1923 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1923 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 42nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 37th in the National League. The Pirates finished third in the league standings with a record of 87–67.

1923 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersBill McKechnie
Local televisionnone
Local radionone
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Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9558 0.621 — 47–30 48–28
Cincinnati Reds 9163 0.591 4½ 46–32 45–31
Pittsburgh Pirates 8767 0.565 8½ 47–30 40–37
Chicago Cubs 8371 0.539 12½ 46–31 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 7974 0.516 16 42–35 37–39
Brooklyn Robins 7678 0.494 19½ 37–40 39–38
Boston Braves 54100 0.351 41½ 22–55 32–45
Philadelphia Phillies 50104 0.325 45½ 20–55 30–49

Record vs. opponents
1923 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —8–146–167–156–1613–95–179–13–1
Brooklyn 14–8—10–128–1411–1112–10–111–1110–12
Chicago 16–612–10—9–1310–1213–911–1112–10
Cincinnati 15–714–813–9—12–1019–38–1410–12
New York 16–611–1112–1010–12—19–313–914–7
Philadelphia 9–1310–12–19–133–193–19—9–137–15
Pittsburgh 17–511–1111–1114–89–1313–9—12–10
St. Louis 13–9–112–1010–1212–107–1415–710–12—

Game log
1923 Game Log: 87–67 (Home: 47–30; Away: 40–37)
April: 6–7 (Home: 3–0; Away: 3–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 17@ Cubs3–2Morrison (1–0)Osborne—33,0001–0
2April 18@ Cubs2–7AlexanderBoehler (0–1)——1–1
3April 19@ Cubs5–10AldridgeAdams (0–1)——1–2
4April 20@ Cubs11–12OsborneAdams (0–2)——1–3
5April 21@ Reds6–12DonohueCooper (0–1)——1–4
6April 22@ Reds15–9Morrison (2–0)RixeyBagby (1)—2–4
7April 23@ Reds8–4Boehler (1–1)CouchGlazner (1)—3–4
8April 24@ Reds4–5LuqueKunz (0–1)——3–5
9April 25Cubs7–3Cooper (1–1)Fussell—30,0004–5
10April 26Cubs7–2Adams (1–2)Osborne——5–5
11April 27Cubs2–1Morrison (3–0)Alexander——6–5
12April 29@ Cardinals2–3HainesGlazner (0–1)——6–6
13April 30@ Cardinals5–7DoakBoehler (1–2)Sherdel5,0006–7
May: 18–9 (Home: 9–1; Away: 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
14May 1@ Cardinals6–2Cooper (2–1)Sherdel—3,5007–7
15May 2@ Cardinals1–12PfefferMorrison (3–1)—2,0007–8
16May 3Reds3–1Adams (2–2)Donohue—3,0008–8
17May 4Reds11–6Glazner (1–1)RixeyBagby (2)—9–8
18May 5Reds10–7Cooper (3–1)KeckMorrison (1)—10–8
19May 6@ Reds7–8DonohueHamilton (0–1)——10–9
20May 7Cardinals11–4Adams (3–2)Sherdel—8,00011–9
21May 8@ Robins8–6Morrison (4–1)Harper—3,50012–9
22May 11@ Robins6–7GrimesBagby (0–1)—2,00012–10
23May 13@ Giants0–9McQuillanCooper (3–2)—35,00012–11
24May 14@ Giants4–1Adams (4–2)Nehf—8,00013–11
25May 16@ Giants2–6ScottMorrison (4–2)—5,00013–12
26May 17@ Braves0–1 (10)RudolphCooper (3–3)——13–13
27May 18@ Braves4–3Adams (5–2)FillingimKunz (1)—14–13
28May 19@ Braves5–0Glazner (2–1)McNamara——15–13
29May 21@ Phillies5–3Morrison (5–2)Behan——16–13
30May 22@ Phillies13–6Cooper (4–3)Meadows——17–13
31May 23@ Phillies7–6Kunz (1–1)Head——18–13
32May 24Cardinals11–4Adams (6–2)Sherdel—10,00019–13
33May 25Cardinals2–1Morrison (6–2)Doak—6,00020–13
34May 26Cardinals4–5HainesCooper (4–4)—15,00020–14
35May 27@ Cubs4–2Meadows (1–0)Aldridge——21–14
36May 28@ Cubs4–5 (11)FussellKunz (1–2)——21–15
37May 29Cubs7–6Bagby (1–1)Stueland——22–15
38May 30Cubs5–4Morrison (7–2)Kaufmann—20,00023–15
39May 30Cubs10–2Cooper (5–4)Aldridge—30,00024–15
40May 31@ Cardinals1–4ToneyMeadows (1–1)—1,00024–16
June: 15–8 (Home: 11–6; Away: 4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
41June 1@ Cardinals3–4 (11)PfefferHamilton (0–2)——24–17
42June 3@ Cardinals3–4HainesCooper (5–5)——24–18
43June 4Robins3–5GrimesMorrison (7–3)—7,00024–19
44June 5Robins5–2Meadows (2–1)Dickerman—5,00025–19
45June 6Robins7–3Hamilton (1–2)Ruether—4,00026–19
46June 8Giants9–6Morrison (8–3)McQuillan—15,00027–19
47June 9Giants0–6BentleyMeadows (2–2)—30,00027–20
48June 12Giants4–2Cooper (6–5)Nehf—15,00028–20
49June 13Phillies4–2Morrison (9–3)Behan——29–20
50June 14Phillies1–2RingMeadows (2–3)——29–21
51June 16Phillies4–1Cooper (7–5)Weinert——30–21
52June 18Braves8–3Morrison (10–3)Marquard——31–21
53June 20Braves8–14 (10)BentonBoehler (1–3)Barnes—31–22
54June 21Braves2–1Adams (7–2)Barnes—3,00032–22
55June 22Reds8–2Meadows (3–3)Donohue——33–22
56June 23Reds4–5RixeyCooper (7–6)Benton10,00033–23
57June 24@ Cardinals6–4Morrison (11–3)PfefferBagby (3)—34–23
58June 25@ Cardinals3–1Hamilton (2–2)Haines—5,00035–23
59June 26@ Cardinals7–5Meadows (4–3)DoakAdams (1)2,00036–23
60June 27@ Cardinals6–0Cooper (8–6)Sherdel—2,00037–23
61June 29Reds0–2LuqueMorrison (11–4)——37–24
62June 29Reds5–3Bagby (2–1)Benton——38–24
63June 30Reds4–3Adams (8–2)Rixey—22,00039–24
July: 19–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 9–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
64July 1@ Reds2–3DonohueCooper (8–7)Luque—39–25
65July 2Cardinals4–1Hamilton (3–2)Pfeffer——40–25
66July 3Cardinals4–2Meadows (5–3)Toney—8,00041–25
67July 4Cardinals7–5Cooper (9–7)Pfeffer——42–25
68July 4Cardinals6–1Morrison (12–4)Haines——43–25
69July 6@ Phillies2–5MitchellCooper (9–8)—1,00043–26
70July 7@ Phillies18–5Meadows (6–3)Glazner——44–26
71July 9@ Phillies2–4BehanMorrison (12–5)——44–27
72July 10@ Giants8–9 (10)BlumeBagby (2–2)—10,00044–28
73July 11@ Giants1–6WatsonHamilton (3–3)——44–29
74July 12@ Giants5–3Meadows (7–3)McQuillan—25,00045–29
75July 12@ Giants2–4ScottAdams (8–3)—40,00045–30
76July 13@ Giants10–1Morrison (13–5)Bentley—7,50046–30
77July 14@ Robins1–2VanceCooper (9–9)—20,00046–31
78July 14@ Robins5–3Bagby (3–2)Henry—23,00047–31
79July 15@ Robins3–2Hamilton (4–3)Ruether—15,00048–31
80July 16@ Robins4–8GrimesMeadows (7–4)——48–32
81July 17@ Robins2–6SmithMorrison (13–6)—2,50048–33
82July 18@ Braves5–1Cooper (10–9)Marquard——49–33
83July 19@ Braves8–6Meadows (8–4)BarnesMorrison (2)—50–33
84July 20@ Braves5–8GenewichHamilton (4–4)——50–34
85July 21@ Braves14–4Morrison (14–6)McNamara——51–34
86July 21@ Braves6–4Cooper (11–9)Miller——52–34
87July 23Cubs3–12 (12)AlexanderMeadows (8–5)——52–35
88July 25Braves5–2Adams (9–3)Benton——53–35
89July 25Braves10–3Morrison (15–6)Fillingim——54–35
90July 26Braves8–7 (12)Hamilton (5–4)Barnes——55–35
91July 27Braves8–5Meadows (9–5)Oeschger——56–35
92July 28Braves3–1Cooper (12–9)Genewich——57–35
93July 30Giants5–4Steineder (1–0)Scott—32,00058–35
94July 30Giants2–17NehfMorrison (15–7)Jonnard32,00058–36
95July 31Giants4–5McQuillanHamilton (5–5)Ryan10,00058–37
August: 14–14 (Home: 4–9; Away: 10–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
96August 1Giants2–1Cooper (13–9)Bentley—15,00059–37
97August 2Giants2–3WatsonMeadows (9–6)—18,00059–38
98August 4Phillies2–4RingAdams (9–4)——59–39
99August 4Phillies4–3Morrison (16–7)Weinert——60–39
100August 6Phillies4–6MitchellCooper (13–10)——60–40
101August 7Phillies5–7GlaznerMeadows (9–7)Behan—60–41
102August 8Robins2–9VanceHamilton (5–6)—5,00060–42
103August 8Robins5–2Morrison (17–7)Grimes—7,00061–42
104August 9Robins6–2Adams (10–4)Dickerman—4,00062–42
105August 11Robins6–7RuetherCooper (13–11)—12,00062–43
106August 12@ Robins2–11VanceHamilton (5–7)—22,00062–44
107August 12@ Robins0–6GrimesMorrison (17–8)—22,00062–45
108August 13@ Robins5–2Meadows (10–7)Smith—4,00063–45
109August 14@ Phillies10–16CouchStone (0–1)Weinert—63–46
110August 15@ Phillies4–3Cooper (14–11)Behan——64–46
111August 16@ Phillies5–8BettsMorrison (17–9)——64–47
112August 17@ Phillies11–6Hamilton (6–7)Ring——65–47
113August 18@ Phillies9–8 (13)Adams (11–4)Ring—10,00066–47
114August 19@ Giants1–2 (12)ScottCooper (14–12)—25,00066–48
115August 20@ Giants3–1Morrison (18–9)Nehf—7,00067–48
116August 21@ Giants9–5Adams (12–4)WatsonHamilton (1)8,00068–48
117August 23@ Braves8–3Meadows (11–7)Barnes——69–48
118August 24@ Braves7–2Cooper (15–12)Oeschger——70–48
119August 25@ Braves5–2Morrison (19–9)Marquard——71–48
120August 26@ Robins9–2Adams (13–4)Ruether—10,00072–48
121August 29Cubs2–6KaufmannCooper (15–13)—5,00072–49
122August 30Cardinals4–6HainesMorrison (19–10)—5,00072–50
123August 31Cardinals2–3DoakCooper (15–14)—4,50072–51
September: 13–16 (Home: 10–11; Away: 3–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
124September 1Cardinals2–8SherdelAdams (13–5)—10,00072–52
125September 2@ Cubs8–6 (11)Meadows (12–7)Kaufmann——73–52
126September 3Reds7–2Morrison (20–10)Benton——74–52
127September 4Reds1–2RixeyCooper (15–15)—7,00074–53
128September 5Reds6–2Meadows (13–7)Luque—5,00075–53
129September 6Cubs5–1 (5)Hamilton (7–7)Alexander——76–53
130September 7Cubs4–6KeenAdams (13–6)——76–54
131September 8Cubs4–0Morrison (21–10)Aldridge——77–54
132September 9@ Reds3–8LuqueCooper (15–16)—10,00077–55
133September 10@ Reds8–0Meadows (14–7)Donohue——78–55
134September 11@ Reds4–3Morrison (22–10)Benton——79–55
135September 13Robins4–7VanceHamilton (7–8)—5,00079–56
136September 13Robins6–3Cooper (16–16)Henry—12,00080–56
137September 15Robins4–1Meadows (15–7)Ruether—6,00081–56
138September 15Robins2–13GrimesMorrison (22–11)—12,00081–57
139September 17Braves1–6MarquardCooper (16–17)——81–58
140September 18Braves12–2Morrison (23–11)Barnes——82–58
141September 19Braves4–5GenewichAdams (13–7)——82–59
142September 21Giants4–8ScottMeadows (15–8)Nehf10,00082–60
143September 21Giants1–8WatsonCooper (16–18)—20,00082–61
144September 22Giants3–4BentleyMorrison (23–12)——82–62
145September 24Phillies2–4CouchMeadows (15–9)Behan—82–63
146September 24Phillies4–3 (10)Cooper (17–18)Betts——83–63
147September 25Phillies18–5Steineder (2–0)Glazner——84–63
148September 26Phillies6–0Morrison (24–12)Behan——85–63
149September 27@ Cubs2–8KeenHamilton (7–9)——85–64
150September 28@ Cubs1–2AldridgeCooper (17–19)——85–65
151September 29@ Cubs4–5 (10)AlexanderMeadows (15–10)——85–66
152September 30@ Cubs4–5WheelerMorrison (24–13)—20,00085–67
October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
153October 6@ Reds7–1Meadows (16–10)Rixey——86–67
154October 7@ Reds7–5Morrison (25–13)Donohue——87–67
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

Roster
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Infielders

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Player stats

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
CWalter Schmidt9733583.248037
1BCharlie Grimm152563194.345799
2BJohnny Rawlings119461131.284145
SSRabbit Maranville141581161.277141
3BPie Traynor153616208.33812101
OFMax Carey153610188.308663
OFCarson Bigbee123499149.299054
OFClyde Barnhart114327106.324972

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
Reb Russell9429184.289958
Johnny Gooch6620256.277120
Cotton Tierney2912035.292223
Walter Mueller4011134.306020
Spencer Adams255614.25004
Kiki Cuyler114010.25002
Jim Mattox22326.18801
Jewel Ens12298.27605
Eddie Moore6267.26901
Frank Luce9126.50003
Eppie Barnes221.50000

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
Johnny Morrison42301.225133.49114
Wilbur Cooper39294.217193.5777
Lee Meadows31227.016103.0166
Babe Adams26158.21374.4238

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
Earl Hamilton28141.0793.7742
Jim Bagby2168.2325.2416
Ray Steineder1555.0204.7523
Whitey Glazner730.0213.308
George Boehler1028.1136.0412

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
Earl Kunz211215.5212
Arnie Stone90108.032
Hal Carlson40004.734

Notes
  1. From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. Cotton Tierney page at Baseball Reference

References
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