1958 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1957 Season 1959 Season

Record: 84-70-0, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Danny Murtaugh (84-70)

General Manager: Joe Brown

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 1,311,988 (3rd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94

Pythagorean W-L: 83-71, 662 Runs, 607 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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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	Hank Foiles	29	104	314	264	31	54	10	2	8	30	0	1	45	53	.205	.322	.348	.670	80	92	4	1	3	1	10
2	1B	Ted Kluszewski*	33	100	331	301	29	88	13	4	4	37	0	0	26	16	.292	.348	.402	.750	100	121	8	1	1	2	6
3	2B	Bill Mazeroski	21	152	607	567	69	156	24	6	19	68	1	1	25	71	.275	.308	.439	.747	97	249	15	3	9	3	3
4	SS	Dick Groat	27	151	622	584	67	175	36	9	3	66	2	2	23	32	.300	.328	.408	.735	96	238	21	4	6	5	7
5	3B	Frank Thomas	29	149	621	562	89	158	26	4	35	109	0	1	42	79	.281	.334	.528	.863	126	297	19	7	1	8	2
6	LF	Bob Skinner*	26	144	596	529	93	170	33	9	13	70	12	4	58	55	.321	.387	.491	.879	133	260	11	2	2	5	7
7	CF	Bill Virdon*	27	144	662	604	75	161	24	11	9	46	5	3	52	70	.267	.324	.387	.712	90	234	5	1	2	3	5
8	RF	Roberto Clemente	23	140	556	519	69	150	24	10	6	50	8	2	31	41	.289	.327	.408	.736	96	212	15	0	3	3	1
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	1B	Dick Stuart	25	67	271	254	38	68	12	5	16	48	0	0	11	75	.268	.310	.543	.853	123	138	6	5	0	1	1
10	OF	Román Mejías	32	76	166	157	17	42	3	2	5	19	2	0	2	27	.268	.280	.408	.687	81	64	4	1	5	1	1
11	C	Bill Hall*	29	51	131	116	15	33	6	0	1	15	0	0	15	13	.284	.366	.362	.728	96	42	2	0	0	0	8
12	C	Danny Kravitz*	27	45	113	100	9	24	3	2	1	5	0	0	11	10	.240	.313	.340	.653	75	34	4	0	0	1	5
13	1B	R C Stevens	23	59	97	90	16	24	3	1	7	18	0	0	5	25	.267	.320	.556	.875	129	50	0	2	0	0	0
14	OF	John Powers*	28	57	90	82	6	15	1	0	2	2	0	0	8	19	.183	.256	.268	.524	41	22	3	0	0	0	0
15	IF	Gene Baker	33	29	66	56	3	14	2	1	0	7	0	0	8	6	.250	.338	.321	.660	78	18	2	0	1	1	0
16	IF	Dick Schofield#	23	26	31	27	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	6	.148	.226	.222	.448	21	6	0	0	0	1	0
17	3B	Harry Bright	28	15	26	24	4	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	6	.250	.269	.417	.686	80	10	0	0	0	1	0
18	3B	Gene Freese	24	17	19	18	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.167	.211	.333	.544	43	6	1	0	0	0	0
19	C	Hardy Peterson	28	2	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	108	2	0	0	0	0	0
20		Paul Smith*	27	6	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.333	.667	.333	1.000	179	1	0	0	0	0	0
21		Jim Pendleton	34	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	1	0	0	0	0	0
22		Johnny O'Brien	27	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
23	P	Bob Friend	27	38	109	94	3	10	2	0	0	6	0	0	4	28	.106	.141	.128	.269	-27	12	1	0	10	1	0
24	P	Ron Kline	26	33	88	74	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	42	.027	.089	.041	.129	-64	3	2	1	9	0	0
25	P	Vern Law	28	36	80	62	11	12	3	1	2	12	0	0	9	10	.194	.288	.371	.659	75	23	4	0	7	2	0
26	P	Curt Raydon	24	31	49	38	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	25	.026	.159	.026	.185	-46	1	0	0	4	0	0
27	P	Red Witt	26	18	41	39	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.154	.154	.154	.308	-17	6	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	Bob Porterfield	34	37	21	20	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	7	.050	.095	.200	.295	-24	4	1	0	0	0	0
