# 1923 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 95 | 58 | .621 | — | 47‍–‍30 | 48‍–‍28 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 63 | .591 | 4½ | 46‍–‍32 | 45‍–‍31 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 67 | .565 | 8½ | 47‍–‍30 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Chicago Cubs | 83 | 71 | .539 | 12½ | 46‍–‍31 | 37‍–‍40 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 79 | 74 | .516 | 16 | 42‍–‍35 | 37‍–‍39 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 76 | 78 | .494 | 19½ | 37‍–‍40 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Boston Braves | 54 | 100 | .351 | 41½ | 22‍–‍55 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 104 | .325 | 45½ | 20‍–‍55 | 30‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1923 National League recordvte 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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 17@ Cubs3–2Morrison (1–0)Osborne—33,0001–0
2April 18@ Cubs2–7AlexanderBoehler (0–1)——1–1
3April 19@ Cubs5–10AldridgeAdams (0–1)——1–2
4April 20@ Cubs11–12OsborneAdams (0–2)——1–3
5April 21@ Reds6–12DonohueCooper (0–1)——1–4
6April 22@ Reds15–9Morrison (2–0)RixeyBagby (1)—2–4
7April 23@ Reds8–4Boehler (1–1)CouchGlazner (1)—3–4
8April 24@ Reds4–5LuqueKunz (0–1)——3–5
9April 25Cubs7–3Cooper (1–1)Fussell—30,0004–5
10April 26Cubs7–2Adams (1–2)Osborne——5–5
11April 27Cubs2–1Morrison (3–0)Alexander——6–5
12April 29@ Cardinals2–3HainesGlazner (0–1)——6–6
13April 30@ Cardinals5–7DoakBoehler (1–2)Sherdel5,0006–7 :
May: 18–9 (Home: 9–1; Away: 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
14May 1@ Cardinals6–2Cooper (2–1)Sherdel—3,5007–7
15May 2@ Cardinals1–12PfefferMorrison (3–1)—2,0007–8
16May 3Reds3–1Adams (2–2)Donohue—3,0008–8
17May 4Reds11–6Glazner (1–1)RixeyBagby (2)—9–8
18May 5Reds10–7Cooper (3–1)KeckMorrison (1)—10–8
19May 6@ Reds7–8DonohueHamilton (0–1)——10–9
20May 7Cardinals11–4Adams (3–2)Sherdel—8,00011–9
21May 8@ Robins8–6Morrison (4–1)Harper—3,50012–9
22May 11@ Robins6–7GrimesBagby (0–1)—2,00012–10
23May 13@ Giants0–9McQuillanCooper (3–2)—35,00012–11
24May 14@ Giants4–1Adams (4–2)Nehf—8,00013–11
25May 16@ Giants2–6ScottMorrison (4–2)—5,00013–12
26May 17@ Braves0–1 (10)RudolphCooper (3–3)——13–13
27May 18@ Braves4–3Adams (5–2)FillingimKunz (1)—14–13
28May 19@ Braves5–0Glazner (2–1)McNamara——15–13
29May 21@ Phillies5–3Morrison (5–2)Behan——16–13
30May 22@ Phillies13–6Cooper (4–3)Meadows——17–13
31May 23@ Phillies7–6Kunz (1–1)Head——18–13
32May 24Cardinals11–4Adams (6–2)Sherdel—10,00019–13
33May 25Cardinals2–1Morrison (6–2)Doak—6,00020–13
34May 26Cardinals4–5HainesCooper (4–4)—15,00020–14
35May 27@ Cubs4–2Meadows (1–0)Aldridge——21–14
36May 28@ Cubs4–5 (11)FussellKunz (1–2)——21–15
37May 29Cubs7–6Bagby (1–1)Stueland——22–15
38May 30Cubs5–4Morrison (7–2)Kaufmann—20,00023–15
39May 30Cubs10–2Cooper (5–4)Aldridge—30,00024–15
40May 31@ Cardinals1–4ToneyMeadows (1–1)—1,00024–16 :
June: 15–8 (Home: 11–6; Away: 4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
41June 1@ Cardinals3–4 (11)PfefferHamilton (0–2)——24–17
42June 3@ Cardinals3–4HainesCooper (5–5)——24–18
43June 4Robins3–5GrimesMorrison (7–3)—7,00024–19
44June 5Robins5–2Meadows (2–1)Dickerman—5,00025–19
45June 6Robins7–3Hamilton (1–2)Ruether—4,00026–19
46June 8Giants9–6Morrison (8–3)McQuillan—15,00027–19
47June 9Giants0–6BentleyMeadows (2–2)—30,00027–20
48June 12Giants4–2Cooper (6–5)Nehf—15,00028–20
49June 13Phillies4–2Morrison (9–3)Behan——29–20
50June 14Phillies1–2RingMeadows (2–3)——29–21
51June 16Phillies4–1Cooper (7–5)Weinert——30–21
52June 18Braves8–3Morrison (10–3)Marquard——31–21
53June 20Braves8–14 (10)BentonBoehler (1–3)Barnes—31–22
54June 21Braves2–1Adams (7–2)Barnes—3,00032–22
55June 22Reds8–2Meadows (3–3)Donohue——33–22
56June 23Reds4–5RixeyCooper (7–6)Benton10,00033–23
57June 24@ Cardinals6–4Morrison (11–3)PfefferBagby (3)—34–23
58June 25@ Cardinals3–1Hamilton (2–2)Haines—5,00035–23
59June 26@ Cardinals7–5Meadows (4–3)DoakAdams (1)2,00036–23
60June 27@ Cardinals6–0Cooper (8–6)Sherdel—2,00037–23
61June 29Reds0–2LuqueMorrison (11–4)——37–24
62June 29Reds5–3Bagby (2–1)Benton——38–24
63June 30Reds4–3Adams (8–2)Rixey—22,00039–24 :
July: 19–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 9–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
64July 1@ Reds2–3DonohueCooper (8–7)Luque—39–25
65July 2Cardinals4–1Hamilton (3–2)Pfeffer——40–25
66July 3Cardinals4–2Meadows (5–3)Toney—8,00041–25
67July 4Cardinals7–5Cooper (9–7)Pfeffer——42–25
68July 4Cardinals6–1Morrison (12–4)Haines——43–25
69July 6@ Phillies2–5MitchellCooper (9–8)—1,00043–26
70July 7@ Phillies18–5Meadows (6–3)Glazner——44–26
71July 9@ Phillies2–4BehanMorrison (12–5)——44–27
72July 10@ Giants8–9 (10)BlumeBagby (2–2)—10,00044–28
73July 11@ Giants1–6WatsonHamilton (3–3)——44–29
74July 12@ Giants5–3Meadows (7–3)McQuillan—25,00045–29
75July 12@ Giants2–4ScottAdams (8–3)—40,00045–30
76July 13@ Giants10–1Morrison (13–5)Bentley—7,50046–30
77July 14@ Robins1–2VanceCooper (9–9)—20,00046–31
78July 14@ Robins5–3Bagby (3–2)Henry—23,00047–31
79July 15@ Robins3–2Hamilton (4–3)Ruether—15,00048–31
80July 16@ Robins4–8GrimesMeadows (7–4)——48–32
81July 17@ Robins2–6SmithMorrison (13–6)—2,50048–33
82July 18@ Braves5–1Cooper (10–9)Marquard——49–33
83July 19@ Braves8–6Meadows (8–4)BarnesMorrison (2)—50–33
84July 20@ Braves5–8GenewichHamilton (4–4)——50–34
85July 21@ Braves14–4Morrison (14–6)McNamara——51–34
86July 21@ Braves6–4Cooper (11–9)Miller——52–34
87July 23Cubs3–12 (12)AlexanderMeadows (8–5)——52–35
88July 25Braves5–2Adams (9–3)Benton——53–35
89July 25Braves10–3Morrison (15–6)Fillingim——54–35
90July 26Braves8–7 (12)Hamilton (5–4)Barnes——55–35
91July 27Braves8–5Meadows (9–5)Oeschger——56–35
92July 28Braves3–1Cooper (12–9)Genewich——57–35
93July 30Giants5–4Steineder (1–0)Scott—32,00058–35
94July 30Giants2–17NehfMorrison (15–7)Jonnard32,00058–36
95July 31Giants4–5McQuillanHamilton (5–5)Ryan10,00058–37 :
August: 14–14 (Home: 4–9; Away: 10–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
96August 1Giants2–1Cooper (13–9)Bentley—15,00059–37
97August 2Giants2–3WatsonMeadows (9–6)—18,00059–38
98August 4Phillies2–4RingAdams (9–4)——59–39
99August 4Phillies4–3Morrison (16–7)Weinert——60–39
100August 6Phillies4–6MitchellCooper (13–10)——60–40
101August 7Phillies5–7GlaznerMeadows (9–7)Behan—60–41
102August 8Robins2–9VanceHamilton (5–6)—5,00060–42
103August 8Robins5–2Morrison (17–7)Grimes—7,00061–42
104August 9Robins6–2Adams (10–4)Dickerman—4,00062–42
105August 11Robins6–7RuetherCooper (13–11)—12,00062–43
106August 12@ Robins2–11VanceHamilton (5–7)—22,00062–44
107August 12@ Robins0–6GrimesMorrison (17–8)—22,00062–45
108August 13@ Robins5–2Meadows (10–7)Smith—4,00063–45
109August 14@ Phillies10–16CouchStone (0–1)Weinert—63–46
110August 15@ Phillies4–3Cooper (14–11)Behan——64–46
111August 16@ Phillies5–8BettsMorrison (17–9)——64–47
112August 17@ Phillies11–6Hamilton (6–7)Ring——65–47
113August 18@ Phillies9–8 (13)Adams (11–4)Ring—10,00066–47
114August 19@ Giants1–2 (12)ScottCooper (14–12)—25,00066–48
115August 20@ Giants3–1Morrison (18–9)Nehf—7,00067–48
116August 21@ Giants9–5Adams (12–4)WatsonHamilton (1)8,00068–48
117August 23@ Braves8–3Meadows (11–7)Barnes——69–48
118August 24@ Braves7–2Cooper (15–12)Oeschger——70–48
119August 25@ Braves5–2Morrison (19–9)Marquard——71–48
120August 26@ Robins9–2Adams (13–4)Ruether—10,00072–48
121August 29Cubs2–6KaufmannCooper (15–13)—5,00072–49
122August 30Cardinals4–6HainesMorrison (19–10)—5,00072–50
123August 31Cardinals2–3DoakCooper (15–14)—4,50072–51 :
September: 13–16 (Home: 10–11; Away: 3–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
124September 1Cardinals2–8SherdelAdams (13–5)—10,00072–52
125September 2@ Cubs8–6 (11)Meadows (12–7)Kaufmann——73–52
126September 3Reds7–2Morrison (20–10)Benton——74–52
127September 4Reds1–2RixeyCooper (15–15)—7,00074–53
128September 5Reds6–2Meadows (13–7)Luque—5,00075–53
129September 6Cubs5–1 (5)Hamilton (7–7)Alexander——76–53
130September 7Cubs4–6KeenAdams (13–6)——76–54
131September 8Cubs4–0Morrison (21–10)Aldridge——77–54
132September 9@ Reds3–8LuqueCooper (15–16)—10,00077–55
133September 10@ Reds8–0Meadows (14–7)Donohue——78–55
134September 11@ Reds4–3Morrison (22–10)Benton——79–55
135September 13Robins4–7VanceHamilton (7–8)—5,00079–56
136September 13Robins6–3Cooper (16–16)Henry—12,00080–56
137September 15Robins4–1Meadows (15–7)Ruether—6,00081–56
138September 15Robins2–13GrimesMorrison (22–11)—12,00081–57
139September 17Braves1–6MarquardCooper (16–17)——81–58
140September 18Braves12–2Morrison (23–11)Barnes——82–58
141September 19Braves4–5GenewichAdams (13–7)——82–59
