1928 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 85-67
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 503,550, Avg. 7,298
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Donie Bush (85-67)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1928 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 85-67
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 503,550, Avg. 7,298
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Donie Bush (85-67)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1928 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1928 season with a record of 85 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Pirates led the circuit with 837 runs. Pittsburgh surrendered 704 runs. George Grantham paced the squad with 10 home runs Pie Traynor drove in 124 runs. Paul Waner topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .370 clip. Burleigh Grimes notched 25 wins on the mound for the team, while Carmen Hill and Ray Kremer added 15 or more victories also Burleigh Grimes registered a 2.99 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Donie Bush 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burleigh Grimes | 25 | 14 | .641 | 2.99 | 48 | 37 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 330.7 | 311 | 146 | 110 | 11 | 77 | 0 | 97 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1377 |
| Carmen Hill | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.53 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 237.0 | 229 | 110 | 93 | 16 | 81 | 0 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1008 |
| Ray Kremer | 15 | 13 | .536 | 4.64 | 34 | 31 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 219.0 | 253 | 124 | 113 | 15 | 68 | 0 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 963 |
| Fred Fussell | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.61 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 159.7 | 183 | 79 | 64 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 689 |
| Erv Brame | 7 | 4 | .636 | 5.08 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 95.7 | 110 | 62 | 54 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 436 |
| Joe Dawson | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.29 | 31 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 128.7 | 116 | 54 | 47 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 548 |
| Johnny Miljus | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.30 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 69.7 | 90 | 48 | 41 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 334 |
| Bill Burwell | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| Lee Meadows | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Glenn Spencer | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Walt Tauscher | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.3 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 124 | |
| Elmer Tutwiler | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Les Bartholomew | 0 | 0 | 7.15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 31 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 103 | |
| Homer Blankenship | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.82 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| Totals | 85 | 67 | .559 | 3.95 | 264 | 152 | 70 | 82 | 8 | 11 | 1354.0 | 1422 | 704 | 594 | 66 | 446 | 0 | 385 | 26 | 1 | 23 | 5861 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Waner | 152 | 697 | 602 | 142 | 223 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 16 | .370 | .446 | .547 | .992 | 329 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Waner | 152 | 720 | 659 | 121 | 221 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 13 | .335 | .377 | .434 | .811 | 286 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Pie Traynor | 144 | 640 | 569 | 91 | 192 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 124 | 12 | 0 | 28 | 10 | .337 | .370 | .462 | .832 | 263 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| Sparky Adams | 135 | 628 | 539 | 91 | 149 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 64 | 18 | .276 | .357 | .325 | .682 | 175 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| George Grantham | 124 | 522 | 440 | 93 | 142 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 85 | 9 | 0 | 59 | 37 | .323 | .408 | .486 | .894 | 214 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Wright | 108 | 443 | 407 | 63 | 126 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 53 | .310 | .343 | .457 | .800 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hargreaves | 79 | 284 | 260 | 15 | 74 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | .285 | .319 | .342 | .661 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Bartell | 72 | 271 | 233 | 27 | 71 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 18 | .305 | .377 | .386 | .763 | 90 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Brickell | 81 | 225 | 202 | 34 | 65 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 18 | .322 | .383 | .426 | .809 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde Barnhart | 61 | 211 | 196 | 18 | 58 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .296 | .333 | .408 | .741 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Scott | 60 | 203 | 177 | 33 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 14 | .311 | .378 | .497 | .875 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Comorosky | 51 | 198 | 176 | 22 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | .295 | .354 | .398 | .752 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Burleigh Grimes | 48 | 140 | 131 | 17 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .321 | .341 | .397 | .738 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Rollie Hemsley | 50 | 140 | 133 | 14 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .271 | .292 | .331 | .623 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Smith | 32 | 99 | 85 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | .247 | .333 | .388 | .722 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Carmen Hill | 36 | 92 | 86 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .233 | .250 | .302 | .552 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gooch | 31 | 88 | 80 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .238 | .265 | .288 | .553 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Kremer | 34 | 88 | 78 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 29 | .179 | .247 | .218 | .465 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Erv Brame | 35 | 54 | 49 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .265 | .321 | .408 | .729 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Dawson | 31 | 48 | 43 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .279 | .340 | .372 | .713 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Mulligan | 27 | 50 | 43 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .233 | .283 | .279 | .562 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Harris | 16 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .391 | .500 | .565 | 1.065 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Hillis | 11 | 38 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .250 | .250 | .556 | .806 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Miljus | 21 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .308 | .333 | .308 | .641 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Fussell | 28 | 62 | 58 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .121 | .164 | .121 | .285 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Homer Blankenship | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Meadows | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Burwell | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Windle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cobe Jones | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Tauscher | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Bartholomew | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John O'Connell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Spencer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Tutwiler | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1664 | 6037 | 5371 | 837 | 1659 | 246 | 100 | 52 | 768 | 64 | 0 | 435 | 352 | .309 | .364 | .421 | .785 | 2261 | 0 | 29 | 202 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Wright | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Windle | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Waner | 1B | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 234 | 8 | 4 | 17 | .984 | 1.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Scott | 1B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .980 | 12.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Harris | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 6.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Grantham | 1B | 119 | 0 | 0.0 | 1117 | 71 | 17 | 83 | .986 | 9.983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Mulligan | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .958 | 5.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mack Hillis | 2B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 4 | .973 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Grantham | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Bartell | 2B | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 106 | 118 | 6 | 26 | .974 | 5.744 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sparky Adams | 2B | 107 | 0 | 0.0 | 265 | 343 | 18 | 54 | .971 | 5.682 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pie Traynor | 3B | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 175 | 296 | 27 | 15 | .946 | 3.271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Mulligan | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mack Hillis | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Grantham | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bartell | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clyde Barnhart | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Earl Smith | C | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 78 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .967 | 3.179 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John O'Connell | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rollie Hemsley | C | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 127 | 24 | 6 | 4 | .962 | 3.082 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Hargreaves | C | 77 | 0 | 0.0 | 230 | 47 | 11 | 7 | .962 | 3.597 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Gooch | C | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 92 | 20 | 5 | 3 | .957 | 3.613 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Wright | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Waner | OF | 131 | 0 | 0.0 | 299 | 14 | 8 | 0 | .975 | 2.389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Waner | OF | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 418 | 15 | 9 | 4 | .980 | 2.849 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Scott | OF | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 90 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .979 | 2.262 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adam Comorosky | OF | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 118 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .968 | 2.449 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Brickell | OF | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 107 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .958 | 2.260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Barnhart | OF | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 96 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 2.063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sparky Adams | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elmer Tutwiler | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Tauscher | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Spencer | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Miljus | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Meadows | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Kremer | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 1.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carmen Hill | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 44 | 5 | 2 | .911 | 1.417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Burleigh Grimes | P | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 106 | 4 | 6 | .966 | 2.396 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Fussell | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.036 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Dawson | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Burwell | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Erv Brame | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Homer Blankenship | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Bartholomew | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Wright | SS | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 194 | 301 | 39 | 59 | .927 | 4.901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cobe Jones | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bartell | SS | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 52 | 81 | 10 | 14 | .930 | 4.926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sparky Adams | SS | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 52 | 97 | 1 | 14 | .993 | 5.519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1552 | 0 | 0.0 | 4059 | 1803 | 201 | 340 | .967 | 3.777 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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