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]
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
1912 National League Records Sources: | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
- September 16, 1912: Everitt Booe was drafted by the Pirates from the Fort Wayne Railroaders in the 1912 rule 5 draft.[4]
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 | Gibson, GeorgeGeorge Gibson | 95 | 300 | 72 | .240 | 2 | 35 |
2B | McCarthy, AlexAlex McCarthy | 111 | 401 | 111 | .277 | 1 | 41 |
3B | Byrne, BobbyBobby Byrne | 130 | 528 | 152 | .288 | 3 | 35 |
SS | Wagner, HonusHonus Wagner | 145 | 558 | 181 | .324 | 7 | 102 |
OF | Wilson, ChiefChief Wilson | 152 | 583 | 175 | .300 | 11 | 95 |
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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Bisland, RivingtonRivington Bisland | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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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Camnitz, HowieHowie Camnitz | 41 | 276.2 | 22 | 12 | 2.83 | 121 |
Adams, BabeBabe 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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Cole, KingKing Cole | 12 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 6.43 | 11 |
Ferry, JackJack Ferry | 11 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | 10 |
Cooper, WilburWilbur 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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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 | March 5, 1912 | 3rd | Forbes Field | Larry Cheney | Chicago Cubs |
7 | 16 | April 5, 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 | 29 | 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 | February 7, 1912 | 8th | Forbes Field | Larry Cheney | Chicago Cubs |
19 | 65 | April 7, 1912 | 4th | Forbes Field | Ben Taylor | Cincinnati Reds |
20 | 70 | August 7, 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 | October 8, 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 | July 9, 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 | June 10, 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 Shore in 1907.
- 1 2 http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats27.shtml
- ↑ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.57, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- ↑ Everitt Booe page at Baseball-Reference
External links
- 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
- 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac