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1929 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928/1930)
88-65, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 904 runs, Allowed 780 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-66
Managed by Donie Bush and Jewel Ens

Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 491,377 (4th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 102, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1929 Stats / Schedule (1928/1930) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   88-65 , Final Rank: 2, GB:   10.5
Days in First:                  36 (last on July 23, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          26 (last on July 22)
Most Games under .500:           3 (last on May 4)

Biggest Lead:                  3.0 (last on July 13)
Farthest Behind Leader:       14.5 (last on August 27)

Longest Winning Streak:          8 (May 22 to May 29 and July 7 to July 15)
Longest Losing Streak:           4 (August 19 to August 21 and August 24 to August 27)

Most Runs Allowed:              20 (June 15)
Most Runs Scored:               17 (July 7)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       2
Times Opponent Shutout:          5

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        88  65     904     780    .575

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           45  31     471     382    .592
Road           43  34     433     398    .558

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           4   6      43      70    .400
May            19   8     173     130    .704
June           17  11     170     145    .607
July           18  11     197     149    .621
August         13  16     157     148    .448
September      15  12     147     125    .556
October         2   1      17      13    .667

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     49  26     472     383    .653
Second Half    39  39     432     397    .500
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        24  18     208     202    .571

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        24  17     327     254    .585

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO            13   9     147     101    .591
BSN            14   8     113      87    .636
CHC            13   9     131     111    .591
CIN            13   9     114     106    .591
NYG             8  13     110     145    .381
PHI            11  11     148     136    .500
STL            16   6     141      94    .727

