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.

1933 Pittsburgh Pirates
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Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bill Benswanger
Manager(s)George 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 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 Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 13–9–17–1512–1012–10–111–1113–915–7
Brooklyn 9–13–19–1310–12–18–14–213–97–159–12
Chicago 15–713–911–119–1315–712–1011–11
Cincinnati 10–1212–10–111–114–177–147–157–15
New York 10–12–114–8–213–917–415–613–99–13–1
Philadelphia 11–119–137–1514–76–157–156–16
Pittsburgh 9–1315–710–1215–79–1315–714–8
St. Louis 7–1512–911–1115–713–9–116–68–14

Game log

1933 Game Log: 87–67 (Home: 50–27; Away: 37–40)
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 Smith28145872.8640
Waite Hoyt36117572.9244

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

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.
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