1929 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1929 Pittsburgh Pirates
1929 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Jewel Ens
Television	none
Radio	none

The 1929 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 48th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 43rd in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 88–65.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	98	54	0.645	—	52–25	46–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	65	0.575	10½	45–31	43–34
New York Giants	84	67	0.556	13½	39–37	45–30
St. Louis Cardinals	78	74	0.513	20	43–32	35–42
Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	0.464	27½	39–37	32–45
Brooklyn Robins	70	83	0.458	28½	42–35	28–48
Cincinnati Reds	66	88	0.429	33	38–39	28–49
Boston Braves	56	98	0.364	43	34–43	22–55

Record vs. opponents

1929 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	—	11–11	7–15	8–14	9–13	5–17	8–14	8–14
Brooklyn	11–11	—	6–16	11–11	14–7	9–13	9–13	10–12
Chicago	15–7	16–6	—	14–8–1	12–10–1	17–5–1	9–13	15–5–1
Cincinnati	14–8	11–11	8–14–1	—	10–12	11–11	9–13	3–19
New York	13–9	7–14	10–12–1	12–10	—	16–5	13–8	13–9
Philadelphia	17–5	13–9	5–17–1	11–11	5–16	—	11–11	9–13
Pittsburgh	14–8	13–9	13–9	13–9	8–13	11–11	—	16–6–1
St. Louis	14–8	12–10	5–15–1	19–3	9–13	13–9	6–16–1	—

Game log

1929 Game Log: 88–65 (Home: 45–31; Away: 43–34)

April: 4–6 (Home: 1–2; Away: 3–4)

May: 19–8 (Home: 7–3; Away: 12–5)

June: 17–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 7–4)

July: 18–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 11–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
67	July 2	Cardinals	5–3	Brame (6–3)	Mitchell	—	—	41–25
68	July 3	Cardinals	13–2	Grimes (13–1)	Sherdel	—	—	42–25
69	July 4	Cardinals	8–4	Meine (4–0)	Johnson	—	20,000	43–25
70	July 4	Cardinals	8–2	Kremer (8–4)	Haid	—	43,000	44–25
71	July 6	Reds	3–5	Kolp	Swetonic (5–7)	May	—	44–26
72	July 7	@ Robins	17–6	Brame (7–3)	Dudley	Fussell (1)	19,000	45–26
73	July 8	@ Robins	8–4	Grimes (14–1)	Morrison	—	—	46–26
74	July 9	@ Robins	3–1	Kremer (9–4)	Dudley	—	—	47–26
75	July 10	@ Phillies	15–9	Fussell (2–0)	Benge	Hill (2)	—	48–26
76	July 11	@ Phillies	6–2	Brame (8–3)	Roy	—	—	49–26
77	July 12	@ Phillies	6–4	Grimes (15–1)	Sweetland	—	—	50–26
78	July 13	@ Phillies	10–2	Kremer (10–4)	Dailey	—	—	51–26
79	July 15	@ Braves	5–4 (11)	Meine (5–0)	Brandt	—	—	52–26
80	July 16	@ Braves	1–4	Smith	Brame (8–4)	—	—	52–27
81	July 17	@ Braves	4–7	Seibold	Grimes (15–2)	—	—	52–28
82	July 17	@ Braves	13–5	Kremer (11–4)	Leverett	—	—	53–28
83	July 18	@ Giants	1–4	Hubbell	Brame (8–5)	—	—	53–29
84	July 20	@ Giants	5–2	Grimes (16–2)	Walker	Swetonic (2)	—	54–29
85	July 20	@ Giants	4–8	Mays	Meine (5–1)	—	—	54–30
86	July 21	@ Giants	5–3	Kremer (12–4)	Benton	—	—	55–30
87	July 22	Robins	13–3	Brame (9–5)	Moore	—	10,000	56–30
88	July 23	Robins	7–10	Morrison	Fussell (2–1)	—	—	56–31
89	July 24	Robins	4–6	Clark	Meine (5–2)	—	—	56–32
90	July 26	Braves	9–8	Petty (3–6)	Smith	—	—	57–32
91	July 27	Braves	3–10	Seibold	French (3–3)	—	—	57–33
92	July 27	Braves	5–2	Brame (10–5)	Smith	—	—	58–33
93	July 29	Braves	9–10	Jones	Meine (5–3)	Cantwell	2,500	58–34
94	July 30	Phillies	5–13	Willoughby	Kremer (12–5)	—	—	58–35
95	July 31	Phillies	2–6	Koupal	Brame (10–6)	—	3,000	58–36

