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1929 Pittsburgh Pirates (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
Managed by Donie Bush and Jewel Ens

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1929 Stats (1928/1930) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Charlie Hargreaves  32  102  328   33   88  12  5   1   44  16   12  .268  .306  .345   1           2   6           60
1B  Earl Sheely         36  139  485   63  142  22  4   6   88  75   24  .293  .392  .392   6           4  21           93
2B *George Grantham     29  110  349   85  107  23 10  12   90  93   38  .307  .454  .533  10           1  14          141
3B  Pie Traynor         30  130  540   94  192  27 12   4  108  30    7  .356  .393  .472  13           3  24          111
SS  Dick Bartell        21  143  610  101  184  40 13   2   57  40   29  .302  .347  .420  11           2  22           87
OF *Lloyd Waner         23  151  662  134  234  28 20   5   74  37   20  .353  .395  .479   6           9  18          114
OF *Paul Waner          26  151  596  131  200  43 15  15  100  89   24  .336  .424  .534  15           3  15          134
OF  Adam Comorosky      23  127  473   86  152  26 11   6   97  40   22  .321  .377  .461  19           2  18          105
    Rollie Hemsley      22   88  235   31   68  13  7   0   37  11   22  .289  .321  .404   1           0   9           77
    Sparky Adams        34   74  196   37   51   8  1   0   11  15    5  .260  .316  .311   3           1   5           55
    Stu Clarke          23   57  178   20   47   5  7   2   21  19   21  .264  .338  .404   3           1   7           82
   *Fred Brickell       22   60  118   13   37   4  2   0   17   7   12  .314  .352  .381   3           0   2           80
   #Cobe Jones          21   25   63    6   16   5  1   0    4   1    5  .254  .266  .365   1           0   0           53
    Ira Flagstead       35   26   50    8   14   2  1   0    6   4    2  .280  .333  .360   1           0   1           70
   *Bob Linton          27   17   18    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    2  .111  .158  .111   0           0   0          -33
    Harry Riconda       32    8   15    3    7   2  0   0    2   0    0  .467  .467  .600   0           0   2          160
   *Jim Mosolf          23    8   13    3    6   1  1   0    2   1    1  .462  .500  .692   0           0   0          190
    Jim Stroner         28    6    8    0    3   1  0   0    0   1    0  .375  .444  .500   0           0   0          132
    John O'Connell      25    2    7    1    1   1  0   0    0   1    1  .143  .250  .286   0           0   0           31
    Ben Sankey          21    2    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .143  .143  .143   0           0   1          -30
   *Bill Windle         24    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Mel Ingram          24    3    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0           0   0             

   *Erv Brame           27   59  116    9   36   8  1   4   25   2    7  .310  .322  .500   0           0   2           99
    Burleigh Grimes     35   33   91   11   26   3  3   0   12   4   10  .286  .316  .385   0           0   2           71
    Ray Kremer          36   34   86    4   11   4  0   1    8   7   26  .128  .194  .209   0           0   1           -1
    Jesse Petty         34   36   67    2    7   1  0   0    6   1   17  .104  .118  .119   0           0   1          -42
    Steve Swetonic      25   42   48   11   13   3  1   0    2   2    6  .271  .314  .375   0           1   1           68
    Larry French        21   30   42    4    8   1  0   0    8   2   12  .190  .227  .214   1           0   1            9
    Heinie Meine        33   22   39    6    4   1  1   0    5   2    1  .103  .146  .179   0           0   3          -20
    Carmen Hill         33   27   28    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    6  .036  .069  .036   0           0   0          -73
   *Fred Fussell        33   21   16    4    4   1  0   2    3   0    1  .250  .250  .688   0           0   0          121
    Leon Chagnon        26    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Joe Dawson          32    4    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    0  .500  .667  .500   0           0   0          191
   *Lee Meadows         34    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2  154 5490  904 1663 285 116  60  828 503  335  .303  .361  .430  94          29 176          101
    Rank among 8 NL teams          1    2    2   4  1   6        4    8     2     3     5   3                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Burleigh Grimes     35  33   3.13  17   7  2  29   4  18   2  232.7  245  108   81  11   70   62 1004   0   4  0     152
SP  Erv Brame           27  37   4.55  16  11  0  28   5  19   1  229.7  250  123  116  17   71   68  994   4   0  0     105
SP  Ray Kremer          36  34   4.26  18  10  0  27   5  14   0  221.7  226  114  105  21   60   66  930   3   1  0     112
SP *Jesse Petty         34  36   3.71  11  10  0  25   5  12   1  184.3  197  100   76  12   42   58  783   1   0  0     128
SP  Heinie Meine        33  22   4.50   7   6  1  13   5   7   1  108.0  120   62   54   4   34   19  468   4   7  0     106

CL  Steve Swetonic      25  41   4.82   8  10  5  12  17   3   0  143.7  172   87   77   6   50   35  644   4   5  0      99
RP  Carmen Hill         33  27   3.99   2   3  3   3  13   0   0   79.0   94   45   35   4   35   28  360   1   0  0     119
RP *Fred Fussell        33  21   8.62   2   2  1   3   7   0   0   39.7   68   42   38   8    8   18  189   2   1  0      55
RP *Larry French        21  30   4.90   7   5  1  13  10   6   0  123.0  130   78   67  10   62   49  552   3   3  0      97

    Joe Dawson          32   4   8.31   0   1  0   0   3   0   0    8.7   13    9    8   2    3    2   41   0   0  0      57
    Leon Chagnon        26   1   9.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    7.0   11    7    7   1    1    4   34   0   0  0      53
   *Ralph Erickson      27   1  27.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    2    3    3   0    2    0    6   0   0  0      18
    Lee Meadows         34   1  13.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.7    2    1    1   0    1    0    5   0   0  0      35
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.0 154   4.36  88  65 13 154  75  79   5 1379.0 1530  780  668  96  439  409 6010  22  21  0     109
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   2   7  4           2   5      2    1    4        4    3    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
CHargreaves 101  308   56   7   7  .981   4            
RHemsley     80  240   48  14   7  .954   5            
BLinton       8    6    3   0   0 1.000   0            
JO'Connell    2    7    0   0   0 1.000   0            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  154  561  107  21  14  .970   9   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .989 10.26
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
ESheely     139 1292   83   5 102  .996  9.89
GGrantham    12   71    1   1   5  .986  6.00
PWaner        7   70    3   0   2 1.000 10.43
BWindle       2    3    0   0   1 1.000  1.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154 1436   87   6 110  .996  9.94
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .968  5.46
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
GGrantham    76  205  239  15  54  .967  5.84
DBartell     70  213  212  12  45  .973  6.07
SAdams       20   33   48   5   5  .942  4.05
SClarke       1    4    1   0   0 1.000  5.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  455  500  32 104  .968  6.23
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .953  2.79
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
PTraynor    130  148  238  20  23  .951  2.97
SAdams       15    7   24   2   1  .939  2.07
SClarke      15   12   18   1   3  .968  2.00
JStroner      2    1    3   3   0  .571  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  168  283  26  27  .945  2.94
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .950  5.37
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DBartell     74  179  246  21  42  .953  5.74
SClarke      41   73  132  18  19  .919  5.00
SAdams       30   33   58  10   8  .901  3.03
CJones       15   28   29   5   6  .919  3.80
HRiconda      4   12    9   4   3  .840  5.25
BSankey       2    3    7   1   1  .909  5.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  328  481  59  79  .932  5.28
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .973  2.38  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
LWaner      151  450   22   6   6  .987  3.13   0 151   0
PWaner      143  328   15   5   5  .986  2.40   0   0 143
AComorosky  121  256    6  10   3  .963  2.17 121   0   0
FBrickell    27   54    3   0   0 1.000  2.11  14   0  13
GGrantham    19   25    4   1   1  .967  1.53  19   0   0
IFlagstead    9   24    0   0   0 1.000  2.67   6   1   2
JMosolf       3    7    0   0   0 1.000  2.33   3   0   0
SAdams        2    2    0   0   0 1.000  1.00   2   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  154 1146   50  22  15  .982  2.60 154 154 154
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .964  2.39
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BGrimes      33   10   65   3   5  .962  2.90
EBrame       37    7   36   3   0  .935  1.68
RKremer      34    4   39   0   0 1.000  1.75
JPetty       36    1   36   1   0  .974  1.81
SSwetonic    41    7   41   2   0  .960  3.01
LFrench      30    3   35   2   1  .950  2.78
HMeine       22    2   19   1   1  .955  1.75
CHill        27    3   19   3   1  .880  2.51
FFussell     21    4    7   0   0 1.000  2.49
JDawson       4    0    2   0   0 1.000  2.07
LChagnon      1    0    3   0   0 1.000  3.86
RErickson     1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
LMeadows      1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154   41  302  15   8  .958  2.24
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageTraynor.356
On-base %Grantham.454
Slugging %Waner.534
OPSGrantham.987
GamesWaner and Waner151
At BatsWaner662
Plate Appearances (approx.)Waner726
RunsWaner134
HitsWaner234
Total BasesWaner318
DoublesWaner43
TriplesWaner20
Home RunsWaner15
RBITraynor108
Bases on BallsGrantham93
StrikeoutsGrantham38
Stolen BasesComorosky19
SinglesWaner181
Adjusted OPS+Grantham141
Runs CreatedWaner134
Adjusted Batting RunsWaner34
Batting WinsWaner3.1
Extra-Base HitsWaner73
Times on BaseWaner292
Offensive Win%Grantham.701
Hit By PitchWaner9
Sac. HitsTraynor24
Power/Speed NumberWaner15.0
At Bats per StrikeoutTraynor77.1
At Bats per Home RunGrantham29.1
OutsBartell448

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAGrimes3.13
WinsKremer18
Won-Loss %Grimes.708
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Kremer1.290
Hits Allowed/9IPKremer9.18
Bases on Balls/9IPPetty2.05
Strikeouts/9IPPetty2.83
GamesSwetonic41
SavesSwetonic5
InningsGrimes232.7
StrikeoutsBrame68
Games StartedGrimes29
Comp. GamesBrame19
ShutoutsGrimes2
Home Runs Allow.Kremer21
Bases On Balls Allow.Brame71
Hits AllowedBrame250
SO to WalkPetty1.38
LossesBrame11
Earned Runs Allow.Brame116
Wild PitchesBrame, Meine, and Swetonic4
Hit BatsmenMeine7
Batters FacedGrimes1004
Games FinishedSwetonic17
Adjusted ERA+Grimes152

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