# 1900 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1900 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 19th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. The Pirates finished second in the National League with a record of 79–60.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 82 | 54 | .603 | — | 43‍–‍26 | 39‍–‍28 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 60 | .568 | 4½ | 42‍–‍28 | 37‍–‍32 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 75 | 63 | .543 | 8 | 45‍–‍23 | 30‍–‍40 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 66 | 72 | .478 | 17 | 42‍–‍29 | 24‍–‍43 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 65 | 75 | .464 | 19 | 40‍–‍31 | 25‍–‍44 |
| Chicago Orphans | 65 | 75 | .464 | 19 | 45‍–‍30 | 20‍–‍45 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 62 | 77 | .446 | 21½ | 27‍–‍34 | 35‍–‍43 |
| New York Giants | 60 | 78 | .435 | 23 | 38‍–‍31 | 22‍–‍47 |

### Game log

1900 Game Log: 79–60 (Home: 42–28; Away: 37–32) :
April: 4–6 (Home: 0–3; Away: 4–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 19@ Cardinals0–3—12,0000–1
2April 21@ Cardinals4–3——1–1
3April 22@ Cardinals5–6—20,0001–2
4April 23@ Reds6–0——2–2
5April 24@ Reds5–3——3–2
6April 25@ Reds8–9——3–3
7April 26Reds11–12——3–4
8April 27Reds5–19——3–5
9April 28Reds4–7——3–6
10April 29@ Reds8–6——4–6 :
May: 16–10 (Home: 12–7; Away: 4–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
11May 2Cardinals6–5——5–6
12May 3Cardinals2–9——5–7
13May 5Cardinals5–1——6–7
14May 6@ Orphans6–7——6–8
15May 7Orphans6–4——7–8
16May 8Orphans1–2——7–9
17May 10Orphans5–4——8–9
18May 12Beaneaters5–1——9–9
19May 13@ Reds7–6——10–9
20May 14Beaneaters6–3——11–9
21May 15Beaneaters7–5——12–9
22May 16Phillies8–3——13–9
23May 17Phillies3–4——13–10
24May 18Phillies11–4——14–10
25May 20@ Orphans3–6——14–11
26May 21Superbas5–7——14–12
27May 22Superbas1–4——14–13
28May 23Superbas8–5——15–13
29May 24Superbas5–4——16–13
30May 25Giants3–4——16–14
31May 26Giants6–13——16–15
32May 27@ Reds10–2——17–15
33May 28Giants14–0——18–15
34May 30@ Giants7–6—3,00019–15
35May 30@ Giants1–9—15,00019–16
36May 31@ Giants6–4——20–16 :
June: 9–12 (Home: 4–2; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
37June 1@ Giants4–6——20–17
38June 2@ Phillies2–8——20–18
39June 4@ Phillies5–4——21–18
40June 5@ Phillies5–6——21–19
41June 6@ Phillies6–3——22–19
42June 7@ Superbas7–4——23–19
43June 9@ Superbas3–9——23–20
44June 11@ Superbas7–8——23–21
45June 12@ Beaneaters1–3——23–22
46June 13@ Beaneaters0–1——23–23
47June 14@ Beaneaters3–7——23–24
48June 16Orphans5–8——23–25
49June 17@ Orphans1–8——23–26
50June 18@ Orphans4–1——24–26
51June 19@ Orphans0–1——24–27
52June 20@ Orphans8–1——25–27
53June 26Orphans8–6——26–27
54June 27Orphans9–2——27–27
55June 28Phillies3–0——28–27
56June 29Phillies2–4——28–28
57June 30Phillies5–3——29–28 :
July: 14–10 (Home: 8–3; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
58July 1@ Reds6–0——30–28
59July 2Beaneaters2–1——31–28
60July 3Beaneaters2–1——32–28
61July 4Beaneaters8–6——33–28
62July 4Beaneaters3–1—10,50034–28
63July 5Giants3–7——34–29
64July 7Giants4–3——35–29
65July 8@ Cardinals3–17——35–30
66July 10Superbas2–4——35–31
67July 11Superbas4–0——36–31
68July 12Superbas7–6——37–31
69July 13Phillies8–23——37–32
70July 14@ Orphans6–1——38–32
71July 15@ Orphans3–5——38–33
