1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season

March 2026 November 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates 1912 National League Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaFrom 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907. Barney Dreyfuss Fred Clarke 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.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats27.shtml Chief Wilson MLB Record 36 Triples in 1912 | Baseball Almanac After 118 games, Chief Wilson already had 33 triples and was on pace to get 43 triples.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.57, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 978-1-55365-507-7 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.https://stathead.com/tiny/9zYkZ Team Batting Game Finder: In the Regular Season, since 1901, requiring Batting Average >= .590, sorted by greatest Batting Average. Stathead Baseball April 17, 2021 Regular season Season standings Pittsburgh Pirates Record vs. opponents PIT Opening Day lineup Notable transactions September 16, 1912: Everitt Booe was drafted by the Pirates from the Fort Wayne Railroaders in the 1912 rule 5 draft.Everitt Booe page at Baseball-Reference Roster 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster Pitchers Babe Adams Howie Camnitz King Cole Wilbur Cooper Jack Ferry Harry Gardner Claude Hendrix Lefty Leifield Marty O'Toole Hank Robinson Sherry Smith Ed Warner Catchers Earl Blackburn George Gibson Billy Kelly Mike Simon Infielders Art Butler Bobby Byrne Ona Dodd Stan Gray Alex McCarthy Bill McKechnie Dots Miller Jim Viox Honus Wagner Outfielders Max Carey Mike Donlin Stump Edington Solly Hofman Ham Hyatt Tommy Leach Ed Mensor Ovid Nicholson Wally Rehg Chief Wilson Other batters Rivington Bisland Ralph Capron Mickey Keliher 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 George Gibson George Gibson (baseball) 95 300 72 .240 2 35 1B Dots Miller 148 567 156 .275 4 86 2B Alex McCarthy Alex McCarthy (baseball) 111 401 111 .277 1 41 3B Bobby Byrne Bobby Byrne (baseball) 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 Art Butler 43 154 42 .273 1 14 Billy Kelly Billy Kelly (baseball) 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 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 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 Hank Robinson 33 175.0 12 7 2.26 79 King Cole King Cole (baseball) 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 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 Lefty Leifield 6 23.2 1 2 4.18 8 Sherry Smith 3 4.0 0 0 6.75 3 Harry Gardner Harry Gardner (baseball) 1 0.1 0 0 0.00 0 Chief Wilson's 36 triples Triple Game Date Inning Location Opposing Pitcher Team 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 2 External links 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac Category:Pittsburgh Pirates seasons Pittsburgh Pirates season Pittsburgh Pirates Category:1910s in Pittsburgh