# 1924 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1924 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 43rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 38th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 90–63.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 93 | 60 | .608 | — | 51‍–‍26 | 42‍–‍34 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 92 | 62 | .597 | 1½ | 46‍–‍31 | 46‍–‍31 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 90 | 63 | .588 | 3 | 49‍–‍28 | 41‍–‍35 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 83 | 70 | .542 | 10 | 43‍–‍33 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Chicago Cubs | 81 | 72 | .529 | 12 | 46‍–‍31 | 35‍–‍41 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 65 | 89 | .422 | 28½ | 40‍–‍37 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 55 | 96 | .364 | 37 | 26‍–‍49 | 29‍–‍47 |
| Boston Braves | 53 | 100 | .346 | 40 | 28‍–‍48 | 25‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1924 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 7–15 | 6–15 | 12–10 | 5–17 | 10–12–1 | 7–15 | 6–16 |
| Brooklyn | 15–7 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 15–7 |
| Chicago | 15–6 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 | 9–13–1 | 16–6 | 7–15 | 15–7 |
| Cincinnati | 10–12 | 10–12 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 16–5 | 12–10 | 13–9 |
| New York | 17–5 | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 13–9 | — | 14–7 | 9–13 | 13–9 |
| Philadelphia | 12–10–1 | 5–17 | 6–16 | 5–16 | 7–14 | — | 8–13 | 12–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 13–8 | — | 15–7 |
| St. Louis | 16–6 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — |

### Game log

1924 Game Log: 90–63 (Home: 49–28; Away: 41–35) :
April: 6–8 (Home: 1–2; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 15@ Reds5–6SheehanMeadows (0–1)—35,7470–1
2April 16@ Reds1–0Cooper (1–0)Luque——1–1
3April 18@ Reds2–3MayKremer (0–1)——1–2
4April 19@ Cardinals4–2Meadows (1–1)Pfeffer——2–2
5April 20@ Cardinals2–3DoakMorrison (0–1)——2–3
6April 21@ Cardinals9–11SherdelSteineder (0–1)Doak2,0002–4
7April 22@ Cardinals10–7Kremer (1–1)Dyer—2,0003–4
8April 24Reds4–5DonohueMeadows (1–2)—28,0003–5
9April 25Reds4–10LuqueMorrison (0–2)——3–6
10April 26Reds2–0Kremer (2–1)Mays—26,0004–6
11April 27@ Cubs2–4KaufmannLundgren (0–1)—4,0004–7
12April 28@ Cubs7–4Cooper (2–0)Keen——5–7
13April 29@ Cubs1–2 (11)AlexanderMeadows (1–3)—12,0005–8
14April 30@ Cubs2–1 (14)Morrison (1–2)Jacobs—5,0006–8 :
May: 13–12 (Home: 11–8; Away: 2–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
15May 1Cardinals8–6Kremer (3–1)Haines—5,0007–8
16May 2Cardinals3–2Cooper (3–0)Pfeffer—4,0008–8
17May 3Cardinals6–5Stone (1–0)Stuart—8,0009–8
18May 4@ Reds0–2LuqueMeadows (1–4)——9–9
19May 4@ Reds4–5MayMorrison (1–3)——9–10
20May 6Cubs2–0Kremer (4–1)Aldridge——10–10
21May 7Cubs1–5KaufmannCooper (3–1)—8,00010–11
22May 9Braves7–10McNamaraMorrison (1–4)Genewich—10–12
23May 10Braves0–2BarnesKremer (4–2)——10–13
24May 13Braves5–1Cooper (4–1)Marquard——11–13
25May 15Phillies4–3Morrison (2–4)Couch——12–13
26May 16Phillies3–4 (10)BettsKremer (4–3)——12–14
27May 17Phillies8–12CouchCooper (4–2)——12–15
28May 19Giants6–3Morrison (3–4)Watson—15,00013–15
29May 20Giants12–3Meadows (2–4)Dean—15,00014–15
30May 21Giants8–10BentleyKremer (4–4)McQuillan20,00014–16
31May 22Robins2–4VanceCooper (4–3)—3,00014–17
32May 23Robins1–3GrimesMorrison (3–5)—5,00014–18
33May 25@ Robins5–2 (11)Meadows (3–4)Ruether—26,00015–18
34May 27@ Cubs5–4 (10)Morrison (4–5)Kaufmann——16–18
35May 28@ Cubs6–9AldridgeCooper (4–4)——16–19
36May 29@ Cubs2–5KeenMorrison (4–6)——16–20
37May 30Cardinals4–0Cooper (5–4)Haines—10,00017–20
38May 30Cardinals3–2 (15)Kremer (5–4)Bell—18,00018–20
39May 31Cardinals7–0Yde (1–0)Pfeffer—9,00019–20 :
June: 14–10 (Home: 7–0; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
40June 1@ Cubs1–2AldridgeMorrison (4–7)—12,00019–21
41June 2Cardinals6–2Kremer (6–4)DyerCooper (1)3,00020–21
42June 5@ Robins2–6VanceCooper (5–5)—4,00020–22
43June 7@ Robins1–4GrimesMeadows (3–5)—12,00020–23
44June 8@ Giants0–7 (5)WatsonMorrison (4–8)—20,00020–24
45June 9@ Giants4–6OeschgerCooper (5–6)Barnes10,00020–25
46June 10@ Giants10–6Stone (2–0)BarnesMorrison (1)10,00021–25
47June 11@ Giants4–2Meadows (4–5)McQuillan—10,00022–25
48June 14@ Phillies1–3RingMorrison (4–9)——22–26
49June 16@ Braves4–9BarnesCooper (5–7)——22–27
50June 17@ Braves5–2Kremer (7–4)Yeargin——23–27
51June 17@ Braves0–1McNamaraMeadows (4–6)—12,00023–28
52June 18@ Braves4–3Yde (2–0)Benton—2,50024–28
53June 20Reds9–4Kremer (8–4)Rixey——25–28
54June 21Reds1–0Meadows (5–6)Sheehan—15,00026–28
55June 22@ Reds4–9BentonMorrison (4–10)—8,51326–29
56June 23@ Reds4–2Cooper (6–7)Luque——27–29
57June 24@ Reds4–3Kremer (9–4)Rixey——28–29
58June 25Cubs8–7 (14)Yde (3–0)Alexander—7,00029–29
59June 26Cubs2–1Morrison (5–10)Aldridge——30–29
60June 27Cubs9–0Cooper (7–7)Jacobs——31–29
61June 28Cubs3–0Kremer (10–4)Keen——32–29
62June 29@ Cardinals6–5Meadows (6–6)DickermanMorrison (2)—33–29
63June 30@ Cardinals5–7SherdelStone (2–1)—3,50033–30 :
July: 19–11 (Home: 11–10; Away: 8–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
64July 1@ Cardinals2–5StuartMorrison (5–11)——33–31
65July 2@ Cardinals3–2Cooper (8–7)Haines—2,00034–31
66July 4Reds0–8LuqueKremer (10–5)——34–32
67July 4Reds2–4RixeyMeadows (6–7)Benton—34–33
68July 5Reds11–4Stone (3–1)Donohue——35–33
69July 6@ Reds9–2Cooper (9–7)May—10,00036–33
70July 7Robins9–5Yde (4–0)Grimes——37–33
71July 8Braves8–3Morrison (6–11)McNamara——38–33
72July 9Braves3–6GenewichKremer (10–6)—5,00038–34
73July 10Braves3–5BarnesMeadows (6–8)——38–35
74July 11Braves8–2Cooper (10–7)Lucas——39–35
75July 12Phillies6–5 (10)Stone (4–1)Mitchell——40–35
76July 12Phillies3–2 (11)Yde (5–0)Hubbell——41–35
77July 14Phillies3–8CarlsonKremer (10–7)—3,00041–36
78July 15Phillies3–1Meadows (7–8)Glazner—3,00042–36
79July 16Giants7–8RyanCooper (10–8)Jonnard15,00042–37
80July 17Giants4–3 (13)Morrison (7–11)McQuillan—15,00043–37
81July 18Giants9–2Cooper (11–8)Bentley—12,00044–37
82July 19Giants6–10WatsonMeadows (7–9)—31,00044–38
83July 21Robins2–6VanceMeadows (7–10)—8,00044–39
84July 21Robins4–2Kremer (11–7)Grimes—12,00045–39
85July 22Robins1–4 (5)OsborneMorrison (7–12)—4,00045–40
86July 23Robins3–4 (10)DecaturCooper (11–9)—4,00045–41
87July 24Robins8–1Yde (6–0)Roberts—3,50046–41
88July 25@ Braves2–1Pfeffer (1–0)Genewich—2,00047–41
89July 26@ Braves7–6 (14)Cooper (12–9)Barnes——48–41
90July 28@ Braves5–2Yde (7–0)Yeargin——49–41
91July 29@ Braves8–1Kremer (12–7)Genewich——50–41
92July 30@ Giants6–3Cooper (13–9)Jonnard—10,00051–41
93July 31@ Giants5–0 (6)Meadows (8–10)Watson—6,00052–41 :
August: 21–10 (Home: 11–7; Away: 10–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
94August 1@ Giants1–3BarnesMorrison (7–13)—8,00052–42
95August 2@ Giants7–6Kremer (13–7)Dean—25,00053–42
96August 3@ Robins5–2Yde (8–0)Grimes——54–42
97August 4@ Robins5–3Cooper (14–9)Osborne—3,00055–42
98August 5@ Robins8–1Kremer (14–7)Ruether—4,50056–42
99August 6@ Robins3–5VanceStone (4–2)—4,50056–43
100August 7@ Robins6–9GrimesYde (8–1)—4,00056–44
101August 8@ Phillies1–0Meadows (9–10)Ring——57–44
102August 9@ Phillies16–4Cooper (15–9)Oeschger——58–44
103August 9@ Phillies7–0Kremer (15–7)Mitchell——59–44
104August 11@ Phillies7–3Yde (9–1)Glazner——60–44
105August 11@ Phillies6–4Pfeffer (2–0)BettsKremer (1)—61–44
106August 13Giants4–2Meadows (10–10)Barnes—20,00062–44
107August 14Giants3–1Cooper (16–9)McQuillan—25,00063–44
108August 15Giants6–4Kremer (16–7)Nehf—24,00064–44
109August 16Giants5–4 (12)Morrison (8–13)Barnes—33,50065–44
110August 18Robins4–7GrimesPfeffer (2–1)—8,00065–45
111August 19Robins3–4VanceCooper (16–10)—16,00065–46
112August 20Robins2–3 (11)DoakKremer (16–8)—5,00065–47
113August 21Braves6–7LucasMorrison (8–14)Benton—65–48
114August 21Braves5–0Yde (10–1)Cooney——66–48
115August 22Braves3–0Cooper (17–10)Benton——67–48
116August 23Braves3–2Kremer (17–8)Yeargin——68–48
117August 25Phillies7–4Meadows (11–10)Oeschger——69–48
118August 26Phillies6–1Yde (11–1)Ring——70–48
119August 26Phillies1–3HubbellMorrison (8–15)——70–49
120August 27Phillies6–7CarlsonPfeffer (2–2)Couch—70–50
121August 28Reds4–5MaysCooper (17–11)——70–51
122August 29Reds5–4Morrison (9–15)Sheehan——71–51
123August 30Reds12–3Cooper (18–11)Rixey——72–51
124August 31@ Cubs2–0Yde (12–1)Jacobs—20,00073–51 :
September: 17–12 (Home: 8–1; Away: 9–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
125September 1Cubs5–4 (10)Morrison (10–15)Wheeler—20,00074–51
126September 1Cubs4–3Adams (1–0)Aldridge—40,00075–51
127September 3Cardinals14–1Cooper (19–11)Bell—4,50076–51
128September 4Cardinals5–9SothoronKremer (17–9)—4,00076–52
129September 6Cardinals5–2Yde (13–1)Stuart—10,00077–52
130September 6Cardinals12–5Pfeffer (3–2)Rhem——78–52
131September 7@ Reds1–4LuqueCooper (19–12)——78–53
132September 7@ Reds3–4MaysAdams (1–1)——78–54
133September 9@ Cardinals4–7SothoronYde (13–2)—2,00078–55
134September 9@ Cardinals4–6StuartMorrison (10–16)—3,50078–56
135September 10@ Cardinals3–1Adams (2–1)Haines—1,00079–56
136September 12@ Braves5–4Pfeffer (4–2)Barnes—2,00080–56
137September 13@ Braves7–0Yde (14–2)Graham—5,00081–56
138September 15@ Braves4–3 (12)Morrison (11–16)Cooney——82–56
139September 16@ Phillies5–6HubbellCooper (19–13)Betts—82–57
140September 16@ Phillies13–7Meadows (12–10)Ring——83–57
141September 18@ Phillies5–6OeschgerKremer (17–10)——83–58
142September 18@ Phillies6–3Meadows (13–10)Carlson——84–58
143September 19@ Robins4–2Yde (15–2)Ehrhardt—12,00085–58
144September 20@ Robins5–4 (11)Cooper (20–13)Vance—30,00086–58
145September 21@ Robins1–2 (10)GrimesPfeffer (4–3)—28,00086–59
146September 23@ Giants1–5McQuillanMeadows (13–11)—30,00086–60
147September 24@ Giants2–4BarnesYde (15–3)—25,00086–61
148September 25@ Giants4–5NehfCooper (20–14)—25,00086–62
149September 26Cubs9–3Kremer (18–10)Keen——87–62
150September 26Cubs10–6Pfeffer (5–3)Kaufmann—4,00088–62
151September 27Cubs3–2 (10)Adams (3–1)Aldridge—4,00089–62
152September 28@ Cubs2–7JacobsMeadows (13–12)—7,00089–63
153September 29@ Cubs5–4Yde (16–3)BlakeSonger (1)1,50090–63 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss 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 | Johnny Gooch | 70 | 224 | 65 | .290 | 0 | 25 |
| 1B | Charlie Grimm | 151 | 542 | 156 | .288 | 2 | 63 |
| 2B | Rabbit Maranville | 152 | 594 | 158 | .266 | 2 | 71 |
| SS | Glenn Wright | 153 | 616 | 177 | .287 | 7 | 111 |
| 3B | Pie Traynor | 142 | 545 | 160 | .294 | 5 | 82 |
| OF | Max Carey | 149 | 599 | 178 | .297 | 8 | 55 |
| OF | Kiki Cuyler | 117 | 466 | 165 | .354 | 9 | 85 |
| OF | Clyde Barnhart | 102 | 344 | 95 | .276 | 3 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| Carson Bigbee | 89 | 282 | 74 | .262 | 0 | 15 |
| Eddie Moore | 72 | 209 | 75 | .359 | 2 | 13 |
| Walter Schmidt | 58 | 177 | 43 | .243 | 1 | 20 |
| Earl Smith | 39 | 111 | 41 | .369 | 4 | 21 |
| Walter Mueller | 30 | 50 | 13 | .260 | 0 | 8 |
| Cliff Knox | 6 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
| Jewel Ens | 5 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
| Eppie Barnes | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Rawlings | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Wilbur Cooper | 38 | 268.2 | 20 | 14 | 3.28 | 62 |
| Ray Kremer | 41 | 259.1 | 18 | 10 | 3.19 | 64 |
| Johnny Morrison | 41 | 237.2 | 11 | 16 | 3.75 | 85 |
| Lee Meadows | 36 | 229.1 | 13 | 12 | 3.26 | 61 |
| Emil Yde | 33 | 194.0 | 16 | 3 | 2.83 | 53 |

#### 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 |
| Jeff Pfeffer | 15 | 58.2 | 5 | 3 | 3.07 | 19 |
| Babe Adams | 9 | 39.2 | 3 | 1 | 1.13 | 5 |
| Don Songer | 4 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 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 |
| Arnie Stone | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.95 | 7 |
| Del Lundgren | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.48 | 4 |
| Ray Steineder | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
| Buckshot May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Freddy Sale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| B | Williamsport Grays | New York–Pennsylvania League | Harry Hinchman |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Williamsport