1931 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 260,392, Avg. 4,641
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Jewel Ens (75-79)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1931 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1931 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1931 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Pirates plated 636 runs and allowed 691 runs. George Grantham paced Pittsburgh with 10 home runs Pie Traynor drove in 103 runs. Paul Waner led all regular batters by connecting at a .322 clip. Heinie Meine topped the team with 19 wins, while Larry French, too added 15 or more wins, too Heinie Meine recorded a 2.98 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Heinie Meine	19	13	.594	2.98	36	35	1	22	3	0	284.0	278	121	94	8	87	58	7	0	4	1202
Larry French	15	13	.536	3.26	39	33	4	20	1	1	275.7	301	127	100	9	70	73	1	1	5	1170
Glenn Spencer	11	12	.478	3.42	38	18	14	11	1	3	186.7	180	83	71	8	65	51	5	1	6	783
Ray Kremer	11	15	.423	3.33	30	30	0	15	1	0	230.0	246	110	85	6	65	58	5	1	3	994
Erv Brame	9	13	.409	4.21	26	21	4	15	2	0	179.7	211	102	84	14	45	33	0	1	0	781
Bob Osborn	6	1	.857	5.01	27	2	13	0	0	0	64.7	85	43	36	3	20	9	1	1	1	295
Bill Harris	2	2	.500	0.87	4	4	0	3	1	0	31.0	21	6	3	0	9	10	0	0	0	121
Spades Wood	2	6	.250	6.05	15	10	4	2	0	0	64.0	69	45	43	2	46	33	1	0	4	301
George Grant	0	0		7.41	11	0	7	0	0	0	17.0	28	16	14	0	7	6	1	0	0	88
Andy Bednar	0	0		11.25	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	10	5	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	22
Steve Swetonic	0	2	.000	3.90	14	0	12	0	0	1	27.7	28	12	12	0	16	8	0	0	0	123
Claude Willoughby	0	2	.000	6.31	9	2	4	1	0	0	25.7	32	21	18	4	12	4	0	0	0	120
Totals	75	79	.487	3.66	252	155	65	89	9	5	1390.0	1489	691	565	55	442	345	21	5	23	6000

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Lloyd Waner	154	726	681	90	214	25	13	4	57	7	39	16	.314	.352	.407	.759	277	1	5
Pie Traynor	155	677	615	81	183	37	15	2	103	6	54	28	.298	.354	.416	.771	256	0	8
Paul Waner	150	646	559	88	180	35	10	6	70	6	73	21	.322	.404	.453	.857	253	4	10
George Grantham	127	555	465	91	142	26	6	10	46	5	71	50	.305	.400	.452	.851	210	2	17
Tommy Thevenow	120	441	404	35	86	12	1	0	38	0	28	22	.213	.266	.248	.513	100	1	8
Adam Comorosky	99	393	350	37	85	12	1	1	48	11	34	28	.243	.310	.291	.601	102	0	9
Eddie Phillips	106	401	353	30	82	18	3	7	44	1	41	49	.232	.317	.360	.677	127	3	4
Woody Jensen	73	295	267	43	65	5	4	3	17	4	10	18	.243	.276	.326	.602	87	2	16
Gus Suhr	87	312	270	26	57	13	4	4	32	4	38	25	.211	.308	.333	.642	90	0	4
Tony Piet	44	184	167	22	50	12	4	0	24	10	13	24	.299	.354	.419	.773	70	1	3
Howard Groskloss	53	175	161	13	45	7	2	0	20	1	11	16	.280	.326	.348	.673	56	0	3
Earl Grace	47	167	150	8	42	6	1	1	20	0	13	5	.280	.337	.353	.691	53	0	4
Ben Sankey	57	152	132	14	30	2	5	0	14	0	14	10	.227	.301	.318	.620	42	0	6
Erv Brame	48	99	95	6	26	4	1	0	15	0	4	16	.274	.303	.337	.640	32	0	0
Fred Bennett	32	97	89	6	25	5	0	1	7	0	7	4	.281	.333	.371	.704	33	0	1
Bill Regan	28	113	104	8	21	8	0	1	10	2	5	19	.202	.239	.308	.546	32	0	4
Ray Kremer	30	86	75	8	17	5	0	0	10	0	8	20	.227	.301	.293	.595	22	0	3
Larry French	39	107	95	8	17	1	0	0	2	1	5	15	.179	.228	.189	.417	18	1	6
Heinie Meine	36	108	96	3	14	3	0	0	1	0	5	23	.146	.188	.177	.365	17	0	7
Jim Mosolf	39	53	44	7	11	1	0	1	8	0	8	5	.250	.365	.341	.706	15	0	1
Hal Finney	10	27	26	2	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	.308	.333	.346	.679	9	1	0
Rollie Hemsley	10	38	35	3	6	3	0	0	1	0	3	3	.171	.237	.257	.494	9	0	0
Spades Wood	15	24	22	1	5	1	0	0	4	0	1	3	.227	.261	.273	.534	6	0	1
Glenn Spencer	38	67	52	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	5	21	.096	.175	.096	.272	5	0	10
Bob Osborn	27	18	18	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.222	.389	4	0	0
Pete McClanahan	7	6	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	2	0	0
Claude Willoughby	9	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0
Steve Swetonic	14	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0
Bill Harris	4	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	0
Bill Steinecke	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
George Grant	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Andy Bednar	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1676	5999	5360	636	1425	243	70	41	597	59	493	454	.266	.330	.360	.690	1931	16	130

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Paul Waner	1B	10	99	3	0	10	1.000	1.200	0
Gus Suhr	1B	76	684	39	5	72	.993	9.513	0
George Grantham	1B	78	742	27	12	67	.985	9.859	0
Lloyd Waner	2B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Ben Sankey	2B	2	1	2	1	0	.750	1.500	0
Bill Regan	2B	28	63	90	9	14	.944	5.464	0
Tony Piet	2B	44	103	133	3	17	.987	5.364	0
Howard Groskloss	2B	39	92	115	4	35	.981	5.308	0
George Grantham	2B	51	114	142	23	34	.918	5.020	0
Pie Traynor	3B	155	172	284	37	21	.925	2.942	0
Ben Sankey	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Bill Steinecke	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Eddie Phillips	C	103	293	49	5	12	.986	3.320	4
Rollie Hemsley	C	9	35	5	0	0	1.000	4.444	2
Earl Grace	C	45	128	23	4	5	.974	3.356	1
Hal Finney	C	6	18	3	0	1	1.000	3.500	0
Paul Waner	OF	138	342	28	9	8	.976	2.681	0
Lloyd Waner	OF	153	484	20	11	5	.979	3.294	0
Jim Mosolf	OF	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.250	0
Woody Jensen	OF	67	182	2	5	1	.974	2.746	0
Adam Comorosky	OF	90	214	4	5	2	.978	2.422	0
Fred Bennett	OF	21	36	3	2	0	.951	1.857	0
Spades Wood	P	15	1	13	1	0	.933	.933	0
Claude Willoughby	P	9	0	8	1	0	.889	.889	0
Steve Swetonic	P	14	1	5	0	0	1.000	.429	0
Glenn Spencer	P	38	7	39	3	2	.939	1.211	0
Bob Osborn	P	27	2	12	1	0	.933	.519	0
Heinie Meine	P	36	15	59	4	7	.949	2.056	0
Ray Kremer	P	30	1	27	1	1	.966	.933	0
Bill Harris	P	4	2	7	0	0	1.000	2.250	0
George Grant	P	11	2	4	1	1	.857	.545	0
Larry French	P	39	7	56	3	6	.955	1.615	0
Erv Brame	P	26	1	34	1	2	.972	1.346	0
Andy Bednar	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Tommy Thevenow	SS	120	245	432	25	92	.964	5.642	0
Ben Sankey	SS	49	72	124	17	24	.920	4.000	0
Tony Piet	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Howard Groskloss	SS	3	1	2	1	1	.750	1.000	0
Totals		1548	4165	1799	194	440	.968	3.853	7

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