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1899 Pittsburgh Pirates

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1898 / 1900

76-73, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Watkins (7-15) and Patsy Donovan (69-58)
Scored 841 runs, Allowed 771 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-69

Ballparks: Exposition Park III · Attendance: 251,834 (6th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

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1898 / 1900 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs · Mouseover bar for details · Click for box score · Grouped by Month

Game Results

Season Summary	76-73, Final Rank:7, GB: 25.5
Days in First	never

Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	28.5	last on Wednesday, Sep 20, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	4	last on Friday, Oct 13
Most Games under .500	11	last on Thursday, May 25
Longest Winning Streak	9	Monday, Jun 26 to Tuesday, Jul 4
Longest Losing Streak	6	Monday, Apr 17 to Tuesday, Apr 25 and Tuesday, Sep 12 to Saturday, Sep 16
Most Runs Allowed	16	Saturday, Aug 12
Most Runs Scored	18	Saturday, Jul 22
Times Shutout by Opponent	3
Times Opponent Shutout	9

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	76	73	841	771	.510
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	49	34	482	387	.590
Road	27	39	359	384	.409
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	2	8	40	49	.200
May	12	13	143	131	.480
June	14	11	151	132	.560
July	17	11	163	135	.607
August	12	15	132	147	.444
September	13	14	157	146	.481
October	6	1	55	31	.857

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	35	40	405	383	.467
Second Half	41	33	436	388	.554
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	22	21	216	214	.512
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	25	16	291	209	.610

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BLN	3	9	61	88	.250
BRO	6	8	71	78	.429
BSN	4	10	60	79	.286
CHC	7	6	95	72	.538
CIN	3	10	55	74	.231
CLV	12	2	94	43	.857
LOU	8	6	82	67	.571
NYG	7	6	68	55	.538
PHI	8	6	110	84	.571
STL	7	7	66	68	.500
WHS	11	3	79	63	.786

