1928 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1928 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
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

December 3, 1927: Mike Cvengros and Ike Danning were traded by the Pirates to the Wichita Falls Spudders for Fred Fussell.^[2]

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)

April: 6–8 (Home: 2–2; Away: 4–6)

May: 12–16 (Home: 11–10; Away: 1–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
15	May 1	Cubs	4–1	Hill (2–0)	Bush	—	—	7–8
16	May 2	Cubs	9–8 (10)	Dawson (2–1)	Nehf	—	—	8–8
17	May 3	Braves	4–5 (11)	Brandt	Kremer (1–3)	—	—	8–9
18	May 4	Braves	13–3	Grimes (3–2)	Greenfield	—	—	9–9
19	May 5	Braves	6–2	Dawson (3–1)	Smith	Miljus (1)	—	10–9
20	May 7	Braves	9–4	Miljus (2–3)	Robertson	—	—	11–9
21	May 8	Giants	6–5	Grimes (4–2)	Henry	—	—	12–9
22	May 9	Giants	0–6	Barnes	Dawson (3–2)	—	—	12–10
23	May 10	Giants	4–5	Fitzsimmons	Kremer (1–4)	—	—	12–11
24	May 12	Robins	5–4	Hill (3–0)	McWeeny	—	10,000	13–11
25	May 13	@ Robins	5–8	Clark	Grimes (4–3)	—	22,000	13–12
26	May 14	Robins	6–7	Doak	Brame (0–1)	Vance	—	13–13
27	May 15	Robins	3–10	McWeeny	Miljus (2–4)	—	—	13–14
28	May 18	Phillies	6–4	Kremer (2–4)	Miller	Grimes (1)	—	14–14
29	May 19	Phillies	3–1	Hill (4–0)	Benge	—	—	15–14
30	May 20	@ Reds	2–3	Lucas	Grimes (4–4)	—	—	15–15
31	May 21	@ Reds	3–4	Rixey	Dawson (3–3)	—	—	15–16
32	May 21	@ Reds	6–3	Fussell (1–0)	May	—	—	16–16
33	May 22	@ Reds	4–5	Mays	Kremer (2–5)	—	—	16–17
34	May 23	@ Reds	3–4 (10)	Luque	Hill (4–1)	—	—	16–18
35	May 24	Cubs	6–2	Grimes (5–4)	Nehf	—	—	17–18
36	May 25	Cubs	3–10	Root	Fussell (1–1)	—	—	17–19
37	May 26	Cubs	1–6	Malone	Kremer (2–6)	—	—	17–20
38	May 27	@ Cubs	0–3	Blake	Hill (4–2)	—	35,000	17–21
39	May 29	Cardinals	1–7	Rhem	Grimes (5–5)	—	—	17–22
40	May 30	Cardinals	1–10	Sherdel	Miljus (2–5)	—	—	17–23
41	May 30	Cardinals	3–4	Johnson	Kremer (2–7)	Haid	—	17–24
42	May 31	Cardinals	3–2	Hill (5–2)	Haines	—	—	18–24

June: 13–11 (Home: 4–2; Away: 9–9)

July: 17–12 (Home: 11–6; Away: 6–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
67	July 1	@ Cardinals	2–0	Fussell (2–2)	Haines	—	—	32–35
68	July 1	@ Cardinals	6–8	Johnson	Miljus (5–7)	Haid	—	32–36
69	July 3	Reds	7–9	Edwards	Grimes (12–7)	—	—	32–37
70	July 4	Reds	0–6	Rixey	Dawson (3–5)	—	—	32–38
71	July 4	Reds	3–11	Kolp	Grimes (12–8)	—	—	32–39
72	July 6	Giants	7–11	Faulkner	Fussell (2–3)	—	—	32–40
73	July 7	Giants	8–6	Fussell (3–3)	Benton	—	—	33–40
74	July 7	Giants	5–2	Brame (1–1)	Fitzsimmons	—	—	34–40
75	July 9	Giants	5–3	Grimes (13–8)	Faulkner	—	—	35–40
76	July 10	Phillies	6–5	Kremer (5–11)	Ring	—	—	36–40
77	July 11	Phillies	3–1 (6)	Brame (2–1)	Benge	Hill (2)	—	37–40
78	July 14	Braves	10–0	Grimes (14–8)	Brandt	—	—	38–40
79	July 16	Braves	8–3	Kremer (6–11)	Delaney	—	—	39–40
80	July 17	Braves	7–6	Hill (6–5)	Smith	Fussell (1)	—	40–40
81	July 18	Braves	16–3	Grimes (15–8)	Barnes	—	—	41–40
82	July 19	Robins	0–3	McWeeny	Fussell (3–4)	—	—	41–41
83	July 20	Robins	7–8	Elliott	Kremer (6–12)	Clark	4,000	41–42
84	July 21	Robins	7–3	Hill (7–5)	Ehrhardt	—	—	42–42
85	July 21	Robins	10–2	Meadows (1–0)	Petty	—	15,000	43–42
86	July 22	@ Robins	0–5	Vance	Grimes (15–9)	—	—	43–43
87	July 22	@ Robins	6–5	Kremer (7–12)	Clark	—	29,000	44–43
88	July 23	@ Robins	2–1	Fussell (4–4)	McWeeny	—	—	45–43
89	July 24	@ Giants	3–6	Benton	Dawson (3–6)	—	—	45–44
90	July 25	@ Giants	5–6	Walker	Hill (7–6)	Genewich	—	45–45
91	July 26	@ Giants	7–5	Grimes (16–9)	Hubbell	—	—	46–45
92	July 27	@ Giants	2–4	Fitzsimmons	Fussell (4–5)	—	—	46–46
93	July 30	@ Braves	2–1	Kremer (8–12)	Brandt	—	—	47–46
94	July 30	@ Braves	6–5 (10)	Grimes (17–9)	Barnes	—	—	48–46
95	July 31	@ Braves	5–11	Smith	Meadows (1–1)	—	—	48–47

August: 23–9 (Home: 15–8; Away: 8–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 2	@ Phillies	18–4	Grimes (18–9)	Miller	Dawson (1)	—	49–47
97	August 3	@ Phillies	14–6	Fussell (5–5)	Sweetland	Tauscher (1)	—	50–47
98	August 4	@ Phillies	14–8	Grimes (19–9)	Benge	—	—	51–47
99	August 4	@ Phillies	11–4	Hill (8–6)	Ring	Dawson (2)	—	52–47
100	August 7	@ Robins	4–3	Grimes (20–9)	McWeeny	—	—	53–47
101	August 7	@ Robins	3–2 (12)	Hill (9–6)	Elliott	—	6,500	54–47
102	August 8	@ Robins	4–3	Kremer (9–12)	McWeeny	—	2,500	55–47
103	August 9	Cardinals	5–4	Hill (10–6)	Haines	Grimes (2)	—	56–47
104	August 10	Cardinals	1–2 (12)	Mitchell	Fussell (5–6)	Sherdel	—	56–48
105	August 11	Reds	0–1	Lucas	Grimes (20–10)	—	—	56–49
106	August 13	Robins	6–1	Kremer (10–12)	Doak	—	—	57–49
107	August 14	Robins	4–2	Hill (11–6)	McWeeny	—	—	58–49
108	August 15	Robins	5–6	Vance	Fussell (5–7)	Petty	—	58–50
109	August 16	Robins	11–6	Grimes (21–10)	Doak	—	—	59–50
110	August 17	Phillies	10–3	Kremer (11–12)	Willoughby	—	—	60–50
111	August 17	Phillies	9–1	Brame (3–1)	Sweetland	—	—	61–50
112	August 18	Phillies	9–0	Hill (12–6)	Benge	—	—	62–50
113	August 18	Phillies	8–11	Ring	Fussell (5–8)	Ferguson	—	62–51
114	August 20	Braves	11–14	Smith	Grimes (21–11)	Delaney	—	62–52
115	August 21	Braves	6–2	Kremer (12–12)	Brandt	—	—	63–52
116	August 22	Braves	10–3	Brame (4–1)	Greenfield	—	—	64–52
117	August 23	Giants	3–6	Benton	Hill (12–7)	Scott	35,000	64–53
118	August 23	Giants	13–3	Fussell (6–8)	Hubbell	—	30,000	65–53
119	August 24	Giants	16–5	Grimes (22–11)	Genewich	—	—	66–53
120	August 25	Giants	7–1	Kremer (13–12)	Fitzsimmons	—	—	67–53
121	August 26	@ Reds	3–4	Lucas	Brame (4–2)	—	—	67–54
122	August 27	@ Reds	9–4	Fussell (7–8)	Luque	—	—	68–54
123	August 28	Phillies	9–2	Hill (13–7)	Sweetland	—	—	69–54
124	August 28	Phillies	16–7	Dawson (4–6)	Benge	—	—	70–54
125	August 29	Phillies	0–4 (7)	Willoughby	Brame (4–3)	—	—	70–55
126	August 31	Cardinals	6–5	Kremer (14–12)	Alexander	Grimes (3)	—	71–55
127	August 31	Cardinals	2–6	Haines	Fussell (7–9)	—	—	71–56

September: 14–11 (Home: 4–2; Away: 10–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
128	September 1	Cardinals	1–4	Sherdel	Hill (13–8)	—	—	71–57
129	September 2	@ Cubs	2–3	Malone	Grimes (22–12)	—	32,000	71–58
130	September 3	Cubs	16–1	Brame (5–3)	Root	—	—	72–58
131	September 3	Cubs	6–3	Kremer (15–12)	Carlson	—	—	73–58
132	September 4	Cubs	8–9	Blake	Hill (13–9)	—	—	73–59
133	September 6	@ Cardinals	3–4 (10)	Mitchell	Grimes (22–13)	—	10,000	73–60
134	September 7	@ Cardinals	3–6	Haines	Kremer (15–13)	—	—	73–61
135	September 8	@ Cardinals	4–2	Hill (14–9)	Sherdel	—	—	74–61
136	September 9	@ Cardinals	8–7	Dawson (5–6)	Reinhart	—	—	75–61
137	September 10	@ Cubs	7–5	Grimes (23–13)	Nehf	—	—	76–61
138	September 11	@ Cubs	3–9	Malone	Hill (14–10)	—	—	76–62
139	September 14	Reds	4–1	Grimes (24–13)	Rixey	—	—	77–62
140	September 15	Reds	6–1	Hill (15–10)	Ash	—	—	78–62
141	September 16	@ Giants	1–0	Fussell (8–9)	Benton	—	50,000	79–62
142	September 17	@ Giants	2–9	Hubbell	Brame (5–4)	—	3,000	79–63
143	September 18	@ Giants	2–3 (10)	Fitzsimmons	Dawson (5–7)	—	—	79–64
144	September 20	@ Phillies	6–4	Hill (16–10)	Willoughby	—	—	80–64
145	September 21	@ Phillies	6–5	Dawson (6–7)	Sweetland	—	—	81–64
146	September 22	@ Phillies	9–7	Grimes (25–13)	McGraw	—	—	82–64
147	September 22	@ Phillies	5–3	Brame (6–4)	Caldwell	—	—	83–64
148	September 24	@ Braves	3–1 (10)	Dawson (7–7)	Delaney	—	—	84–64
149	September 24	@ Braves	2–4	Smith	Blankenship (0–1)	—	—	84–65
150	September 25	@ Braves	13–8	Brame (7–4)	Greenfield	Dawson (3)	—	85–65
151	September 27	@ Robins	6–7 (10)	Petty	Grimes (25–14)	—	—	85–66
152	September 27	@ Robins	1–8	Koupal	Blankenship (0–2)	—	—	85–67

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1928 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Les Bartholomew

Homer Blankenship

Erv Brame

Bill Burwell

Joe Dawson

Fred Fussell

Burleigh Grimes

Carmen Hill

Ray Kremer

Lee Meadows

Johnny Miljus

Glenn Spencer

Walt Tauscher

Elmer Tutwiler

Catchers

Johnny Gooch

Charlie Hargreaves

Rollie Hemsley

John O'Connell

Earl Smith

Infielders

Sparky Adams

Dick Bartell

George Grantham

Joe Harris

Mack Hillis

Cobe Jones

Eddie Mulligan

Pie Traynor

Bill Windle

Glenn Wright

Outfielders

Clyde Barnhart

Fred Brickell

Adam Comorosky

Pete Scott

Lloyd Waner

Paul Waner

Manager

Donie Bush

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

#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

↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Mike Cvengros page at Baseball Reference
↑ 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

External links

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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
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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)

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

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