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1931 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1930 / 1932)
75-79, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 636 runs, Allowed 691 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83
Manager: Jewel Ens (75-79)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 260,392 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101

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1930 / 1932 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 Eddie Phillips 30 106 401 353 30 82 18 3 7 44 1 41 49 .232 .317 .360 .677 82 127 3 4
2 1B George Grantham* 31 127 555 465 91 142 26 6 10 46 5 71 50 .305 .400 .452 .851 129 210 2 17
3 2B Tony Piet 24 44 184 167 22 50 12 4 0 24 10 13 24 .299 .354 .419 .773 108 70 1 3
4 SS Tommy Thevenow 27 120 441 404 35 86 12 1 0 38 0 28 22 .213 .266 .248 .513 39 100 1 8
5 3B Pie Traynor 32 155 677 615 81 183 37 15 2 103 6 54 28 .298 .354 .416 .771 107 256 0 8
6 OF Lloyd Waner* 25 154 726 681 90 214 25 13 4 57 7 39 16 .314 .352 .407 .759 104 277 1 5
7 OF Paul Waner* 28 150 646 559 88 180 35 10 6 70 6 73 21 .322 .404 .453 .857 131 253 4 10
8 OF Adam Comorosky 25 99 393 350 37 85 12 1 1 48 11 34 28 .243 .310 .291 .601 63 102 0 9
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 1B Gus Suhr* 25 87 312 270 26 57 13 4 4 32 4 38 25 .211 .308 .333 .642 73 90 0 4
10 OF Woody Jensen* 23 73 295 267 43 65 5 4 3 17 4 10 18 .243 .276 .326 .602 62 87 2 16
11 2B Howdy Groskloss 25 53 175 161 13 45 7 2 0 20 1 11 16 .280 .326 .348 .673 82 56 0 3
12 C Earl Grace* 24 47 167 150 8 42 6 1 1 20 0 13 5 .280 .337 .353 .691 87 53 0 4
13 SS Ben Sankey 23 57 152 132 14 30 2 5 0 14 0 14 10 .227 .301 .318 .620 67 42 0 6
14 2B Bill Regan 32 28 113 104 8 21 8 0 1 10 2 5 19 .202 .239 .308 .546 46 32 0 4
15 OF Fred Bennett 29 32 97 89 6 25 5 0 1 7 0 7 4 .281 .333 .371 .704 90 33 0 1
16 OF Jim Mosolf* 25 39 53 44 7 11 1 0 1 8 0 8 5 .250 .365 .341 .706 92 15 0 1
17 C Rollie Hemsley 24 10 38 35 3 6 3 0 0 1 0 3 3 .171 .237 .257 .494 33 9 0 0
18 C Hal Finney 25 10 27 26 2 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 .308 .333 .346 .679 84 9 1 0
19 Pete McClanahan 24 7 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 219 2 0 0
20 C Bill Steinecke 24 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
21 P Heinie Meine 35 36 108 96 3 14 3 0 0 1 0 5 23 .146 .188 .177 .365 -1 17 0 7
22 P Larry French 23 39 107 95 8 17 1 0 0 2 1 5 15 .179 .228 .189 .417 14 18 1 6
23 P Erv Brame* 29 48 99 95 6 26 4 1 0 15 0 4 16 .274 .303 .337 .640 72 32 0 0
24 P Ray Kremer 38 30 86 75 8 17 5 0 0 10 0 8 20 .227 .301 .293 .595 61 22 0 3
25 P Glenn Spencer 25 38 67 52 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 5 21 .096 .175 .096 .272 -25 5 0 10
26 P Spades Wood* 22 15 24 22 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 .227 .261 .273 .534 44 6 0 1
27 P Bob Osborn 28 27 18 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .222 .389 4 4 0 0
28 P Bill Harris 31 4 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 0 0
29 P Steve Swetonic 27 14 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 9 1 0 0
30 P Claude Willoughby 32 9 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 55 2 0 0
31 P George Grant 28 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Andy Bednar 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.5 155 5999 5360 636 1425 243 70 41 597 59 0 493 454 .266 .330 .360 .690 86 1931 0 16 130 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 6 7 5 3 6 3 2 6 7 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
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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
Andy Bednar 22 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Fred Bennett 29 97 65 11 4.5 102 .286 .281 .284 .333 .343 .371 .401 .704 .744 90 .490 -1.2 -0.1 .625 .169 .090 .0 O
*Erv Brame 29 99 69 10 3.9 102 .329 .274 .284 .303 .343 .337 .401 .640 .743 72 .420 -3.8 -0.4 .522 .105 .063 1
Adam Comorosky 25 393 274 32 3.1 102 .262 .243 .284 .310 .343 .291 .401 .601 .743 63 .328 -17.5 -1.7 .555 .177 .049 1.8 O
Hal Finney 25 27 18 3 4.4 102 .320 .308 .284 .333 .343 .346 .401 .679 .743 84 .483 -0.6 -0.1 .611 .077 .038 .0 /2
Larry French 23 107 84 4 1.3 102 .213 .179 .284 .228 .343 .189 .401 .417 .743 14 .087 -11.7 -1.2 .321 .074 .011 .0 1
*Earl Grace 24 167 112 18 4.3 102 .285 .280 .284 .337 .343 .353 .401 .691 .744 87 .467 -2.6 -0.3 .611 .160 .073 .0 2
George Grant 28 2 2 0 0.0 102 .000 .284 .000 .342 .000 .401 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 1
*George Grantham 31 555 340 83 6.5 102 .326 .305 .284 .400 .343 .452 .401 .851 .743 129 .652 22.3 2.2 .892 .310 .146 6.7 34
Howdy Groskloss 25 175 119 18 4.0 102 .310 .280 .284 .326 .343 .348 .401 .673 .743 82 .439 -4.2 -0.4 .586 .143 .068 .0 4/6
Bill Harris 31 11 10 0 0.0 103 .111 .091 .284 .091 .343 .091 .401 .182 .744 -51 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .100 .000 .000 /1
Rollie Hemsley 24 38 29 2 1.8 102 .188 .171 .284 .237 .343 .257 .401 .494 .744 33 .156 -3.2 -0.3 .414 .171 .086 /2
*Woody Jensen 23 295 218 24 2.9 102 .252 .243 .284 .276 .343 .326 .401 .602 .743 62 .305 -15.6 -1.6 .510 .135 .082 3.4 O
Ray Kremer 38 86 61 7 3.0 102 .309 .227 .284 .301 .343 .293 .401 .595 .744 61 .320 -3.8 -0.4 .517 .173 .067 1
Pete McClanahan 24 6 2 1 13.3 103 .500 .500 .284 .667 .343 .500 .401 1.167 .744 219 .875 1.0 0.1 2.000 .500 .000
Heinie Meine 35 108 89 3 0.9 102 .192 .146 .284 .188 .343 .177 .401 .365 .743 -1 .048 -13.8 -1.4 .268 .083 .031 1
*Jim Mosolf 25 53 34 5 3.9 102 .263 .250 .284 .365 .343 .341 .401 .706 .744 92 .426 -0.2 -0.0 .697 .273 .091 .0 /O
Bob Osborn 28 18 15 1 1.8 102 .200 .167 .284 .167 .343 .222 .401 .389 .744 4 .148 -2.4 -0.2 .267 .056 .056 1
Eddie Phillips 30 401 275 40 3.9 102 .253 .232 .284 .317 .343 .360 .401 .677 .744 82 .422 -8.4 -0.8 .635 .246 .127 1.8 *2
Tony Piet 24 184 120 25 5.5 102 .350 .299 .284 .354 .343 .419 .401 .773 .744 108 .584 1.9 0.2 .803 .257 .120 .0 4/6
Bill Regan 32 113 87 8 2.4 102 .238 .202 .284 .239 .343 .308 .401 .546 .744 46 .240 -7.9 -0.8 .470 .173 .106 1.3 4
Ben Sankey 23 152 108 13 3.2 102 .246 .227 .284 .301 .343 .318 .401 .620 .744 67 .340 -6.5 -0.6 .549 .197 .091 6/45
Glenn Spencer 25 67 57 1 0.5 102 .161 .096 .284 .175 .343 .096 .401 .272 .744 -25 .015 -9.3 -0.9 .213 .096 .000 1
Bill Steinecke 24 4 4 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .284 .000 .342 .000 .401 .000 .744 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /2
*Gus Suhr 25 312 217 28 3.4 102 .220 .211 .284 .308 .343 .333 .401 .642 .744 73 .369 -9.9 -1.0 .620 .278 .122 4.0 3
Steve Swetonic 27 8 6 0 0.0 102 .250 .143 .284 .250 .343 .143 .401 .393 .743 9 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .333 .143 .000 1
Tommy Thevenow 27 441 326 26 2.1 102 .225 .213 .284 .266 .343 .248 .401 .513 .744 39 .195 -34.6 -3.4 .406 .104 .035 *6
Pie Traynor 32 677 440 91 5.5 102 .309 .298 .284 .354 .343 .416 .401 .771 .744 107 .581 6.2 0.6 .731 .216 .119 3.0 *5
*Lloyd Waner 25 726 472 97 5.5 102 .318 .314 .284 .352 .343 .407 .401 .759 .744 104 .579 2.5 0.2 .694 .160 .093 5.1 *O/4
*Paul Waner 28 646 389 101 6.9 102 .327 .322 .284 .404 .343 .453 .401 .857 .744 131 .678 27.6 2.7 .887 .272 .131 6.0 *O3
Claude Willoughby 32 7 5 1 5.3 102 .333 .286 .284 .286 .343 .286 .401 .571 .743 55 .566 -0.5 -0.1 .400 .000 .000 /1
*Spades Wood 22 24 18 2 3.0 102 .263 .227 .284 .261 .343 .273 .401 .534 .744 44 .309 -1.7 -0.2 .412 .091 .045 1
League Average 4.8 103 .296 .277 .285 .335 .344 .387 .403 .721 .747 93 .515 .669 .202 .109
Team Total 5999 4065 655 4.3 102 .284 .266 .284 .330 .343 .360 .401 .690 .744 86 .468 -102.6 -10.3 .635 .197 .094 48.4
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
Fred Bennett 29 33 100 93 6 26 5 0 1 7 0 7 4 .280 .330 .366 .696 11 32 32
*Erv Brame 29 50 104 100 6 28 4 1 0 16 0 4 17 .280 .308 .340 .648 10 48 48
Adam Comorosky 25 103 402 366 39 89 13 1 1 51 12 36 29 .243 .311 .292 .603 33 99 99
Hal Finney 25 10 28 27 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 .000 .036 .000 .036 3 10 10
Larry French 23 41 106 100 8 18 1 0 0 2 1 5 16 .180 .226 .190 .416 4 39 39
*Earl Grace 24 56 182 165 10 44 6 1 1 22 0 17 6 .267 .335 .333 .668 19 54 54
George Grant 28 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11 11
*George Grantham 31 133 562 486 95 148 27 6 10 48 5 74 52 .305 .399 .447 .845 87 127 127
Howdy Groskloss 25 55 179 168 13 47 7 2 0 21 1 11 17 .280 .324 .345 .669 19 53 53
Bill Harris 31 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Rollie Hemsley 24 79 271 250 31 72 21 4 3 32 4 21 34 .288 .343 .440 .783 38 76 76
*Woody Jensen 23 76 290 278 44 67 5 4 3 17 4 10 19 .241 .272 .320 .593 24 73 73
Ray Kremer 38 31 87 79 9 18 5 0 0 11 0 8 21 .228 .299 .291 .590 7 30 30
Pete McClanahan 24 7 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 7 7
Heinie Meine 35 38 105 100 3 14 3 0 0 1 0 5 24 .140 .181 .170 .351 3 36 36
*Jim Mosolf 25 41 53 45 7 11 1 0 1 8 0 8 5 .244 .358 .333 .692 5 39 39
Bob Osborn 28 28 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 27 27
Eddie Phillips 30 111 415 369 32 86 19 3 7 46 1 43 51 .233 .318 .358 .676 42 106 106
Tony Piet 24 46 189 174 23 52 12 4 0 25 10 14 25 .299 .354 .414 .768 25 44 44
Bill Regan 32 29 115 110 9 23 9 0 1 11 2 5 20 .209 .243 .318 .562 8 28 28
Ben Sankey 23 60 154 139 15 32 2 5 0 15 0 15 10 .230 .305 .317 .622 14 57 57
Glenn Spencer 25 40 61 55 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 6 22 .109 .197 .109 .306 1 38 38
Bill Steinecke 24 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
*Gus Suhr 25 91 323 283 27 60 14 4 4 34 4 40 26 .212 .310 .332 .642 29 87 87
Steve Swetonic 27 15 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 14 14
Tommy Thevenow 27 125 451 421 36 89 12 1 0 39 0 29 23 .211 .264 .245 .509 27 120 120
Pie Traynor 32 162 698 642 84 190 38 16 2 107 6 56 29 .296 .352 .414 .767 94 155 155
*Lloyd Waner 25 161 753 711 94 223 26 14 4 59 7 41 17 .314 .352 .406 .758 101 154 154
*Paul Waner 28 157 664 584 92 188 37 10 6 73 6 76 22 .322 .404 .450 .854 106 150 150