72July 16@ Orphans7–3——39–33
73July 17Orphans2–0——40–33
74July 19@ Phillies3–4——40–34
75July 20@ Phillies4–7——40–35
76July 21@ Phillies0–3——40–36
77July 24@ Giants1–2——40–37
78July 25@ Giants11–3——41–37
79July 27@ Beaneaters2–3——41–38
80July 28@ Beaneaters9–2——42–38
81July 31@ Superbas17–1——43–38 :
August: 13–10 (Home: 12–7; Away: 1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82August 1@ Superbas6–10——43–39
83August 4Phillies4–3——44–39
84August 5@ Reds1–3——44–40
85August 6Phillies7–3——45–40
86August 7Phillies9–0——46–40
87August 8Beaneaters6–3——47–40
88August 9Beaneaters2–3——47–41
89August 11Beaneaters5–1——48–41
90August 12@ Orphans6–2——49–41
91August 13Giants4–7——49–42
92August 14Giants5–0——50–42
93August 14Giants7–1—4,60051–42
94August 15Giants6–2——52–42
95August 16Superbas0–8——52–43
96August 17Superbas5–3——53–43
97August 18Superbas8–4——54–43
98August 20Giants2–4——54–44
99August 23Reds2–3——54–45
100August 24Reds2–11——54–46
101August 25Reds6–5——55–46
102August 26@ Reds0–1——55–47
103August 30Cardinals11–3——56–47
104August 31Cardinals5–10——56–48 :
September: 18–9 (Home: 4–4; Away: 14–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105September 1Cardinals2–1——57–48
106September 3@ Beaneaters8–7—2,50058–48
107September 3@ Beaneaters14–1—5,00059–48
108September 4@ Beaneaters9–0——60–48
109September 4@ Beaneaters6–5—2,50061–48
110September 5@ Beaneaters5–2——62–48
111September 6@ Superbas9–2——63–48
112September 7@ Superbas6–6——63–48
113September 8@ Superbas15–7——64–48
114September 8@ Superbas5–6——64–49
115September 10@ Superbas6–5——65–49
116September 11@ Phillies2–0——66–49
117September 12@ Phillies10–9—3,00067–49
118September 13@ Phillies6–11——67–50
119September 15@ Giants1–2——67–51
120September 17@ Giants12–3——68–51
121September 18@ Giants9–4——69–51
122September 19@ Giants5–2——70–51
123September 20Cardinals10–4——71–51
124September 21Cardinals7–3——72–51
125September 22Cardinals6–7——72–52
126September 23@ Cardinals3–1——73–52
127September 24@ Cardinals0–1——73–53
128September 26Reds4–6——73–54
129September 27Reds1–4——73–55
130September 28Reds8–1——74–55
131September 29Reds1–2——74–56
132September 30@ Reds3–4——74–57 :
October: 5–3 (Home: 2–2; Away: 3–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133October 6Cardinals3–4——74–58
134October 7@ Cardinals3–2——75–58
135October 8@ Cardinals8–0——76–58
136October 8@ Cardinals8–2—1,30077–58
137October 9@ Cardinals4–8——77–59
138October 11Orphans2–1——78–59
139October 12Orphans10–6——79–59
140October 13Orphans5–7——79–60 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie Bold = Pittsburgh Pirates team member :

### Record vs. opponents

1900 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 4–16–2 | 12–8 | 13–7 | 11–7–2 | 9–11 | 5–15 | 12–8 |
| Brooklyn | 16–4–2 | — | 10–10–1 | 15–4–2 | 10–10 | 10–8 | 8–11–1 | 13–7 |
| Chicago | 8–12 | 10–10–1 | — | 9–11–1 | 12–8–1 | 9–11–1 | 8–12 | 9–11–2 |
| Cincinnati | 7–13 | 4–15–2 | 11–9–1 | — | 7–13 | 9–11–2 | 12–8 | 12–8 |
| New York | 7–11–2 | 10–10 | 8–12–1 | 13–7 | — | 7–13 | 9–11 | 6–14 |
| Philadelphia | 11–9 | 8–10 | 11–9–1 | 11–9–2 | 13–7 | — | 9–11 | 12–18 |
| Pittsburgh | 15–5 | 11–8–1 | 12–8 | 8–12 | 11–9 | 11–9 | — | 11–9 |
| St. Louis | 8–12 | 7–13 | 11–9–2 | 8–12 | 14–6 | 8–12 | 9–11 | — |

### Detailed records

National League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| Boston Beaneaters | 15 | 5 | 0.750 | 103 | 56 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 11 | 8 | 0.579 | 126 | 103 |
| Chicago Orphans | 12 | 8 | 0.600 | 97 | 75 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 8 | 12 | 0.400 | 98 | 104 |
| New York Giants | 11 | 9 | 0.550 | 111 | 82 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 11 | 9 | 0.550 | 103 | 102 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | | | | | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 9 | 0.550 | 95 | 90 |
| Total | 79 | 60 | 0.568 | 733 | 612 |
| Season Total | 79 | 60 | 0.568 | 733 | 612 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0.400 | 56 | 68 |
| May | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0.615 | 147 | 122 |
| June | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0.429 | 88 | 93 |
| July | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0.583 | 117 | 103 |
| August | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0.565 | 109 | 90 |
| September | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0.667 | 173 | 106 |
| October | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0.625 | 43 | 30 |
| Total | 139 | 79 | 60 | 0.568 | 733 | 612 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 70 | 42 | 28 | 0.600 | 359 | 315 |
| Away | 69 | 37 | 32 | 0.536 | 368 | 291 |
| Total | 139 | 79 | 60 | 0.568 | 733 | 612 |

### Notable transactions

* May 22, 1900: Jack O'Connor was purchased by the Pirates from the St. Louis Cardinals for $2,000.

### 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 | Chief Zimmer | 82 | 271 | 80 | .295 | 0 | 35 |
| 1B | Tom O'Brien | 102 | 376 | 109 | .290 | 3 | 61 |
| 2B | Claude Ritchey | 123 | 476 | 139 | .292 | 1 | 67 |
| SS | Bones Ely | 130 | 475 | 116 | .244 | 0 | 51 |
| 3B | Jimmy Williams | 106 | 416 | 110 | .264 | 5 | 68 |
| OF | Ginger Beaumont | 138 | 567 | 158 | .279 | 5 | 50 |
| OF | Honus Wagner | 135 | 527 | 201 | .381 | 4 | 100 |
| OF | Fred Clarke | 106 | 399 | 110 | .276 | 3 | 32 |

#### Other batters

Note: 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 |
| 1B | Duff Cooley | 66 | 249 | 50 | .201 | 0 | 22 |
| 3B | Tommy Leach | 51 | 160 | 34 | .213 | 1 | 16 |
| C | Jack O'Connor | 43 | 147 | 35 | .238 | 0 | 19 |
| OF | Tom McCreery | 43 | 132 | 29 | .220 | 1 | 13 |
| C | Pop Schriver | 37 | 92 | 27 | .293 | 1 | 12 |
| 1B | Pop Dillon | 5 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Tacks Latimer | 4 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
| UT | Jiggs Donahue | 3 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| OF | Ed Poole | 2 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 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 |
| Deacon Phillippe | 38 | 279.0 | 20 | 13 | 2.84 | 75 |
| Jesse Tannehill | 29 | 234.0 | 20 | 6 | 2.88 | 50 |
| Sam Leever | 30 | 232.2 | 15 | 13 | 2.71 | 84 |
| Jack Chesbro | 32 | 215.2 | 15 | 13 | 3.67 | 56 |
| Rube Waddell | 29 | 208.2 | 8 | 13 | 2.37 | 130 |
| Jouett Meekin | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.92 | 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 |
| Patsy Flaherty | 4 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Bert Husting | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 7 |
| Ed Poole | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 3 |
| Walt Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 1 |
| Honus Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Tom McCreery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 |

## Postseason
### 1900 Chronicle Telegraph Cup

The Chronicle Telegraph Cup was held just once, in 1900, and was sponsored by the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph, a newspaper in the hometown of the National League's second-place finisher, the Pirates. It pitted the Pirates against the first-place Brooklyn Superbas in a best-of-five postseason series. The Superbas won the series, 3 games to 1.