1899 Pittsburgh Pirates season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Pittsburgh Pirates

| season = 1899

| misc =

| league = National League

| ballpark = Exposition Park

| city = Allegheny, Pennsylvania

| owners = William Kerr and Phil Auten

| managers = Bill Watkins, Patsy Donovan

| television =

| radio =

|}}

The 1899 Pittsburgh{{efn|Until early in the 20th century, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled both with and without the final 'h'.}} Pirates season was the 18th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise and their 13th in the National League. The Pirates finished seventh in the National League with a record of 76–73.

Regular season

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Opening Day lineup =

= Roster =

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valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer	Jack Chesbro}} {{MLBplayer	Jim Gardner}} {{MLBplayer	Chummy Gray}} {{MLBplayer	Bill Hoffer}} {{MLBplayer	Sam Leever}} {{MLBplayer	Jay Parker}} {{MLBplayer	Harley Payne}} {{MLBplayer	Rosie Rosebraugh}} {{MLBplayer	Tully Sparks}} {{MLBplayer	Jesse Tannehill}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer	Frank Bowerman}} {{MLBplayer	Pop Schriver}} Infielders {{MLBplayer	Willie Clark}} {{MLBplayer	Pop Dillon}} {{MLBplayer	Bones Ely}} {{MLBplayer	George Fox}} {{MLBplayer	Art Madison}} {{MLBplayer	John O'Brien}} {{MLBplayer	Heinie Reitz}} {{MLBplayer	Heinie Smith}} {{MLBplayer	Jimmy Williams}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer	Ginger Beaumont}} {{MLBplayer	Patsy Donovan}} {{MLBplayer	Jack McCarthy}} {{MLBplayer	Tom McCreery}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer	Patsy Donovan}}

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1899 Pittsburgh Pirates

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Patsy Donovan}}

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

style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="5%" \| Pos ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| AB ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| H ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| HR ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| RBI
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align="center" \| C	Frank Bowerman	110	427	111	.260	3	53
align=center \| 1B	Willie Clark	81	300	85	.283	0	44
align=center \| 2B	{{sortname\|John\|O'Brien\|John O'Brien (second baseman)}}	79	279	63	.226	1	33
align="center" \| SS	Bones Ely	139	526	146	.278	3	72
align=center \| 3B	{{sortname\|Jimmy\|Williams\|Jimmy Williams (second baseman)}}	153	621	220	.354	9	116
align="center" \| OF	Ginger Beaumont	111	437	154	.352	3	38
align=center \| OF	Jack McCarthy	139	565	173	.306	4	69
align=center \| OF	{{sortname\|Patsy\|Donovan}}	121	531	156	.294	1	55

== Other batters ==

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

style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| AB ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| H ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| HR ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center \| Tom McCreery	119	460	149	.324	3	65
align=center \| Pop Schriver	92	302	85	.281	1	49
align=center \| Heinie Reitz	35	133	35	.263	0	16
align=center \| Pop Dillon	30	121	31	\| .256	0	20
align=center \| Art Madison	42	118	32	.271	0	19
align=center \| Heinie Smith	15	53	15	.283	0	12
align=center \| George Fox	13	41	10	.244	1	3

= Pitching =

== Starting pitchers ==

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

style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| IP ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| W ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| L ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| SO
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align="center" \| Sam Leever	51	379.0	21	23	3.18	121
align=center \| Jesse Tannehill	41	322.0	24	14	2.82	65
align=center \| Tully Sparks	28	170.0	8	6	3.86	53
align=center \| Bill Hoffer	23	163.2	8	10	3.63	44
align=center \| {{sortname\|Jack\|Chesbro}}	19	149.0	6	9	4.11	28
align="center" \| Chummy Gray	9	70.2	3	3	3.44	9
align=center \| {{sortname\|Billy\|Rhines}}	9	54.0	4	4	6.00	6
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Harley\|Payne}}	5	26.1	1	3	3.76	8
align="center" \| Rosie Rosebraugh	2	6.0	0	1	9.00	2
align=center \| {{sortname\|Jay\|Parker}}	1	0.0	0	0	inf	0

== Other pitchers ==

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

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style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| IP ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| W ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| L ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" \| SO
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jim\|Gardner\|Jim Gardner (baseball)}}	6	32.1	1	0	7.52	2

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style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="16%" | Player

! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" | G

! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" | IP

! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" | W

! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" | L

! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" | ERA

! style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023465 5px solid; border-bottom:#ba313c 5px solid;" width="9%" | SO

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| {{sortname|Jim|Gardner|Jim Gardner (baseball)}}

32.1

7.52

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/1899.shtml 1899 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1899&t=PIT 1899 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac]

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