1933 Pittsburgh Pirates season

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season.

1933 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)	George Gibson
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 52nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 47th in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 87–67.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	91	61	0.599	—	48–27	43–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	0.565	5	50–27	37–40
Chicago Cubs	86	68	0.558	6	56–23	30–45
Boston Braves	83	71	0.539	9	45–31	38–40
St. Louis Cardinals	82	71	0.536	9½	47–30	35–41
Brooklyn Dodgers	65	88	0.425	26½	36–41	29–47
Philadelphia Phillies	60	92	0.395	31	32–40	28–52
Cincinnati Reds	58	94	0.382	33	37–42	21–52

Record vs. opponents

1933 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	13–9–1	7–15	12–10	12–10–1	11–11	13–9	15–7
Brooklyn	9–13–1	—	9–13	10–12–1	8–14–2	13–9	7–15	9–12
Chicago	15–7	13–9	—	11–11	9–13	15–7	12–10	11–11
Cincinnati	10–12	12–10–1	11–11	—	4–17	7–14	7–15	7–15
New York	10–12–1	14–8–2	13–9	17–4	—	15–6	13–9	9–13–1
Philadelphia	11–11	9–13	7–15	14–7	6–15	—	7–15	6–16
Pittsburgh	9–13	15–7	10–12	15–7	9–13	15–7	—	14–8
St. Louis	7–15	12–9	11–11	15–7	13–9–1	16–6	8–14	—

Game log

1933 Game Log: 87–67 (Home: 50–27; Away: 37–40)

April: 10–3 (Home: 4–1; Away: 6–2)

May: 14–12 (Home: 8–6; Away: 6–6)

June: 12–18 (Home: 3–3; Away: 9–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
40	June 3	Reds	5–9	Benton	Harris (2–2)	—	—	24–16
41	June 3	Reds	4–5	Kolp	Swift (6–3)	Quinn	—	24–17
42	June 4	@ Cubs	9–3	Swetonic (3–4)	Grimes	Harris (3)	—	25–17
43	June 4	@ Cubs	2–9	Malone	Meine (5–3)	—	—	25–18
44	June 6	@ Cubs	3–5	Tinning	Chagnon (1–1)	Bush	—	25–19
45	June 7	@ Cubs	2–7	Bush	Swift (6–4)	—	—	25–20
46	June 8	Reds	2–8	Rixey	French (5–4)	—	—	25–21
47	June 9	Reds	2–0	Swetonic (4–4)	Derringer	—	—	26–21
48	June 10	Reds	4–3	Swift (7–4)	Kolp	—	—	27–21
49	June 11	@ Cardinals	11–7	Kremer (1–0)	Carleton	Harris (4)	—	28–21
50	June 11	@ Cardinals	3–0	French (6–4)	Walker	—	—	29–21
51	June 13	@ Cardinals	3–4	Dean	Swetonic (4–5)	—	—	29–22
52	June 14	@ Cardinals	2–3	Hallahan	Meine (5–4)	—	—	29–23
53	June 15	@ Cubs	0–5	Tinning	Smith (1–1)	—	—	29–24
54	June 16	@ Cubs	1–9	Bush	Swift (7–5)	—	26,000	29–25
55	June 17	Cubs	4–3	Swetonic (5–5)	Malone	—	—	30–25
56	June 18	@ Braves	5–3	Meine (6–4)	Brandt	—	—	31–25
57	June 18	@ Braves	4–3 (8)	French (7–4)	Betts	—	—	32–25
58	June 20	@ Braves	6–2	Swift (8–5)	Zachary	—	—	33–25
59	June 21	@ Braves	5–6	Cantwell	Harris (2–3)	Zachary	—	33–26
60	June 21	@ Braves	3–5	Mangum	Swetonic (5–6)	—	—	33–27
61	June 22	@ Dodgers	0–9	Benge	Meine (6–5)	—	4,000	33–28
62	June 23	@ Dodgers	4–5	Carroll	French (7–5)	Shaute	—	33–29
63	June 24	@ Dodgers	15–3	Swift (9–5)	Thurston	—	10,000	34–29
64	June 25	@ Dodgers	5–2	Chagnon (2–1)	Mungo	—	—	35–29
65	June 25	@ Dodgers	1–9	Beck	Hoyt (2–4)	—	25,000	35–30
66	June 28	@ Giants	5–2	Swetonic (6–6)	Hubbell	—	—	36–30
67	June 28	@ Giants	4–7 (10)	Uhle	French (7–6)	—	15,000	36–31
68	June 29	@ Phillies	4–6	Elliott	Meine (6–6)	Rhem	—	36–32
69	June 30	@ Phillies	4–5	Pickrel	French (7–7)	—	—	36–33

July: 20–10 (Home: 17–7; Away: 3–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
70	July 1	@ Phillies	8–13	Hansen	Chagnon (2–2)	—	—	36–34
71	July 1	@ Phillies	4–3	Smith (2–1)	Collins	—	—	37–34
72	July 4	Cardinals	1–5	Hallahan	Swetonic (6–7)	—	—	37–35
73	July 4	Cardinals	4–2	French (8–7)	Mooney	—	—	38–35
74	July 5	Cardinals	7–6	Hoyt (3–4)	Johnson	French (1)	7,000	39–35
75	July 8	Phillies	7–8	Liska	Swetonic (6–8)	Rhem	—	39–36
76	July 8	Phillies	3–0	Smith (3–1)	Jackson	—	—	40–36
77	July 10	Phillies	3–2	French (9–7)	Holley	—	—	41–36
78	July 11	Braves	3–5	Zachary	Swetonic (6–9)	—	—	41–37
79	July 12	Braves	9–8 (10)	French (10–7)	Betts	—	—	42–37
80	July 13	Braves	8–3	Smith (4–1)	Cantwell	—	—	43–37
81	July 14	Braves	3–4 (10)	Frankhouse	French (10–8)	—	—	43–38
82	July 17	Dodgers	14–2	Swift (10–5)	Carroll	—	7,500	44–38
83	July 17	Dodgers	7–0	Swetonic (7–9)	Benge	—	—	45–38
84	July 18	Dodgers	11–8	Hoyt (4–4)	Thurston	—	2,500	46–38
85	July 19	Giants	4–1	French (11–8)	Fitzsimmons	—	—	47–38
86	July 19	Giants	3–7	Hubbell	Smith (4–2)	—	20,000	47–39
87	July 20	Giants	6–5	Meine (7–6)	Luque	—	—	48–39
88	July 21	Giants	5–6	Clark	Hoyt (4–5)	—	3,000	48–40
89	July 22	Giants	0–1	Hubbell	French (11–9)	—	25,000	48–41
90	July 22	Giants	7–2	Meine (8–6)	Parmelee	—	27,000	49–41
91	July 23	@ Reds	1–6	Lucas	Swift (10–6)	—	—	49–42
92	July 23	@ Reds	4–6	Rixey	Chagnon (2–3)	Kolp	—	49–43
93	July 25	Cubs	4–3	Swetonic (8–9)	Bush	Hoyt (1)	8,000	50–43
94	July 25	Cubs	4–1	Smith (5–2)	Tinning	—	10,000	51–43
95	July 27	Cubs	2–0	French (12–9)	Root	—	—	52–43
96	July 29	Reds	9–8	Harris (3–3)	Benton	—	—	53–43
97	July 29	Reds	6–4	Chagnon (3–3)	Rixey	Harris (5)	—	54–43
98	July 30	@ Reds	5–4	Chagnon (4–3)	Derringer	—	—	55–43
99	July 30	@ Reds	8–6	Harris (4–3)	Benton	Chagnon (1)	—	56–43

August: 12–13 (Home: 4–3; Away: 8–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
100	August 1	Cardinals	9–3	Swetonic (9–9)	Walker	Hoyt (2)	—	57–43
101	August 2	Cardinals	3–4 (12)	Haines	French (12–10)	—	—	57–44
102	August 3	Cardinals	1–4 (6)	Dean	Swift (10–7)	—	—	57–45
103	August 4	Cardinals	5–4	Meine (9–6)	Walker	—	—	58–45
104	August 5	@ Cubs	6–2	Smith (6–2)	Warneke	—	—	59–45
105	August 6	@ Cubs	0–6	Malone	Swetonic (9–10)	—	—	59–46
106	August 11	Cubs	2–8	Bush	French (12–11)	—	—	59–47
107	August 12	Cubs	5–2	Smith (7–2)	Malone	—	—	60–47
108	August 12	Cubs	3–2	Meine (10–6)	Root	—	—	61–47
109	August 13	@ Cubs	2–3	Warneke	Swift (10–8)	—	—	61–48
110	August 16	@ Dodgers	1–2 (11)	Mungo	French (12–12)	—	14,000	61–49
111	August 16	@ Dodgers	11–7	Swetonic (10–10)	Carroll	Smith (1)	—	62–49
112	August 19	@ Braves	2–5	Brandt	Meine (10–7)	—	—	62–50
113	August 20	@ Braves	4–5 (11)	Smith	Swetonic (10–11)	—	—	62–51
114	August 20	@ Braves	1–8	Cantwell	Swift (10–9)	—	—	62–52
115	August 22	@ Braves	4–5 (14)	Frankhouse	Hoyt (4–6)	—	—	62–53
116	August 25	@ Giants	5–8 (11)	Luque	Swetonic (10–12)	—	—	62–54
117	August 25	@ Giants	2–6	Parmelee	Meine (10–8)	—	—	62–55
118	August 26	@ Giants	1–2	Hubbell	Smith (7–3)	—	—	62–56
119	August 26	@ Giants	7–2	Birkofer (1–0)	Clark	Hoyt (3)	45,000	63–56
120	August 28	@ Phillies	9–5	Chagnon (5–3)	Elliott	—	—	64–56
121	August 28	@ Phillies	9–1	French (13–12)	Holley	—	—	65–56
122	August 29	@ Phillies	4–1	Meine (11–8)	Hansen	—	—	66–56
123	August 30	@ Phillies	5–1	Birkofer (2–0)	Ragland	—	—	67–56
124	August 31	@ Phillies	13–11	Swetonic (11–12)	Rhem	Hoyt (4)	—	68–56

September: 17–11 (Home: 14–7; Away: 3–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
125	September 1	Cardinals	2–1 (11)	French (14–12)	Hallahan	—	—	69–56
126	September 2	Cardinals	4–1	Meine (12–8)	Walker	—	—	70–56
127	September 3	@ Reds	3–9	Lucas	Birkofer (2–1)	—	—	70–57
128	September 4	Reds	1–0	Smith (8–3)	Johnson	—	—	71–57
129	September 5	Giants	6–1	French (15–12)	Hubbell	—	5,000	72–57
130	September 6	Giants	6–5 (10)	Swift (11–9)	Bell	—	—	73–57
131	September 6	Giants	1–9	Schumacher	Birkofer (2–2)	—	20,000	73–58
132	September 7	Giants	14–2	Meine (13–8)	Parmelee	—	9,000	74–58
133	September 8	Giants	1–2	Hubbell	Smith (8–4)	—	—	74–59
134	September 9	Dodgers	6–2	French (16–12)	Benge	—	—	75–59
135	September 9	Dodgers	7–8	Carroll	Chagnon (5–4)	Ryan	9,000	75–60
136	September 10	@ Dodgers	2–1	Swift (12–9)	Beck	—	—	76–60
137	September 10	@ Dodgers	2–3	Mungo	Harris (4–4)	—	15,000	76–61
138	September 12	Dodgers	1–0	Meine (14–8)	Thurston	—	—	77–61
139	September 12	Dodgers	2–0	Hoyt (5–6)	Leonard	—	2,000	78–61
140	September 13	Braves	1–0	French (17–12)	Cantwell	—	—	79–61
141	September 15	Braves	1–10	Brandt	Smith (8–5)	—	—	79–62
142	September 16	Braves	4–6	Betts	Swift (12–10)	—	—	79–63
143	September 16	Braves	10–0	Birkofer (3–2)	Zachary	—	—	80–63
144	September 18	Phillies	2–1	Meine (15–8)	Ragland	—	—	81–63
145	September 18	Phillies	0–6	Holley	Hoyt (5–7)	—	—	81–64
146	September 19	Phillies	2–1	French (18–12)	Grabowski	—	—	82–64
147	September 19	Phillies	2–3	Collins	Smith (8–6)	—	—	82–65
148	September 20	Dodgers	3–0	Swift (13–10)	Beck	—	—	83–65
149	September 23	@ Cardinals	9–3	Birkofer (4–2)	Hallahan	—	—	84–65
150	September 24	@ Cardinals	4–5	Carleton	French (18–13)	—	—	84–66
151	September 24	@ Cardinals	5–4 (10)	Chagnon (6–4)	Dean	—	—	85–66
152	September 25	@ Cardinals	3–6	Walker	Smith (8–7)	—	—	85–67

October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1933 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

49 Ralph Birkofer

46 Leon Chagnon

50 Clise Dudley

42 Larry French

44 Bill Harris

48 Waite Hoyt

-- Ray Kremer

41 Heinie Meine

47 Hal Smith

43 Steve Swetonic

45 Bill Swift

Catchers

32 Hal Finney

30 Earl Grace

31 Tom Padden

23 Val Picinich

Infielders

15 Bill Brubaker

22 Tony Piet

24 Gus Suhr

25 Tommy Thevenow

20 Pie Traynor

21 Arky Vaughan

26 Pep Young

Outfielders

14 Adam Comorosky

16 Woody Jensen

12 Freddie Lindstrom

10 Lloyd Waner

11 Paul Waner

Other batters

40 Red Nonnenkamp

Manager

33 George Gibson

Coaches

34 Doc Crandall

-- Grover Hartley

36 Honus Wagner

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	Grace, EarlEarl Grace	93	291	84	.289	3	44
1B	Suhr, GusGus Suhr	154	566	151	.267	10	75
2B	Piet, TonyTony Piet	107	362	117	.323	1	42
3B	Traynor, PiePie Traynor	154	624	190	.304	1	82
SS	Vaughan, ArkyArky Vaughan	152	573	180	.314	9	97
LF	Waner, LloydLloyd Waner	121	500	138	.276	0	26
CF	Lindstrom, FreddieFreddie Lindstrom	138	538	167	.310	5	55
RF	Waner, PaulPaul Waner	154	618	191	.309	7	70

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
Thevenow, TommyTommy Thevenow	73	253	79	.312	0	34
Finney, HalHal Finney	56	133	31	2	2.31	20

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
French, LarryLarry French	47	291.1	18	13	2.72	88
Swift, BillBill Swift	37	218.1	14	10	3.13	64
Birkofer, RalphRalph Birkofer	9	50.2	4	2	2.31	20

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
Hoyt, WaiteWaite Hoyt	36	117	5	7	2.92	44

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chagnon, LeonLeon Chagnon	39	6	4	1	3.69	35
Harris, BillBill Harris	31	4	4	5	3.22	19
Dudley, CliseClise Dudley	1	0	0	0	135.00	0

Awards and honors

1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Pie Traynor, reserve
Paul Waner, reserve

League top five finishers

Tony Piet

#3 in NL in batting average (.323)

Pie Traynor

#4 in NL in hits (190)

Arky Vaughan

#3 in NL in on-base percentage (.388)
#5 in NL in RBI (97)
#5 in NL in slugging percentage (.478)

Paul Waner

#2 in NL in runs scored (101)
#3 in NL in hits (191)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Tulsa Oilers	Texas League	Art Griggs

Notes

↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

References

1933 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1933 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

1933 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1933 All-Star Game 1933 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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