# 1899 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1899 Pittsburgh 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

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 101 | 47 | .682 | — | 61‍–‍16 | 40‍–‍31 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 95 | 57 | .625 | 8 | 53‍–‍26 | 42‍–‍31 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 94 | 58 | .618 | 9 | 58‍–‍25 | 36‍–‍33 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 86 | 62 | .581 | 15 | 51‍–‍24 | 35‍–‍38 |
| St. Louis Perfectos | 84 | 67 | .556 | 18½ | 50‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍34 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 83 | 67 | .553 | 19 | 57‍–‍29 | 26‍–‍38 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 76 | 73 | .510 | 25½ | 49‍–‍34 | 27‍–‍39 |
| Chicago Orphans | 75 | 73 | .507 | 26 | 44‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍34 |
| Louisville Colonels | 75 | 77 | .493 | 28 | 33‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍49 |
| New York Giants | 60 | 90 | .400 | 42 | 35‍–‍38 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Washington Senators | 54 | 98 | .355 | 49 | 35‍–‍43 | 19‍–‍55 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 20 | 134 | .130 | 84 | 9‍–‍33 | 11‍–‍101 |

### Record vs. opponents

1899 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BLN | BOS | BKN | CHI | CIN | CLV | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSN |
| Baltimore | — | 7–7 | 6–8 | 9–5 | 4–9 | 12–2 | 6–7–2 | 10–4 | 6–7–1 | 9–3 | 8–6 | 9–4–1 |
| Boston | 7–7 | — | 6–8 | 5–7 | 10–4 | 11–3 | 9–5 | 12–2 | 5–9 | 10–4 | 8–6 | 12–2–1 |
| Brooklyn | 8–6 | 8–6 | — | 8–5–1 | 7–6 | 14–0 | 11–3 | 10–4 | 8–6 | 8–6 | 8–4–1 | 11–3 |
| Chicago | 5–9 | 7–5 | 5–8–1 | — | 8–6 | 13–1 | 7–7 | 7–6–1 | 5–9 | 6–7–2 | 8–6 | 4–9 |
| Cincinnati | 9–4 | 4–10 | 6–7 | 6–8 | — | 14–0 | 8–6 | 9–5–1 | 4–10 | 10–3–3 | 5–8–2 | 8–6–1 |
| Cleveland | 2–12 | 3–11 | 0–14 | 1–13 | 0–14 | — | 4–10 | 1–13 | 2–12 | 2–12 | 1–13 | 4–10 |
| Louisville | 7–6–2 | 5–9 | 3–11 | 7–7 | 6–8 | 10–4 | — | 7–7 | 7–6 | 6–8–1 | 5–9–1 | 12–2 |
| New York | 4–10 | 2–12 | 2–10 | 6–7–1 | 5–9–1 | 13–1 | 7–7 | — | 4–10–1 | 6–7 | 4–10 | 7–7 |
| Philadelphia | 7–6–1 | 9–5 | 6–8 | 9–5 | 10–4 | 12–2 | 6–7 | 10–4–1 | — | 6–8 | 7–7 | 12–2 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–9 | 4–10 | 6–8 | 7–6–2 | 3–10–3 | 12–2 | 8–6–1 | 7–6 | 8–6 | — | 7–7 | 11–3 |
| St. Louis | 6–8 | 6–8 | 4–8–1 | 6–8 | 8–5–2 | 13–1 | 9–5–1 | 10–4 | 7–7 | 7–7 | — | 8–6 |
| Washington | 4–9–1 | 2–12–1 | 3–11 | 9–4 | 6–8–1 | 10–4 | 2–12 | 7–7 | 2–12 | 3–11 | 6–8 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Frank Bowerman | 110 | 427 | 111 | .260 | 3 | 53 |
| 1B | Willie Clark | 81 | 300 | 85 | .283 | 0 | 44 |
| 2B | John O'Brien | 79 | 279 | 63 | .226 | 1 | 33 |
| SS | Bones Ely | 139 | 526 | 146 | .278 | 3 | 72 |
| 3B | Jimmy Williams | 153 | 621 | 220 | .354 | 9 | 116 |
| OF | Ginger Beaumont | 111 | 437 | 154 | .352 | 3 | 38 |
| OF | Jack McCarthy | 139 | 565 | 173 | .306 | 4 | 69 |
| OF | 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
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Tom McCreery | 119 | 460 | 149 | .324 | 3 | 65 |
| Pop Schriver | 92 | 302 | 85 | .281 | 1 | 49 |
| Heinie Reitz | 35 | 133 | 35 | .263 | 0 | 16 |
| Pop Dillon | 30 | 121 | 31 | .256 | 0 | 20 |
| Art Madison | 42 | 118 | 32 | .271 | 0 | 19 |
| Heinie Smith | 15 | 53 | 15 | .283 | 0 | 12 |
| 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
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Sam Leever | 51 | 379.0 | 21 | 23 | 3.18 | 121 |
| Jesse Tannehill | 41 | 322.0 | 24 | 14 | 2.82 | 65 |
| Tully Sparks | 28 | 170.0 | 8 | 6 | 3.86 | 53 |
| Bill Hoffer | 23 | 163.2 | 8 | 10 | 3.63 | 44 |
| Jack Chesbro | 19 | 149.0 | 6 | 9 | 4.11 | 28 |
| Chummy Gray | 9 | 70.2 | 3 | 3 | 3.44 | 9 |
| Billy Rhines | 9 | 54.0 | 4 | 4 | 6.00 | 6 |
| Harley Payne | 5 | 26.1 | 1 | 3 | 3.76 | 8 |
| Rosie Rosebraugh | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2 |
| 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
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jim Gardner | 6 | 32.1 | 1 | 0 | 7.52 | 2 |