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1924 Pittsburgh Pirates Season
The 1924 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 43rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 38th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 90–63. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 1 , , April 15 , , @ Reds , , 5–6 , , Sheehan , , Meadows (0–1) , , — , , 35,747 , , 0–1 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 2 , , April 16 , , @ Reds , , 1–0 , , Cooper (1–0) , , Luque , , — , , — , , 1–1 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 3 , , April 18 , , @ Reds , , 2–3 , , May , , Kremer (0–1) , , — , , — , , 1–2 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 4 , , April 19 , , @ Cardinals , , 4–2 , , Meadows (1–1) , , Pfeffer , , — , , — , , 2–2 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 5 , , April 20 , , @ Cardinals , , 2–3 , , Doak , , Morrison (0–1) , , — , , — , , 2–3 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 6 , , April 21 , , @ Cardinals , , 9–11 , , Sherdel , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League (NFL) franchise. The stadium also served as the home American football, football field for the University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Panthers football, "Pitt" Panthers from 1909 to 1924. The stadium was named after its adjacent street, Forbes Ave., itself named for British general John Forbes (British Army officer), John Forbes, who fought in the French and Indian War and named the city in 1758. The US$1 million ($ million today) project was initiated by Pittsburgh Pirates' owner Barney Dreyfuss, with the goal of replacing his franchise's then-current home, Exposition Park (Pittsburgh), Exposition Park. The stadium was made of concrete and steel, the first such stadium in the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Kremer
Remy Peter "Ray" Kremer (March 23, 1895 – February 8, 1965) was an American professional baseball player. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1924 to 1933. Early life Ray Kremer was born in Oakland, California, to French immigrants Nicholas and Mary Kremer. Nicholas operated a foundry and was a locally notable statue maker. Ray attended Polytechnic High School in Oakland, playing in semiprofessional baseball leagues while still a student. He was expected to enter the metalworking trade like his father and brothers, but opted to continue playing baseball instead. In 1914, Kremer signed his first professional contract with the Sacramento Wolves of the Pacific Coast League. Baseball career Kremer spent the first ten seasons of his career playing in the minor leagues. In 1916, he signed with the New York Giants and participated in spring training, but struggled with joint pain. He was sent back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Schmidt (baseball)
Walter Joseph Schmidt (March 20, 1887 in Coal Hill, Arkansas – July 4, 1973 in Modesto, California), was a professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals. He later was the player/manager of the Mission Bells of the Pacific Coast League during the 1926 season. His brother, Boss Schmidt, also played professional baseball. In 766 games over 10 seasons, Schmidt posted a .257 batting average (619-for-2411) with 216 runs, 3 home runs, 234 RBI, 57 stolen bases and 137 bases on balls. Defensively, he finished his career with a .980 fielding percentage In baseball statistics, fielding percentage, also known as fielding average, is a measure that reflects the percentage of times a defensive player properly handles a batted or thrown ball. It is calculated by the sum of putouts and assists, div .... External links 1887 births 1973 deaths Major League Baseball catchers Baseball play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Knox
Clifford Hiram Knox (January 7, 1902 – September 24, 1965) was a professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Bud", he was a catcher for one season (1924) with the Pittsburgh Pirates. For his career, he compiled a .222 batting average in 18 at-bats, with two runs batted in. He was born in Coalville, Iowa and died in Oskaloosa, Iowa Oskaloosa is a city in, and the county seat of, Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Oskaloosa was a national center of bituminous coal mining. The population was 11,558 in the 2020 U.S. Cens ... at the age of 63. External links 1902 births 1965 deaths Pittsburgh Pirates players Major League Baseball catchers Baseball players from Iowa Des Moines Boosters players Birmingham Barons players Hartford Senators players Waco Cubs players Nashville Vols players Peoria Tractors players Omaha Packers players Rock Island Islanders players Decatur Commodores players People from Webster Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Gooch
John Beverley Gooch (November 9, 1897 – May 15, 1975) was an American professional baseball player, coach, minor league manager and scout. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from to , most prominently for the Pittsburgh Pirates where he was a member of the 1925 World Series winning team. He also played for the Brooklyn Robins, Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Red Sox. After his playing career ended, Gooch continued to work as a baseball coach and minor league manager. In 1972, Gooch was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Baseball career Born in Smyrna, Tennessee, Gooch began his professional baseball career in 1916 at the age of 18 with the Talladega Tigers of the Georgia–Alabama League. He didn't play professionally in 1917 or 1918 as he returned to help on the family farm after his oldest brother had died in a drowning accident and his second oldest brother had been called into military service during World War I. Gooch was also called into mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Yde
Emil Ogden Yde (January 28, 1900 – December 4, 1968) was a left-handed professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1924–27) and Detroit Tigers in 1929. As a rookie in 1924, Yde led the National League in shutouts with four and in winning percentage (.842) with a Win–loss record of 16–3. In , Yde became the first pitcher ever to allow back-to-back home runs in a World Series when Goose Goslin and Joe Harris hit consecutive homers in the third inning of the fourth game of the series. He also was a good hitting pitcher in his brief major league career, posting a .233 batting average (74-for-317) with 46 runs, 1 home run and 28 RBI. Yde was of Danish descent. His father worked at Naval Station Great Lakes and later as a superintendent at a coal yard. Yde attended both the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He served in the United States Navy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnie Stone
Edwin Arnold Stone (October 9, 1892 – July 29, 1948) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), .... He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates."Arnie Stone Statistics and History" baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 1, 2011. References External links 1892 births 1948 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Steineder
Raymond Steineder (November 13, 1894 – August 25, 1982) was a Major League Baseball pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw .... Steineder played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in and , and the Philadelphia Phillies in 1924. External links 1894 births 1982 deaths Baseball players from New Jersey Major League Baseball pitchers Pittsburgh Pirates players Philadelphia Phillies players People from Salem, New Jersey Sportspeople from Salem County, New Jersey {{US-baseball-pitcher-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Songer
Donald C. Songer (January 31, 1899 – October 3, 1962) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played four seasons in the major leagues, from until , for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. .... Sources {{DEFAULTSORT:Songer, Don Major League Baseball pitchers Pittsburgh Pirates players New York Giants (NL) players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Augusta Georgians players Enid Harvesters players Oklahoma City Indians players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Baseball players from Kansas People from Crawford County, Kansas 1899 births 1962 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddy Sale
Frederick Link Sale (May 2, 1902 – May 27, 1956) was a right-handed pitcher who appeared in one game in for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1924. He was a native of Chester, South Carolina. He attended the University of Georgia where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He lettered in baseball as a pitcher from 1922 to 1924. He pitched a one-hitter against in 1922.Media Guide 2009 In 1923 he tossed a |
Jeff Pfeffer
Edward Joseph Pfeffer (March 4, 1888 – August 15, 1972) born in Seymour, Illinois, was a pitcher for the St. Louis Browns (1911), Brooklyn Dodgers/Robins (1913–1921), St. Louis Cardinals (1921–1924) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1924). His older brother Francis was known as Big Jeff Pfeffer. He helped the Robins win the 1916 and 1920 National League pennants. In the 1916 World Series, he recorded a save in Game 3 and was the hard-luck losing pitcher of the series-ending Game 5. Pfeffer led the National League in hit batsmen in 1916 (17) and 1917 (16). In 1916 he gave up Rogers Hornsby's first home run. In 13 seasons he had a 158–112 win–loss record with 10 saves in 347 games. As of the end of the 2014 season, Pfeffer ranked 96th on the MLB career ERA list (2.77) and tied for 73rd on the MLB career hit batsmen list (105). He is the Dodgers' career leader in ERA (2.31). He died in Chicago at the age of 84, and is interred at Rock Island National Cemetery. See also * Top 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Morrison (baseball)
John Dewey "Jughandle Johnny" Morrison (October 22, 1895 – March 20, 1966) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of ten seasons (1920–1927, 1929–1930) with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Robins. For his career, he compiled a 103–80 record in 297 appearances, with a 3.65 earned run average and 546 strikeouts. May was a member of the 1925 World Series champion Pirates, pitching three times during their seven-game defeat of the Washington Senators. In World Series play, he recorded no decisions in 3 appearances, with a 2.89 earned run average and 7 strikeouts. Morrison was born in Pellville, Kentucky, and later died in Louisville, Kentucky, at the age of 70, and was buried at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery. His son, Dwane Morrison, was a college basketball coach, most notably at Georgia Tech The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