August: 13–16 (Home: 8–4; Away: 5–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 1	Phillies	3–1	Petty (4–6)	Elliott	—	3,000	59–36
97	August 2	Phillies	0–2	Sweetland	French (3–4)	—	—	59–37
98	August 5	Giants	10–11	Hubbell	Brame (10–7)	Benton	—	59–38
99	August 6	Giants	3–5	Walker	Petty (4–7)	—	—	59–39
100	August 7	Giants	4–3	Kremer (13–5)	Henry	—	—	60–39
101	August 8	Cardinals	5–1	Brame (11–7)	Alexander	—	—	61–39
102	August 9	Cardinals	7–6	Swetonic (6–7)	Johnson	—	5,000	62–39
103	August 10	@ Robins	6–4	Petty (5–7)	Clark	Hill (3)	—	63–39
104	August 10	@ Robins	3–6	Vance	Meine (5–4)	—	20,000	63–40
105	August 11	@ Robins	3–5	Moss	Kremer (13–6)	Morrison	9,000	63–41
106	August 12	@ Robins	2–4 (10)	Morrison	Hill (2–3)	—	—	63–42
107	August 14	@ Braves	1–0	Petty (6–7)	Jones	—	—	64–42
108	August 15	@ Braves	1–2	Brandt	Kremer (13–7)	—	—	64–43
109	August 16	@ Braves	9–3	Brame (12–7)	Seibold	—	—	65–43
110	August 17	@ Braves	3–2	French (4–4)	Smith	Swetonic (3)	—	66–43
111	August 19	@ Phillies	6–7	Smythe	Swetonic (6–8)	—	—	66–44
112	August 19	@ Phillies	5–8	McGraw	Kremer (13–8)	Smythe	—	66–45
113	August 20	@ Phillies	6–8	Koupal	Brame (12–8)	Willoughby	—	66–46
114	August 21	@ Phillies	8–10	Collins	Swetonic (6–9)	Smythe	—	66–47
115	August 22	@ Giants	6–2	Petty (7–7)	Henry	—	—	67–47
116	August 24	@ Giants	8–14	Fitzsimmons	Fussell (2–2)	—	—	67–48
117	August 24	@ Giants	6–7	Hubbell	Grimes (16–3)	—	—	67–49
118	August 25	@ Giants	5–10	Benton	Petty (7–8)	—	20,000	67–50
119	August 27	@ Phillies	4–7	Smythe	Brame (12–9)	—	—	67–51
120	August 28	Cubs	10–3	Grimes (17–3)	Malone	—	—	68–51
121	August 28	Cubs	7–6	Kremer (14–8)	Cvengros	Swetonic (4)	20,000	69–51
122	August 29	Cubs	5–4	Petty (8–8)	Carlson	—	—	70–51
123	August 30	Cubs	15–0	Meine (6–4)	Bush	—	—	71–51
124	August 31	Cubs	6–7	Malone	Grimes (17–4)	Bush	—	71–52

