1899 Pittsburgh Pirates

76-73 • .510 Win% • 7th in NL

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
73 Losses
.510 Win %
7th Rank
841 R 771 RA
Diff +70

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841 Runs Scored
771 Runs Allowed
+70 Run Diff
200K Attendance

📈 vs. 1899 NL Average

Batting Avg .288 2% above the 1899 league average (.282)
OBP .342 equal to the 1899 league average (.343)
SLG .384 5% above the 1899 league average (.366)
Team ERA 3.61 7% better than the 1899 league average (3.86)
Runs Scored 841 4% above the 1899 league average (806 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumExposition Park
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Home Games 85
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Total Attendance 200,100
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Avg per Game 2,354

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1899

Batting Avg

1 Jimmy Williams 0.354 2 Ginger Beaumont 0.352 3 Tom McCreery 0.324 4 Jack McCarthy 0.306 5 Patsy Donovan 0.291

Home Runs

1 Jimmy Williams 9 2 Jack McCarthy 4 3 Ginger Beaumont 3 4 Frank Bowerman 3 5 Bones Ely 3

RBI

1 Jimmy Williams 116 2 Bones Ely 72 3 Jack McCarthy 69 4 Tom McCreery 65 5 Patsy Donovan 56
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jimmy Williams 153 621 126 220 28 27 9 116 60 51 26 0.354
Jack McCarthy 139 565 109 173 22 17 4 69 39 13 28 0.306
Patsy Donovan 122 536 82 156 11 7 1 56 17 17 26 0.291
Bones Ely 139 526 67 146 18 6 3 72 22 31 8 0.278
Tom McCreery 119 460 77 149 21 9 3 65 47 36 11 0.324
Ginger Beaumont 111 437 90 154 15 8 3 38 41 27 31 0.352
Frank Bowerman 110 427 51 111 16 10 3 53 12 16 10 0.260
Pop Schriver 92 302 31 85 19 5 1 49 24 10 4 0.281
Willie Clark 81 300 49 85 13 10 0 44 35 21 11 0.283
John O'Brien 79 279 26 63 2 4 1 33 21 7 8 0.226
Sam Leever 51 146 15 33 6 4 0 18 8 19 0 0.226
Jesse Tannehill 48 136 18 34 5 3 0 11 8 9 2 0.250
Henry Reitz 35 133 12 35 4 2 0 16 10 8 3 0.263
Frank Dillon 30 121 21 31 5 0 0 20 5 7 5 0.256
Art Madison 42 118 20 32 2 4 0 19 11 11 1 0.271
Bill Hoffer 33 91 12 18 2 0 0 2 1 14 1 0.198
Tully Sparks 28 62 8 8 2 1 0 5 9 20 0 0.129
Jack Chesbro 19 58 3 9 0 0 0 3 3 8 0 0.155
George Smith 15 53 9 15 3 1 0 12 5 5 2 0.283
George Fox 13 41 4 10 0 1 1 3 3 4 2 0.244
Chummy Gray 9 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0.038
Billy Rhines 10 23 4 10 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0.435
Jim Gardner 6 13 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.231
Harley Payne 5 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.100
Rosie Rosebraugh 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jay Parker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1899

ERA

1 Jesse Tannehill 2.82 2 Sam Leever 3.18 3 Chummy Gray 3.44 4 Bill Hoffer 3.63 5 Tully Sparks 3.86

Wins

1 Jesse Tannehill 24 2 Sam Leever 21 3 Bill Hoffer 8 4 Tully Sparks 8 5 Jack Chesbro 6

Strikeouts

1 Sam Leever 121 2 Jesse Tannehill 65 3 Tully Sparks 53 4 Bill Hoffer 44 5 Jack Chesbro 28
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Sam Leever 21 23 3.18 51 39 3 379.0 353 134 122 121
Jesse Tannehill 24 14 2.82 41 36 1 322.0 361 101 52 65
Tully Sparks 8 6 3.86 28 17 0 170.0 180 73 82 53
Bill Hoffer 8 10 3.63 23 19 0 163.2 169 66 64 44
Jack Chesbro 6 9 4.11 19 17 0 149.0 165 68 59 28
Chummy Gray 3 3 3.44 9 7 0 70.2 85 27 24 9
Billy Rhines 4 4 6.00 9 9 0 54.0 59 36 13 6
Jim Gardner 1 0 7.52 6 3 0 32.1 52 27 13 2
Harley Payne 1 3 3.76 5 5 0 26.1 33 11 4 8
Rosie Rosebraugh 0 1 9.00 2 2 0 6.0 14 6 3 2
Jay Parker 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0.0 0 2 2 0

👥 Roster (26)

Ginger Beaumont Frank Bowerman Jack Chesbro Willie Clark Frank Dillon Patsy Donovan Bones Ely George Fox Jim Gardner Chummy Gray Bill Hoffer Sam Leever +14 more

26 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1899 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 1899 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 1899 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 76-73 (.510 win pct).
Who led the 1899 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Jimmy Williams led the 1899 Pittsburgh Pirates with 9 home runs.
What was the 1899 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 1899 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 3.61.
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