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1928 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927/1929) 85-67, Finished 4th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 837 runs, Allowed 704 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-64 Managed by Donie Bush Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 495,070 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 105   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 Stats (1927/1929) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Charlie Hargreaves  31   79  260   15   74   8  2   1   32  12    9  .285  .319  .342   1           1  11           70
1B *George Grantham     28  124  440   93  142  24  9  10   85  59   37  .323  .408  .486   9           4  19          129
2B  Sparky Adams        33  135  539   91  149  14  6   0   38  64   18  .276  .357  .325   8           4  21           77
3B  Pie Traynor         29  144  569   91  192  38 12   3  124  28   10  .337  .370  .462  12           1  42          113
SS  Glenn Wright        27  108  407   63  126  20  8   8   66  21   53  .310  .343  .457   3           0  15          104
OF *Lloyd Waner         22  152  659  121  221  22 14   5   61  40   13  .335  .377  .434   8           4  17          108
OF *Paul Waner          25  152  602  142  223  50 19   6   86  77   16  .370  .446  .547   6           5  13          154
OF *Fred Brickell       21   81  202   34   65   4  4   3   41  20   18  .322  .383  .426   5           0   3          108
    Dick Bartell        20   72  233   27   71   8  4   1   36  21   18  .305  .377  .386   4           6  11           97
    Clyde Barnhart      32   61  196   18   58   6  2   4   30  11    9  .296  .333  .408   3           0   4           90
    Pete Scott          30   60  177   33   55  10  4   5   33  18   14  .311  .378  .497   1           1   7          123
    Adam Comorosky      22   51  176   22   52   6  3   2   34  15    6  .295  .354  .398   1           1   6           93
    Rollie Hemsley      21   50  133   14   36   2  3   0   18   4   10  .271  .292  .331   1           0   3           60
   *Earl Smith          31   32   85    8   21   6  0   2   11  11    7  .247  .333  .388   0           0   3           85
   #Johnny Gooch        30   31   80    7   19   2  1   0    5   3    6  .238  .265  .288   0           0   5           42
    Eddie Mulligan      33   27   43    4   10   2  0   0    1   3    4  .233  .283  .279   0           0   4           45
    Mack Hillis         26   11   36    6    9   2  3   1    7   0    6  .250  .250  .556   1           0   2          102
    Joe Harris          37   16   23    2    9   2  1   0    2   4    2  .391  .500  .565   0           1   0          173
   #Cobe Jones          20    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0           0   0          158
    John O'Connell      24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
   *Bill Windle         23    1    1    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 2.000   0           0   0          654

    Burleigh Grimes     34   48  131   17   42   8  1   0   16   4   15  .321  .341  .397   1           0   5           89
    Carmen Hill         32   36   86    5   20   0  3   0   13   2   16  .233  .250  .302   0           0   4           41
    Ray Kremer          35   34   78    4   14   3  0   0    9   7   29  .179  .247  .218   0           0   3           20
   *Fred Fussell        32   28   58    4    7   0  0   0    0   2   12  .121  .164  .121   0           1   1          -26
   *Erv Brame           26   35   49    6   13   4  0   1   11   4    3  .265  .321  .408   0           0   1           86
    Joe Dawson          31   31   43    4   12   2  1   0    3   4    6  .279  .340  .372   0           0   1           83
    Johnny Miljus       33   21   26    4    8   0  0   0    3   1    5  .308  .333  .308   0           0   0           66
   *Bill Burwell        33    4    9    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .222  .222  .222   0           0   1           15
    Homer Blankenship   25    5    8    0    3   1  0   0    0   0    2  .375  .375  .500   0           0   0          123
    Les Bartholomew     25    6    7    0    1   1  0   0    1   0    4  .143  .143  .286   0           0   0            8
    Walt Tauscher       26   17    6    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    2  .167  .167  .167   0           0   0          -14
   *Lee Meadows         33    4    4    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0           0   0          158
    Glenn Spencer       22    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Elmer Tutwiler      22    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4  152 5371  837 1659 246 100  52  768 435  352  .309  .361  .421  64          29 202          106
    Rank among 8 NL teams          2    1    1   5  1   6        7    7     1     1     3   5                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Burleigh Grimes     34  48   2.99  25  14  3  37   9  28   4  330.7  311  146  110  11   77   97 1377   3   9  1     136
SP  Carmen Hill         32  36   3.53  16  10  2  31   4  16   1  237.0  229  110   93  16   81   73 1008   4   4  0     115
SP  Ray Kremer          35  34   4.64  15  13  0  31   1  17   1  219.0  253  124  113  15   68   61  963   5   4  0      87
SP *Fred Fussell        32  28   3.61   8   9  1  20   4   9   2  159.7  183   79   64   6   41   43  689   5   1  0     113

RP  Joe Dawson          31  31   3.29   7   7  3   7  17   1   0  128.7  116   54   47   6   56   36  548   2   1  0     123
RP  Walt Tauscher       26  17   4.91   0   0  1   0   9   0   0   29.3   28   20   16   0   12    7  124   1   3  0      83
RP  Erv Brame           26  24   5.08   7   4  0  11   7   6   0   95.7  110   62   54   5   44   22  436   1   1  0      80
RP  Johnny Miljus       33  21   5.30   5   7  1  10   7   3   0   69.7   90   48   41   2   33   26  334   1   3  0      77

   *Les Bartholomew     25   6   7.15   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   22.7   31   18   18   2    9    6  103   1   0  0      57
    Homer Blankenship   25   5   5.82   0   2  0   2   2   1   0   21.7   27   15   14   1    9    6   98   0   0  0      70
    Bill Burwell        33   4   5.23   1   0  0   1   1   0   0   20.7   18   12   12   2    8    2   87   0   0  0      78
    Lee Meadows         33   4   8.10   1   1  0   2   1   1   0   10.0   18   11    9   0    5    3   54   0   0  0      50
    Glenn Spencer       22   4   1.59   0   0  0   0   4   0   0    5.7    4    3    1   0    3    2   25   0   0  0     256
    Elmer Tutwiler      22   2   4.91   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.7    4    2    2   0    0    1   15   0   0  0      83
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 32.1 152   3.95  85  67 11 152  70  82   8 1354.0 1422  704  594  66  446  385 5861  23  26  1     103
    Rank among 8 NL teams           6   4   5  5           2   4      7    3    6        4    4    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CHargreaves 77 230 47 11 7 .962 2 RHemsley 49 127 24 6 4 .962 3 JGooch 31 92 20 5 3 .957 3 ESmith 28 78 11 3 2 .967 2 JO'Connell 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 152 528 104 25 16 .962 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 10.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GGrantham 119 1117 71 17 83 .986 9.98 PWaner 24 234 8 4 17 .984 10.08 PScott 8 96 3 2 1 .980 12.38 JHarris 6 36 5 0 7 1.000 6.83 BWindle 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 GWright 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 1485 87 23 108 .986 10.45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .970 5.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SAdams 107 265 343 18 54 .971 5.68 DBartell 39 106 118 6 26 .974 5.74 MHillis 8 12 24 1 4 .973 4.50 EMulligan 4 13 10 1 5 .958 5.75 GGrantham 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 396 495 26 89 .972 5.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .943 2.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PTraynor 144 175 296 27 15 .946 3.27 EMulligan 6 5 8 1 2 .929 2.17 CBarnhart 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DBartell 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GGrantham 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 MHillis 1 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 183 307 29 18 .944 3.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GWright 101 194 301 39 59 .927 4.90 SAdams 27 52 97 1 14 .993 5.52 DBartell 27 52 81 10 14 .930 4.93 CJones 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 298 480 50 87 .940 5.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .972 2.31 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- LWaner 152 418 15 9 4 .980 2.85 10 143 0 PWaner 131 299 14 8 0 .975 2.39 0 0 131 FBrickell 50 107 6 5 1 .958 2.26 44 0 8 AComorosky 49 118 2 4 1 .968 2.45 38 9 5 CBarnhart 48 96 3 3 0 .971 2.06 45 0 4 PScott 42 90 5 2 5 .979 2.26 29 0 13 SAdams 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 GWright 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 152 1128 45 31 11 .974 2.60 152 152 152 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGrimes 48 9 106 4 6 .966 3.13 CHill 36 7 44 5 2 .911 1.94 RKremer 34 7 33 2 0 .952 1.64 FFussell 28 4 25 2 1 .935 1.63 JDawson 31 6 15 0 0 1.000 1.47 EBrame 24 2 18 1 0 .952 1.88 JMiljus 21 2 15 0 1 1.000 2.20 WTauscher 17 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.15 LBartholome 6 0 5 1 1 .833 1.98 HBlankenshi 5 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.73 BBurwell 4 1 8 1 0 .900 3.91 LMeadows 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 GSpencer 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 ETutwiler 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 41 285 17 11 .950 2.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Waner .370 On-base % Waner .446 Slugging % Waner .547 OPS Waner .993 Games Waner and Waner 152 At Bats Waner 659 Plate Appearances (approx.) Waner 720 Runs Waner 142 Hits Waner 223 Total Bases Waner 329 Doubles Waner 50 Triples Waner 19 Home Runs Grantham 10 RBI Traynor 124 Bases on Balls Waner 77 Strikeouts Wright 53 Stolen Bases Traynor 12 Singles Waner 180 Adjusted OPS+ Waner 154 Runs Created Waner 145 Adjusted Batting Runs Waner 51 Batting Wins Waner 4.9 Extra-Base Hits Waner 75 Times on Base Waner 305 Offensive Win% Waner .790 Hit By Pitch Bartell 6 Sac. Hits Traynor 42 Power/Speed Number Grantham 9.5 At Bats per Strikeout Traynor 56.9 At Bats per Home Run Grantham 44.0 Outs Waner 455

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Grimes 2.99 Wins Grimes 25 Won-Loss % Grimes .641 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Grimes 1.173 Hits Allowed/9IP Grimes 8.46 Bases on Balls/9IP Grimes 2.10 Strikeouts/9IP Hill 2.77 Games Grimes 48 Saves Dawson and Grimes 3 Innings Grimes 330.7 Strikeouts Grimes 97 Games Started Grimes 37 Comp. Games Grimes 28 Shutouts Grimes 4 Home Runs Allow. Hill 16 Bases On Balls Allow. Hill 81 Hits Allowed Grimes 311 SO to Walk Grimes 1.26 Losses Grimes 14 Earned Runs Allow. Kremer 113 Wild Pitches Fussell and Kremer 5 Hit Batsmen Grimes 9 Batters Faced Grimes 1377 Games Finished Dawson 17 Adjusted ERA+ Grimes 136

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