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1959 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1958 Season 1960 Season

Record: 78-76-1, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Danny Murtaugh (78-76-1)

General Manager: Joe Brown

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 1,359,917 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
One-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 74-80, 651 Runs, 680 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	Smoky Burgess*	32	114	418	377	41	112	28	5	11	59	0	0	31	16	.297	.349	.485	.834	122	183	10	2	2	6	9
2	1B	Dick Stuart	26	118	450	397	64	118	15	2	27	78	1	1	42	86	.297	.362	.549	.911	141	218	11	2	2	7	7
3	2B	Bill Mazeroski	22	135	537	493	50	119	15	6	7	59	1	3	29	54	.241	.283	.339	.621	67	167	16	1	10	4	1
4	SS	Dick Groat	28	147	641	593	74	163	22	7	5	51	0	2	32	35	.275	.312	.361	.673	81	214	21	2	9	4	2
5	3B	Don Hoak	31	155	651	564	60	166	29	3	8	65	9	2	71	75	.294	.374	.399	.773	108	225	18	4	6	6	4
6	LF	Bob Skinner*	27	143	617	547	78	153	18	4	13	61	10	7	67	65	.280	.357	.399	.756	103	218	6	0	1	2	8
7	CF	Bill Virdon*	28	144	583	519	67	132	24	2	8	41	7	4	55	65	.254	.327	.355	.682	84	184	7	2	5	2	11
8	RF	Roberto Clemente	24	105	456	432	60	128	17	7	4	50	2	3	15	51	.296	.322	.396	.718	92	171	10	3	3	3	2
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	Román Mejías	33	96	308	276	28	65	6	1	7	28	1	2	21	48	.236	.298	.341	.639	72	94	4	5	3	3	7
10	1B	Rocky Nelson*	34	98	204	175	31	51	11	0	6	32	0	0	23	19	.291	.379	.457	.836	124	80	2	3	1	2	4
11	C	Danny Kravitz*	28	52	169	162	18	41	9	1	3	21	0	1	5	14	.253	.274	.377	.650	73	61	2	0	1	1	1
12	2B	Dick Schofield#	24	81	163	145	21	34	10	1	1	9	1	1	16	22	.234	.311	.338	.648	75	49	2	0	2	0	0
13	1B	Ted Kluszewski*	34	60	127	122	11	32	10	1	2	17	0	0	5	14	.262	.291	.410	.701	86	50	3	0	0	0	1
14	C	Hank Foiles	30	53	88	80	10	18	3	0	3	4	0	0	7	16	.225	.287	.375	.662	77	30	2	0	1	0	2
15	UT	Harry Bright	29	40	54	48	4	12	1	0	3	8	0	0	5	10	.250	.321	.458	.779	107	22	0	0	1	0	0
16	OF	Harry Simpson*	33	9	15	15	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.267	.267	.400	.667	77	6	0	0	0	0	0
17	RF	Joe Christopher	23	15	14	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.077	.000	.077	-77	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	SS	Ken Hamlin	24	3	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	20	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	1B	R C Stevens	24	3	7	7	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.714	1.000	158	5	0	0	0	0	0
20	C	Hardy Peterson	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.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
21	P	Vern Law	29	38	106	96	6	16	2	0	1	8	0	0	3	20	.167	.192	.219	.411	10	21	4	0	7	0	0
22	P	Bob Friend	28	35	87	73	4	12	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	25	.164	.187	.192	.378	2	14	0	0	12	0	0
23	P	Harvey Haddix*	33	31	87	83	3	12	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	17	.145	.174	.193	.367	-1	16	2	0	1	0	0
24	P	Ron Kline	27	38	65	59	4	8	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	23	.136	.150	.136	.286	-22	8	1	0	5	0	0
25	P	Bennie Daniels*	27	36	34	29	4	9	2	1	1	3	0	0	5	10	.310	.412	.552	.963	157	16	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Roy Face	31	58	15	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	25	3	2	0	1	0	0
27	P	Red Witt	27	15	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.077	.000	.077	-77	0	0	0	2	0	0
28	P	Fred Green	25	17	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Al Jackson*	23	8	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Ron Blackburn	24	26	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.800	1.000	153	4	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Jim Umbricht	28	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Don Gross*	28	21	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Don Williams	27	6	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	241	3	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Bob Porterfield	35	36	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bob Smith	29	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Dick Hall	28	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
37	P	Paul Giel	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.2	155	5954	5369	651	1414	230	42	112	617	32	26	442	715	.263	.320	.384	.704	89	2064	125	24	77	40	59
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	6	4	4	4	8		7	3	8	1	4	6	7	7		7		7		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.1	155	5516	4976	629	1351	220	40	109	586	32	26	427	599	.272	.330	.398	.727	95	1978	115	24	48	40	59
		Pitcher Totals	28.9	155	438	393	22	63	10	2	3	31	0	0	15	116	.160	.191	.219	.410	10	86	10	0	29	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

