1896 Pittsburgh Pirates season explained

Pittsburgh Pirates
Season:	1896
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Exposition Park
City:	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Owners:	William Kerr and Phil Auten
Managers:	Connie Mack

The 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 15th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their tenth in the National League. The Pirates finished sixth in the National League with a record of 66–63.

Regular season

Roster

1896 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		80	301	89	.296	0	36
1B		59	217	55	.253	3	32
2B		61	219	53	.242	2	24
SS		128	537	153	.285	3	77
3B		118	436	134	.307	4	71
OF		122	484	175	.362	6	94
OF		114	479	173	.361	2	82
OF		131	573	183	.319	3	59

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
	77	282	82	.291	1	42
	59	258	74	.287	0	39
	44	168	32	.190	0	23
	33	120	26	.217	0	16
	15	52	16	.308	0	6
	10	35	12	.343	0	4
	8	32	5	.156	0	3
	7	29	3	.103	0	3
	2	5	0	.000	0	0
	1	3	1	.333	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
	52	432.1	30	18	3.41	134
	49	378.0	22	21	3.57	137
	17	104.0	5	10	5.88	19
	9	61.2	3	3	6.57	18
	2	15.0	0	2	9.60	3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

References

• 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac