1924 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1924 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Bill McKechnie
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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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

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	93	60	0.608	—	51–26	42–34
Brooklyn Robins	92	62	0.597	1½	46–31	46–31
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	0.588	3	49–28	41–35
Cincinnati Reds	83	70	0.542	10	43–33	40–37
Chicago Cubs	81	72	0.529	12	46–31	35–41
St. Louis Cardinals	65	89	0.422	28½	40–37	25–52
Philadelphia Phillies	55	96	0.364	37	26–49	29–47
Boston Braves	53	100	0.346	40	28–48	25–52

Record vs. opponents

1924 National League Records Sources:
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)

May: 13–12 (Home: 11–8; Away: 2–4)

June: 14–10 (Home: 7–0; Away: 7–10)

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

Roster

1924 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Babe Adams

Wilbur Cooper

Ray Kremer

Del Lundgren

Buckshot May

Lee Meadows

Johnny Morrison

Jeff Pfeffer

Freddy Sale

Don Songer

Ray Steineder

Arnie Stone

Emil Yde

Catchers

Johnny Gooch

Cliff Knox

Walter Schmidt

Earl Smith

Infielders

Eppie Barnes

Jewel Ens

Charlie Grimm

Rabbit Maranville

Pie Traynor

Glenn Wright

Outfielders

Clyde Barnhart

Carson Bigbee

Max Carey

Kiki Cuyler

Eddie Moore

Walter Mueller

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

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
Schmidt, WalterWalter Schmidt	58	177	43	.243	1	20
Smith, EarlEarl Smith	39	111	41	.369	4	21

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
Cooper, WilburWilbur Cooper	38	268.2	20	14	3.28	62

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
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	9	39.2	3	1	1.13	5
Songer, DonDon 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	SV	ERA	SO
May, BuckshotBuckshot May	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

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

References

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore 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.

1924 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1924 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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