1933 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 52nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 47th in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 87–67.

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season.

1933 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersBill Benswanger
ManagersGeorge Gibson
Local televisionnone
Local radionone
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Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9161 0.599 — 48–27 43–34
Pittsburgh Pirates 8767 0.565 5 50–27 37–40
Chicago Cubs 8668 0.558 6 56–23 30–45
Boston Braves 8371 0.539 9 45–31 38–40
St. Louis Cardinals 8271 0.536 9½ 47–30 35–41
Brooklyn Dodgers 6588 0.425 26½ 36–41 29–47
Philadelphia Phillies 6092 0.395 31 32–40 28–52
Cincinnati Reds 5894 0.382 33 37–42 21–52

Record vs. opponents
1933 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —13–9–17–1512–1012–10–111–1113–915–7
Brooklyn 9–13–1—9–1310–12–18–14–213–97–159–12
Chicago 15–713–9—11–119–1315–712–1011–11
Cincinnati 10–1212–10–111–11—4–177–147–157–15
New York 10–12–114–8–213–917–4—15–613–99–13–1
Philadelphia 11–119–137–1514–76–15—7–156–16
Pittsburgh 9–1315–710–1215–79–1315–7—14–8
St. Louis 7–1512–911–1115–713–9–116–68–14—

Game log
1933 Game Log: 87–67 (Home: 50–27; Away: 37–40)
April: 10–3 (Home: 4–1; Away: 6–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 12@ Reds4–1Swift (1–0)Johnson—25,3051–0
2April 13@ Reds5–2French (1–0)Rixey——2–0
3April 15@ Cubs6–4 (10)Harris (1–0)Grimes——3–0
4April 18@ Cubs1–3WarnekeSwetonic (0–1)——3–1
5April 21Reds5–1Swift (2–0)JohnsonHarris (1)—4–1
6April 22Reds6–5 (10)French (2–0)Smith——5–1
7April 23@ Cardinals4–0Meine (1–0)Vance——6–1
8April 23@ Cardinals6–2Hoyt (1–0)Walker——7–1
9April 25@ Cardinals3–10HallahanSwetonic (0–2)——7–2
10April 27Cubs2–3BushSwift (2–1)——7–3
11April 28Cardinals2–0French (3–0)Mooney——8–3
12April 29Cardinals6–4Meine (2–0)Walker——9–3
13April 30@ Reds8–1Hoyt (2–0)Johnson——10–3
May: 14–12 (Home: 8–6; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
14May 1@ Phillies10–0Swift (3–1)Collins——11–3
15May 2@ Phillies5–6RhemFrench (3–1)——11–4
16May 4@ Dodgers2–1 (10)Meine (3–0)Clark——12–4
17May 5@ Dodgers4–2Swift (4–1)Mungo——13–4
18May 8@ Braves3–0French (4–1)Zachary——14–4
19May 9@ Braves0–7FrankhouseHoyt (2–1)——14–5
20May 11@ Giants7–6Meine (4–0)HubbellHarris (2)—15–5
21May 12@ Giants3–11SchumacherSwift (4–2)——15–6
22May 13@ Giants1–2 (11)LuqueFrench (4–2)—6,00015–7
23May 14@ Giants1–5ParmeleeHoyt (2–2)——15–8
24May 15Phillies5–4Meine (5–0)Elliott——16–8
25May 16Phillies8–4Swift (5–2)Moore——17–8
26May 17Phillies6–4Smith (1–0)Collins——18–8
27May 18Phillies6–2Swetonic (1–2)Rhem——19–8
28May 19Braves3–5ZacharyHoyt (2–3)Seibold—19–9
29May 20Braves2–4CantwellMeine (5–1)——19–10
30May 20Braves7–6Harris (2–0)Betts——20–10
31May 22Dodgers0–3ClarkFrench (4–3)——20–11
32May 23Dodgers3–0Swetonic (2–2)Carroll——21–11
33May 24Dodgers6–5 (10)Chagnon (1–0)Mungo—2,00022–11
34May 26Giants5–6BellHarris (2–1)——22–12
35May 28@ Reds4–2French (5–3)Lucas——23–12
36May 28@ Reds0–4RixeySwetonic (2–3)——23–13
37May 30Cubs2–1Swift (6–2)Grimes——24–13
38May 30Cubs2–6MaloneMeine (5–2)——24–14
39May 31Cubs1–5RootSwetonic (2–4)——24–15
June: 12–18 (Home: 3–3; Away: 9–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
40June 3Reds5–9BentonHarris (2–2)——24–16
41June 3Reds4–5KolpSwift (6–3)Quinn—24–17
42June 4@ Cubs9–3Swetonic (3–4)GrimesHarris (3)—25–17
43June 4@ Cubs2–9MaloneMeine (5–3)——25–18
44June 6@ Cubs3–5TinningChagnon (1–1)Bush—25–19
45June 7@ Cubs2–7BushSwift (6–4)——25–20
46June 8Reds2–8RixeyFrench (5–4)——25–21
47June 9Reds2–0Swetonic (4–4)Derringer——26–21
48June 10Reds4–3Swift (7–4)Kolp——27–21
49June 11@ Cardinals11–7Kremer (1–0)CarletonHarris (4)—28–21
50June 11@ Cardinals3–0French (6–4)Walker——29–21
51June 13@ Cardinals3–4DeanSwetonic (4–5)——29–22
52June 14@ Cardinals2–3HallahanMeine (5–4)——29–23
53June 15@ Cubs0–5TinningSmith (1–1)——29–24
54June 16@ Cubs1–9BushSwift (7–5)—26,00029–25
55June 17Cubs4–3Swetonic (5–5)Malone——30–25
56June 18@ Braves5–3Meine (6–4)Brandt——31–25
57June 18@ Braves4–3 (8)French (7–4)Betts——32–25
58June 20@ Braves6–2Swift (8–5)Zachary——33–25
59June 21@ Braves5–6CantwellHarris (2–3)Zachary—33–26
60June 21@ Braves3–5MangumSwetonic (5–6)——33–27
61June 22@ Dodgers0–9BengeMeine (6–5)—4,00033–28
62June 23@ Dodgers4–5CarrollFrench (7–5)Shaute—33–29
63June 24@ Dodgers15–3Swift (9–5)Thurston—10,00034–29
64June 25@ Dodgers5–2Chagnon (2–1)Mungo——35–29
65June 25@ Dodgers1–9BeckHoyt (2–4)—25,00035–30
66June 28@ Giants5–2Swetonic (6–6)Hubbell——36–30
67June 28@ Giants4–7 (10)UhleFrench (7–6)—15,00036–31
68June 29@ Phillies4–6ElliottMeine (6–6)Rhem—36–32
69June 30@ Phillies4–5PickrelFrench (7–7)——36–33
July: 20–10 (Home: 17–7; Away: 3–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
70July 1@ Phillies8–13HansenChagnon (2–2)——36–34
71July 1@ Phillies4–3Smith (2–1)Collins——37–34
72July 4Cardinals1–5HallahanSwetonic (6–7)——37–35
73July 4Cardinals4–2French (8–7)Mooney——38–35
74July 5Cardinals7–6Hoyt (3–4)JohnsonFrench (1)7,00039–35
75July 8Phillies7–8LiskaSwetonic (6–8)Rhem—39–36
76July 8Phillies3–0Smith (3–1)Jackson——40–36
77July 10Phillies3–2French (9–7)Holley——41–36
78July 11Braves3–5ZacharySwetonic (6–9)——41–37
79July 12Braves9–8 (10)French (10–7)Betts——42–37
80July 13Braves8–3Smith (4–1)Cantwell——43–37
81July 14Braves3–4 (10)FrankhouseFrench (10–8)——43–38
82July 17Dodgers14–2Swift (10–5)Carroll—7,50044–38
83July 17Dodgers7–0Swetonic (7–9)Benge——45–38
84July 18Dodgers11–8Hoyt (4–4)Thurston—2,50046–38
85July 19Giants4–1French (11–8)Fitzsimmons——47–38
86July 19Giants3–7HubbellSmith (4–2)—20,00047–39
87July 20Giants6–5Meine (7–6)Luque——48–39
88July 21Giants5–6ClarkHoyt (4–5)—3,00048–40
89July 22Giants0–1HubbellFrench (11–9)—25,00048–41
90July 22Giants7–2Meine (8–6)Parmelee—27,00049–41
91July 23@ Reds1–6LucasSwift (10–6)——49–42
92July 23@ Reds4–6RixeyChagnon (2–3)Kolp—49–43
93July 25Cubs4–3Swetonic (8–9)BushHoyt (1)8,00050–43
94July 25Cubs4–1Smith (5–2)Tinning—10,00051–43
95July 27Cubs2–0French (12–9)Root——52–43
96July 29Reds9–8Harris (3–3)Benton——53–43
97July 29Reds6–4Chagnon (3–3)RixeyHarris (5)—54–43
98July 30@ Reds5–4Chagnon (4–3)Derringer——55–43
99July 30@ Reds8–6Harris (4–3)BentonChagnon (1)—56–43
August: 12–13 (Home: 4–3; Away: 8–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
100August 1Cardinals9–3Swetonic (9–9)WalkerHoyt (2)—57–43
101August 2Cardinals3–4 (12)HainesFrench (12–10)——57–44
102August 3Cardinals1–4 (6)DeanSwift (10–7)——57–45
103August 4Cardinals5–4Meine (9–6)Walker——58–45
104August 5@ Cubs6–2Smith (6–2)Warneke——59–45
105August 6@ Cubs0–6MaloneSwetonic (9–10)——59–46
106August 11Cubs2–8BushFrench (12–11)——59–47
107August 12Cubs5–2Smith (7–2)Malone——60–47
108August 12Cubs3–2Meine (10–6)Root——61–47
109August 13@ Cubs2–3WarnekeSwift (10–8)——61–48
110August 16@ Dodgers1–2 (11)MungoFrench (12–12)—14,00061–49
111August 16@ Dodgers11–7Swetonic (10–10)CarrollSmith (1)—62–49
112August 19@ Braves2–5BrandtMeine (10–7)——62–50
113August 20@ Braves4–5 (11)SmithSwetonic (10–11)——62–51
114August 20@ Braves1–8CantwellSwift (10–9)——62–52
115August 22@ Braves4–5 (14)FrankhouseHoyt (4–6)——62–53
116August 25@ Giants5–8 (11)LuqueSwetonic (10–12)——62–54
117August 25@ Giants2–6ParmeleeMeine (10–8)——62–55
118August 26@ Giants1–2HubbellSmith (7–3)——62–56
119August 26@ Giants7–2Birkofer (1–0)ClarkHoyt (3)45,00063–56
120August 28@ Phillies9–5Chagnon (5–3)Elliott——64–56
121August 28@ Phillies9–1French (13–12)Holley——65–56
122August 29@ Phillies4–1Meine (11–8)Hansen——66–56
123August 30@ Phillies5–1Birkofer (2–0)Ragland——67–56
124August 31@ Phillies13–11Swetonic (11–12)RhemHoyt (4)—68–56
September: 17–11 (Home: 14–7; Away: 3–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
125September 1Cardinals2–1 (11)French (14–12)Hallahan——69–56
126September 2Cardinals4–1Meine (12–8)Walker——70–56
127September 3@ Reds3–9LucasBirkofer (2–1)——70–57
128September 4Reds1–0Smith (8–3)Johnson——71–57
129September 5Giants6–1French (15–12)Hubbell—5,00072–57
130September 6Giants6–5 (10)Swift (11–9)Bell——73–57
131September 6Giants1–9SchumacherBirkofer (2–2)—20,00073–58
132September 7Giants14–2Meine (13–8)Parmelee—9,00074–58
133September 8Giants1–2HubbellSmith (8–4)——74–59
134September 9Dodgers6–2French (16–12)Benge——75–59
135September 9Dodgers7–8CarrollChagnon (5–4)Ryan9,00075–60
136September 10@ Dodgers2–1Swift (12–9)Beck——76–60
137September 10@ Dodgers2–3MungoHarris (4–4)—15,00076–61
138September 12Dodgers1–0Meine (14–8)Thurston——77–61
139September 12Dodgers2–0Hoyt (5–6)Leonard—2,00078–61
140September 13Braves1–0French (17–12)Cantwell——79–61
141September 15Braves1–10BrandtSmith (8–5)——79–62
142September 16Braves4–6BettsSwift (12–10)——79–63
143September 16Braves10–0Birkofer (3–2)Zachary——80–63
144September 18Phillies2–1Meine (15–8)Ragland——81–63
145September 18Phillies0–6HolleyHoyt (5–7)——81–64
146September 19Phillies2–1French (18–12)Grabowski——82–64
147September 19Phillies2–3CollinsSmith (8–6)——82–65
148September 20Dodgers3–0Swift (13–10)Beck——83–65
149September 23@ Cardinals9–3Birkofer (4–2)Hallahan——84–65
150September 24@ Cardinals4–5CarletonFrench (18–13)——84–66
151September 24@ Cardinals5–4 (10)Chagnon (6–4)Dean——85–66
152September 25@ Cardinals3–6WalkerSmith (8–7)——85–67
October: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
153October 1@ Reds7–5Swift (14–10)Lucas——86–67
154October 1@ Reds6–5 (10)Swetonic (12–12)Kolp——87–67
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster
1933 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CEarl Grace9329184.289344
1BGus Suhr154566151.2671075
2BTony Piet107362117.323142
3BPie Traynor154624190.304182
SSArky Vaughan152573180.314997
LFLloyd Waner121500138.276026
CFFreddie Lindstrom138538167.310555
RFPaul Waner154618191.309770

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
Tommy Thevenow7325379.312034
Woody Jensen7019658.296015
Adam Comorosky6416246.284115
Hal Finney5613331.233118
Tom Padden309019.21108
Val Picinich165213.25017
Pep Young25206.30000
Bill Brubaker220.00000
Red Nonnenkamp110.00000

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
Larry French47291.118132.7288
Bill Swift37218.114103.1364
Heinie Meine32207.11583.6550
Ralph Birkofer950.2422.3120

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
Steve Swetonic31164.212123.5037
Hal Smith28145.0872.8640
Waite Hoyt36117.0572.9244

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
Leon Chagnon396413.6935
Bill Harris314453.2219
Ray Kremer710010.354
Clise Dudley1000135.000

Awards and honors

1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

League top five finishers

Tony Piet

  • #3 in NL in batting average (.323)

Pie Traynor

  • #4 in NL in hits (190)

Arky Vaughan

  • #3 in NL in on-base percentage (.388)
  • #5 in NL in RBI (97)
  • #5 in NL in slugging percentage (.478)

Paul Waner

  • #2 in NL in runs scored (101)
  • #3 in NL in hits (191)

Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Tulsa Oilers Texas League Art Griggs

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

References
  • 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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