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     PIT @CHC  W   4-3        1-0     1    Tied       B Grimes                          +
  2 Wed, Apr 17     PIT @CHC  L   2-13       1-1     1    Tied       P Malone                          -
  3 Thu, Apr 18     PIT @CHC  L   1-11       1-2     5     1.0       S Blake                           --
  4 Sat, Apr 20     PIT @CIN  W   5-4        2-2     5     1.5       B Grimes                          +
  5 Mon, Apr 22     PIT @CIN  L   4-9        2-3     6     2.0       R Lucas                           -
  6 Wed, Apr 24     PIT  CHC  W   5-4        3-3     5     1.0       S Swetonic                        +
  7 Fri, Apr 26     PIT  CHC  L   6-9        3-4     5     1.5       G Bush                            -
  8 Sat, Apr 27     PIT  CHC  L   7-8        3-5     6     2.5       P Malone                          --
  9 Sun, Apr 28     PIT @STL  W   6-2        4-5     5     2.5       J Petty                           +
 10 Mon, Apr 29     PIT @STL  L   3-7        4-6     6     3.0       C Mitchell                        -
 11 Wed, May  1     PIT @STL  -   4-4        4-6     5     3.5                                         -
 12 Sat, May  4     PIT @BSN  L   3-5        4-7     6     4.5       S Seibold                         --
 13 Sun, May  5     PIT @BSN  W   7-2        5-7     4     3.5       B Grimes                          +
 14 Mon, May  6     PIT @BSN  W   4-3        6-7     4     2.5       S Swetonic                        ++
 15 Tue, May  7     PIT @NYG  W   3-2        7-7     4     2.5       L French                          +++
 16 Wed, May  8     PIT @NYG  L   0-11       7-8     4     3.0       C Hubbell                         -
 17 Thu, May  9     PIT @NYG  W   4-3        8-8     4     3.0       B Grimes                          +
 18 Fri, May 10     PIT @PHI  W  13-9        9-8     4     3.0       E Brame                           ++
 19 Sat, May 11     PIT @PHI  L   6-11       9-9     4     3.0       L Roy                             -
 20 Mon, May 13     PIT @BRO  W  12-4       10-9     3     3.0       L French                          +
 21 Wed, May 15     PIT @BRO  W   9-4       11-9     3     2.5       B Grimes                          ++
 22 Thu, May 16     PIT  STL  L   9-10      11-10    4     3.5       S Johnson                         -
 23 Fri, May 17     PIT  STL  W   6-2       12-10    3     3.0       L French                          +
 24 Sat, May 18     PIT  STL  W   6-3       13-10    3     3.0       R Kremer                          ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sun, May 19     PIT @CHC  W   4-1       14-10    3     2.0       B Grimes                          +++
 26 Mon, May 20     PIT @CHC  L   1-6       14-11    3     3.0       G Bush                            -
 27 Tue, May 21     PIT @CHC  L   6-8       14-12    3     4.0       T Horne                           --
 28 Wed, May 22     PIT  CIN  W  11-2       15-12    3     3.5       R Kremer                          +
 29 Thu, May 23     PIT  CIN  W   6-3       16-12    3     3.0       B Grimes                          ++
 30 Sat, May 25     PIT  CIN  W   6-4       17-12    3     2.5       E Brame                           +++
 31 Sun, May 26     PIT @STL  W  12-8       18-12    3     1.5       F Fussell                         ++++
 32                 PIT @STL  W   7-5       19-12    3     1.5       R Kremer                          +++++
 33 Mon, May 27     PIT @STL  W  10-1       20-12    2     0.5       J Petty                           ++++++
 34 Tue, May 28     PIT @STL  W   5-2       21-12    1    Tied       E Brame                           +++++++
 35 Wed, May 29     PIT  CHC  W   7-2       22-12    1  up 1.0       S Swetonic                        ++++++++
 36 Thu, May 30     PIT  CHC  L   1-5       22-13    1    Tied       A Nehf                            -
 37                 PIT  CHC  W   4-0       23-13    1    Tied       B Grimes                          +
 38 Fri, May 31     PIT  PHI  L   7-10      23-14    2     1.0       C Willoughby                      -
 39 Sat, Jun  1     PIT  PHI  L   4-9       23-15    2     1.5       R Benge                           --
 40 Mon, Jun  3     PIT  PHI  W  14-2       24-15    2     1.5       B Grimes                          +
 41 Tue, Jun  4     PIT  PHI  W   9-5       25-15    2     1.0       S Swetonic                        ++
 42 Thu, Jun  6     PIT  BSN  W   4-2       26-15    1  up 0.5       R Kremer                          +++
 43 Fri, Jun  7     PIT  BSN  W   6-2       27-15    1  up 1.5       E Brame                           ++++
 44 Sat, Jun  8     PIT  BRO  W   9-2       28-15    1  up 1.5       B Grimes                          +++++
 45 Sun, Jun  9     PIT @BRO  L   6-9       28-16    1  up 0.5       C Dudley                          -
 46 Mon, Jun 10     PIT  BRO  L   6-7       28-17    2     0.5       C Moore                           --
 47 Tue, Jun 11     PIT  BRO  W   3-2       29-17    2     0.5       E Brame                           +
 48 Wed, Jun 12     PIT  NYG  W   7-6       30-17    1    Tied       H Meine                           ++
 49 Thu, Jun 13     PIT  NYG  W  11-7       31-17    1  up 0.5       C Hill                            +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Fri, Jun 14     PIT  NYG  L   2-7       31-18    2     0.5       L Benton                          -
 51 Sat, Jun 15     PIT  NYG  L  15-20      31-19    2     1.5       C Mays                            --