September: 15–12 (Home: 11–7; Away: 4–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
125	September 1	@ Reds	9–7 (12)	Kremer (15–8)	Lucas	—	—	72–52
126	September 2	Reds	5–7	May	Petty (8–9)	—	8,500	72–53
127	September 2	Reds	9–8 (13)	Swetonic (7–9)	Kolp	—	12,000	73–53
128	September 4	@ Reds	4–5	Kolp	Meine (6–5)	—	1,148	73–54
129	September 5	@ Reds	10–5	Brame (13–9)	Lucas	—	—	74–54
130	September 6	Robins	5–6	Clark	Grimes (17–5)	Morrison	—	74–55
131	September 6	Robins	8–1	Petty (9–9)	Moss	—	4,000	75–55
132	September 7	Robins	6–2	Kremer (16–8)	Dudley	—	—	76–55
133	September 8	@ Robins	1–2	Vance	French (4–5)	—	10,000	76–56
134	September 9	Robins	9–7	Brame (14–9)	Moore	—	—	77–56
135	September 10	Robins	7–6	French (5–5)	Morrison	—	—	78–56
136	September 11	Giants	1–2	Walker	Grimes (17–6)	—	—	78–57
137	September 11	Giants	5–10	Mays	Swetonic (7–10)	—	—	78–58
138	September 12	Giants	5–8	Fitzsimmons	Kremer (16–9)	—	—	78–59
139	September 16	Phillies	3–2 (10)	Petty (10–9)	Sweetland	—	—	79–59
140	September 16	Phillies	5–2	Brame (15–9)	Smythe	—	—	80–59
141	September 17	Phillies	11–7	French (6–5)	Smythe	Swetonic (5)	—	81–59
142	September 18	Braves	4–5	Brandt	Kremer (16–10)	—	—	81–60
143	September 18	Braves	5–2	Meine (7–5)	Jones	—	—	82–60
144	September 19	Braves	3–6	Seibold	Grimes (17–7)	Cooney	—	82–61
145	September 20	Braves	10–3	Petty (11–9)	Peery	—	—	83–61
146	September 21	Braves	4–0	Brame (16–9)	Smith	—	—	84–61
147	September 26	@ Cardinals	1–2	Haid	Petty (11–10)	—	—	84–62
148	September 27	@ Cardinals	2–4	Frankhouse	Brame (16–10)	Johnson	—	84–63
149	September 28	@ Cardinals	8–5	Swetonic (8–10)	Sherdel	—	—	85–63
150	September 29	@ Cardinals	5–1	Kremer (17–10)	Grabowski	—	—	86–63
151	September 29	@ Cardinals	2–10	Hallahan	Meine (7–6)	—	—	86–64

October: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 1–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1929 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Mel Ingram

Manager

Jewel Ens

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	Charlie Hargreaves	102	328	88	.268	1	44
1B	Earl Sheely	139	485	142	.293	6	88
2B	George Grantham	110	349	107	.307	12	90
SS	Dick Bartell	143	610	184	.302	2	57
3B	Pie Traynor	130	540	192	.356	4	108
OF	Lloyd Waner	151	662	234	.353	5	74
OF	Paul Waner	151	596	200	.336	15	100
OF	Adam Comorosky	127	473	152	.321	6	97

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
Rollie Hemsley	88	235	68	.289	0	37
Sparky Adams	74	196	51	.260	0	11
Stu Clarke	57	178	47	.264	2	21
Fred Brickell	60	118	37	.314	0	17
Cobe Jones	25	63	16	.254	0	4
Ira Flagstead	26	50	14	.280	0	6
Bob Linton	17	18	2	.111	0	1
Harry Riconda	8	15	7	.467	0	2
Jim Mosolf	8	13	6	.462	0	2
Jim Stroner	6	8	3	.375	0	0
Ben Sankey	2	7	1	.143	0	0
John O'Connell	2	7	1	.143	0	0
Bill Windle	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Mel Ingram	3	0	0	---	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
Burleigh Grimes	33	232.2	17	7	3.13	62
Erv Brame	37	229.2	16	11	4.55	68
Ray Kremer	34	221.2	18	10	4.26	66
Leon Chagnon	1	7	0	0	9.00	4

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
Jesse Petty	36	184.1	11	10	3.71	58
Steve Swetonic	41	143.2	8	10	4.82	35
Larry French	30	123	7	5	4.90	49
Heinie Meine	22	108	7	6	4.50	19
Carmen Hill	27	79	2	3	3.99	28
Fred Fussell	21	39.2	2	2	8.62	18

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	L	ERA	SO
Joe Dawson	4	1	8.31	2
Ralph Erickson	1	0	27.00	0
Lee Meadows	1	0	13.50	0

References

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

[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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