1929 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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.

1929 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)Jewel Ens
Local televisionnone
Local radionone
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Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9854 0.645 — 52–25 46–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8865 0.575 10½ 45–31 43–34
New York Giants 8467 0.556 13½ 39–37 45–30
St. Louis Cardinals 7874 0.513 20 43–32 35–42
Philadelphia Phillies 7182 0.464 27½ 39–37 32–45
Brooklyn Robins 7083 0.458 28½ 42–35 28–48
Cincinnati Reds 6688 0.429 33 38–39 28–49
Boston Braves 5698 0.364 43 34–43 22–55

Record vs. opponents
1929 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —11–117–158–149–135–178–148–14
Brooklyn 11–11—6–1611–1114–79–139–1310–12
Chicago 15–716–6—14–8–112–10–117–5–19–1315–5–1
Cincinnati 14–811–118–14–1—10–1211–119–133–19
New York 13–97–1410–12–112–10—16–513–813–9
Philadelphia 17–513–95–17–111–115–16—11–119–13
Pittsburgh 14–813–913–913–98–1311–11—16–6–1
St. Louis 14–812–105–15–119–39–1313–96–16–1—

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)
August: 13–16 (Home: 8–4; Away: 5–12)
September: 15–12 (Home: 11–7; Away: 4–5)
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

 Manager

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
CCharlie Hargreaves10232888.268144
1BEarl Sheely139485142.293688
2BGeorge Grantham110349107.3071290
SSDick Bartell143610184.302257
3BPie Traynor130540192.3564108
OFLloyd Waner151662234.353574
OFPaul Waner151596200.33615100
OFAdam Comorosky127473152.321697

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 Hemsley8823568.289037
Sparky Adams7419651.260011
Stu Clarke5717847.264221
Fred Brickell6011837.314017
Cobe Jones256316.25404
Ira Flagstead265014.28006
Bob Linton17182.11101
Harry Riconda8157.46702
Jim Mosolf8136.46202
Jim Stroner683.37500
Ben Sankey271.14300
John O'Connell271.14300
Bill Windle210.00000
Mel Ingram300---00

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 Grimes33232.21773.1362
Erv Brame37229.216114.5568
Ray Kremer34221.218104.2666
Leon Chagnon17009.004

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 Petty36184.111103.7158
Steve Swetonic41143.28104.8235
Larry French30123754.9049
Heinie Meine22108764.5019
Carmen Hill2779233.9928
Fred Fussell2139.2228.6218

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
Joe Dawson40108.312
Ralph Erickson100027.000
Lee Meadows100013.500

References
  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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