1928 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1928 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (Since 1909) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Since 1887)
1928 Information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Donie Bush
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1928 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 47th season in franchise history. The team scored the most runs in the National League. However, they also allowed the third most and slipped down to fourth place in the standings.

Offseason

• December 3, 1927: Mike Cvengros and Ike Danning were traded by the Pirates to the Wichita Falls Spudders for Fred Fussell.

Regular season

During the season, Burleigh Grimes became the last pitcher to win at least 25 games in one season for the Pirates in the 20th century.

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	--	.617
New York Giants	93	61	2	.604
Chicago Cubs	91	63	4	.591
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	67	9	.559
Cincinnati Reds	78	74	16	.513
Brooklyn Robins	77	76	17.5	.503
Boston Braves	50	103	44.5	.327
Philadelphia Phillies	43	109	51	.283

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Hargreaves, CharlieCharlie Hargreaves	79	260	74	.285	1	32
1B	Grantham, GeorgeGeorge Grantham	124	440	142	.323	10	85
2B	Adams, SparkySparky Adams	135	539	149	.276	0	38
SS	Wright, GlennGlenn Wright	108	407	126	.310	8	66
3B	Traynor, PiePie Traynor	144	569	192	.337	3	124
OF	Waner, LloydLloyd Waner	152	659	221	.335	5	61
OF	Waner, PaulPaul Waner	152	602	223	.370	6	86
OF	Brickell, FredFred Brickell	81	202	65	.322	3	41

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
O'Connell, JohnJohn O'Connell	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Grimes, BurleighBurleigh Grimes	48	330.2	25	14	2.99	97
Fussell, FredFred Fussell	28	159.2	8	9	3.61	43

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Brame, ErvErv Brame	24	95.2	7	4	5.08	22
Blankenship, HomerHomer Blankenship	5	21.2	0	1	5.82	6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bartholomew, LesLes Bartholomew	6	0	0	0	7.15	6

League leaders

George Grantham

• #3 in NL in on-base percentage (.408)

Burleigh Grimes

• MLB leader in wins (25)
• #4 in NL in strikeouts (97)

Pie Traynor

• #2 in NL in RBI (124)

Lloyd Waner

• #3 in NL in runs scored (121)

Paul Waner

• NL leader in runs scored (142)
• #2 in NL in batting average (.370)
• #2 in NL in on-base percentage (.446)

External links

• 1928 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1928 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac