Pie Traynor (Harold Joseph Traynor) was born on November 11, 1898 in Framingham, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on September 15, 1920 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1922, his rookie year, he hit .282 with 4 home runs and 81 RBI. Traynor played for the Pittsburgh Pirates for his entire 17 year career.
Most people believe that Pie Traynor's best season was 1923, when he stole 28 bases, hit for a .338 average and knocked in 101 runs.
Statistics
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1920
PIT
N
17
52
6
11
0
2
.212
.268
.308
3
1
3
6
1
0
1
0
0
1921
PIT
N
7
19
0
5
0
2
.263
.300
.263
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1922
PIT
N
142
571
89
161
4
81
.282
.319
.375
17
12
27
28
4
13
17
1
12
1923
PIT
N
153
616
108
208
12
101
.338
.377
.489
19
19
34
19
5
6
28
0
0
1924
PIT
N
142
545
86
160
5
82
.294
.340
.417
26
13
37
26
1
13
24
0
0
1925
PIT
N
150
591
114
189
6
106
.320
.377
.464
39
14
52
19
2
13
15
0
0
1926
PIT
N
152
574
83
182
3
92
.317
.361
.436
25
17
38
14
1
26
8
0
0
1927
PIT
N
149
573
93
196
5
106
.342
.370
.455
32
9
22
11
3
35
11
0
0
1928
PIT
N
144
569
91
192
3
124
.337
.370
.462
38
12
28
10
1
42
12
0
0
1929
PIT
N
130
540
94
192
4
108
.356
.393
.472
27
12
30
7
3
24
13
0
0
1930
PIT
N
130
497
90
182
9
119
.366
.423
.509
22
11
48
19
1
23
7
0
0
1931
PIT
N
155
615
81
183
2
103
.298
.354
.416
37
15
54
28
0
8
6
0
0
1932
PIT
N
135
513
74
169
2
68
.329
.373
.433
27
10
32
20
4
7
6
0
0
1933
PIT
N
154
624
85
190
1
82
.304
.342
.372
27
6
35
24
1
16
5
0
14
1934
PIT
N
119
444
62
137
1
61
.309
.341
.410
22
10
21
27
1
2
3
0
23
1935
PIT
N
57
204
24
57
1
36
.279
.323
.373
10
3
10
17
3
3
2
0
9
1937
PIT
N
5
12
3
2
0
0
.167
.167
.167
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Total
1941
7559
1183
2416
58
1273
.320
.362
.435
371
164
472
278
31
231
158
1
59
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1920
PIT
N
SS
17
0
0
35
39
12
4
0
0
0
0
0
.860
1921
PIT
N
3B
3
3
0
3
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.917
1921
PIT
N
SS
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1922
PIT
N
3B
124
124
1093.2
147
216
21
21
0
0
0
0
0
.945
1922
PIT
N
SS
16
15
122.1
39
62
10
7
0
0
0
0
0
.910
1922
PIT
N
2B
2
2
22.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1923
PIT
N
3B
152
0
0
189
306
26
30
0
0
0
0
0
.950
1923
PIT
N
SS
1
0
0
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1924
PIT
N
3B
141
0
0
179
268
15
31
0
0
0
0
0
.968
1925
PIT
N
3B
150
0
0
226
303
24
41
0
0
0
0
0
.957
1925
PIT
N
SS
1
0
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1926
PIT
N
SS
3
0
0
9
15
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.960
1926
PIT
N
3B
148
0
0
182
279
23
32
0
0
0
0
0
.952
1927
PIT
N
SS
9
0
0
13
28
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.976
1927
PIT
N
3B
143
0
0
212
265
19
23
0
0
0
0
0
.962
1928
PIT
N
3B
144
0
0
175
296
27
15
0
0
0
0
0
.946
1929
PIT
N
3B
130
0
0
148
238
20
23
0
0
0
0
0
.951
1930
PIT
N
3B
130
0
0
130
268
25
18
0
0
0
0
0
.941
1931
PIT
N
3B
155
0
0
172
284
37
21
0
0
0
0
0
.925
1932
PIT
N
3B
127
0
0
173
222
27
14
0
0
0
0
0
.936
1933
PIT
N
3B
154
0
0
176
300
27
16
0
0
0
0
0
.946
1934
PIT
N
3B
110
0
0
116
176
14
16
0
0
0
0
0
.954
1935
PIT
N
1B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1935
PIT
N
3B
49
0
0
59
84
18
2
0
0
0
0
0
.888
1937
PIT
N
3B
3
0
0
2
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
2B
2
2
22.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
3B
1863
127
1093.2
2289
3521
324
303
0
0
0
0
0
.947
Total
1B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
SS
48
15
122.1
101
151
24
15
0
0
0
0
0
.913
Transactions
Sold by Portsmouth (Virginia) to Pittsburgh Pirates for $10000 (September, 1920).