1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season explained

Pittsburgh Pirates
Season:	1912
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Forbes Field
City:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1]
Owners:	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers:	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.^[2] After 118 games, Chief Wilson already had 33 triples and was on pace to get 43 triples.^[3]

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.^[4]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• September 16, 1912: Everitt Booe was drafted by the Pirates from the Fort Wayne Railroaders in the 1912 rule 5 draft.^[5]

Roster

1912 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		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		95	300	72	.240	2	35
1B		148	567	156	.275	4	86
2B		111	401	111	.277	1	41
3B		130	528	152	.288	3	35
SS		145	558	181	.324	7	102
OF		77	244	77	.316	2	35
OF		152	583	175	.300	11	95
OF		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
	43	154	42	.273	1	14
	48	132	42	.318	1	12
	42	113	34	.301	0	10
	39	99	26	.263	0	1
	28	97	29	.299	0	18
	46	97	28	.289	0	21
	24	73	18	.247	0	4
	33	70	13	.186	1	6
	17	53	15	.283	0	3
	15	53	16	.302	0	14
	6	20	5	.250	0	2
	6	11	5	.455	0	1
	5	9	0	.000	0	1
	8	9	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	0	0	----	0	0
	1	0	0	----	0	0
	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
	39	288.2	24	9	2.59	176
	41	276.2	22	12	2.83	121
	37	275.1	15	17	2.71	150
	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
	33	175.0	12	7	2.26	79
	12	49.0	2	2	6.43	11
	11	45.0	1	1	3.60	13
	11	39.0	2	0	3.00	10
	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
	6	23.2	1	2	4.18	8
	3	4.0	0	0	6.75	3
	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			St. Louis Cardinals
2	6	April 18, 1912	9th			St. Louis Cardinals
3	9	April 23, 1912	6th			Chicago Cubs
4	11	April 27, 1912	1st	Forbes Field		Cincinnati Reds
5	11	April 27, 1912	8th	Forbes Field		Cincinnati Reds
6	15	May 3, 1912	3rd	Forbes Field		Chicago Cubs
7	16	May 4, 1912	4th	Forbes Field		Chicago Cubs
8	25	May 21, 1912	7th	Forbes Field		Boston Braves
9	29	May 25, 1912	4th	Forbes Field		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			New York Giants
13	49	June 18, 1912	9th	Polo Grounds III		New York Giants
14	50	June 19, 1912	4th	Forbes Field		St. Louis Cardinals
15	51	June 20, 1912	2nd			Cincinnati Reds
16	51	June 20, 1912	10th	Redland Field		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		Cincinnati Reds
20	70	July 8, 1912	8th	Forbes Field		Philadelphia Phillies
21	77	July 16, 1912	4th	Forbes Field		Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
22	78	July 17, 1912	9th	Forbes Field		New York Giants
23	79	July 19, 1912	3rd	Forbes Field	Rube Marquard	New York Giants
24	82	July 22, 1912	3rd	Forbes Field		Boston Braves
25	84	July 25, 1912	1st	Forbes Field		Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
26	85	July 26, 1912	1st			Philadelphia Phillies
27	99	August 10, 1912	6th		Cliff Curtis	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
28	106	August 16, 1912	7th	Forbes Field		Philadelphia Phillies
29	114	August 23, 1912	9th	Forbes Field		New York Giants
30	116	August 26, 1912	6th	Forbes Field		Boston Braves
31	117	August 26, 1912	6th	Forbes Field		Boston Braves
32	117	August 26, 1912	8th	Forbes Field	Ed Donnelly	Boston Braves
33	118	August 27, 1912	4th	Forbes Field		Boston Braves
34	129	September 7, 1912	6th	Robison Field		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		Cincinnati Reds

^[2]

External links

• 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
2. Web site: Chief Wilson MLB Record 36 Triples in 1912 | Baseball Almanac.
3. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.57, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,
4. Web site: Team Batting Game Finder: In the Regular Season, since 1901, requiring Batting Average >= .590, sorted by greatest Batting Average. . Stathead Baseball . April 17, 2021.
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/booeev01.shtml Everitt Booe page at Baseball-Reference