1912 Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Forbes Field | |||
City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||
Owners | Barney Dreyfuss | |||
Managers | 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 theββNational League with a record of 93β58, 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. After 118 games, "Chief Wilson already had 33 triples." And was on paceββto get 43 triples.
In their 23β4 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.
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 103 | 48 | .682 | β | 49β25 | 54β23 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 93 | 58 | .616 | 10 | 44β31 | 49β27 |
Chicago Cubs | 91 | 59 | .607 | 11Β½ | 46β30 | 45β29 |
Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 78 | .490 | 29 | 45β32 | 30β46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 79 | .480 | 30Β½ | 34β41 | 39β38 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 63 | 90 | .412 | 41 | 37β40 | 26β50 |
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers | 58 | 95 | .379 | 46 | 33β43 | 25β52 |
Boston Braves | 52 | 101 | .340 | 52 | 31β47 | 21β54 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | β | 9β13 | 5β17 | 11β11 | 3β18β1 | 10β12 | 4β18β1 | 10β12 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13β9 | β | 5β17 | 6β16 | 6β16 | 9β13 | 8β14 | 11β10 | |||||
Chicago | 17β5 | 17β5 | β | 11β10β1 | 13β9β1 | 10β10 | 8β13 | 15β7 | |||||
Cincinnati | 11β11 | 16β6 | 10β11β1 | β | 6β16β1 | 8β14 | 11β11 | 13β9 | |||||
New York | 18β3β1 | 16β6 | 9β13β1 | 16β6β1 | β | 17β5 | 12β8 | 15β7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12β10 | 13β9 | 10β10 | 14β8 | 5β17 | β | 8β14 | 11β11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 18β4β1 | 14β8 | 13β8 | 11β11 | 8β12 | 14β8 | β | 15β7 | |||||
St. Louis | 12β10 | 10β11 | 7β15 | 9β13 | 7β15 | 11β11 | 7β15 | β |
Opening Day lineupβ»
Notable transactionsβ»
- September 16, 1912: Everitt Booe was drafted by the Pirates from the Fort Wayne Railroaders in the 1912 rule 5 draft.
Rosterβ»
1912 Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 battersβ»
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 |
Mike Simon | 42 | 113 | 34 | .301 | 0 | 10 |
Ed Mensor | 39 | 99 | 26 | .263 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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 pitchersβ»
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 | 175.0 | 12 | 7 | 2.26 | 79 |
King Cole | 12 | 49.0 | 2 | 2 | 6.43 | 11 |
Ed Warner | 11 | 45.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 | 13 |
Jack Ferry | 11 | 39.0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | 10 |
Wilbur Cooper | 6 | 38.0 | 3 | 0 | 1.66 | 30 |
Relief pitchersβ»
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 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
Harry Gardner | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Chief Wilson's 36 triplesβ»
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 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ From 1882β1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
- ^ "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