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1930 Pittsburgh Pirates 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 Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 1 , , April 15 , , @ Reds , , 7–6 , , Swetonic (1–0) , , Lucas , , — , , 30,112 , , 1–0 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 2 , , April 16 , , @ Reds , , 1–3 , , Donohue , , Brame (0–1) , , — , , 4,412 , , 1–1 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 3 , , April 17 , , @ Reds , , 7–1 , , French (1–0) , , Rixey , , — , , — , , 2–1 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 4 , , April 18 , , @ Reds , , 5–3 , , Petty (1–0) , , May , , Swetonic (1) , , — , , 3–1 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 5 , , April 19 , , @ Cardinals , , 5–4 (10) , , Kremer (1–0) , , Sherdel , , — , , — , , 4–1 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 6 , , April 21 , , @ Cardinals , , 6–4 , , Brame ... [...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] |
Erv Brame
Ervin Bechham Brame (October 12, 1901 – November 22, 1949) was a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He threw right-handed and batted left-handed. Brame was 6'2" and weighed 190 pounds. Major league career His first game in the major leagues was on April 14, 1928. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1928 to 1932. Brame pitched in 142 games, started 92 of them, and had 62 complete games. His lifetime record was 52-37 with a 4.76 ERA. He was a good hitting pitcher, posting a .306 batting average (121-for-396) with 43 runs, 21 doubles, 8 home runs and 75 RBI. 1929 ''-'' 1930 Young Brame hurled Pittsburgh to a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on May 28, 1929. The Pirates swept the series and had won seven straight games. In 1930 Brame pitched against the Chicago Cubs in a crucial game for the Cubs playoff hopes. He surrendered the 35th home run hit by Hack Wilson but endured the outburst. The Pirates 12-8 win on August 3, 1930 threatened the Cubs chances of catching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spades Wood
Charles Asher "Spades" Wood (January 13, 1909 in Spartanburg, South Carolina – May 18, 1986 in Wichita, Kansas) was a professional baseball pitcher. He attended Wofford College and played two seasons in Major League Baseball from 1930-31 for the Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati .... External links Major League Baseball pitchers Pittsburgh Pirates players Salisbury-Spencer Colonials players Wichita Aviators players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players St. Joseph Saints players Cooleemee Weavers players Baseball players from South Carolina 1909 births 1986 deaths Sportspeople from Spartanburg, South Carolina {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernie Walter
James Bernard Walter (August 15, 1908 – October 30, 1988) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati .... He batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Dover, Tennessee and died in Nashville, Tennessee. External links 1908 births 1988 deaths People from Dover, Tennessee Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Tennessee Pittsburgh Pirates players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Swetonic
Stephen Albert Swetonic (August 13, 1903 – April 22, 1974) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball, who played his entire career for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1929 through 1935. Swetonic batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Swetonic provided solid support for the Pirates' pitching staffs of the early 1930s that included Larry French, Burleigh Grimes, Waite Hoyt, and Ray Kremer. His most productive season came in 1932, when he went 11–6 with a career-high 2.82 ERA and tied for the National League lead with four shutouts. In 1933, he recorded career-numbers in wins (12), starts (21), and innings pitched ( ). Swetonic's career ended prematurely at the age of 31 because of a chronic sore arm. Swetonic went to spring training with the Boston Braves in 1934, but did not play in the regular season. In a March 24 game against the Philadelphia Athletics, in St. Petersburg, Florida, he yielded four runs in the first inning. In March 1935, Sweto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lil Stoner
Ulysses Simpson Grant "Lil" Stoner (February 28, 1899 – June 26, 1966), also known as Lil E. Stoner, was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he played professional baseball for 14 seasons from 1919 to 1933, including nine years in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers (1922 and 1924–1929), Pittsburgh Pirates (1930) and Philadelphia Phillies (1931). He appeared in 229 major league games and compiled a 50–57 win–loss record and a 4.76 earned run average (ERA). Stoner was also known for his skill in baking and at growing and breeding irises. With the popularization of the word " stoner" in cannabis culture, he saw a resurgence of popularity. In a 2017 poll by Ranker, he was voted No. 9 on a list of "The Best Baseball Names of All Time". Early years Stoner was born in 1899 in Bowie, Texas. He grew up in a family of 17 children. His given name was "Ulysses Simpson Grant Stoner", a reference to the 18th President of the United States. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Spencer (baseball)
Glenn Spencer (September 11, 1905 – December 30, 1958) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played five seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants of the National League from 1928 to 1933. His best season came in 1931 when he went 11–12 with a 3.42 earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ... in 38 games. External links Baseball-reference profile 1905 births 1958 deaths Baseball players from New York (state) Major League Baseball pitchers New York Giants (NL) players Pittsburgh Pirates players Binghamton Triplets players Columbia Comers players Columbus Red Birds players Dallas Steers players Houston Buffaloes players Knoxville Smokies players Oswego Netherlands players Pittsfield Electrics players Rochester Red Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Petty
Jesse Lee Petty (November 23, 1894 – October 23, 1971), known as the Silver Fox, was a professional baseball pitcher in the major leagues from 1921 to 1930, for the Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Robins, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs. He managed in the minor leagues in 1935 and 1936 for the Knoxville Smokies of the Southern Association and the Hopkinsville Hoppers of the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League The Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League (or ''KITTY League'') was a Class D level minor league baseball circuit that went through six different periods of play between 1903 and 1955. The League hosted teams in 29 cities from the states of Ill .... External links 1894 births 1971 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Oklahoma Brooklyn Robins players Chicago Cubs players Pittsburgh Pirates players Cleveland Indians players Minor league baseball managers San Antonio Bronchos players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinie Meine
Henry William "Heine" Meine (May 1, 1896 – March 18, 1968), sometimes "Heinie" Meine, was a professional baseball player. Meine was a right-handed pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1922 and for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1929 to 1934. He was given the nickname "The Count of Luxemburg" on account of his operating a speakeasy/tavern in the Luxemburg section of St. Louis. He led the National League in wins and innings pitched in 1931 and compiled a 66–50 record in seven seasons of Major League Baseball. Spitball years Born to parents of German descent and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Meine served in the United States Army during World War I. After a tip that Meine, who was playing semipro ball in 1920, threw "a good spitball", he was signed to play professional baseball for Beaumont in the Texas League. Meine made his professional baseball debut in 1921 at age 25. He entered professional baseball the same year that the spitball, Meine's mainstay, was outlawed. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Lang
Martin John Lang (September 27, 1905—January 13, 1968) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the 1930 Pittsburgh Pirates. He batted right-handed and threw left-handed. He was 5'11 and weighed 160 lbs (pounds). He attended Concordia University. Lang was born on September 27, 1905, in Hooper, Nebraska, and died on January 13, 1968, in Lakewood, Colorado The City of Lakewood is the home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 155,984 at the 2020 U.S. Census making Lakewood the fifth most populous city in Col .... External links 1905 births 1968 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Pittsburgh Pirates players Concordia Golden Bears baseball players Baseball players from New Mexico People from Hooper, Nebraska {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub ... [...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] |
Percy Jones (baseball)
Percy Lee Jones (October 28, 1899 – March 18, 1979) born in Harwood, Texas, was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1920–22 and 1925–28), Boston Braves (1929), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1930). In 9 seasons he had a win–loss record of 53–57, 251 games, 113 games started, 49 complete games, 8 shutouts, 88 games finished, 6 saves, 1026 innings pitched, 1137 hits allowed, 588 runs allowed, 495 earned runs allowed, 53 home runs allowed, 494 walks allowed, 381 strikeouts, 40 hit batsmen, 20 wild pitches, 4619 batters faced, 2 balks, and a 4.34 ERA. He died in Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ..., at the age of 79. Sources 1899 births 1979 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Chicago Cubs players Boston Braves players Pittsburgh Pirates players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
