1894 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Major League Baseball team season

1894 Pittsburgh Pirates

League

National League

Ballpark

Exposition Park

City

Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Owners

William Kerr and Phil Auten

Managers

Al Buckenberger, Connie Mack

← 1893

Seasons

1895 →

The 1894 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 13th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their eighth in the National League. The Pirates finished seventh in the National League with a record of 65–65.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	89	39	.695	—	52‍–‍15	37‍–‍24
New York Giants	88	44	.667	3	49‍–‍17	39‍–‍27
Boston Beaneaters	83	49	.629	8	44‍–‍19	39‍–‍30
Philadelphia Phillies	71	57	.555	18	48‍–‍20	23‍–‍37
Brooklyn Grooms	70	61	.534	20½	42‍–‍24	28‍–‍37
Cleveland Spiders	68	61	.527	21½	35‍–‍24	33‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	65	.500	25	46‍–‍28	19‍–‍37
Chicago Colts	57	75	.432	34	35‍–‍30	22‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	56	76	.424	35	34‍–‍32	22‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds	55	75	.423	35	37‍–‍28	18‍–‍47
Washington Senators	45	87	.341	46	32‍–‍30	13‍–‍57
Louisville Colonels	36	94	.277	54	24‍–‍38	12‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1894 National League record v t e Sources:
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
Pittsburgh	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	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1894 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Tom Colcolough Jack Easton Red Ehret Ad Gumbert Harry Jordan Frank Killen Phil Knell Jock Menefee George Nicol Adonis Terry		Catchers Connie Mack Bill Merritt Joe Sugden Farmer Weaver Infielders Jake Beckley Lou Bierbauer Monte Cross Gene DeMontreville Jack Glasscock Fred Hartman Denny Lyons Jim Ritz Frank Scheibeck Gene Steere		Outfielders Patsy Donovan Mike Smith Jake Stenzel		Manager Al Buckenberger Connie Mack

1894 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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
1B	Jake Beckley	132	537	185	.345	7	122
2B	Lou Bierbauer	131	528	160	.303	3	109
SS	Jack Glasscock	87	335	94	.281	1	65
3B	Denny Lyons	72	257	82	.319	4	51
OF	Mike Smith	126	490	175	.357	6	74
OF	Jake Stenzel	132	525	185	.352	13	121
OF	Patsy Donovan	133	577	175	.303	4	76

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
Fred Hartman	49	182	58	.319	2	20
Joe Sugden	39	139	46	.331	2	23
Farmer Weaver	30	115	40	.348	0	24
Bill Merritt	36	109	30	.275	1	18
Frank Scheibeck	28	102	36	.353	1	10
Monte Cross	13	43	19	.442	2	13
Gene Steere	10	39	8	.205	0	4
Gene DeMontreville	2	8	2	.250	0	0
Jim Ritz	1	4	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
Red Ehret	46	346.2	19	21	5.14	102
Ad Gumbert	38	271.0	15	14	6.04	67
Frank Killen	28	204.0	14	11	4.50	62
Jock Menefee	13	111.2	5	8	5.40	33
Harry Jordan	1	9.0	1	0	4.00	1
Adonis Terry	1	0.2	0	1	67.50	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
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
Phil Knell	1	0	0	0	11.57	0
Mike Smith	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Notes

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

References

v t e 1894 MLB season by team
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Temple Cup

Pittsburgh Pirates

Established in 1882
Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; McCulloch Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/LECOM Park

Culture

Pirate Parrot
Great Pierogy Race
Green Weenie
"Black and Yellow"
Zoltan
Bob Prince
Bob Gessner
Vince Lascheid
T206 Honus Wagner
J. P. "Honus" Wagner (Vittor)
In the Name of the Law
Angels in the Outfield
The Odd Couple
"We Are Family"
The Natural
The Winning Season
Chasing 3000
Dude, Where's My Car?
Million Dollar Arm
Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories
No No: A Dockumentary

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
Harvey Haddix's near-perfect game
Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series home run
1985 drug trials
Sid Bream's slide
NL Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
MLB Little League Classics
- 2017
- 2019

Rivalries

Minors

Triple-A: Indianapolis Indians
Double-A: Altoona Curve
High-A: Greensboro Grasshoppers
Single-A: Bradenton Marauders
Rookie: FCL Pirates; DSL Pirates Black; DSL Pirates Gold
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (144)
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1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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