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Pie Traynor
Harold Joseph Traynor

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 15, 1920
Final Game August 14, 1937
Born November 11, 1898 in Framingham, MA
Died March 16, 1972 in Pittsburgh, PA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1948.

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1920 21 PIT NL  17   52    6   11   3  1   0    2   1  3   3   6  .212  .268  .308   63   16   0           1    
 1921 22 PIT NL   7   19    0    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   2  .263  .300  .263   48    5   0           0    
 1922 23 PIT NL 142  571   89  161  17 12   4   81  17  3  27  28  .282  .319  .375   78  214  13           4    
 1923 24 PIT NL 153  616  108  208  19 19  12  101  28 13  34  19  .338  .377  .489  125  301   6           5    
 1924 25 PIT NL 142  545   86  160  26 13   5   82  24 18  37  26  .294  .340  .417  100  227  13           1    
 1925 26 PIT NL 150  591  114  189  39 14   6  106  15  9  52  19  .320  .377  .464  108  274  13           2     MVP-8
 1926 27 PIT NL 152  574   83  182  25 17   3   92   8     38  14  .317  .361  .436  109  250  26           1     MVP-13
 1927 28 PIT NL 149  573   93  196  32  9   5  106  11     22  11  .342  .370  .455  114  261  35           3     MVP-7
 1928 29 PIT NL 144  569   91  192  38 12   3  124  12     28  10  .337  .370  .462  113  263  42           1     MVP-6
 1929 30 PIT NL 130  540   94  192  27 12   4  108  13     30   7  .356  .393  .472  111  255  24           3     MVP-7
 1930 31 PIT NL 130  497   90  182  22 11   9  119   7     48  19  .366  .423  .509  124  253  23           1    
 1931 32 PIT NL 155  615   81  183  37 15   2  103   6     54  28  .298  .354  .416  107  256   8           0     MVP-13
 1932 33 PIT NL 135  513   74  169  27 10   2   68   6     32  20  .329  .373  .433  118  222   7           4     MVP-8
 1933 34 PIT NL 154  624   85  190  27  6   1   82   5     35  24  .304  .342  .372  104  232  16           1  14 MVP-8,AS
 1934 35 PIT NL 119  444   62  137  22 10   1   61   3     21  27  .309  .341  .410   98  182   2           1  23 AS
 1935 36 PIT NL  57  204   24   57  10  3   1   36   2     10  17  .279  .323  .373   84   76   3           3   9
 1937 38 PIT NL   5   12    3    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .167  .167  .167   -9    2   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         7559      2416    164     1273     46     278  .320  .362  .435  107      231   0   0  31  47
               1941      1183      371     58      158    472                            3289
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        631   99  202  31 14   5  106  13  4  39  23  .320  .362  .435  107  275  19   0   0   3   4
 Career High    155  624  114  208  39 19  12  124  28 18  54  28  .366  .423  .509  125  301  42   0   0   5  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1920 21 PIT NL   56   44    3   1.9    93| .212  .280| .268  .334| .308  .372| .576  .706|  63  .207  -2.5  -0.3  25%
 1921 22 PIT NL   20   14    2   3.8   109| .263  .302| .300  .352| .263  .416| .563  .768|  48  .416  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1922 23 PIT NL  615  426   69   4.3   113| .282  .302| .319  .360| .375  .421| .694  .781|  78  .441 -21.3  -2.0  85%
 1923 24 PIT NL  661  427  111   7.0   109| .338  .296| .377  .355| .489  .412| .866  .767| 125  .670  19.1   1.8  68%
 1924 25 PIT NL  596  416   74   4.8   106| .294  .292| .340  .348| .417  .407| .757  .755| 100  .522  -1.4  -0.1  57%
 1925 26 PIT NL  658  424  102   6.4   120| .320  .309| .377  .368| .464  .441| .841  .809| 108  .603   6.5   0.6  62%
 1926 27 PIT NL  639  418   90   5.7   107| .317  .293| .361  .354| .436  .406| .797  .760| 109  .607   5.3   0.5     
 1927 28 PIT NL  633  412   96   6.2   110| .342  .299| .370  .358| .455  .412| .825  .770| 114  .637   9.5   0.9     
 1928 29 PIT NL  640  419   97   6.2   112| .337  .295| .370  .360| .462  .419| .832  .780| 113  .614   8.9   0.9     
 1929 30 PIT NL  597  372   99   7.1   123| .356  .307| .393  .371| .472  .447| .865  .818| 111  .616   8.8   0.8     
 1930 31 PIT NL  569  338  107   8.4   126| .366  .312| .423  .370| .509  .464| .932  .834| 124  .659  20.5   1.8     
 1931 32 PIT NL  677  440   91   5.5   102| .298  .284| .354  .343| .416  .401| .770  .744| 107  .581   6.2   0.6     
 1932 33 PIT NL  556  351   82   6.3   102| .329  .282| .373  .334| .433  .408| .806  .742| 118  .631  13.1   1.3     
 1933 34 PIT NL  676  464   79   4.6    91| .304  .274| .342  .327| .372  .375| .714  .702| 104  .552   2.9   0.3     
 1934 35 PIT NL  468  332   62   5.0   106| .309  .290| .341  .345| .410  .412| .751  .757|  98  .523  -2.1  -0.2     
 1935 36 PIT NL  220  159   24   4.0   106| .279  .289| .323  .345| .373  .412| .696  .757|  84  .432  -4.9  -0.5     
 1937 38 PIT NL   12   11    0   0.0   101| .167  .280| .167  .342| .167  .397| .334  .739|  -9  .000  -1.9  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     8293 5467 1188   5.8   109| .320  .295| .362  .353| .435  .416| .797  .769| 107  .586  65.3   6.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1920 21 PIT NL  SS   17     35   39   12    4  .860  .941  4.35  5.47            
 1921 22 PIT NL  3B    3      3    8    1    0  .917  .940  3.67  2.97            
                 SS    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  5.60            
 1922 23 PIT NL  3B  124    147  216   21   21  .945  .948  2.93  2.93            
                 SS   18     39   62   10    7  .910  .945  5.61  5.46            
 1923 24 PIT NL  3B  152    189  306   26   30  .950  .947  3.26  2.95            
                 SS    1      2    4    0    0 1.000  .938  6.00  5.40            
 1924 25 PIT NL  3B  141    179  268   15   31  .968  .956  3.17  2.81            
 1925 26 PIT NL  3B  150    226  303   24   41  .957  .939  3.53  2.85            
                 SS    1      2    2    0    1 1.000  .952  4.00  5.20            
 1926 27 PIT NL  3B  148    182  279   23   32  .952  .953  3.11  2.81            
                 SS    3      9   15    1    1  .960  .949  8.00  5.30            
 1927 28 PIT NL  3B  143    212  265   19   23  .962  .945  3.34  2.82            
                 SS    9     13   28    1    2  .976  .945  4.56  5.18            
 1928 29 PIT NL  3B  144    175  296   27   15  .946  .943  3.27  2.96            
 1929 30 PIT NL  3B  130    148  238   20   23  .951  .953  2.97  2.79            
 1930 31 PIT NL  3B  130    130  268   25   18  .941  .950  3.06  2.71            
 1931 32 PIT NL  3B  155    172  284   37   21  .925  .944  2.94  2.72            
 1932 33 PIT NL  3B  127    173  222   27   14  .936  .945  3.11  2.74            
 1933 34 PIT NL  3B  154    176  300   27   16  .946  .949  3.09  2.89             AS
 1934 35 PIT NL  3B  110    116  176   14   16  .954  .945  2.65  2.73             AS
 1935 36 PIT NL  3B   49     59   84   18    2  .888  .941  2.92  2.71            
                 1B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  9.60            
 1937 38 PIT NL  3B    3      2    8    0    0 1.000  .952  3.33  2.73            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1935 36 PIT NL  1B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  9.60            

 1921 22 PIT NL  3B    3      3    8    1    0  .917  .940  3.67  2.97            
 1922 23 PIT NL  3B  124    147  216   21   21  .945  .948  2.93  2.93            
 1923 24 PIT NL  3B  152    189  306   26   30  .950  .947  3.26  2.95            
 1924 25 PIT NL  3B  141    179  268   15   31  .968  .956  3.17  2.81            
 1925 26 PIT NL  3B  150    226  303   24   41  .957  .939  3.53  2.85            
 1926 27 PIT NL  3B  148    182  279   23   32  .952  .953  3.11  2.81            
 1927 28 PIT NL  3B  143    212  265   19   23  .962  .945  3.34  2.82            
 1928 29 PIT NL  3B  144    175  296   27   15  .946  .943  3.27  2.96            
 1929 30 PIT NL  3B  130    148  238   20   23  .951  .953  2.97  2.79            
 1930 31 PIT NL  3B  130    130  268   25   18  .941  .950  3.06  2.71            
 1931 32 PIT NL  3B  155    172  284   37   21  .925  .944  2.94  2.72            
 1932 33 PIT NL  3B  127    173  222   27   14  .936  .945  3.11  2.74            
 1933 34 PIT NL  3B  154    176  300   27   16  .946  .949  3.09  2.89            
 1934 35 PIT NL  3B  110    116  176   14   16  .954  .945  2.65  2.73            
 1935 36 PIT NL  3B   49     59   84   18    2  .888  .941  2.92  2.71            
 1937 38 PIT NL  3B    3      2    8    0    0 1.000  .952  3.33  2.73            

