1930 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1930 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Jewel Ens
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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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	92	62	0.597	—	53–24	39–38
Chicago Cubs	90	64	0.584	2	51–26	39–38
New York Giants	87	67	0.565	5	46–31	41–36
Brooklyn Robins	86	68	0.558	6	49–28	37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	0.519	12	42–35	38–39
Boston Braves	70	84	0.455	22	39–38	31–46
Cincinnati Reds	59	95	0.383	33	37–40	22–55
Philadelphia Phillies	52	102	0.338	40	35–42	17–60

Record vs. opponents

1930 National League Records Sources:
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)

May: 11–15 (Home: 8–13; Away: 3–2)

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

Andy Bednar

Erv Brame

Leon Chagnon

Ralph Erickson

Larry French

Percy Jones

Ray Kremer

Marty Lang

Heinie Meine

Jesse Petty

Glenn Spencer

Lil Stoner

Steve Swetonic

Bernie Walter

Spades Wood

Catchers

Al Bool

Charlie Hargreaves

Rollie Hemsley

Infielders

Dick Bartell

Stu Clarke

Charlie Engle

George Grantham

Howdy Groskloss

Ben Sankey

Gus Suhr

Pie Traynor

Outfielders

Fred Brickell

Adam Comorosky

Gus Dugas

Ira Flagstead

Jim Mosolf

Denny Sothern

Lloyd Waner

Paul Waner

Manager

Jewel Ens

Coaches

Max Carey

Oscar Stanage

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

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
Sankey, BenBen Sankey	13	30	5	.167	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
Brame, ErvErv Brame	32	235.2	17	8	4.70	55

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
Chagnon, LeonLeon Chagnon	18	62	0	3	6.82	27

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
Erickson, RalphRalph Erickson	7	1	0	0	7.07	2
Bednar, AndyAndy Bednar	2	0	0	0	27.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Wichita Aviators	Western League	Art Griggs
B	Columbia Comers	Sally League	Marty Fiedler and Lee Stebbins

References

↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore 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.

1930 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1930 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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