1919 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1919 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Hugo Bezdek
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1919 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 38th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 33rd in National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 71–68.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	96	44	0.686	—	51–19	45–25
New York Giants	87	53	0.621	9	46–23	41–30
Chicago Cubs	75	65	0.536	21	40–31	35–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	68	0.511	24½	39–31	32–37
Brooklyn Robins	69	71	0.493	27	36–34	33–37
Boston Braves	57	82	0.410	38½	29–38	28–44
St. Louis Cardinals	54	83	0.394	40½	34–35	20–48
Philadelphia Phillies	47	90	0.343	47½	26–44	21–46

Record vs. opponents

1919 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	7–13	7–13	4–16	6–14	15–5	8–11	10–10–1
Brooklyn	13–7	—	9–11	7–13	8–12	12–8–1	9–11	11–9
Chicago	13–7	11–9	—	8–12	6–14	13–7	11–9	13–7
Cincinnati	16–4	13–7	12–8	—	12–8	15–5	14–6	14–6
New York	14–6	12–8	14–6	8–12	—	14–6	11–9	14–6
Philadelphia	5–15	8–12–1	7–13	5–15	6–14	—	6–14	10–7
Pittsburgh	11–8	11–9	9–11	6–14	9–11	14–6	—	11–9
St. Louis	10–10–1	9–11	7–13	6–14	6–14	7–10	9–11	—

Game log

1919 Game Log: 71–68 (Home: 39–31; Away: 32–37)

April: 2–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–3)

May: 13–13 (Home: 5–3; Away: 8–10)

June: 17–11 (Home: 12–4; Away: 5–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
32	June 1	@ Reds	4–3 (10)	Adams (4–2)	Fisher	—	—	16–16
33	June 1	@ Reds	2–10	Ruether	Evans (0–4)	—	12,000	16–17
34	June 2	@ Cubs	0–7	Alexander	Mayer (1–3)	—	—	16–18
35	June 2	@ Cubs	1–2 (12)	Douglas	Cooper (5–4)	—	3,000	16–19
36	June 3	@ Cubs	0–1	Martin	Miller (2–3)	—	3,000	16–20
37	June 4	@ Cubs	1–0 (10)	Hamilton (5–4)	Vaughn	Adams (1)	—	17–20
38	June 6	Giants	7–1	Adams (5–2)	Benton	—	—	18–20
39	June 7	Giants	2–9	Causey	Cooper (5–5)	—	—	18–21
40	June 10	Robins	10–6	Mayer (2–3)	Pfeffer	—	—	19–21
41	June 11	Robins	3–2	Adams (6–2)	Cadore	—	—	20–21
42	June 12	Robins	5–4	Miller (3–3)	Smith	—	—	21–21
43	June 13	Robins	3–0 (8)	Cooper (6–5)	Cheney	—	3,000	22–21
44	June 14	Phillies	8–1	Mayer (3–3)	Hogg	—	—	23–21
45	June 16	Phillies	6–5	Adams (7–2)	Woodward	Cooper (1)	3,000	24–21
46	June 17	Phillies	6–0	Miller (4–3)	Jacobs	—	—	25–21
47	June 18	Braves	5–6 (11)	Rudolph	Carlson (0–1)	—	—	25–22
48	June 19	Braves	6–5	Carlson (1–1)	Northrop	—	—	26–22
49	June 20	Braves	4–0	Hamilton (6–4)	Demaree	—	—	27–22
50	June 21	Braves	1–0	Adams (8–2)	Keating	—	—	28–22
51	June 22	@ Cardinals	7–6	Carlson (2–1)	Sherdel	Hamilton (1)	5,000	29–22
52	June 23	@ Cardinals	3–2	Miller (5–3)	Tuero	—	—	30–22
53	June 24	@ Cardinals	2–9	Goodwin	Cooper (6–6)	—	—	30–23
54	June 25	@ Cardinals	1–3	Doak	Hamilton (6–5)	—	—	30–24
55	June 26	@ Reds	0–7 (6)	Ruether	Adams (8–3)	—	3,000	30–25
56	June 27	Reds	2–5	Luque	Carlson (2–2)	—	—	30–26
57	June 28	Reds	0–3	Sallee	Miller (5–4)	—	—	30–27
58	June 29	@ Cubs	7–4	Cooper (7–6)	Vaughn	—	—	31–27
59	June 30	Cardinals	4–1	Adams (9–3)	May	—	—	32–27

July: 10–19 (Home: 5–10; Away: 5–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
60	July 1	Cardinals	11–4	Mayer (4–3)	Doak	—	—	33–27
61	July 2	Cardinals	2–4	May	Hamilton (6–6)	Tuero	—	33–28
62	July 3	Cubs	4–2	Cooper (8–6)	Douglas	—	—	34–28
63	July 4	Cubs	3–7	Hendrix	Miller (5–5)	—	—	34–29
64	July 4	Cubs	1–4	Vaughn	Adams (9–4)	—	33,000	34–30
65	July 5	Cubs	2–10	Carter	Hamilton (6–7)	—	—	34–31
66	July 6	@ Reds	1–8	Sallee	Cooper (8–7)	—	—	34–32
67	July 6	@ Reds	1–3	Ruether	Carlson (2–3)	—	23,000	34–33
68	July 7	Cardinals	14–9	Mayer (5–3)	Ames	—	—	35–33
69	July 8	@ Robins	1–2	Cadore	Miller (5–6)	—	3,000	35–34
70	July 9	@ Robins	2–0	Adams (10–4)	Grimes	—	3,000	36–34
71	July 11	@ Robins	5–2	Carlson (3–3)	Pfeffer	—	2,500	37–34
72	July 12	@ Giants	1–0	Cooper (9–7)	Toney	—	20,000	38–34
73	July 13	@ Giants	2–8	Benton	Hamilton (6–8)	—	27,000	38–35
74	July 14	@ Giants	4–5	Dubuc	Miller (5–7)	—	8,000	38–36
75	July 18	@ Braves	2–0	Adams (11–4)	Nehf	—	—	39–36
76	July 19	@ Braves	1–2	Rudolph	Cooper (9–8)	—	—	39–37
77	July 23	@ Phillies	1–6	Meadows	Carlson (3–4)	—	—	39–38
78	July 23	@ Phillies	1–0	Miller (6–7)	Rixey	—	—	40–38
79	July 24	Reds	1–3	Ruether	Cooper (9–9)	—	—	40–39
80	July 25	Reds	0–4	Eller	Adams (11–5)	—	—	40–40
81	July 26	Reds	2–4	Ring	Miller (6–8)	—	—	40–41
82	July 27	@ Reds	3–5	Sallee	Ponder (0–1)	—	—	40–42
83	July 28	@ Reds	7–8	Gerner	Hamilton (6–9)	Eller	—	40–43
84	July 29	Giants	0–3	Toney	Adams (11–6)	—	—	40–44
85	July 29	Giants	7–6	Cooper (10–9)	Dubuc	—	8,000	41–44
86	July 30	Giants	0–9	Barnes	Ponder (0–2)	—	—	41–45
87	July 30	Giants	6–1	Miller (7–8)	Perritt	—	—	42–45
88	July 31	Giants	2–5	Douglas	Carlson (3–5)	—	2,500	42–46

August: 14–11 (Home: 4–5; Away: 10–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
89	August 1	Braves	1–2	Nehf	Hamilton (6–10)	—	1,500	42–47
90	August 2	Braves	4–2	Cooper (11–9)	Fillingim	Mayer (1)	—	43–47
91	August 5	Phillies	0–2	Meadows	Adams (11–7)	—	—	43–48
92	August 7	Phillies	3–5	Rixey	Miller (7–9)	—	—	43–49
93	August 8	Robins	3–0	Cooper (12–9)	Mamaux	—	—	44–49
94	August 9	Robins	0–2	Pfeffer	Carlson (3–6)	—	—	44–50
95	August 10	@ Robins	5–3	Adams (12–7)	Cadore	—	—	45–50
96	August 11	@ Robins	5–2	Miller (8–9)	Smith	—	2,000	46–50
97	August 13	@ Braves	3–2 (14)	Cooper (13–9)	Rudolph	—	—	47–50
98	August 15	@ Braves	3–5	Causey	Adams (12–8)	—	—	47–51
99	August 15	@ Braves	2–3 (15)	Fillingim	Carlson (3–7)	—	—	47–52
100	August 16	@ Phillies	6–4	Miller (9–9)	Rixey	—	—	48–52
101	August 16	@ Phillies	0–4	Rixey	Ponder (0–3)	—	8,000	48–53
102	August 18	@ Phillies	3–2 (13)	Cooper (14–9)	Smith	—	—	49–53
103	August 19	@ Phillies	5–4	Carlson (4–7)	Meadows	—	—	50–53
104	August 20	@ Robins	5–1	Miller (10–9)	Grimes	—	1,000	51–53
105	August 21	@ Robins	2–3	Pfeffer	Adams (12–9)	—	2,000	51–54
106	August 23	@ Giants	6–1	Cooper (15–9)	Barnes	—	20,000	52–54
107	August 24	@ Giants	0–1 (10)	Toney	Carlson (4–8)	—	—	52–55
108	August 26	@ Giants	1–9	Nehf	Miller (10–10)	—	—	52–56
109	August 26	@ Giants	4–1	Adams (13–9)	Benton	—	8,000	53–56
110	August 28	Cardinals	1–3	Schupp	Cooper (15–10)	—	—	53–57
111	August 29	Cardinals	5–3	Miller (11–10)	Sherdel	—	—	54–57
112	August 30	Reds	1–0 (11)	Adams (14–9)	Ring	—	—	55–57
113	August 31	@ Reds	3–2	Carlson (5–8)	Ruether	—	—	56–57

September: 15–11 (Home: 13–9; Away: 2–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
114	September 1	Cardinals	4–5	Doak	Miller (11–11)	—	—	56–58
115	September 1	Cardinals	2–1	Cooper (16–10)	Sherdel	—	—	57–58
116	September 2	Cardinals	1–2	Goodwin	Ponder (0–4)	—	—	57–59
117	September 4	Cubs	4–3 (10)	Cooper (17–10)	Bailey	—	—	58–59
118	September 5	Cubs	0–2	Vaughn	Carlson (5–9)	—	—	58–60
119	September 6	Cubs	11–0	Cooper (18–10)	Hendrix	—	—	59–60
120	September 7	@ Cubs	2–1	Hamilton (7–10)	Alexander	—	—	60–60
121	September 8	Braves	10–0	Miller (12–11)	Demaree	—	—	61–60
122	September 8	Braves	3–4	Causey	Ponder (0–5)	Fillingim	2,000	61–61
123	September 9	Braves	6–3	Carlson (6–9)	Scott	—	—	62–61
124	September 9	Braves	6–1	Adams (15–9)	Keating	—	—	63–61
125	September 11	Phillies	7–1	Cooper (19–10)	Ames	—	—	64–61
126	September 11	Phillies	7–2	Hamilton (8–10)	Meadows	—	—	65–61
127	September 12	Phillies	5–6	Cantwell	Miller (12–12)	—	—	65–62
128	September 13	Phillies	4–1	Carlson (7–9)	Smith	—	—	66–62
129	September 13	Phillies	2–0	Adams (16–9)	Hogg	—	—	67–62
130	September 15	Robins	3–4	Smith	Cooper (19–11)	—	—	67–63
131	September 15	Robins	0–6	Cadore	Hamilton (8–11)	—	—	67–64
132	September 16	Robins	4–3 (11)	Miller (13–12)	Pfeffer	—	—	68–64
133	September 17	Robins	3–8	Mitchell	Carlson (7–10)	—	—	68–65
134	September 18	Giants	7–0	Adams (17–9)	Barnes	—	—	69–65
135	September 19	Giants	2–4	Nehf	Cooper (19–12)	—	2,000	69–66
136	September 20	Giants	2–0	Carlson (8–10)	Ryan	—	10,000	70–66
137	September 26	@ Cardinals	1–2 (12)	Schupp	Adams (17–10)	—	—	70–67
138	September 27	@ Cardinals	3–5	Goodwin	Cooper (19–13)	—	—	70–68
139	September 28	@ Cardinals	6–3	Wisner (1–0)	Woodward	—	500	71–68

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1919 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Babe Adams

Hal Carlson

Wilbur Cooper

Bill Evans

Earl Hamilton

Carmen Hill

Erskine Mayer

Frank Miller

Elmer Ponder

Jack Wisner

Catchers

Fred Blackwell

Cliff Lee

Walter Schmidt

Ed Sweeney

Infielders

Walter Barbare

Tony Boeckel

Howdy Caton

George Cutshaw

Charlie Grimm

Fritz Mollwitz

Vic Saier

Zeb Terry

Hooks Warner

Possum Whitted

Outfielders

Carson Bigbee

Max Carey

Fred Nicholson

Billy Southworth

Casey Stengel

Billy Zitzmann

Manager

Hugo Bezdek

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

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
Lee, CliffCliff Lee	42	112	22	.196	0	2

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
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	34	263.1	17	10	1.98	92

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
Carlson, HalHal Carlson	22	141	8	10	2.23	49

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

References

↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

External links

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Pittsburgh Pirates

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

Franchise

Ballparks

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

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
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 (136)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

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

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