1930 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics

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1930 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1929 / 1931)
80-74, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 891 runs, Allowed 928 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-80
Manager: Jewel Ens (80-74)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 357,795 (7th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100; one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 98

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1929 / 1931 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	Rollie Hemsley	23	104	356	324	45	82	19	6	2	45	3		22	21	.253	.301	.367	.668	60	119		0	10
2	1B	Gus Suhr*	24	151	637	542	93	155	26	14	17	107	11		80	56	.286	.380	.480	.860	106	260		2	13
3	2B	George Grantham*	30	146	652	552	120	179	34	14	18	99	5		81	66	.324	.413	.534	.947	127	295		2	17
4	SS	Dick Bartell	22	129	541	475	69	152	32	13	4	75	8		39	34	.320	.378	.467	.845	103	222		5	22
5	3B	Pie Traynor	31	130	569	497	90	182	22	11	9	119	7		48	19	.366	.423	.509	.932	124	253		1	23
6	OF	Lloyd Waner*	24	68	274	260	32	94	8	3	1	36	3		5	5	.362	.376	.427	.803	94	111		1	8
7	OF	Paul Waner*	27	145	665	589	117	217	32	18	8	77	18		57	18	.368	.428	.525	.952	129	309		4	15
8	OF	Adam Comorosky	24	152	685	597	112	187	47	23	12	119	14		51	33	.313	.371	.529	.900	114	316		4	33
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	IF	Charlie Engle	26	67	246	216	34	57	10	1	0	15	1		22	20	.264	.335	.319	.654	59	69		1	7
10	C	Al Bool	32	78	244	216	30	56	12	4	7	46	0		25	29	.259	.336	.449	.785	88	97		0	3
11	OF	Fred Brickell*	23	68	240	219	36	65	9	3	1	14	3		15	20	.297	.342	.379	.721	74	83		0	6
12	OF	Ira Flagstead	36	44	179	156	21	39	7	4	2	21	1		17	9	.250	.324	.385	.708	70	60		0	6
13	OF	Jim Mosolf*	24	40	60	51	16	17	2	1	0	9	0		8	7	.333	.424	.412	.835	103	21		0	1
14	OF	Denny Sothern	26	17	54	51	4	9	4	0	1	4	2		3	4	.176	.222	.314	.536	28	16		0	0
15	OF	Gus Dugas*	23	9	39	31	8	9	2	0	0	1	0		7	4	.290	.421	.355	.776	90	11		0	1
16	C	Charlie Hargreaves	33	11	34	31	4	7	1	0	0	2	0		2	1	.226	.273	.258	.531	29	8		0	1
17	MI	Ben Sankey	22	13	32	30	6	5	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.167	.219	.167	.385	-5	5		0	0
18	2B	Stu Clarke	24	4	10	9	2	4	0	1	0	2	0		1	0	.444	.500	.667	1.167	179	6		0	0
19	SS	Howdy Groskloss	24	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	62	1		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
20	P	Erv Brame*	28	50	122	116	20	41	5	0	3	22	0		0	2	.353	.359	.474	.833	99	55		1	5
21	P	Ray Kremer	37	39	112	102	8	16	5	0	1	7	0		2	39	.157	.173	.235	.408	-3	24		0	8
22	P	Larry French	22	42	105	91	11	22	3	1	0	13	0		3	17	.242	.266	.297	.563	36	27		0	11
23	P	Glenn Spencer	24	41	55	53	3	6	0	1	0	3	0		1	17	.113	.130	.151	.281	-32	8		0	1
24	P	Heinie Meine	34	20	45	41	3	5	2	0	0	1	0		2	11	.122	.163	.171	.334	-19	7		0	2
25	P	Steve Swetonic	26	23	37	36	2	4	2	0	0	2	0		1	5	.111	.135	.167	.302	-28	6		0	0
26	P	Spades Wood*	21	9	23	20	4	5	0	1	0	2	0		0	2	.250	.286	.350	.636	53	7		1	2
27	P	Leon Chagnon	27	18	20	20	0	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	2	.200	.200	.250	.450	8	5		0	0
28	P	Jesse Petty	35	10	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	-60	1		0	1
29	P	Ralph Erickson*	28	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	21	1		0	0
30	P	Percy Jones	30	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
31	P	Marty Lang	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Bernie Walter	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Andy Bednar	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Lil Stoner	31	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.6	154	6058	5346	891	1622	285	119	86	844	76	0	494	449	.303	.365	.449	.814	95	2403	0	22	196	0	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	5	6	5	1	6		1		2	6	6	5	6	6		6
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 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
Dick Bartell	22	541	345	82	6.3	126	.339	.320	.312	.378	.370	.467	.464	.845	.834	103	.534	2.3	0.2	.848	.246	.147	5.3	*6
Andy Bednar	21	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
Al Bool	32	244	163	33	5.4	126	.272	.259	.312	.336	.370	.449	.464	.785	.834	88	.460	-5.0	-0.4	.763	.306	.190	.0	2
*Erv Brame	28	122	80	19	6.3	126	.342	.353	.312	.359	.370	.474	.464	.833	.834	99	.533	-0.5	-0.0	.747	.121	.121	.0	1
*Fred Brickell	23	240	160	28	4.6	126	.323	.297	.312	.342	.370	.379	.464	.721	.834	74	.395	-9.4	-0.8	.656	.164	.082	1.5	O
Leon Chagnon	27	20	16	1	1.7	126	.222	.200	.312	.200	.370	.250	.464	.450	.834	8	.090	-3.0	-0.3	.313	.050	.050		1
Stu Clarke	24	10	5	3	15.9	126	.444	.444	.312	.500	.370	.667	.464	1.167	.834	179	.862	1.1	0.1	1.400	.333	.222		/4
Adam Comorosky	24	685	443	116	7.0	126	.317	.313	.312	.371	.370	.529	.464	.900	.834	114	.577	12.3	1.1	.939	.325	.216	12.9	*O
*Gus Dugas	23	39	23	5	5.8	126	.333	.290	.312	.421	.370	.355	.464	.776	.834	90	.493	0.0	0.0	.818	.290	.065		/O
Charlie Engle	26	246	166	23	3.7	126	.291	.264	.312	.335	.370	.319	.464	.654	.834	59	.298	-13.8	-1.2	.585	.162	.056	.0	564
*Ralph Erickson	28	4	3	0	0.0	126	.333	.250	.312	.250	.370	.250	.464	.500	.834	21	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.333	.000	.000		/1
Ira Flagstead	36	179	123	19	4.1	126	.255	.250	.312	.324	.370	.385	.464	.708	.834	70	.342	-8.0	-0.7	.667	.250	.135	1.3	O
Larry French	22	105	80	7	2.3	126	.297	.242	.312	.266	.370	.297	.464	.563	.834	36	.155	-9.8	-0.9	.435	.088	.055		1
*George Grantham	30	652	390	121	8.2	126	.344	.324	.312	.413	.370	.534	.464	.947	.834	127	.650	25.7	2.2	1.027	.366	.210	7.8	*4/3
Howdy Groskloss	24	3	2	0	0.0	126	.333	.333	.312	.333	.370	.333	.464	.667	.834	62	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.000	.000		/6
Charlie Hargreaves	33	34	25	2	2.1	126	.233	.226	.312	.273	.370	.258	.464	.531	.834	29	.135	-3.6	-0.3	.417	.097	.032		2
Rollie Hemsley	23	356	252	36	3.8	126	.266	.253	.312	.301	.370	.367	.464	.668	.834	60	.311	-21.7	-1.9	.595	.191	.114	2.4	2
Percy Jones	30	2	2	0	0.0	127	.000	.000	.312	.000	.370	.000	.464	.000	.834	-100	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/1
Ray Kremer	37	112	94	4	1.1	126	.242	.157	.312	.173	.370	.235	.464	.408	.834	-3	.047	-17.4	-1.5	.302	.098	.078	.0	1
Marty Lang	24	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
Heinie Meine	34	45	38	1	0.7	126	.167	.122	.312	.163	.370	.171	.464	.334	.834	-19	.020	-8.1	-0.7	.250	.098	.049		1
*Jim Mosolf	24	60	35	9	6.8	126	.386	.333	.312	.424	.370	.412	.464	.835	.834	103	.569	0.7	0.1	.853	.235	.078		O/1
Jesse Petty	35	13	12	0	0.0	127	.111	.083	.312	.083	.370	.083	.464	.167	.834	-60	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.091	.000	.000		1
Ben Sankey	22	32	25	1	1.1	126	.185	.167	.312	.219	.370	.167	.464	.385	.834	-5	.042	-5.2	-0.5	.280	.067	.000		/64
Denny Sothern	26	54	42	4	2.5	126	.174	.176	.312	.222	.370	.314	.464	.536	.834	28	.176	-6.2	-0.6	.500	.235	.137	1.3	O
Glenn Spencer	24	55	48	1	0.6	126	.167	.113	.312	.130	.370	.151	.464	.281	.834	-32	.013	-11.8	-1.0	.191	.057	.038		1
