1928 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1927 Season 1929 Season

Record: 85-67-0, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Donie Bush (85-67)

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 495,070 (5th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 88-64, 837 Runs, 704 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	31	79	284	260	15	74	8	2	1	32	1	0	12	9	.285	.319	.342	.661	70	89		1	11		3
2	1B	George Grantham*	28	124	522	440	93	142	24	9	10	85	9	6	59	37	.323	.408	.486	.894	129	214		4	19		4
3	2B	Sparky Adams	33	135	628	539	91	149	14	6	0	38	8	8	64	18	.276	.357	.325	.682	77	175		4	21		0
4	SS	Glenn Wright	27	108	443	407	63	126	20	8	8	66	3	3	21	53	.310	.343	.457	.800	104	186		0	15		0
5	3B	Pie Traynor	29	144	640	569	91	192	38	12	3	124	12	4	28	10	.337	.370	.462	.832	113	263		1	42		2
6	OF	Lloyd Waner*	22	152	720	659	121	221	22	14	5	61	8	7	40	13	.335	.377	.434	.811	108	286		4	17		0
7	OF	Paul Waner*	25	152	698	602	142	223	50	19	6	86	6	9	77	16	.370	.446	.547	.992	154	329		5	13		1
8	OF	Adam Comorosky	23	51	198	176	22	52	6	3	2	34	1	2	15	6	.295	.354	.398	.752	93	70		1	6		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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	MI	Dick Bartell	20	72	271	233	27	71	8	4	1	36	4	4	21	18	.305	.377	.386	.763	97	90		6	11		0
10	OF	Fred Brickell*	21	81	226	202	34	65	4	4	3	41	5	6	20	18	.322	.383	.426	.809	108	86		0	3		2
11	OF	Clyde Barnhart	32	61	211	196	18	58	6	2	4	30	3	0	11	9	.296	.333	.408	.741	90	80		0	4		0
12	OF	Pete Scott	30	60	203	177	33	55	10	4	5	33	1	2	18	14	.311	.378	.497	.875	123	88		1	7		0
13	C	Rollie Hemsley	21	50	140	133	14	36	2	3	0	18	1	0	4	10	.271	.292	.331	.623	60	44		0	3		0
14	C	Earl Smith*	31	32	103	85	8	21	6	0	2	11	0	0	11	7	.247	.333	.388	.722	85	33		0	3		2
15	C	Johnny Gooch#	30	31	88	80	7	19	2	1	0	5	0	0	3	6	.238	.265	.288	.553	42	23		0	5		0
16	IF	Eddie Mulligan	33	27	50	43	4	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.233	.283	.279	.562	45	12		0	4		0
17	IF	Mack Hillis	26	11	38	36	6	9	2	3	1	7	1	0	0	6	.250	.250	.556	.806	102	20		0	2		0
18	1B	Joe Harris	37	16	28	23	2	9	2	1	0	2	0	1	4	2	.391	.500	.565	1.065	173	13		1	0		1
19	SS	Cobe Jones#	22	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	158	1		0	0		0
20	1B	Bill Windle*	23	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	653	2		0	0		0
21	C	John O'Connell	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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
22	P	Burleigh Grimes	34	48	140	131	17	42	8	1	0	16	1	0	4	15	.321	.341	.397	.738	89	52		0	5		0
23	P	Carmen Hill	32	36	93	86	5	20	0	3	0	13	0	0	2	16	.233	.250	.302	.552	41	26		0	4		0
24	P	Ray Kremer	33	34	88	78	4	14	3	0	0	9	0	0	7	29	.179	.247	.218	.465	20	17		0	3		0
25	P	Fred Fussell*	32	28	62	58	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.121	.164	.121	.285	-26	7		1	1		0
26	P	Erv Brame*	26	35	54	49	6	13	4	0	1	11	0	0	4	3	.265	.321	.408	.729	86	20		0	1		0
27	P	Joe Dawson	31	31	48	43	4	12	2	1	0	3	0	0	4	6	.279	.340	.372	.713	83	16		0	1		0
28	P	Johnny Miljus	33	21	27	26	4	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.308	.333	.308	.641	66	8		0	0		0
29	P	Bill Burwell*	33	4	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	15	2		0	1		0
30	P	Homer Blankenship	25	5	8	8	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.500	.875	123	4		0	0		0
31	P	Walt Tauscher	26	17	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-14	1		0	0		0
32	P	Les Bartholomew	25	6	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.286	.429	8	2		0	0		0
33	P	Lee Meadows*	33	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	158	2		0	0		0
34	P	Elmer Tutwiler	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
35	P	Glenn Spencer	22	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
		Team Totals	27.5	152	6045	5371	837	1659	246	100	52	768	64	52	435	352	.309	.364	.421	.785	101	2261		29	202		15
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	1	1	5	1	6		5	1	7	2	1	1	3	1		3		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.0	152	5495	4864	792	1534	227	95	51	710	63	52	411	256	.315	.372	.433	.805	106	2104		28	186		15
		Pitcher Totals	31.8	152	550	507	45	125	19	5	1	58	1	0	24	96	.247	.282	.310	.592	52	157		1	16		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Burleigh Grimes	34	25	14	.641	2.99	48	37	9	28	4	3	330.2	311	146	110	11	77	6	97	9	1	3	1377	136	3.66	1.173	8.5	0.3	2.1	2.6	1.26
2	SP	Carmen Hill	32	16	10	.615	3.53	36	31	4	16	1	2	237.0	229	110	93	16	81	6	73	4	0	4	1008	115	4.37	1.308	8.7	0.6	3.1	2.8	0.90
3	SP	Ray Kremer	33	15	13	.536	4.64	34	31	1	17	1	0	219.0	253	124	113	16	68	1	61	4	0	5	963	88	4.41	1.466	10.4	0.7	2.8	2.5	0.90
4	SP	Fred Fussell*	32	8	9	.471	3.61	28	20	4	9	2	1	159.2	183	79	64	6	41	2	43	1	0	5	689	113	3.77	1.403	10.3	0.3	2.3	2.4	1.05
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	RP	Joe Dawson	31	7	7	.500	3.29	31	7	17	1	0	3	128.2	116	54	47	5	56	3	36	1	0	2	548	124	4.31	1.337	8.1	0.3	3.9	2.5	0.64
6	RP	Erv Brame	26	7	4	.636	5.08	24	11	7	6	0	0	95.2	110	62	54	5	44	1	22	1	0	1	436	80	4.66	1.610	10.3	0.5	4.1	2.1	0.50
7	RP	Johnny Miljus	33	5	7	.417	5.30	21	10	7	3	0	1	69.2	90	48	41	2	33	0	26	3	0	1	334	77	4.21	1.766	11.6	0.3	4.3	3.4	0.79
8	RP	Walt Tauscher	26	0	0		4.91	17	0	9	0	0	1	29.1	28	20	16	0	12	0	7	3	0	1	124	84	4.09	1.364	8.6	0.0	3.7	2.1	0.58
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
9		Les Bartholomew*	25	0	0		7.15	6	0	3	0	0	0	22.2	31	18	18	2	9	0	6	0	0	1	103	58	4.84	1.765	12.3	0.8	3.6	2.4	0.67
10		Homer Blankenship	25	0	2	.000	5.82	5	2	2	1	0	0	21.2	27	15	14	1	9	0	6	0	0	0	98	71	4.32	1.662	11.2	0.4	3.7	2.5	0.67
11		Bill Burwell	33	1	0	1.000	5.23	4	1	1	0	0	0	20.2	18	12	12	2	8	2	2	0	0	0	87	79	5.26	1.258	7.8	0.9	3.5	0.9	0.25
12		Lee Meadows	33	1	1	.500	8.10	4	2	1	1	0	0	10.0	18	11	9	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	54	52	3.93	2.300	16.2	0.0	4.5	2.7	0.60
13		Glenn Spencer	22	0	0		1.59	4	0	4	0	0	0	5.2	4	3	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	25	273	3.91	1.235	6.4	0.0	4.8	3.2	0.67
14		Elmer Tutwiler	23	0	0		4.91	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	91	2.49	1.091	9.8	0.0	0.0	2.5
		Team Totals	31.8	85	67	.559	3.95	152	152	70	82	8	11	1354.0	1422	704	594	66	446	21	385	26	1	23	5861	104	4.14	1.380	9.5	0.4	3.0	2.6	0.86
		Rank in 8 NL teams		4	5		6				2	4	6	7	3	6	5	4	4		6
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W