1895 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1895 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ballpark	Exposition Park
City	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Owners	William Kerr and Phil Auten
Managers	Connie Mack
Seasons

The 1895 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 14th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 9th in the National League. The Pirates finished seventh in the National League with a record of 71–61.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	87	43	0.669	—	54–12	33–31
Cleveland Spiders	84	46	0.646	3	49–13	35–33
Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	0.595	9½	51–21	27–32
Chicago Colts	72	58	0.554	15	43–24	29–34
Brooklyn Grooms	71	60	0.542	16½	43–22	28–38
Boston Beaneaters	71	60	0.542	16½	48–19	23–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	61	0.538	17	44–21	27–40
Cincinnati Reds	66	64	0.508	21	42–22	24–42
New York Giants	66	65	0.504	21½	40–27	26–38
Washington Senators	43	85	0.336	43	31–34	12–51
St. Louis Browns	39	92	0.298	48½	25–41	14–51
Louisville Colonels	35	96	0.267	52½	19–38	16–58

Record vs. opponents

1895 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	10–2	7–5	8–4	8–4	5–6	10–1	9–3	8–4–1	7–5–1	6–6	9–3
Boston	2–10	—	4–7	7–5	5–7	6–6	9–3–1	8–4	5–7	7–5	9–3	9–3–1
Brooklyn	5–7	7–4	—	6–6	5–7	2–10	11–1	9–3–1	5–7–1	7–5–1	9–3	5–7
Chicago	4–8	5–7	6–6	—	5–7	6–5	9–3–1	4–8	6–6	8–4	10–2	9–2–2
Cincinnati	4–8	7–5	7–5	7–5	—	6–6	6–6	4–8	4–8	4–8–1	9–3–1	8–2
Cleveland	6–5	6–6	10–2	5–6	6–6	—	10–2	7–5	7–5	7–5	11–1–2	9–3
Louisville	1–10	3–9–1	1–11	3–9–1	6–6	2–10	—	3–9	2–10	2–10	6–6	6–6
New York	3–9	4–8	3–9–1	8–4	8–4	5–7	9–3	—	3–8	4–8	11–1	8–4
Philadelphia	4–8–1	7–5	7–5–1	6–6	8–4	5–7	10–2	8–3	—	8–4	7–5	8–4
Pittsburgh	5–7–1	5–7	5–7–1	4–8	8–4–1	5–7	10–2	8–4	4–8	—	9–3	8–4
St. Louis	6–6	3–9	3–9	2–10	3–9–1	1–11–2	6–6	1–11	5–7	3–9	—	6–5–2
Washington	3–9	3–9–1	7–5	2–9–2	2–8	3–9	6–6	4–8	4–8	4–8	5–6–2	—

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	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
C	Bill Merritt	67	239	68	.285	0	27
OF	Mike Smith	125	484	146	.302	1	81

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joe Sugden	50	158	48	.304	1	17
Connie Mack	14	49	15	.306	0	4

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
Brownie Foreman	19	139.2	8	6	3.22	54
Tom Colcolough	7	43.1	1	1	6.65	16

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	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Gussie Gannon	1	0	0	0	1.80	0

References

• 1895 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1895 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac