1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season
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Owner(s) | Barney Dreyfuss |
Manager(s) | Fred Clarke |
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The 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball, the 31st in franchise history. The team finished second in the National League with a record of 93–58, 10 games behind the New York Giants.
During the season, Chief Wilson set a major league record by hitting 36 triples in a single season.[2] After 118 games, Chief Wilson already had 33 triples and was on pace to get 43 triples.[3]
In their 23–4 win against the Cincinnati Reds on April 27, the Pirates recorded a .628 batting average, the highest by any team in a single game from 1901 onwards.[4]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 103 | 48 | 0.682 | — | 49–25 | 54–23 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 93 | 58 | 0.616 | 10 | 44–31 | 49–27 |
Chicago Cubs | 91 | 59 | 0.607 | 11½ | 46–30 | 45–29 |
Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 78 | 0.490 | 29 | 45–32 | 30–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 79 | 0.480 | 30½ | 34–41 | 39–38 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 63 | 90 | 0.412 | 41 | 37–40 | 26–50 |
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers | 58 | 95 | 0.379 | 46 | 33–43 | 25–52 |
Boston Braves | 52 | 101 | 0.340 | 52 | 31–47 | 21–54 |
Record vs. opponents[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 5–17 | 11–11 | 3–18–1 | 10–12 | 4–18–1 | 10–12 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 5–17 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 11–10 | |||||
Chicago | 17–5 | 17–5 | — | 11–10–1 | 13–9–1 | 10–10 | 8–13 | 15–7 | |||||
Cincinnati | 11–11 | 16–6 | 10–11–1 | — | 6–16–1 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 18–3–1 | 16–6 | 9–13–1 | 16–6–1 | — | 17–5 | 12–8 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10 | 13–9 | 10–10 | 14–8 | 5–17 | — | 8–14 | 11–11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 18–4–1 | 14–8 | 13–8 | 11–11 | 8–12 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–10 | 10–11 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 7–15 | — |
Opening Day lineup[]
Notable transactions[]
- September 16, 1912: Everitt Booe was drafted by the Pirates from the in the 1912 rule 5 draft.[5]
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 | George Gibson | 95 | 300 | 72 | .240 | 2 | 35 |
1B | Dots Miller | 148 | 567 | 156 | .275 | 4 | 86 |
2B | Alex McCarthy | 111 | 401 | 111 | .277 | 1 | 41 |
3B | Bobby Byrne | 130 | 528 | 152 | .288 | 3 | 35 |
SS | Honus Wagner | 145 | 558 | 181 | .324 | 7 | 102 |
OF | Mike Donlin | 77 | 244 | 77 | .316 | 2 | 35 |
OF | Chief Wilson | 152 | 583 | 175 | .300 | 11 | 95 |
OF | Max Carey | 150 | 587 | 177 | .302 | 5 | 68 |
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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Art Butler | 43 | 154 | 42 | .273 | 1 | 14 |
Billy Kelly | 48 | 132 | 42 | .318 | 1 | 12 |
Ed Mensor | 39 | 99 | 26 | .263 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Simon | 42 | 113 | 34 | .301 | 0 | 10 |
Tommy Leach | 28 | 97 | 29 | .299 | 0 | 18 |
Ham Hyatt | 46 | 97 | 28 | .289 | 0 | 21 |
Bill McKechnie | 24 | 73 | 18 | .247 | 0 | 4 |
Jim Viox | 33 | 70 | 13 | .186 | 1 | 6 |
Solly Hofman | 17 | 53 | 15 | .283 | 0 | 3 |
Stump Edington | 15 | 53 | 16 | .302 | 0 | 14 |
Stan Gray | 6 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Ovid Nicholson | 6 | 11 | 5 | .455 | 0 | 1 |
Ona Dodd | 5 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Wally Rehg | 8 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Rivington Bisland | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Blackburn | 1 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 |
Ralph Capron | 1 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 |
Mickey Keliher | 2 | 0 | 0 | --- | 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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Claude Hendrix | 39 | 288.2 | 24 | 9 | 2.59 | 176 |
Howie Camnitz | 41 | 276.2 | 22 | 12 | 2.83 | 121 |
Marty O'Toole | 37 | 275.1 | 15 | 17 | 2.71 | 150 |
Babe Adams | 28 | 170.1 | 11 | 8 | 2.91 | 63 |
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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Hank Robinson | 33 | 175 | 12 | 7 | 2.26 | 79 |
King Cole | 12 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 6.43 | 11 |
Ed Warner | 11 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 | 13 |
Jack Ferry | 11 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | 10 |
Wilbur Cooper | 6 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1.66 | 30 |
Relief 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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Lefty Leifield | 6 | 23.2 | 1 | 2 | 4.18 | 8 |
Sherry Smith | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
Harry Gardner | 1 | .1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Chief Wilson's 36 triples[]
Triple | Game | Date | Inning | Location | Opposing Pitcher | Team |
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1 | 2 | April 13, 1912 | 2nd | Robison Field | Bill Steele | St. Louis Cardinals |
2 | 6 | April 18, 1912 | 9th | Forbes Field | Slim Sallee | St. Louis Cardinals |
3 | 9 | April 23, 1912 | 6th | West Side Park II | Mordecai Brown | Chicago Cubs |
4 | 11 | April 27, 1912 | 1st | Forbes Field | Art Fromme | Cincinnati Reds |
5 | 11 | April 27, 1912 | 8th | Forbes Field | Hanson Horsey | Cincinnati Reds |
6 | 15 | May 3, 1912 | 3rd | Forbes Field | Larry Cheney | Chicago Cubs |
7 | 16 | May 4 , 1912 | 4th | Forbes Field | Ed Reulbach | Chicago Cubs |
8 | 25 | May 21, 1912 | 7th | Forbes Field | Bill McTigue | Boston Braves |
9 | 29 | May 25, 1912 | 4th | Forbes Field | Jimmy Lavender | Chicago Cubs |
10 | 29 | May 25, 1912 | 6th | Forbes Field | Jimmy Lavender | Chicago Cubs |
11 | 33 | May 30, 1912 | 3rd | Forbes Field | Slim Sallee | St. Louis Cardinals |
12 | 48 | June 17, 1912 | 8th | Polo Grounds III | Rube Marquard | New York Giants |
13 | 49 | June 18, 1912 | 9th | Polo Grounds III | Doc Crandall | New York Giants |
14 | 50 | June 19, 1912 | 4th | Forbes Field | Joe Willis | St. Louis Cardinals |
15 | 51 | June 20, 1912 | 2nd | Redland Field | Bobby Keefe | Cincinnati Reds |
16 | 51 | June 20, 1912 | 10th | Redland Field | Harry Gaspar | Cincinnati Reds |
17 | 52 | June 20, 1912 | 6th | Redland Field | Art Fromme | Cincinnati Reds |
18 | 64 | July 2, 1912 | 8th | Forbes Field | Larry Cheney | Chicago Cubs |
19 | 65 | July 4, 1912 | 4th | Forbes Field | Ben Taylor | Cincinnati Reds |
20 | 70 | July 8, 1912 | 8th | Forbes Field | Toots Schultz | Philadelphia Phillies |
21 | 77 | July 16, 1912 | 4th | Forbes Field | Earl Yingling | Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers |
22 | 78 | July 17, 1912 | 9th | Forbes Field | Christy Mathewson | New York Giants |
23 | 79 | July 19, 1912 | 3rd | Forbes Field | Rube Marquard | New York Giants |
24 | 82 | July 22, 1912 | 3rd | Forbes Field | Buster Brown | Boston Braves |
25 | 84 | July 25, 1912 | 1st | Forbes Field | Eddie Stack | Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers |
26 | 85 | July 26, 1912 | 1st | National League Park | Earl Moore | Philadelphia Phillies |
27 | 99 | August 10, 1912 | 6th | Washington Park II | Cliff Curtis | Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers |
28 | 106 | August 16, 1912 | 7th | Forbes Field | Grover Cleveland Alexander | Philadelphia Phillies |
29 | 114 | August 23, 1912 | 9th | Forbes Field | Jeff Tesreau | New York Giants |
30 | 116 | August 26, 1912 | 6th | Forbes Field | Otto Hess | Boston Braves |
31 | 117 | August 26, 1912 | 6th | Forbes Field | Ed Donnelly | Boston Braves |
32 | 117 | August 26, 1912 | 8th | Forbes Field | Ed Donnelly | Boston Braves |
33 | 118 | August 27, 1912 | 4th | Forbes Field | Walt Dickson | Boston Braves |
34 | 129 | September 7, 1912 | 6th | Robison Field | Pol Perritt | St. Louis Cardinals |
35 | 148 | September 29, 1912 | 8th | West Side Park II | Ed Reulbach | Chicago Cubs |
36 | 152 | October 6, 1912 | 9th | Redland Field | Frank Gregory | Cincinnati Reds |
References[]
- ^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
- ^ a b "Chief Wilson MLB Record 36 Triples in 1912 | Baseball Almanac".
- ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.57, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- ^ "Team Batting Game Finder: In the Regular Season, since 1901, requiring Batting Average >= .590, sorted by greatest Batting Average". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ Everitt Booe page at Baseball-Reference
External links[]
- Pittsburgh Pirates seasons
- 1912 Major League Baseball season
- 1912 in sports in Pennsylvania