1895 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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

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

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	87	43	.669	—	54‍–‍12	33‍–‍31
Cleveland Spiders	84	46	.646	3	49‍–‍13	35‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	.595	9½	51‍–‍21	27‍–‍32
Chicago Colts	72	58	.554	15	43‍–‍24	29‍–‍34
Brooklyn Grooms	71	60	.542	16½	43‍–‍22	28‍–‍38
Boston Beaneaters	71	60	.542	16½	48‍–‍19	23‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	61	.538	17	44‍–‍21	27‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds	66	64	.508	21	42‍–‍22	24‍–‍42
New York Giants	66	65	.504	21½	40‍–‍27	26‍–‍38
Washington Senators	43	85	.336	43	31‍–‍34	12‍–‍51
St. Louis Browns	39	92	.298	48½	25‍–‍41	14‍–‍51
Louisville Colonels	35	96	.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	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bill Merritt	67	239	68	.285	0	27
1B	Jake Beckley	130	534	175	.328	5	111
2B	Lou Bierbauer	118	470	122	.260	1	71
SS	Monte Cross	109	397	101	.254	3	54
3B	Billy Clingman	107	386	99	.256	0	45
OF	Mike Smith	125	484	146	.302	1	81
OF	Jake Stenzel	130	518	192	.371	7	97
OF	Patsy Donovan	126	522	162	.310	1	59

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
Frank Genins	73	252	63	.250	2	24
Joe Sugden	50	158	48	.304	1	17
Bill Stuart	19	77	19	.247	0	10
Tom Kinslow	19	62	14	.226	0	5
Connie Mack	14	49	15	.306	0	4
Bill Niles	11	37	8	.216	0	0
John Corcoran	6	20	3	.150	0	1

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
Pink Hawley	56	444.1	31	22	3.18	142
Bill Hart	36	261.2	14	17	4.75	85
Brownie Foreman	19	139.2	8	6	3.22	54
Frank Killen	13	95.0	5	5	5.49	25
Jim Gardner	11	85.1	8	2	2.64	31
Tom Colcolough	7	43.1	1	1	6.65	16
Harry Jordan	2	17.0	0	2	4.24	4
Gus Weyhing	1	9.0	1	0	1.00	3

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
Sam Moran	10	62.2	2	4	7.47	19
Jake Hewitt	4	13.0	1	0	4.15	4
Jock Menefee	2	1.2	0	1	16.20	0

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
Gussie Gannon	1	0	0	0	1.80	0
Dave Wright	1	0	0	0	27.00	0

References

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