1929 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersJewel Ens
Seasons

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

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 record

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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 16@ Cubs4–3Grimes (1–0)Root—46,0001–0
2April 17@ Cubs2–13MaloneKremer (0–1)——1–1
3April 18@ Cubs1–11BlakePetty (0–1)—14,0001–2
4April 20@ Reds5–4Grimes (2–0)Rixey——2–2
5April 22@ Reds4–9LucasHill (0–1)——2–3
6April 24Cubs5–4 (13)Swetonic (1–0)Horne—32,0003–3
7April 26Cubs6–9BushKremer (0–2)Cvengros8,0003–4
8April 27Cubs7–8MaloneSwetonic (1–1)Blake25,0003–5
9April 28@ Cardinals6–2Petty (1–1)Alexander——4–5
10April 29@ Cardinals3–7MitchellFrench (0–1)—12,0004–6
May: 19–8 (Home: 7–3; Away: 12–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
11May 1@ Cardinals4–4 (13)——4–6
12May 4@ Braves3–5SeiboldPetty (1–2)——4–7
13May 5@ Braves7–2Grimes (3–0)Smith—28,0005–7
14May 6@ Braves4–3Swetonic (2–1)Jones——6–7
15May 7@ Giants3–2 (10)French (1–1)Benton——7–7
16May 8@ Giants0–11HubbellPetty (1–3)—8,0007–8
17May 9@ Giants4–3Grimes (4–0)Fitzsimmons—7,5008–8
18May 10@ Phillies13–9Brame (1–0)WilloughbyFrench (1)—9–8
19May 11@ Phillies6–11RoyHill (0–2)——9–9
20May 13@ Robins12–4French (2–1)Elliott——10–9
21May 15@ Robins9–4Grimes (5–0)Clark——11–9
22May 16Cardinals9–10 (10)JohnsonSwetonic (2–2)——11–10
23May 17Cardinals6–2French (3–1)Alexander——12–10
24May 18Cardinals6–3Kremer (1–2)Sherdel——13–10
25May 19@ Cubs4–1Grimes (6–0)Malone—38,00014–10
26May 20@ Cubs1–6BushSwetonic (2–3)——14–11
27May 21@ Cubs6–8HorneFrench (3–2)Root—14–12
28May 22Reds11–2Kremer (2–2)Ash——15–12
29May 23Reds6–3Grimes (7–0)Rixey——16–12
30May 25Reds6–4Brame (2–0)Luque——17–12
31May 26@ Cardinals12–8Fussell (1–0)HainesGrimes (1)30,00018–12
32May 26@ Cardinals7–5Kremer (3–2)FrankhouseGrimes (2)30,00019–12
33May 27@ Cardinals10–1Petty (2–3)Hallahan——20–12
34May 28@ Cardinals5–2Brame (3–0)Mitchell——21–12
35May 29Cubs7–2Swetonic (3–3)MaloneHill (1)5,50022–12
36May 30Cubs1–5NehfKremer (3–3)Bush25,00022–13
37May 30Cubs4–0Grimes (8–0)Root—30,00023–13
38May 31Phillies7–10WilloughbyDawson (0–1)McGraw3,50023–14
June: 17–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
39June 1Phillies4–9BengePetty (2–4)——23–15
40June 3Phillies14–2Grimes (9–0)Sweetland——24–15
41June 4Phillies9–5Swetonic (4–3)Collins——25–15
42June 6Braves4–2Kremer (4–3)Seibold——26–15
43June 7Braves6–2Brame (4–0)Brandt——27–15
44June 8Robins9–2Grimes (10–0)Clark——28–15
45June 9@ Robins6–9DudleyPetty (2–5)—20,00028–16
46June 10Robins6–7MooreSwetonic (4–4)Morrison3,50028–17
47June 11Robins3–2Brame (5–0)Dudley——29–17
48June 12Giants7–6Meine (1–0)Scott—15,00030–17
49June 13Giants11–7Hill (1–2)GenewichSwetonic (1)—31–17
50June 14Giants2–7BentonPetty (2–6)—10,00031–18
51June 15Giants15–20 (14)MaysSwetonic (4–5)—22,00031–19
52June 16@ Reds8–3Meine (2–0)Luque——32–19
