1931 Pittsburgh Pirates
75 - 79
1930 / 1932 (Organization)
5th place in the NL (26 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		44 - 33 (.571)
31 - 46 (.403)		 -0.8 wins
-1.2 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 636 / 693 ( -57 )
Allowed/Expected: 691 / 692 ( +1 )
Pyth Record: 71 - 83 (+4)
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Forbes Field
Attendance: 260,392 Avg Att: 3,338 (0.45)
Att Rank: 8 / 8 Lg Avg: 7,417
       
Park Factor: 0.99    
HR Factor: 0.82 R/L HR: 0.80 / 0.83
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Pie Traynor
3B
32.6
2.6
19.8
5.5
12
Y
9
1
1920
 Purchased Portsmouth (Virginia)
2 Ray Kremer
SP
38.3
2.4
14.7
6.1
8
Y
Not Available
3 George Grantham
1B
31.1
3.0
18.9
8.4
7
N
10
27
1924
 Trade CHN NL
4 Adam Comorosky
LF
25.6
-0.5
5.2
-2.0
6
Y
Not Available
5 Paul Waner
RF
28.2
5.0
25.5
13.6
6
Y
10
13
1925
 Conditional Deal San Francisco (PCL)
6 Lloyd Waner
CF
25.3
3.0
23.8
9.0
5
Y
4
1
1926
 Free Agency
7 Erv Brame
SP
29.7
0.3
8.2
1.5
4
Y
Not Available
8 Rollie Hemsley
C
24.0
-0.2
0.4
-0.5
4
Y
Not Available
9 Heinie Meine
SP
35.2
3.6
22.3
11.8
3
N
Not Available
10 Glenn Spencer
SP
25.8
1.9
13.3
6.5
3
Y
Not Available
11 Larry French
SP
23.7
3.2
18.9
8.7
3
Y
Not Available
12 Jim Mosolf
LF
25.9
0.1
1.0
0.1
3
Y
Not Available
13 Ben Sankey
SS
23.8
0.4
2.9
-0.7
3
Y
Not Available
14 Steve Swetonic
RP
27.9
0.3
1.5
0.6
3
Y
Not Available
15 Andy Bednar
RP
22.9
-0.2
0.0
-0.1
2
Y
Not Available
16 Howdy Groskloss
2B
25.2
0.4
3.5
-0.1
2
Y
Not Available
17 Gus Suhr
1B
25.5
-0.2
3.9
-1.5
2
Y
Not Available
18 Spades Wood
SP
22.5
-0.6
0.0
-2.4
2
Y
Not Available
19 George Grant
RP
28.5
-0.6
0.0
-0.6
1
N
Not Available
20 Bill Harris
SP
31.0
1.1
4.1
2.9
1
N
Not Available
21 Bob Osborn
RP
28.2
-0.6
2.1
-0.1
1
N
Not Available
22 Fred Bennett
RF
29.3
-0.1
2.0
0.2
1
N
Not Available
23 Hal Finney
C
25.9
0.1
0.8
0.2
1
Y
Not Available
24 Woody Jensen
LF
23.9
-0.4
3.2
-2.3
1
Y
Not Available
25 Pete McClanahan
-
24.7
0.1
0.4
0.3
1
Y
Not Available
26 Tony Piet
2B
24.6
1.2
6.0
2.1
1
Y
Not Available
27 Bill Steinecke
C
24.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
1
Y
Not Available
28 Tommy Thevenow
SS
27.8
0.4
7.9
-2.7
1
N
11
6
1930
 Trade PHI NL
29 Claude Willoughby
SW
32.6
-0.5
0.0
-0.9
1
N
11
6
1930
 Trade PHI NL
30 Bill Regan
2B
32.4
-0.5
0.8
-1.7
1
N
1
1
1931
 Waivers BOS AL
31 Eddie Phillips
C
30.4
1.0
9.6
0.0
1
N
1
27
1931
 Purchased PHA AL
32 Earl Grace
C
24.4
0.6
4.4
0.3
1
N
5
29
1931
 Trade CHN NL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Andy Bednar RP Streator, IL (USA)
Fred Bennett RF Atkins, AR (USA)
Erv Brame SP Big Rock, TN (USA)
Adam Comorosky LF Swoyersville, PA (USA)
Hal Finney C Five Points, AL (US)
Larry French SP Visalia, CA (US)
Earl Grace C Phoenix, AZ (US)
George Grant RP East Tallassee, AL (USA)
George Grantham 1B Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Howdy Groskloss 2B Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
Bill Harris SP Wylie, TX (USA)
Rollie Hemsley C Syracuse, OH (USA)
Woody Jensen LF Chehalis, WA (US)
Ray Kremer SP Oakland, CA (USA)
Pete McClanahan - Coldspring, TX (USA)
Heinie Meine SP St. Louis, MO (USA)
Jim Mosolf LF Puyallup, WA (USA)
Bob Osborn RP San Diego, TX (USA)
Eddie Phillips C Worcester, MA (USA)
Tony Piet 2B Orlando, FL (US)
Bill Regan 2B Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
Ben Sankey SS Nauvoo, AL (USA)
Glenn Spencer SP Corning, NY (USA)
Bill Steinecke C Cincinnati, OH (USA)
Gus Suhr 1B San Francisco, CA (US)
Steve Swetonic RP Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Tommy Thevenow SS Madison, IN (USA)
Pie Traynor 3B Somerville, MA (US)
Lloyd Waner CF Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Paul Waner RF Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Claude Willoughby SW Buffalo, KS (USA)
Spades Wood SP Spartanburg, SC (USA)

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