1956 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Statistics

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 66-88-3, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bobby Bragan (66-88-3)

General Manager: Joe Brown

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 949,878 (6th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 70-84, 588 Runs, 653 Runs Allowed

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Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Bob Friend	25	17	17	.500	3.46	49	42	7	19	4	3	314.1	310	137	121	25	85	18	166	2	0	5	1315	108	3.18	1.257	8.9	0.7	2.4	4.8	1.95
2	SP	Ron Kline	24	14	18	.438	3.38	44	39	2	9	2	2	264.0	263	110	99	26	81	8	125	5	0	10	1102	111	3.68	1.303	9.0	0.9	2.8	4.3	1.54
3	SP	Vern Law	26	8	16	.333	4.32	39	32	6	6	0	2	195.2	218	110	94	24	49	10	60	6	0	8	851	87	4.19	1.365	10.0	1.1	2.3	2.8	1.22
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
4	CL	Nelson King	28	4	1	.800	3.15	38	0	21	0	0	5	60.0	54	24	21	8	19	5	25	1	1	2	246	119	4.27	1.217	8.1	1.2	2.9	3.8	1.32
5	RP	Roy Face	28	12	13	.480	3.52	68	3	34	0	0	4	135.1	131	57	53	16	42	15	96	1	0	1	569	106	3.44	1.278	8.7	1.1	2.8	6.4	2.29
6	RP	Red Munger	37	3	4	.429	4.04	35	13	6	0	0	1	107.0	126	56	48	8	41	6	45	0	0	3	475	93	3.65	1.561	10.6	0.7	3.4	3.8	1.10
7	RP	Dick Hall	25	0	7	.000	4.76	19	9	5	1	0	1	62.1	64	36	33	8	21	3	27	0	0	0	267	79	4.18	1.364	9.2	1.2	3.0	3.9	1.29
8	RP	Fred Waters*	29	2	2	.500	2.82	23	5	6	1	0	0	51.0	48	18	16	3	30	1	14	1	0	1	224	133	4.41	1.529	8.5	0.5	5.3	2.5	0.47
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
9		Cholly Naranjo	22	1	2	.333	4.46	17	3	7	0	0	0	34.1	37	22	17	7	17	1	26	1	0	1	155	85	5.08	1.573	9.7	1.8	4.5	6.8	1.53
10		Laurin Pepper	25	1	1	.500	3.00	11	7	2	0	0	0	30.0	30	17	10	1	25	1	12	0	0	0	143	126	4.50	1.833	9.0	0.3	7.5	3.6	0.48
11		Luis Arroyo*	29	3	3	.500	4.71	18	2	4	1	0	1	28.2	36	17	15	5	12	1	17	0	0	0	134	80	4.71	1.674	11.3	1.6	3.8	5.3	1.42
12		Howie Pollet*	35	0	4	.000	3.09	19	0	8	0	0	2	23.1	18	10	8	3	8	1	10	0	0	1	96	123	4.21	1.114	6.9	1.2	3.1	3.9	1.25
13		Johnny O'Brien	25	1	0	1.000	2.84	8	0	4	0	0	0	19.0	8	6	6	2	9	0	9	2	0	1	73	134	4.53	0.895	3.8	0.9	4.3	4.3	1.00
14		Jack McMahan*	23	0	0		6.08	11	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	18	9	9	1	9	0	9	0	0	1	64	63	4.02	2.025	12.2	0.7	6.1	6.1	1.00
15		Dick Littlefield*	30	0	0		4.26	6	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	14	8	6	2	6	0	10	0	0	2	55	90	4.26	1.579	9.9	1.4	4.3	7.1	1.67
16		Red Swanson	19	0	0		10.03	9	0	1	0	0	0	11.2	21	13	13	1	8	1	5	0	0	1	63	39	4.68	2.486	16.2	0.8	6.2	3.9	0.63
17		Bob Purkey	26	0	0		2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	183	5.12	0.500	4.5	2.3	0.0	2.3
18		Bob Garber	27	0	0		2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	18	183	6.37	1.500	6.8	2.3	6.8	6.8	1.00
19		Eddie O'Brien	25	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7		3.87	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
20		Max Surkont	34	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	11	100	5.87	2.500	9.0	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
21		Lino Donoso*	33	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9		2.97	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
		Team Totals	26.6	66	88	.429	3.74	157	157	120	37	6	21	1376.1	1406	653	572	142	469	72	662	20	1	37	5891	100	3.82	1.362	9.2	0.9	3.1	4.3	1.41
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	2		3				6	5	6	7	6	4	3	3	5		6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W