1895 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1895 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkExposition Park
CityAllegheny, Pennsylvania
OwnersWilliam Kerr and Phil Auten
ManagersConnie Mack
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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 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 BOS BR CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSH
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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