1930 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersJewel Ens
Seasons

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

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9262 0.597 — 53–24 39–38
Chicago Cubs 9064 0.584 2 51–26 39–38
New York Giants 8767 0.565 5 46–31 41–36
Brooklyn Robins 8668 0.558 6 49–28 37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 8074 0.519 12 42–35 38–39
Boston Braves 7084 0.455 22 39–38 31–46
Cincinnati Reds 5995 0.383 33 37–40 22–55
Philadelphia Phillies 52102 0.338 40 35–42 17–60

Record vs. opponents

1930 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —9–135–1713–911–1114–810–128–14
Brooklyn 13–9—8–1413–913–915–713–911–11
Chicago 17–514–8—11–1110–1216–6–211–1111–11
Cincinnati 9–139–1311–11—7–1512–108–143–19
New York 11–119–1312–1015–7—16–614–810–12
Philadelphia 8–147–156–16–210–126–16—9–136–16
Pittsburgh 12–109–1311–1114–88–1413–9—13–9
St. Louis 14–811–1111–1119–312–1016–69–13—

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

1930 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CRollie Hemsley10432482.253245
1BGus Suhr151542155.28617107
2BGeorge Grantham146552179.3241899
SSDick Bartell129475152.320475
3BPie Traynor130497182.3669119
OFLloyd Waner6826094.362136
OFPaul Waner145589217.368877
OFAdam Comorosky152597187.31312119

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 Brickell6821965.297114
Charlie Engle6721657.264015
Al Bool7821656.259746
Ira Flagstead4415639.250221
Jim Mosolf405117.33309
Denny Sothern17519.17614
Gus Dugas9319.29001
Charlie Hargreaves11317.22602
Ben Sankey13305.16700
Stu Clarke494.44402
Howdy Groskloss231.33301

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 Kremer39276.020125.0258
Larry French42274.217184.3690
Erv Brame32235.21784.7055
Heinie Meine20117.1686.1418
Spades Wood958.0435.1223

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 Spencer41156.2895.4060
Steve Swetonic2396.2664.4735
Leon Chagnon1862.0036.8227
Jesse Petty1041.1168.2716
Percy Jones919.0016.633

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 Erickson71007.072
Lil Stoner50004.761
Marty Lang200054.002
Andy Bednar200027.001
Bernie Walter10000.001
Jim Mosolf100027.001

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

References

  1. ↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  • 1930 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1930 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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