1928 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1928 Pittsburgh Pirates
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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

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.[3]

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

Record vs. opponents

1928 National League Records

Sources:

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 7–15 5–17 10–12 6–16 13–9 5–16 4–18
Brooklyn 15–7 — 10–12 10–12–1 9–13–1 15–7 9–12 9–13
Chicago 17–5 12–10 — 13–9 14–8 13–9 11–11 11–11
Cincinnati 12–10 12–10–1 9–13 — 8–14 13–7 12–10 12–10
New York 16–6 13–9–1 8–14 14–8 — 17–5 11–11 14–8
Philadelphia 9–13 7–15 9–13 7–13 5–17 — 4–18 2–20
Pittsburgh 16–5 12–9 11–11 10–12 11–11 18–4 — 7–15
St. Louis 18–4 13–9 11–11 10–12 8–14 20–2 15–7 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1928 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
C Charlie Hargreaves 79 260 74 .285 1 32
1B George Grantham 124 440 142 .323 10 85
2B Sparky Adams 135 539 149 .276 0 38
SS Glenn Wright 108 407 126 .310 8 66
3B Pie Traynor 144 569 192 .337 3 124
OF Lloyd Waner 152 659 221 .335 5 61
OF Paul Waner 152 602 223 .370 6 86
OF Fred 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
John 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
Burleigh Grimes 48 330.2 25 14 2.99 97
Fred 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
Erv Brame 24 95.2 7 4 5.08 22
Homer 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
Les 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)

References

  1. ↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
  2. ↑ Mike Cvengros page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

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