 52 Sun, Jun 16     PIT @CIN  W   8-3       32-19    2     0.5       H Meine                           +
 53                 PIT @CIN  L   1-8       32-20    2     0.5       P Donohue                         -
 54 Mon, Jun 17     PIT @CIN  W   2-1       33-20    2     0.5       R Kremer                          +
 55 Tue, Jun 18     PIT @CIN  L   1-2       33-21    2     0.5       R Lucas                           -
 56 Wed, Jun 19     PIT @CIN  W   6-5       34-21    1    Tied       C Hill                            +
 57 Fri, Jun 21     PIT @CHC  W  14-3       35-21    1  up 0.5       B Grimes                          ++
 58 Sat, Jun 22     PIT @CHC  W   7-4       36-21    1  up 1.5       R Kremer                          +++
 59 Sun, Jun 23     PIT @CHC  W   8-7       37-21    1  up 2.5       S Swetonic                        ++++
 60 Mon, Jun 24     PIT @CHC  L   3-4       37-22    1  up 1.5       C Root                            -
 61 Wed, Jun 26     PIT  CIN  L   4-6       37-23    1  up 1.0       D Luque                           --
 62 Thu, Jun 27     PIT  CIN  W   5-3       38-23    1  up 1.0       H Meine                           +
 63 Fri, Jun 28     PIT  CIN  L   3-10      38-24    1    Tied       R Lucas                           -
 64 Sat, Jun 29     PIT  CIN  W   3-0       39-24    2     0.5       B Grimes                          +
 65                 PIT  CIN  L   2-3       39-25    2     0.5       R Kolp                            -
 66 Sun, Jun 30     PIT @CIN  W   7-6       40-25    2     0.5       R Kremer                          +
 67 Tue, Jul  2     PIT  STL  W   5-3       41-25    2     0.5       E Brame                           ++
 68 Wed, Jul  3     PIT  STL  W  13-2       42-25    2     0.5       B Grimes                          +++
 69 Thu, Jul  4     PIT  STL  W   8-4       43-25    1  up 0.5       H Meine                           ++++
 70                 PIT  STL  W   8-2       44-25    1  up 0.5       R Kremer                          +++++
 71 Sat, Jul  6     PIT  CIN  L   3-5       44-26    1  up 0.5       R Kolp                            -
 72 Sun, Jul  7     PIT @BRO  W  17-6       45-26    1  up 0.5       E Brame                           +
 73 Mon, Jul  8     PIT @BRO  W   8-4       46-26    1  up 0.5       B Grimes                          ++
 74 Tue, Jul  9     PIT @BRO  W   3-1       47-26    1  up 1.5       R Kremer                          +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Wed, Jul 10     PIT @PHI  W  15-9       48-26    1  up 1.5       F Fussell                         ++++
 76 Thu, Jul 11     PIT @PHI  W   6-2       49-26    1  up 2.0       E Brame                           +++++
 77 Fri, Jul 12     PIT @PHI  W   6-4       50-26    1  up 3.0       B Grimes                          ++++++
 78 Sat, Jul 13     PIT @PHI  W  10-2       51-26    1  up 3.0       R Kremer                          +++++++
 79 Mon, Jul 15     PIT @BSN  W   5-4       52-26    1  up 2.5       H Meine                           ++++++++
 80 Tue, Jul 16     PIT @BSN  L   1-4       52-27    1  up 2.5       B Smith                           -
 81 Wed, Jul 17     PIT @BSN  L   4-7       52-28    1  up 2.0       S Seibold                         --
 82                 PIT @BSN  W  13-5       53-28    1  up 2.0       R Kremer                          +
 83 Thu, Jul 18     PIT @NYG  L   1-4       53-29    1  up 1.0       C Hubbell                         -
 84 Sat, Jul 20     PIT @NYG  W   5-2       54-29    1    Tied       B Grimes                          +
 85                 PIT @NYG  L   4-8       54-30    1    Tied       C Mays                            -
 86 Sun, Jul 21     PIT @NYG  W   5-3       55-30    1  up 1.0       R Kremer                          +
 87 Mon, Jul 22     PIT  BRO  W  13-3       56-30    1  up 1.5       E Brame                           ++
 88 Tue, Jul 23     PIT  BRO  L   7-10      56-31    1  up 0.5       J Morrison                        -
 89 Wed, Jul 24     PIT  BRO  L   4-6       56-32    2     0.5       W Clark                           --
 90 Fri, Jul 26     PIT  BSN  W   9-8       57-32    2     1.0       J Petty                           +
 91 Sat, Jul 27     PIT  BSN  L   3-10      57-33    2     2.0       S Seibold                         -
 92                 PIT  BSN  W   5-2       58-33    2     2.0       E Brame                           +
 93 Mon, Jul 29     PIT  BSN  L   9-10      58-34    2     3.5       P Jones                           -
 94 Tue, Jul 30     PIT  PHI  L   5-13      58-35    2     4.5       C Willoughby                      --
 95 Wed, Jul 31     PIT  PHI  L   2-6       58-36    2     5.0       L Koupal                          ---
 96 Thu, Aug  1     PIT  PHI  W   3-1       59-36    2     5.0       J Petty                           +
 97 Fri, Aug  2     PIT  PHI  L   0-2       59-37    2     5.5       L Sweetland                       -
 98 Mon, Aug  5     PIT  NYG  L  10-11      59-38    2     7.5       C Hubbell                         --
 99 Tue, Aug  6     PIT  NYG  L   3-5       59-39    2     7.5       B Walker                          ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Wed, Aug  7     PIT  NYG  W   4-3       60-39    2     7.0       R Kremer                          +
101 Thu, Aug  8     PIT  STL  W   5-1       61-39    2     6.5       E Brame                           ++
102 Fri, Aug  9     PIT  STL  W   7-6       62-39    2     6.5       S Swetonic                        +++
103 Sat, Aug 10     PIT @BRO  W   6-4       63-39    2     7.0       J Petty                           ++++
104                 PIT @BRO  L   3-6       63-40    2     7.0       D Vance                           -
105 Sun, Aug 11     PIT @BRO  L   3-5       63-41    2     8.0       R Moss                            --
106 Mon, Aug 12     PIT @BRO  L   2-4       63-42    2     8.0       J Morrison                        ---
107 Wed, Aug 14     PIT @BSN  W   1-0       64-42    2     8.0       J Petty                           +
108 Thu, Aug 15     PIT @BSN  L   1-2       64-43    2     8.5       E Brandt                          -
109 Fri, Aug 16     PIT @BSN  W   9-3       65-43    2     7.5       E Brame                           +
110 Sat, Aug 17     PIT @BSN  W   3-2       66-43    2     7.5       L French                          ++
111 Mon, Aug 19     PIT @PHI  L   6-7       66-44    2     9.0       H Smythe                          -
112                 PIT @PHI  L   5-8       66-45    2     9.0       B McGraw                          --
113 Tue, Aug 20     PIT @PHI  L   6-8       66-46    2     9.5       L Koupal                          ---
114 Wed, Aug 21     PIT @PHI  L   8-10      66-47    2    10.5       P Collins                         ----
115 Thu, Aug 22     PIT @NYG  W   6-2       67-47    2    10.5       J Petty                           +
116 Sat, Aug 24     PIT @NYG  L   8-14      67-48    2    12.5       F Fitzsimmon                      -
117                 PIT @NYG  L   6-7       67-49    2    12.5       C Hubbell                         --
118 Sun, Aug 25     PIT @NYG  L   5-10      67-50    2    13.0       L Benton                          ---
119 Tue, Aug 27     PIT @PHI  L   4-7       67-51    2    14.5       H Smythe                          ----
120 Wed, Aug 28     PIT  CHC  W  10-3       68-51    2    12.5       B Grimes                          +
121                 PIT  CHC  W   7-6       69-51    2    12.5       R Kremer                          ++
122 Thu, Aug 29     PIT  CHC  W   5-4       70-51    2    11.5       J Petty                           +++
123 Fri, Aug 30     PIT  CHC  W  15-0       71-51    2    10.5       H Meine                           ++++
124 Sat, Aug 31     PIT  CHC  L   6-7       71-52    2    11.5       P Malone                          -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sun, Sep  1     PIT @CIN  W   9-7       72-52    2    11.5       R Kremer                          +
126 Mon, Sep  2     PIT  CIN  L   5-7       72-53    2    12.5       J May                             -
127                 PIT  CIN  W   9-8       73-53    2    12.5       S Swetonic                        +
128 Wed, Sep  4     PIT @CIN  L   4-5       73-54    2    13.0       R Kolp                            -
129 Thu, Sep  5     PIT @CIN  W  10-5       74-54    2    12.5       E Brame                           +
130 Fri, Sep  6     PIT  BRO  L   5-6       74-55    2    12.5       W Clark                           -
131                 PIT  BRO  W   8-1       75-55    2    12.5       J Petty                           +
132 Sat, Sep  7     PIT  BRO  W   6-2       76-55    2    13.0       R Kremer                          ++
133 Sun, Sep  8     PIT @BRO  L   1-2       76-56    2    13.0       D Vance                           -
134 Mon, Sep  9     PIT  BRO  W   9-7       77-56    2    13.0       E Brame                           +
135 Tue, Sep 10     PIT  BRO  W   7-6       78-56    2    12.5       L French                          ++
136 Wed, Sep 11     PIT  NYG  L   1-2       78-57    2    14.0       B Walker                          -
137                 PIT  NYG  L   5-10      78-58    2    14.0       C Mays                            --
138 Thu, Sep 12     PIT  NYG  L   5-8       78-59    2    14.0       F Fitzsimmon                      ---
139 Mon, Sep 16     PIT  PHI  W   3-2       79-59    2    13.5       J Petty                           +
140                 PIT  PHI  W   5-2       80-59    2    13.5       E Brame                           ++
141 Tue, Sep 17     PIT  PHI  W  11-7       81-59    2    12.0       L French                          +++
142 Wed, Sep 18     PIT  BSN  L   4-5       81-60    2    11.5       E Brandt                          -
143                 PIT  BSN  W   5-2       82-60    2    11.5       H Meine                           +
144 Thu, Sep 19     PIT  BSN  L   3-6       82-61    2    12.5       S Seibold                         -
145 Fri, Sep 20     PIT  BSN  W  10-3       83-61    2    12.0       J Petty                           +
146 Sat, Sep 21     PIT  BSN  W   4-0       84-61    2    11.0       E Brame                           ++
147 Thu, Sep 26     PIT @STL  L   1-2       84-62    2    11.0       H Haid                            -
148 Fri, Sep 27     PIT @STL  L   2-4       84-63    2    11.5       F Frankhouse                      --
149 Sat, Sep 28     PIT @STL  W   8-5       85-63    2    10.5       S Swetonic                        +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sun, Sep 29     PIT @STL  W   5-1       86-63    2    11.0       R Kremer                          ++
151                 PIT @STL  L   2-10      86-64    2    11.0       B Hallahan                        -
152 Sat, Oct  5     PIT  STL  L   1-3       86-65    2    11.5       B Hallahan                        --
153                 PIT  STL  W   8-7       87-65    2    11.5       R Kremer                          +
154 Sun, Oct  6     PIT @CHC  W   8-3       88-65    2    10.5       L French                          ++

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