1924 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1924 Pittsburgh Pirates
1924 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Bill McKechnie

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

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	93	60	.608	—	51‍–‍26	42‍–‍34
Brooklyn Robins	92	62	.597	1½	46‍–‍31	46‍–‍31
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	.588	3	49‍–‍28	41‍–‍35
Cincinnati Reds	83	70	.542	10	43‍–‍33	40‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs	81	72	.529	12	46‍–‍31	35‍–‍41
St. Louis Cardinals	65	89	.422	28½	40‍–‍37	25‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies	55	96	.364	37	26‍–‍49	29‍–‍47
Boston Braves	53	100	.346	40	28‍–‍48	25‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1924 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	7–15	6–15	12–10	5–17	10–12–1	7–15	6–16
Brooklyn	15–7	—	12–10	12–10	8–14	17–5	13–9	15–7
Chicago	15–6	10–12	—	9–13	9–13–1	16–6	7–15	15–7
Cincinnati	10–12	10–12	13–9	—	9–13	16–5	12–10	13–9
New York	17–5	14–8	13–9–1	13–9	—	14–7	9–13	13–9
Philadelphia	12–10–1	5–17	6–16	5–16	7–14	—	8–13	12–10
Pittsburgh	15–7	9–13	15–7	10–12	13–9	13–8	—	15–7
St. Louis	16–6	7–15	7–15	9–13	9–13	10–12	7–15	—

Game log

1924 Game Log: 90–63 (Home: 49–28; Away: 41–35)

April: 6–8 (Home: 1–2; Away: 5–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 15	@ Reds	5–6	Sheehan	Meadows (0–1)	—	35,747	0–1
2	April 16	@ Reds	1–0	Cooper (1–0)	Luque	—	—	1–1
3	April 18	@ Reds	2–3	May	Kremer (0–1)	—	—	1–2
4	April 19	@ Cardinals	4–2	Meadows (1–1)	Pfeffer	—	—	2–2
5	April 20	@ Cardinals	2–3	Doak	Morrison (0–1)	—	—	2–3
6	April 21	@ Cardinals	9–11	Sherdel	Steineder (0–1)	Doak	2,000	2–4
7	April 22	@ Cardinals	10–7	Kremer (1–1)	Dyer	—	2,000	3–4
8	April 24	Reds	4–5	Donohue	Meadows (1–2)	—	28,000	3–5
9	April 25	Reds	4–10	Luque	Morrison (0–2)	—	—	3–6
10	April 26	Reds	2–0	Kremer (2–1)	Mays	—	26,000	4–6
11	April 27	@ Cubs	2–4	Kaufmann	Lundgren (0–1)	—	4,000	4–7
12	April 28	@ Cubs	7–4	Cooper (2–0)	Keen	—	—	5–7
13	April 29	@ Cubs	1–2 (11)	Alexander	Meadows (1–3)	—	12,000	5–8
14	April 30	@ Cubs	2–1 (14)	Morrison (1–2)	Jacobs	—	5,000	6–8

May: 13–12 (Home: 11–8; Away: 2–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
15	May 1	Cardinals	8–6	Kremer (3–1)	Haines	—	5,000	7–8
16	May 2	Cardinals	3–2	Cooper (3–0)	Pfeffer	—	4,000	8–8
17	May 3	Cardinals	6–5	Stone (1–0)	Stuart	—	8,000	9–8
18	May 4	@ Reds	0–2	Luque	Meadows (1–4)	—	—	9–9
19	May 4	@ Reds	4–5	May	Morrison (1–3)	—	—	9–10
20	May 6	Cubs	2–0	Kremer (4–1)	Aldridge	—	—	10–10
21	May 7	Cubs	1–5	Kaufmann	Cooper (3–1)	—	8,000	10–11
22	May 9	Braves	7–10	McNamara	Morrison (1–4)	Genewich	—	10–12
23	May 10	Braves	0–2	Barnes	Kremer (4–2)	—	—	10–13
24	May 13	Braves	5–1	Cooper (4–1)	Marquard	—	—	11–13
25	May 15	Phillies	4–3	Morrison (2–4)	Couch	—	—	12–13
26	May 16	Phillies	3–4 (10)	Betts	Kremer (4–3)	—	—	12–14
27	May 17	Phillies	8–12	Couch	Cooper (4–2)	—	—	12–15
28	May 19	Giants	6–3	Morrison (3–4)	Watson	—	15,000	13–15
29	May 20	Giants	12–3	Meadows (2–4)	Dean	—	15,000	14–15
30	May 21	Giants	8–10	Bentley	Kremer (4–4)	McQuillan	20,000	14–16
31	May 22	Robins	2–4	Vance	Cooper (4–3)	—	3,000	14–17
32	May 23	Robins	1–3	Grimes	Morrison (3–5)	—	5,000	14–18
33	May 25	@ Robins	5–2 (11)	Meadows (3–4)	Ruether	—	26,000	15–18
34	May 27	@ Cubs	5–4 (10)	Morrison (4–5)	Kaufmann	—	—	16–18
35	May 28	@ Cubs	6–9	Aldridge	Cooper (4–4)	—	—	16–19
36	May 29	@ Cubs	2–5	Keen	Morrison (4–6)	—	—	16–20
37	May 30	Cardinals	4–0	Cooper (5–4)	Haines	—	10,000	17–20
38	May 30	Cardinals	3–2 (15)	Kremer (5–4)	Bell	—	18,000	18–20
39	May 31	Cardinals	7–0	Yde (1–0)	Pfeffer	—	9,000	19–20

June: 14–10 (Home: 7–0; Away: 7–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
40	June 1	@ Cubs	1–2	Aldridge	Morrison (4–7)	—	12,000	19–21
41	June 2	Cardinals	6–2	Kremer (6–4)	Dyer	Cooper (1)	3,000	20–21
42	June 5	@ Robins	2–6	Vance	Cooper (5–5)	—	4,000	20–22
43	June 7	@ Robins	1–4	Grimes	Meadows (3–5)	—	12,000	20–23
44	June 8	@ Giants	0–7 (5)	Watson	Morrison (4–8)	—	20,000	20–24
45	June 9	@ Giants	4–6	Oeschger	Cooper (5–6)	Barnes	10,000	20–25
46	June 10	@ Giants	10–6	Stone (2–0)	Barnes	Morrison (1)	10,000	21–25
47	June 11	@ Giants	4–2	Meadows (4–5)	McQuillan	—	10,000	22–25
48	June 14	@ Phillies	1–3	Ring	Morrison (4–9)	—	—	22–26
49	June 16	@ Braves	4–9	Barnes	Cooper (5–7)	—	—	22–27
50	June 17	@ Braves	5–2	Kremer (7–4)	Yeargin	—	—	23–27
51	June 17	@ Braves	0–1	McNamara	Meadows (4–6)	—	12,000	23–28
52	June 18	@ Braves	4–3	Yde (2–0)	Benton	—	2,500	24–28
53	June 20	Reds	9–4	Kremer (8–4)	Rixey	—	—	25–28
54	June 21	Reds	1–0	Meadows (5–6)	Sheehan	—	15,000	26–28
55	June 22	@ Reds	4–9	Benton	Morrison (4–10)	—	8,513	26–29
56	June 23	@ Reds	4–2	Cooper (6–7)	Luque	—	—	27–29
57	June 24	@ Reds	4–3	Kremer (9–4)	Rixey	—	—	28–29
58	June 25	Cubs	8–7 (14)	Yde (3–0)	Alexander	—	7,000	29–29
59	June 26	Cubs	2–1	Morrison (5–10)	Aldridge	—	—	30–29
60	June 27	Cubs	9–0	Cooper (7–7)	Jacobs	—	—	31–29
61	June 28	Cubs	3–0	Kremer (10–4)	Keen	—	—	32–29
62	June 29	@ Cardinals	6–5	Meadows (6–6)	Dickerman	Morrison (2)	—	33–29
63	June 30	@ Cardinals	5–7	Sherdel	Stone (2–1)	—	3,500	33–30

July: 19–11 (Home: 11–10; Away: 8–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
64	July 1	@ Cardinals	2–5	Stuart	Morrison (5–11)	—	—	33–31
65	July 2	@ Cardinals	3–2	Cooper (8–7)	Haines	—	2,000	34–31
66	July 4	Reds	0–8	Luque	Kremer (10–5)	—	—	34–32
67	July 4	Reds	2–4	Rixey	Meadows (6–7)	Benton	—	34–33
68	July 5	Reds	11–4	Stone (3–1)	Donohue	—	—	35–33
69	July 6	@ Reds	9–2	Cooper (9–7)	May	—	10,000	36–33
70	July 7	Robins	9–5	Yde (4–0)	Grimes	—	—	37–33
71	July 8	Braves	8–3	Morrison (6–11)	McNamara	—	—	38–33
72	July 9	Braves	3–6	Genewich	Kremer (10–6)	—	5,000	38–34
73	July 10	Braves	3–5	Barnes	Meadows (6–8)	—	—	38–35
74	July 11	Braves	8–2	Cooper (10–7)	Lucas	—	—	39–35
75	July 12	Phillies	6–5 (10)	Stone (4–1)	Mitchell	—	—	40–35
76	July 12	Phillies	3–2 (11)	Yde (5–0)	Hubbell	—	—	41–35
77	July 14	Phillies	3–8	Carlson	Kremer (10–7)	—	3,000	41–36
78	July 15	Phillies	3–1	Meadows (7–8)	Glazner	—	3,000	42–36
79	July 16	Giants	7–8	Ryan	Cooper (10–8)	Jonnard	15,000	42–37
80	July 17	Giants	4–3 (13)	Morrison (7–11)	McQuillan	—	15,000	43–37
81	July 18	Giants	9–2	Cooper (11–8)	Bentley	—	12,000	44–37
82	July 19	Giants	6–10	Watson	Meadows (7–9)	—	31,000	44–38
83	July 21	Robins	2–6	Vance	Meadows (7–10)	—	8,000	44–39
84	July 21	Robins	4–2	Kremer (11–7)	Grimes	—	12,000	45–39
85	July 22	Robins	1–4 (5)	Osborne	Morrison (7–12)	—	4,000	45–40
86	July 23	Robins	3–4 (10)	Decatur	Cooper (11–9)	—	4,000	45–41
87	July 24	Robins	8–1	Yde (6–0)	Roberts	—	3,500	46–41
88	July 25	@ Braves	2–1	Pfeffer (1–0)	Genewich	—	2,000	47–41
89	July 26	@ Braves	7–6 (14)	Cooper (12–9)	Barnes	—	—	48–41
90	July 28	@ Braves	5–2	Yde (7–0)	Yeargin	—	—	49–41
91	July 29	@ Braves	8–1	Kremer (12–7)	Genewich	—	—	50–41
92	July 30	@ Giants	6–3	Cooper (13–9)	Jonnard	—	10,000	51–41
93	July 31	@ Giants	5–0 (6)	Meadows (8–10)	Watson	—	6,000	52–41

August: 21–10 (Home: 11–7; Away: 10–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
94	August 1	@ Giants	1–3	Barnes	Morrison (7–13)	—	8,000	52–42
95	August 2	@ Giants	7–6	Kremer (13–7)	Dean	—	25,000	53–42
96	August 3	@ Robins	5–2	Yde (8–0)	Grimes	—	—	54–42
97	August 4	@ Robins	5–3	Cooper (14–9)	Osborne	—	3,000	55–42
98	August 5	@ Robins	8–1	Kremer (14–7)	Ruether	—	4,500	56–42
99	August 6	@ Robins	3–5	Vance	Stone (4–2)	—	4,500	56–43
100	August 7	@ Robins	6–9	Grimes	Yde (8–1)	—	4,000	56–44
101	August 8	@ Phillies	1–0	Meadows (9–10)	Ring	—	—	57–44
102	August 9	@ Phillies	16–4	Cooper (15–9)	Oeschger	—	—	58–44
103	August 9	@ Phillies	7–0	Kremer (15–7)	Mitchell	—	—	59–44
104	August 11	@ Phillies	7–3	Yde (9–1)	Glazner	—	—	60–44
105	August 11	@ Phillies	6–4	Pfeffer (2–0)	Betts	Kremer (1)	—	61–44
106	August 13	Giants	4–2	Meadows (10–10)	Barnes	—	20,000	62–44
107	August 14	Giants	3–1	Cooper (16–9)	McQuillan	—	25,000	63–44
108	August 15	Giants	6–4	Kremer (16–7)	Nehf	—	24,000	64–44
109	August 16	Giants	5–4 (12)	Morrison (8–13)	Barnes	—	33,500	65–44
110	August 18	Robins	4–7	Grimes	Pfeffer (2–1)	—	8,000	65–45
111	August 19	Robins	3–4	Vance	Cooper (16–10)	—	16,000	65–46
112	August 20	Robins	2–3 (11)	Doak	Kremer (16–8)	—	5,000	65–47
113	August 21	Braves	6–7	Lucas	Morrison (8–14)	Benton	—	65–48
114	August 21	Braves	5–0	Yde (10–1)	Cooney	—	—	66–48
115	August 22	Braves	3–0	Cooper (17–10)	Benton	—	—	67–48
116	August 23	Braves	3–2	Kremer (17–8)	Yeargin	—	—	68–48
117	August 25	Phillies	7–4	Meadows (11–10)	Oeschger	—	—	69–48
118	August 26	Phillies	6–1	Yde (11–1)	Ring	—	—	70–48
119	August 26	Phillies	1–3	Hubbell	Morrison (8–15)	—	—	70–49
120	August 27	Phillies	6–7	Carlson	Pfeffer (2–2)	Couch	—	70–50
121	August 28	Reds	4–5	Mays	Cooper (17–11)	—	—	70–51
122	August 29	Reds	5–4	Morrison (9–15)	Sheehan	—	—	71–51
123	August 30	Reds	12–3	Cooper (18–11)	Rixey	—	—	72–51
124	August 31	@ Cubs	2–0	Yde (12–1)	Jacobs	—	20,000	73–51

September: 17–12 (Home: 8–1; Away: 9–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
125	September 1	Cubs	5–4 (10)	Morrison (10–15)	Wheeler	—	20,000	74–51
126	September 1	Cubs	4–3	Adams (1–0)	Aldridge	—	40,000	75–51
127	September 3	Cardinals	14–1	Cooper (19–11)	Bell	—	4,500	76–51
128	September 4	Cardinals	5–9	Sothoron	Kremer (17–9)	—	4,000	76–52
129	September 6	Cardinals	5–2	Yde (13–1)	Stuart	—	10,000	77–52
130	September 6	Cardinals	12–5	Pfeffer (3–2)	Rhem	—	—	78–52
131	September 7	@ Reds	1–4	Luque	Cooper (19–12)	—	—	78–53
132	September 7	@ Reds	3–4	Mays	Adams (1–1)	—	—	78–54
133	September 9	@ Cardinals	4–7	Sothoron	Yde (13–2)	—	2,000	78–55
134	September 9	@ Cardinals	4–6	Stuart	Morrison (10–16)	—	3,500	78–56
135	September 10	@ Cardinals	3–1	Adams (2–1)	Haines	—	1,000	79–56
136	September 12	@ Braves	5–4	Pfeffer (4–2)	Barnes	—	2,000	80–56
137	September 13	@ Braves	7–0	Yde (14–2)	Graham	—	5,000	81–56
138	September 15	@ Braves	4–3 (12)	Morrison (11–16)	Cooney	—	—	82–56
139	September 16	@ Phillies	5–6	Hubbell	Cooper (19–13)	Betts	—	82–57
140	September 16	@ Phillies	13–7	Meadows (12–10)	Ring	—	—	83–57
141	September 18	@ Phillies	5–6	Oeschger	Kremer (17–10)	—	—	83–58
142	September 18	@ Phillies	6–3	Meadows (13–10)	Carlson	—	—	84–58
143	September 19	@ Robins	4–2	Yde (15–2)	Ehrhardt	—	12,000	85–58
144	September 20	@ Robins	5–4 (11)	Cooper (20–13)	Vance	—	30,000	86–58
145	September 21	@ Robins	1–2 (10)	Grimes	Pfeffer (4–3)	—	28,000	86–59
146	September 23	@ Giants	1–5	McQuillan	Meadows (13–11)	—	30,000	86–60
147	September 24	@ Giants	2–4	Barnes	Yde (15–3)	—	25,000	86–61
148	September 25	@ Giants	4–5	Nehf	Cooper (20–14)	—	25,000	86–62
149	September 26	Cubs	9–3	Kremer (18–10)	Keen	—	—	87–62
150	September 26	Cubs	10–6	Pfeffer (5–3)	Kaufmann	—	4,000	88–62
151	September 27	Cubs	3–2 (10)	Adams (3–1)	Aldridge	—	4,000	89–62
152	September 28	@ Cubs	2–7	Jacobs	Meadows (13–12)	—	7,000	89–63
153	September 29	@ Cubs	5–4	Yde (16–3)	Blake	Songer (1)	1,500	90–63

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1924 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Johnny Rawlings

Manager

Bill McKechnie

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	Johnny Gooch	70	224	65	.290	0	25
1B	Charlie Grimm	151	542	156	.288	2	63
2B	Rabbit Maranville	152	594	158	.266	2	71
SS	Glenn Wright	153	616	177	.287	7	111
3B	Pie Traynor	142	545	160	.294	5	82
OF	Max Carey	149	599	178	.297	8	55
OF	Kiki Cuyler	117	466	165	.354	9	85
OF	Clyde Barnhart	102	344	95	.276	3	51

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
Carson Bigbee	89	282	74	.262	0	15
Eddie Moore	72	209	75	.359	2	13
Walter Schmidt	58	177	43	.243	1	20
Earl Smith	39	111	41	.369	4	21
Walter Mueller	30	50	13	.260	0	8
Cliff Knox	6	18	4	.222	0	2
Jewel Ens	5	10	3	.300	0	0
Eppie Barnes	2	5	0	.000	0	0
Johnny Rawlings	3	3	1	.333	0	2

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
Wilbur Cooper	38	268.2	20	14	3.28	62
Ray Kremer	41	259.1	18	10	3.19	64
Johnny Morrison	41	237.2	11	16	3.75	85
Lee Meadows	36	229.1	13	12	3.26	61
Emil Yde	33	194.0	16	3	2.83	53

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
Jeff Pfeffer	15	58.2	5	3	3.07	19
Babe Adams	9	39.2	3	1	1.13	5
Don Songer	4	9.1	0	0	6.75	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	ERA	SO
Arnie Stone	26	4	2	2.95	7
Del Lundgren	8	0	1	6.48	4
Ray Steineder	5	0	1	13.50	0
Buckshot May	1	0	0	0.00	1
Freddy Sale	1	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Williamsport Grays	New York–Pennsylvania League	Harry Hinchman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Williamsport

References

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

1924 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1924 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

[1]