1928 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1928 Pittsburgh Pirates
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Owner(s) Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s) Donie Bush
Local television 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 Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 95 59 0.617 42–35 53–24
New York Giants 93 61 0.604 2 51–26 42–35
Chicago Cubs 91 63 0.591 4 52–25 39–38
Pittsburgh Pirates 85 67 0.559 9 47–30 38–37
Cincinnati Reds 78 74 0.513 16 44–33 34–41
Brooklyn Robins 77 76 0.503 17½ 41–35 36–41
Boston Braves 50 103 0.327 44½ 25–51 25–52
Philadelphia Phillies 43 109 0.283 51 26–49 17–60

Record vs. opponents

1928 National League Records

Sources:

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

Game log

1928 Game Log: 85–67 (Home: 47–30; Away: 38–37)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

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 Hargreaves, CharlieCharlie Hargreaves 79 260 74 .285 1 32
1B Grantham, GeorgeGeorge Grantham 124 440 142 .323 10 85
2B Adams, SparkySparky Adams 135 539 149 .276 0 38
SS Wright, GlennGlenn Wright 108 407 126 .310 8 66
3B Traynor, PiePie Traynor 144 569 192 .337 3 124
OF Waner, LloydLloyd Waner 152 659 221 .335 5 61
OF Waner, PaulPaul Waner 152 602 223 .370 6 86
OF Brickell, FredFred 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
O'Connell, JohnJohn 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
Grimes, BurleighBurleigh Grimes 48 330.2 25 14 2.99 97
Fussell, FredFred 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
Brame, ErvErv Brame 24 95.2 7 4 5.08 22
Blankenship, HomerHomer 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
Bartholomew, LesLes Bartholomew 6 0 0 0 7.15 6

League leaders

George Grantham

Burleigh Grimes

Pie Traynor

Lloyd Waner

Paul Waner

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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