1895 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1895 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkExposition Park
CityAllegheny, Pennsylvania
Record71–61 (.538)
League place7th
OwnersWilliam Kerr and Phil Auten
ManagersConnie Mack

The 1895 Pittsburgh[a] Pirates season was the 14th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their ninth in the National League. The Pirates finished seventh in the National League with a record of 71–61.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 87 43 .669 — 54‍–‍12 33‍–‍31
Cleveland Spiders 84 46 .646 3 49‍–‍13 35‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies 78 53 .595 9½ 51‍–‍21 27‍–‍32
Chicago Colts 72 58 .554 15 43‍–‍24 29‍–‍34
Brooklyn Grooms 71 60 .542 16½ 43‍–‍22 28‍–‍38
Boston Beaneaters 71 60 .542 16½ 48‍–‍19 23‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates 71 61 .538 17 44‍–‍21 27‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds 66 64 .508 21 42‍–‍22 24‍–‍42
New York Giants 66 65 .504 21½ 40‍–‍27 26‍–‍38
Washington Senators 43 85 .336 43 31‍–‍34 12‍–‍51
St. Louis Browns 39 92 .298 48½ 25‍–‍41 14‍–‍51
Louisville Colonels 35 96 .267 52½ 19‍–‍38 16‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BSN BRO CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WAS
Baltimore — 10–2 7–5 8–4 8–4 5–6 10–1 9–3 8–4–1 7–5–1 6–6 9–3
Boston 2–10 — 4–7 7–5 5–7 6–6 9–3–1 8–4 5–7 7–5 9–3 9–3–1
Brooklyn 5–7 7–4 — 6–6 5–7 2–10 11–1 9–3–1 5–7–1 7–5–1 9–3 5–7
Chicago 4–8 5–7 6–6 — 5–7 6–5 9–3–1 4–8 6–6 8–4 10–2 9–2–2
Cincinnati 4–8 7–5 7–5 7–5 — 6–6 6–6 4–8 4–8 4–8–1 9–3–1 8–2
Cleveland 6–5 6–6 10–2 5–6 6–6 — 10–2 7–5 7–5 7–5 11–1–2 9–3
Louisville 1–10 3–9–1 1–11 3–9–1 6–6 2–10 — 3–9 2–10 2–10 6–6 6–6
New York 3–9 4–8 3–9–1 8–4 8–4 5–7 9–3 — 3–8 4–8 11–1 8–4
Philadelphia 4–8–1 7–5 7–5–1 6–6 8–4 5–7 10–2 8–3 — 8–4 7–5 8–4
Pittsburgh 5–7–1 5–7 5–7–1 4–8 8–4–1 5–7 10–2 8–4 4–8 — 9–3 8–4
St. Louis 6–6 3–9 3–9 2–10 3–9–1 1–11–2 6–6 1–11 5–7 3–9 — 6–5–2
Washington 3–9 3–9–1 7–5 2–9–2 2–8 3–9 6–6 4–8 4–8 4–8 5–6–2 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1895 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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 Bill Merritt 67 239 68 .285 0 27
1B Jake Beckley 130 534 175 .328 5 111
2B Lou Bierbauer 118 470 122 .260 1 71
SS Monte Cross 109 397 101 .254 3 54
3B Billy Clingman 107 386 99 .256 0 45
OF Mike Smith 125 484 146 .302 1 81
OF Jake Stenzel 130 518 192 .371 7 97
OF Patsy Donovan 126 522 162 .310 1 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
Frank Genins 73 252 63 .250 2 24
Joe Sugden 50 158 48 .304 1 17
Bill Stuart 19 77 19 .247 0 10
Tom Kinslow 19 62 14 .226 0 5
Connie Mack 14 49 15 .306 0 4
Bill Niles 11 37 8 .216 0 0
John Corcoran 6 20 3 .150 0 1

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
Pink Hawley 56 444.1 31 22 3.18 142
Bill Hart 36 261.2 14 17 4.75 85
Brownie Foreman 19 139.2 8 6 3.22 54
Frank Killen 13 95.0 5 5 5.49 25
Jim Gardner 11 85.1 8 2 2.64 31
Tom Colcolough 7 43.1 1 1 6.65 16
Harry Jordan 2 17.0 0 2 4.24 4
Gus Weyhing 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 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
Sam Moran 10 62.2 2 4 7.47 19
Jake Hewitt 4 13.0 1 0 4.15 4
Jock Menefee 2 1.2 0 1 16.20 0

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
Gussie Gannon 1 0 0 0 1.80 0
Dave Wright 1 0 0 0 27.00 0

Notes

  1. ^ Until early in the 20th century, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled both with and without the final 'h'.

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