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Saturday, Apr 15	PIT	@	CIN	W	5	2		1-0	3	0.5							`+`
2	2	Monday, Apr 17	PIT	@	CIN	L	7	8		1-1	5	1.5							`-`
3	3	Tuesday, Apr 18	PIT	@	CIN	L	5	7		1-2	7	2.0							`--`
4	4	Wednesday, Apr 19	PIT	@	CIN	T	3	3		1-2	8	2.0							`--`
5	5	Thursday, Apr 20	PIT	@	STL	L	2	6		1-3	10	3.0							`---`
6	6	Friday, Apr 21	PIT	@	STL	L	5	6		1-4	10	4.0							`----`
7	7	Saturday, Apr 22	PIT	@	STL	L	3	5		1-5	10	4.5							`-----`
8	8	Tuesday, Apr 25	PIT	@	LOU	L	1	2		1-6	11	6.0							`------`
9	9	Wednesday, Apr 26	PIT	@	LOU	W	7	3		2-6	10	5.0							`+`
10	10	Friday, Apr 28	PIT		STL	L	1	5		2-7	10	6.0						6,000	`-`
11	11	Saturday, Apr 29	PIT		STL	L	1	2		2-8	12	7.0							`--`
12	12	Monday, May 1	PIT		STL	L	5	7		2-9	12	7.5							`---`
13	13	Tuesday, May 2	PIT		STL	W	4	3		3-9	10	6.5							`+`
14	14	Wednesday, May 3	PIT		LOU	T *T	7	6		3-9	10	7.0							`+`
15	15	Thursday, May 4	PIT		LOU	L	3	4		3-10	10	7.5							`-`
16	16	Friday, May 5	PIT		LOU	W	7	5		4-10	10	7.0							`+`
17	17	Saturday, May 6	PIT		LOU	W	10	5		5-10	10	6.0							`++`
18	18	Monday, May 8	PIT		LOU	W	8	5		6-10	10	6.0							`+++`
19	19	Tuesday, May 9	PIT		CIN	L	2	5		6-11	10	6.5							`-`
20	20	Wednesday, May 10	PIT		CIN	L	5	11		6-12	10	7.5							`--`
21	21	Thursday, May 11	PIT		CIN	L	0	1		6-13	10	8.5							`---`
22	22	Friday, May 12	PIT		CIN	L	1	5		6-14	10	9.5							`----`
23	23	Saturday, May 13	PIT		CLV	W	6	0		7-14	10	8.5							`+`
24	24	Monday, May 15	PIT		CHC	L	3	4		7-15	10	10.0							`-`
25	25	Tuesday, May 16	PIT		CHC	L	9	10		7-16	10	11.0							`--`
26	26	Wednesday, May 17	PIT		CHC	W	11	1		8-16	10	10.0							`+`
27	27	Friday, May 19 (1)	PIT	@	WHS	W	11	4		9-16	10	10.5							`++`
28	28	Friday, May 19 (2)	PIT	@	WHS	L	2	10		9-17	10	10.5							`-`
29	29	Saturday, May 20	PIT		WHS	L	6	7		9-18	10	11.0							`--`
30	30	Monday, May 22	PIT		BLN	W	9	4		10-18	8	10.5							`+`
31	31	Tuesday, May 23	PIT		BLN	L	2	8		10-19	9	11.5							`-`
32	32	Wednesday, May 24	PIT		BLN	L	6	7		10-20	10	11.5							`--`
33	33	Thursday, May 25	PIT		PHI	L	5	6		10-21	10	12.5							`---`
34	34	Friday, May 26	PIT		PHI	W	7	5		11-21	10	12.0							`+`
35	35	Tuesday, May 30 (1)	PIT		WHS	W	4	3		12-21	9	12.0							`++`
36	36	Tuesday, May 30 (2)	PIT		WHS	W	5	4		13-21	9	12.0							`+++`
37	37	Wednesday, May 31	PIT	@	WHS	W	5	1		14-21	8	12.0							`++++`
38	38	Thursday, Jun 1	PIT	@	WHS	W	11	10		15-21	8	12.0							`+++++`
39	39	Friday, Jun 2	PIT	@	PHI	L	3	4		15-22	8	13.0							`-`
40	40	Saturday, Jun 3	PIT	@	PHI	W	15	3		16-22	8	13.0							`+`
41	41	Monday, Jun 5	PIT	@	PHI	L	3	13		16-23	8	14.0							`-`
42	42	Tuesday, Jun 6	PIT	@	BLN	L	3	6		16-24	9	15.0							`--`
43	43	Wednesday, Jun 7	PIT	@	BLN	L	2	6		16-25	9	16.0							`---`
44	44	Thursday, Jun 8	PIT	@	BLN	L	5	11		16-26	9	17.0							`----`
45	45	Saturday, Jun 10 (1)	PIT		LOU	W	6	1		17-26	9	16.5							`+`
46	46	Saturday, Jun 10 (2)	PIT		LOU	W	5	4		18-26	9	16.5							`++`
47	47	Monday, Jun 12	PIT	@	CLV	W	5	3		19-26	9	16.0							`+++`
48	48	Tuesday, Jun 13	PIT	@	CLV	W	10	6		20-26	9	15.5							`++++`
49	49	Wednesday, Jun 14	PIT	@	CLV	W	10	1		21-26	8	15.0							`+++++`
50	50	Thursday, Jun 15	PIT	@	CLV	L	2	6		21-27	8	16.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Saturday, Jun 17	PIT		CLV	W	3	2		22-27	8	16.0							`+`
52	52	Monday, Jun 19	PIT		NYG	W	5	0		23-27	8	16.5							`++`
53	53	Tuesday, Jun 20	PIT		NYG	L	2	4		23-28	8	17.5							`-`
54	54	Wednesday, Jun 21	PIT		NYG	L	2	5		23-29	8	18.5							`--`
55	55	Thursday, Jun 22	PIT		NYG	L	6	11		23-30	8	19.5							`---`
56	56	Friday, Jun 23	PIT		BSN	L	2	4		23-31	9	19.5							`----`
57	57	Monday, Jun 26 (1)	PIT		BSN	L	10	12		23-32	9	19.0							`-----`
58	58	Monday, Jun 26 (2)	PIT		BSN	W	8	1		24-32	9	19.0							`+`
59	59	Tuesday, Jun 27	PIT		BSN	W	4	3		25-32	9	18.5							`++`
60	60	Wednesday, Jun 28	PIT		BRO	W	9	1		26-32	9	17.5							`+++`
61	61	Thursday, Jun 29	PIT		BRO	W	9	5		27-32	9	16.5							`++++`
62	62	Friday, Jun 30	PIT		BRO	W	11	10		28-32	9	15.5							`+++++`
63	63	Saturday, Jul 1	PIT		BRO	W	3	2		29-32	8	14.5							`++++++`
64	64	Monday, Jul 3	PIT		CLV	W	7	1		30-32	8	14.0							`+++++++`
65	65	Tuesday, Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CLV	W	4	3		31-32	8	12.0							`++++++++`
66	66	Tuesday, Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CLV	W	7	6		32-32	8	12.0							`+++++++++`
67	67	Wednesday, Jul 5	PIT		CHC	L	3	6		32-33	8	12.0							`-`
68	68	Thursday, Jul 6	PIT		CHC	L	8	11		32-34	8	13.0							`--`
69	69	Friday, Jul 7	PIT		CHC	W	7	6		33-34	8	13.0							`+`
70	70	Saturday, Jul 8	PIT		CHC	W	6	0		34-34	8	13.0							`++`
71	71	Monday, Jul 10	PIT		CIN	L	3	4		34-35	8	13.0							`-`
72	72	Tuesday, Jul 11	PIT	@	NYG	L	8	11		34-36	8	14.0							`--`
73	73	Wednesday, Jul 12	PIT	@	NYG	L	1	4		34-37	8	15.0							`---`
74	74	Thursday, Jul 13	PIT	@	NYG	W	9	5		35-37	8	14.0							`+`
75	75	Friday, Jul 14	PIT	@	BSN	L	0	2		35-38	8	15.0							`-`
76	76	Saturday, Jul 15	PIT	@	BSN	L	0	1		35-39	8	16.0							`--`
77	77	Monday, Jul 17	PIT	@	BSN	L	5	9		35-40	8	17.0							`---`
78	78	Tuesday, Jul 18	PIT	@	BRO	W	8	2		36-40	8	16.0							`+`
79	79	Wednesday, Jul 19	PIT	@	BRO	L	1	4		36-41	8	17.0							`-`
80	80	Thursday, Jul 20	PIT	@	BRO	L	2	9		36-42	8	18.0							`--`
81	81	Friday, Jul 21	PIT		PHI	W	6	3		37-42	8	17.5							`+`
82	82	Saturday, Jul 22	PIT		PHI	W	18	4		38-42	8	16.5							`++`
83	83	Monday, Jul 24 (1)	PIT		PHI	W	9	8		39-42	8	16.0							`+++`
84	84	Monday, Jul 24 (2)	PIT		PHI	W	5	4		40-42	8	16.0							`++++`
85	85	Tuesday, Jul 25	PIT		PHI	W	15	12		41-42	8	15.5							`+++++`
86	86	Wednesday, Jul 26	PIT		WHS	W	8	1		42-42	7	15.5							`++++++`
87	87	Friday, Jul 28 (1)	PIT		WHS	L	1	4		42-43	8	15.5							`-`
88	88	Friday, Jul 28 (2)	PIT		WHS	W	6	5		43-43	8	15.5							`+`
89	89	Saturday, Jul 29	PIT		WHS	W	6	5		44-43	8	15.5							`++`
90	90	Monday, Jul 31	PIT		BLN	W	7	3		45-43	8	15.0							`+++`
91	91	Tuesday, Aug 1	PIT		BLN	W	9	2		46-43	8	14.0							`++++`
92	92	Wednesday, Aug 2	PIT		BLN	L	3	6		46-44	8	14.0							`-`
93	93	Thursday, Aug 3	PIT		BLN	L	4	5		46-45	8	14.5							`--`
94	94	Saturday, Aug 5	PIT		STL	W	4	0		47-45	8	14.5							`+`
95	95	Monday, Aug 7 (1)	PIT		STL	L	5	11		47-46	8	14.0							`-`
96	96	Monday, Aug 7 (2)	PIT		STL	W	3	1		48-46	8	14.0							`+`
97	97	Tuesday, Aug 8	PIT	@	PHI	L	4	5		48-47	8	14.0							`-`
98	98	Wednesday, Aug 9	PIT	@	PHI	L	13	14		48-48	8	14.0							`--`
99	99	Thursday, Aug 10	PIT	@	PHI	L	2	3		48-49	8	14.5							`---`
100	100	Friday, Aug 11	PIT	@	PHI	W	5	0		49-49	8	14.5							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Saturday, Aug 12	PIT	@	BLN	L	2	16		49-50	8	15.0							`-`
102	102	Monday, Aug 14	PIT	@	BLN	L	9	14		49-51	8	16.0							`--`
103	103	Wednesday, Aug 16	PIT	@	WHS	W	7	5		50-51	8	16.5							`+`
104	104	Thursday, Aug 17	PIT	@	WHS	W	5	3		51-51	8	16.5							`++`
105	105	Friday, Aug 18	PIT	@	WHS	W	2	1		52-51	8	16.5							`+++`
106	106	Saturday, Aug 19 (1)	PIT		CLV	W	11	1		53-51	8	16.0							`++++`
107	107	Saturday, Aug 19 (2)	PIT		CLV	L	3	8		53-52	8	16.0							`-`
108	108	Monday, Aug 21	PIT	@	CIN	L	1	7		53-53	8	17.0							`--`
109	109	Tuesday, Aug 22 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L	1	2		53-54	8	18.0							`---`
110	110	Tuesday, Aug 22 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	T	4	4		53-54	8	18.0							`---`
