1896 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 66-63
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 197,000, Avg. 3,147
Ballpark: Exposition Park
Manager: Connie Mack (66-63)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1896 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 66-63
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 197,000, Avg. 3,147
Ballpark: Exposition Park
Manager: Connie Mack (66-63)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1896 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1896 season with a record of 66 wins and 63 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.
The Pirates plated 787 runs and allowed 741 runs. Elmer Smith drove in 94 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .362 clip. Frank Killen recorded 30 wins on the mound for the squad, while Pink Hawley added 15 or more wins, too Frank Killen recorded a 3.41 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Connie Mack coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Killen | 30 | 18 | .625 | 3.41 | 52 | 50 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 432.3 | 476 | 244 | 164 | 7 | 119 | 0 | 134 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 1850 |
| Pink Hawley | 22 | 21 | .512 | 3.57 | 49 | 43 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 378.0 | 382 | 197 | 150 | 2 | 157 | 0 | 137 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 1652 |
| Jim Hughey | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.99 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 155.0 | 171 | 108 | 86 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 690 |
| Charlie Hastings | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.88 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 104.0 | 126 | 86 | 68 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 476 |
| John Foreman | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.57 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 61.7 | 73 | 55 | 45 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 293 |
| Jot Goar | 0 | 1 | .000 | 16.88 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 36 | 33 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 |
| Elmer Horton | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Totals | 66 | 63 | .512 | 4.30 | 157 | 131 | 23 | 108 | 7 | 1 | 1159.3 | 1286 | 741 | 554 | 18 | 439 | 0 | 362 | 66 | 1 | 42 | 5119 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patsy Donovan | 131 | 624 | 573 | 113 | 183 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 48 | 0 | 35 | 18 | .319 | .370 | .387 | .757 | 222 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Smith | 122 | 572 | 484 | 121 | 175 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 94 | 33 | 0 | 74 | 18 | .362 | .454 | .500 | .954 | 242 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Stenzel | 114 | 525 | 479 | 104 | 173 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 82 | 57 | 0 | 32 | 13 | .361 | .410 | .486 | .897 | 233 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bones Ely | 128 | 598 | 537 | 85 | 153 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 77 | 18 | 0 | 33 | 33 | .285 | .326 | .363 | .689 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Lyons | 118 | 519 | 436 | 77 | 134 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 71 | 13 | 0 | 67 | 25 | .307 | .406 | .420 | .825 | 183 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Sugden | 80 | 338 | 301 | 42 | 89 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | .296 | .348 | .359 | .706 | 108 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Merritt | 77 | 311 | 282 | 26 | 82 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 10 | .291 | .336 | .344 | .680 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Bierbauer | 59 | 265 | 258 | 33 | 74 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .287 | .300 | .372 | .672 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Beckley | 59 | 258 | 217 | 44 | 55 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 28 | .253 | .349 | .373 | .723 | 81 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Padden | 61 | 239 | 219 | 33 | 53 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .242 | .294 | .361 | .654 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Killen | 55 | 204 | 173 | 29 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 31 | .231 | .338 | .347 | .685 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pink Hawley | 50 | 170 | 163 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .239 | .257 | .362 | .619 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Davis | 44 | 187 | 168 | 24 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .190 | .257 | .292 | .548 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Connie Mack | 33 | 126 | 120 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .217 | .248 | .267 | .515 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Wright | 15 | 53 | 52 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .308 | .321 | .385 | .705 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hughey | 25 | 70 | 65 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .215 | .271 | .231 | .502 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jud Smith | 10 | 39 | 35 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .343 | .395 | .457 | .852 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hastings | 17 | 41 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .216 | .293 | .243 | .536 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Truby | 8 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .156 | .206 | .156 | .362 