1907 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1907  Pittsburgh Pirates
1907 Pittsburgh Pirates Primary Logo.png
League National League
Ballpark Exposition Park
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [lower-alpha 1]
Owners Barney Dreyfuss
Managers Fred Clarke
  1906 Seasons 1908  

The 1907 Pittsburgh [lower-alpha 2] Pirates season was the 26th season for the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. It involved the Pirates finishing second in the National League.

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The offense was led by Tommy Leach and Hall of Famers Honus Wagner and Fred Clarke. Wagner led the NL in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and stolen bases. The Pirates scored the most runs of any team.

Regular season

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Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 107450.70454–1953–26
Pittsburgh Pirates 91630.5911747–2944–34
Philadelphia Phillies 83640.56521½45–3038–34
New York Giants 82710.53625½45–3037–41
Brooklyn Superbas 65830.4394037–3828–45
Cincinnati Reds 66870.43141½43–3623–51
Boston Doves 58900.3924731–4227–48
St. Louis Cardinals 521010.34055½31–4721–54

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 12–7–25–179–139–138–11–19–13–16–16
Brooklyn 7–12–25–15–115–7–110–12–18–136–1614–8
Chicago 17–515–5–117–516–614–812–10–116–6–1
Cincinnati 13–97–15–15–179–13–18–1310–12–114–8
New York 13–912–10–16–1613–9–111–1010–1217–5
Philadelphia 11–8–113–88–1413–810–1114–814–7–1
Pittsburgh 13–9–116–610–12–112–10–112–108–1420–2
St. Louis 16–68–146–16–18–145–177–14–12–20

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1907 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C George Gibson 11338284.220335
1B Jim Nealon 10538198.257047
2B Ed Abbaticchio 147496130.262282
3B Alan Storke 11235792.258139
SS Honus Wagner 142515180.350682
OF Tommy Leach 149547166.303443
OF Fred Clarke 148501145.289259
OF Goat Anderson 12741385.206112

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bill Hallman 9430267.222015
Tommy Sheehan 7522662.274025
Ed Phelps 4311324.212012
Harry Swacina 269519.200010
Otis Clymer 226615.22704
Danny Moeller 114212.28603
Harry Smith 183810.26301
Bill McKechnie 381.12500
Harl Maggert 360.00000
Billy Kelsey 252.40000
Marc Campbell 241.25001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Vic Willis 39292.221112.34107
Lefty Leifield 40286.020162.33112
Sam Leever 31216.21491.6665
Deacon Phillippe 35214.014112.6161
Nick Maddox 654.0510.8338
Babe Adams 422.0026.9511

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Howie Camnitz 31180.01382.1585
Bill Duggleby 940.1222.684
Mike Lynch 736.0222.259
Bill Otey 316.1014.415

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
King Brady 10000.000
Harry Wolter 10004.500
Connie Walsh 10009.000

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

League leaders in bold

Notes

  1. From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. In the early 20th century and earlier, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled with and without the 'h'.

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