1930 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1930 Pittsburgh Pirates
1930 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Jewel Ens

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

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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 v t e 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

Jewel Ens

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	ERA	SO
Ralph Erickson	7	1	7.07	2
Lil Stoner	5	0	4.76	1
Marty Lang	2	0	54.00	2
Andy Bednar	2	0	27.00	1
Bernie Walter	1	0	0.00	1
Jim Mosolf	1	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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wichita Aviators

References

^ 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.

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

[1]