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Foreman | 9 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .150 | .370 | .150 | .520 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abel Lizotte | 7 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .103 | .161 | .103 | .265 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Delahanty | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jot Goar | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Boyle | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Horton | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1230 | 5254 | 4701 | 787 | 1371 | 169 | 94 | 27 | 667 | 217 | 0 | 387 | 286 | .292 | .353 | .385 | .738 | 1809 | 0 | 58 | 108 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Beckley | 1B | 56 | 0 | 499.0 | 558 | 31 | 11 | 42 | .982 | 1.623 | 1.518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Davis | 1B | 35 | 0 | 295.0 | 325 | 18 | 12 | 17 | .966 | 1.464 | 9.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Connie Mack | 1B | 28 | 0 | 228.0 | 247 | 16 | 7 | 14 | .974 | 1.382 | 9.393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abel Lizotte | 1B | 7 | 0 | 59.0 | 53 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .952 | 9.000 | 8.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sugden | 1B | 7 | 0 | 44.0 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .961 | 1.023 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Merritt | 1B | 3 | 0 | 29.0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.862 | 11.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Stenzel | 1B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 6.750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Padden | 2B | 61 | 0 | 534.0 | 176 | 149 | 24 | 14 | .931 | 5.478 | 5.328 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | 2B | 59 | 0 | 534.0 | 140 | 206 | 12 | 32 | .966 | 5.831 | 5.864 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Truby | 2B | 8 | 0 | 69.0 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 7 | .949 | 4.826 | 4.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Merritt | 2B | 3 | 0 | 19.0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.684 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Beckley | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denny Lyons | 3B | 116 | 0 | 1016.0 | 165 | 201 | 44 | 15 | .893 | 3.242 | 3.155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jud Smith | 3B | 10 | 0 | 98.0 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 3 | .909 | 3.673 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Merritt | 3B | 5 | 0 | 41.0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 2.634 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Wright | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sugden | C | 70 | 0 | 594.0 | 284 | 70 | 18 | 12 | .952 | 5.364 | 5.057 | 11 | 0 | 159 | 79 | 33.2 |
| Bill Merritt | C | 62 | 0 | 528.0 | 242 | 75 | 20 | 5 | .941 | 5.403 | 5.113 | 14 | 0 | 141 | 85 | 37.6 |
| Connie Mack | C | 5 | 0 | 27.0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.667 | 3.400 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 30.0 |
| Eddie Boyle | C | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 4.500 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Patsy Donovan | OF | 131 | 0 | 1149.0 | 224 | 24 | 12 | 8 | .954 | 1.943 | 1.893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Smith | OF | 122 | 0 | 1081.0 | 302 | 14 | 18 | 6 | .946 | 2.631 | 2.590 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Stenzel | OF | 114 | 0 | 1021.0 | 247 | 13 | 22 | 5 | .922 | 2.292 | 2.281 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Wright | OF | 12 | 0 | 97.0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 2.134 | 1.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Davis | OF | 10 | 0 | 84.0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 2.464 | 2.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sugden | OF | 4 | 0 | 31.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.032 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Beckley | OF | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Killen | P | 52 | 0 | 432.0 | 15 | 115 | 10 | 1 | .929 | 2.708 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pink Hawley | P | 49 | 0 | 378.0 | 12 | 108 | 10 | 2 | .923 | 2.857 | 2.449 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hughey | P | 25 | 0 | 155.0 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.626 | 1.120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hastings | P | 17 | 0 | 104.0 | 8 | 29 | 5 | 3 | .881 | 3.202 | 2.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Foreman | P | 9 | 0 | 62.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.758 | 2.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Horton | P | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.400 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jot Goar | P | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.385 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bones Ely | SS | 128 | 0 | 1132.0 | 258 | 432 | 62 | 52 | .918 | 5.486 | 5.391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Merritt | SS | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 4.500 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Davis | SS | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Delahanty | SS | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.857 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1225 | 0 | 10420.0 | 3470 | 1624 | 317 | 253 | .941 | 4.400 | 4.158 | 26 | 0 | 310 | 168 | 35.1 |
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