Claude Willoughby 32 9 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 9 9
*Spades Wood 22 16 25 24 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 1 3 .250 .280 .292 .572 2 15 15
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
Andy Bednar 22 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Bennett 29 2 105 39 105 97 6 27 6 0 1 7 0 0 7 6 .278 .327 .371 .698 87 36 0 1
*Erv Brame 29 4 395 192 395 376 41 116 21 2 8 73 0 10 28 .309 .328 .439 .767 91 165 1 8
Adam Comorosky 25 6 1893 455 1893 1672 264 494 93 39 21 302 46 144 92 .295 .354 .435 .789 97 728 7 70
Hal Finney 25 1 27 10 27 26 2 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 .308 .333 .346 .679 84 9 1 0
Larry French 23 3 257 111 257 228 23 47 5 1 0 23 2 10 44 .206 .243 .237 .480 22 54 1 18
*Earl Grace 24 2 275 81 275 239 17 63 7 1 3 38 0 26 13 .264 .338 .339 .677 78 81 1 9
George Grant 28 7 109 115 109 104 4 14 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 38 .135 .143 .154 .297 -23 16 0 4
*George Grantham 31 10 4993 1199 4993 4207 794 1304 247 84 94 641 124 53 615 459 .310 .401 .476 .876 125 2001 21 150
Howdy Groskloss 25 2 178 55 178 164 13 46 7 2 0 21 1 11 16 .280 .326 .348 .673 81 57 0 3
Bill Harris 31 3 31 29 31 29 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .276 .300 .276 .576 55 8 0 1
Rollie Hemsley 24 4 1013 318 1013 931 121 255 54 20 5 132 9 57 86 .274 .316 .391 .707 76 364 0 25
*Woody Jensen 23 1 295 73 295 267 43 65 5 4 3 17 4 10 18 .243 .276 .326 .602 62 87 2 16
Ray Kremer 38 8 735 291 735 664 56 120 30 2 5 69 0 0 37 209 .181 .224 .255 .478 22 169 0 34
Pete McClanahan 24 1 6 7 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 219 2 0 0
Heinie Meine 35 4 198 79 198 177 12 23 6 1 0 7 0 0 9 35 .130 .172 .175 .347 -10 31 0 12
*Jim Mosolf 25 3 127 87 127 108 26 34 4 2 1 19 0 17 13 .315 .408 .417 .825 109 45 0 2
Bob Osborn 28 6 152 121 152 144 2 22 2 1 0 11 0 0 0 40 .153 .153 .181 .333 -14 26 0 0 8 0 0
Eddie Phillips 30 3 653 177 653 577 54 134 31 4 9 65 1 1 61 67 .232 .310 .347 .657 74 200 4 11
Tony Piet 24 1 184 44 184 167 22 50 12 4 0 24 10 13 24 .299 .354 .419 .773 108 70 1 3
Bill Regan 32 6 2570 641 2570 2364 236 632 158 36 18 292 38 26 122 245 .267 .306 .387 .694 81 916 10 74
Ben Sankey 23 3 192 72 192 169 21 36 2 5 0 14 0 16 14 .213 .281 .284 .565 49 48 0 7
Glenn Spencer 25 3 123 83 123 106 5 11 0 1 0 5 0 6 38 .104 .152 .123 .274 -29 13 0 11
Bill Steinecke 24 1 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Gus Suhr 25 2 949 238 949 812 119 212 39 18 21 139 15 118 81 .261 .356 .431 .787 96 350 2 17
Steve Swetonic 27 3 97 79 97 91 13 18 5 1 0 4 0 4 14 .198 .240 .275 .514 26 25 1 1
Tommy Thevenow 27 8 2711 723 2711 2483 241 603 84 14 2 255 18 3 145 137 .243 .287 .290 .577 47 721 7 76
Pie Traynor 32 12 6361 1471 6361 5762 935 1861 285 135 53 1026 142 46 374 189 .323 .367 .447 .813 108 2575 22 203
*Lloyd Waner 25 5 3129 675 3129 2891 510 986 100 56 17 255 38 158 77 .341 .379 .432 .812 108 1249 21 59
*Paul Waner 28 6 4038 897 4038 3505 693 1237 237 102 52 543 61 422 112 .353 .426 .523 .949 141 1834 23 88
Claude Willoughby 32 7 298 219 298 272 14 39 3 0 0 13 0 0 20 73 .143 .202 .154 .356 -10 42 0 6
*Spades Wood 22 2 47 24 47 42 5 10 1 1 0 6 0 1 5 .238 .273 .310 .582 48 13 1 3
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

1930 / 1932 Batting Statistics