Pie Traynor

Full Name: Harold Joseph Traynor Primary Position: 3B Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170 First Game: September 15, 1920 Birthdate: November 11, 1898 Final Game: August 14, 1937 Birthplace: Framingham, Massachusetts MLB Experience: 17 years Died: March 16, 1972 Deathplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

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).