29	P	Don Gross*	27	40	20	18	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.056	.105	.056	.161	-55	1	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Bob Smith	28	35	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.091	.083	.091	.174	-53	1	0	0	0	1	0
31	P	Roy Face	30	57	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
32	P	Ron Blackburn	23	38	8	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.571	.857	122	4	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Bennie Daniels*	26	8	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	George Perez	20	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Eddie O'Brien	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Don Williams	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.7	154	5783	5247	662	1386	229	68	134	625	30	15	396	753	.264	.317	.410	.727	93	2153	128	28	68	40	56
		Rank in 8 NL teams				6	7	5	4	1	5		7	2	8	3	4	7	4	5		3		5		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.7	154	5336	4867	636	1349	221	67	131	597	30	15	371	607	.277	.330	.431	.760	102	2097	120	27	33	36	56
		Pitcher Totals	26.9	154	447	380	26	37	8	1	3	28	0	0	25	146	.097	.154	.147	.301	-19	56	8	1	35	4	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
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	27	22	14	.611	3.68	38	38	0	16	1	0	274.0	299	120	112	25	61	11	135	4	1	4	1146	105	3.39	1.314	9.8	0.8	2.0	4.4	2.21
2	SP	Ron Kline	26	13	16	.448	3.53	32	32	0	11	2	0	237.1	220	96	93	25	92	14	109	0	0	3	986	110	4.09	1.315	8.3	0.9	3.5	4.1	1.18
3	SP	Vern Law	28	14	12	.538	3.96	35	29	5	6	1	3	202.1	235	103	89	16	39	5	56	1	0	1	854	98	3.54	1.354	10.5	0.7	1.7	2.5	1.44
4	SP	Curt Raydon	24	8	4	.667	3.62	31	20	5	2	1	1	134.1	118	64	54	18	61	4	85	5	1	3	573	107	4.43	1.333	7.9	1.2	4.1	5.7	1.39
5	SP	Red Witt	26	9	2	.818	1.61	18	15	0	5	3	0	106.0	78	22	19	2	59	3	81	2	0	5	442	241	2.92	1.292	6.6	0.2	5.0	6.9	1.37
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
6	CL	Roy Face	30	5	2	.714	2.89	57	0	40	0	0	20	84.0	77	30	27	6	22	6	47	0	0	2	341	134	3.07	1.179	8.3	0.6	2.4	5.0	2.14
7	RP	Bob Porterfield	34	4	6	.400	3.29	37	6	10	2	1	5	87.2	78	33	32	7	19	3	39	1	0	2	352	118	3.31	1.106	8.0	0.7	2.0	4.0	2.05
8	RP	Don Gross*	27	5	7	.417	3.98	40	3	23	0	0	7	74.2	67	37	33	5	38	7	59	1	0	3	324	98	3.33	1.406	8.1	0.6	4.6	7.1	1.55
9	RP	Ron Blackburn	23	2	1	.667	3.39	38	2	15	0	0	3	63.2	61	33	24	7	27	5	31	3	0	1	278	115	4.34	1.382	8.6	1.0	3.8	4.4	1.15
10	RP	Bob Smith*	28	2	2	.500	4.43	35	4	9	0	0	2	61.0	61	39	30	6	31	7	24	2	0	3	274	88	4.59	1.508	9.0	0.9	4.6	3.5	0.77
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
11		Bennie Daniels	26	0	3	.000	5.53	8	5	1	1	0	0	27.2	31	19	17	3	15	1	7	1	0	0	127	71	5.11	1.663	10.1	1.0	4.9	2.3	0.47
12		George Perez	20	0	1	.000	5.40	4	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	9	5	5	1	4	0	2	0	0	3	35	75	5.00	1.560	9.7	1.1	4.3	2.2	0.50
13		Don Williams	26	0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	17	63	4.98	1.750	13.5	2.3	2.3	6.8	3.00
14		Eddie O'Brien	27	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	34	9.48	2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5	4.5	1.00
15		Johnny O'Brien	27	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.0	84	70	.545	3.56	154	154	111	43	9	41	1367.0	1344	607	541	123	470	66	679	20	2	31	5759	109	3.73	1.327	8.8	0.8	3.1	4.5	1.44
		Rank in 8 NL teams		2	7		2				5	2	1	7	3	2	2	1	4		8
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