53June 16@ Reds1–8DonohueGrimes (10–1)——32–20
54June 17@ Reds2–1Kremer (5–3)May——33–20
55June 18@ Reds1–2LucasBrame (5–1)——33–21
56June 19@ Reds6–5Hill (2–2)Rixey——34–21
57June 21@ Cubs14–3Grimes (11–1)Cvengros—35,00035–21
58June 22@ Cubs7–4Kremer (6–3)Blake—25,00036–21
59June 23@ Cubs8–7Swetonic (5–5)Nehf——37–21
60June 24@ Cubs3–4RootBrame (5–2)—7,00037–22
61June 26Reds4–6LuqueKremer (6–4)——37–23
62June 27Reds5–3Meine (3–0)May——38–23
63June 28Reds3–10LucasBrame (5–3)——38–24
64June 29Reds3–0Grimes (12–1)Donohue——39–24
65June 29Reds2–3KolpSwetonic (5–6)——39–25
66June 30@ Reds7–6Kremer (7–4)LuqueMeine (1)—40–25
July: 18–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 11–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
67July 2Cardinals5–3Brame (6–3)Mitchell——41–25
68July 3Cardinals13–2Grimes (13–1)Sherdel——42–25
69July 4Cardinals8–4Meine (4–0)Johnson—20,00043–25
70July 4Cardinals8–2Kremer (8–4)Haid—43,00044–25
71July 6Reds3–5KolpSwetonic (5–7)May—44–26
72July 7@ Robins17–6Brame (7–3)DudleyFussell (1)19,00045–26
73July 8@ Robins8–4Grimes (14–1)Morrison——46–26
74July 9@ Robins3–1Kremer (9–4)Dudley——47–26
75July 10@ Phillies15–9Fussell (2–0)BengeHill (2)—48–26
76July 11@ Phillies6–2Brame (8–3)Roy——49–26
77July 12@ Phillies6–4Grimes (15–1)Sweetland——50–26
78July 13@ Phillies10–2Kremer (10–4)Dailey——51–26
79July 15@ Braves5–4 (11)Meine (5–0)Brandt——52–26
80July 16@ Braves1–4SmithBrame (8–4)——52–27
81July 17@ Braves4–7SeiboldGrimes (15–2)——52–28
82July 17@ Braves13–5Kremer (11–4)Leverett——53–28
83July 18@ Giants1–4HubbellBrame (8–5)——53–29
84July 20@ Giants5–2Grimes (16–2)WalkerSwetonic (2)—54–29
85July 20@ Giants4–8MaysMeine (5–1)——54–30
86July 21@ Giants5–3Kremer (12–4)Benton——55–30
87July 22Robins13–3Brame (9–5)Moore—10,00056–30
88July 23Robins7–10MorrisonFussell (2–1)——56–31
89July 24Robins4–6ClarkMeine (5–2)——56–32
90July 26Braves9–8Petty (3–6)Smith——57–32
91July 27Braves3–10SeiboldFrench (3–3)——57–33
92July 27Braves5–2Brame (10–5)Smith——58–33
93July 29Braves9–10JonesMeine (5–3)Cantwell2,50058–34
94July 30Phillies5–13WilloughbyKremer (12–5)——58–35
95July 31Phillies2–6KoupalBrame (10–6)—3,00058–36
August: 13–16 (Home: 8–4; Away: 5–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
96August 1Phillies3–1Petty (4–6)Elliott—3,00059–36
97August 2Phillies0–2SweetlandFrench (3–4)——59–37
98August 5Giants10–11HubbellBrame (10–7)Benton—59–38
99August 6Giants3–5WalkerPetty (4–7)——59–39
100August 7Giants4–3Kremer (13–5)Henry——60–39
101August 8Cardinals5–1Brame (11–7)Alexander——61–39
102August 9Cardinals7–6Swetonic (6–7)Johnson—5,00062–39
103August 10@ Robins6–4Petty (5–7)ClarkHill (3)—63–39
104August 10@ Robins3–6VanceMeine (5–4)—20,00063–40
105August 11@ Robins3–5MossKremer (13–6)Morrison9,00063–41
106August 12@ Robins2–4 (10)MorrisonHill (2–3)——63–42
107August 14@ Braves1–0Petty (6–7)Jones——64–42
108August 15@ Braves1–2BrandtKremer (13–7)——64–43
