1896 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1896 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1887)
Location
Exposition Park (Since 1891) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Since 1887)
1896 Information
Owner(s)	William Kerr and Phil Auten
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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Regular season

The 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	90	39	0.698	—	49–16	41–23
Cleveland Spiders	80	48	0.625	9½	43–19	37–29
Cincinnati Reds	77	50	0.606	12	51–15	26–35
Boston Beaneaters	74	57	0.565	17	42–24	32–33
Chicago Colts	71	57	0.555	18½	42–24	29–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	63	0.512	24	35–31	31–32
New York Giants	64	67	0.489	27	39–26	25–41
Philadelphia Phillies	62	68	0.477	28½	42–27	20–41
Washington Senators	58	73	0.443	33	38–29	20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	58	73	0.443	33	35–28	23–45
St. Louis Browns	40	90	0.308	50½	27–34	13–56
Louisville Colonels	38	93	0.290	53	25–37	13–56

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
OF	Smith, MikeMike Smith	122	484	175	.362	6	94

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
Merritt, BillBill Merritt	77	282	82	.291	1	42
Davis, HarryHarry Davis	44	168	32	.190	0	23
Mack, ConnieConnie Mack	33	120	26	.217	0	16

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
Hastings, CharlieCharlie Hastings	17	104	5	10	5.88	19
Foreman, BrownieBrownie Foreman	9	61.2	3	3	6.57	18

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

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Goar, JotJot Goar	3	0	1	0	16.88	3

References

• 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac