1928_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1928 Pittsburgh Pirates
1928 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Donie Bush

1928 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Major League Baseball team season

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.

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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]

Game log

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1928 Game Log: 85–67 (Home: 47–30; Away: 38–37)

April: 6–8 (Home: 2–2; Away: 4–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 11	@ Cardinals	7–14	Haines	Kremer (0–1)	—	25,000	0–1
2	April 12	@ Cardinals	0–5	Alexander	Grimes (0–1)	—	—	0–2
3	April 14	@ Reds	0–5	Lucas	Miljus (0–1)	—	2,500	0–3
4	April 15	@ Reds	3–2	Dawson (1–0)	Luque	Hill (1)	—	1–3
5	April 16	@ Reds	8–1	Grimes (1–1)	Rixey	—	—	2–3
6	April 19	Cardinals	10–13	Littlejohn	Miljus (0–2)	Sherdel	30,000	2–4
7	April 20	Cardinals	2–6	Haines	Grimes (1–2)	—	—	2–5
8	April 22	@ Cubs	2–3	Jones	Miljus (0–3)	—	50,000	2–6
9	April 23	@ Cubs	6–0	Kremer (1–1)	Malone	—	—	3–6
10	April 24	@ Cubs	2–7	Blake	Dawson (1–1)	—	—	3–7
11	April 25	@ Cubs	10–0	Grimes (2–2)	Root	—	—	4–7
12	April 26	Reds	7–2	Hill (1–0)	Edwards	—	—	5–7
13	April 29	@ Reds	2–3	Rixey	Kremer (1–2)	—	—	5–8
14	April 30	Cubs	8–7	Miljus (1–3)	Malone	—	—	6–8

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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
43	June 1	Cubs	10–4	Grimes (6–5)	Blake	—	—	19–24
44	June 2	Cubs	6–10	Weinert	Dawson (3–4)	Root	—	19–25
45	June 3	@ Robins	9–7 (14)	Grimes (7–5)	Petty	—	25,000	20–25
46	June 7	@ Braves	8–6 (12)	Burwell (1–0)	Smith	—	—	21–25
47	June 8	@ Braves	5–9	Brandt	Kremer (2–8)	—	—	21–26
48	June 9	@ Braves	6–2	Grimes (8–5)	Genewich	—	—	22–26
49	June 9	@ Braves	6–3	Miljus (3–5)	Robertson	—	—	23–26
50	June 11	@ Phillies	4–6	Ring	Hill (5–3)	Sweetland	—	23–27
51	June 12	@ Phillies	15–4	Kremer (3–8)	Miller	—	—	24–27
52	June 13	@ Phillies	3–4	Sweetland	Grimes (8–6)	—	—	24–28
53	June 14	@ Giants	4–3 (11)	Miljus (4–5)	Fitzsimmons	—	—	25–28
54	June 15	@ Giants	1–9	Aldridge	Hill (5–4)	—	9,000	25–29
55	June 16	@ Giants	0–4	Benton	Kremer (3–9)	—	—	25–30
56	June 17	@ Giants	6–0	Grimes (9–6)	Henry	—	—	26–30
57	June 20	Reds	2–1	Kremer (4–9)	Rixey	—	—	27–30
58	June 21	Reds	4–5	Appleton	Fussell (1–2)	—	—	27–31
59	June 22	Reds	11–1	Grimes (10–6)	Kolp	—	—	28–31
60	June 23	Reds	6–5 (10)	Miljus (5–5)	Kolp	—	—	29–31
61	June 24	@ Cubs	1–8	Nehf	Kremer (4–10)	—	15,000	29–32
62	June 26	@ Cubs	1–0	Grimes (11–6)	Blake	—	—	30–32
63	June 26	@ Cubs	3–7	Bush	Miljus (5–6)	Malone	—	30–33
64	June 28	@ Cardinals	3–4	Sherdel	Hill (5–5)	—	—	30–34
65	June 29	@ Cardinals	4–9	Mitchell	Kremer (4–11)	—	—	30–35
66	June 30	@ Cardinals	4–3	Grimes (12–6)	Alexander	—	—	31–35

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

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

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Mike Cvengros page at Baseball Reference

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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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v t e 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

1928 National League record v t e 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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Charlie Hargreaves	79	260	74	.285	1	32
1B	George Grantham	124	440	142	.323	10	85
2B	Sparky Adams	135	539	149	.276	0	38
SS	Glenn Wright	108	407	126	.310	8	66
3B	Pie Traynor	144	569	192	.337	3	124
OF	Lloyd Waner	152	659	221	.335	5	61
OF	Paul Waner	152	602	223	.370	6	86
OF	Fred Brickell	81	202	65	.322	3	41

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dick Bartell	72	233	71	.305	1	36
Fred Brickell	81	202	65	.322	3	41
Clyde Barnhart	61	196	58	.296	4	30
Pete Scott	60	177	55	.311	5	33
Rollie Hemsley	50	133	36	.271	0	18
Earl Smith	32	85	21	.247	2	11
Johnny Gooch	31	80	19	.238	0	5
Eddie Mulligan	27	43	10	.233	0	1
Mack Hillis	11	36	9	.250	1	7
Joe Harris	16	23	9	.391	0	2
Cobe Jones	1	2	1	.500	0	0
Bill Windle	1	1	1	1.000	0	0
John O'Connell	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joe Dawson	31	128.2	7	7	3.29	36
Erv Brame	24	95.2	7	4	5.08	22
Johnny Miljus	21	69.2	5	7	5.30	26
Homer Blankenship	5	21.2	0	1	5.82	6
Bill Burwell	4	20.2	1	0	5.23	2
Lee Meadows	4	10.0	1	1	8.10	3

1928_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1928 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Opening Day lineup

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

League leaders

References

External links

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Burleigh Grimes	48	330.2	25	14	2.99	97
Carmen Hill	36	237.0	16	10	3.53	73
Ray Kremer	34	219.0	15	13	4.64	61
Fred Fussell	28	159.2	8	9	3.61	43

Player	G	SV	ERA	SO
Walt Tauscher	17	1	4.91	7
Les Bartholomew	6	0	7.15	6
Glenn Spencer	4	0	1.59	2
Elmer Tutwiler	2	0	4.91	1