1896 Pittsburgh Pirates season
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Owner(s) | William Kerr and Phil Auten |
Manager(s) | Connie Mack |
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The 1896 Pittsburgh[a] Pirates season was the 15th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 10th in the National League. The Pirates finished sixth in the National League with a record of 66–63.
Regular season[]
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Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Baltimore Orioles | 90 | 39 | 0.698 | — | 49–16 | 41–23 |
Cleveland Spiders | 80 | 48 | 0.625 | 9½ | 43–19 | 37–29 |
Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 50 | 0.606 | 12 | 51–15 | 26–35 |
Boston Beaneaters | 74 | 57 | 0.565 | 17 | 42–24 | 32–33 |
Chicago Colts | 71 | 57 | 0.555 | 18½ | 42–24 | 29–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | 63 | 0.512 | 24 | 35–31 | 31–32 |
New York Giants | 64 | 67 | 0.489 | 27 | 39–26 | 25–41 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 68 | 0.477 | 28½ | 42–27 | 20–41 |
Washington Senators | 58 | 73 | 0.443 | 33 | 38–29 | 20–44 |
Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 58 | 73 | 0.443 | 33 | 35–28 | 23–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 40 | 90 | 0.308 | 50½ | 27–34 | 13–56 |
Louisville Colonels | 38 | 93 | 0.290 | 53 | 25–37 | 13–56 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–4–2 | 10–2 | 3–8–1 | 10–2 | 9–3 | 12–0 | 9–2 | 9–3 | 10–2 | |||||
Boston | 7–5 | — | 10–2 | 3–9 | 5–6 | 5–7–1 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | |||||
Brooklyn | 6–6 | 2–10 | — | 6–6 | 2–10 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 6–5–1 | 7–5 | 4–8–1 | |||||
Chicago | 4–7–2 | 9–3 | 6–6 | — | 4–6–1 | 2–9–1 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 11–1 | 9–3 | 8–4 | |||||
Cincinnati | 2–10 | 6–5 | 10–2 | 6–4–1 | — | 6–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 12–0 | 7–4 | |||||
Cleveland | 8–3–1 | 7–5–1 | 5–7 | 9–2–1 | 5–6 | — | 8–3–2 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 4–8–1 | 10–2 | 9–3–1 | |||||
Louisville | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 3–8–2 | — | 4–8–1 | 7–5 | 2–10 | 3–9 | 3–9 | |||||
New York | 3–9 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4–1 | — | 3–8 | 4–8 | 9–3–1 | 6–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 0–12 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–3 | — | 6–6 | 8–3 | 8–4 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 2–9 | 5–7 | 5–6–1 | 1–11 | 7–5 | 8–4–1 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 6–6 | — | 8–3 | 6–6 | |||||
St. Louis | 3–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 0–12 | 2–10 | 9–3 | 3–9–1 | 3–8 | 3–8 | — | 5–7 | |||||
Washington | 2–10 | 5–7 | 8–4–1 | 4–8 | 4–7 | 3–9–1 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — |
Opening Day lineup[]
Roster[]
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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 |
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C | Joe Sugden | 80 | 301 | 89 | .296 | 0 | 36 |
1B | Jake Beckley | 59 | 217 | 55 | .253 | 3 | 32 |
2B | Dick Padden | 61 | 219 | 53 | .242 | 2 | 24 |
SS | Bones Ely | 128 | 537 | 153 | .285 | 3 | 77 |
3B | Denny Lyons | 118 | 436 | 134 | .307 | 4 | 71 |
OF | Mike Smith | 122 | 484 | 175 | .362 | 6 | 94 |
OF | Jake Stenzel | 114 | 479 | 173 | .361 | 2 | 82 |
OF | Patsy Donovan | 131 | 573 | 183 | .319 | 3 | 59 |
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 |
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Bill Merritt | 77 | 282 | 82 | .291 | 1 | 42 |
Lou Bierbauer | 59 | 258 | 74 | .287 | 0 | 39 |
Harry Davis | 44 | 168 | 32 | .190 | 0 | 23 |
Connie Mack | 33 | 120 | 26 | .217 | 0 | 16 |
Joe Wright | 15 | 52 | 16 | .308 | 0 | 6 |
Jud Smith | 10 | 35 | 12 | .343 | 0 | 4 |
Harry Truby | 8 | 32 | 5 | .156 | 0 | 3 |
Abel Lizotte | 7 | 29 | 3 | .103 | 0 | 3 |
Eddie Boyle | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Delahanty | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Frank Killen | 52 | 432.1 | 30 | 18 | 3.41 | 134 |
Pink Hawley | 49 | 378 | 22 | 21 | 3.57 | 137 |
Charlie Hastings | 17 | 104 | 5 | 10 | 5.88 | 19 |
Brownie Foreman | 9 | 61.2 | 3 | 3 | 6.57 | 18 |
Elmer Horton | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 9.60 | 3 |
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 |
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Jim Hughey | 25 | 155 | 6 | 8 | 4.99 | 48 |
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 |
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Jot Goar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16.88 | 3 |
Notes[]
- ^ Until early in the 20th century, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled both with and without the final 'h'.
References[]
- 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
- 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
- Pittsburgh Pirates seasons
- 1896 Major League Baseball season
- 1896 in sports in Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh Pirates season stubs