109August 16@ Braves9–3Brame (12–7)Seibold——65–43
110August 17@ Braves3–2French (4–4)SmithSwetonic (3)—66–43
111August 19@ Phillies6–7SmytheSwetonic (6–8)——66–44
112August 19@ Phillies5–8McGrawKremer (13–8)Smythe—66–45
113August 20@ Phillies6–8KoupalBrame (12–8)Willoughby—66–46
114August 21@ Phillies8–10CollinsSwetonic (6–9)Smythe—66–47
115August 22@ Giants6–2Petty (7–7)Henry——67–47
116August 24@ Giants8–14FitzsimmonsFussell (2–2)——67–48
117August 24@ Giants6–7HubbellGrimes (16–3)——67–49
118August 25@ Giants5–10BentonPetty (7–8)—20,00067–50
119August 27@ Phillies4–7SmytheBrame (12–9)——67–51
120August 28Cubs10–3Grimes (17–3)Malone——68–51
121August 28Cubs7–6Kremer (14–8)CvengrosSwetonic (4)20,00069–51
122August 29Cubs5–4Petty (8–8)Carlson——70–51
123August 30Cubs15–0Meine (6–4)Bush——71–51
124August 31Cubs6–7MaloneGrimes (17–4)Bush—71–52
September: 15–12 (Home: 11–7; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
125September 1@ Reds9–7 (12)Kremer (15–8)Lucas——72–52
126September 2Reds5–7MayPetty (8–9)—8,50072–53
127September 2Reds9–8 (13)Swetonic (7–9)Kolp—12,00073–53
128September 4@ Reds4–5KolpMeine (6–5)—1,14873–54
129September 5@ Reds10–5Brame (13–9)Lucas——74–54
130September 6Robins5–6ClarkGrimes (17–5)Morrison—74–55
131September 6Robins8–1Petty (9–9)Moss—4,00075–55
132September 7Robins6–2Kremer (16–8)Dudley——76–55
133September 8@ Robins1–2VanceFrench (4–5)—10,00076–56
134September 9Robins9–7Brame (14–9)Moore——77–56
135September 10Robins7–6French (5–5)Morrison——78–56
136September 11Giants1–2WalkerGrimes (17–6)——78–57
137September 11Giants5–10MaysSwetonic (7–10)——78–58
138September 12Giants5–8FitzsimmonsKremer (16–9)——78–59
139September 16Phillies3–2 (10)Petty (10–9)Sweetland——79–59
140September 16Phillies5–2Brame (15–9)Smythe——80–59
141September 17Phillies11–7French (6–5)SmytheSwetonic (5)—81–59
142September 18Braves4–5BrandtKremer (16–10)——81–60
143September 18Braves5–2Meine (7–5)Jones——82–60
144September 19Braves3–6SeiboldGrimes (17–7)Cooney—82–61
145September 20Braves10–3Petty (11–9)Peery——83–61
146September 21Braves4–0Brame (16–9)Smith——84–61
147September 26@ Cardinals1–2HaidPetty (11–10)——84–62
148September 27@ Cardinals2–4FrankhouseBrame (16–10)Johnson—84–63
149September 28@ Cardinals8–5Swetonic (8–10)Sherdel——85–63
150September 29@ Cardinals5–1Kremer (17–10)Grabowski——86–63
151September 29@ Cardinals2–10HallahanMeine (7–6)——86–64
October: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
152October 5Cardinals1–3HallahanBrame (16–11)——86–65
153October 5Cardinals8–7Kremer (18–10)Johnson——87–65
154October 6@ Cubs8–3French (7–5)Grampp—30,00088–65
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 Chagnon17.0009.004

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 French30123.0754.9049
Heinie Meine22108.0764.5019
Carmen Hill2779.0233.9928
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 Side in 1907.
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