1899 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 76-73
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 251,834, Avg. 2,668
Ballpark: Exposition Park
Manager: Bill Watkins (7-15)
Manager: Patsy Donovan (69-58)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1899 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 76-73
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 251,834, Avg. 2,668
Ballpark: Exposition Park
Manager: Bill Watkins (7-15)
Manager: Patsy Donovan (69-58)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1899 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1899 season with a record of 76 wins and 73 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.
The Pirates scored 841 runs and allowed 771 runs. Jimmy Williams accounted for 116 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .354 clip. Jesse Tannehill recorded 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Sam Leever, too added 15 or more wins, too Jesse Tannehill registered a 2.82 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Bill Watkins and Patsy Donovan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Tannehill | 24 | 14 | .632 | 2.82 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 322.0 | 361 | 139 | 101 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1343 |
| Sam Leever | 21 | 23 | .477 | 3.18 | 51 | 39 | 11 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 379.0 | 353 | 191 | 134 | 7 | 122 | 0 | 121 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1564 |
| Tully Sparks | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.86 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 170.0 | 180 | 101 | 73 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 756 |
| Bill Hoffer | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.63 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 163.7 | 169 | 98 | 66 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 709 |
| Jack Chesbro | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.11 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 149.0 | 165 | 99 | 68 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 659 |
| Billy Rhines | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.00 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 59 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 230 |
| Chummy Gray | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.44 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 | 85 | 35 | 27 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 314 |
| Jim Gardner | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.52 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 52 | 37 | 27 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 157 |
| Harley Payne | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.76 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 114 |
| Jay Parker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rosie Rosebraugh | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Totals | 76 | 73 | .510 | 3.61 | 194 | 155 | 37 | 118 | 9 | 4 | 1373.0 | 1471 | 771 | 551 | 27 | 438 | 0 | 338 | 68 | 6 | 22 | 5884 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Williams | 153 | 693 | 621 | 126 | 220 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 116 | 26 | 0 | 60 | 51 | .354 | .416 | .530 | .946 | 329 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack McCarthy | 139 | 635 | 565 | 109 | 173 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 69 | 28 | 0 | 39 | 13 | .306 | .355 | .427 | .782 | 241 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Patsy Donovan | 122 | 566 | 536 | 82 | 156 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 56 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 17 | .291 | .319 | .343 | .662 | 184 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ginger Beaumont | 111 | 489 | 437 | 90 | 154 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 31 | 0 | 41 | 27 | .352 | .416 | .444 | .860 | 194 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McCreery | 119 | 517 | 460 | 77 | 149 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 47 | 36 | .324 | .390 | .428 | .818 | 197 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bones Ely | 139 | 582 | 526 | 67 | 146 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 31 | .278 | .313 | .352 | .665 | 185 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Bowerman | 110 | 457 | 427 | 51 | 111 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .260 | .288 | .365 | .654 | 156 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Clark | 81 | 348 | 300 | 49 | 85 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 21 | .283 | .377 | .393 | .770 | 118 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pop Schriver | 92 | 342 | 302 | 31 | 85 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 10 | .281 | .344 | .387 | .732 | 117 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| John O'Brien | 79 | 312 | 279 | 26 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 7 | .226 | .285 | .272 | .557 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Reitz | 35 | 149 | 133 | 12 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .263 | .315 | .323 | .638 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Tannehill | 48 | 150 | 136 | 18 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .250 | .301 | .331 | .632 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Leever | 51 | 161 | 146 | 15 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .226 | .271 | .322 | .593 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Madison | 42 | 132 | 118 | 20 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .271 | .338 | .356 | .694 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Dillon | 30 | 129 | 121 | 21 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .256 | .286 | .298 | .583 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hoffer | 33 | 97 | 91 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .198 | .247 | .220 | .467 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Smith | 15 | 59 | 53 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .283 | .345 | .377 | .722 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Rhines | 10 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .435 | .435 | .652 | 1.087 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Fox | 13 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .244 | .311 | .366 | .677 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Chesbro | 19 | 63 | 58 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .155 | .197 | .155 | .352 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tully Sparks | 28 | 71 | 62 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .129 | .239 | .194 | .433 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gardner | 6 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .231 | .333 | .308 | .641 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harley Payne | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chummy Gray | 9 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .038 | .138 | .038 | .176 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosie Rosebraugh | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1492 | 6079 | 5486 | 841 | 1582 | 196 | 121 | 29 | 706 | 179 | 0 | 386 | 344 | .288 | .342 | .384 | .726 | 2107 | 0 | 63 | 144 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Clark | 1B | 79 | 0 | 707.0 | 842 | 36 | 10 | 37 | .989 | 11.177 | 11.114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Dillon | 1B | 30 | 0 | 267.0 | 301 | 17 | 4 | 16 | .988 | 1.719 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Bowerman | 1B | 28 | 0 | 231.0 | 259 | 16 | 10 | 14 | .965 | 1.714 | 9.821 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Fox | 1B | 9 | 0 | 80.0 | 94 | 7 | 3 | 11 | .971 | 11.363 | 11.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pop Schriver | 1B | 9 | 0 | 73.0 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 11.219 | 1.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ginger Beaumont | 1B | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 9.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John O'Brien | 2B | 79 | 0 | 688.0 | 211 | 243 | 26 | 32 | .946 | 5.939 | 5.747 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Reitz | 2B | 35 | 0 | 307.0 | 86 | 115 | 5 | 8 | .976 | 5.893 | 5.743 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Smith | 2B | 15 | 0 | 133.0 | 34 | 46 | 14 | 3 | .851 | 5.414 | 5.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Madison | 2B | 19 | 0 | 128.0 | 40 | 41 | 4 | 4 | .953 | 5.695 | 4.263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bones Ely | 2B | 6 | 0 | 58.0 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 6.672 | 7.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom McCreery | 2B | 7 | 0 | 57.0 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .868 | 5.211 | 4.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hoffer | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Williams | 3B | 153 | 0 | 1353.0 | 251 | 355 | 67 | 14 | .900 | 4.031 | 3.961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Madison | 3B | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.050 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Bowerman | C | 80 | 0 | 712.0 | 280 | 130 | 23 | 8 | .947 | 5.183 | 5.125 | 18 | 0 | 101 | 106 | 51.2 |
| Pop Schriver | C | 78 | 0 | 640.0 | 275 | 94 | 16 | 6 | .958 | 5.189 | 4.731 | 13 | 0 | 91 | 77 | 45.8 |
| George Fox | C | 3 | 0 | 20.0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.850 | 4.333 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 40.0 |
| Jack McCarthy | OF | 139 | 0 | 1219.0 | 283 | 19 | 12 | 6 | .962 | 2.230 | 2.173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patsy Donovan | OF | 122 | 0 | 1041.0 | 186 | 9 | 12 | 3 | .942 | 1.686 | 1.598 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ginger Beaumont | OF | 100 | 0 | 910.0 | 235 | 20 | 21 | 6 | .924 | 2.522 | 2.550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom McCreery | OF | 98 | 0 | 880.0 | 200 | 16 | 21 | 2 | .911 | 2.209 | 2.204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hoffer | OF | 6 | 0 | 67.0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 2.552 | 3.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Tannehill | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Leever | P | 51 | 0 | 379.0 | 10 | 100 | 6 | 2 | .948 | 2.612 | 2.157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Tannehill | P | 41 | 0 | 313.0 | 9 | 98 | 5 | 7 | .955 | 3.077 | 2.610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tully Sparks | P | 28 | 0 | 170.0 | 5 | 41 | 8 | 1 | .852 | 2.435 | 1.643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hoffer | P | 23 | 0 | 164.0 | 13 | 37 | 5 | 2 | .909 | 2.744 | 2.174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Chesbro | P | 19 | 0 | 149.0 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .912 | 1.872 | 1.632 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chummy Gray | P | 9 | 0 | 71.0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.423 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Rhines | P | 9 | 0 | 54.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gardner | P | 6 | 0 | 32.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .844 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harley Payne | P | 5 | 0 | 26.0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 6.231 | 3.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rosie Rosebraugh | P | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Parker | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bones Ely | SS | 133 | 0 | 1182.0 | 277 | 476 | 58 | 46 | .928 | 5.734 | 5.662 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Madison | SS | 15 | 0 | 115.0 | 28 | 41 | 7 | 6 | .908 | 5.400 | 4.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom McCreery | SS | 9 | 0 | 75.0 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 1 | .840 | 5.040 | 4.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Smith | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1453 | 0 | 12350.0 | 4117 | 2115 | 363 | 245 | .945 | 4.542 | 4.289 | 31 | 0 | 195 | 185 | 48.7 |
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