The 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball, the 31st in franchise history. The team finished second in the National League with a record of 93–58, 10 games behind the New York Giants.
During the season, Chief Wilson set a major league record by hitting 36 triples in a single season. After 118 games, Chief Wilson already had 33 triples and was on pace to get 43 triples.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.57, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,
In their 23–4 win against the Cincinnati Reds on April 27, the Pirates recorded a .628 batting average, the highest by any team in a single game from 1901 onwards.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
Notable transactions September 16, 1912: Everitt Booe was drafted by the Pirates from the Fort Wayne Railroaders in the 1912 rule 5 draft.Everitt Booe page at Baseball-Reference
Roster 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 95 300 72 .240 2 35 1B 148 567 156 .275 4 86 2B 111 401 111 .277 1 41 3B 130 528 152 .288 3 35 SS 145 558 181 .324 7 102 OF 77 244 77 .316 2 35 OF 152 583 175 .300 11 95 OF 150 587 177 .302 5 68
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 43 154 42 .273 1 14 48 132 42 .318 1 12 42 113 34 .301 0 10 39 99 26 .263 0 1 28 97 29 .299 0 18 46 97 28 .289 0 21 24 73 18 .247 0 4 33 70 13 .186 1 6 17 53 15 .283 0 3 15 53 16 .302 0 14 6 20 5 .250 0 2 6 11 5 .455 0 1 5 9 0 .000 0 1 8 9 0 .000 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 2 0 0 ---- 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 39 288.2 24 9 2.59 176 41 276.2 22 12 2.83 121 37 275.1 15 17 2.71 150 28 170.1 11 8 2.91 63
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 33 175.0 12 7 2.26 79 12 49.0 2 2 6.43 11 11 45.0 1 1 3.60 13 11 39.0 2 0 3.00 10 6 38.0 3 0 1.66 30
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 6 23.2 1 2 4.18 8 3 4.0 0 0 6.75 3 1 0.1 0 0 0.00 0
Chief Wilson's 36 triples Triple Game Date Inning Location Opposing Pitcher Team 1 2 April 13, 1912 2nd Robison Field Bill Steele St. Louis Cardinals 2 6 April 18, 1912 9th Forbes Field Slim Sallee St. Louis Cardinals 3 9 April 23, 1912 6th West Side Park II Mordecai Brown Chicago Cubs 4 11 April 27, 1912 1st Forbes Field Art Fromme Cincinnati Reds 5 11 April 27, 1912 8th Forbes Field Hanson Horsey Cincinnati Reds 6 15 May 3, 1912 3rd Forbes Field Larry Cheney Chicago Cubs 7 16 May 4, 1912 4th Forbes Field Ed Reulbach Chicago Cubs 8 25 May 21, 1912 7th Forbes Field Bill McTigue Boston Braves 9 29 May 25, 1912 4th Forbes Field Jimmy Lavender Chicago Cubs 10 29 May 25, 1912 6th Forbes Field Jimmy Lavender Chicago Cubs 11 33 May 30, 1912 3rd Forbes Field Slim Sallee St. Louis Cardinals 12 48 June 17, 1912 8th Polo Grounds III Rube Marquard New York Giants 13 49 June 18, 1912 9th Polo Grounds III Doc Crandall New York Giants 14 50 June 19, 1912 4th Forbes Field Joe Willis St. Louis Cardinals 15 51 June 20, 1912 2nd Redland Field Bobby Keefe Cincinnati Reds 16 51 June 20, 1912 10th Redland Field Harry Gaspar Cincinnati Reds 17 52 June 20, 1912 6th Redland Field Art Fromme Cincinnati Reds 18 64 July 2, 1912 8th Forbes Field Larry Cheney Chicago Cubs 19 65 July 4, 1912 4th Forbes Field Ben Taylor Cincinnati Reds 20 70 July 8, 1912 8th Forbes Field Toots Schultz Philadelphia Phillies 21 77 July 16, 1912 4th Forbes Field Earl Yingling Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 22 78 July 17, 1912 9th Forbes Field Christy Mathewson New York Giants 23 79 July 19, 1912 3rd Forbes Field Rube Marquard New York Giants 24 82 July 22, 1912 3rd Forbes Field Buster Brown Boston Braves 25 84 July 25, 1912 1st Forbes Field Eddie Stack Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 26 85 July 26, 1912 1st National League Park Earl Moore Philadelphia Phillies 27 99 August 10, 1912 6th Washington Park II Cliff Curtis Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 28 106 August 16, 1912 7th Forbes Field Grover Cleveland Alexander Philadelphia Phillies 29 114 August 23, 1912 9th Forbes Field Jeff Tesreau New York Giants 30 116 August 26, 1912 6th Forbes Field Otto Hess Boston Braves 31 117 August 26, 1912 6th Forbes Field Ed Donnelly Boston Braves 32 117 August 26, 1912 8th Forbes Field Ed Donnelly Boston Braves 33 118 August 27, 1912 4th Forbes Field Walt Dickson Boston Braves 34 129 September 7, 1912 6th Robison Field Pol Perritt St. Louis Cardinals 35 148 September 29, 1912 8th West Side Park II Ed Reulbach Chicago Cubs 36 152 October 6, 1912 9th Redland Field Frank Gregory Cincinnati Reds
References
External links 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac