1929 Pittsburgh Pirates

88-65 • 0.575 Win% • 2nd in NL

📊 Season Record

88 Wins
65 Losses
0.575 Win %
2nd Rank
904 R 780 RA
Diff +124

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⚡ Quick Stats

904 Runs Scored
780 Runs Allowed
+124 Run Diff
545K Attendance

📈 vs. 1929 NL Average

Batting Avg .302 3% above the 1929 league average (.294)
OBP .361 2% above the 1929 league average (.353)
SLG .335 3% below the 1929 league average (.346)
Team ERA 4.36 8% better than the 1929 league average (4.72)
Runs Scored 904 9% above the 1929 league average (826 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 545,000
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Avg per Game 7,171

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Pie Traynor 0.356 2 Lloyd Waner 0.353 3 Paul Waner 0.336 4 Adam Comorosky 0.321 5 Fred Brickell 0.314

Home Runs

1 Paul Waner 15 2 George Grantham 12 3 Adam Comorosky 6 4 Earl Sheely 6 5 Lloyd Waner 5

RBI

1 Pie Traynor 108 2 Paul Waner 100 3 Adam Comorosky 97 4 George Grantham 90 5 Earl Sheely 88
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lloyd Waner 151 662 134 234 0 0 5 74 37 20 6 0.353
Dick Bartell 143 610 101 184 0 0 2 57 40 29 11 0.302
Paul Waner 151 596 131 200 0 0 15 100 89 24 15 0.336
Pie Traynor 130 540 94 192 0 0 4 108 30 7 13 0.356
Earl Sheely 139 485 63 142 0 0 6 88 75 24 6 0.293
Adam Comorosky 127 473 86 152 0 0 6 97 40 22 19 0.321
George Grantham 110 349 85 107 0 0 12 90 93 38 10 0.307
Charlie Hargreaves 102 328 33 88 0 0 1 44 16 12 1 0.268
Rollie Hemsley 88 235 31 68 0 0 0 37 11 22 1 0.289
Sparky Adams 74 196 37 51 0 0 0 11 15 5 3 0.260
Stu Clarke 57 178 20 47 0 0 2 21 19 21 3 0.264
Fred Brickell 60 118 13 37 0 0 0 17 7 12 3 0.314
Erv Brame 59 116 9 36 0 0 4 25 2 7 0 0.310
Burleigh Grimes 33 91 11 26 0 0 0 12 4 10 0 0.286
Ray Kremer 34 86 4 11 0 0 1 8 7 26 0 0.128
Jesse Petty 36 67 2 7 0 0 0 6 1 17 0 0.104
Cobe Jones 25 63 6 16 0 0 0 4 1 5 1 0.254
Ira Flagstead 26 50 8 14 0 0 0 6 4 2 1 0.280
Steve Swetonic 42 48 11 13 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.271
Larry French 30 42 4 8 0 0 0 8 2 12 1 0.190
Heinie Meine 22 39 6 4 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0.103
Carmen Hill 27 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.036
Bob Linton 17 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.111
Fred Fussell 21 16 4 4 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0.250
Harry Riconda 8 15 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.467
Jim Mosolf 8 13 3 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.462
Jim Stroner 6 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.375
John O'Connell 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.143
Ben Sankey 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
Leon Chagnon 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Dawson 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.500
Lee Meadows 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Windle 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ralph Erickson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mel Ingram 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Burleigh Grimes 3.13 2 Jesse Petty 3.71 3 Carmen Hill 3.99 4 Ray Kremer 4.26 5 Heinie Meine 4.50

Wins

1 Ray Kremer 18 2 Burleigh Grimes 17 3 Erv Brame 16 4 Jesse Petty 11 5 Steve Swetonic 8

Strikeouts

1 Erv Brame 68 2 Ray Kremer 66 3 Burleigh Grimes 62 4 Jesse Petty 58 5 Larry French 49
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Burleigh Grimes 17 7 3.13 33 29 2 232.2 70 62
Erv Brame 16 11 4.55 37 28 0 229.2 71 68
Ray Kremer 18 10 4.26 34 27 0 221.2 60 66
Jesse Petty 11 10 3.71 36 25 0 184.1 42 58
Steve Swetonic 8 10 4.82 41 12 5 143.2 50 35
Larry French 7 5 4.90 30 13 1 123.0 62 49
Heinie Meine 7 6 4.50 22 13 1 108.0 34 19
Carmen Hill 2 3 3.99 27 3 3 79.0 35 28
Fred Fussell 2 2 8.62 21 3 1 39.2 8 18
Joe Dawson 0 1 8.31 4 0 0 8.2 3 2
Leon Chagnon 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 7.0 1 4
Ralph Erickson 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 0
Lee Meadows 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0.2 1 0

👥 Roster (35)

Sparky Adams Dick Bartell Erv Brame Fred Brickell Leon Chagnon Stu Clarke Adam Comorosky Joe Dawson Ralph Erickson Ira Flagstead Larry French Fred Fussell +23 more

35 players

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