# 1930 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1930 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 49th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 44th in the National League. The Pirates finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 80–74.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 62 | .597 | — | 53‍–‍24 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Chicago Cubs | 90 | 64 | .584 | 2 | 51‍–‍26 | 39‍–‍38 |
| New York Giants | 87 | 67 | .565 | 5 | 46‍–‍31 | 41‍–‍36 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 86 | 68 | .558 | 6 | 49‍–‍28 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 74 | .519 | 12 | 42‍–‍35 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Boston Braves | 70 | 84 | .455 | 22 | 39‍–‍38 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 59 | 95 | .383 | 33 | 37‍–‍40 | 22‍–‍55 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 52 | 102 | .338 | 40 | 35‍–‍42 | 17‍–‍60 |

### Record vs. opponents

1930 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 5–17 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 8–14 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 11–11 |
| Chicago | 17–5 | 14–8 | — | 11–11 | 10–12 | 16–6–2 | 11–11 | 11–11 |
| Cincinnati | 9–13 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 7–15 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 3–19 |
| New York | 11–11 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 10–12 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 7–15 | 6–16–2 | 10–12 | 6–16 | — | 9–13 | 6–16 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–10 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 13–9 | — | 13–9 |
| St. Louis | 14–8 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 19–3 | 12–10 | 16–6 | 9–13 | — |

### Game log

1930 Game Log: 80–74 (Home: 42–35; Away: 38–39) :
April: 9–3 (Home: 2–0; Away: 7–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 15@ Reds7–6Swetonic (1–0)Lucas—30,1121–0
2April 16@ Reds1–3DonohueBrame (0–1)—4,4121–1
3April 17@ Reds7–1French (1–0)Rixey——2–1
4April 18@ Reds5–3Petty (1–0)MaySwetonic (1)—3–1
5April 19@ Cardinals5–4 (10)Kremer (1–0)Sherdel——4–1
6April 21@ Cardinals6–4Brame (1–1)Hill——5–1
7April 25Cardinals6–1Kremer (2–0)Sherdel——6–1
8April 26Cardinals9–7Brame (2–1)Hallahan——7–1
9April 27@ Cubs9–5French (2–0)BushSwetonic (2)—8–1
10April 28@ Cubs4–7RootSpencer (0–1)——8–2
11April 29@ Cubs13–9Erickson (1–0)BlakeSwetonic (3)—9–2
12April 30@ Cubs2–5MaloneJones (0–1)——9–3 :
May: 11–15 (Home: 8–13; Away: 3–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
13May 1Braves3–4SeiboldFrench (2–1)——9–4
14May 2Braves3–2Kremer (3–0)CantwellPetty (1)—10–4
15May 3Braves7–12CunninghamSwetonic (1–1)——10–5
16May 5Giants1–9WalkerFrench (2–2)—5,00010–6
17May 6Giants9–11HubbellKremer (3–1)Heving—10–7
18May 7Giants16–8Swetonic (2–1)Parmelee——11–7
19May 8Giants10–13 (10)WalkerFrench (2–3)——11–8
20May 9Robins4–7ClarkPetty (1–1)Dudley—11–9
21May 10Robins0–7ElliottKremer (3–2)—11,00011–10
22May 11@ Robins2–10VanceFrench (2–4)—26,00011–11
23May 12Robins6–2Brame (3–1)Dudley—2,00012–11
24May 13Phillies8–14BengePetty (1–2)——12–12
25May 17Reds7–5Kremer (4–2)DonohueSwetonic (4)—13–12
26May 18@ Reds2–1Brame (4–1)Frey——14–12
27May 20@ Reds5–0French (3–4)Lucas——15–12
28May 21Cubs10–3Kremer (5–2)TeachoutMeine (1)—16–12
29May 22Cubs5–12OsbornPetty (1–3)Moss—16–13
30May 23Cubs7–6Meine (1–0)CarlsonSpencer (1)—17–13
31May 24Cubs3–5MaloneFrench (3–5)——17–14
32May 25@ Reds6–5 (10)Spencer (1–1)Kolp——18–14
33May 25@ Reds3–4LucasChagnon (0–1)——18–15
34May 26Cardinals4–10SherdelPetty (1–4)Lindsey—18–16
35May 27Cardinals8–5French (4–5)Grabowski——19–16
36May 30Reds1–9LucasChagnon (0–2)——19–17
37May 30Reds7–6Kremer (6–2)BentonSpencer (2)—20–17
38May 31Reds4–10RixeyFrench (4–6)Kolp—20–18 :
June: 10–16 (Home: 6–5; Away: 4–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
39June 1@ Cubs4–16BushMeine (1–1)——20–19
40June 3@ Robins5–6ClarkSpencer (1–2)—18,00020–20
41June 4@ Robins12–6French (5–6)Dudley——21–20
42June 5@ Robins5–6ElliottPetty (1–5)Luque—21–21
43June 6@ Braves4–3Meine (2–1)Cantwell——22–21
44June 7@ Braves4–6ZacharyKremer (6–3)——22–22
45June 8@ Braves6–10SeiboldFrench (5–7)——22–23
46June 11@ Giants2–9HubbellMeine (2–2)——22–24
47June 12@ Giants10–7Kremer (7–3)Fitzsimmons——23–24
48June 13@ Giants2–7WalkerFrench (5–8)——23–25
49June 14@ Phillies19–12Spencer (2–2)Smythe——24–25
50June 14@ Phillies4–5CollinsPetty (1–6)——24–26
51June 16@ Phillies14–18CollardKremer (7–4)Collins—24–27
52June 17@ Phillies4–5 (10)NicholsFrench (5–9)——24–28
53June 18Giants3–4WalkerMeine (2–3)Pruett—24–29
54June 20Giants8–4Kremer (8–4)Fitzsimmons——25–29
55June 21Giants5–6 (10)DonohueSpencer (2–3)——25–30
56June 22@ Robins6–9LuqueFrench (5–10)——25–31
57June 23Robins6–19ElliottMeine (2–4)——25–32
58June 25Robins5–1Kremer (9–4)Dudley——26–32
59June 26Phillies1–0French (6–10)Collins——27–32
60June 26Phillies11–5Brame (5–1)Collard—4,00028–32
61June 27Phillies6–4Meine (3–4)Willoughby——29–32
62June 28Phillies6–3Spencer (3–3)Nichols—12,00030–32
63June 28Phillies4–6BengeChagnon (0–3)—12,00030–33
64June 30Braves5–6CantwellKremer (9–5)Seibold2,00030–34 :
July: 18–15 (Home: 7–4; Away: 11–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
65July 1Braves8–3French (7–10)Brandt——31–34
66July 2Braves4–6SeiboldBrame (5–2)——31–35
67July 3Braves0–8SmithSpencer (3–4)——31–36
68July 4Cubs1–10TeachoutMeine (3–5)—12,00031–37
69July 4Cubs5–1Kremer (10–5)Root—14,00032–37
70July 5Cubs3–12OsbornFrench (7–11)——32–38
71July 6@ Cardinals1–2HainesSpencer (3–5)——32–39
72July 6@ Cardinals4–12GrimesBrame (5–3)——32–40
73July 7@ Cardinals9–5French (8–11)Haid——33–40
74July 8@ Cardinals10–5Kremer (11–5)Rhem——34–40
75July 9@ Cardinals6–7HaidMeine (3–6)——34–41
76July 11Cardinals6–2Brame (6–3)Hallahan——35–41
77July 12Cardinals3–2Kremer (12–5)Haines——36–41
78July 13@ Robins1–0French (9–11)Elliott—18,00037–41
79July 14@ Robins8–12VanceSpencer (3–6)——37–42
80July 15@ Robins0–5ClarkBrame (6–4)——37–43
81July 16@ Braves3–4ZacharyKremer (12–6)——37–44
82July 16@ Braves9–5Meine (4–6)Sherdel——38–44
83July 17@ Braves6–2French (10–11)Cantwell——39–44
84July 18@ Braves12–4Spencer (4–6)Seibold——40–44
85July 19@ Braves9–4Brame (7–4)Smith——41–44
86July 21@ Phillies2–7SweetlandKremer (12–7)——41–45
87July 22@ Phillies5–11CollinsFrench (10–12)——41–46
88July 23@ Phillies2–1Meine (5–6)Hansen——42–46
89July 23@ Phillies16–15 (13)French (11–12)Sweetland——43–46
90July 24@ Giants0–1 (7)HubbellKremer (12–8)——43–47
91July 25@ Giants1–3MitchellFrench (11–13)——43–48
92July 26@ Giants4–10FitzsimmonsBrame (7–5)——43–49
93July 27@ Giants10–8Meine (6–6)WalkerSwetonic (5)—44–49
94July 27@ Giants8–4Spencer (5–6)Donohue——45–49
95July 29Cardinals6–5Kremer (13–8)Grabowski——46–49
96July 30Cardinals6–5Brame (8–5)Haines—3,00047–49
97July 31Cardinals4–3French (12–13)Lindsey——48–49 :
August: 20–12 (Home: 16–7; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
98August 1@ Cubs7–10OsbornSpencer (5–7)—30,00048–50
99August 2@ Cubs14–8Kremer (14–8)Bush——49–50
100August 3@ Cubs12–8Brame (9–5)Root——50–50
101August 6Robins4–7ThurstonFrench (12–14)Heimach—50–51
102August 7Robins4–6VanceSpencer (5–8)Clark—50–52
103August 8Giants1–9WalkerMeine (6–7)——50–53
104August 8Giants2–7HubbellBrame (9–6)—11,00050–54
105August 9Giants6–10PruettKremer (14–9)—7,00050–55
106August 11Giants8–5French (13–14)Chaplin——51–55
107August 12Phillies8–7 (14)Swetonic (3–1)Elliott——52–55
108August 12Phillies8–3Spencer (6–8)Sweetland—5,00053–55
109August 13Phillies8–4Kremer (15–9)Collard——54–55
110August 15Phillies5–7CollinsMeine (6–8)——54–56
111August 15Phillies3–2 (10)Swetonic (4–1)Sweetland——55–56
112August 16Robins5–7MossWood (0–1)Clark—55–57
113August 16Robins6–2Kremer (16–9)Thurston——56–57
114August 17@ Robins0–5VanceFrench (13–15)—18,00056–58
115August 18Robins4–3Brame (10–6)Clark——57–58
116August 19Robins8–0Swetonic (5–1)Phelps——58–58
117August 20Braves5–0Kremer (17–9)Seibold——59–58
118August 22Braves10–3French (14–15)Zachary——60–58
119August 23Braves5–0Wood (1–1)Smith——61–58
120August 23Braves2–1Brame (11–6)Cantwell——62–58
121August 24@ Reds9–6Kremer (18–9)Frey——63–58
122August 24@ Reds0–2KolpSwetonic (5–2)—9,00063–59
123August 26@ Cubs5–7BlakeFrench (14–16)—25,00063–60
124August 27@ Cubs10–8Brame (12–6)Root——64–60
125August 28Reds16–12Kremer (19–9)LucasSpencer (3)—65–60
126August 28Reds11–2Swetonic (6–2)Frey——66–60
127August 30Reds5–0Wood (2–1)Kolp——67–60
128August 30Reds3–2French (15–16)Benton——68–60
129August 31@ Reds1–4RixeyBrame (12–7)——68–61 :
September: 12–13 (Home: 3–6; Away: 9–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
130September 1Cardinals6–11RhemSwetonic (6–3)—8,00068–62
131September 1Cardinals1–5GrimesKremer (19–10)—12,00068–63
132September 3Cubs9–6Spencer (7–8)BlakeSwetonic (6)5,00069–63
133September 4Cubs7–10 (10)PettySwetonic (6–4)Malone—69–64
134September 5Cubs8–7Brame (13–7)Osborn——70–64
135September 6Cubs14–19BushSwetonic (6–5)Petty—70–65
136September 7@ Cubs9–7Brame (14–7)Bush—35,00071–65
137September 10@ Braves0–5ZacharyKremer (19–11)——71–66
138September 11@ Braves5–2Brame (15–7)Sherdel——72–66
139September 12@ Braves4–5 (10)FrankhouseFrench (15–17)——72–67
140September 14@ Giants8–6 (10)Spencer (8–8)Heving——73–67
141September 14@ Giants7–3 (7)Wood (3–1)WalkerFrench (1)30,00074–67
142September 15@ Giants1–6FitzsimmonsSwetonic (6–6)—3,00074–68
143September 16@ Phillies14–15 (10)CollinsWood (3–2)——74–69
144September 17@ Phillies12–5Brame (16–7)Collard——75–69
145September 18@ Phillies6–5Kremer (20–11)Milligan——76–69
146September 20@ Robins6–2French (16–17)ElliottSpencer (4)—77–69
147September 21@ Robins7–6Brame (17–7)Clark——78–69
148September 23Reds0–8MaySpencer (8–9)——78–70
149September 23Reds2–5AshWood (3–3)——78–71
150September 24Reds5–1 (6)French (17–17)Carroll——79–71
151September 25@ Cardinals0–9GrimesKremer (20–12)—20,00079–72
152September 26@ Cardinals5–10HainesBrame (17–8)—10,00079–73
153September 27@ Cardinals11–8Wood (4–3)Kaufmann——80–73
154September 28@ Cardinals1–3DeanFrench (17–18)——80–74 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member :

### Opening Day lineup

* Brickell-CF
* Grantham-2B
* Waner-RF
* Comorosky-LF
* Suhr-1B
* Bartell-SS
* Hemsley-C
* Engle-3B
* Kremer-P

### 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 | Rollie Hemsley | 104 | 324 | 82 | .253 | 2 | 45 |
| 1B | Gus Suhr | 151 | 542 | 155 | .286 | 17 | 107 |
| 2B | George Grantham | 146 | 552 | 179 | .324 | 18 | 99 |
| SS | Dick Bartell | 129 | 475 | 152 | .320 | 4 | 75 |
| 3B | Pie Traynor | 130 | 497 | 182 | .366 | 9 | 119 |
| OF | Lloyd Waner | 68 | 260 | 94 | .362 | 1 | 36 |
| OF | Paul Waner | 145 | 589 | 217 | .368 | 8 | 77 |
| OF | Adam Comorosky | 152 | 597 | 187 | .313 | 12 | 119 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Brickell | 68 | 219 | 65 | .297 | 1 | 14 |
| Charlie Engle | 67 | 216 | 57 | .264 | 0 | 15 |
| Al Bool | 78 | 216 | 56 | .259 | 7 | 46 |
| Ira Flagstead | 44 | 156 | 39 | .250 | 2 | 21 |
| Jim Mosolf | 40 | 51 | 17 | .333 | 0 | 9 |
| Denny Sothern | 17 | 51 | 9 | .176 | 1 | 4 |
| Gus Dugas | 9 | 31 | 9 | .290 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Hargreaves | 11 | 31 | 7 | .226 | 0 | 2 |
| Ben Sankey | 13 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Stu Clarke | 4 | 9 | 4 | .444 | 0 | 2 |
| Howdy Groskloss | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 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 |
| Ray Kremer | 39 | 276.0 | 20 | 12 | 5.02 | 58 |
| Larry French | 42 | 274.2 | 17 | 18 | 4.36 | 90 |
| Erv Brame | 32 | 235.2 | 17 | 8 | 4.70 | 55 |
| Heinie Meine | 20 | 117.1 | 6 | 8 | 6.14 | 18 |
| Spades Wood | 9 | 58.0 | 4 | 3 | 5.12 | 23 |

#### 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 |
| Glenn Spencer | 41 | 156.2 | 8 | 9 | 5.40 | 60 |
| Steve Swetonic | 23 | 96.2 | 6 | 6 | 4.47 | 35 |
| Leon Chagnon | 18 | 62.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.82 | 27 |
| Jesse Petty | 10 | 41.1 | 1 | 6 | 8.27 | 16 |
| Percy Jones | 9 | 19.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.63 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Ralph Erickson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.07 | 2 |
| Lil Stoner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 1 |
| Marty Lang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 2 |
| Andy Bednar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |
| Bernie Walter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Jim Mosolf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Wichita Aviators | Western League | Art Griggs |
| B | Columbia Comers | Sally League | Marty Fiedler and Lee Stebbins |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wichita Aviators