# 1929 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 98 | 54 | .645 | — | 52‍–‍25 | 46‍–‍29 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 88 | 65 | .575 | 10½ | 45‍–‍31 | 43‍–‍34 |
| New York Giants | 84 | 67 | .556 | 13½ | 39‍–‍37 | 45‍–‍30 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 74 | .513 | 20 | 43‍–‍32 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 71 | 82 | .464 | 27½ | 39‍–‍37 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 70 | 83 | .458 | 28½ | 42‍–‍35 | 28‍–‍48 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 88 | .429 | 33 | 38‍–‍39 | 28‍–‍49 |
| Boston Braves | 56 | 98 | .364 | 43 | 34‍–‍43 | 22‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1929 National League recordvte 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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 16@ Cubs4–3Grimes (1–0)Root—46,0001–0
2April 17@ Cubs2–13MaloneKremer (0–1)——1–1
3April 18@ Cubs1–11BlakePetty (0–1)—14,0001–2
4April 20@ Reds5–4Grimes (2–0)Rixey——2–2
5April 22@ Reds4–9LucasHill (0–1)——2–3
6April 24Cubs5–4 (13)Swetonic (1–0)Horne—32,0003–3
7April 26Cubs6–9BushKremer (0–2)Cvengros8,0003–4
8April 27Cubs7–8MaloneSwetonic (1–1)Blake25,0003–5
9April 28@ Cardinals6–2Petty (1–1)Alexander——4–5
10April 29@ Cardinals3–7MitchellFrench (0–1)—12,0004–6 :
May: 19–8 (Home: 7–3; Away: 12–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
11May 1@ Cardinals4–4 (13)——4–6
12May 4@ Braves3–5SeiboldPetty (1–2)——4–7
13May 5@ Braves7–2Grimes (3–0)Smith—28,0005–7
14May 6@ Braves4–3Swetonic (2–1)Jones——6–7
15May 7@ Giants3–2 (10)French (1–1)Benton——7–7
16May 8@ Giants0–11HubbellPetty (1–3)—8,0007–8
17May 9@ Giants4–3Grimes (4–0)Fitzsimmons—7,5008–8
18May 10@ Phillies13–9Brame (1–0)WilloughbyFrench (1)—9–8
19May 11@ Phillies6–11RoyHill (0–2)——9–9
20May 13@ Robins12–4French (2–1)Elliott——10–9
21May 15@ Robins9–4Grimes (5–0)Clark——11–9
22May 16Cardinals9–10 (10)JohnsonSwetonic (2–2)——11–10
23May 17Cardinals6–2French (3–1)Alexander——12–10
24May 18Cardinals6–3Kremer (1–2)Sherdel——13–10
25May 19@ Cubs4–1Grimes (6–0)Malone—38,00014–10
26May 20@ Cubs1–6BushSwetonic (2–3)——14–11
27May 21@ Cubs6–8HorneFrench (3–2)Root—14–12
28May 22Reds11–2Kremer (2–2)Ash——15–12
29May 23Reds6–3Grimes (7–0)Rixey——16–12
30May 25Reds6–4Brame (2–0)Luque——17–12
31May 26@ Cardinals12–8Fussell (1–0)HainesGrimes (1)30,00018–12
32May 26@ Cardinals7–5Kremer (3–2)FrankhouseGrimes (2)30,00019–12
33May 27@ Cardinals10–1Petty (2–3)Hallahan——20–12
34May 28@ Cardinals5–2Brame (3–0)Mitchell——21–12
35May 29Cubs7–2Swetonic (3–3)MaloneHill (1)5,50022–12
36May 30Cubs1–5NehfKremer (3–3)Bush25,00022–13
37May 30Cubs4–0Grimes (8–0)Root—30,00023–13
38May 31Phillies7–10WilloughbyDawson (0–1)McGraw3,50023–14 :
June: 17–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
39June 1Phillies4–9BengePetty (2–4)——23–15
40June 3Phillies14–2Grimes (9–0)Sweetland——24–15
41June 4Phillies9–5Swetonic (4–3)Collins——25–15
42June 6Braves4–2Kremer (4–3)Seibold——26–15
43June 7Braves6–2Brame (4–0)Brandt——27–15
44June 8Robins9–2Grimes (10–0)Clark——28–15
45June 9@ Robins6–9DudleyPetty (2–5)—20,00028–16
46June 10Robins6–7MooreSwetonic (4–4)Morrison3,50028–17
47June 11Robins3–2Brame (5–0)Dudley——29–17
48June 12Giants7–6Meine (1–0)Scott—15,00030–17
49June 13Giants11–7Hill (1–2)GenewichSwetonic (1)—31–17
50June 14Giants2–7BentonPetty (2–6)—10,00031–18
51June 15Giants15–20 (14)MaysSwetonic (4–5)—22,00031–19
52June 16@ Reds8–3Meine (2–0)Luque——32–19
53June 16@ Reds1–8DonohueGrimes (10–1)——32–20
54June 17@ Reds2–1Kremer (5–3)May——33–20
55June 18@ Reds1–2LucasBrame (5–1)——33–21
56June 19@ Reds6–5Hill (2–2)Rixey——34–21
57June 21@ Cubs14–3Grimes (11–1)Cvengros—35,00035–21
58June 22@ Cubs7–4Kremer (6–3)Blake—25,00036–21
59June 23@ Cubs8–7Swetonic (5–5)Nehf——37–21
60June 24@ Cubs3–4RootBrame (5–2)—7,00037–22
61June 26Reds4–6LuqueKremer (6–4)——37–23
62June 27Reds5–3Meine (3–0)May——38–23
63June 28Reds3–10LucasBrame (5–3)——38–24
64June 29Reds3–0Grimes (12–1)Donohue——39–24
65June 29Reds2–3KolpSwetonic (5–6)——39–25
66June 30@ Reds7–6Kremer (7–4)LuqueMeine (1)—40–25 :
July: 18–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 11–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
67July 2Cardinals5–3Brame (6–3)Mitchell——41–25
68July 3Cardinals13–2Grimes (13–1)Sherdel——42–25
69July 4Cardinals8–4Meine (4–0)Johnson—20,00043–25
70July 4Cardinals8–2Kremer (8–4)Haid—43,00044–25
71July 6Reds3–5KolpSwetonic (5–7)May—44–26
72July 7@ Robins17–6Brame (7–3)DudleyFussell (1)19,00045–26
73July 8@ Robins8–4Grimes (14–1)Morrison——46–26
74July 9@ Robins3–1Kremer (9–4)Dudley——47–26
75July 10@ Phillies15–9Fussell (2–0)BengeHill (2)—48–26
76July 11@ Phillies6–2Brame (8–3)Roy——49–26
77July 12@ Phillies6–4Grimes (15–1)Sweetland——50–26
78July 13@ Phillies10–2Kremer (10–4)Dailey——51–26
79July 15@ Braves5–4 (11)Meine (5–0)Brandt——52–26
80July 16@ Braves1–4SmithBrame (8–4)——52–27
81July 17@ Braves4–7SeiboldGrimes (15–2)——52–28
82July 17@ Braves13–5Kremer (11–4)Leverett——53–28
83July 18@ Giants1–4HubbellBrame (8–5)——53–29
84July 20@ Giants5–2Grimes (16–2)WalkerSwetonic (2)—54–29
85July 20@ Giants4–8MaysMeine (5–1)——54–30
86July 21@ Giants5–3Kremer (12–4)Benton——55–30
87July 22Robins13–3Brame (9–5)Moore—10,00056–30
88July 23Robins7–10MorrisonFussell (2–1)——56–31
89July 24Robins4–6ClarkMeine (5–2)——56–32
90July 26Braves9–8Petty (3–6)Smith——57–32
91July 27Braves3–10SeiboldFrench (3–3)——57–33
92July 27Braves5–2Brame (10–5)Smith——58–33
93July 29Braves9–10JonesMeine (5–3)Cantwell2,50058–34
94July 30Phillies5–13WilloughbyKremer (12–5)——58–35
95July 31Phillies2–6KoupalBrame (10–6)—3,00058–36 :
August: 13–16 (Home: 8–4; Away: 5–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
96August 1Phillies3–1Petty (4–6)Elliott—3,00059–36
97August 2Phillies0–2SweetlandFrench (3–4)——59–37
98August 5Giants10–11HubbellBrame (10–7)Benton—59–38
99August 6Giants3–5WalkerPetty (4–7)——59–39
100August 7Giants4–3Kremer (13–5)Henry——60–39
101August 8Cardinals5–1Brame (11–7)Alexander——61–39
102August 9Cardinals7–6Swetonic (6–7)Johnson—5,00062–39
103August 10@ Robins6–4Petty (5–7)ClarkHill (3)—63–39
104August 10@ Robins3–6VanceMeine (5–4)—20,00063–40
105August 11@ Robins3–5MossKremer (13–6)Morrison9,00063–41
106August 12@ Robins2–4 (10)MorrisonHill (2–3)——63–42
107August 14@ Braves1–0Petty (6–7)Jones——64–42
108August 15@ Braves1–2BrandtKremer (13–7)——64–43
109August 16@ Braves9–3Brame (12–7)Seibold——65–43
110August 17@ Braves3–2French (4–4)SmithSwetonic (3)—66–43
111August 19@ Phillies6–7SmytheSwetonic (6–8)——66–44
112August 19@ Phillies5–8McGrawKremer (13–8)Smythe—66–45
113August 20@ Phillies6–8KoupalBrame (12–8)Willoughby—66–46
114August 21@ Phillies8–10CollinsSwetonic (6–9)Smythe—66–47
115August 22@ Giants6–2Petty (7–7)Henry——67–47
116August 24@ Giants8–14FitzsimmonsFussell (2–2)——67–48
117August 24@ Giants6–7HubbellGrimes (16–3)——67–49
118August 25@ Giants5–10BentonPetty (7–8)—20,00067–50
119August 27@ Phillies4–7SmytheBrame (12–9)——67–51
120August 28Cubs10–3Grimes (17–3)Malone——68–51
121August 28Cubs7–6Kremer (14–8)CvengrosSwetonic (4)20,00069–51
122August 29Cubs5–4Petty (8–8)Carlson——70–51
123August 30Cubs15–0Meine (6–4)Bush——71–51
124August 31Cubs6–7MaloneGrimes (17–4)Bush—71–52 :
September: 15–12 (Home: 11–7; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
125September 1@ Reds9–7 (12)Kremer (15–8)Lucas——72–52
126September 2Reds5–7MayPetty (8–9)—8,50072–53
127September 2Reds9–8 (13)Swetonic (7–9)Kolp—12,00073–53
128September 4@ Reds4–5KolpMeine (6–5)—1,14873–54
129September 5@ Reds10–5Brame (13–9)Lucas——74–54
130September 6Robins5–6ClarkGrimes (17–5)Morrison—74–55
131September 6Robins8–1Petty (9–9)Moss—4,00075–55
132September 7Robins6–2Kremer (16–8)Dudley——76–55
133September 8@ Robins1–2VanceFrench (4–5)—10,00076–56
134September 9Robins9–7Brame (14–9)Moore——77–56
135September 10Robins7–6French (5–5)Morrison——78–56
136September 11Giants1–2WalkerGrimes (17–6)——78–57
137September 11Giants5–10MaysSwetonic (7–10)——78–58
138September 12Giants5–8FitzsimmonsKremer (16–9)——78–59
139September 16Phillies3–2 (10)Petty (10–9)Sweetland——79–59
140September 16Phillies5–2Brame (15–9)Smythe——80–59
141September 17Phillies11–7French (6–5)SmytheSwetonic (5)—81–59
142September 18Braves4–5BrandtKremer (16–10)——81–60
143September 18Braves5–2Meine (7–5)Jones——82–60
144September 19Braves3–6SeiboldGrimes (17–7)Cooney—82–61
145September 20Braves10–3Petty (11–9)Peery——83–61
146September 21Braves4–0Brame (16–9)Smith——84–61
147September 26@ Cardinals1–2HaidPetty (11–10)——84–62
148September 27@ Cardinals2–4FrankhouseBrame (16–10)Johnson—84–63
149September 28@ Cardinals8–5Swetonic (8–10)Sherdel——85–63
150September 29@ Cardinals5–1Kremer (17–10)Grabowski——86–63
151September 29@ Cardinals2–10HallahanMeine (7–6)——86–64 :
October: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
152October 5Cardinals1–3HallahanBrame (16–11)——86–65
153October 5Cardinals8–7Kremer (18–10)Johnson——87–65
154October 6@ Cubs8–3French (7–5)Grampp—30,00088–65 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie Bold = Pirates team member :

### Roster
## 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 | Charlie Hargreaves | 102 | 328 | 88 | .268 | 1 | 44 |
| 1B | Earl Sheely | 139 | 485 | 142 | .293 | 6 | 88 |
| 2B | George Grantham | 110 | 349 | 107 | .307 | 12 | 90 |
| SS | Dick Bartell | 143 | 610 | 184 | .302 | 2 | 57 |
| 3B | Pie Traynor | 130 | 540 | 192 | .356 | 4 | 108 |
| OF | Lloyd Waner | 151 | 662 | 234 | .353 | 5 | 74 |
| OF | Paul Waner | 151 | 596 | 200 | .336 | 15 | 100 |
| OF | Adam Comorosky | 127 | 473 | 152 | .321 | 6 | 97 |

#### 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 |
| Rollie Hemsley | 88 | 235 | 68 | .289 | 0 | 37 |
| Sparky Adams | 74 | 196 | 51 | .260 | 0 | 11 |
| Stu Clarke | 57 | 178 | 47 | .264 | 2 | 21 |
| Fred Brickell | 60 | 118 | 37 | .314 | 0 | 17 |
| Cobe Jones | 25 | 63 | 16 | .254 | 0 | 4 |
| Ira Flagstead | 26 | 50 | 14 | .280 | 0 | 6 |
| Bob Linton | 17 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Riconda | 8 | 15 | 7 | .467 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Mosolf | 8 | 13 | 6 | .462 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Stroner | 6 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Sankey | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| John O'Connell | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Windle | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Ingram | 3 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Burleigh Grimes | 33 | 232.2 | 17 | 7 | 3.13 | 62 |
| Erv Brame | 37 | 229.2 | 16 | 11 | 4.55 | 68 |
| Ray Kremer | 34 | 221.2 | 18 | 10 | 4.26 | 66 |
| Leon Chagnon | 1 | 7.0 | 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 |
| Jesse Petty | 36 | 184.1 | 11 | 10 | 3.71 | 58 |
| Steve Swetonic | 41 | 143.2 | 8 | 10 | 4.82 | 35 |
| Larry French | 30 | 123.0 | 7 | 5 | 4.90 | 49 |
| Heinie Meine | 22 | 108.0 | 7 | 6 | 4.50 | 19 |
| Carmen Hill | 27 | 79.0 | 2 | 3 | 3.99 | 28 |
| Fred Fussell | 21 | 39.2 | 2 | 2 | 8.62 | 18 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Dawson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.31 | 2 |
| Ralph Erickson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
| Lee Meadows | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |