| 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
|---|---|---|
| League | National League | |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field | |
| City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] | |
| Owners | Barney Dreyfuss | |
| Managers | Fred Clarke | |
| ||
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]
- ^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
- ^ "Chief Wilson MLB Record 36 Triples in 1912 | Baseball Almanac".
- ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.57, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- ^ "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.