1930 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1930 Pittsburgh Pirates
1930 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Jewel Ens
Television	none
Radio	none

The 1930 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 49th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 44th in the National League. The Pirates finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 80–74.

Regular season

Season standings

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	92	62	.597	—	53‍–‍24	39‍–‍38
Chicago Cubs	90	64	.584	2	51‍–‍26	39‍–‍38
New York Giants	87	67	.565	5	46‍–‍31	41‍–‍36
Brooklyn Robins	86	68	.558	6	49‍–‍28	37‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	.519	12	42‍–‍35	38‍–‍39
Boston Braves	70	84	.455	22	39‍–‍38	31‍–‍46
Cincinnati Reds	59	95	.383	33	37‍–‍40	22‍–‍55
Philadelphia Phillies	52	102	.338	40	35‍–‍42	17‍–‍60

Record vs. opponents

1930 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	5–17	13–9	11–11	14–8	10–12	8–14
Brooklyn	13–9	—	8–14	13–9	13–9	15–7	13–9	11–11
Chicago	17–5	14–8	—	11–11	10–12	16–6–2	11–11	11–11
Cincinnati	9–13	9–13	11–11	—	7–15	12–10	8–14	3–19
New York	11–11	9–13	12–10	15–7	—	16–6	14–8	10–12
Philadelphia	8–14	7–15	6–16–2	10–12	6–16	—	9–13	6–16
Pittsburgh	12–10	9–13	11–11	14–8	8–14	13–9	—	13–9
St. Louis	14–8	11–11	11–11	19–3	12–10	16–6	9–13	—

Game log

1930 Game Log: 80–74 (Home: 42–35; Away: 38–39)

April: 9–3 (Home: 2–0; Away: 7–3)

May: 11–15 (Home: 8–13; Away: 3–2)

June: 10–16 (Home: 6–5; Away: 4–11)

July: 18–15 (Home: 7–4; Away: 11–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
65	July 1	Braves	8–3	French (7–10)	Brandt	—	—	31–34
66	July 2	Braves	4–6	Seibold	Brame (5–2)	—	—	31–35
67	July 3	Braves	0–8	Smith	Spencer (3–4)	—	—	31–36
68	July 4	Cubs	1–10	Teachout	Meine (3–5)	—	12,000	31–37
69	July 4	Cubs	5–1	Kremer (10–5)	Root	—	14,000	32–37
70	July 5	Cubs	3–12	Osborn	French (7–11)	—	—	32–38
71	July 6	@ Cardinals	1–2	Haines	Spencer (3–5)	—	—	32–39
72	July 6	@ Cardinals	4–12	Grimes	Brame (5–3)	—	—	32–40
73	July 7	@ Cardinals	9–5	French (8–11)	Haid	—	—	33–40
74	July 8	@ Cardinals	10–5	Kremer (11–5)	Rhem	—	—	34–40
75	July 9	@ Cardinals	6–7	Haid	Meine (3–6)	—	—	34–41
76	July 11	Cardinals	6–2	Brame (6–3)	Hallahan	—	—	35–41
77	July 12	Cardinals	3–2	Kremer (12–5)	Haines	—	—	36–41
78	July 13	@ Robins	1–0	French (9–11)	Elliott	—	18,000	37–41
79	July 14	@ Robins	8–12	Vance	Spencer (3–6)	—	—	37–42
80	July 15	@ Robins	0–5	Clark	Brame (6–4)	—	—	37–43
81	July 16	@ Braves	3–4	Zachary	Kremer (12–6)	—	—	37–44
82	July 16	@ Braves	9–5	Meine (4–6)	Sherdel	—	—	38–44
83	July 17	@ Braves	6–2	French (10–11)	Cantwell	—	—	39–44
84	July 18	@ Braves	12–4	Spencer (4–6)	Seibold	—	—	40–44
85	July 19	@ Braves	9–4	Brame (7–4)	Smith	—	—	41–44
86	July 21	@ Phillies	2–7	Sweetland	Kremer (12–7)	—	—	41–45
87	July 22	@ Phillies	5–11	Collins	French (10–12)	—	—	41–46
88	July 23	@ Phillies	2–1	Meine (5–6)	Hansen	—	—	42–46
89	July 23	@ Phillies	16–15 (13)	French (11–12)	Sweetland	—	—	43–46
90	July 24	@ Giants	0–1 (7)	Hubbell	Kremer (12–8)	—	—	43–47
91	July 25	@ Giants	1–3	Mitchell	French (11–13)	—	—	43–48
92	July 26	@ Giants	4–10	Fitzsimmons	Brame (7–5)	—	—	43–49
93	July 27	@ Giants	10–8	Meine (6–6)	Walker	Swetonic (5)	—	44–49
94	July 27	@ Giants	8–4	Spencer (5–6)	Donohue	—	—	45–49
95	July 29	Cardinals	6–5	Kremer (13–8)	Grabowski	—	—	46–49
96	July 30	Cardinals	6–5	Brame (8–5)	Haines	—	3,000	47–49
97	July 31	Cardinals	4–3	French (12–13)	Lindsey	—	—	48–49

August: 20–12 (Home: 16–7; Away: 4–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
98	August 1	@ Cubs	7–10	Osborn	Spencer (5–7)	—	30,000	48–50
99	August 2	@ Cubs	14–8	Kremer (14–8)	Bush	—	—	49–50
100	August 3	@ Cubs	12–8	Brame (9–5)	Root	—	—	50–50
101	August 6	Robins	4–7	Thurston	French (12–14)	Heimach	—	50–51
102	August 7	Robins	4–6	Vance	Spencer (5–8)	Clark	—	50–52
103	August 8	Giants	1–9	Walker	Meine (6–7)	—	—	50–53
104	August 8	Giants	2–7	Hubbell	Brame (9–6)	—	11,000	50–54
105	August 9	Giants	6–10	Pruett	Kremer (14–9)	—	7,000	50–55
106	August 11	Giants	8–5	French (13–14)	Chaplin	—	—	51–55
107	August 12	Phillies	8–7 (14)	Swetonic (3–1)	Elliott	—	—	52–55
108	August 12	Phillies	8–3	Spencer (6–8)	Sweetland	—	5,000	53–55
109	August 13	Phillies	8–4	Kremer (15–9)	Collard	—	—	54–55
110	August 15	Phillies	5–7	Collins	Meine (6–8)	—	—	54–56
111	August 15	Phillies	3–2 (10)	Swetonic (4–1)	Sweetland	—	—	55–56
112	August 16	Robins	5–7	Moss	Wood (0–1)	Clark	—	55–57
113	August 16	Robins	6–2	Kremer (16–9)	Thurston	—	—	56–57
114	August 17	@ Robins	0–5	Vance	French (13–15)	—	18,000	56–58
115	August 18	Robins	4–3	Brame (10–6)	Clark	—	—	57–58
116	August 19	Robins	8–0	Swetonic (5–1)	Phelps	—	—	58–58
117	August 20	Braves	5–0	Kremer (17–9)	Seibold	—	—	59–58
118	August 22	Braves	10–3	French (14–15)	Zachary	—	—	60–58
119	August 23	Braves	5–0	Wood (1–1)	Smith	—	—	61–58
120	August 23	Braves	2–1	Brame (11–6)	Cantwell	—	—	62–58
121	August 24	@ Reds	9–6	Kremer (18–9)	Frey	—	—	63–58
122	August 24	@ Reds	0–2	Kolp	Swetonic (5–2)	—	9,000	63–59
123	August 26	@ Cubs	5–7	Blake	French (14–16)	—	25,000	63–60
124	August 27	@ Cubs	10–8	Brame (12–6)	Root	—	—	64–60
125	August 28	Reds	16–12	Kremer (19–9)	Lucas	Spencer (3)	—	65–60
126	August 28	Reds	11–2	Swetonic (6–2)	Frey	—	—	66–60
127	August 30	Reds	5–0	Wood (2–1)	Kolp	—	—	67–60
128	August 30	Reds	3–2	French (15–16)	Benton	—	—	68–60
129	August 31	@ Reds	1–4	Rixey	Brame (12–7)	—	—	68–61

September: 12–13 (Home: 3–6; Away: 9–7)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Brickell-CF
Grantham-2B
Waner-RF
Comorosky-LF
Suhr-1B
Bartell-SS
Hemsley-C
Engle-3B
Kremer-P

Roster

1930 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Jewel Ens

Coaches

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

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
Ben Sankey	13	30	5	.167	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
Erv Brame	32	235.2	17	8	4.70	55

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
Leon Chagnon	18	62	0	3	6.82	27

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
Ralph Erickson	7	1	0	0	7.07	2
Andy Bednar	2	0	0	0	27.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Wichita Aviators	Western League	Art Griggs
B	Columbia Comers	Sally League	Marty Fiedler and Lee Stebbins

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wichita Aviators

References

^ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

1930 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1930 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

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