1930 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1930 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersJewel Ens
← 1929 Seasons 1931 →

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
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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 15 @ Reds 7–6 Swetonic (1–0) Lucas — 30,112 1–0
2 April 16 @ Reds 1–3 Donohue Brame (0–1) — 4,412 1–1
3 April 17 @ Reds 7–1 French (1–0) Rixey — — 2–1
4 April 18 @ Reds 5–3 Petty (1–0) May Swetonic (1) — 3–1
5 April 19 @ Cardinals 5–4 (10) Kremer (1–0) Sherdel — — 4–1
6 April 21 @ Cardinals 6–4 Brame (1–1) Hill — — 5–1
7 April 25 Cardinals 6–1 Kremer (2–0) Sherdel — — 6–1
8 April 26 Cardinals 9–7 Brame (2–1) Hallahan — — 7–1
9 April 27 @ Cubs 9–5 French (2–0) Bush Swetonic (2) — 8–1
10 April 28 @ Cubs 4–7 Root Spencer (0–1) — — 8–2
11 April 29 @ Cubs 13–9 Erickson (1–0) Blake Swetonic (3) — 9–2
12 April 30 @ Cubs 2–5 Malone Jones (0–1) — — 9–3
May: 11–15 (Home: 8–13; Away: 3–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
13 May 1 Braves 3–4 Seibold French (2–1) — — 9–4
14 May 2 Braves 3–2 Kremer (3–0) Cantwell Petty (1) — 10–4
15 May 3 Braves 7–12 Cunningham Swetonic (1–1) — — 10–5
16 May 5 Giants 1–9 Walker French (2–2) — 5,000 10–6
17 May 6 Giants 9–11 Hubbell Kremer (3–1) Heving — 10–7
18 May 7 Giants 16–8 Swetonic (2–1) Parmelee — — 11–7
19 May 8 Giants 10–13 (10) Walker French (2–3) — — 11–8
20 May 9 Robins 4–7 Clark Petty (1–1) Dudley — 11–9
21 May 10 Robins 0–7 Elliott Kremer (3–2) — 11,000 11–10
22 May 11 @ Robins 2–10 Vance French (2–4) — 26,000 11–11
23 May 12 Robins 6–2 Brame (3–1) Dudley — 2,000 12–11
24 May 13 Phillies 8–14 Benge Petty (1–2) — — 12–12
25 May 17 Reds 7–5 Kremer (4–2) Donohue Swetonic (4) — 13–12
26 May 18 @ Reds 2–1 Brame (4–1) Frey — — 14–12
27 May 20 @ Reds 5–0 French (3–4) Lucas — — 15–12
28 May 21 Cubs 10–3 Kremer (5–2) Teachout Meine (1) — 16–12
29 May 22 Cubs 5–12 Osborn Petty (1–3) Moss — 16–13
30 May 23 Cubs 7–6 Meine (1–0) Carlson Spencer (1) — 17–13
31 May 24 Cubs 3–5 Malone French (3–5) — — 17–14
32 May 25 @ Reds 6–5 (10) Spencer (1–1) Kolp — — 18–14
33 May 25 @ Reds 3–4 Lucas Chagnon (0–1) — — 18–15
34 May 26 Cardinals 4–10 Sherdel Petty (1–4) Lindsey — 18–16
35 May 27 Cardinals 8–5 French (4–5) Grabowski — — 19–16
36 May 30 Reds 1–9 Lucas Chagnon (0–2) — — 19–17
37 May 30 Reds 7–6 Kremer (6–2) Benton Spencer (2) — 20–17
38 May 31 Reds 4–10 Rixey French (4–6) Kolp — 20–18
June: 10–16 (Home: 6–5; Away: 4–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
39 June 1 @ Cubs 4–16 Bush Meine (1–1) — — 20–19
40 June 3 @ Robins 5–6 Clark Spencer (1–2) — 18,000 20–20
41 June 4 @ Robins 12–6 French (5–6) Dudley — — 21–20
42 June 5 @ Robins 5–6 Elliott Petty (1–5) Luque — 21–21
43 June 6 @ Braves 4–3 Meine (2–1) Cantwell — — 22–21
44 June 7 @ Braves 4–6 Zachary Kremer (6–3) — — 22–22
45 June 8 @ Braves 6–10 Seibold French (5–7) — — 22–23
46 June 11 @ Giants 2–9 Hubbell Meine (2–2) — — 22–24
47 June 12 @ Giants 10–7 Kremer (7–3) Fitzsimmons — — 23–24
48 June 13 @ Giants 2–7 Walker French (5–8) — — 23–25
49 June 14 @ Phillies 19–12 Spencer (2–2) Smythe — — 24–25
50 June 14 @ Phillies 4–5 Collins Petty (1–6) — — 24–26
51 June 16 @ Phillies 14–18 Collard Kremer (7–4) Collins — 24–27
52 June 17 @ Phillies 4–5 (10) Nichols French (5–9) — — 24–28
53 June 18 Giants 3–4 Walker Meine (2–3) Pruett — 24–29
54 June 20 Giants 8–4 Kremer (8–4) Fitzsimmons — — 25–29
55 June 21 Giants 5–6 (10) Donohue Spencer (2–3) — — 25–30
56 June 22 @ Robins 6–9 Luque French (5–10) — — 25–31
57 June 23 Robins 6–19 Elliott Meine (2–4) — — 25–32
58 June 25 Robins 5–1 Kremer (9–4) Dudley — — 26–32
59 June 26 Phillies 1–0 French (6–10) Collins — — 27–32
60 June 26 Phillies 11–5 Brame (5–1) Collard — 4,000 28–32
61 June 27 Phillies 6–4 Meine (3–4) Willoughby — — 29–32
62 June 28 Phillies 6–3 Spencer (3–3) Nichols — 12,000 30–32
63 June 28 Phillies 4–6 Benge Chagnon (0–3) — 12,000 30–33
64 June 30 Braves 5–6 Cantwell Kremer (9–5) Seibold 2,000 30–34
July: 18–15 (Home: 7–4; Away: 11–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
65 July 1 Braves 8–3 French (7–10) Brandt — — 31–34
66 July 2 Braves 4–6 Seibold Brame (5–2) — — 31–35
67 July 3 Braves 0–8 Smith Spencer (3–4) — — 31–36
68 July 4 Cubs 1–10 Teachout Meine (3–5) — 12,000 31–37
69 July 4 Cubs 5–1 Kremer (10–5) Root — 14,000 32–37
70 July 5 Cubs 3–12 Osborn French (7–11) — — 32–38
71 July 6 @ Cardinals 1–2 Haines Spencer (3–5) — — 32–39
72 July 6 @ Cardinals 4–12 Grimes Brame (5–3) — — 32–40
73 July 7 @ Cardinals 9–5 French (8–11) Haid — — 33–40
74 July 8 @ Cardinals 10–5 Kremer (11–5) Rhem — — 34–40
75 July 9 @ Cardinals 6–7 Haid Meine (3–6) — — 34–41
76 July 11 Cardinals 6–2 Brame (6–3) Hallahan — — 35–41
77 July 12 Cardinals 3–2 Kremer (12–5) Haines — — 36–41
78 July 13 @ Robins 1–0 French (9–11) Elliott — 18,000 37–41
79 July 14 @ Robins 8–12 Vance Spencer (3–6) — — 37–42
80 July 15 @ Robins 0–5 Clark Brame (6–4) — — 37–43
81 July 16 @ Braves 3–4 Zachary Kremer (12–6) — — 37–44
82 July 16 @ Braves 9–5 Meine (4–6) Sherdel — — 38–44
83 July 17 @ Braves 6–2 French (10–11) Cantwell — — 39–44
84 July 18 @ Braves 12–4 Spencer (4–6) Seibold — — 40–44
85 July 19 @ Braves 9–4 Brame (7–4) Smith — — 41–44
86 July 21 @ Phillies 2–7 Sweetland Kremer (12–7) — — 41–45
87 July 22 @ Phillies 5–11 Collins French (10–12) — — 41–46
88 July 23 @ Phillies 2–1 Meine (5–6) Hansen — — 42–46
89 July 23 @ Phillies 16–15 (13) French (11–12) Sweetland — — 43–46
90 July 24 @ Giants 0–1 (7) Hubbell Kremer (12–8) — — 43–47
91 July 25 @ Giants 1–3 Mitchell French (11–13) — — 43–48
92 July 26 @ Giants 4–10 Fitzsimmons Brame (7–5) — — 43–49
93 July 27 @ Giants 10–8 Meine (6–6) Walker Swetonic (5) — 44–49
94 July 27 @ Giants 8–4 Spencer (5–6) Donohue — — 45–49
95 July 29 Cardinals 6–5 Kremer (13–8) Grabowski — — 46–49
96 July 30 Cardinals 6–5 Brame (8–5) Haines — 3,000 47–49
97 July 31 Cardinals 4–3 French (12–13) Lindsey — — 48–49
August: 20–12 (Home: 16–7; Away: 4–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
98 August 1 @ Cubs 7–10 Osborn Spencer (5–7) — 30,000 48–50
99 August 2 @ Cubs 14–8 Kremer (14–8) Bush — — 49–50
100 August 3 @ Cubs 12–8 Brame (9–5) Root — — 50–50
101 August 6 Robins 4–7 Thurston French (12–14) Heimach — 50–51
102 August 7 Robins 4–6 Vance Spencer (5–8) Clark — 50–52
103 August 8 Giants 1–9 Walker Meine (6–7) — — 50–53
104 August 8 Giants 2–7 Hubbell Brame (9–6) — 11,000 50–54
105 August 9 Giants 6–10 Pruett Kremer (14–9) — 7,000 50–55
106 August 11 Giants 8–5 French (13–14) Chaplin — — 51–55
107 August 12 Phillies 8–7 (14) Swetonic (3–1) Elliott — — 52–55
108 August 12 Phillies 8–3 Spencer (6–8) Sweetland — 5,000 53–55
109 August 13 Phillies 8–4 Kremer (15–9) Collard — — 54–55
110 August 15 Phillies 5–7 Collins Meine (6–8) — — 54–56
111 August 15 Phillies 3–2 (10) Swetonic (4–1) Sweetland — — 55–56
112 August 16 Robins 5–7 Moss Wood (0–1) Clark — 55–57
113 August 16 Robins 6–2 Kremer (16–9) Thurston — — 56–57
114 August 17 @ Robins 0–5 Vance French (13–15) — 18,000 56–58
115 August 18 Robins 4–3 Brame (10–6) Clark — — 57–58
116 August 19 Robins 8–0 Swetonic (5–1) Phelps — — 58–58
117 August 20 Braves 5–0 Kremer (17–9) Seibold — — 59–58
118 August 22 Braves 10–3 French (14–15) Zachary — — 60–58
119 August 23 Braves 5–0 Wood (1–1) Smith — — 61–58
120 August 23 Braves 2–1 Brame (11–6) Cantwell — — 62–58
121 August 24 @ Reds 9–6 Kremer (18–9) Frey — — 63–58
122 August 24 @ Reds 0–2 Kolp Swetonic (5–2) — 9,000 63–59
123 August 26 @ Cubs 5–7 Blake French (14–16) — 25,000 63–60
124 August 27 @ Cubs 10–8 Brame (12–6) Root — — 64–60
125 August 28 Reds 16–12 Kremer (19–9) Lucas Spencer (3) — 65–60
126 August 28 Reds 11–2 Swetonic (6–2) Frey — — 66–60
127 August 30 Reds 5–0 Wood (2–1) Kolp — — 67–60
128 August 30 Reds 3–2 French (15–16) Benton — — 68–60
129 August 31 @ Reds 1–4 Rixey Brame (12–7) — — 68–61
September: 12–13 (Home: 3–6; Away: 9–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
130 September 1 Cardinals 6–11 Rhem Swetonic (6–3) — 8,000 68–62
131 September 1 Cardinals 1–5 Grimes Kremer (19–10) — 12,000 68–63
132 September 3 Cubs 9–6 Spencer (7–8) Blake Swetonic (6) 5,000 69–63
133 September 4 Cubs 7–10 (10) Petty Swetonic (6–4) Malone — 69–64
134 September 5 Cubs 8–7 Brame (13–7) Osborn — — 70–64
135 September 6 Cubs 14–19 Bush Swetonic (6–5) Petty — 70–65
136 September 7 @ Cubs 9–7 Brame (14–7) Bush — 35,000 71–65
137 September 10 @ Braves 0–5 Zachary Kremer (19–11) — — 71–66
138 September 11 @ Braves 5–2 Brame (15–7) Sherdel — — 72–66
139 September 12 @ Braves 4–5 (10) Frankhouse French (15–17) — — 72–67
140 September 14 @ Giants 8–6 (10) Spencer (8–8) Heving — — 73–67
141 September 14 @ Giants 7–3 (7) Wood (3–1) Walker French (1) 30,000 74–67
142 September 15 @ Giants 1–6 Fitzsimmons Swetonic (6–6) — 3,000 74–68
143 September 16 @ Phillies 14–15 (10) Collins Wood (3–2) — — 74–69
144 September 17 @ Phillies 12–5 Brame (16–7) Collard — — 75–69
145 September 18 @ Phillies 6–5 Kremer (20–11) Milligan — — 76–69
146 September 20 @ Robins 6–2 French (16–17) Elliott Spencer (4) — 77–69
147 September 21 @ Robins 7–6 Brame (17–7) Clark — — 78–69
148 September 23 Reds 0–8 May Spencer (8–9) — — 78–70
149 September 23 Reds 2–5 Ash Wood (3–3) — — 78–71
150 September 24 Reds 5–1 (6) French (17–17) Carroll — — 79–71
151 September 25 @ Cardinals 0–9 Grimes Kremer (20–12) — 20,000 79–72
152 September 26 @ Cardinals 5–10 Haines Brame (17–8) — 10,000 79–73
153 September 27 @ Cardinals 11–8 Wood (4–3) Kaufmann — — 80–73
154 September 28 @ Cardinals 1–3 Dean French (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
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

See also: Minor league baseball
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.