 1920 21 PIT NL  SS   17     35   39   12    4  .860  .941  4.35  5.47            
 1921 22 PIT NL  SS    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  5.60            
 1922 23 PIT NL  SS   18     39   62   10    7  .910  .945  5.61  5.46            
 1923 24 PIT NL  SS    1      2    4    0    0 1.000  .938  6.00  5.40            
 1925 26 PIT NL  SS    1      2    2    0    1 1.000  .952  4.00  5.20            
 1926 27 PIT NL  SS    3      9   15    1    1  .960  .949  8.00  5.30            
 1927 28 PIT NL  SS    9     13   28    1    2  .976  .945  4.56  5.18            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  3B 1863   2289 3521  324  303  .947  .947  3.12  2.82            
                 SS   50    101  151   24   15  .913  .944  5.04  5.40            
                 1B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  9.60            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1914   2390 3672  348  318  .946  .947  3.17  2.89

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1925   WS    PIT WSH     W   7  26   2   9  0  2  1   4   3   1  .346  .400  .615   1  0   0   1   0 
 1927   WS    PIT NYY     L   4  15   1   3  1  0  0   0   0   1  .200  .200  .267   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  11  41   3  12  1  2  1   4   3   2  .293  .333  .488   1  0   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1933   PIT NL       1   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1934   PIT NL   *   5   2   2  0  0  0   1   0   0   1  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   6   2   3  1  0  0   1   0   0   1  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .667 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1933 *
1934 (3B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1925-NL-8-0.34
1926-NL-13-0.18
1927-NL-7-0.22
1928-NL-6-0.35
1929-NL-7-0.34
1931-NL-13-0.15
1932-NL-8-0.21
1933-NL-8-0.25
Car-84-2.04 shares

Batting Average
1923 NL-.338-7
1927 NL-.342-5
1928 NL-.337-6
1929 NL-.356-7
1930 NL-.366-9
1932 NL-.329-9
Car-.320-54

Slugging %
1923 NL-.489-9

Games
1923 NL-153-4
1925 NL-150-7
1926 NL-152-10
1931 NL-155-3
1933 NL-154-1

At Bats
1923 NL-616-4
1925 NL-591-8
1926 NL-574-7
1927 NL-573-9
1931 NL-615-4
1933 NL-624-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1925 NL-658-8
1926 NL-639-10
1931 NL-677-5
1933 NL-676-5

Runs
1923 NL-108-6
1925 NL-114-4
1933 NL-85-7

Hits
1923 NL-208-3
1925 NL-189-8
1926 NL-182-5
1927 NL-196-6
1928 NL-192-5
1931 NL-183-8
1933 NL-190-4

Total Bases
1923 NL-301-4
1925 NL-274-10
1926 NL-250-10
1927 NL-261-8
1931 NL-256-10

Doubles
1925 NL-39-6
1927 NL-32-7
1928 NL-38-6
1931 NL-37-8

Triples
1922 NL-12-9
1923 NL-19-1
1924 NL-13-8
1925 NL-14-5
1926 NL-17-3
1928 NL-12-6
1929 NL-12-8
1931 NL-15-3
1932 NL-10-7
1934 NL-10-8
Car-164-30

Home Runs
1923 NL-12-8

RBI
1923 NL-101-6
1924 NL-82-10
1925 NL-106-7
1926 NL-92-7
1927 NL-106-6
1928 NL-124-2
1930 NL-119-8
1931 NL-103-4
1933 NL-82-9

Stolen Bases
1922 NL-17-9
1923 NL-28-7
1924 NL-24-4
1925 NL-15-9

Singles
1923 NL-158-3
1925 NL-130-10
1926 NL-137-4
1927 NL-150-5
1928 NL-139-7
1929 NL-149-6
1931 NL-129-6
1932 NL-130-9
1933 NL-156-2
Car-1823-75

Runs Created
1923 NL-111-6
1925 NL-102-8
1927 NL-96-10

Extra-Base Hits
1925 NL-59-8
1931 NL-54-10

Times on Base
1923 NL-247-8
1925 NL-243-8
1931 NL-237-9
1933 NL-226-8

Hit By Pitch
1932 NL-4-9

Sac. Hits
1926 NL-26-7
1927 NL-35-1
1928 NL-42-1
1929 NL-24-2
1930 NL-23-4
1933 NL-16-8
Car-231-51

Grounded into Double Plays
1934 NL-23-2

Caught Stealing
1924 NL-18-5

Power/Speed Number
1923 NL-16.8-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1923 NL-32.4-8
1925 NL-31.1-8
1926 NL-41.0-5
1927 NL-52.1-2
1928 NL-56.9-1
1929 NL-77.1-1
1930 NL-26.2-4
1932 NL-25.7-8
1933 NL-26.0-8
Car-27.2-33

Outs
1925 NL-424-6
1931 NL-440-4
1933 NL-464-4

Oldest Player
1937 NL-38-6

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (586) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 134 (124) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 43.2 (113) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 96.0 (158) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
September, 1920: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Portsmouth (Virginia) for $10,000.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Pie Traynor's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1933 * 1934 (3B)	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1925-NL-8-0.34 1926-NL-13-0.18 1927-NL-7-0.22 1928-NL-6-0.35 1929-NL-7-0.34 1931-NL-13-0.15 1932-NL-8-0.21 1933-NL-8-0.25 Car-84-2.04 shares	Batting Average 1923 NL-.338-7 1927 NL-.342-5 1928 NL-.337-6 1929 NL-.356-7 1930 NL-.366-9 1932 NL-.329-9 Car-.320-54	Slugging % 1923 NL-.489-9	Games 1923 NL-153-4 1925 NL-150-7 1926 NL-152-10 1931 NL-155-3 1933 NL-154-1	At Bats 1923 NL-616-4 1925 NL-591-8 1926 NL-574-7 1927 NL-573-9 1931 NL-615-4 1933 NL-624-2
Plate Appearances (approx.) 1925 NL-658-8 1926 NL-639-10 1931 NL-677-5 1933 NL-676-5	Runs 1923 NL-108-6 1925 NL-114-4 1933 NL-85-7	Hits 1923 NL-208-3 1925 NL-189-8 1926 NL-182-5 1927 NL-196-6 1928 NL-192-5 1931 NL-183-8 1933 NL-190-4	Total Bases 1923 NL-301-4 1925 NL-274-10 1926 NL-250-10 1927 NL-261-8 1931 NL-256-10	Doubles 1925 NL-39-6 1927 NL-32-7 1928 NL-38-6 1931 NL-37-8	Triples 1922 NL-12-9 1923 NL-19-1 1924 NL-13-8 1925 NL-14-5 1926 NL-17-3 1928 NL-12-6 1929 NL-12-8 1931 NL-15-3 1932 NL-10-7 1934 NL-10-8 Car-164-30
Home Runs 1923 NL-12-8	RBI 1923 NL-101-6 1924 NL-82-10 1925 NL-106-7 1926 NL-92-7 1927 NL-106-6 1928 NL-124-2 1930 NL-119-8 1931 NL-103-4 1933 NL-82-9	Stolen Bases 1922 NL-17-9 1923 NL-28-7 1924 NL-24-4 1925 NL-15-9	Singles 1923 NL-158-3 1925 NL-130-10 1926 NL-137-4 1927 NL-150-5 1928 NL-139-7 1929 NL-149-6 1931 NL-129-6 1932 NL-130-9 1933 NL-156-2 Car-1823-75	Runs Created 1923 NL-111-6 1925 NL-102-8 1927 NL-96-10	Extra-Base Hits 1925 NL-59-8 1931 NL-54-10
Times on Base 1923 NL-247-8 1925 NL-243-8 1931 NL-237-9 1933 NL-226-8	Hit By Pitch 1932 NL-4-9	Sac. Hits 1926 NL-26-7 1927 NL-35-1 1928 NL-42-1 1929 NL-24-2 1930 NL-23-4 1933 NL-16-8 Car-231-51	Grounded into Double Plays 1934 NL-23-2	Caught Stealing 1924 NL-18-5	Power/Speed Number 1923 NL-16.8-3
At Bats per Strikeout 1923 NL-32.4-8 1925 NL-31.1-8 1926 NL-41.0-5 1927 NL-52.1-2 1928 NL-56.9-1 1929 NL-77.1-1 1930 NL-26.2-4 1932 NL-25.7-8 1933 NL-26.0-8 Car-27.2-33	Outs 1925 NL-424-6 1931 NL-440-4 1933 NL-464-4	Oldest Player 1937 NL-38-6