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Major League Baseball team season
1929 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersJewel Ens
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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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 98 54 .645 — 52‍–‍25 46‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 65 .575 10½ 45‍–‍31 43‍–‍34
New York Giants 84 67 .556 13½ 39‍–‍37 45‍–‍30
St. Louis Cardinals 78 74 .513 20 43‍–‍32 35‍–‍42
Philadelphia Phillies 71 82 .464 27½ 39‍–‍37 32‍–‍45
Brooklyn Robins 70 83 .458 28½ 42‍–‍35 28‍–‍48
Cincinnati Reds 66 88 .429 33 38‍–‍39 28‍–‍49
Boston Braves 56 98 .364 43 34‍–‍43 22‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1929 National League record
Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 11–11 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)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 16 @ Cubs 4–3 Grimes (1–0) Root — 46,000 1–0
2 April 17 @ Cubs 2–13 Malone Kremer (0–1) — — 1–1
3 April 18 @ Cubs 1–11 Blake Petty (0–1) — 14,000 1–2
4 April 20 @ Reds 5–4 Grimes (2–0) Rixey — — 2–2
5 April 22 @ Reds 4–9 Lucas Hill (0–1) — — 2–3
6 April 24 Cubs 5–4 (13) Swetonic (1–0) Horne — 32,000 3–3
7 April 26 Cubs 6–9 Bush Kremer (0–2) Cvengros 8,000 3–4
8 April 27 Cubs 7–8 Malone Swetonic (1–1) Blake 25,000 3–5
9 April 28 @ Cardinals 6–2 Petty (1–1) Alexander — — 4–5
10 April 29 @ Cardinals 3–7 Mitchell French (0–1) — 12,000 4–6
May: 19–8 (Home: 7–3; Away: 12–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
11 May 1 @ Cardinals 4–4 (13) — — 4–6
12 May 4 @ Braves 3–5 Seibold Petty (1–2) — — 4–7
13 May 5 @ Braves 7–2 Grimes (3–0) Smith — 28,000 5–7
14 May 6 @ Braves 4–3 Swetonic (2–1) Jones — — 6–7
15 May 7 @ Giants 3–2 (10) French (1–1) Benton — — 7–7
16 May 8 @ Giants 0–11 Hubbell Petty (1–3) — 8,000 7–8
17 May 9 @ Giants 4–3 Grimes (4–0) Fitzsimmons — 7,500 8–8
18 May 10 @ Phillies 13–9 Brame (1–0) Willoughby French (1) — 9–8
19 May 11 @ Phillies 6–11 Roy Hill (0–2) — — 9–9
20 May 13 @ Robins 12–4 French (2–1) Elliott — — 10–9
21 May 15 @ Robins 9–4 Grimes (5–0) Clark — — 11–9
22 May 16 Cardinals 9–10 (10) Johnson Swetonic (2–2) — — 11–10
23 May 17 Cardinals 6–2 French (3–1) Alexander — — 12–10
24 May 18 Cardinals 6–3 Kremer (1–2) Sherdel — — 13–10
25 May 19 @ Cubs 4–1 Grimes (6–0) Malone — 38,000 14–10
26 May 20 @ Cubs 1–6 Bush Swetonic (2–3) — — 14–11
27 May 21 @ Cubs 6–8 Horne French (3–2) Root — 14–12
28 May 22 Reds 11–2 Kremer (2–2) Ash — — 15–12
29 May 23 Reds 6–3 Grimes (7–0) Rixey — — 16–12
30 May 25 Reds 6–4 Brame (2–0) Luque — — 17–12
31 May 26 @ Cardinals 12–8 Fussell (1–0) Haines Grimes (1) 30,000 18–12
32 May 26 @ Cardinals 7–5 Kremer (3–2) Frankhouse Grimes (2) 30,000 19–12
33 May 27 @ Cardinals 10–1 Petty (2–3) Hallahan — — 20–12
34 May 28 @ Cardinals 5–2 Brame (3–0) Mitchell — — 21–12
35 May 29 Cubs 7–2 Swetonic (3–3) Malone Hill (1) 5,500 22–12
36 May 30 Cubs 1–5 Nehf Kremer (3–3) Bush 25,000 22–13
37 May 30 Cubs 4–0 Grimes (8–0) Root — 30,000 23–13
38 May 31 Phillies 7–10 Willoughby Dawson (0–1) McGraw 3,500 23–14
June: 17–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 7–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
39 June 1 Phillies 4–9 Benge Petty (2–4) — — 23–15
40 June 3 Phillies 14–2 Grimes (9–0) Sweetland — — 24–15
41 June 4 Phillies 9–5 Swetonic (4–3) Collins — — 25–15
42 June 6 Braves 4–2 Kremer (4–3) Seibold — — 26–15
43 June 7 Braves 6–2 Brame (4–0) Brandt — — 27–15
44 June 8 Robins 9–2 Grimes (10–0) Clark — — 28–15
45 June 9 @ Robins 6–9 Dudley Petty (2–5) — 20,000 28–16
46 June 10 Robins 6–7 Moore Swetonic (4–4) Morrison 3,500 28–17
47 June 11 Robins 3–2 Brame (5–0) Dudley — — 29–17
48 June 12 Giants 7–6 Meine (1–0) Scott — 15,000 30–17
49 June 13 Giants 11–7 Hill (1–2) Genewich Swetonic (1) — 31–17
50 June 14 Giants 2–7 Benton Petty (2–6) — 10,000 31–18
51 June 15 Giants 15–20 (14) Mays Swetonic (4–5) — 22,000 31–19
52 June 16 @ Reds 8–3 Meine (2–0) Luque — — 32–19
53 June 16 @ Reds 1–8 Donohue Grimes (10–1) — — 32–20
54 June 17 @ Reds 2–1 Kremer (5–3) May — — 33–20
55 June 18 @ Reds 1–2 Lucas Brame (5–1) — — 33–21
56 June 19 @ Reds 6–5 Hill (2–2) Rixey — — 34–21
57 June 21 @ Cubs 14–3 Grimes (11–1) Cvengros — 35,000 35–21
58 June 22 @ Cubs 7–4 Kremer (6–3) Blake — 25,000 36–21
59 June 23 @ Cubs 8–7 Swetonic (5–5) Nehf — — 37–21
60 June 24 @ Cubs 3–4 Root Brame (5–2) — 7,000 37–22
61 June 26 Reds 4–6 Luque Kremer (6–4) — — 37–23
62 June 27 Reds 5–3 Meine (3–0) May — — 38–23
63 June 28 Reds 3–10 Lucas Brame (5–3) — — 38–24
64 June 29 Reds 3–0 Grimes (12–1) Donohue — — 39–24
65 June 29 Reds 2–3 Kolp Swetonic (5–6) — — 39–25
66 June 30 @ Reds 7–6 Kremer (7–4) Luque Meine (1) — 40–25
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)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
152 October 5 Cardinals 1–3 Hallahan Brame (16–11) — — 86–65
153 October 5 Cardinals 8–7 Kremer (18–10) Johnson — — 87–65
154 October 6 @ Cubs 8–3 French (7–5) Grampp — 30,000 88–65
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1929 Pittsburgh Pirates
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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
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 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 30 123.0 7 5 4.90 49
Heinie Meine 22 108.0 7 6 4.50 19
Carmen Hill 27 79.0 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 W L SV ERA SO
Joe Dawson 4 0 1 0 8.31 2
Ralph Erickson 1 0 0 0 27.00 0
Lee Meadows 1 0 0 0 13.50 0

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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