 34 27 5 14 0 0 221.2 226 114 105 21 60 66 1 0 3 930 113 1.290 9.2 0.9 2.4 2.7 1.10
4 SP Jesse Petty* 34 11 10 .524 3.71 36 25 5 12 1 0 184.1 197 100 76 12 42 58 0 0 1 783 130 1.297 9.6 0.6 2.1 2.8 1.38
5 SP Heinie Meine 33 7 6 .538 4.50 22 13 5 7 1 1 108.0 120 62 54 4 34 19 7 0 4 468 107 1.426 10.0 0.3 2.8 1.6 0.56
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
6 CL Steve Swetonic 25 8 10 .444 4.82 41 12 17 3 0 5 143.2 172 87 77 6 50 35 5 0 4 644 100 1.545 10.8 0.4 3.1 2.2 0.70
7 RP Larry French* 21 7 5 .583 4.90 30 13 10 6 0 1 123.0 130 78 67 10 62 49 3 0 3 552 98 1.561 9.5 0.7 4.5 3.6 0.79
8 RP Carmen Hill 33 2 3 .400 3.99 27 3 13 0 0 3 79.0 94 45 35 4 35 28 0 0 1 360 121 1.633 10.7 0.5 4.0 3.2 0.80
9 RP Fred Fussell* 33 2 2 .500 8.62 21 3 7 0 0 1 39.2 68 42 38 8 8 18 1 0 2 189 56 1.916 15.4 1.8 1.8 4.1 2.25
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
10 Joe Dawson 32 0 1 .000 8.31 4 0 3 0 0 0 8.2 13 9 8 2 3 2 0 0 0 41 60 1.846 13.5 2.1 3.1 2.1 0.67
11 Leon Chagnon 26 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 11 7 7 1 1 4 0 0 0 34 56 1.714 14.1 1.3 1.3 5.1 4.00
12 Ralph Erickson* 27 0 0 27.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 23 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
13 Lee Meadows 34 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 53 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 31.0 88 65 .575 4.36 154 154 75 79 5 13 1379.0 1530 779 668 96 439 409 21 0 22 6010 111 1.428 10.0 0.6 2.9 2.7 0.93
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 3 2 5 4 2 1 4 3 4 3 5
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 34 62 46 36 222 75 130 17 14 .923 3.06 SS-2B-3B-OF
Dick Bartell 21 143 142 139 883 392 458 33 87 .963 5.90 SS-2B
Erv Brame 27 37 28 19 46 7 36 3 0 .935 1.16 P
Fred Brickell 22 27 23 20 57 54 3 0 0 1.000 2.11 OF
Leon Chagnon 26 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 P
Stu Clarke 23 57 53 42 259 89 151 19 22 .927 4.21 SS-3B-2B
Adam Comorosky 23 121 118 115 272 256 6 10 3 .963 2.17 OF
Joe Dawson 32 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Ralph Erickson 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Ira Flagstead 35 9 8 8 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 OF
Larry French 21 30 13 6 40 3 35 2 1 .950 1.27 P
Fred Fussell 33 21 3 0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 0.52 P
George Grantham 29 105 101 92 562 301 244 17 60 .970 5.09 2B-OF-1B
Burleigh Grimes 35 33 29 18 78 10 65 3 5 .962 2.27 P
Charlie Hargreaves 32 101 97 67 371 308 56 7 7 .981 3.60 4 45 35 44% C
Rollie Hemsley 22 81 55 50 302 240 48 14 7 .954 3.60 5 38 30 44% C
Carmen Hill 33 27 3 0 25 3 19 3 1 .880 0.81 P
Cobe Jones 21 15 10 9 62 28 29 5 6 .919 3.80 SS
Ray Kremer 36 34 27 14 43 4 39 0 0 1.000 1.26 P
Bob Linton 27 8 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 1 2 67% C
Lee Meadows 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Heinie Meine 33 22 13 7 22 2 19 1 1 .955 0.95 P
Jim Mosolf 23 3 2 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 OF
John O'Connell 25 2 2 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 0 1 0 0% C
Jesse Petty 34 36 25 12 38 1 36 1 0 .974 1.03 P
Harry Riconda 32 4 4 3 25 12 9 4 3 .840 5.25 SS
Ben Sankey 21 2 2 2 11 3 7 1 1 .909 5.00 SS
Earl Sheely 36 139 137 131 1380 1292 83 5 102 .996 9.89 1B
Jim Stroner 28 2 1 1 7 1 3 3 0 .571 2.00 3B
Steve Swetonic 25 41 12 3 50 7 41 2 0 .960 1.17 P
Pie Traynor 30 130 130 127 406 148 238 20 23 .951 2.97 3B
Lloyd Waner 23 151 151 150 478 450 22 6 6 .987 3.13 OF
Paul Waner 26 150 150 148 421 398 18 5 7 .988 2.77 OF-1B
Bill Windle 24 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 1.50 1B
Team Totals 27.6 154 1386 1223 6126 4135 1810 181 357 .970 3.69 9 85 67 44%
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 7 4
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 34 217 -13 1 0 0 0 3 6 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Traded 645/7O
Dick Bartell 21 674 -10 2 0 0 -3 7 17 13 1.4 16 1.5 -0.1 $ 64
Erv Brame* 27 120 -1 -1 0 0 0 8 4 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $ 1
Fred Brickell* 22 127 -3 0 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ O79
Leon Chagnon 26 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Stu Clarke 23 205 -5 0 0 0 0 3 6 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 65/4
Adam Comorosky 23 533 7 3 0 0 4 -6 15 23 2.3 19 1.8 0.5 $ *O7/8
Joe Dawson 32 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
Ira Flagstead 35 55 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Waivers /O798
Larry French 21 45 -7 0 0 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 1
Fred Fussell* 33 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Traded 1
George Grantham* 29 457 32 1 0 0 -2 1 13 45 4.3 47 4.5 -0.2 $ Traded 47O3
Burleigh Grimes 35 97 -4 0 0 0 0 8 3 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $17,000 Traded 1
Charlie Hargreaves 32 352 -20 -1 0 0 1 3 11 -6 -0.5 -7 -0.7 0.2 $ Traded 2
Rollie Hemsley 22 255 -9 0 0 0 -1 3 7 0 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 2
Carmen Hill 33 29 -8 0 0 0 0 2 1 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1
Cobe Jones# 21 64 -5 0 0 0 -2 1 2 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 6
Ray Kremer 36 94 -16 -1 0 0 0 8 3 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ 1
Bob Linton* 27 19 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /2
Lee Meadows* 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /1
Heinie Meine 33 44 -8 0 0 0 0 3 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 1
Jim Mosolf* 23 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ /7O
John O'Connell 25 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
Jesse Petty 34 69 -16 0 0 0 0 6 2 -8 -0.7 -8 -0.8 0.1 $ Traded 1
Harry Riconda 32 17 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ Traded /6
Ben Sankey 21 8 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /6
Earl Sheely 36 585 3 -3 0 0 0 -6 17 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft *3
Jim Stroner 28 9 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /5
Steve Swetonic 25 52 -2 1 0 0 0 4 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
Pie Traynor 30 597 16 2 0 0 -2 4 16 36 3.4 38 3.7 -0.3 $ Purchased *5
Lloyd Waner* 23 726 22 4 0 0 4 -4 18 44 4.2 40 3.8 0.4 $ Free Agency *8O
Paul Waner* 26 703 41 2 0 0 4 -7 18 58 5.5 54 5.2 0.3 $ Conditional Deal *O9/3
Bill Windle* 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /3
Team Total 27.2 6198 -10 10 0 0 0 45 170 215 21.5 215 20.6 0.9 $17,000
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
Erv Brame 27 229.2 28 123 158 0 1.0 35 3.3 $
Leon Chagnon 26 7.0 1 7 5 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Joe Dawson 32 8.2 0 9 6 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
Ralph Erickson* 27 1.0 0 3 1 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Larry French* 21 123.0 13 78 85 0 1.0 7 0.7 $
Fred Fussell* 33 39.2 3 42 27 0 1.0 -15 -1.3 $ Traded
Burleigh Grimes 35 232.2 29 108 160 0 1.0 52 4.8 $ Traded
Carmen Hill 33 79.0 3 45 54 0 1.0 9 0.9 $
Ray Kremer 36 221.2 27 114 153 0 1.0 39 3.6 $
Lee Meadows 34 0.2 0 1 0 0 1.0 -1 0.0 $ Traded
Heinie Meine 33 108.0 13 62 74 0 1.0 12 1.2 $
Jesse Petty* 34 184.1 25 100 127 0 1.0 27 2.5 $ Traded
Steve Swetonic 25 143.2 12 87 99 0 1.0 12 1.2 $
Team Total 31.0 1379.0 154 779 949 0 1.0 170 16.2 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1928 / 1930 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics