1929 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 88-65
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 491,377, Avg. 8,015
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Donie Bush (67-51)
Manager: Jewel Ens (21-14)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1929 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 88-65
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 491,377, Avg. 8,015
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Donie Bush (67-51)
Manager: Jewel Ens (21-14)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1929 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1929 season with a record of 88 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Pirates scored 904 runs and allowed 780 runs. Paul Waner led Pittsburgh with 15 home runs Pie Traynor drove in 108 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .356 clip. Ray Kremer paced the team with 18 wins, while Erv Brame and Burleigh Grimes as well added 15 or more victories as well Burleigh Grimes registered a 3.13 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Donie Bush and Jewel Ens coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Kremer | 18 | 10 | .643 | 4.26 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 221.7 | 226 | 114 | 105 | 21 | 60 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 930 |
| Burleigh Grimes | 17 | 7 | .708 | 3.13 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 232.7 | 245 | 108 | 81 | 11 | 70 | 0 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1004 |
| Erv Brame | 16 | 11 | .593 | 4.55 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 229.7 | 250 | 123 | 116 | 17 | 71 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 994 |
| Jesse Petty | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.71 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 184.3 | 197 | 100 | 76 | 12 | 42 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 783 |
| Steve Swetonic | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.82 | 41 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 143.7 | 172 | 87 | 77 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 644 |
| Larry French | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.90 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 123.0 | 130 | 78 | 67 | 10 | 62 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 552 |
| Heinie Meine | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.50 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 108.0 | 120 | 62 | 54 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 468 |
| Fred Fussell | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8.62 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.7 | 68 | 42 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 189 |
| Carmen Hill | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.99 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79.0 | 94 | 45 | 35 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 360 |
| Leon Chagnon | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | |
| Lee Meadows | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Ralph Erickson | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Joe Dawson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.31 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Totals | 88 | 65 | .575 | 4.36 | 288 | 154 | 75 | 79 | 5 | 13 | 1379.0 | 1530 | 779 | 668 | 96 | 439 | 0 | 409 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 6010 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Waner | 151 | 726 | 662 | 134 | 234 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 20 | .353 | .395 | .479 | .874 | 317 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Waner | 151 | 703 | 596 | 131 | 200 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 100 | 15 | 0 | 89 | 24 | .336 | .424 | .534 | .958 | 318 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Pie Traynor | 130 | 597 | 540 | 94 | 192 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 108 | 13 | 0 | 30 | 7 | .356 | .393 | .472 | .865 | 255 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Bartell | 143 | 674 | 610 | 101 | 184 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 40 | 29 | .302 | .347 | .420 | .766 | 256 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Comorosky | 127 | 533 | 473 | 86 | 152 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 97 | 19 | 0 | 40 | 22 | .321 | .377 | .461 | .838 | 218 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Sheely | 139 | 585 | 485 | 63 | 142 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 75 | 24 | .293 | .392 | .392 | .784 | 190 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| George Grantham | 110 | 457 | 349 | 85 | 107 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 90 | 10 | 0 | 93 | 38 | .307 | .454 | .533 | .987 | 186 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hargreaves | 102 | 352 | 328 | 33 | 88 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | .268 | .306 | .345 | .651 | 113 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Rollie Hemsley | 88 | 255 | 235 | 31 | 68 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .289 | .321 | .404 | .725 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Sparky Adams | 74 | 217 | 196 | 37 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | .260 | .316 | .311 | .627 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Stu Clarke | 57 | 205 | 178 | 20 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 21 | .264 | .338 | .404 | .743 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Brickell | 60 | 127 | 118 | 13 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .314 | .352 | .381 | .733 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Erv Brame | 59 | 120 | 116 | 9 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .310 | .322 | .500 | .822 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Burleigh Grimes | 33 | 97 | 91 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .286 | .316 | .385 | .700 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cobe Jones | 25 | 64 | 63 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .254 | .266 | .365 | .631 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ira Flagstead | 26 | 55 | 50 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .280 | .333 | .360 | .693 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Swetonic | 42 | 52 | 48 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .271 | .314 | .375 | .689 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Kremer | 34 | 94 | 86 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .128 | .194 | .209 | .403 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry French | 30 | 45 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .190 | .227 | .214 | .442 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Riconda | 8 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .467 | .467 | .600 | 1.067 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Petty | 36 | 69 | 67 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .104 | .118 | .119 | .237 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Mosolf | 8 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .462 | .500 | .692 | 1.192 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Fussell | 21 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .688 | .938 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heinie Meine | 22 | 44 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .103 | .146 | .179 | .326 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Stroner | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 | .444 | .500 | .944 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Linton | 17 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Dawson | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John O'Connell | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Sankey | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carmen Hill | 27 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .036 | .069 | .036 | .105 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Meadows | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Windle | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Chagnon | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Erickson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mel Ingram | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1742 | 6198 | 5490 | 904 | 1663 | 285 | 116 | 60 | 828 | 94 | 0 | 503 | 335 | .303 | .364 | .430 | .794 | 2360 | 0 | 29 | 176 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Windle | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Waner | 1B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Sheely | 1B | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 1292 | 83 | 5 | 102 | .996 | 9.892 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Grantham | 1B | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .986 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Grantham | 2B | 76 | 0 | 0.0 | 205 | 239 | 15 | 54 | .967 | 5.842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stu Clarke | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bartell | 2B | 70 | 0 | 0.0 | 213 | 212 | 12 | 45 | .973 | 6.071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sparky Adams | 2B | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 48 | 5 | 5 | .942 | 4.050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pie Traynor | 3B | 130 | 0 | 0.0 | 148 | 238 | 20 | 23 | .951 | 2.969 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Stroner | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stu Clarke | 3B | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .968 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sparky Adams | 3B | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 2.067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John O'Connell | C | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Linton | C | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rollie Hemsley | C | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 240 | 48 | 14 | 7 | .954 | 3.600 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Hargreaves | C | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 308 | 56 | 7 | 7 | .981 | 3.604 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Waner | OF | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 328 | 15 | 5 | 5 | .986 | 2.399 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Waner | OF | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 450 | 22 | 6 | 6 | .987 | 3.126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Mosolf | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Grantham | OF | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.526 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ira Flagstead | OF | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adam Comorosky | OF | 121 | 0 | 0.0 | 256 | 6 | 10 | 3 | .963 | 2.165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Brickell | OF | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sparky Adams | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Swetonic | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 0 | .960 | 1.171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Petty | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.028 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Heinie Meine | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Meadows | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Kremer | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carmen Hill | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .880 | .815 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Burleigh Grimes | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 65 | 3 | 5 | .962 | 2.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Fussell | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry French | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Erickson | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Dawson | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leon Chagnon | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Erv Brame | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 36 | 3 | 0 | .935 | 1.162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Sankey | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Riconda | SS | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .840 | 5.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cobe Jones | SS | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 29 | 5 | 6 | .919 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stu Clarke | SS | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 73 | 132 | 18 | 19 | .919 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bartell | SS | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 179 | 246 | 21 | 42 | .953 | 5.743 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sparky Adams | SS | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 58 | 10 | 8 | .901 | 3.033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1609 | 0 | 0.0 | 4135 | 1810 | 181 | 357 | .970 | 3.695 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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