1932 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 80-76
Finish: 2nd in NL NL West Division
Runs Scored: 768
Runs Allowed: 803
Exp W-L: 75-81
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 2,158,750
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 5th in the NL
AA: 72-65, 3rd in the NL
A: 68-69, 3rd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-2 over Minnesota Twins
Won NL League Series 4-3 over San Diego Padres
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Atlanta Braves
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B *George Grantham 32 149 551 93 155 33 5 8 68 0 2 71 57 .281 .360 .403 .763 76.3 15.1 5.4
1B  Lew Fonseca 33 145 583 85 162 36 9 10 68 1 0 22 19 .278 .305 .422 .727 68.4 12.2 3.3
3B  Johnny Vergez 25 147 540 60 152 21 6 6 61 2 1 26 30 .281 .315 .376 .691 60.0 9.6 4.5
C *Smead Jolley 30 139 506 80 153 39 7 11 81 1 3 32 25 .302 .343 .472 .816 70.9 15.1 8.1
LF *Russ Scarritt 29 138 484 72 133 25 9 3 45 1 0 22 28 .275 .306 .382 .688 50.8 8.0 0.5
RF *Johnny Frederick 30 117 459 68 140 35 7 12 73 0 0 28 10 .305 .346 .490 .836 69.6 16.1 1.2
RF *Roy Carlyle 31 127 448 62 144 26 7 9 76 1 3 18 24 .321 .344 .471 .815 62.2 13.3 0.7
SS  Doc Farrell 30 100 320 34 85 5 2 2 41 0 0 19 24 .266 .305 .313 .617 29.1 3.0 3.2
RF  Bob Meusel 35 118 311 47 98 30 8 6 53 0 0 7 39 .315 .332 .521 .853 48.0 12.1 0.3
SS *Boob Fowler 31 107 169 30 66 8 2 2 39 0 0 8 10 .391 .416 .497 .913 29.3 8.0 1.2
LF  Hal Lee 27 54 166 24 46 9 1 3 16 0 0 9 7 .277 .314 .398 .712 17.7 2.6 0.3
1B  Joe Stripp 29 87 145 23 42 6 0 0 20 0 0 15 4 .290 .358 .331 .689 17.4 3.2 1.3
C  Moe Berg 30 46 150 20 60 8 2 2 29 0 0 6 6 .400 .421 .520 .941 27.4 7.4 1.2
P *Lefty Gomez 23 42 113 5 18 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 19 .159 .172 .195 .367 1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Allen 26 42 97 6 18 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 22 .186 .202 .186 .388 3.2 0.0 0.0
C  Roy Spencer 32 46 106 9 29 5 1 1 11 0 0 10 10 .274 .342 .368 .710 12.0 2.1 1.5
C  Chick Autry 29 31 101 14 23 9 2 1 12 0 0 2 8 .228 .243 .386 .629 8.4 0.8 0.7
P *Wally Hebert 24 34 86 8 22 1 0 1 13 0 0 2 10 .256 .270 .302 .572 6.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Russell 26 26 56 2 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 17 .071 .119 .107 .226 -1.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Jackie Hayes 25 16 52 4 11 3 0 1 6 0 0 3 5 .212 .255 .327 .581 4.0 0.0 0.5
CF *Babe Twombly 36 15 44 3 15 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 3 .341 .383 .341 .724 5.5 1.0 0.1
LF  Tex Vache 37 19 41 7 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 .220 .267 .244 .511 2.8 0.0 0.1
P  Guy Bush 30 11 28 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .179 .179 .179 .357 -0.2 0.0 0.0
3B  Ray Gardner 30 22 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .222 .300 .222 .522 0.9 0.1 0.2
SS  Blondy Ryan 26 5 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .400 .700 1.1 0.1 0.1
C  Casper Asbjornson 23 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.8 0.0 0.3
P  Ken Ash 30 53 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.1 0.0 0.0
1B *Mule Shirley 31 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.1
2B  Charlie English 22 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Lum Davenport 32 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
SS  Hod Ford 34 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Boerner 27 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
CF  Chick Fullis 28 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Coffman 25 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.1 1937 5615 768 1596 306 69 78 741 7 9 313 401 .284 .322 .405 .727 668.3 129.9 34.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 6 5 2 2 4 6 6 2 8 4 7 8 5 6 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Lefty Gomez 23 15 16 .484 42 42 0 329.0 386 163 29 125 136 4.46 15.7
