Journals

1900 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Exposition Park (since 1891)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1887)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Fred Clarke
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The 1900 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 19th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 14th in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Pirates finished second in the National League with a record of 79–60.

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 22, 1900: Jack O'Connor was purchased by the Pirates from the St. Louis Cardinals for $2,000.

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
OF	Wagner, HonusHonus Wagner	135	527	201	.381	4	100
OF	Clarke, FredFred Clarke	106	399	110	.276	3	32

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

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
Chesbro, JackJack Chesbro	32	215.2	15	13	3.67	56
Meekin, JouettJouett Meekin	2	13	0	2	6.92	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

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Wagner, HonusHonus Wagner	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Postseason

1900 Chronicle-Telegraph Cup

Main article: Chronicle-Telegraph Cup

The Chronicle-Telegraph Cup was held just once, in 1900, and was sponsored by the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph, a newspaper in the hometown of the National League's second-place finisher, the Pirates. It pitted the Pirates against the first-place Brooklyn Superbas in a best-of-five postseason series. The Superbas won the series, 3 games to 1.

External links

• 1900 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1900 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac