1896 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Exposition Park
City	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Owners	William Kerr and Phil Auten
Managers	Connie Mack
←  1895 Seasons 1897 →

The 1896 Pittsburgh ^[a] Pirates season was the 15th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their tenth in the National League. The Pirates finished sixth in the National League with a record of 66–63.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	90	39	0.698	—	49–16	41–23
Cleveland Spiders	80	48	0.625	9½	43–19	37–29
Cincinnati Reds	77	50	0.606	12	51–15	26–35
Boston Beaneaters	74	57	0.565	17	42–24	32–33
Chicago Colts	71	57	0.555	18½	42–24	29–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	63	0.512	24	35–31	31–32
New York Giants	64	67	0.489	27	39–26	25–41
Philadelphia Phillies	62	68	0.477	28½	42–27	20–41
Washington Senators	58	73	0.443	33	38–29	20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	58	73	0.443	33	35–28	23–45
St. Louis Browns	40	90	0.308	50½	27–34	13–56
Louisville Colonels	38	93	0.290	53	25–37	13–56

Record vs. opponents

1896 National League record v t e 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	—	5–7	6–6	7–4–2	10–2	3–8–1	10–2	9–3	12–0	9–2	9–3	10–2
Boston	7–5	—	10–2	3–9	5–6	5–7–1	8–4	7–5	7–5	7–5	8–4	7–5
Brooklyn	6–6	2–10	—	6–6	2–10	5–7	8–4	4–8	8–4	6–5–1	7–5	4–8–1
Chicago	4–7–2	9–3	6–6	—	4–6–1	2–9–1	9–3	5–7	4–8	11–1	9–3	8–4
Cincinnati	2–10	6–5	10–2	6–4–1	—	6–5	9–3	6–6	8–4	5–7	12–0	7–4
Cleveland	8–3–1	7–5–1	5–7	9–2–1	5–6	—	8–3–2	7–5	6–6	4–8–1	10–2	9–3–1
Louisville	2–10	4–8	4–8	3–9	3–9	3–8–2	—	4–8–1	7–5	2–10	3–9	3–9
New York	3–9	5–7	8–4	7–5	6–6	5–7	8–4–1	—	3–8	4–8	9–3–1	6–6
Philadelphia	0–12	5–7	4–8	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–7	8–3	—	6–6	8–3	8–4
Pittsburgh	2–9	5–7	5–6–1	1–11	7–5	8–4–1	10–2	8–4	6–6	—	8–3	6–6
St. Louis	3–9	4–8	5–7	3–9	0–12	2–10	9–3	3–9–1	3–8	3–8	—	5–7
Washington	2–10	5–7	8–4–1	4–8	4–7	3–9–1	9–3	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1896 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Brownie Foreman Jot Goar Charlie Hastings Pink Hawley Elmer Horton Jim Hughey Frank Killen		Catchers Eddie Boyle Bill Merritt Joe Sugden Infielders Jake Beckley Lou Bierbauer Harry Davis Tom Delahanty Bones Ely Abel Lizotte Denny Lyons Connie Mack Dick Padden Jud Smith Harry Truby		Outfielders Patsy Donovan Mike Smith Jake Stenzel Joe Wright		Manager Connie Mack

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	Joe Sugden	80	301	89	.296	0	36
1B	Jake Beckley	59	217	55	.253	3	32
2B	Dick Padden	61	219	53	.242	2	24
SS	Bones Ely	128	537	153	.285	3	77
3B	Denny Lyons	118	436	134	.307	4	71
OF	Mike Smith	122	484	175	.362	6	94
OF	Jake Stenzel	114	479	173	.361	2	82
OF	Patsy Donovan	131	573	183	.319	3	59

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
Bill Merritt	77	282	82	.291	1	42
Lou Bierbauer	59	258	74	.287	0	39
Harry Davis	44	168	32	.190	0	23
Connie Mack	33	120	26	.217	0	16
Joe Wright	15	52	16	.308	0	6
Jud Smith	10	35	12	.343	0	4
Harry Truby	8	32	5	.156	0	3
Abel Lizotte	7	29	3	.103	0	3
Eddie Boyle	2	5	0	.000	0	0
Tom Delahanty	1	3	1	.333	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	52	432.1	30	18	3.41	134
Pink Hawley	49	378.0	22	21	3.57	137
Charlie Hastings	17	104.0	5	10	5.88	19
Brownie Foreman	9	61.2	3	3	6.57	18
Elmer Horton	2	15.0	0	2	9.60	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
Jim Hughey	25	155.0	6	8	4.99	48

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
Jot Goar	3	0	1	0	16.88	3

Notes

References

• 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac