1907 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1907 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1887)
Location
Exposition Park (Since 1891) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Since 1887)
1907 Information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Fred Clarke
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The 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in major league baseball. It involved the Pirates finishing second in the National League.

The offense was led by Tommy Leach and Hall of Famers Honus Wagner and Fred Clarke. Wagner led the NL in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and stolen bases. The Pirates scored the most runs of any team.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago Cubs	107	45	--	.704
Pittsburgh Pirates	91	63	17	.591
Philadelphia Phillies	83	64	21.5	.565
New York Giants	82	71	25.5	.536
Brooklyn Superbas	65	83	40	.439
Cincinnati Reds	66	87	41.5	.431
Boston Doves	58	90	47	.392
St. Louis Cardinals	52	101	55.5	.340

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	Gibson, GeorgeGeorge Gibson	113	382	84	.220	3	35
1B	Nealon, JimJim Nealon	105	381	98	.257	0	47
2B	Abbaticchio, EdEd Abbaticchio	147	496	130	.262	2	82
3B	Storke, AlanAlan Storke	112	357	92	.258	1	39
SS	Wagner, HonusHonus Wagner	142	515	180	.350	6	82
OF	Leach, TommyTommy Leach	149	547	166	.303	4	43
OF	Clarke, FredFred Clarke	148	501	145	.289	2	59
OF	Anderson, GoatGoat Anderson	127	413	85	.206	1	12

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
Hallman, BillBill Hallman	94	302	67	.222	0	15
Sheehan, TommyTommy Sheehan	75	226	62	.274	0	25
Phelps, EdEd Phelps	43	113	24	.212	0	12
Swacina, HarryHarry Swacina	26	95	19	.200	0	10
Clymer, OtisOtis Clymer	22	66	15	.227	0	4
Moeller, DannyDanny Moeller	11	42	12	.286	0	3
Smith, HarryHarry Smith	18	38	10	.263	0	1
McKechnie, BillBill McKechnie	3	8	1	.125	0	0
Maggert, HarlHarl Maggert	3	6	0	.000	0	0
Kelsey, BillyBilly Kelsey	2	5	2	.400	0	0
Campbell, MarcMarc Campbell	2	4	1	.250	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Willis, VicVic Willis	39	292.2	21	11	2.34	107
Leifield, LeftyLefty Leifield	40	286	20	16	2.33	112
Leever, SamSam Leever	31	216.2	14	9	1.66	65
Phillippe, DeaconDeacon Phillippe	35	214	14	11	2.61	61
Maddox, NickNick Maddox	6	54	5	1	0.83	38
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	4	22	0	2	6.95	11

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Camnitz, HowieHowie Camnitz	31	180	13	8	2.15	85
Duggleby, BillBill Duggleby	9	40.1	2	2	2.68	4
Lynch, MikeMike Lynch	7	36	2	2	2.25	9
Otey, BillBill Otey	3	16.1	0	1	4.41	5

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Brady, KingKing Brady	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Wolter, HarryHarry Wolter	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
Walsh, ConnieConnie Walsh	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

League leaders in bold

• Ed Abbaticchio: #2 runs batted in (82)
• Fred Clarke: #4 runs scored (97)
• Fred Clarke: #5 on-base percentage (.383)
• Tommy Leach: #2 runs scored (102)
• Tommy Leach: #4 batting average (.303)
• Tommy Leach: #4 stolen bases (43)
• Sam Leever: #4 earned run average (1.66)
• Lefty Leifield: #5 wins (20)
• Honus Wagner: #1 batting average (.350)
• Honus Wagner: #1 stolen bases (61)
• Honus Wagner: #1 on-base percentage (.408)
• Honus Wagner: #1 slugging percentage (.513)
• Honus Wagner: #2 runs batted in (82)
• Honus Wagner: #3 runs scored (98)
• Vic Willis: #4 wins (21)

References

• 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac