1929 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1929  Pittsburgh Pirates
League National League
Ballpark Forbes Field
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Owners Barney Dreyfuss
Managers Jewel Ens
  1928 Seasons 1930  

The 1929 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 48th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 43rd in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 88–65.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9854.64552254629
Pittsburgh Pirates 8865.57510½45314334
New York Giants 8467.55613½39374530
St. Louis Cardinals 7874.5132043323542
Philadelphia Phillies 7182.46427½39373245
Brooklyn Robins 7083.45828½42352848
Cincinnati Reds 6688.4293338392849
Boston Braves 5698.3644334432255

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 11–117–158–149–135–178–148–14
Brooklyn 11–116–1611–1114–79–139–1310–12
Chicago 15–716–614–8–112–10–117–5–19–1315–5–1
Cincinnati 14–811–118–14–110–1211–119–133–19
New York 13–97–1410–12–112–1016–513–813–9
Philadelphia 17–513–95–17–111–115–1611–119–13
Pittsburgh 14–813–913–913–98–1311–1116–6–1
St. Louis 14–812–105–15–119–39–1313–96–16–1

Game log

1929 Game Log: 88–65 (Home: 45–31; Away: 43–34)
April: 4–6 (Home: 1–2; Away: 3–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 16@ Cubs 4–3Grimes (1–0)Root46,0001–0
2April 17@ Cubs 2–13MaloneKremer (0–1)1–1
3April 18@ Cubs 1–11BlakePetty (0–1)14,0001–2
4April 20@ Reds 5–4Grimes (2–0)Rixey2–2
5April 22@ Reds 4–9LucasHill (0–1)2–3
6April 24 Cubs 5–4 (13)Swetonic (1–0)Horne32,0003–3
7April 26 Cubs 6–9BushKremer (0–2)Cvengros8,0003–4
8April 27 Cubs 7–8MaloneSwetonic (1–1)Blake25,0003–5
9April 28@ Cardinals 6–2Petty (1–1)Alexander4–5
10April 29@ Cardinals 3–7MitchellFrench (0–1)12,0004–6
May: 19–8 (Home: 7–3; Away: 12–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
11May 1@ Cardinals 4–4 (13)4–6
12May 4@ Braves 3–5SeiboldPetty (1–2)4–7
13May 5@ Braves 7–2Grimes (3–0)Smith28,0005–7
14May 6@ Braves 4–3Swetonic (2–1)Jones6–7
15May 7@ Giants 3–2 (10)French (1–1)Benton7–7
16May 8@ Giants 0–11HubbellPetty (1–3)8,0007–8
17May 9@ Giants 4–3Grimes (4–0)Fitzsimmons7,5008–8
18May 10@ Phillies 13–9Brame (1–0)WilloughbyFrench (1)9–8
19May 11@ Phillies 6–11RoyHill (0–2)9–9
20May 13@ Robins 12–4French (2–1)Elliott10–9
21May 15@ Robins 9–4Grimes (5–0)Clark11–9
22May 16 Cardinals 9–10 (10)JohnsonSwetonic (2–2)11–10
23May 17 Cardinals 6–2French (3–1)Alexander12–10
24May 18 Cardinals 6–3Kremer (1–2)Sherdel13–10
25May 19@ Cubs 4–1Grimes (6–0)Malone38,00014–10
26May 20@ Cubs 1–6BushSwetonic (2–3)14–11
27May 21@ Cubs 6–8HorneFrench (3–2)Root14–12
28May 22 Reds 11–2Kremer (2–2)Ash15–12
29May 23 Reds 6–3Grimes (7–0)Rixey16–12
30May 25 Reds 6–4Brame (2–0)Luque17–12
31May 26@ Cardinals 12–8Fussell (1–0)HainesGrimes (1)30,00018–12
32May 26@ Cardinals 7–5Kremer (3–2)FrankhouseGrimes (2)30,00019–12
33May 27@ Cardinals 10–1Petty (2–3)Hallahan20–12
34May 28@ Cardinals 5–2Brame (3–0)Mitchell21–12
35May 29 Cubs 7–2Swetonic (3–3)MaloneHill (1)5,50022–12
36May 30 Cubs 1–5NehfKremer (3–3)Bush25,00022–13
37May 30 Cubs 4–0Grimes (8–0)Root30,00023–13
38May 31 Phillies 7–10WilloughbyDawson (0–1)McGraw3,50023–14
June: 17–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
39June 1 Phillies 4–9BengePetty (2–4)23–15
40June 3 Phillies 14–2Grimes (9–0)Sweetland24–15
41June 4 Phillies 9–5Swetonic (4–3)Collins25–15
42June 6 Braves 4–2Kremer (4–3)Seibold26–15
43June 7 Braves 6–2Brame (4–0)Brandt27–15
44June 8 Robins 9–2Grimes (10–0)Clark28–15
45June 9@ Robins 6–9DudleyPetty (2–5)20,00028–16
46June 10 Robins 6–7MooreSwetonic (4–4)Morrison3,50028–17
47June 11 Robins 3–2Brame (5–0)Dudley29–17
48June 12 Giants 7–6Meine (1–0)Scott15,00030–17
49June 13 Giants 11–7Hill (1–2)GenewichSwetonic (1)31–17
50June 14 Giants 2–7BentonPetty (2–6)10,00031–18
51June 15 Giants 15–20 (14)MaysSwetonic (4–5)22,00031–19
52June 16@ Reds 8–3Meine (2–0)Luque32–19
53June 16@ Reds 1–8DonohueGrimes (10–1)32–20
54June 17@ Reds 2–1Kremer (5–3)May33–20
55June 18@ Reds 1–2LucasBrame (5–1)33–21
56June 19@ Reds 6–5Hill (2–2)Rixey34–21
57June 21@ Cubs 14–3Grimes (11–1)Cvengros35,00035–21
58June 22@ Cubs 7–4Kremer (6–3)Blake25,00036–21
59June 23@ Cubs 8–7Swetonic (5–5)Nehf37–21
60June 24@ Cubs 3–4RootBrame (5–2)7,00037–22
61June 26 Reds 4–6LuqueKremer (6–4)37–23
62June 27 Reds 5–3Meine (3–0)May38–23
63June 28 Reds 3–10LucasBrame (5–3)38–24
64June 29 Reds 3–0Grimes (12–1)Donohue39–24
65June 29 Reds 2–3KolpSwetonic (5–6)39–25
66June 30@ Reds 7–6Kremer (7–4)LuqueMeine (1)40–25
July: 18–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 11–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
67July 2 Cardinals 5–3Brame (6–3)Mitchell41–25
68July 3 Cardinals 13–2Grimes (13–1)Sherdel42–25
69July 4 Cardinals 8–4Meine (4–0)Johnson20,00043–25
70July 4 Cardinals 8–2Kremer (8–4)Haid43,00044–25
71July 6 Reds 3–5KolpSwetonic (5–7)May44–26
72July 7@ Robins 17–6Brame (7–3)DudleyFussell (1)19,00045–26
73July 8@ Robins 8–4Grimes (14–1)Morrison46–26
74July 9@ Robins 3–1Kremer (9–4)Dudley47–26
75July 10@ Phillies 15–9Fussell (2–0)BengeHill (2)48–26
76July 11@ Phillies 6–2Brame (8–3)Roy49–26
77July 12@ Phillies 6–4Grimes (15–1)Sweetland50–26
78July 13@ Phillies 10–2Kremer (10–4)Dailey51–26
79July 15@ Braves 5–4 (11)Meine (5–0)Brandt52–26
80July 16@ Braves 1–4SmithBrame (8–4)52–27
81July 17@ Braves 4–7SeiboldGrimes (15–2)52–28
82July 17@ Braves 13–5Kremer (11–4)Leverett53–28
83July 18@ Giants 1–4HubbellBrame (8–5)53–29
84July 20@ Giants 5–2Grimes (16–2)WalkerSwetonic (2)54–29
85July 20@ Giants 4–8MaysMeine (5–1)54–30
86July 21@ Giants 5–3Kremer (12–4)Benton55–30
87July 22 Robins 13–3Brame (9–5)Moore10,00056–30
88July 23 Robins 7–10MorrisonFussell (2–1)56–31
89July 24 Robins 4–6ClarkMeine (5–2)56–32
90July 26 Braves 9–8Petty (3–6)Smith57–32
91July 27 Braves 3–10SeiboldFrench (3–3)57–33
92July 27 Braves 5–2Brame (10–5)Smith58–33
93July 29 Braves 9–10JonesMeine (5–3)Cantwell2,50058–34
94July 30 Phillies 5–13WilloughbyKremer (12–5)58–35
95July 31 Phillies 2–6KoupalBrame (10–6)3,00058–36
August: 13–16 (Home: 8–4; Away: 5–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
96August 1 Phillies 3–1Petty (4–6)Elliott3,00059–36
97August 2 Phillies 0–2SweetlandFrench (3–4)59–37
98August 5 Giants 10–11HubbellBrame (10–7)Benton59–38
99August 6 Giants 3–5WalkerPetty (4–7)59–39
100August 7 Giants 4–3Kremer (13–5)Henry60–39
101August 8 Cardinals 5–1Brame (11–7)Alexander61–39
102August 9 Cardinals 7–6Swetonic (6–7)Johnson5,00062–39
103August 10@ Robins 6–4Petty (5–7)ClarkHill (3)63–39
104August 10@ Robins 3–6VanceMeine (5–4)20,00063–40
105August 11@ Robins 3–5MossKremer (13–6)Morrison9,00063–41
106August 12@ Robins 2–4 (10)MorrisonHill (2–3)63–42
107August 14@ Braves 1–0Petty (6–7)Jones64–42
108August 15@ Braves 1–2BrandtKremer (13–7)64–43
109August 16@ Braves 9–3Brame (12–7)Seibold65–43
110August 17@ Braves 3–2French (4–4)SmithSwetonic (3)66–43
111August 19@ Phillies 6–7SmytheSwetonic (6–8)66–44
112August 19@ Phillies 5–8McGrawKremer (13–8)Smythe66–45
113August 20@ Phillies 6–8KoupalBrame (12–8)Willoughby66–46
114August 21@ Phillies 8–10CollinsSwetonic (6–9)Smythe66–47
115August 22@ Giants 6–2Petty (7–7)Henry67–47
116August 24@ Giants 8–14FitzsimmonsFussell (2–2)67–48
117August 24@ Giants 6–7HubbellGrimes (16–3)67–49
118August 25@ Giants 5–10BentonPetty (7–8)20,00067–50
119August 27@ Phillies 4–7SmytheBrame (12–9)67–51
120August 28 Cubs 10–3Grimes (17–3)Malone68–51
121August 28 Cubs 7–6Kremer (14–8)CvengrosSwetonic (4)20,00069–51
122August 29 Cubs 5–4Petty (8–8)Carlson70–51
123August 30 Cubs 15–0Meine (6–4)Bush71–51
124August 31 Cubs 6–7MaloneGrimes (17–4)Bush71–52
September: 15–12 (Home: 11–7; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
125September 1@ Reds 9–7 (12)Kremer (15–8)Lucas72–52
126September 2 Reds 5–7MayPetty (8–9)8,50072–53
127September 2 Reds 9–8 (13)Swetonic (7–9)Kolp12,00073–53
128September 4@ Reds 4–5KolpMeine (6–5)1,14873–54
129September 5@ Reds 10–5Brame (13–9)Lucas74–54
130September 6 Robins 5–6ClarkGrimes (17–5)Morrison74–55
131September 6 Robins 8–1Petty (9–9)Moss4,00075–55
132September 7 Robins 6–2Kremer (16–8)Dudley76–55
133September 8@ Robins 1–2VanceFrench (4–5)10,00076–56
134September 9 Robins 9–7Brame (14–9)Moore77–56
135September 10 Robins 7–6French (5–5)Morrison78–56
136September 11 Giants 1–2WalkerGrimes (17–6)78–57
137September 11 Giants 5–10MaysSwetonic (7–10)78–58
138September 12 Giants 5–8FitzsimmonsKremer (16–9)78–59
139September 16 Phillies 3–2 (10)Petty (10–9)Sweetland79–59
140September 16 Phillies 5–2Brame (15–9)Smythe80–59
141September 17 Phillies 11–7French (6–5)SmytheSwetonic (5)81–59
142September 18 Braves 4–5BrandtKremer (16–10)81–60
143September 18 Braves 5–2Meine (7–5)Jones82–60
144September 19 Braves 3–6SeiboldGrimes (17–7)Cooney82–61
145September 20 Braves 10–3Petty (11–9)Peery83–61
146September 21 Braves 4–0Brame (16–9)Smith84–61
147September 26@ Cardinals 1–2HaidPetty (11–10)84–62
148September 27@ Cardinals 2–4FrankhouseBrame (16–10)Johnson84–63
149September 28@ Cardinals 8–5Swetonic (8–10)Sherdel85–63
150September 29@ Cardinals 5–1Kremer (17–10)Grabowski86–63
151September 29@ Cardinals 2–10HallahanMeine (7–6)86–64
October: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
152October 5 Cardinals 1–3HallahanBrame (16–11)86–65
153October 5 Cardinals 8–7Kremer (18–10)Johnson87–65
154October 6@ Cubs 8–3French (7–5)Grampp30,00088–65
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1929 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Charlie Hargreaves 10232888.268144
1B Earl Sheely 139485142.293688
2B George Grantham 110349107.3071290
SS Dick Bartell 143610184.302257
3B Pie Traynor 130540192.3564108
OF Lloyd Waner 151662234.353574
OF Paul Waner 151596200.33615100
OF Adam Comorosky 127473152.321697

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Rollie Hemsley 8823568.289037
Sparky Adams 7419651.260011
Stu Clarke 5717847.264221
Fred Brickell 6011837.314017
Cobe Jones 256316.25404
Ira Flagstead 265014.28006
Bob Linton 17182.11101
Harry Riconda 8157.46702
Jim Mosolf 8136.46202
Jim Stroner 683.37500
Ben Sankey 271.14300
John O'Connell 271.14300
Bill Windle 210.00000
Mel Ingram 300----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Burleigh Grimes 33232.21773.1362
Erv Brame 37229.216114.5568
Ray Kremer 34221.218104.2666
Leon Chagnon 17.0009.004

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jesse Petty 36184.111103.7158
Steve Swetonic 41143.28104.8235
Larry French 30123.0754.9049
Heinie Meine 22108.0764.5019
Carmen Hill 2779.0233.9928
Fred Fussell 2139.2228.6218

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Joe Dawson 40108.312
Ralph Erickson 100027.000
Lee Meadows 100013.500

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References

  1. From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.