1893 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1893  Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Exposition Park
City	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Owners	William Kerr and Phil Auten
Managers	Al Buckenberger
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The 1893 Pittsburgh ^{[lower-alpha 1]} Pirates season was the 12th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their seventh season in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the National League with a record of 81 wins and 48 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	86	43	0.667	—	49–15	37–28
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	48	0.628	5	54–19	27–29
Cleveland Spiders	73	55	0.570	12½	47–22	26–33
Philadelphia Phillies	72	57	0.558	14	43–22	29–35
New York Giants	68	64	0.515	19½	49–20	19–44
Cincinnati Reds	65	63	0.508	20½	37–27	28–36
Brooklyn Grooms	65	63	0.508	20½	43–24	22–39
Baltimore Orioles	60	70	0.462	26½	36–24	24–46
Chicago Colts	56	71	0.441	29	38–34	18–37
St. Louis Browns	57	75	0.432	30½	40–30	17–45
Louisville Colonels	50	75	0.400	34	24–28	26–47
Washington Senators	40	89	0.310	46	21–27	19–62

Record vs. opponents

1893 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	2–10	10–2	5–7	4–8	8–4	5–5	4–8	5–7	1–11	9–3	7–5
Boston	10–2	—	8–4	8–3–1	6–6	7–5	10–2	8–4	8–4	4–6–1	10–2	7–5
Brooklyn	2–10	4–8	—	7–3	4–8	5–7–1	7–5	6–6	6–5–1	8–4	8–4	8–3
Chicago	7–5	3–8–1	3–7	—	5–7	4–8	6–4	7–5	6–6	3–9	3–9	9–3
Cincinnati	8–4	6–6	8–4	7–5	—	6–5	6–6	6–6–1	1–9–1	3–9	7–5–1	7–4
Cleveland	4–8	5–7	7–5–1	8–4	5–6	—	6–3	6–6	3–9	9–3	9–3	11–1
Louisville	5–5	2–10	5–7	4–6	6–6	3–6	—	5–7–1	4–8	4–8	4–8	8–4
New York	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–7	6–6–1	6–6	7–5–1	—	7–5–1	4–8–1	8–4	7–5
Philadelphia	7–5	4–8	5–6–1	6–6	9–1–1	9–3	8–4	5–7–1	—	7–5	4–8–1	8–4
Pittsburgh	11–1	6–4–1	4–8	9–3	9–3	3–9	8–4	8–4–1	5–7	—	9–3	9–2
St. Louis	3–9	2–10	4–8	9–3	5–7–1	3–9	8–4	4–8	8–4–1	3–9	—	8–4–1
Washington	5–7	5–7	3–8	3–9	4–7	1–11	4–8	5–7	4–8	2–9	4–8–1	—

Roster

1893 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Mark Baldwin Tom Colcolough Red Ehret Hank Gastright Ad Gumbert Frank Killen Adonis Terry		Catchers Billy Earle Connie Mack Joe Sugden Infielders Jake Beckley Lou Bierbauer Sam Gillen Jack Glasscock Jim Gray Denny Lyons Frank Shugart		Outfielders Patsy Donovan Doggie Miller Mike Smith Jake Stenzel George Van Haltren		Manager Al Buckenberger

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	Doggie Miller	41	154	28	.182	0	17
1B	Jake Beckley	131	542	164	.303	5	106
2B	Lou Bierbauer	128	528	150	.284	4	94
SS	Jack Glasscock	66	293	100	.341	1	74
3B	Denny Lyons	131	490	150	.306	3	105
OF	George Van Haltren	124	529	179	.338	3	79
OF	Mike Smith	128	518	179	.346	7	103
OF	Patsy Donovan	113	499	158	.317	2	56

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
Jake Stenzel	60	224	81	.362	4	37
Frank Shugart	52	210	55	.262	1	32
Connie Mack	37	133	38	.286	0	15
Billy Earle	27	95	24	.253	2	15
Joe Sugden	27	92	24	.261	0	12
Jim Gray	2	9	4	.444	0	2
Sam Gillen	3	6	0	.000	0	0

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
Frank Killen	55	415.0	36	14	3.64	99
Red Ehret	39	314.1	18	18	3.44	70
Adonis Terry	26	170.0	12	8	4.45	52
Ad Gumbert	22	162.2	11	7	5.15	40
Mark Baldwin	1	2.1	0	0	11.57	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
Hank Gastright	9	59.0	3	1	6.25	12
Tom Colcolough	8	43.2	1	0	4.12	32

Notes

1. Until early in the 20th century, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled both with and without the final 'h'.

References

• 1893 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 1893 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac