1928 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1928 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 47th season in franchise history. The team scored the most runs in the National League. However, they also allowed the third most and slipped down to fourth place in the standings.

Offseason

December 3, 1927: Mike Cvengros and Ike Danning were traded by the Pirates to the Wichita Falls Spudders for Fred Fussell.

Regular season

During the season, Burleigh Grimes became the last pitcher to win at least 25 games in one season for the Pirates in the 20th century.

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		79	260	74	.285	1	32
1B		124	440	142	.323	10	85
2B		135	539	149	.276	0	38
SS		108	407	126	.310	8	66
3B		144	569	192	.337	3	124
OF		152	659	221	.335	5	61
OF		152	602	223	.370	6	86
OF		81	202	65	.322	3	41

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
	72	233	71	.305	1	36
	81	202	65	.322	3	41
	61	196	58	.296	4	30
	60	177	55	.311	5	33
	50	133	36	.271	0	18
	32	85	21	.247	2	11
	31	80	19	.238	0	5
	27	43	10	.233	0	1
	11	36	9	.250	1	7
	16	23	9	.391	0	2
	1	2	1	.500	0	0
	1	1	1	1.000	0	0
	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
	48	330.2	25	14	2.99	97
	36	237.0	16	10	3.53	73
	34	219.0	15	13	4.64	61
	28	159.2	8	9	3.61	43

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
	31	128.2	7	7	3.29	36
	24	95.2	7	4	5.08	22
	21	69.2	5	7	5.30	26
	5	21.2	0	1	5.82	6
	4	20.2	1	0	5.23	2
	4	10.0	1	1	8.10	3

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
	17	0	0	1	4.91	7
	6	0	0	0	7.15	6
	4	0	0	0	1.59	2
	2	0	0	0	4.91	1

League leaders

George Grantham

#3 in NL in on-base percentage

Burleigh Grimes

MLB leader in wins
#4 in NL in strikeouts

Pie Traynor

#2 in NL in RBI

Lloyd Waner

#3 in NL in runs scored

Paul Waner

NL leader in runs scored
#2 in NL in batting average
#2 in NL in on-base percentage