1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics

1954 Season 1956 Season

Record: 60-94-0, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Fred Haney (60-94)

General Manager: Branch Rickey

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 469,397 (8th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 55-99, 560 Runs, 767 Runs Allowed

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jack Shepard	24	94	301	264	24	63	10	2	2	23	1	0	33	25	.239	.321	.314	.635	72	83	8	0	2	2	3
2	1B	Dale Long*	29	131	479	419	59	122	19	13	16	79	0	1	48	72	.291	.362	.513	.875	132	215	14	1	6	4	6
3	2B	Johnny O'Brien	24	84	304	278	22	83	15	2	1	25	1	1	20	19	.299	.346	.378	.723	94	105	7	1	3	2	1
4	SS	Dick Groat	24	151	572	521	45	139	28	2	4	51	0	2	38	26	.267	.317	.351	.669	79	183	20	1	11	1	11
5	3B	Gene Freese	21	134	510	455	69	115	21	8	14	44	5	1	34	57	.253	.310	.426	.736	95	194	10	4	16	1	4
6	LF	Frank Thomas	26	142	581	510	72	125	16	2	25	72	2	0	60	76	.245	.324	.431	.755	100	220	13	2	3	6	10
7	CF	Eddie O'Brien	24	75	261	236	26	55	3	1	0	8	4	5	18	13	.233	.290	.254	.544	48	60	2	1	6	0	0
8	RF	Roberto Clemente	20	124	501	474	48	121	23	11	5	47	2	5	18	60	.255	.284	.382	.666	77	181	14	2	4	3	3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Jerry Lynch*	24	88	308	282	43	80	18	6	5	28	2	2	22	33	.284	.331	.443	.774	106	125	7	0	0	4	4
10	IF	Dick Cole	29	77	260	239	16	54	8	3	0	21	0	0	18	22	.226	.285	.285	.569	54	68	5	2	0	1	1
11	C	Toby Atwell*	31	71	253	207	21	44	8	0	1	18	0	1	40	16	.213	.337	.266	.603	65	55	4	1	1	4	9
12	1B	Preston Ward*	27	84	208	179	16	38	7	4	5	25	0	0	22	28	.212	.296	.380	.675	80	68	3	0	5	2	4
13	3B	George Freese	28	51	202	179	17	46	8	2	3	22	1	1	17	18	.257	.327	.374	.701	88	67	7	2	3	1	2
14	LF	Román Mejías	29	71	176	167	14	36	8	1	3	21	1	3	9	13	.216	.256	.329	.585	56	55	3	0	0	0	0
15	CF	Tom Saffell*	33	73	132	113	21	19	1	0	1	3	1	0	15	22	.168	.266	.204	.469	28	23	1	0	4	0	3
16	OF	Felipe Montemayor*	27	36	114	95	10	20	1	3	2	8	1	0	18	24	.211	.342	.347	.689	86	33	2	1	0	0	2
17	C	Hardy Peterson	25	32	92	81	7	20	6	0	1	10	0	0	7	7	.247	.311	.358	.669	79	29	3	1	2	1	1
18	UT	Sid Gordon	37	16	49	47	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.170	.204	.191	.396	7	9	3	0	0	0	0
19	CF	Earl Smith	27	5	21	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	.063	.286	.063	.348	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
20	2B	Curt Roberts	25	6	19	17	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.118	.211	.176	.387	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
21	C	Nick Koback	19	5	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	54	2	0	0	0	0	0
22	RF	John Powers*	25	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	SS	Dick Smith	28	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Bob Friend	24	44	70	61	3	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	15	.164	.203	.180	.383	4	11	0	0	6	0	0
25	P	Vern Law	25	44	69	63	8	16	3	0	1	8	1	0	4	16	.254	.299	.349	.648	73	22	0	0	2	0	0
26	P	Max Surkont	33	35	59	50	5	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.140	.218	.160	.378	4	8	0	1	4	0	0
27	P	Dick Hall	24	21	47	40	3	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	5	.175	.283	.275	.558	51	11	3	0	1	0	0
28	P	Ron Kline	23	37	40	38	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	.132	.154	.132	.285	-22	5	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Dick Littlefield*	29	35	39	34	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	15	.176	.263	.206	.469	28	7	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Roy Face	27	43	30	26	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.115	.148	.154	.302	-19	4	0	0	3	0	0
31	P	Lino Donoso*	32	25	30	27	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.185	.185	.185	.370	0	5	2	0	3	0	0
32	P	Bob Purkey	25	14	22	19	1	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	4	.316	.316	.474	.789	108	9	0	0	3	0	0
33	P	Nelson King	27	17	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	2	0	0
34	P	Ben Wade	32	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-40	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Al Grunwald*	25	3	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	170	2	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Roger Bowman	27	7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	170	1	0	0	1	0	0
37	P	Laurin Pepper	24	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Jake Thies	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Fred Waters*	28	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Paul Martin	23	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Red Swanson	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Bill Bell	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	25.6	154	5791	5173	560	1262	210	60	91	532	22	22	471	652	.244	.308	.361	.668	79	1865	132	21	93	32	64
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	8	8	6	1	8		8	1	6	3	8	7	8	8		8		8		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	25.5	154	5355	4790	535	1194	202	60	88	506	21	22	446	541	.249	.314	.372	.686	83	1780	126	20	66	32	64
		Pitcher Totals	26.8	154	436	383	25	68	8	0	3	26	1	0	25	111	.178	.230	.222	.452	22	85	6	1	27	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB