1894 Pittsburg Pirates season

1894 Pittsburg Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Exposition Park (since 1891)
Allegheny, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	William Kerr and Phil Auten
Manager(s)	Al Buckenberger, Connie Mack
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The 1894 Pittsburg Pirates season was the 13th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 8th in the National League. The Pirates finished seventh in the National League with a record of 65–65.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	89	39	0.695	—	52–15	37–24
New York Giants	88	44	0.667	3	49–17	39–27
Boston Beaneaters	83	49	0.629	8	44–19	39–30
Philadelphia Phillies	71	57	0.555	18	48–20	23–37
Brooklyn Grooms	70	61	0.534	20½	42–24	28–37
Cleveland Spiders	68	61	0.527	21½	35–24	33–37
Pittsburg Pirates	65	65	0.500	25	46–28	19–37
Chicago Colts	57	75	0.432	34	35–30	22–45
St. Louis Browns	56	76	0.424	35	34–32	22–44
Cincinnati Reds	55	75	0.423	35	37–28	18–47
Washington Senators	45	87	0.341	46	32–30	13–57
Louisville Colonels	36	94	0.277	54	24–38	12–56

Record vs. opponents

1894 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	4–8	8–4	9–3	10–2	9–3	10–2	6–6	6–4–1	6–4	10–2	11–1
Boston	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	8–4	9–3	10–2	6–6–1	6–6	8–4	6–6	9–3
Brooklyn	4–8	6–6	—	6–6–1	6–6	6–5	8–4	5–7–1	5–7–1	7–5–1	8–4	9–3
Chicago	3–9	5–7	6–6–1	—	6–6–1	2–10	8–4	1–11–2	7–5	6–6–1	6–6	7–5
Cincinnati	2–10	4–8	6–6	6–6–1	—	3–8–1	7–5	5–7	3–8–2	5–7	7–5	7–5
Cleveland	3–9	3–9	5–6	10–2	8–3–1	—	8–3	3–9	7–5	4–8	9–3	8–4
Louisville	2–10	2–10	4–8	4–8	5–7	3–8	—	0–12–1	3–8	3–9	6–6	4–8
New York	6–6	6–6–1	7–5–1	11–1–2	7–5	9–3	12–0–1	—	5–7	8–4–1	7–5–1	10–2
Philadelphia	4–6–1	6–6	7–5–1	5–7	8–3–2	5–7	8–3	7–5	—	8–4	5–7	8–4
Pittsburg	4–6	4–8	5–7–1	6–6–1	7–5	8–4	9–3	4–8–1	4–8	—	6–6	8–4
St. Louis	2–10	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–7	3–9	6–6	5–7–1	7–5	6–6	—	6–6
Washington	1–11	3–9	3–9	5–7	5–7	4–8	8–4	2–10	4–8	4–8	6–6	—

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	Connie Mack	70	231	57	.247	1	21
OF	Mike Smith	126	490	175	.357	6	74

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
Joe Sugden	39	139	46	.331	2	23
Bill Merritt	36	109	30	.275	1	18

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
Red Ehret	46	346.2	19	21	5.14	102
Ad Gumbert	38	271	15	14	6.04	67
Harry Jordan	1	9	1	0	4.00	1

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
Tom Colcolough	22	148.2	8	5	7.08	29
George Nicol	9	46.1	3	4	6.22	13
Jack Easton	3	19.2	0	1	4.12	1

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Smith	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

References

• 1894 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1894 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac