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1934 Pittsburgh Pirates 74 - 76

1933 / 1935 (Organization)

5th place in the NL (19.5 GB)
Home Record: Away Record:	45 - 32 (.584) 29 - 44 (.397)	+2.8 wins -4.0 wins

Scored/Expected: 735 / 712 ( +23 ) Allowed/Expected: 713 / 712 ( -1 )
Pyth Record: 77 - 73 (-3)

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Forbes Field
Attendance:	322,622	Avg Att:	4,136 (0.79)
Att Rank:	5 / 8	Lg Avg:	5,263

Park Factor:	1.02
HR Factor:	0.86	R/L HR:	0.79 / 0.91

Notes:

Transactions

Date									WAR
M	D	Yr	Player	Pos	Age	Transaction	From	To	Before	After	Org
10	2	1933	Pat Veltman	CF	27.5	Rule 5 Draft	Oakland	PIT	0.1	-0.5	-0.5
11	1	1933	Clise Dudley	SP	30.2	Released	PIT		-0.1	0.0
11	1	1933	Val Picinich	C	-36.2	Released	PIT		7.3	0.0
11	17	1933	Adam Comorosky	LF	27.9	Traded Away	PIT	CIN	5.8	-1.0	-1.0
11	17	1933	Tony Piet	2B	26.9	Traded Away	PIT	CIN	5.7	3.4	-0.7
11	17	1933	Red Lucas	SP	31.6	Received in Trade	CIN	PIT	33.9	12.2	12.2
11	17	1933	Wally Roettger	LF	31.2	Received in Trade	CIN	PIT	0.8	-0.5	-0.5
2	13	1934	Steve Swetonic	SP	30.5	Selected off of Waivers	PIT	BSN	7.4	0.0	0.0
3	27	1934	Steve Swetonic	SP	30.6	Returned to original team after Waivers	BSN	PIT	7.4	0.0	0.0
7	12	1934	Ed Holley	SP	-35.5	Purchased	PHI	PIT	5.4	-0.7	-0.7
7	28	1934	Wayne Osborne	SP	21.8	Conditional Deal	Mission	PIT	0.0	-0.1	-0.0
8	8	1934	Burleigh Grimes	SP	-35.4	Signed as a Free Agent		PIT	53.3	-0.4	-0.5

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Trades

11 / 17 / 1933

Cincinnati Reds Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	CIN	1st Yr
Tony Piet	2B	PIT	26.0	5.7	3.4	-0.7	-0.7
Adam Comorosky	LF	PIT	27.0	5.8	-1.0	-1.0	-0.7
Totals				11.5	2.4	-1.7	-1.3

Pittsburgh Pirates Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	PIT	1st Yr
Red Lucas	SP	CIN	30.6	33.9	12.2	12.2	2.0
Wally Roettger	LF	CIN	30.3	0.8	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5
Totals				34.7	11.8	11.8	1.6

Team Analysis

	WAR After Trade			WAR First Year
Tm	Out	In	Diff	Out	In	Diff
PIT	2.4	11.8	9.4	-1.3	1.6	2.9
CIN	11.8	2.4	-9.4	1.6	-1.3	-2.9

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James