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

Detailed records

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %
April	10	4	6		56	68
May	26	16	10		147	122
June	21	9	12		88	93
July	24	14	10		117	103
August	23	13	10		109	90
September	27	18	9		173	106
October	8	5	3		43	30
Total	139	79	60		733	612

Notable transactions

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

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		82	271	80	.295	0	35
1B		102	376	109	.290	3	61
2B		123	476	139	.292	1	67
SS		130	475	116	.244	0	51
3B		106	416	110	.264	5	68
OF		138	567	158	.279	5	50
OF		135	527	201	.381	4	100
OF		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		66	249	50	.201	0	22
3B		51	160	34	.213	1	16
C		43	147	35	.238	0	19
OF		43	132	29	.220	1	13
C		37	92	27	.293	1	12
1B		5	18	2	.111	0	1
C		4	12	4	.333	0	2
UT		3	10	2	.200	0	3
OF		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
	38	279.0	20	13	2.84	75
	29	234.0	20	6	2.88	50
	30	232.2	15	13	2.71	84
	32	215.2	15	13	3.67	56
	29	208.2	8	13	2.37	130
	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
	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
	2	0	0	0	5.63	7
	1	1	0	0	1.29	3
	1	0	0	0	21.00	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
	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.