1928 Pittsburgh Pirates

85-67 • 0.559 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
67 Losses
0.559 Win %
4th Rank
837 R 704 RA
Diff +133

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⚡ Quick Stats

837 Runs Scored
704 Runs Allowed
+133 Run Diff
503K Attendance

📈 vs. 1928 NL Average

Batting Avg .308 10% above the 1928 league average (.281)
OBP .360 6% above the 1928 league average (.341)
SLG .337 4% above the 1928 league average (.324)
Team ERA 3.95 1% better than the 1928 league average (3.99)
Runs Scored 837 16% above the 1928 league average (721 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 503,550
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Avg per Game 6,539

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Paul Waner 0.370 2 Pie Traynor 0.337 3 Lloyd Waner 0.335 4 George Grantham 0.323 5 Fred Brickell 0.322

Home Runs

1 George Grantham 10 2 Glenn Wright 8 3 Paul Waner 6 4 Pete Scott 5 5 Lloyd Waner 5

RBI

1 Pie Traynor 124 2 Paul Waner 86 3 George Grantham 85 4 Glenn Wright 66 5 Lloyd Waner 61
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lloyd Waner 152 659 121 221 0 0 5 61 40 13 8 0.335
Paul Waner 152 602 142 223 0 0 6 86 77 16 6 0.370
Pie Traynor 144 569 91 192 0 0 3 124 28 10 12 0.337
Sparky Adams 135 539 91 149 0 0 0 38 64 18 8 0.276
George Grantham 124 440 93 142 0 0 10 85 59 37 9 0.323
Glenn Wright 108 407 63 126 0 0 8 66 21 53 3 0.310
Charlie Hargreaves 79 260 15 74 0 0 1 32 12 9 1 0.285
Dick Bartell 72 233 27 71 0 0 1 36 21 18 4 0.305
Fred Brickell 81 202 34 65 0 0 3 41 20 18 5 0.322
Clyde Barnhart 61 196 18 58 0 0 4 30 11 9 3 0.296
Pete Scott 60 177 33 55 0 0 5 33 18 14 1 0.311
Adam Comorosky 51 176 22 52 0 0 2 34 15 6 1 0.295
Rollie Hemsley 50 133 14 36 0 0 0 18 4 10 1 0.271
Burleigh Grimes 48 131 17 42 0 0 0 16 4 15 1 0.321
Carmen Hill 36 86 5 20 0 0 0 13 2 16 0 0.233
Earl Smith 32 85 8 21 0 0 2 11 11 7 0 0.247
Johnny Gooch 31 80 7 19 0 0 0 5 3 6 0 0.237
Ray Kremer 34 78 4 14 0 0 0 9 7 29 0 0.179
Fred Fussell 28 58 4 7 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 0.121
Erv Brame 35 49 6 13 0 0 1 11 4 3 0 0.265
Joe Dawson 31 43 4 12 0 0 0 3 4 6 0 0.279
Eddie Mulligan 27 43 4 10 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0.233
Mack Hillis 11 36 6 9 0 0 1 7 0 6 1 0.250
Johnny Miljus 21 26 4 8 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 0.308
Joe Harris 16 23 2 9 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0.391
Bill Burwell 4 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.222
Homer Blankenship 5 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.375
Les Bartholomew 6 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.143
Walt Tauscher 17 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167
Lee Meadows 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.500
Cobe Jones 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
John O'Connell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Glenn Spencer 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Elmer Tutwiler 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Windle 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Burleigh Grimes 2.99 2 Joe Dawson 3.29 3 Carmen Hill 3.53 4 Fred Fussell 3.61 5 Ray Kremer 4.64

Wins

1 Burleigh Grimes 25 2 Carmen Hill 16 3 Ray Kremer 15 4 Fred Fussell 8 5 Erv Brame 7

Strikeouts

1 Burleigh Grimes 97 2 Carmen Hill 73 3 Ray Kremer 61 4 Fred Fussell 43 5 Joe Dawson 36
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Burleigh Grimes 25 14 2.99 48 37 3 330.2 77 97
Carmen Hill 16 10 3.53 36 31 2 237.0 81 73
Ray Kremer 15 13 4.64 34 31 0 219.0 68 61
Fred Fussell 8 9 3.61 28 20 1 159.2 41 43
Joe Dawson 7 7 3.29 31 7 3 128.2 56 36
Erv Brame 7 4 5.08 24 11 0 95.2 44 22
Johnny Miljus 5 7 5.30 21 10 1 69.2 33 26
Walt Tauscher 0 0 4.91 17 0 1 29.1 12 7
Les Bartholomew 0 0 7.15 6 0 0 22.2 9 6
Homer Blankenship 0 2 5.82 5 2 0 21.2 9 6
Bill Burwell 1 0 5.23 4 1 0 20.2 8 2
Lee Meadows 1 1 8.10 4 2 0 10.0 5 3
Glenn Spencer 0 0 1.59 4 0 0 5.2 3 2
Elmer Tutwiler 0 0 4.91 2 0 0 3.2 0 1

👥 Roster (35)

Sparky Adams Clyde Barnhart Dick Bartell Les Bartholomew Homer Blankenship Erv Brame Fred Brickell Bill Burwell Adam Comorosky Joe Dawson Fred Fussell Johnny Gooch +23 more

35 players

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