1900 Pittsburgh Pirates season

March 2026 November 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates 1900 National League Exposition Park Allegheny, Pennsylvania Barney Dreyfuss Fred Clarke 79 60 y 2nd The 1900 PittsburghIn the early 20th century and earlier, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled with and without the final 'h'. Pirates season was the 19th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. The Pirates finished second in the National League with a record of 79–60.Baseball season for 1900 not a banner one The Brooklyn Daily Times October 15, 1900 4 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-times-1900-mlb-standi/173698502/ Newspapers.com thumb|1900 Pittsburgh Pirates team photograph Regular season Season standings Pittsburgh Pirates Game log 1900 Game Log: 79–60 (Home: 42–28; Away: 37–32) y background:#F9F9F9; April: 4–6 (Home: 0–3; Away: 4–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || April 19 || @ Cardinals || 0–3 || || || — || 12,000 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 2 || April 21 || @ Cardinals || 4–3 || || || — || — || 1–1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 22 || @ Cardinals || 5–6 || || || — || 20,000 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 4 || April 23 || @ Reds || 6–0 || || || — || — || 2–2 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 5 || April 24 || @ Reds || 5–3 || || || — || — || 3–2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || April 25 || @ Reds || 8–9 || || || — || — || 3–3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 26 || Reds || 11–12 || || || — || — || 3–4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 27 || Reds || 5–19 || || || — || — || 3–5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 28 || Reds || 4–7 || || || — || — || 3–6 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 10 || April 29 || @ Reds || 8–6 || || || — || — || 4–6 |- y background:#F9F9F9; May: 16–10 (Home: 12–7; Away: 4–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 11 || May 2 || Cardinals || 6–5 || || || — || — || 5–6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || May 3 || Cardinals || 2–9 || || || — || — || 5–7 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 13 || May 5 || Cardinals || 5–1 || || || — || — || 6–7 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || May 6 || @ Orphans || 6–7 || || || — || — || 6–8 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 15 || May 7 || Orphans || 6–4 || || || — || — || 7–8 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || May 8 || Orphans || 1–2 || || || — || — || 7–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 17 || May 10 || Orphans || 5–4 || || || — || — || 8–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 18 || May 12 || Beaneaters || 5–1 || || || — || — || 9–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 19 || May 13 || @ Reds || 7–6 || || || — || — || 10–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 20 || May 14 || Beaneaters || 6–3 || || || — || — || 11–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 21 || May 15 || Beaneaters || 7–5 || || || — || — || 12–9 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 22 || May 16 || Phillies || 8–3 || || || — || — || 13–9 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || May 17 || Phillies || 3–4 || || || — || — || 13–10 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 24 || May 18 || Phillies || 11–4 || || || — || — || 14–10 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || May 20 || @ Orphans || 3–6 || || || — || — || 14–11 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || May 21 || Superbas || 5–7 || || || — || — || 14–12 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || May 22 || Superbas || 1–4 || || || — || — || 14–13 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 28 || May 23 || Superbas || 8–5 || || || — || — || 15–13 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 29 || May 24 || Superbas || 5–4 || || || — || — || 16–13 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 25 || Giants || 3–4 || || || — || — || 16–14 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || May 26 || Giants || 6–13 || || || — || — || 16–15 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 32 || May 27 || @ Reds || 10–2 || || || — || — || 17–15 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 33 || May 28 || Giants || 14–0 || || || — || — || 18–15 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 34 || May 30 || @ Giants || 7–6 || || || — || 3,000 || 19–15 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 35 || May 30 || @ Giants || 1–9 || || || — || 15,000 || 19–16 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 36 || May 31 || @ Giants || 6–4 || || || — || — || 20–16 |- y background:#F9F9F9; June: 9–12 (Home: 4–2; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || June 1 || @ Giants || 4–6 || || || — || — || 20–17 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 38 || June 2 || @ Phillies || 2–8 || || || — || — || 20–18 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 39 || June 4 || @ Phillies || 5–4 || || || — || — || 21–18 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || June 5 || @ Phillies || 5–6 || || || — || — || 21–19 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 41 || June 6 || @ Phillies || 6–3 || || || — || — || 22–19 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 42 || June 7 || @ Superbas || 7–4 || || || — || — || 23–19 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || June 9 || @ Superbas || 3–9 || || || — || — || 23–20 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || June 11 || @ Superbas || 7–8 || || || — || — || 23–21 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 45 || June 12 || @ Beaneaters || 1–3 || || || — || — || 23–22 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 46 || June 13 || @ Beaneaters || 0–1 || || || — || — || 23–23 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || June 14 || @ Beaneaters || 3–7 || || || — || — || 23–24 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || June 16 || Orphans || 5–8 || || || — || — || 23–25 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || June 17 || @ Orphans || 1–8 || || || — || — || 23–26 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 50 || June 18 || @ Orphans || 4–1 || || || — || — || 24–26 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || June 19 || @ Orphans || 0–1 || || || — || — || 24–27 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 52 || June 20 || @ Orphans || 8–1 || || || — || — || 25–27 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 53 || June 26 || Orphans || 8–6 || || || — || — || 26–27 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 54 || June 27 || Orphans || 9–2 || || || — || — || 27–27 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 55 || June 28 || Phillies || 3–0 || || || — || — || 28–27 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 || June 29 || Phillies || 2–4 || || || — || — || 28–28 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 57 || June 30 || Phillies || 5–3 || || || — || — || 29–28 |- y background:#F9F9F9; July: 14–10 (Home: 8–3; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 58 || July 1 || @ Reds || 6–0 || || || — || — || 30–28 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 59 || July 2 || Beaneaters || 2–1 || || || — || — || 31–28 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 60 || July 3 || Beaneaters || 2–1 || || || — || — || 32–28 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 61 || July 4 || Beaneaters || 8–6 || || || — || — || 33–28 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 62 || July 4 || Beaneaters || 3–1 || || || — || 10,500 || 34–28 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 63 || July 5 || Giants || 3–7 || || || — || — || 34–29 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 64 || July 7 || Giants || 4–3 || || || — || — || 35–29 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 65 || July 8 || @ Cardinals || 3–17 || || || — || — || 35–30 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || July 10 || Superbas || 2–4 || || || — || — || 35–31 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 67 || July 11 || Superbas || 4–0 || || || — || — || 36–31 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 68 || July 12 || Superbas || 7–6 || || || — || — || 37–31 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || July 13 || Phillies || 8–23 || || || — || — || 37–32 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 70 || July 14 || @ Orphans || 6–1 || || || — || — || 38–32 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 71 || July 15 || @ Orphans || 3–5 || || || — || — || 38–33 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 72 || July 16 || @ Orphans || 7–3 || || || — || — || 39–33 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 73 || July 17 || Orphans || 2–0 || || || — || — || 40–33 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 74 || July 19 || @ Phillies || 3–4 || || || — || — || 40–34 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 75 || July 20 || @ Phillies || 4–7 || || || — || — || 40–35 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 76 || July 21 || @ Phillies || 0–3 || || || — || — || 40–36 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 77 || July 24 || @ Giants || 1–2 || || || — || — || 40–37 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 78 || July 25 || @ Giants || 11–3 || || || — || — || 41–37 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 79 || July 27 || @ Beaneaters || 2–3 || || || — || — || 41–38 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 80 || July 28 || @ Beaneaters || 9–2 || || || — || — || 42–38 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 81 || July 31 || @ Superbas || 17–1 || || || — || — || 43–38 |- y background:#F9F9F9; August: 13–10 (Home: 12–7; Away: 1–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || August 1 || @ Superbas || 6–10 || || || — || — || 43–39 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 83 || August 4 || Phillies || 4–3 || || || — || — || 44–39 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 84 || August 5 || @ Reds || 1–3 || || || — || — || 44–40 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 85 || August 6 || Phillies || 7–3 || || || — || — || 45–40 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 86 || August 7 || Phillies || 9–0 || || || — || — || 46–40 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 87 || August 8 || Beaneaters || 6–3 || || || — || — || 47–40 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 88 || August 9 || Beaneaters || 2–3 || || || — || — || 47–41 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 89 || August 11 || Beaneaters || 5–1 || || || — || — || 48–41 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 90 || August 12 || @ Orphans || 6–2 || || || — || — || 49–41 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 91 || August 13 || Giants || 4–7 || || || — || — || 49–42 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 92 || August 14 || Giants || 5–0 || || || — || — || 50–42 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 93 || August 14 || Giants || 7–1 || || || — || 4,600 || 51–42 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 94 || August 15 || Giants || 6–2 || || || — || — || 52–42 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || August 16 || Superbas || 0–8 || || || — || — || 52–43 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 96 || August 17 || Superbas || 5–3 || || || — || — || 53–43 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 97 || August 18 || Superbas || 8–4 || || || — || — || 54–43 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 98 || August 20 || Giants || 2–4 || || || — || — || 54–44 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 99 || August 23 || Reds || 2–3 || || || — || — || 54–45 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || August 24 || Reds || 2–11 || || || — || — || 54–46 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 101 || August 25 || Reds || 6–5 || || || — || — || 55–46 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 102 || August 26 || @ Reds || 0–1 || || || — || — || 55–47 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 103 || August 30 || Cardinals || 11–3 || || || — || — || 56–47 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 104 || August 31 || Cardinals || 5–10 || || || — || — || 56–48 |- y background:#F9F9F9; September: 18–9 (Home: 4–4; Away: 14–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 105 || September 1 || Cardinals || 2–1 || || || — || — || 57–48 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 106 || September 3 || @ Beaneaters || 8–7 || || || — || 2,500 || 58–48 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 107 || September 3 || @ Beaneaters || 14–1 || || || — || 5,000 || 59–48 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 108 || September 4 || @ Beaneaters || 9–0 || || || — || — || 60–48 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 109 || September 4 || @ Beaneaters || 6–5 || || || — || 2,500 || 61–48 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 110 || September 5 || @ Beaneaters || 5–2 || || || — || — || 62–48 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 111 || September 6 || @ Superbas || 9–2 || || || — || — || 63–48 |- bgcolor="ffffff" | 112 || September 7 || @ Superbas || 6–6 || || || — || — || 63–48 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 113 || September 8 || @ Superbas || 15–7 || || || — || — || 64–48 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 114 || September 8 || @ Superbas || 5–6 || || || — || — || 64–49 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 115 || September 10 || @ Superbas || 6–5 || || || — || — || 65–49 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 116 || September 11 || @ Phillies || 2–0 || || || — || — || 66–49 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 117 || September 12 || @ Phillies || 10–9 || || || — || 3,000 || 67–49 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 118 || September 13 || @ Phillies || 6–11 || || || — || — || 67–50 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 119 || September 15 || @ Giants || 1–2 || || || — || — || 67–51 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 120 || September 17 || @ Giants || 12–3 || || || — || — || 68–51 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 121 || September 18 || @ Giants || 9–4 || || || — || — || 69–51 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 122 || September 19 || @ Giants || 5–2 || || || — || — || 70–51 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 123 || September 20 || Cardinals || 10–4 || || || — || — || 71–51 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 124 || September 21 || Cardinals || 7–3 || || || — || — || 72–51 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || September 22 || Cardinals || 6–7 || || || — || — || 72–52 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 126 || September 23 || @ Cardinals || 3–1 || || || — || — || 73–52 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || September 24 || @ Cardinals || 0–1 || || || — || — || 73–53 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 128 || September 26 || Reds || 4–6 || || || — || — || 73–54 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 129 || September 27 || Reds || 1–4 || || || — || — || 73–55 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 130 || September 28 || Reds || 8–1 || || || — || — || 74–55 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 131 || September 29 || Reds || 1–2 || || || — || — || 74–56 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 132 || September 30 || @ Reds || 3–4 || || || — || — || 74–57 |- y background:#F9F9F9; October: 5–3 (Home: 2–2; Away: 3–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 133 || October 6 || Cardinals || 3–4 || || || — || — || 74–58 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 134 || October 7 || @ Cardinals || 3–2 || || || — || — || 75–58 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 135 || October 8 || @ Cardinals || 8–0 || || || — || — || 76–58 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 136 || October 8 || @ Cardinals || 8–2 || || || — || 1,300 || 77–58 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 137 || October 9 || @ Cardinals || 4–8 || || || — || — || 77–59 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 138 || October 11 || Orphans || 2–1 || || || — || — || 78–59 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 139 || October 12 || Orphans || 10–6 || || || — || — || 79–59 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 140 || October 13 || Orphans || 5–7 || || || — || — || 79–60 |- |- | Legend:      #cfc = Win      #fbb = Loss      #fff = TieBold = Pittsburgh Pirates team member Record vs. opponents PIT Detailed records National League Opponent W L WP RS Runs scored RA Runs against Boston Beaneaters 15 5 15 5 y 103 56 Brooklyn Superbas 11 8 11 8 y 126 103 Chicago Orphans 12 8 12 8 y 97 75 Cincinnati Reds 8 12 8 12 y 98 104 New York Giants 11 9 11 9 y 111 82 Philadelphia Phillies 11 9 11 9 y 103 102 Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals 11 9 11 9 y 95 90 Total 79 60 79 60 y 733 612 Season Total 79 60 79 60 y 733 612 Month Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against April 10 4 6 4 6 y 56 68 May 26 16 10 16 10 y 147 122 June 21 9 12 9 12 y 88 93 July 24 14 10 14 10 y 117 103 August 23 13 10 13 10 y 109 90 September 27 18 9 18 9 y 173 106 October 8 5 3 5 3 y 43 30 Total 139 79 60 79 60 y 733 612 Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against Home 70 42 28 42 28 y 359 315 Away 69 37 32 37 32 y 368 291 Total 139 79 60 79 60 y 733 612 Notable transactions May 22, 1900: Jack O'Connor was purchased by the Pirates from the St. Louis Cardinals for $2,000.Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference Roster 1900 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster Pitchers Jack Chesbro Patsy Flaherty Bert Husting Sam Leever Jouett Meekin Deacon Phillippe Jesse Tannehill Rube Waddell Walt Woods Catchers Jiggs Donahue Tacks Latimer Jack O'Connor Pop Schriver Chief Zimmer Infielders Duff Cooley Pop Dillon Bones Ely Tommy Leach Tom O'Brien Claude Ritchey Jimmy Williams Outfielders Ginger Beaumont Fred Clarke Tom McCreery Ed Poole Honus Wagner Manager Fred Clarke 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 C Chief Zimmer 82 271 80 .295 0 35 1B Tom O'Brien Tom O'Brien (outfielder) 102 376 109 .290 3 61 2B Claude Ritchey 123 476 139 .292 1 67 SS Bones Ely 130 475 116 .244 0 51 3B Jimmy Williams Jimmy Williams (second baseman) 106 416 110 .264 5 68 OF Ginger Beaumont 138 567 158 .279 5 50 OF Honus Wagner 135 527 201 .381 4 100 OF Fred Clarke 106 399 110 .276 3 32 Other batters Note: 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 1B Duff Cooley 66 249 50 .201 0 22 3B Tommy Leach 51 160 34 .213 1 16 C Jack O'Connor Jack O'Connor (catcher) 43 147 35 .238 0 19 OF Tom McCreery 43 132 29 .220 1 13 C Pop Schriver 37 92 27 .293 1 12 1B Pop Dillon 5 18 2 .111 0 1 C Tacks Latimer 4 12 4 .333 0 2 UT Jiggs Donahue 3 10 2 .200 0 3 OF Ed Poole 2 4 2 .500 1 3 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 Deacon Phillippe 38 279.0 20 13 2.84 75 Jesse Tannehill 29 234.0 20 6 2.88 50 Sam Leever 30 232.2 15 13 2.71 84 Jack Chesbro 32 215.2 15 13 3.67 56 Rube Waddell 29 208.2 8 13 2.37 130 Jouett Meekin 2 13.0 0 2 6.92 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 Patsy Flaherty 4 22.0 0 0 6.14 5 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Bert Husting 2 0 0 0 5.63 7 Ed Poole 1 1 0 0 1.29 3 Walt Woods 1 0 0 0 21.00 1 Honus Wagner 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Tom McCreery 1 0 0 0 12.00 0 Postseason 1900 Chronicle Telegraph Cup Chronicle-Telegraph Cup The Chronicle Telegraph Cup was held just once, in 1900, and was sponsored by the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph, a newspaper in the hometown of the National League's second-place finisher, the Pirates. It pitted the Pirates against the first-place Brooklyn Superbas in a best-of-five postseason series. The Superbas won the series, 3 games to 1. Notes References External links 1900 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference 1900 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac Category:Pittsburgh Pirates seasons Pittsburgh Pirates season Pittsburg Pir Category:1900s in Pittsburgh