111	111	Wednesday, Aug 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W	5	2		54-54	8	18.0							`+`
112	112	Wednesday, Aug 23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L	3	5		54-55	8	18.0							`-`
113	113	Thursday, Aug 24	PIT		BSN	L	1	3		54-56	8	19.0							`--`
114	114	Friday, Aug 25	PIT		BSN	W	7	6		55-56	8	18.5							`+`
115	115	Monday, Aug 28	PIT		BRO	L	4	7		55-57	8	20.5							`-`
116	116	Tuesday, Aug 29	PIT		BRO	L	3	6		55-58	8	21.5							`--`
117	117	Wednesday, Aug 30	PIT		BRO	W	4	3		56-58	8	20.5							`+`
118	118	Thursday, Aug 31	PIT		NYG	W	8	7		57-58	8	20.5							`++`
119	119	Saturday, Sep 2 (1)	PIT		NYG	W	7	1		58-58	8	20.5							`+++`
120	120	Saturday, Sep 2 (2)	PIT		NYG	W	4	0		59-58	8	20.5							`++++`
121	121	Monday, Sep 4 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W	7	2		60-58	7	21.0							`+++++`
122	122	Monday, Sep 4 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	T	4	4		60-58	7	21.0							`+++++`
123	123	Tuesday, Sep 5	PIT	@	CHC	L	7	13		60-59	7	22.0							`-`
124	124	Wednesday, Sep 6	PIT	@	CHC	W	5	4		61-59	7	22.0							`+`
125	125	Thursday, Sep 7	PIT		LOU	L	4	7		61-60	7	22.0							`-`
126	126	Friday, Sep 8	PIT		LOU	L	3	5		61-61	8	23.0							`--`
127	127	Saturday, Sep 9 (1)	PIT		LOU	L	10	13		61-62	8	23.5							`---`
128	128	Saturday, Sep 9 (2)	PIT		LOU	W	5	1		62-62	8	23.5							`+`
129	129	Tuesday, Sep 12	PIT	@	BRO	L	8	11		62-63	8	24.5							`-`
130	130	Wednesday, Sep 13	PIT	@	BRO	L	3	4		62-64	8	25.5							`--`
131	131	Thursday, Sep 14 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L	5	7		62-65	8	27.5							`---`
132	132	Thursday, Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L	1	7		62-66	8	27.5							`----`
133	133	Friday, Sep 15	PIT	@	BSN	L	4	9		62-67	8	27.5							`-----`
134	134	Saturday, Sep 16	PIT	@	BSN	L	3	4		62-68	8	28.5							`------`
135	135	Monday, Sep 18 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W	7	5		63-68	8	28.5							`+`
136	136	Monday, Sep 18 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L	4	11		63-69	8	28.5							`-`
137	137	Tuesday, Sep 19	PIT	@	BSN	L	5	9		63-70	8	28.5							`--`
138	138	Wednesday, Sep 20	PIT	@	NYG	L	1	5		63-71	9	28.5							`---`
139	139	Friday, Sep 22 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W	11	2		64-71	9	28.0							`+`
140	140	Friday, Sep 22 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W	4	0		65-71	9	28.0							`++`
141	141	Saturday, Sep 23 (1)	PIT		CLV	W	4	1		66-71	8	27.5							`+++`
142	142	Saturday, Sep 23 (2)	PIT		CLV	W	6	2		67-71	8	27.5							`++++`
143	143	Tuesday, Sep 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W	5	0		68-71	9	27.0							`+++++`
144	144	Tuesday, Sep 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W	12	0		69-71	9	27.0							`++++++`
145	145	Wednesday, Sep 27 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L	1	4		69-72	9	28.0							`-`
146	146	Wednesday, Sep 27 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	T	7	7		69-72	9	28.0							`-`
147	147	Thursday, Sep 28	PIT		CIN	W	7	5		70-72	8	27.0							`+`
148	148	Saturday, Sep 30	PIT		CIN	T	3	3		70-72	8	26.0							`+`
149	149	Monday, Oct 2	PIT	@	STL	W	7	6		71-72	8	26.0							`++`
150	150	Tuesday, Oct 3	PIT	@	STL	W	9	6		72-72	7	25.5							`+++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Wednesday, Oct 4	PIT	@	STL	W	8	4		73-72	7	25.5							`++++`
152	152	Thursday, Oct 5	PIT	@	STL	W	9	6		74-72	7	24.5							`+++++`
153	153	Saturday, Oct 7	PIT		CLV	W	16	3		75-72	7	24.5							`++++++`
154	154	Friday, Oct 13	PIT		LOU	W	5	2		76-72	7	24.0							`+++++++`
155	155	Saturday, Oct 14	PIT		LOU	L	1	4		76-73	7	25.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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