Major League Baseball team season
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 [ edit ] Season standings [ edit ] Record vs. opponents [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Brickell-CF Grantham-2B Waner-RF Comorosky-LF Suhr-1B Bartell-SS Hemsley-C Engle-3B Kremer-P 1930 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster Pitchers Catchers Infielders
Outfielders Manager Coaches
Player stats [ edit ] Batting [ edit ] Starters by position [ edit ] Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Other batters [ edit ] Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching [ edit ] Starting pitchers [ edit ] Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers [ edit ] Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers [ edit ] Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Farm system [ edit ] LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wichita Aviators
References [ edit ]
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