1929 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1929 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)	Jewel Ens
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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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	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	98	54	0.645	—	52–25	46–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	65	0.575	10½	45–31	43–34
New York Giants	84	67	0.556	13½	39–37	45–30
St. Louis Cardinals	78	74	0.513	20	43–32	35–42
Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	0.464	27½	39–37	32–45
Brooklyn Robins	70	83	0.458	28½	42–35	28–48
Cincinnati Reds	66	88	0.429	33	38–39	28–49
Boston Braves	56	98	0.364	43	34–43	22–55

Record vs. opponents

1929 National League Records 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)

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)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1929 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Erv Brame

Leon Chagnon

Joe Dawson

Ralph Erickson

Larry French

Fred Fussell

Burleigh Grimes

Carmen Hill

Ray Kremer

Lee Meadows

Heinie Meine

Jesse Petty

Steve Swetonic

Catchers

Charlie Hargreaves

Rollie Hemsley

Bob Linton

John O'Connell

Infielders

Sparky Adams

Dick Bartell

Stu Clarke

George Grantham

Cobe Jones

Harry Riconda

Ben Sankey

Earl Sheely

Jim Stroner

Pie Traynor

Bill Windle

Outfielders

Fred Brickell

Adam Comorosky

Ira Flagstead

Jim Mosolf

Lloyd Waner

Paul Waner

Other batters

Mel Ingram

Manager

Jewel Ens

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

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
Sankey, BenBen Sankey	2	7	1	.143	0	0
O'Connell, JohnJohn O'Connell	2	7	1	.143	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
Brame, ErvErv Brame	37	229.2	16	11	4.55	68
Chagnon, LeonLeon Chagnon	1	7	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

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
Dawson, JoeJoe Dawson	4	0	1	0	8.31	2

References

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

1929 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

1929 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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