1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season
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. After 118 games, Chief Wilson already had 33 triples and was on pace to get 43 triples.Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
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 | | 95 | 300 | 72 | .240 | 2 | 35 |
1B | | 148 | 567 | 156 | .275 | 4 | 86 |
2B | | 111 | 401 | 111 | .277 | 1 | 41 |
3B | | 130 | 528 | 152 | .288 | 3 | 35 |
SS | | 145 | 558 | 181 | .324 | 7 | 102 |
OF | | 77 | 244 | 77 | .316 | 2 | 35 |
OF | | 152 | 583 | 175 | .300 | 11 | 95 |
OF | | 150 | 587 | 177 | .302 | 5 | 68 |
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 |
| 43 | 154 | 42 | .273 | 1 | 14 |
| 48 | 132 | 42 | .318 | 1 | 12 |
| 39 | 99 | 26 | .263 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | 113 | 34 | .301 | 0 | 10 |
| 28 | 97 | 29 | .299 | 0 | 18 |
| 46 | 97 | 28 | .289 | 0 | 21 |
| 24 | 73 | 18 | .247 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | 70 | 13 | .186 | 1 | 6 |
| 17 | 53 | 15 | .283 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | 53 | 16 | .302 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | 5 | .455 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 39 | 288.2 | 24 | 9 | 2.59 | 176 |
| 41 | 276.2 | 22 | 12 | 2.83 | 121 |
| 37 | 275.1 | 15 | 17 | 2.71 | 150 |
| 28 | 170.1 | 11 | 8 | 2.91 | 63 |
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 |
| 33 | 175 | 12 | 7 | 2.26 | 79 |
| 12 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 6.43 | 11 |
| 11 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 | 13 |
| 11 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | 10 |
| 6 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1.66 | 30 |
Relief 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 |
| 6 | 23.2 | 1 | 2 | 4.18 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
| 1 | .1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Chief Wilson's 36 triples