 Johnny Allen 26 17 13 .567 42 42 0 318.7 357 159 13 103 121 4.49 17.0
*Wally Hebert 24 14 14 .500 34 34 0 253.7 323 128 16 61 42 4.54 14.6
 Jack Russell 26 10 11 .476 26 26 0 200.3 234 93 2 62 36 4.18 10.1
 Guy Bush 30 5 3 .625 11 11 0 81.3 112 39 5 18 20 4.32 3.2
 George Uhle 33 9 4 .692 49 0 2 61.3 84 34 2 28 10 4.99 3.6
 Ken Ash 30 4 9 .308 53 0 19 56.7 70 35 4 23 11 5.56 4.1
*Lum Davenport 32 4 3 .571 40 0 1 50.3 62 20 4 4 14 3.58 4.6
 Dick Coffman 25 1 1 .500 22 0 2 28.0 36 14 0 7 4 4.50 2.0
 Larry Boerner 27 1 2 .333 17 1 0 24.3 30 16 1 18 6 5.92 0.4
Team Totals 27.6 80 76 .513 336 156 24 1403.6 1694 701 76 449 400 4.49 75.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 2 4 4 8 3 6 5 8 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 37.0
S.Jolley 1056.7 117 118 331 45 5 1 .987 36.4
R.Spencer 236.0 27 29 53 9 0 0 1.000 100.0
C.Autry 91.0 9 14 37 2 1 0 .975 50.0
C.Asbjornson 19.0 3 3 7 1 0 1 1.000 0.0
M.Berg 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1403.0 156 164 428 57 6 2 .988 46.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 13.13
L.Fonseca 1220.0 141 143 1859 160 13 187 .994 14.89
J.Stripp 148.0 14 28 214 17 0 20 1.000 14.05
M.Shirley 21.7 1 11 30 3 0 4 1.000 13.71
G.Grantham 10.0 0 4 13 1 0 3 1.000 12.60
S.Jolley 4.0 0 2 5 2 1 2 .875 15.75
Team Total 1403.7 156 188 2121 183 14 216 .994 14.77
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 6.81
G.Grantham 1260.7 139 142 405 680 44 156 .961 7.75
J.Hayes 121.0 15 15 34 70 5 21 .954 7.74
D.Farrell 12.0 1 3 2 5 1 2 .875 5.25
H.Ford 8.0 1 1 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.75
R.Gardner 2.0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1403.7 156 162 445 761 50 179 .960 7.73
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 3.24
J.Vergez 1221.7 141 145 72 417 28 46 .946 3.60
J.Stripp 164.3 14 38 17 63 1 9 .988 4.38
C.English 11.0 1 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.27
R.Gardner 6.7 0 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.76
Team Total 1403.7 156 189 90 488 29 56 .952 3.71
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 5.93
D.Farrell 742.7 91 91 157 404 33 84 .944 6.80
M.Berg 331.4 44 46 63 160 10 32 .957 6.06
B.Fowler 265.3 18 75 43 150 5 31 .975 6.55
R.Gardner 28.0 2 9 3 19 1 1 .957 7.07
B.Ryan 23.0 2 5 3 15 0 4 1.000 7.04
Team Total 1390.4 157 226 269 748 49 152 .954 6.58
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 1.87
R.Scarritt 763.7 86 100 98 2 11 1 .901 1.18
H.Lee 325.7 40 43 68 1 2 0 .972 1.91
B.Meusel 225.0 26 35 27 2 4 0 .879 1.16
R.Carlyle 47.0 4 9 10 2 2 0 .857 2.30
T.Vache 20.7 0 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
S.Jolley 13.7 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
C.Fullis 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Autry 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Spencer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Grantham 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Fonseca 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1403.6 156 211 212 7 19 1 .920 1.40
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.56
J.Frederick 1016.0 114 114 235 7 6 0 .976 2.14
C.Autry 127.0 14 14 15 0 3 0 .833 1.06
B.Twombly 101.0 11 14 21 1 0 1 1.000 1.96
R.Scarritt 62.0 7 7 14 1 1 0 .938 2.18
T.Vache 60.7 7 7 17 1 2 0 .900 2.67
S.Jolley 26.0 3 3 6 0 1 0 .857 2.08
B.Meusel 7.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
H.Lee 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1403.7 156 161 311 10 13 1 .961 2.06
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.06
R.Carlyle 949.3 108 111 149 1 5 1 .968 1.42
B.Meusel 320.3 35 41 47 1 2 0 .960 1.35
R.Scarritt 125.0 13 20 21 2 1 0 .958 1.66
S.Jolley 6.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Frederick 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Lee 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1403.7 156 178 217 4 8 1 .965 1.42
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.57
L.Gomez 329.0 42 42 25 75 3 6 .971 2.74
J.Allen 318.7 42 42 27 78 6 5 .946 2.97
W.Hebert 253.7 34 34 24 69 3 3 .969 3.30
J.Russell 200.3 26 26 16 62 2 6 .975 3.50
G.Bush 81.3 11 11 8 10 2 0 .900 1.99
G.Uhle 61.3 0 49 7 14 1 0 .955 3.08
K.Ash 56.7 0 53 4 15 0 1 1.000 3.02
L.Davenport 50.3 0 40 1 10 0 1 1.000 1.97
D.Coffman 28.0 0 22 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.57
L.Boerner 24.3 1 17 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.22
Team Total 1403.6 156 336 116 343 17 22 .964 2.94
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Jolley .302
On-Base Pct Grantham .360
Slugging Pct Frederick .480
OPS Frederick .819
XR Grantham 76.3
Games Grantham 149
At-Bats Fonseca 583
Runs Grantham 93
Hits Fonseca 162
Total Bases Fonseca 246
Singles Vergez 119
Doubles Jolley 39
Triples Fonseca, Scarritt 9
Homeruns Frederick 12
RBIs Jolley 81
Stolen Bases Vergez 2
Caught Stealing Carlyle, Jolley 3
Walks Grantham 71
Strikeouts Grantham 57
ERA Russell 4.18
Wins Allen 17
Losses Gomez 16
Winning Pct Allen .567
Saves Ash 19
Games Pitched Ash 53
Games Started Allen, Gomez 42
Complete Games Allen 14
Shutouts Russell 1
Innings Pitched Gomez 329.0
Hits Allowed Gomez 386
Homeruns Allowed Gomez 29
Strikeouts Gomez 136
Walks Allowed Gomez 125
Walks per 9IP Hebert 2.2
Hits per 9IP Allen 10.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Gomez 3.7
WHiP Allen 1.44
OAVG Allen .282
OOBP Allen .335
OSLG Russell .360
OOPS Russell .701
Team All-Stars
Ken Ash
Player Salaries
Bob Meusel $ 6,555,000
Ken Ash $ 6,000,000
Lew Fonseca $ 5,690,500
George Uhle $ 5,500,000
Moe Berg $ 4,628,571
George Grantham $ 4,500,000
Johnny Frederick $ 4,150,000
Dolly Gray $ 3,100,700
Russ Scarritt $ 2,692,857
Tom Zachary $ 2,500,001
Lum Davenport $ 2,492,857
George Kelly $ 2,000,000
Boob Fowler $ 1,728,900
Austin McHenry $ 1,192,000
Joe Stripp $ 900,000
Doc Farrell $ 836,000
Tex Vache $ 768,000
Bert Griffith $ 650,000
Red Peery $ 650,000
Marty Callaghan $ 629,000
Roy Carlyle $ 550,000
Roy Spencer $ 500,000
Dewey Metivier $ 500,000
Bill Regan $ 468,000
Hod Ford $ 400,000
Willie Underhill $ 354,286
Dick Coffman $ 350,000
Fred Schulte $ 350,000
Mule Shirley $ 350,000
Casper Asbjornson $ 300,000
Johnny Vergez $ 300,000
Chick Autry $ 300,000
Larry Boerner $ 300,000
Guy Bush $ 300,000
Smead Jolley $ 300,000
Wally Hebert $ 300,000
Charlie English $ 300,000
Johnny Allen $ 300,000
Jackie Hayes $ 300,000
Curly Ogden $ 300,000
Hal Lee $ 300,000
Blondy Ryan $ 300,000
Chick Fullis $ 300,000
Ray Gardner $ 300,000
Lefty Gomez $ 300,000
Babe Twombly $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Signed     Roy Carlyle
2/1 Signed     Joe Stripp
2/2 Signed     George Grantham
2/9 Signed     Marty Callaghan
2/10 Signed     Bert Griffith
2/10 Signed     Red Peery
2/15 Signed     Dewey Metivier
2/15 Signed     Hod Ford
3/1 Signed     Guy Bush
3/1 Signed     John Milligan
3/1 Signed     Chick Autry
3/1 Signed     Casper Asbjornson
3/1 Signed     Ray Gardner
3/1 Signed     Nolen Richardson
3/1 Signed     Jim Levey
4/6 Signed     Doc Farrell
4/6 Signed     Austin Mchenry
4/6 Signed     Tex Vache
4/6 Signed     Babe Twombly
4/6 Signed     Bill Regan
4/16 Signed     Chappie Geygan
4/16 Signed     Tony Rensa
7/31 Traded Jack Russell Oakland Moe Berg
10/9 Released Flint Rhem