1907 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Major League Baseball team season

1907 Pittsburgh Pirates

League

National League

Ballpark

Exposition Park

City

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Owners

Barney Dreyfuss

Managers

Fred Clarke

← 1906

Seasons

1908 →

The 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 26th season for the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. It involved the Pirates finishing second in the National League.

The offense was led by Tommy Leach and Hall of Famers Honus Wagner and Fred Clarke. Wagner led the NL in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and stolen bases. The Pirates scored the most runs of any team.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	107	45	.704	—	54‍–‍19	53‍–‍26
Pittsburgh Pirates	91	63	.591	17	47‍–‍29	44‍–‍34
Philadelphia Phillies	83	64	.565	21½	45‍–‍30	38‍–‍34
New York Giants	82	71	.536	25½	45‍–‍30	37‍–‍41
Brooklyn Superbas	65	83	.439	40	37‍–‍38	28‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds	66	87	.431	41½	43‍–‍36	23‍–‍51
Boston Doves	58	90	.392	47	31‍–‍42	27‍–‍48
St. Louis Cardinals	52	101	.340	55½	31‍–‍47	21‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1907 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–7–2	5–17	9–13	9–13	8–11–1	9–13–1	6–16
Brooklyn	7–12–2	—	5–15–1	15–7–1	10–12–1	8–13	6–16	14–8
Chicago	17–5	15–5–1	—	17–5	16–6	14–8	12–10–1	16–6–1
Cincinnati	13–9	7–15–1	5–17	—	9–13–1	8–13	10–12–1	14–8
New York	13–9	12–10–1	6–16	13–9–1	—	11–10	10–12	17–5
Philadelphia	11–8–1	13–8	8–14	13–8	10–11	—	14–8	14–7–1
Pittsburgh	13–9–1	16–6	10–12–1	12–10–1	12–10	8–14	—	20–2
St. Louis	16–6	8–14	6–16–1	8–14	5–17	7–14–1	2–20	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1907 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Babe Adams King Brady Howie Camnitz Bill Duggleby Sam Leever Lefty Leifield Mike Lynch Nick Maddox Bill Otey Deacon Phillippe Connie Walsh Vic Willis Harry Wolter		Catchers George Gibson Billy Kelsey Ed Phelps Harry Smith Infielders Ed Abbaticchio Marc Campbell Bill McKechnie Jim Nealon Tommy Sheehan Alan Storke Harry Swacina Honus Wagner		Outfielders Goat Anderson Fred Clarke Otis Clymer Bill Hallman Tommy Leach Harl Maggert Danny Moeller		Manager Fred Clarke

1907 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Fred Clarke

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
C	George Gibson	113	382	84	.220	3	35
1B	Jim Nealon	105	381	98	.257	0	47
2B	Ed Abbaticchio	147	496	130	.262	2	82
3B	Alan Storke	112	357	92	.258	1	39
SS	Honus Wagner	142	515	180	.350	6	82
OF	Tommy Leach	149	547	166	.303	4	43
OF	Fred Clarke	148	501	145	.289	2	59
OF	Goat Anderson	127	413	85	.206	1	12

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.	RBI
Bill Hallman	94	302	67	.222	15
Tommy Sheehan	75	226	62	.274	25
Ed Phelps	43	113	24	.212	12
Harry Swacina	26	95	19	.200	10
Otis Clymer	22	66	15	.227	4
Danny Moeller	11	42	12	.286	3
Harry Smith	18	38	10	.263	1
Bill McKechnie	3	8	1	.125	0
Harl Maggert	3	6	0	.000	0
Billy Kelsey	2	5	2	.400	0
Marc Campbell	2	4	1	.250	1

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
Vic Willis	39	292.2	21	11	2.34	107
Lefty Leifield	40	286.0	20	16	2.33	112
Sam Leever	31	216.2	14	9	1.66	65
Deacon Phillippe	35	214.0	14	11	2.61	61
Nick Maddox	6	54.0	5	1	0.83	38
Babe Adams	4	22.0	0	2	6.95	11

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
Howie Camnitz	31	180.0	13	8	2.15	85
Bill Duggleby	9	40.1	2	2	2.68	4
Mike Lynch	7	36.0	2	2	2.25	9
Bill Otey	3	16.1	0	1	4.41	5

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	ERA
King Brady	1	0.00
Harry Wolter	1	4.50
Connie Walsh	1	9.00

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

League leaders in bold

Ed Abbaticchio: #2 runs batted in (82)
Fred Clarke: #4 runs scored (97)
Fred Clarke: #5 on-base percentage (.383)
Tommy Leach: #2 runs scored (102)
Tommy Leach: #4 batting average (.303)
Tommy Leach: #4 stolen bases (43)
Sam Leever: #4 earned run average (1.66)
Lefty Leifield: #5 wins (20)
Honus Wagner: #1 batting average (.350)
Honus Wagner: #1 stolen bases (61)
Honus Wagner: #1 on-base percentage (.408)
Honus Wagner: #1 slugging percentage (.513)
Honus Wagner: #2 runs batted in (82)
Honus Wagner: #3 runs scored (98)
Vic Willis: #4 wins (21)

Notes

From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
In the early 20th century and earlier, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled with and without the 'h'.

References

v t e 1907 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1907 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

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

Franchise

Ballparks

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

Culture

Pirate Parrot
Great Pierogy Race
Green Weenie
"Black and Yellow"
Zoltan
Bob Prince
Bob Gessner
Vince Lascheid
T206 Honus Wagner
J. P. "Honus" Wagner (Vittor)
In the Name of the Law
Angels in the Outfield
The Odd Couple
"We Are Family"
The Natural
The Winning Season
Chasing 3000
Dude, Where's My Car?
Million Dollar Arm
Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories
No No: A Dockumentary

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
Harvey Haddix's near-perfect game
Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series home run
1985 drug trials
Sid Bream's slide
NL Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
MLB Little League Classics
- 2017
- 2019

Rivalries

Minors

Triple-A: Indianapolis Indians
Double-A: Altoona Curve
High-A: Greensboro Grasshoppers
Single-A: Bradenton Marauders
Rookie: FCL Pirates; DSL Pirates Black; DSL Pirates Gold
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

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