1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1912 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersFred Clarke
← 1911 Seasons 1913 →

The 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball, the 31st in franchise history. The team finished second in the National League with a record of 93–58, 10 games behind the New York Giants.

During the season, Chief Wilson set a major league record by hitting 36 triples in a single season.[2] After 118 games, Chief Wilson already had 33 triples and was on pace to get 43 triples.[3]

In their 23–4 win against the Cincinnati Reds on April 27, the Pirates recorded a .628 batting average, the highest by any team in a single game from 1901 onwards.[4]

  1. ^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ^ "Chief Wilson MLB Record 36 Triples in 1912 | Baseball Almanac".
  3. ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.57, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  4. ^ "Team Batting Game Finder: In the Regular Season, since 1901, requiring Batting Average >= .590, sorted by greatest Batting Average". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 17, 2021.