1923 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1923 Pittsburgh Pirates
1923 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Bill McKechnie
Television	none
Radio	none

The 1923 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 42nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 37th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 87–67.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	95	58	.621	—	47‍–‍30	48‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds	91	63	.591	4½	46‍–‍32	45‍–‍31
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	.565	8½	47‍–‍30	40‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs	83	71	.539	12½	46‍–‍31	37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals	79	74	.516	16	42‍–‍35	37‍–‍39
Brooklyn Robins	76	78	.494	19½	37‍–‍40	39‍–‍38
Boston Braves	54	100	.351	41½	22‍–‍55	32‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies	50	104	.325	45½	20‍–‍55	30‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1923 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	—	8–14	6–16	7–15	6–16	13–9	5–17	9–13–1
Brooklyn	14–8	—	10–12	8–14	11–11	12–10–1	11–11	10–12
Chicago	16–6	12–10	—	9–13	10–12	13–9	11–11	12–10
Cincinnati	15–7	14–8	13–9	—	12–10	19–3	8–14	10–12
New York	16–6	11–11	12–10	10–12	—	19–3	13–9	14–7
Philadelphia	9–13	10–12–1	9–13	3–19	3–19	—	9–13	7–15
Pittsburgh	17–5	11–11	11–11	14–8	9–13	13–9	—	12–10
St. Louis	13–9–1	12–10	10–12	12–10	7–14	15–7	10–12	—

Game log

1923 Game Log: 87–67 (Home: 47–30; Away: 40–37)

April: 6–7 (Home: 3–0; Away: 3–7)

May: 18–9 (Home: 9–1; Away: 9–8)

June: 15–8 (Home: 11–6; Away: 4–2)

July: 19–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 9–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
64	July 1	@ Reds	2–3	Donohue	Cooper (8–7)	Luque	—	39–25
65	July 2	Cardinals	4–1	Hamilton (3–2)	Pfeffer	—	—	40–25
66	July 3	Cardinals	4–2	Meadows (5–3)	Toney	—	8,000	41–25
67	July 4	Cardinals	7–5	Cooper (9–7)	Pfeffer	—	—	42–25
68	July 4	Cardinals	6–1	Morrison (12–4)	Haines	—	—	43–25
69	July 6	@ Phillies	2–5	Mitchell	Cooper (9–8)	—	1,000	43–26
70	July 7	@ Phillies	18–5	Meadows (6–3)	Glazner	—	—	44–26
71	July 9	@ Phillies	2–4	Behan	Morrison (12–5)	—	—	44–27
72	July 10	@ Giants	8–9 (10)	Blume	Bagby (2–2)	—	10,000	44–28
73	July 11	@ Giants	1–6	Watson	Hamilton (3–3)	—	—	44–29
74	July 12	@ Giants	5–3	Meadows (7–3)	McQuillan	—	25,000	45–29
75	July 12	@ Giants	2–4	Scott	Adams (8–3)	—	40,000	45–30
76	July 13	@ Giants	10–1	Morrison (13–5)	Bentley	—	7,500	46–30
77	July 14	@ Robins	1–2	Vance	Cooper (9–9)	—	20,000	46–31
78	July 14	@ Robins	5–3	Bagby (3–2)	Henry	—	23,000	47–31
79	July 15	@ Robins	3–2	Hamilton (4–3)	Ruether	—	15,000	48–31
80	July 16	@ Robins	4–8	Grimes	Meadows (7–4)	—	—	48–32
81	July 17	@ Robins	2–6	Smith	Morrison (13–6)	—	2,500	48–33
82	July 18	@ Braves	5–1	Cooper (10–9)	Marquard	—	—	49–33
83	July 19	@ Braves	8–6	Meadows (8–4)	Barnes	Morrison (2)	—	50–33
84	July 20	@ Braves	5–8	Genewich	Hamilton (4–4)	—	—	50–34
85	July 21	@ Braves	14–4	Morrison (14–6)	McNamara	—	—	51–34
86	July 21	@ Braves	6–4	Cooper (11–9)	Miller	—	—	52–34
87	July 23	Cubs	3–12 (12)	Alexander	Meadows (8–5)	—	—	52–35
88	July 25	Braves	5–2	Adams (9–3)	Benton	—	—	53–35
89	July 25	Braves	10–3	Morrison (15–6)	Fillingim	—	—	54–35
90	July 26	Braves	8–7 (12)	Hamilton (5–4)	Barnes	—	—	55–35
91	July 27	Braves	8–5	Meadows (9–5)	Oeschger	—	—	56–35
92	July 28	Braves	3–1	Cooper (12–9)	Genewich	—	—	57–35
93	July 30	Giants	5–4	Steineder (1–0)	Scott	—	32,000	58–35
94	July 30	Giants	2–17	Nehf	Morrison (15–7)	Jonnard	32,000	58–36
95	July 31	Giants	4–5	McQuillan	Hamilton (5–5)	Ryan	10,000	58–37

August: 14–14 (Home: 4–9; Away: 10–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 1	Giants	2–1	Cooper (13–9)	Bentley	—	15,000	59–37
97	August 2	Giants	2–3	Watson	Meadows (9–6)	—	18,000	59–38
98	August 4	Phillies	2–4	Ring	Adams (9–4)	—	—	59–39
99	August 4	Phillies	4–3	Morrison (16–7)	Weinert	—	—	60–39
100	August 6	Phillies	4–6	Mitchell	Cooper (13–10)	—	—	60–40
101	August 7	Phillies	5–7	Glazner	Meadows (9–7)	Behan	—	60–41
102	August 8	Robins	2–9	Vance	Hamilton (5–6)	—	5,000	60–42
103	August 8	Robins	5–2	Morrison (17–7)	Grimes	—	7,000	61–42
104	August 9	Robins	6–2	Adams (10–4)	Dickerman	—	4,000	62–42
105	August 11	Robins	6–7	Ruether	Cooper (13–11)	—	12,000	62–43
106	August 12	@ Robins	2–11	Vance	Hamilton (5–7)	—	22,000	62–44
107	August 12	@ Robins	0–6	Grimes	Morrison (17–8)	—	22,000	62–45
108	August 13	@ Robins	5–2	Meadows (10–7)	Smith	—	4,000	63–45
109	August 14	@ Phillies	10–16	Couch	Stone (0–1)	Weinert	—	63–46
110	August 15	@ Phillies	4–3	Cooper (14–11)	Behan	—	—	64–46
111	August 16	@ Phillies	5–8	Betts	Morrison (17–9)	—	—	64–47
112	August 17	@ Phillies	11–6	Hamilton (6–7)	Ring	—	—	65–47
113	August 18	@ Phillies	9–8 (13)	Adams (11–4)	Ring	—	10,000	66–47
114	August 19	@ Giants	1–2 (12)	Scott	Cooper (14–12)	—	25,000	66–48
115	August 20	@ Giants	3–1	Morrison (18–9)	Nehf	—	7,000	67–48
116	August 21	@ Giants	9–5	Adams (12–4)	Watson	Hamilton (1)	8,000	68–48
117	August 23	@ Braves	8–3	Meadows (11–7)	Barnes	—	—	69–48
118	August 24	@ Braves	7–2	Cooper (15–12)	Oeschger	—	—	70–48
119	August 25	@ Braves	5–2	Morrison (19–9)	Marquard	—	—	71–48
120	August 26	@ Robins	9–2	Adams (13–4)	Ruether	—	10,000	72–48
121	August 29	Cubs	2–6	Kaufmann	Cooper (15–13)	—	5,000	72–49
122	August 30	Cardinals	4–6	Haines	Morrison (19–10)	—	5,000	72–50
123	August 31	Cardinals	2–3	Doak	Cooper (15–14)	—	4,500	72–51

September: 13–16 (Home: 10–11; Away: 3–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
124	September 1	Cardinals	2–8	Sherdel	Adams (13–5)	—	10,000	72–52
125	September 2	@ Cubs	8–6 (11)	Meadows (12–7)	Kaufmann	—	—	73–52
126	September 3	Reds	7–2	Morrison (20–10)	Benton	—	—	74–52
127	September 4	Reds	1–2	Rixey	Cooper (15–15)	—	7,000	74–53
128	September 5	Reds	6–2	Meadows (13–7)	Luque	—	5,000	75–53
129	September 6	Cubs	5–1 (5)	Hamilton (7–7)	Alexander	—	—	76–53
130	September 7	Cubs	4–6	Keen	Adams (13–6)	—	—	76–54
131	September 8	Cubs	4–0	Morrison (21–10)	Aldridge	—	—	77–54
132	September 9	@ Reds	3–8	Luque	Cooper (15–16)	—	10,000	77–55
133	September 10	@ Reds	8–0	Meadows (14–7)	Donohue	—	—	78–55
134	September 11	@ Reds	4–3	Morrison (22–10)	Benton	—	—	79–55
135	September 13	Robins	4–7	Vance	Hamilton (7–8)	—	5,000	79–56
136	September 13	Robins	6–3	Cooper (16–16)	Henry	—	12,000	80–56
137	September 15	Robins	4–1	Meadows (15–7)	Ruether	—	6,000	81–56
138	September 15	Robins	2–13	Grimes	Morrison (22–11)	—	12,000	81–57
139	September 17	Braves	1–6	Marquard	Cooper (16–17)	—	—	81–58
140	September 18	Braves	12–2	Morrison (23–11)	Barnes	—	—	82–58
141	September 19	Braves	4–5	Genewich	Adams (13–7)	—	—	82–59
142	September 21	Giants	4–8	Scott	Meadows (15–8)	Nehf	10,000	82–60
143	September 21	Giants	1–8	Watson	Cooper (16–18)	—	20,000	82–61
144	September 22	Giants	3–4	Bentley	Morrison (23–12)	—	—	82–62
145	September 24	Phillies	2–4	Couch	Meadows (15–9)	Behan	—	82–63
146	September 24	Phillies	4–3 (10)	Cooper (17–18)	Betts	—	—	83–63
147	September 25	Phillies	18–5	Steineder (2–0)	Glazner	—	—	84–63
148	September 26	Phillies	6–0	Morrison (24–12)	Behan	—	—	85–63
149	September 27	@ Cubs	2–8	Keen	Hamilton (7–9)	—	—	85–64
150	September 28	@ Cubs	1–2	Aldridge	Cooper (17–19)	—	—	85–65
151	September 29	@ Cubs	4–5 (10)	Alexander	Meadows (15–10)	—	—	85–66
152	September 30	@ Cubs	4–5	Wheeler	Morrison (24–13)	—	20,000	85–67

October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

May 22, 1923: Cotton Tierney, Whitey Glazner and $50,000 were traded by the Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Lee Meadows and Johnny Rawlings.^[2]

Roster

1923 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Bill McKechnie

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	Walter Schmidt	97	335	83	.248	0	37
1B	Charlie Grimm	152	563	194	.345	7	99
2B	Johnny Rawlings	119	461	131	.284	1	45
SS	Rabbit Maranville	141	581	161	.277	1	41
3B	Pie Traynor	153	616	208	.338	12	101
OF	Max Carey	153	610	188	.308	6	63
OF	Carson Bigbee	123	499	149	.299	0	54
OF	Clyde Barnhart	114	327	106	.324	9	72

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
Reb Russell	94	291	84	.289	9	58
Johnny Gooch	66	202	56	.277	1	20
Cotton Tierney	29	120	35	.292	2	23
Walter Mueller	40	111	34	.306	0	20
Spencer Adams	25	56	14	.250	0	4
Kiki Cuyler	11	40	10	.250	0	2
Jim Mattox	22	32	6	.188	0	1
Jewel Ens	12	29	8	.276	0	5
Eddie Moore	6	26	7	.269	0	1
Frank Luce	9	12	6	.500	0	3
Eppie Barnes	2	2	1	.500	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
Johnny Morrison	42	301.2	25	13	3.49	114
Wilbur Cooper	39	294.2	17	19	3.57	77
Lee Meadows	31	227	16	10	3.01	66
Babe Adams	26	158.2	13	7	4.42	38

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
Earl Hamilton	28	141	7	9	3.77	42
Jim Bagby	21	68.2	3	2	5.24	16
Ray Steineder	15	55	2	0	4.75	23
Whitey Glazner	7	30	2	1	3.30	8
George Boehler	10	28.1	1	3	6.04	12

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
Earl Kunz	21	1	2	1	5.52	12
Arnie Stone	9	0	1	0	8.03	2
Hal Carlson	4	0	0	0	4.73	4

Notes

^ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ Cotton Tierney page at Baseball Reference

References

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

[2] Cotton Tierney page at Baseball Reference

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