1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster (40-man)

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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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Toby Atwell	31	us US	L	R	5' 9"	185	Mar 8, 1924	4	71	58	71	67	0	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	-0.5	$12,000
Bill Bell	21	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Oct 24, 1933	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Roger Bowman	27	us US	R	L	6' 0"	175	Aug 18, 1927	5	7	2	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$8,000
Roberto Clemente HOF	20	pr PR	R	R	5' 11"	175	Aug 18, 1934	1st	124	107	124	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	111	118	11	1	-0.4	$6,000
Dick Cole	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	175	May 6, 1926	4	77	55	77	66	0	0	0	24	34	12	0	0	0	0	12	0	-0.7
Lino Donoso	32	cu CU	L	L	5' 11"	160	Sep 23, 1922	2	25	9	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Roy Face	27	us US	R	R	5' 8"	155	Feb 20, 1928	2	43	10	43	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.5
Gene Freese	21	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Jan 8, 1934	1st	134	116	134	122	0	0	0	57	65	0	0	0	0	0	13	3	2.1
George Freese	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Sep 12, 1926	2	51	49	51	50	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.4	$6,000
Bob Friend	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Nov 24, 1930	5	44	20	44	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.9
Sid Gordon	37	us US	R	R	5' 10"	185	Aug 13, 1917	13	16	12	16	12	0	0	0	0	8	0	4	0	0	4	4	0	-0.2
Dick Groat	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Nov 4, 1930	2	151	148	151	149	0	0	0	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.0
Al Grunwald	25	us US	L	L	6' 4"	210	Feb 13, 1930	1st	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.2
Dick Hall	24	us US	R	R	6' 6"	200	Sep 27, 1930	4	21	15	21	18	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	3	1	2.1
Nelson King	27	us US	R	R	6' 6"	185	Mar 15, 1928	2	17	4	17	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Ron Kline	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Mar 9, 1932	2	37	19	37	37	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3
Nick Koback	19	us US	R	R	6' 0"	187	Jul 19, 1935	3	5	1	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.0
Vern Law	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Mar 12, 1930	4	44	24	44	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.4
Dick Littlefield	29	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Mar 18, 1926	6	35	17	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Dale Long	29	us US	L	L	6' 4"	205	Feb 6, 1926	2	131	116	131	119	0	0	119	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	2.4
Jerry Lynch	24	us US	L	R	6' 1"	185	Jul 17, 1930	2	88	66	88	73	0	2	0	0	0	0	39	0	33	71	20	2	0.0
Paul Martin	23	us US	R	R	6' 6"	235	Mar 9, 1932	1st	7	1	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Román Mejías	29	cu CU	R	R	6' 0"	175	Aug 9, 1925	1st	71	39	71	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	1	14	43	21	9	-0.9
Felipe Montemayor	27	mx MX	L	L	6' 2"	185	Feb 7, 1928	2	36	24	36	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14	9	28	8	2	-0.1
Eddie O'Brien	24	us US	R	R	5' 9"	165	Dec 11, 1930	2	75	62	75	66	0	0	0	0	6	4	2	56	0	57	3	9	-1.2
Johnny O'Brien	24	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	Dec 11, 1930	2	84	75	84	78	0	0	0	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.7
Laurin Pepper	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	Jan 18, 1931	2	14	1	14	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Hardy Peterson	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	205	Oct 17, 1929	1st	32	22	32	31	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.1
John Powers	25	us US	L	R	6' 1"	185	Jul 8, 1929	1st	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0
Bob Purkey	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	175	Jul 14, 1929	2	14	10	14	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Curt Roberts	25	us US	R	R	5' 8"	165	Aug 16, 1929	4	6	5	6	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Tom Saffell	33	us US	L	R	5' 11"	170	Jul 26, 1921	4	73	22	73	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	37	4	47	19	20	-1.1
Jack Shepard	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	May 13, 1931	3	94	71	94	77	0	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0.1	$10,000
Dick Smith	28	us US	R	R	5' 8"	160	Jul 21, 1926	5	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.0
Earl Smith	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Mar 14, 1928	1st	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	-0.4	$4,500
Max Surkont	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Jun 16, 1922	7	35	22	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Red Swanson	18	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Oct 15, 1936	1st	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Jake Thies	29	us US	R	R	5' 11"	170	Apr 1, 1926	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Frank Thomas	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Jun 11, 1929	5	142	136	142	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	88	57	0	139	5	0	0.3		All-Star
Ben Wade	32	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Nov 25, 1922	5	11	1	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	$11,000
Preston Ward	27	us US	L	R	6' 4"	190	Jul 24, 1927	5	84	39	84	49	0	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	39	0	0.0
Fred Waters	28	us US	L	L	5' 11"	185	Feb 2, 1927	1st	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Fred Haney	59	us US	Apr 25, 1896	Manager	Apr 13	Sep 25
Sam Narron	41	us US	Aug 25, 1913	Bullpen	Apr 13	Sep 25
Clyde Sukeforth	53	us US	Nov 30, 1901	First base	Apr 13	Sep 25
John Fitzpatrick	51	us US	Mar 19, 1904		Apr 13	Sep 25
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date