1933 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1933 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)	George Gibson
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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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.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
New York Giants	91	61	--	.599
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	5	.565
Chicago Cubs	86	68	6	.558
Boston Braves	83	71	9	.539
St. Louis Cardinals	82	71	9.5	.536
Brooklyn Dodgers	65	88	26.5	.425
Philadelphia Phillies	60	92	31	.395
Cincinnati Reds	58	94	33	.382

Record vs. opponents

1933 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	13–9–1	7–15	12–10	12–10–1	11–11	13–9	15–7
Brooklyn	9–13–1	—	9–13	10–12–1	8–14–2	13–9	7–15	9–12
Chicago	15–7	13–9	—	11–11	9–13	15–7	12–10	11–11
Cincinnati	10–12	12–10–1	11–11	—	4–17	7–14	7–15	7–15
New York	10–12–1	14–8–2	13–9	17–4	—	15–6	13–9	9–13–1
Philadelphia	11–11	9–13	7–15	14–7	6–15	—	7–15	6–16
Pittsburgh	9–13	15–7	10–12	15–7	9–13	15–7	—	14–8
St. Louis	7–15	12–9	11–11	15–7	13–9–1	16–6	8–14	—

Roster

1933 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 49 Ralph Birkofer 46 Leon Chagnon 50 Clise Dudley 42 Larry French 44 Bill Harris 48 Waite Hoyt -- Ray Kremer 41 Heinie Meine 47 Hal Smith 43 Steve Swetonic 45 Bill Swift		Catchers 32 Hal Finney 30 Earl Grace 31 Tom Padden 23 Val Picinich Infielders 15 Bill Brubaker 22 Tony Piet 24 Gus Suhr 25 Tommy Thevenow 20 Pie Traynor 21 Arky Vaughan 26 Pep Young		Outfielders 14 Adam Comorosky 16 Woody Jensen 12 Freddie Lindstrom 10 Lloyd Waner 11 Paul Waner Other batters 40 Red Nonnenkamp		Manager 33 George Gibson Coaches 34 Doc Crandall -- Grover Hartley 36 Honus Wagner

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	Grace, EarlEarl Grace	93	291	84	.289	3	44
1B	Suhr, GusGus Suhr	154	566	151	.267	10	75
2B	Piet, TonyTony Piet	107	362	117	.323	1	42
3B	Traynor, PiePie Traynor	154	624	190	.304	1	82
SS	Vaughan, ArkyArky Vaughan	152	573	180	.314	9	97
LF	Waner, LloydLloyd Waner	121	500	138	.276	0	26
CF	Lindstrom, FreddieFreddie Lindstrom	138	538	167	.310	5	55
RF	Waner, PaulPaul Waner	154	618	191	.309	7	70

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
Thevenow, TommyTommy Thevenow	73	253	79	.312	0	34
Finney, HalHal Finney	56	133	31	2	2.31	20

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
French, LarryLarry French	47	291.1	18	13	2.72	88
Swift, BillBill Swift	37	218.1	14	10	3.13	64
Birkofer, RalphRalph Birkofer	9	50.2	4	2	2.31	20

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
Hoyt, WaiteWaite Hoyt	36	117	5	7	2.92	44

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chagnon, LeonLeon Chagnon	39	6	4	1	3.69	35
Harris, BillBill Harris	31	4	4	5	3.22	19
Dudley, CliseClise Dudley	1	0	0	0	135.00	0

Awards and honors

1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Pie Traynor, reserve
• Paul Waner, reserve

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

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 Shore 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.