1933 Pittsburgh Pirates season

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season.

1933 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersBill Benswanger
ManagersGeorge Gibson
← 1932 Seasons 1934 →

The 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 52nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 47th in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 87–67.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 91 61 .599 — 48‍–‍27 43‍–‍34
Pittsburgh Pirates 87 67 .565 5 50‍–‍27 37‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs 86 68 .558 6 56‍–‍23 30‍–‍45
Boston Braves 83 71 .539 9 45‍–‍31 38‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals 82 71 .536 9½ 47‍–‍30 35‍–‍41
Brooklyn Dodgers 65 88 .425 26½ 36‍–‍41 29‍–‍47
Philadelphia Phillies 60 92 .395 31 32‍–‍40 28‍–‍52
Cincinnati Reds 58 94 .382 33 37‍–‍42 21‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1933 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 13–9–1 7–15 12–10 12–10–1 11–11 13–9 15–7
Brooklyn 9–13–1 — 9–13 10–12–1 8–14–2 13–9 7–15 9–12
Chicago 15–7 13–9 — 11–11 9–13 15–7 12–10 11–11
Cincinnati 10–12 12–10–1 11–11 — 4–17 7–14 7–15 7–15
New York 10–12–1 14–8–2 13–9 17–4 — 15–6 13–9 9–13–1
Philadelphia 11–11 9–13 7–15 14–7 6–15 — 7–15 6–16
Pittsburgh 9–13 15–7 10–12 15–7 9–13 15–7 — 14–8
St. Louis 7–15 12–9 11–11 15–7 13–9–1 16–6 8–14 —


Game log

1933 Game Log: 87–67 (Home: 50–27; Away: 37–40)
April: 10–3 (Home: 4–1; Away: 6–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 12 @ Reds 4–1 Swift (1–0) Johnson — 25,305 1–0
2 April 13 @ Reds 5–2 French (1–0) Rixey — — 2–0
3 April 15 @ Cubs 6–4 (10) Harris (1–0) Grimes — — 3–0
4 April 18 @ Cubs 1–3 Warneke Swetonic (0–1) — — 3–1
5 April 21 Reds 5–1 Swift (2–0) Johnson Harris (1) — 4–1
6 April 22 Reds 6–5 (10) French (2–0) Smith — — 5–1
7 April 23 @ Cardinals 4–0 Meine (1–0) Vance — — 6–1
8 April 23 @ Cardinals 6–2 Hoyt (1–0) Walker — — 7–1
9 April 25 @ Cardinals 3–10 Hallahan Swetonic (0–2) — — 7–2
10 April 27 Cubs 2–3 Bush Swift (2–1) — — 7–3
11 April 28 Cardinals 2–0 French (3–0) Mooney — — 8–3
12 April 29 Cardinals 6–4 Meine (2–0) Walker — — 9–3
13 April 30 @ Reds 8–1 Hoyt (2–0) Johnson — — 10–3
May: 14–12 (Home: 8–6; Away: 6–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
14 May 1 @ Phillies 10–0 Swift (3–1) Collins — — 11–3
15 May 2 @ Phillies 5–6 Rhem French (3–1) — — 11–4
16 May 4 @ Dodgers 2–1 (10) Meine (3–0) Clark — — 12–4
17 May 5 @ Dodgers 4–2 Swift (4–1) Mungo — — 13–4
18 May 8 @ Braves 3–0 French (4–1) Zachary — — 14–4
19 May 9 @ Braves 0–7 Frankhouse Hoyt (2–1) — — 14–5
20 May 11 @ Giants 7–6 Meine (4–0) Hubbell Harris (2) — 15–5
21 May 12 @ Giants 3–11 Schumacher Swift (4–2) — — 15–6
22 May 13 @ Giants 1–2 (11) Luque French (4–2) — 6,000 15–7
23 May 14 @ Giants 1–5 Parmelee Hoyt (2–2) — — 15–8
24 May 15 Phillies 5–4 Meine (5–0) Elliott — — 16–8
25 May 16 Phillies 8–4 Swift (5–2) Moore — — 17–8
26 May 17 Phillies 6–4 Smith (1–0) Collins — — 18–8
27 May 18 Phillies 6–2 Swetonic (1–2) Rhem — — 19–8
28 May 19 Braves 3–5 Zachary Hoyt (2–3) Seibold — 19–9
29 May 20 Braves 2–4 Cantwell Meine (5–1) — — 19–10
30 May 20 Braves 7–6 Harris (2–0) Betts — — 20–10
31 May 22 Dodgers 0–3 Clark French (4–3) — — 20–11
32 May 23 Dodgers 3–0 Swetonic (2–2) Carroll — — 21–11
33 May 24 Dodgers 6–5 (10) Chagnon (1–0) Mungo — 2,000 22–11
34 May 26 Giants 5–6 Bell Harris (2–1) — — 22–12
35 May 28 @ Reds 4–2 French (5–3) Lucas — — 23–12
36 May 28 @ Reds 0–4 Rixey Swetonic (2–3) — — 23–13
37 May 30 Cubs 2–1 Swift (6–2) Grimes — — 24–13
38 May 30 Cubs 2–6 Malone Meine (5–2) — — 24–14
39 May 31 Cubs 1–5 Root Swetonic (2–4) — — 24–15
June: 12–18 (Home: 3–3; Away: 9–15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
40 June 3 Reds 5–9 Benton Harris (2–2) — — 24–16
41 June 3 Reds 4–5 Kolp Swift (6–3) Quinn — 24–17
42 June 4 @ Cubs 9–3 Swetonic (3–4) Grimes Harris (3) — 25–17
43 June 4 @ Cubs 2–9 Malone Meine (5–3) — — 25–18
44 June 6 @ Cubs 3–5 Tinning Chagnon (1–1) Bush — 25–19
45 June 7 @ Cubs 2–7 Bush Swift (6–4) — — 25–20
46 June 8 Reds 2–8 Rixey French (5–4) — — 25–21
47 June 9 Reds 2–0 Swetonic (4–4) Derringer — — 26–21
48 June 10 Reds 4–3 Swift (7–4) Kolp — — 27–21
49 June 11 @ Cardinals 11–7 Kremer (1–0) Carleton Harris (4) — 28–21
50 June 11 @ Cardinals 3–0 French (6–4) Walker — — 29–21
51 June 13 @ Cardinals 3–4 Dean Swetonic (4–5) — — 29–22
52 June 14 @ Cardinals 2–3 Hallahan Meine (5–4) — — 29–23
53 June 15 @ Cubs 0–5 Tinning Smith (1–1) — — 29–24
54 June 16 @ Cubs 1–9 Bush Swift (7–5) — 26,000 29–25
55 June 17 Cubs 4–3 Swetonic (5–5) Malone — — 30–25
56 June 18 @ Braves 5–3 Meine (6–4) Brandt — — 31–25
57 June 18 @ Braves 4–3 (8) French (7–4) Betts — — 32–25
58 June 20 @ Braves 6–2 Swift (8–5) Zachary — — 33–25
59 June 21 @ Braves 5–6 Cantwell Harris (2–3) Zachary — 33–26
60 June 21 @ Braves 3–5 Mangum Swetonic (5–6) — — 33–27
61 June 22 @ Dodgers 0–9 Benge Meine (6–5) — 4,000 33–28
62 June 23 @ Dodgers 4–5 Carroll French (7–5) Shaute — 33–29
63 June 24 @ Dodgers 15–3 Swift (9–5) Thurston — 10,000 34–29
64 June 25 @ Dodgers 5–2 Chagnon (2–1) Mungo — — 35–29
65 June 25 @ Dodgers 1–9 Beck Hoyt (2–4) — 25,000 35–30
66 June 28 @ Giants 5–2 Swetonic (6–6) Hubbell — — 36–30
67 June 28 @ Giants 4–7 (10) Uhle French (7–6) — 15,000 36–31
68 June 29 @ Phillies 4–6 Elliott Meine (6–6) Rhem — 36–32
69 June 30 @ Phillies 4–5 Pickrel French (7–7) — — 36–33
July: 20–10 (Home: 17–7; Away: 3–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
70 July 1 @ Phillies 8–13 Hansen Chagnon (2–2) — — 36–34
71 July 1 @ Phillies 4–3 Smith (2–1) Collins — — 37–34
72 July 4 Cardinals 1–5 Hallahan Swetonic (6–7) — — 37–35
73 July 4 Cardinals 4–2 French (8–7) Mooney — — 38–35
74 July 5 Cardinals 7–6 Hoyt (3–4) Johnson French (1) 7,000 39–35
75 July 8 Phillies 7–8 Liska Swetonic (6–8) Rhem — 39–36
76 July 8 Phillies 3–0 Smith (3–1) Jackson — — 40–36
77 July 10 Phillies 3–2 French (9–7) Holley — — 41–36
78 July 11 Braves 3–5 Zachary Swetonic (6–9) — — 41–37
79 July 12 Braves 9–8 (10) French (10–7) Betts — — 42–37
80 July 13 Braves 8–3 Smith (4–1) Cantwell — — 43–37
81 July 14 Braves 3–4 (10) Frankhouse French (10–8) — — 43–38
82 July 17 Dodgers 14–2 Swift (10–5) Carroll — 7,500 44–38
83 July 17 Dodgers 7–0 Swetonic (7–9) Benge — — 45–38
84 July 18 Dodgers 11–8 Hoyt (4–4) Thurston — 2,500 46–38
85 July 19 Giants 4–1 French (11–8) Fitzsimmons — — 47–38
86 July 19 Giants 3–7 Hubbell Smith (4–2) — 20,000 47–39
87 July 20 Giants 6–5 Meine (7–6) Luque — — 48–39
88 July 21 Giants 5–6 Clark Hoyt (4–5) — 3,000 48–40
89 July 22 Giants 0–1 Hubbell French (11–9) — 25,000 48–41
90 July 22 Giants 7–2 Meine (8–6) Parmelee — 27,000 49–41
91 July 23 @ Reds 1–6 Lucas Swift (10–6) — — 49–42
92 July 23 @ Reds 4–6 Rixey Chagnon (2–3) Kolp — 49–43
93 July 25 Cubs 4–3 Swetonic (8–9) Bush Hoyt (1) 8,000 50–43
94 July 25 Cubs 4–1 Smith (5–2) Tinning — 10,000 51–43
95 July 27 Cubs 2–0 French (12–9) Root — — 52–43
96 July 29 Reds 9–8 Harris (3–3) Benton — — 53–43
97 July 29 Reds 6–4 Chagnon (3–3) Rixey Harris (5) — 54–43
98 July 30 @ Reds 5–4 Chagnon (4–3) Derringer — — 55–43
99 July 30 @ Reds 8–6 Harris (4–3) Benton Chagnon (1) — 56–43
August: 12–13 (Home: 4–3; Away: 8–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
100 August 1 Cardinals 9–3 Swetonic (9–9) Walker Hoyt (2) — 57–43
101 August 2 Cardinals 3–4 (12) Haines French (12–10) — — 57–44
102 August 3 Cardinals 1–4 (6) Dean Swift (10–7) — — 57–45
103 August 4 Cardinals 5–4 Meine (9–6) Walker — — 58–45
104 August 5 @ Cubs 6–2 Smith (6–2) Warneke — — 59–45
105 August 6 @ Cubs 0–6 Malone Swetonic (9–10) — — 59–46
106 August 11 Cubs 2–8 Bush French (12–11) — — 59–47
107 August 12 Cubs 5–2 Smith (7–2) Malone — — 60–47
108 August 12 Cubs 3–2 Meine (10–6) Root — — 61–47
109 August 13 @ Cubs 2–3 Warneke Swift (10–8) — — 61–48
110 August 16 @ Dodgers 1–2 (11) Mungo French (12–12) — 14,000 61–49
111 August 16 @ Dodgers 11–7 Swetonic (10–10) Carroll Smith (1) — 62–49
112 August 19 @ Braves 2–5 Brandt Meine (10–7) — — 62–50
113 August 20 @ Braves 4–5 (11) Smith Swetonic (10–11) — — 62–51
114 August 20 @ Braves 1–8 Cantwell Swift (10–9) — — 62–52
115 August 22 @ Braves 4–5 (14) Frankhouse Hoyt (4–6) — — 62–53
116 August 25 @ Giants 5–8 (11) Luque Swetonic (10–12) — — 62–54
117 August 25 @ Giants 2–6 Parmelee Meine (10–8) — — 62–55
118 August 26 @ Giants 1–2 Hubbell Smith (7–3) — — 62–56
119 August 26 @ Giants 7–2 Birkofer (1–0) Clark Hoyt (3) 45,000 63–56
120 August 28 @ Phillies 9–5 Chagnon (5–3) Elliott — — 64–56
121 August 28 @ Phillies 9–1 French (13–12) Holley — — 65–56
122 August 29 @ Phillies 4–1 Meine (11–8) Hansen — — 66–56
123 August 30 @ Phillies 5–1 Birkofer (2–0) Ragland — — 67–56
124 August 31 @ Phillies 13–11 Swetonic (11–12) Rhem Hoyt (4) — 68–56
September: 17–11 (Home: 14–7; Away: 3–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
125 September 1 Cardinals 2–1 (11) French (14–12) Hallahan — — 69–56
126 September 2 Cardinals 4–1 Meine (12–8) Walker — — 70–56
127 September 3 @ Reds 3–9 Lucas Birkofer (2–1) — — 70–57
128 September 4 Reds 1–0 Smith (8–3) Johnson — — 71–57
129 September 5 Giants 6–1 French (15–12) Hubbell — 5,000 72–57
130 September 6 Giants 6–5 (10) Swift (11–9) Bell — — 73–57
131 September 6 Giants 1–9 Schumacher Birkofer (2–2) — 20,000 73–58
132 September 7 Giants 14–2 Meine (13–8) Parmelee — 9,000 74–58
133 September 8 Giants 1–2 Hubbell Smith (8–4) — — 74–59
134 September 9 Dodgers 6–2 French (16–12) Benge — — 75–59
135 September 9 Dodgers 7–8 Carroll Chagnon (5–4) Ryan 9,000 75–60
136 September 10 @ Dodgers 2–1 Swift (12–9) Beck — — 76–60
137 September 10 @ Dodgers 2–3 Mungo Harris (4–4) — 15,000 76–61
138 September 12 Dodgers 1–0 Meine (14–8) Thurston — — 77–61
139 September 12 Dodgers 2–0 Hoyt (5–6) Leonard — 2,000 78–61
140 September 13 Braves 1–0 French (17–12) Cantwell — — 79–61
141 September 15 Braves 1–10 Brandt Smith (8–5) — — 79–62
142 September 16 Braves 4–6 Betts Swift (12–10) — — 79–63
143 September 16 Braves 10–0 Birkofer (3–2) Zachary — — 80–63
144 September 18 Phillies 2–1 Meine (15–8) Ragland — — 81–63
145 September 18 Phillies 0–6 Holley Hoyt (5–7) — — 81–64
146 September 19 Phillies 2–1 French (18–12) Grabowski — — 82–64
147 September 19 Phillies 2–3 Collins Smith (8–6) — — 82–65
148 September 20 Dodgers 3–0 Swift (13–10) Beck — — 83–65
149 September 23 @ Cardinals 9–3 Birkofer (4–2) Hallahan — — 84–65
150 September 24 @ Cardinals 4–5 Carleton French (18–13) — — 84–66
151 September 24 @ Cardinals 5–4 (10) Chagnon (6–4) Dean — — 85–66
152 September 25 @ Cardinals 3–6 Walker Smith (8–7) — — 85–67
October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
153 October 1 @ Reds 7–5 Swift (14–10) Lucas — — 86–67
154 October 1 @ Reds 6–5 (10) Swetonic (12–12) Kolp — — 87–67
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1933 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 Earl Grace 93 291 84 .289 3 44
1B Gus Suhr 154 566 151 .267 10 75
2B Tony Piet 107 362 117 .323 1 42
3B Pie Traynor 154 624 190 .304 1 82
SS Arky Vaughan 152 573 180 .314 9 97
LF Lloyd Waner 121 500 138 .276 0 26
CF Freddie Lindstrom 138 538 167 .310 5 55
RF Paul Waner 154 618 191 .309 7 70

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
Tommy Thevenow 73 253 79 .312 0 34
Woody Jensen 70 196 58 .296 0 15
Adam Comorosky 64 162 46 .284 1 15
Hal Finney 56 133 31 .233 1 18
Tom Padden 30 90 19 .211 0 8
Val Picinich 16 52 13 .250 1 7
Pep Young 25 20 6 .300 0 0
Bill Brubaker 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Red Nonnenkamp 1 1 0 .000 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
Larry French 47 291.1 18 13 2.72 88
Bill Swift 37 218.1 14 10 3.13 64
Heinie Meine 32 207.1 15 8 3.65 50
Ralph Birkofer 9 50.2 4 2 2.31 20

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
Steve Swetonic 31 164.2 12 12 3.50 37
Hal Smith 28 145.0 8 7 2.86 40
Waite Hoyt 36 117.0 5 7 2.92 44

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
Leon Chagnon 39 6 4 1 3.69 35
Bill Harris 31 4 4 5 3.22 19
Ray Kremer 7 1 0 0 10.35 4
Clise Dudley 1 0 0 0 135.00 0

Awards and honors

1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

League top five finishers

Tony Piet

  • #3 in NL in batting average (.323)

Pie Traynor

  • #4 in NL in hits (190)

Arky Vaughan

  • #3 in NL in on-base percentage (.388)
  • #5 in NL in RBI (97)
  • #5 in NL in slugging percentage (.478)

Paul Waner

  • #2 in NL in runs scored (101)
  • #3 in NL in hits (191)

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Tulsa Oilers Texas League Art Griggs

Notes

  1. ^ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

References

  • 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1933 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.