1924 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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.

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

Regular season

Season standings

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 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

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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Williamsport

References

• 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.