Lil Stoner	31	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
*Gus Suhr	24	637	400	98	6.5	126	.294	.286	.312	.380	.370	.480	.464	.860	.834	106	.547	5.5	0.5	.912	.362	.194	13.4	*3
Steve Swetonic	26	37	32	1	0.8	126	.129	.111	.312	.135	.370	.167	.464	.302	.834	-28	.027	-7.6	-0.7	.219	.083	.056		1
Pie Traynor	31	569	338	107	8.4	126	.369	.366	.312	.423	.370	.509	.464	.932	.834	124	.659	20.5	1.8	.981	.254	.143	7.9	*5
Bernie Walter	21	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
*Lloyd Waner	24	274	174	41	6.3	126	.366	.362	.312	.376	.370	.427	.464	.803	.834	94	.529	-3.0	-0.3	.723	.096	.065	1.5	O
*Paul Waner	27	665	387	131	9.0	126	.371	.368	.312	.428	.370	.525	.464	.952	.834	129	.686	28.8	2.5	1.043	.284	.156	11.1	*O
*Spades Wood	21	23	17	2	3.1	126	.278	.250	.312	.286	.370	.350	.464	.636	.834	53	.240	-1.7	-0.2	.533	.100	.100		/1
League Average					5.9	126	.315	.301	.312	.357	.370	.443	.464	.800	.834	92	.505			.774	.235	.142
Team Total		6058	3920	895	6.1	126	.319	.303	.312	.365	.370	.449	.464	.814	.834	95	.515	-43.3	-4.0	.804	.253	.146	80.7
	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
Dick Bartell	22	135	513	474	56	136	29	12	4	61	7		35	36	.287	.341	.424	.765	67	129	129
Al Bool	32	82	239	217	24	50	11	4	6	37	0		22	30	.230	.301	.401	.702	26	78	78
*Erv Brame	28	52	122	121	16	0	0	0	0	18	0		0	2	.000	.008	.000	.008	16	50	50
*Fred Brickell	23	126	487	460	54	110	19	8	1	24	4		25	43	.239	.281	.322	.603	41	121	121
Leon Chagnon	27	19	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	18	18
Stu Clarke	24	4	9	8	1	3	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	.375	.444	.625	1.069	2	4	4
Adam Comorosky	24	159	647	597	91	168	42	21	11	96	13		46	34	.281	.337	.477	.814	94	152	152
*Gus Dugas	23	9	39	32	7	9	2	0	0	1	0		7	4	.281	.410	.344	.754	4	9	9
Charlie Engle	26	70	239	218	28	52	9	1	0	12	1		20	21	.239	.305	.289	.594	19	67	67
*Ralph Erickson	28	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7	7
Ira Flagstead	36	46	172	157	17	35	6	4	2	17	1		15	9	.223	.291	.350	.641	16	44	44
Larry French	22	44	96	93	10	21	3	1	0	11	0		3	18	.226	.250	.280	.530	6	42	42
*George Grantham	30	153	624	550	97	160	30	13	16	80	4		72	69	.291	.375	.480	.855	98	146	146
Howdy Groskloss	24	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	2
Charlie Hargreaves	33	11	34	32	4	7	1	0	0	2	0		2	1	.219	.265	.250	.515	2	11	11
Rollie Hemsley	23	109	347	327	37	74	17	5	2	37	3		20	22	.226	.271	.327	.598	29	104	104
Percy Jones	30	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9	9
Ray Kremer	37	41	106	104	6	14	4	0	1	5	0		2	41	.135	.151	.202	.353	3	39	39
Heinie Meine	34	21	45	43	3	5	2	0	0	1	0		2	11	.116	.156	.163	.318	1	20	20
*Jim Mosolf	24	42	58	51	13	15	2	1	0	7	0		7	7	.294	.379	.373	.752	7	40	40
Jesse Petty	35	20	26	26	2	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	19	19
Ben Sankey	22	14	33	31	6	5	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.161	.212	.161	.373	1	13	13
Denny Sothern	26	112	422	398	54	93	26	1	5	31	7		22	43	.234	.277	.342	.619	38	107	107
Glenn Spencer	24	43	56	55	3	6	0	1	0	3	0		1	18	.109	.125	.145	.270	1	41	41
*Gus Suhr	24	158	617	543	75	139	23	13	15	87	10		72	59	.256	.345	.429	.774	79	151	151
Steve Swetonic	26	24	39	38	3	5	2	0	0	3	0		1	5	.132	.154	.184	.338	1	23	23
Pie Traynor	31	136	535	491	73	162	20	10	8	97	6		43	20	.330	.385	.460	.845	87	130	130
*Lloyd Waner	24	71	262	257	26	84	7	3	1	29	3		4	5	.327	.340	.389	.729	33	68	68
*Paul Waner	27	152	638	583	95	194	29	16	7	63	16		51	19	.333	.390	.473	.864	107	145	145
*Spades Wood	21	9	22	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.000	.045	.000	.045	1	9	9
	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
Dick Bartell	22	4	1490	345	1490	1320	197	407	80	30	7	168	23		102	81	.308	.364	.430	.794	95	568		13	55
Andy Bednar	21	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Bool	32	2	252	80	252	223	30	57	12	4	7	47	0	0	25	29	.256	.331	.439	.770	85	98		0	4
*Erv Brame	28	3	296	144	296	281	35	90	17	1	8	58	0		6	12	.320	.337	.473	.810	97	133		1	8
*Fred Brickell	23	5	932	318	932	855	133	251	33	16	5	97	12		59	77	.294	.342	.387	.729	79	331		4	14
Leon Chagnon	27	2	22	19	22	22	0	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	2	.182	.182	.227	.409	-2	5		0	0
Stu Clarke	24	2	215	61	215	187	22	51	5	8	2	23	3		20	21	.273	.346	.417	.763	86	78		1	7
Adam Comorosky	24	5	1500	356	1500	1322	227	409	81	38	20	254	35		110	64	.309	.366	.474	.839	105	626		7	61
*Gus Dugas	23	1	39	9	39	31	8	9	2	0	0	1	0		7	4	.290	.421	.355	.776	90	11		0	1
Charlie Engle	26	3	277	87	277	235	41	59	10	1	0	15	1	0	32	26	.251	.346	.302	.648	59	71		2	8
*Ralph Erickson	28	2	4	8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	21	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ira Flagstead	36	13	4791	1218	4791	4139	644	1202	262	50	40	450	71	58	467	288	.290	.370	.407	.776	103	1684		53	132
Larry French	22	2	150	72	150	133	15	30	4	1	0	21	1		5	29	.226	.254	.271	.524	27	36		0	12
*George Grantham	30	9	4438	1072	4438	3742	703	1162	221	78	84	595	119	53	544	409	.311	.401	.479	.879	124	1791		19	133
Howdy Groskloss	24	1	3	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	62	1		0	0
Charlie Hargreaves	33	8	1298	423	1298	1188	96	321	44	11	4	139	6	2	77	49	.270	.318	.336	.654	69	399		6	27
Rollie Hemsley	23	3	751	242	751	692	90	186	34	16	2	100	5		37	53	.269	.306	.373	.679	66	258		0	22
Percy Jones	30	9	352	252	352	324	17	63	6	0	0	26	1	0	12	97	.194	.223	.213	.436	14	69		0	16
Ray Kremer	37	7	649	261	649	589	48	103	25	2	5	59	0	0	29	189	.175	.214	.250	.463	17	147		0	31
Marty Lang	24	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
Heinie Meine	34	3	90	43	90	81	9	9	3	1	0	6	0	0	4	12	.111	.153	.173	.326	-21	14		0	5
*Jim Mosolf	24	2	74	48	74	64	19	23	3	2	0	11	0		9	8	.359	.438	.469	.907	120	30		0	1
Jesse Petty	35	7	434	207	434	413	23	53	10	1	0	24	1	0	7	126	.128	.143	.157	.300	-22	65		0	14
Ben Sankey	22	2	40	15	40	37	7	6	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.162	.205	.162	.367	-9	6		0	1
Denny Sothern	26	4	1430	338	1430	1324	209	374	79	9	19	115	38		79	128	.282	.326	.399	.725	77	528		7	20
Glenn Spencer	24	2	56	45	56	54	3	6	0	1	0	3	0		1	17	.111	.127	.148	.275	-34	8		0	1
Lil Stoner	31	8	360	223	360	333	24	58	15	1	2	31	1	1	15	62	.174	.214	.243	.458	18	81	0	2	10	0	0
*Gus Suhr	24	1	637	151	637	542	93	155	26	14	17	107	11		80	56	.286	.380	.480	.860	106	260		2	13
Steve Swetonic	26	2	89	65	89	84	13	17	5	1	0	4	0		3	11	.202	.239	.286	.524	27	24		1	1
Pie Traynor	31	11	5684	1316	5684	5147	854	1678	248	120	51	923	136	46	320	161	.326	.368	.451	.819	108	2319		22	195
Bernie Walter	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
*Lloyd Waner	24	4	2403	521	2403	2210	420	772	75	43	13	198	31		119	61	.349	.388	.440	.828	109	972		20	54
*Paul Waner	27	5	3392	747	3392	2946	605	1057	202	92	46	473	55		349	91	.359	.430	.537	.967	143	1581		19	78
*Spades Wood	21	1	23	9	23	20	4	5	0	1	0	2	0		0	2	.250	.286	.350	.636	53	7		1	2
	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

1929 / 1931 Batting Statistics

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