1924 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 76-78
Finish: 2nd in NL NL West Division
Runs Scored: 809
Runs Allowed: 830
Exp W-L: 75-79
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,751,537
Manager: Doug Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 83-48, 1st in the National League
AA: 63-68, 6th in the National League
A: 63-68, 6th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Turkey Stearnes 23 150 585 98 164 18 12 16 94 31 14 64 23 .280 .349 .434 .783 89.5 13.2 4.7
1B  Bill Kelly 25 152 579 102 177 41 0 28 125 1 0 64 84 .306 .372 .522 .894 102.8 18.8 4.1
SS *Charlie Hollocher 28 148 582 77 167 26 12 6 81 0 0 37 7 .287 .329 .404 .733 68.4 8.0 4.7
3B *Specs Toporczer 25 130 533 83 169 18 9 2 51 18 5 39 26 .317 .368 .396 .764 76.3 13.0 5.1
LF  Austin McHenry 28 147 525 77 168 26 13 9 84 1 2 22 35 .320 .346 .470 .817 78.5 13.2 3.1
RF *Billy Southworth 31 111 414 63 116 17 8 3 39 13 9 37 12 .280 .338 .382 .719 52.5 6.6 2.7
C  Butch Henline 29 116 417 48 106 16 2 4 55 2 1 20 25 .254 .293 .331 .624 40.8 2.3 6.5
2B *Lloyd Christenbury 30 119 372 51 100 14 7 6 47 3 7 28 17 .269 .321 .392 .713 41.6 4.2 3.4
3B  Jimmy Johnston 34 106 312 41 75 11 8 1 41 8 1 24 48 .240 .291 .337 .628 31.8 2.1 2.7
2B  Frank O'Rourke 29 98 300 59 117 16 5 2 43 4 5 12 13 .390 .419 .497 .915 52.2 10.5 2.5
C  Les Nunamaker 35 60 178 16 45 4 2 0 23 1 0 17 13 .253 .320 .298 .618 18.4 1.1 2.4
1B *Joe Judge 30 98 132 24 41 7 3 0 22 1 4 11 9 .311 .368 .409 .777 17.5 2.6 0.5
CF  Tilly Walker 36 63 118 14 27 5 3 1 16 1 0 15 4 .229 .319 .347 .666 12.2 0.8 0.8
P *Dutch Leonard 32 41 115 8 14 5 0 1 5 0 0 1 10 .122 .144 .191 .335 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Claude Hendrix 35 38 102 12 26 4 0 0 11 0 0 5 20 .255 .287 .294 .581 9.4 0.2 0.0
RF *Eddie Murphy 32 75 104 16 41 5 3 0 16 4 4 7 3 .394 .435 .500 .935 19.3 3.8 0.3
P  Syl Johnson 23 34 85 10 26 1 0 0 11 0 0 2 19 .306 .322 .318 .639 8.3 0.3 0.0
P  Charley Root 25 15 48 3 15 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 11 .313 .313 .417 .729 6.1 0.8 0.0
P *Stan Baumgartner 29 24 43 4 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .163 .163 .209 .372 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Rube Ehrhardt 29 19 31 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 .161 .188 .161 .349 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Smokey Joe Williams 39 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  George Payne 34 41 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Lefty Williams 31 10 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Rusty Pence 24 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dick McCabe 28 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1864 5595 809 1608 238 87 80 771 89 52 407 407 .287 .336 .404 .740 727.6 101.6 43.5
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 5 2 6 2 3 4 8 1 8 5 5 8 4 6 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Dutch Leonard 32 17 17 .500 41 41 0 337.7 322 142 3 174 111 3.78 25.3
 Claude Hendrix 35 13 20 .394 38 38 0 301.7 341 183 21 100 96 5.46 11.5
 Syl Johnson 23 14 13 .519 34 34 0 251.7 288 146 27 81 96 5.22 11.8
 Charley Root 25 8 4 .667 15 15 0 123.7 140 66 7 57 38 4.80 7.7
*Stan Baumgartner 29 8 6 .571 24 13 0 118.3 123 54 2 38 32 4.11 9.2
 Rube Ehrhardt 29 4 7 .364 19 11 0 97.3 122 61 5 36 18 5.64 1.9
 George Payne 34 9 2 .818 41 0 1 61.3 56 18 2 18 19 2.64 8.7
 Rusty Pence 24 0 0 .000 27 0 0 37.3 46 23 3 11 7 5.55 1.3
 Dick McCabe 28 1 7 .125 29 0 14 32.3 46 16 0 6 5 4.45 4.0
 Smokey Joe Williams 39 2 1 .667 13 2 0 29.7 39 21 5 9 8 6.37 0.6
*Lefty Williams 31 0 1 .000 10 0 0 12.7 16 6 0 3 2 4.27 0.8
Team Totals 29.9 76 78 .494 291 154 15 1403.6 1539 736 75 533 432 4.72 82.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 3 4 1 4 4 6 7 4 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 35.9
B.Henline 988.3 110 113 337 70 11 0 .974 37.0
L.Nunamaker 408.7 44 53 123 29 7 0 .956 39.3
L.Christenbury 6.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1403.7 154 167 460 99 18 0 .969 37.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.89
B.Kelly 1272.0 144 148 1734 151 8 150 .996 13.34
J.Judge 105.7 8 19 152 10 0 13 1.000 13.80
F.O'Rourke 18.0 1 4 22 1 0 1 1.000 11.50
J.Johnston 8.0 1 2 14 0 0 2 1.000 15.75
Team Total 1403.7 154 173 1922 162 8 166 .996 13.36
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 6.68
L.Christenbury 765.0 83 90 198 376 21 69 .965 6.75
S.Toporczer 428.7 49 49 105 211 6 39 .981 6.63
J.Johnston 122.0 14 17 27 66 3 14 .969 6.86
F.O'Rourke 86.0 8 15 21 48 2 11 .972 7.22
L.Nunamaker 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1403.7 154 172 351 701 32 133 .970 6.75
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .938 2.94
S.Toporczer 651.7 73 76 39 191 12 20 .950 3.18
F.O'Rourke 488.7 52 58 33 118 7 12 .956 2.78
J.Johnston 263.3 29 35 25 69 8 4 .922 3.21
Team Total 1403.7 154 169 97 378 27 36 .946 3.05
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.95
C.Hollocher 1257.3 143 147 244 581 30 109 .965 5.91
J.Johnston 98.3 10 14 17 31 1 3 .980 4.39
F.O'Rourke 27.0 1 10 8 12 1 1 .952 6.67
B.Southworth 11.0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 3.27
S.Toporczer 10.0 0 2 3 7 0 3 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1403.7 154 174 274 633 32 117 .966 5.82
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.02
A.McHenry 1188.0 138 142 243 9 15 1 .944 1.91
J.Johnston 83.0 8 16 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
L.Christenbury 70.0 5 17 14 0 3 0 .824 1.80
T.Walker 61.7 3 18 13 0 2 0 .867 1.90
T.Stearnes 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1403.7 154 194 289 9 20 1 .937 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.69
T.Stearnes 1055.7 114 117 301 6 20 0 .939 2.62
T.Walker 193.0 23 26 57 1 5 0 .921 2.70
J.Johnston 151.3 17 19 36 0 1 0 .973 2.14
E.Murphy 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.McHenry 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1403.7 154 164 394 7 26 0 .939 2.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.18
B.Southworth 936.0 106 107 205 5 8 1 .963 2.02
T.Stearnes 259.0 29 30 56 1 2 0 .966 1.98
E.Murphy 154.7 15 20 28 0 2 0 .933 1.63
J.Judge 54.0 4 10 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.83
Team Total 1403.7 154 167 299 7 12 1 .962 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.55
D.Leonard 337.7 41 41 27 64 3 6 .968 2.43
C.Hendrix 301.7 38 38 25 58 2 2 .976 2.48
S.Johnson 251.7 34 34 21 51 3 7 .960 2.57
C.Root 123.7 15 15 10 23 1 4 .971 2.40
S.Baumgartner 118.3 13 24 5 27 1 1 .970 2.43
R.Ehrhardt 97.3 11 19 11 22 4 2 .892 3.05
G.Payne 61.3 0 41 2 24 0 4 1.000 3.82
R.Pence 37.3 0 27 3 5 1 0 .889 1.93
D.McCabe 32.3 0 29 2 8 1 0 .909 2.78
S.Williams 29.7 2 13 3 4 0 1 1.000 2.12
L.Williams 12.7 0 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.84
Team Total 1403.6 154 291 110 289 16 27 .961 2.56
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McHenry .320
On-Base Pct Kelly .372
Slugging Pct Kelly .522
OPS Kelly .894
XR Kelly 102.8
Games Kelly 152
At-Bats Stearnes 585
Runs Kelly 102
Hits Kelly 177
Total Bases Kelly 302
Singles Toporczer 140
Doubles Kelly 41
Triples McHenry 13
Homeruns Kelly 28
RBIs Kelly 125
Stolen Bases Stearnes 31
Caught Stealing Stearnes 14
Walks Stearnes, Kelly 64
Strikeouts Kelly 84
ERA Leonard 3.78
Wins Leonard 17
Losses Hendrix 20
Winning Pct Johnson .519
Saves McCabe 14
Games Pitched Leonard, Payne 41
Games Started Leonard 41
Complete Games Leonard 25
Shutouts Leonard 3
Innings Pitched Leonard 337.7
Hits Allowed Hendrix 341
Homeruns Allowed Johnson 27
Strikeouts Leonard 111
Walks Allowed Leonard 174
Walks per 9IP Johnson 2.9
Hits per 9IP Leonard 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Johnson 3.4
WHiP Hendrix 1.46
OAVG Leonard .252
OOBP Hendrix .343
OSLG Leonard .326
OOPS Leonard .669
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Claude Hendrix $ 6,250,000
Dutch Leonard $ 5,500,000
Jimmy Johnston $ 5,290,000
Frank O'Rourke $ 5,210,000
Joe Judge $ 5,000,000
Charlie Hollocher $ 3,628,571
Harry Heilmann $ 3,500,000
Smokey Joe Williams $ 3,350,000
Eddie Murphy $ 2,530,000
Lefty Williams $ 2,500,000
Lloyd Christenbury $ 1,828,571
Austin McHenry $ 1,700,000
Stan Baumgartner $ 1,450,000
Tilly Walker $ 1,250,000
Billy Southworth $ 1,247,143
Les Nunamaker $ 720,000
George Payne $ 350,000
Joe Harris $ 350,000
Cy Perkins $ 350,000
Dick McCabe $ 350,000
Rube Ehrhardt $ 300,000
Specs Toporczer $ 300,000
Turkey Stearnes $ 300,000
Butch Henline $ 300,000
Charley Root $ 300,000
Bill Kelly $ 300,000
Rusty Pence $ 300,000
Lefty O'Doul $ 300,000
Syl Johnson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/21 Signed     Tilly Walker