1896 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1895 / 1897

66-63, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (66-63)
Scored 787 runs, Allowed 741 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-61

Ballparks: Exposition Park III · Attendance: 197,000 (9th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 93

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1895 / 1897 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Joe Sugden#	25	80	338	301	42	89	5	7	0	36	5		19	9	.296	.348	.359	.706	89	108		5	13
2	1B	Jake Beckley*	28	59	258	217	44	55	7	5	3	32	8		22	28	.253	.349	.373	.723	94	81		10	9
3	2B	Dick Padden	25	61	239	219	33	53	4	8	2	24	8		14	9	.242	.294	.361	.654	75	79		2	4
4	SS	Bones Ely	33	128	598	537	85	153	15	9	3	77	18		33	33	.285	.326	.363	.689	85	195		0	28
5	3B	Denny Lyons	30	118	519	436	77	134	25	6	4	71	13		67	25	.307	.406	.420	.825	121	183		5	11
6	OF	Jake Stenzel	29	114	525	479	104	173	26	14	2	82	57		32	13	.361	.410	.486	.897	140	233		8	6
7	OF	Mike Smith*	28	122	572	484	121	175	21	14	6	94	33		74	18	.362	.454	.500	.954	155	242		8	6
8	OF	Patsy Donovan*	31	131	624	573	113	183	20	5	3	59	48		35	18	.319	.370	.387	.757	103	222		11	5
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	Bill Merritt	25	77	311	282	26	82	8	2	1	42	3		18	10	.291	.336	.344	.680	82	97		1	10
10	2B	Lou Bierbauer*	30	59	265	258	33	74	10	6	0	39	7		5	7	.287	.300	.372	.672	80	96		0	2
11	1B	Harry Davis	22	44	187	168	24	32	5	6	0	23	9		13	21	.190	.257	.292	.548	47	49		2	4
12	1B	Connie Mack	33	33	126	120	9	26	4	1	0	16	0		5	8	.217	.248	.267	.515	38	32		0	1
13	OF	Joe Wright*	27	15	53	52	5	16	2	1	0	6	1		1	2	.308	.321	.385	.705	88	20		0	0
14	3B	Jud Smith	27	10	39	35	6	12	2	1	0	4	3		2	2	.343	.395	.457	.852	128	16		1	1
15	2B	Harry Truby?	26	8	35	32	1	5	0	0	0	3	1		2	4	.156	.206	.156	.362	-2	5		0	1
16	1B	Abel Lizotte?	26	7	32	29	3	3	0	0	0	3	1		2	2	.103	.161	.103	.265	-28	3		0	1
17	C	Eddie Boyle	22	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
18	SS	Tom Delahanty*	24	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	1		0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
19	P	Frank Killen*	25	55	204	173	29	40	4	5	2	25	1		26	31	.231	.338	.347	.685	84	60		2	3
20	P	Pink Hawley*	23	50	170	163	19	39	9	4	1	21	1		1	22	.239	.257	.362	.619	65	59		3	3
21	P	Jim Hughey?	27	25	70	65	4	14	1	0	0	5	0		5	8	.215	.271	.231	.502	35	15		0	0
22	P	Charlie Hastings?	25	17	41	37	5	8	1	0	0	3	0		4	7	.216	.293	.243	.536	44	9		0	0
23	P	Brownie Foreman*	20	9	27	20	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		7	7	.150	.370	.150	.520	42	3		0	0
24	P	Elmer Horton	26	2	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
25	P	Jot Goar	26	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-11	1		0	0
		Team Totals	28.3	131	5254	4701	787	1371	169	94	27	667	217		387	286	.292	.353	.385	.738	98	1809		58	108
		Rank in 12 NL teams				4	8	6	9	3	10		7	1	7	7	7	8	9	9		6		4		1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Frank Killen*	25	30	18	.625	3.41	52	50	1	44	5	0	432.1	476	244	164	7	119		134	14	1	9	1850	123	1.376	9.9	0.1	2.5	2.8	1.13
2	SP	Pink Hawley	23	22	21	.512	3.57	49	43	6	37	2	0	378.0	382	197	150	2	157		137	28	0	17	1652	117	1.426	9.1	0.0	3.7	3.3	0.87
3	SP	Jim Hughey	27	6	8	.429	4.99	25	14	9	11	0	0	155.0	171	108	86	3	67		48	7	0	4	690	84	1.535	9.9	0.2	3.9	2.8	0.72
4	SP	Charlie Hastings?	25	5	10	.333	5.88	17	13	4	9	0	1	104.0	126	86	68	1	44		19	7	0	5	476	71	1.635	10.9	0.1	3.8	1.6	0.43
5	SP	Brownie Foreman*	20	3	3	.500	6.57	9	9	0	5	0	0	61.2	73	55	45	4	35		18	8	0	5	293	64	1.751	10.7	0.6	5.1	2.6	0.51
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6		Elmer Horton	26	0	2	.000	9.60	2	2	0	2	0	0	15.0	22	18	16	0	9		3	1	0	0	75	45	2.067	13.2	0.0	5.4	1.8	0.33
7		Jot Goar	26	0	1	.000	16.88	3	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	36	33	25	1	8		3	1	0	2	83	25	3.300	24.3	0.7	5.4	2.0	0.38
		Team Totals	24.4	66	63	.512	4.30	131	131	23	108	7	1	1159.1	1286	741	554	18	439		362	66	1	42	5119	98	1.488	10.0	0.1	3.4	2.8	0.82
		Rank in 12 NL teams		6	7		6				6	4	8	4	4	4	6	1	9		1
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Jake Beckley	28	60		602	560	31	11	42	.982	9.85							1B-OF-2B
Lou Bierbauer	30	59		358	140	206	12	32	.966	5.86							2B
Eddie Boyle	22	2		6	4	1	1	0	.833	2.50	0		3	1	25%		C
Harry Davis	22	46		384	346	24	14	19	.964	8.04							1B-OF-SS
Tom Delahanty	24	1		4	1	2	1	1	.750	3.00							SS
Patsy Donovan	31	131		260	224	24	12	8	.954	1.89							OF
Bones Ely	33	128		752	258	432	62	52	.918	5.39							SS
Brownie Foreman	20	9		19	0	19	0	1	1.000	2.11							P
Jot Goar	26	3		4	0	2	2	0	.500	0.67							P
Charlie Hastings	25	17		42	8	29	5	3	.881	2.18							P
Pink Hawley	23	49		130	12	108	10	2	.923	2.45							P
Elmer Horton	26	2		6	4	0	2	0	.667	2.00							P
Jim Hughey	27	25		31	5	23	3	1	.903	1.12							P
Frank Killen	25	52		140	15	115	10	1	.929	2.50							P
Abel Lizotte	26	7		62	53	6	3	3	.952	8.43							1B
Denny Lyons	30	116		410	165	201	44	15	.893	3.16							3B
Connie Mack	33	33		287	261	19	7	14	.976	8.48	1		7	3	30%		1B-C
Bill Merritt	25	75		406	286	95	25	8	.938	5.08	14		141	85	38%		C-3B-2B-1B-SS
Dick Padden	25	61		349	176	149	24	14	.931	5.33							2B
Mike Smith	28	122		334	302	14	18	6	.946	2.59							OF
Jud Smith	27	10		44	19	21	4	3	.909	4.00							3B
Jake Stenzel	29	115		286	250	13	23	5	.920	2.29							OF-1B
Joe Sugden	25	81		431	337	73	21	16	.951	5.06	11		159	79	33%		C-1B-OF
Harry Truby	26	8		39	20	17	2	7	.949	4.63							2B
Joe Wright	27	13		25	24	0	1	0	.960	1.85							OF-3B
Team Totals	28.1	131		5411	3470	1624	317	253	.941	4.16	26		310	168	35%
Rank in 12 NL teams							7	8	5
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Jake Beckley*	28	258	-2	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	0.6	6	0.6	0.0	$	Jumped Lgs--Return	3/O4
Lou Bierbauer*	30	265	-8	0	0	0	6	1	8	7	0.8	1	0.1	0.7	$		4
Eddie Boyle	22	5	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	Traded	/2
Harry Davis	22	187	-15	1	0	0	-1	-1	6	-10	-0.8	-9	-0.8	0.0	$	Traded	3O/6
Tom Delahanty*	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Purchased	/6
Patsy Donovan*	31	624	9	3	0	0	4	-9	17	24	2.2	20	1.9	0.3	$		*O
Bones Ely	33	598	-11	-1	0	0	5	8	16	17	1.9	12	1.1	0.8	$	Traded	*6
Brownie Foreman*	20	27	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Jot Goar	26	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Charlie Hastings?	25	41	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$		1
Pink Hawley*	23	170	-11	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0.2	0	0.0	0.2	$	Traded	1
Elmer Horton	26	7	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		/1
Jim Hughey?	27	70	-7	-1	0	0	0	3	2	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$		1
Frank Killen*	25	204	-5	-1	0	0	0	7	6	7	0.8	7	0.6	0.2	$	Traded	1
Abel Lizotte?	26	32	-6	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$		/3
Denny Lyons	30	519	22	-4	0	0	-8	4	15	29	2.6	37	3.4	-0.8	$2,400		*5
Connie Mack	33	126	-12	-1	0	0	1	0	4	-8	-0.6	-9	-0.8	0.2	$	Assigned--by lg	3/2
Bill Merritt	25	311	-6	-4	0	0	-1	4	10	3	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$	Purchased	2/5346
Dick Padden	25	239	-9	0	0	0	-7	1	8	-7	-0.6	0	0.0	-0.6	$		4
Jud Smith	27	39	2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$		5
Mike Smith*	28	572	54	1	0	0	9	-8	16	72	6.3	63	5.8	0.5	$		*O
Jake Stenzel	29	525	36	5	0	0	-4	-6	15	46	3.9	50	4.6	-0.7	$		*O/3
Joe Sugden#	25	338	-2	-2	0	0	3	4	10	13	1.4	10	0.9	0.5	$		2/3O
Harry Truby?	26	35	-5	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-5	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$	Purchased	/4
Joe Wright*	27	53	-1	0	0	0	-1	-1	2	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	Traded	O/5
Team Total	28.3	5254	13	-4	0	0	4	16	153	182	17.8	178	16.4	1.4	$2,400
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Brownie Foreman*	20	61.2	9	55	48	0	1.0	-7	-0.8	$
Jot Goar	26	13.1	0	33	10	0	1.0	-23	-2.0	$
Charlie Hastings?	25	104.0	13	86	80	0	1.0	-6	-0.8	$
Pink Hawley	23	378.0	43	197	292	1	1.0	95	7.0	$	Traded
Elmer Horton	26	15.0	2	18	12	0	1.0	-6	-0.6	$
Jim Hughey	27	155.0	14	108	120	0	1.0	12	0.5	$
Frank Killen*	25	432.1	50	244	333	1	1.0	89	6.4	$	Traded
Team Total	24.4	1159.1	131	741	895	2	1.0	154	9.7	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1895 / 1897 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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