1909 Pittsburgh Pirates

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1908 / 1910

110-42, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
View League Standings and Leaders

Manager: Fred Clarke (110-42)
Scored 699 runs, Allowed 447 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 105-47

Ballparks: Forbes Field & Exposition Park III · Attendance: 534,950 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 99

Postseason:

Won World Series (4-3) over Detroit Tigers

World Series Champs

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

Our primary support comes from users like you. Sponsor this page for $20. Your message will replace this ad.

1908 / 1910 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	110-42, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0
Days in First	119	last on Tuesday, Oct 5, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	156	last on Oct 5, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	10	last on Saturday, Sep 25, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	4	last on Saturday, Apr 24, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	70	last on Monday, Sep 27
Most Games under .500	3	last on Saturday, Apr 24
Longest Winning Streak	16	Thursday, Sep 9 to Monday, Sep 27
Longest Losing Streak	4	Monday, Sep 27 to Thursday, Sep 30
Most Runs Allowed	13	Tuesday, Sep 28
Most Runs Scored	13	Thursday, Aug 12
Times Shutout by Opponent	10
Times Opponent Shutout	21

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	110	42	701	448	.724
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	56	21	356	238	.727
Road	54	21	345	210	.720
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	5	6	35	49	.455
May	20	6	127	78	.769
June	19	3	110	61	.864
July	20	10	126	86	.667
August	22	7	141	71	.759
September	21	8	143	83	.724
October	3	2	19	20	.600

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	55	21	341	235	.724
Second Half	55	21	360	213	.724
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	33	13	159	138	.717
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	34	9	286	116	.791

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BRO	18	4	123	47	.818
BSN	20	1	117	43	.952
CHC	13	9	78	68	.591
CIN	15	7	91	67	.682
NYG	11	11	102	85	.500
PHI	15	7	88	58	.682
STL	18	3	102	80	.857

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	Wednesday, Apr 14	PIT	@	CIN	W	3	0		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Thursday, Apr 15	PIT	@	CIN	L	2	7		1-1	4	1.0							`-`
3	3	Friday, Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	L	3	4		1-2	6	1.5							`--`
4	4	Saturday, Apr 17	PIT	@	CIN	L	5	8		1-3	7	2.5							`---`
5	5	Sunday, Apr 18	PIT	@	CHC	W	1	0		2-3	4	2.0							`+`
6	6	Thursday, Apr 22	PIT		CIN	L	4	7		2-4	6	3.0							`-`
7	7	Friday, Apr 23	PIT		CIN	T *T	2	1		2-4	7	3.0							`-`
8	8	Saturday, Apr 24	PIT		CIN	L	0	4		2-5	8	4.0							`--`
9	9	Sunday, Apr 25	PIT	@	CIN	W	2	1		3-5	7	3.0							`+`
10	10	Monday, Apr 26	PIT	@	STL	W	4	3		4-5	5	2.0							`++`
11	11	Tuesday, Apr 27	PIT	@	STL	W	7	6		5-5	5	1.5							`+++`
12	12	Wednesday, Apr 28	PIT	@	STL	L	2	8		5-6	5	2.0							`-`
13	13	Sunday, May 2	PIT	@	CHC	W	5	2		6-6	4	1.0							`+`
14	14	Sunday, May 2	PIT	@	CHC	W	6	0		7-6	4	1.0							`++`
15	15	Monday, May 3	PIT	@	CHC	W	9	2		8-6	3	0.5							`+++`
16	16	Tuesday, May 4	PIT	@	CHC	W	1	0		9-6	2	0.5							`++++`
17	17	Wednesday, May 5	PIT		STL	W	6	5		10-6	1	up 0.5							`+++++`
18	18	Thursday, May 6	PIT		STL	W	6	5		11-6	1	up 1.5							`++++++`
19	19	Friday, May 7	PIT		STL	W	5	3		12-6	1	up 1.5							`+++++++`
20	20	Saturday, May 8	PIT		STL	L	0	8		12-7	1	up 0.5							`-`
21	21	Tuesday, May 11	PIT	@	PHI	W	7	1		13-7	1	up 1.5							`+`
22	22	Wednesday, May 12	PIT	@	PHI	L	1	3		13-8	1	up 1.0							`-`
23	23	Thursday, May 13	PIT	@	PHI	W	6	4		14-8	1	up 2.0							`+`
24	24	Friday, May 14	PIT	@	PHI	L	0	2		14-9	1	up 1.0							`-`
25	25	Saturday, May 15	PIT	@	BRO	W	6	5		15-9	1	up 1.5							`+`
26	26	Monday, May 17	PIT	@	BRO	W	11	1		16-9	1	up 1.5							`++`
27	27	Tuesday, May 18	PIT	@	BRO	W	8	5		17-9	1	up 1.5							`+++`
28	28	Wednesday, May 19	PIT	@	BRO	L	0	2		17-10	1	up 1.5							`-`
29	29	Thursday, May 20	PIT	@	NYG	L	1	2		17-11	1	up 0.5							`--`
30	30	Monday, May 24	PIT	@	BSN	W	6	2		18-11	1	Tied							`+`
31	31	Tuesday, May 25	PIT	@	BSN	W	6	2		19-11	1	Tied							`++`
32	32	Wednesday, May 26	PIT	@	BSN	W	9	4		20-11	1	Tied							`+++`
33	33	Thursday, May 27	PIT	@	BSN	W	7	0		21-11	1	up 0.5							`++++`
34	34	Saturday, May 29	PIT		CHC	L	3	8		21-12	2	0.5							`-`
35	35	Sunday, May 30	PIT	@	CHC	W	5	4		22-12	1	up 1.5							`+`
36	36	Sunday, May 30	PIT	@	CHC	W	4	2		23-12	1	up 1.5							`++`
37	37	Monday, May 31	PIT		STL	W	5	4		24-12	1	up 2.5							`+++`
38	38	Monday, May 31	PIT		STL	W	4	2		25-12	1	up 2.5							`++++`
39	39	Wednesday, Jun 2	PIT		BSN	W	2	0		26-12	1	up 2.5							`+++++`
40	40	Thursday, Jun 3	PIT		BSN	W	9	8		27-12	1	up 2.5							`++++++`
41	41	Saturday, Jun 5	PIT		BSN	W	3	1		28-12	1	up 2.5							`+++++++`
42	42	Monday, Jun 7	PIT		PHI	W	4	3		29-12	1	up 2.5							`++++++++`
43	43	Tuesday, Jun 8	PIT		PHI	W	4	3		30-12	1	up 3.5							`+++++++++`
44	44	Wednesday, Jun 9	PIT		PHI	W	6	0		31-12	1	up 4.0							`++++++++++`
45	45	Friday, Jun 11	PIT		BRO	W	8	1		32-12	1	up 4.5							`+++++++++++`
46	46	Saturday, Jun 12	PIT		BRO	W	10	1		33-12	1	up 4.5							`++++++++++++`
47	47	Monday, Jun 14	PIT		BRO	W	7	5		34-12	1	up 4.5							`+++++++++++++`
48	48	Tuesday, Jun 15	PIT		BRO	W	8	2		35-12	1	up 5.0							`++++++++++++++`
49	49	Wednesday, Jun 16	PIT		NYG	L	2	8		35-13	1	up 4.0							`-`
50	50	Friday, Jun 18	PIT		NYG	W	3	2		36-13	1	up 4.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Saturday, Jun 19	PIT		NYG	W	2	1		37-13	1	up 4.0							`++`
52	52	Monday, Jun 21	PIT		PHI	W	5	3		38-13	1	up 4.0							`+++`
53	53	Wednesday, Jun 23	PIT	@	STL	W	3	1		39-13	1	up 5.0							`++++`
54	54	Thursday, Jun 24	PIT	@	STL	W	3	2		40-13	1	up 5.5							`+++++`
55	55	Saturday, Jun 26	PIT	@	STL	W	6	5		41-13	1	up 5.0							`++++++`
56	56	Sunday, Jun 27	PIT	@	STL	L	5	8		41-14	1	up 6.0							`-`
57	57	Sunday, Jun 27	PIT	@	STL	W	7	1		42-14	1	up 6.0							`+`
58	58	Monday, Jun 28	PIT	@	CIN	W	3	2		43-14	1	up 6.5							`++`
59	59	Tuesday, Jun 29	PIT		CHC	W	8	1		44-14	1	up 7.5							`+++`
60	60	Wednesday, Jun 30	PIT		CHC	L	2	3		44-15	1	up 6.5							`-`
61	61	Friday, Jul 2	PIT		CHC	L	0	8		44-16	1	up 6.5							`--`
62	62	Friday, Jul 2	PIT		CHC	W	4	2		45-16	1	up 6.5							`+`
63	63	Saturday, Jul 3	PIT		CHC	L	0	6		45-17	1	up 5.5							`-`
64	64	Sunday, Jul 4	PIT	@	CIN	L	2	4		45-18	1	up 5.5							`--`
65	65	Monday, Jul 5	PIT		CIN	W	2	0		46-18	1	up 6.5							`+`
66	66	Monday, Jul 5	PIT		CIN	W	6	1		47-18	1	up 6.5							`++`
67	67	Tuesday, Jul 6	PIT		CIN	W	5	0		48-18	1	up 6.5							`+++`
68	68	Wednesday, Jul 7	PIT		CHC	W	6	2		49-18	1	up 7.5							`++++`
69	69	Thursday, Jul 8	PIT	@	NYG	L	1	5		49-19	1	up 6.5							`-`
70	70	Friday, Jul 9	PIT	@	NYG	W	9	5		50-19	1	up 8.0							`+`
71	71	Friday, Jul 9	PIT	@	NYG	W	4	2		51-19	1	up 8.0							`++`
72	72	Saturday, Jul 10	PIT	@	NYG	W	8	2		52-19	1	up 8.0							`+++`
73	73	Monday, Jul 12	PIT	@	NYG	L	2	3		52-20	1	up 7.5							`-`
74	74	Monday, Jul 12	PIT	@	NYG	W	9	0		53-20	1	up 7.5							`+`
75	75	Tuesday, Jul 13	PIT	@	BRO	W	3	0		54-20	1	up 7.0							`++`
76	76	Wednesday, Jul 14	PIT	@	BRO	W	7	2		55-20	1	up 7.0							`+++`
77	77	Thursday, Jul 15	PIT	@	BRO	L	1	5		55-21	1	up 6.0							`-`
78	78	Saturday, Jul 17	PIT	@	PHI	W	7	6		56-21	1	up 6.0							`+`
79	79	Monday, Jul 19	PIT	@	PHI	W	5	4		57-21	1	up 6.0							`++`
80	80	Tuesday, Jul 20	PIT	@	PHI	L	0	3		57-22	1	up 6.0							`-`
81	81	Wednesday, Jul 21	PIT	@	PHI	L	1	2		57-23	1	up 5.0							`--`
82	82	Thursday, Jul 22	PIT	@	BSN	W	9	0		58-23	1	up 5.0							`+`
83	83	Saturday, Jul 24	PIT	@	BSN	W	7	3		59-23	1	up 5.5							`++`
84	84	Saturday, Jul 24	PIT	@	BSN	W	6	3		60-23	1	up 5.5							`+++`
85	85	Monday, Jul 26	PIT		CIN	L	4	6		60-24	1	up 5.0							`-`
86	86	Tuesday, Jul 27	PIT		CIN	W	5	1		61-24	1	up 5.5							`+`
87	87	Wednesday, Jul 28	PIT		CIN	W	6	3		62-24	1	up 6.0							`++`
88	88	Thursday, Jul 29	PIT		PHI	W	4	3		63-24	1	up 6.0							`+++`
89	89	Friday, Jul 30	PIT		NYG	W	3	1		64-24	1	up 7.0							`++++`
90	90	Saturday, Jul 31	PIT		NYG	L	0	4		64-25	1	up 6.0							`-`
91	91	Tuesday, Aug 3	PIT		BRO	W	9	1		65-25	1	up 5.0							`+`
92	92	Wednesday, Aug 4	PIT		BRO	L	0	1		65-26	1	up 4.0							`-`
93	93	Thursday, Aug 5	PIT		BRO	L	1	4		65-27	1	up 2.5							`--`
94	94	Friday, Aug 6	PIT		BRO	W	3	2		66-27	1	up 2.5							`+`
95	95	Saturday, Aug 7	PIT		BSN	W	6	4		67-27	1	up 3.0							`++`
96	96	Saturday, Aug 7	PIT		BSN	W	3	1		68-27	1	up 3.0							`+++`
97	97	Monday, Aug 9	PIT		BSN	W	10	1		69-27	1	up 3.5							`++++`
98	98	Tuesday, Aug 10	PIT		BSN	W	2	1		70-27	1	up 3.5							`+++++`
99	99	Wednesday, Aug 11	PIT		BSN	W	1	0		71-27	1	up 4.0							`++++++`
100	100	Thursday, Aug 12	PIT		PHI	W	13	3		72-27	1	up 5.0							`+++++++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Thursday, Aug 12	PIT		PHI	L	4	5		72-28	1	up 5.0							`-`
102	102	Friday, Aug 13	PIT		PHI	W	2	1		73-28	1	up 6.0							`+`
103	103	Saturday, Aug 14	PIT		PHI	L	1	2		73-29	1	up 6.0							`-`
104	104	Monday, Aug 16	PIT		NYG	T	2	2		73-29	1	up 5.5							`-`
105	105	Tuesday, Aug 17	PIT		STL	W	11	8		74-29	1	up 5.5							`+`
106	106	Wednesday, Aug 18	PIT		STL	W	6	3		75-29	1	up 6.0							`++`
107	107	Wednesday, Aug 18	PIT		STL	W	2	1		76-29	1	up 6.0							`+++`
108	108	Thursday, Aug 19	PIT		STL	W	8	3		77-29	1	up 6.5							`++++`
109	109	Friday, Aug 20	PIT	@	PHI	W	4	3		78-29	1	up 6.5							`+++++`
110	110	Saturday, Aug 21	PIT	@	PHI	L	5	6		78-30	1	up 5.0							`-`
111	111	Monday, Aug 23	PIT	@	PHI	W	2	0		79-30	1	up 5.0							`+`
112	112	Tuesday, Aug 24	PIT	@	NYG	L	3	4		79-31	1	up 4.5							`-`
113	113	Tuesday, Aug 24	PIT	@	NYG	W	11	3		80-31	1	up 4.5							`+`
114	114	Wednesday, Aug 25	PIT	@	NYG	L	2	3		80-32	1	up 4.5							`-`
115	115	Thursday, Aug 26	PIT	@	NYG	W	6	3		81-32	1	up 5.5							`+`
116	116	Friday, Aug 27	PIT	@	BRO	W	5	0		82-32	1	up 5.5							`++`
117	117	Saturday, Aug 28	PIT	@	BRO	W	7	3		83-32	1	up 6.0							`+++`
118	118	Saturday, Aug 28	PIT	@	BRO	W	3	0		84-32	1	up 6.0							`++++`
119	119	Monday, Aug 30	PIT	@	BRO	W	2	1		85-32	1	up 6.5							`+++++`
120	120	Tuesday, Aug 31	PIT	@	BSN	W	7	2		86-32	1	up 6.5							`++++++`
121	121	Thursday, Sep 2	PIT	@	BSN	L	0	1		86-33	1	up 6.5							`-`
122	122	Thursday, Sep 2	PIT	@	BSN	W	5	3		87-33	1	up 6.5							`+`
123	123	Saturday, Sep 4	PIT		STL	W	4	0		88-33	1	up 6.0							`++`
124	124	Sunday, Sep 5	PIT	@	CHC	W	5	1		89-33	1	up 7.0							`+++`
125	125	Monday, Sep 6	PIT		CHC	L	1	3		89-34	1	up 5.0							`-`
126	126	Monday, Sep 6	PIT		CHC	L	3	6		89-35	1	up 5.0							`--`
127	127	Tuesday, Sep 7	PIT		CHC	W	6	2		90-35	1	up 6.0							`+`
128	128	Wednesday, Sep 8	PIT		CHC	L	2	4		90-36	1	up 5.0							`-`
129	129	Thursday, Sep 9	PIT		CIN	W	3	1		91-36	1	up 5.0							`+`
130	130	Friday, Sep 10	PIT		CIN	W	4	3		92-36	1	up 4.5							`++`
131	131	Saturday, Sep 11	PIT		CIN	W	2	1		93-36	1	up 4.5							`+++`
132	132	Sunday, Sep 12	PIT	@	STL	W	4	3		94-36	1	up 4.5							`++++`
133	133	Monday, Sep 13	PIT	@	STL	W	4	1		95-36	1	up 5.5							`+++++`
134	134	Wednesday, Sep 15	PIT	@	CIN	W	7	2		96-36	1	up 5.5							`++++++`
135	135	Thursday, Sep 16	PIT	@	CIN	W	9	3		97-36	1	up 6.5							`+++++++`
136	136	Friday, Sep 17	PIT		BRO	W	6	3		98-36	1	up 7.5							`++++++++`
137	137	Saturday, Sep 18	PIT		BRO	W	6	0		99-36	1	up 8.5							`+++++++++`
138	138	Monday, Sep 20	PIT		BRO	W	12	3		100-36	1	up 8.5							`++++++++++`
139	139	Tuesday, Sep 21	PIT		BSN	W	2	0		101-36	1	up 9.5							`+++++++++++`
140	140	Tuesday, Sep 21	PIT		BSN	W	5	0		102-36	1	up 9.5							`++++++++++++`
141	141	Wednesday, Sep 22	PIT		BSN	W	12	7		103-36	1	up10.0							`+++++++++++++`
142	142	Friday, Sep 24	PIT		PHI	W	2	1		104-36	1	up10.0							`++++++++++++++`
143	143	Saturday, Sep 25	PIT		PHI	W	5	0		105-36	1	up10.0							`+++++++++++++++`
144	144	Monday, Sep 27	PIT		NYG	W	6	1		106-36	1	up 9.0							`++++++++++++++++`
145	145	Monday, Sep 27	PIT		NYG	L	7	8		106-37	1	up 9.0							`-`
146	146	Tuesday, Sep 28	PIT		NYG	L	9	13		106-38	1	up 9.0							`--`
147	147	Wednesday, Sep 29	PIT		NYG	L	1	6		106-39	1	up 7.5							`---`
148	148	Thursday, Sep 30	PIT		NYG	L	2	6		106-40	1	up 7.5							`----`
149	149	Thursday, Sep 30	PIT		NYG	W	9	1		107-40	1	up 7.5							`+`
150	150	Saturday, Oct 2	PIT	@	CHC	L	1	3		107-41	1	up 6.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Sunday, Oct 3	PIT	@	CHC	W	4	1		108-41	1	up 7.5							`+`
152	152	Monday, Oct 4	PIT	@	CHC	L	2	8		108-42	1	up 6.5							`-`
153	153	Tuesday, Oct 5	PIT	@	CIN	W	5	4		109-42	1	up 7.5							`+`
154	154	Tuesday, Oct 5	PIT	@	CIN	W	7	4		110-42	1	up 7.5							`++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1908 / 1910 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Compare Other Links@google.com Report an error

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Part of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group.