142September 21Giants4–8ScottMeadows (15–8)Nehf10,00082–60
143September 21Giants1–8WatsonCooper (16–18)—20,00082–61
144September 22Giants3–4BentleyMorrison (23–12)——82–62
145September 24Phillies2–4CouchMeadows (15–9)Behan—82–63
146September 24Phillies4–3 (10)Cooper (17–18)Betts——83–63
147September 25Phillies18–5Steineder (2–0)Glazner——84–63
148September 26Phillies6–0Morrison (24–12)Behan——85–63
149September 27@ Cubs2–8KeenHamilton (7–9)——85–64
150September 28@ Cubs1–2AldridgeCooper (17–19)——85–65
151September 29@ Cubs4–5 (10)AlexanderMeadows (15–10)——85–66
152September 30@ Cubs4–5WheelerMorrison (24–13)—20,00085–67 :
October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
153October 6@ Reds7–1Meadows (16–10)Rixey——86–67
154October 7@ Reds7–5Morrison (25–13)Donohue——87–67 :
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.

### 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 | Walter Schmidt | 97 | 335 | 83 | .248 | 0 | 37 |
| 1B | Charlie Grimm | 152 | 563 | 194 | .345 | 7 | 99 |
| 2B | Johnny Rawlings | 119 | 461 | 131 | .284 | 1 | 45 |
| SS | Rabbit Maranville | 141 | 581 | 161 | .277 | 1 | 41 |
| 3B | Pie Traynor | 153 | 616 | 208 | .338 | 12 | 101 |
| OF | Max Carey | 153 | 610 | 188 | .308 | 6 | 63 |
| OF | Carson Bigbee | 123 | 499 | 149 | .299 | 0 | 54 |
| OF | Clyde Barnhart | 114 | 327 | 106 | .324 | 9 | 72 |

#### 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 |
| Reb Russell | 94 | 291 | 84 | .289 | 9 | 58 |
| Johnny Gooch | 66 | 202 | 56 | .277 | 1 | 20 |
| Cotton Tierney | 29 | 120 | 35 | .292 | 2 | 23 |
| Walter Mueller | 40 | 111 | 34 | .306 | 0 | 20 |
| Spencer Adams | 25 | 56 | 14 | .250 | 0 | 4 |
| Kiki Cuyler | 11 | 40 | 10 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Mattox | 22 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 0 | 1 |
| Jewel Ens | 12 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 0 | 5 |
| Eddie Moore | 6 | 26 | 7 | .269 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Luce | 9 | 12 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 3 |
| Eppie Barnes | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
| Johnny Morrison | 42 | 301.2 | 25 | 13 | 3.49 | 114 |
| Wilbur Cooper | 39 | 294.2 | 17 | 19 | 3.57 | 77 |
| Lee Meadows | 31 | 227.0 | 16 | 10 | 3.01 | 66 |
| Babe 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 |
| Earl Hamilton | 28 | 141.0 | 7 | 9 | 3.77 | 42 |
| Jim Bagby | 21 | 68.2 | 3 | 2 | 5.24 | 16 |
| Ray Steineder | 15 | 55.0 | 2 | 0 | 4.75 | 23 |
| Whitey Glazner | 7 | 30.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.30 | 8 |
| George 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 |
| Earl Kunz | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.52 | 12 |
| Arnie Stone | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.03 | 2 |
| Hal Carlson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.73 | 4 |