1923 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1923 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)	Bill McKechnie
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1923 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 42nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 37th in the National League. The Pirates finished third 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	95	58	0.621	—	47–30	48–28
Cincinnati Reds	91	63	0.591	4½	46–32	45–31
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	0.565	8½	47–30	40–37
Chicago Cubs	83	71	0.539	12½	46–31	37–40
St. Louis Cardinals	79	74	0.516	16	42–35	37–39
Brooklyn Robins	76	78	0.494	19½	37–40	39–38
Boston Braves	54	100	0.351	41½	22–55	32–45
Philadelphia Phillies	50	104	0.325	45½	20–55	30–49

Record vs. opponents

1923 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–14	6–16	7–15	6–16	13–9	5–17	9–13–1
Brooklyn	14–8	—	10–12	8–14	11–11	12–10–1	11–11	10–12
Chicago	16–6	12–10	—	9–13	10–12	13–9	11–11	12–10
Cincinnati	15–7	14–8	13–9	—	12–10	19–3	8–14	10–12
New York	16–6	11–11	12–10	10–12	—	19–3	13–9	14–7
Philadelphia	9–13	10–12–1	9–13	3–19	3–19	—	9–13	7–15
Pittsburgh	17–5	11–11	11–11	14–8	9–13	13–9	—	12–10
St. Louis	13–9–1	12–10	10–12	12–10	7–14	15–7	10–12	—

Game log

1923 Game Log: 87–67 (Home: 47–30; Away: 40–37)

April: 6–7 (Home: 3–0; Away: 3–7)

May: 18–9 (Home: 9–1; Away: 9–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
14	May 1	@ Cardinals	6–2	Cooper (2–1)	Sherdel	—	3,500	7–7
15	May 2	@ Cardinals	1–12	Pfeffer	Morrison (3–1)	—	2,000	7–8
16	May 3	Reds	3–1	Adams (2–2)	Donohue	—	3,000	8–8
17	May 4	Reds	11–6	Glazner (1–1)	Rixey	Bagby (2)	—	9–8
18	May 5	Reds	10–7	Cooper (3–1)	Keck	Morrison (1)	—	10–8
19	May 6	@ Reds	7–8	Donohue	Hamilton (0–1)	—	—	10–9
20	May 7	Cardinals	11–4	Adams (3–2)	Sherdel	—	8,000	11–9
21	May 8	@ Robins	8–6	Morrison (4–1)	Harper	—	3,500	12–9
22	May 11	@ Robins	6–7	Grimes	Bagby (0–1)	—	2,000	12–10
23	May 13	@ Giants	0–9	McQuillan	Cooper (3–2)	—	35,000	12–11
24	May 14	@ Giants	4–1	Adams (4–2)	Nehf	—	8,000	13–11
25	May 16	@ Giants	2–6	Scott	Morrison (4–2)	—	5,000	13–12
26	May 17	@ Braves	0–1 (10)	Rudolph	Cooper (3–3)	—	—	13–13
27	May 18	@ Braves	4–3	Adams (5–2)	Fillingim	Kunz (1)	—	14–13
28	May 19	@ Braves	5–0	Glazner (2–1)	McNamara	—	—	15–13
29	May 21	@ Phillies	5–3	Morrison (5–2)	Behan	—	—	16–13
30	May 22	@ Phillies	13–6	Cooper (4–3)	Meadows	—	—	17–13
31	May 23	@ Phillies	7–6	Kunz (1–1)	Head	—	—	18–13
32	May 24	Cardinals	11–4	Adams (6–2)	Sherdel	—	10,000	19–13
33	May 25	Cardinals	2–1	Morrison (6–2)	Doak	—	6,000	20–13
34	May 26	Cardinals	4–5	Haines	Cooper (4–4)	—	15,000	20–14
35	May 27	@ Cubs	4–2	Meadows (1–0)	Aldridge	—	—	21–14
36	May 28	@ Cubs	4–5 (11)	Fussell	Kunz (1–2)	—	—	21–15
37	May 29	Cubs	7–6	Bagby (1–1)	Stueland	—	—	22–15
38	May 30	Cubs	5–4	Morrison (7–2)	Kaufmann	—	20,000	23–15
39	May 30	Cubs	10–2	Cooper (5–4)	Aldridge	—	30,000	24–15
40	May 31	@ Cardinals	1–4	Toney	Meadows (1–1)	—	1,000	24–16

June: 15–8 (Home: 11–6; Away: 4–2)

July: 19–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 9–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
64	July 1	@ Reds	2–3	Donohue	Cooper (8–7)	Luque	—	39–25
65	July 2	Cardinals	4–1	Hamilton (3–2)	Pfeffer	—	—	40–25
66	July 3	Cardinals	4–2	Meadows (5–3)	Toney	—	8,000	41–25
67	July 4	Cardinals	7–5	Cooper (9–7)	Pfeffer	—	—	42–25
68	July 4	Cardinals	6–1	Morrison (12–4)	Haines	—	—	43–25
69	July 6	@ Phillies	2–5	Mitchell	Cooper (9–8)	—	1,000	43–26
70	July 7	@ Phillies	18–5	Meadows (6–3)	Glazner	—	—	44–26
71	July 9	@ Phillies	2–4	Behan	Morrison (12–5)	—	—	44–27
72	July 10	@ Giants	8–9 (10)	Blume	Bagby (2–2)	—	10,000	44–28
73	July 11	@ Giants	1–6	Watson	Hamilton (3–3)	—	—	44–29
74	July 12	@ Giants	5–3	Meadows (7–3)	McQuillan	—	25,000	45–29
75	July 12	@ Giants	2–4	Scott	Adams (8–3)	—	40,000	45–30
76	July 13	@ Giants	10–1	Morrison (13–5)	Bentley	—	7,500	46–30
77	July 14	@ Robins	1–2	Vance	Cooper (9–9)	—	20,000	46–31
78	July 14	@ Robins	5–3	Bagby (3–2)	Henry	—	23,000	47–31
79	July 15	@ Robins	3–2	Hamilton (4–3)	Ruether	—	15,000	48–31
80	July 16	@ Robins	4–8	Grimes	Meadows (7–4)	—	—	48–32
81	July 17	@ Robins	2–6	Smith	Morrison (13–6)	—	2,500	48–33
82	July 18	@ Braves	5–1	Cooper (10–9)	Marquard	—	—	49–33
83	July 19	@ Braves	8–6	Meadows (8–4)	Barnes	Morrison (2)	—	50–33
84	July 20	@ Braves	5–8	Genewich	Hamilton (4–4)	—	—	50–34
85	July 21	@ Braves	14–4	Morrison (14–6)	McNamara	—	—	51–34
86	July 21	@ Braves	6–4	Cooper (11–9)	Miller	—	—	52–34
87	July 23	Cubs	3–12 (12)	Alexander	Meadows (8–5)	—	—	52–35
88	July 25	Braves	5–2	Adams (9–3)	Benton	—	—	53–35
89	July 25	Braves	10–3	Morrison (15–6)	Fillingim	—	—	54–35
90	July 26	Braves	8–7 (12)	Hamilton (5–4)	Barnes	—	—	55–35
91	July 27	Braves	8–5	Meadows (9–5)	Oeschger	—	—	56–35
92	July 28	Braves	3–1	Cooper (12–9)	Genewich	—	—	57–35
93	July 30	Giants	5–4	Steineder (1–0)	Scott	—	32,000	58–35
94	July 30	Giants	2–17	Nehf	Morrison (15–7)	Jonnard	32,000	58–36
95	July 31	Giants	4–5	McQuillan	Hamilton (5–5)	Ryan	10,000	58–37

August: 14–14 (Home: 4–9; Away: 10–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 1	Giants	2–1	Cooper (13–9)	Bentley	—	15,000	59–37
97	August 2	Giants	2–3	Watson	Meadows (9–6)	—	18,000	59–38
98	August 4	Phillies	2–4	Ring	Adams (9–4)	—	—	59–39
99	August 4	Phillies	4–3	Morrison (16–7)	Weinert	—	—	60–39
100	August 6	Phillies	4–6	Mitchell	Cooper (13–10)	—	—	60–40
101	August 7	Phillies	5–7	Glazner	Meadows (9–7)	Behan	—	60–41
102	August 8	Robins	2–9	Vance	Hamilton (5–6)	—	5,000	60–42
103	August 8	Robins	5–2	Morrison (17–7)	Grimes	—	7,000	61–42
104	August 9	Robins	6–2	Adams (10–4)	Dickerman	—	4,000	62–42
105	August 11	Robins	6–7	Ruether	Cooper (13–11)	—	12,000	62–43
106	August 12	@ Robins	2–11	Vance	Hamilton (5–7)	—	22,000	62–44
107	August 12	@ Robins	0–6	Grimes	Morrison (17–8)	—	22,000	62–45
108	August 13	@ Robins	5–2	Meadows (10–7)	Smith	—	4,000	63–45
109	August 14	@ Phillies	10–16	Couch	Stone (0–1)	Weinert	—	63–46
110	August 15	@ Phillies	4–3	Cooper (14–11)	Behan	—	—	64–46
111	August 16	@ Phillies	5–8	Betts	Morrison (17–9)	—	—	64–47
112	August 17	@ Phillies	11–6	Hamilton (6–7)	Ring	—	—	65–47
113	August 18	@ Phillies	9–8 (13)	Adams (11–4)	Ring	—	10,000	66–47
114	August 19	@ Giants	1–2 (12)	Scott	Cooper (14–12)	—	25,000	66–48
115	August 20	@ Giants	3–1	Morrison (18–9)	Nehf	—	7,000	67–48
116	August 21	@ Giants	9–5	Adams (12–4)	Watson	Hamilton (1)	8,000	68–48
117	August 23	@ Braves	8–3	Meadows (11–7)	Barnes	—	—	69–48
118	August 24	@ Braves	7–2	Cooper (15–12)	Oeschger	—	—	70–48
119	August 25	@ Braves	5–2	Morrison (19–9)	Marquard	—	—	71–48
120	August 26	@ Robins	9–2	Adams (13–4)	Ruether	—	10,000	72–48
121	August 29	Cubs	2–6	Kaufmann	Cooper (15–13)	—	5,000	72–49
122	August 30	Cardinals	4–6	Haines	Morrison (19–10)	—	5,000	72–50
123	August 31	Cardinals	2–3	Doak	Cooper (15–14)	—	4,500	72–51

September: 13–16 (Home: 10–11; Away: 3–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
124	September 1	Cardinals	2–8	Sherdel	Adams (13–5)	—	10,000	72–52
125	September 2	@ Cubs	8–6 (11)	Meadows (12–7)	Kaufmann	—	—	73–52
126	September 3	Reds	7–2	Morrison (20–10)	Benton	—	—	74–52
127	September 4	Reds	1–2	Rixey	Cooper (15–15)	—	7,000	74–53
128	September 5	Reds	6–2	Meadows (13–7)	Luque	—	5,000	75–53
129	September 6	Cubs	5–1 (5)	Hamilton (7–7)	Alexander	—	—	76–53
130	September 7	Cubs	4–6	Keen	Adams (13–6)	—	—	76–54
131	September 8	Cubs	4–0	Morrison (21–10)	Aldridge	—	—	77–54
132	September 9	@ Reds	3–8	Luque	Cooper (15–16)	—	10,000	77–55
133	September 10	@ Reds	8–0	Meadows (14–7)	Donohue	—	—	78–55
134	September 11	@ Reds	4–3	Morrison (22–10)	Benton	—	—	79–55
135	September 13	Robins	4–7	Vance	Hamilton (7–8)	—	5,000	79–56
136	September 13	Robins	6–3	Cooper (16–16)	Henry	—	12,000	80–56
137	September 15	Robins	4–1	Meadows (15–7)	Ruether	—	6,000	81–56
138	September 15	Robins	2–13	Grimes	Morrison (22–11)	—	12,000	81–57
139	September 17	Braves	1–6	Marquard	Cooper (16–17)	—	—	81–58
140	September 18	Braves	12–2	Morrison (23–11)	Barnes	—	—	82–58
141	September 19	Braves	4–5	Genewich	Adams (13–7)	—	—	82–59
142	September 21	Giants	4–8	Scott	Meadows (15–8)	Nehf	10,000	82–60
143	September 21	Giants	1–8	Watson	Cooper (16–18)	—	20,000	82–61
144	September 22	Giants	3–4	Bentley	Morrison (23–12)	—	—	82–62
145	September 24	Phillies	2–4	Couch	Meadows (15–9)	Behan	—	82–63
146	September 24	Phillies	4–3 (10)	Cooper (17–18)	Betts	—	—	83–63
147	September 25	Phillies	18–5	Steineder (2–0)	Glazner	—	—	84–63
148	September 26	Phillies	6–0	Morrison (24–12)	Behan	—	—	85–63
149	September 27	@ Cubs	2–8	Keen	Hamilton (7–9)	—	—	85–64
150	September 28	@ Cubs	1–2	Aldridge	Cooper (17–19)	—	—	85–65
151	September 29	@ Cubs	4–5 (10)	Alexander	Meadows (15–10)	—	—	85–66
152	September 30	@ Cubs	4–5	Wheeler	Morrison (24–13)	—	20,000	85–67

October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

May 22, 1923: Cotton Tierney, Whitey Glazner and $50,000 were traded by the Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Lee Meadows and Johnny Rawlings.^[2]

Roster

1923 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Babe Adams

Jim Bagby

George Boehler

Hal Carlson

Wilbur Cooper

Whitey Glazner

Earl Hamilton

Earl Kunz

Lee Meadows

Johnny Morrison

Ray Steineder

Arnie Stone

Catchers

Johnny Gooch

Jim Mattox

Walter Schmidt

Infielders

Spencer Adams

Eppie Barnes

Jewel Ens

Charlie Grimm

Rabbit Maranville

Eddie Moore

Johnny Rawlings

Cotton Tierney

Pie Traynor

Outfielders

Clyde Barnhart

Carson Bigbee

Max Carey

Kiki Cuyler

Frank Luce

Walter Mueller

Reb Russell

Manager

Bill McKechnie

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	Schmidt, WalterWalter Schmidt	97	335	83	.248	0	37

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
Tierney, CottonCotton Tierney	29	120	35	.292	2	23
Mattox, JimJim Mattox	22	32	6	.188	0	1

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
Meadows, LeeLee Meadows	31	227	16	10	3.01	66
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	26	158.2	13	7	4.42	38

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
Bagby, JimJim Bagby	21	68.2	3	2	5.24	16
Glazner, WhiteyWhitey Glazner	7	30	2	1	3.30	8
Boehler, GeorgeGeorge Boehler	10	28.1	1	3	6.04	12

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

Notes

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

References

1923 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

1923 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)

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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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