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	Vern Law	29	18	9	.667	2.98	34	33	1	20	2	1	266.0	245	91	88	25	53	11	110	2	0	5	1080	129	3.56	1.120	8.3	0.8	1.8	3.7	2.08
2	SP	Bob Friend	28	8	19	.296	4.03	35	35	0	7	2	0	234.2	267	129	105	19	52	9	104	7	0	5	1015	95	3.46	1.359	10.2	0.7	2.0	4.0	2.00
3	SP	Harvey Haddix*	33	12	12	.500	3.13	31	29	2	14	2	0	224.1	189	88	78	26	49	12	149	2	0	4	897	123	3.40	1.061	7.6	1.0	2.0	6.0	3.04
4	SP	Ron Kline	27	11	13	.458	4.26	33	29	1	7	0	0	186.0	186	95	88	23	70	9	91	2	1	9	796	90	4.33	1.376	9.0	1.1	3.4	4.4	1.30
5	SP	Red Witt	27	0	7	.000	6.93	15	11	2	0	0	0	50.2	58	43	39	7	32	2	30	1	1	0	234	56	5.11	1.776	10.3	1.2	5.7	5.3	0.94
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	31	18	1	.947	2.70	57	0	47	0	0	10	93.1	91	29	28	5	25	8	69	1	0	4	380	142	2.60	1.243	8.8	0.5	2.4	6.7	2.76
7	RP	Bennie Daniels	27	7	9	.438	5.45	34	12	8	0	0	1	100.2	115	69	61	9	39	6	67	2	0	5	452	70	3.60	1.530	10.3	0.8	3.5	6.0	1.72
8	RP	Ron Blackburn	24	1	1	.500	3.65	26	0	9	0	0	1	44.1	50	21	18	5	15	4	19	2	0	0	199	106	4.30	1.466	10.2	1.0	3.0	3.9	1.27
9	RP	Bob Porterfield	35	1	2	.333	4.35	36	0	14	0	0	1	41.1	51	22	20	3	19	6	19	0	0	5	186	90	3.95	1.694	11.1	0.7	4.1	4.1	1.00
10	RP	Don Gross*	28	1	1	.500	3.55	21	0	10	0	0	2	33.0	28	16	13	3	10	3	15	1	0	0	136	109	3.82	1.152	7.6	0.8	2.7	4.1	1.50
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		Fred Green*	25	1	2	.333	3.13	17	1	4	0	0	1	37.1	37	16	13	2	15	8	20	0	0	2	161	123	3.37	1.393	8.9	0.5	3.6	4.8	1.33
12		Bob Smith*	29	0	0		3.49	20	0	6	0	0	0	28.1	32	16	11	1	17	0	12	0	0	0	130	111	3.95	1.729	10.2	0.3	5.4	3.8	0.71
13		Al Jackson*	23	0	0		6.50	8	3	1	0	0	0	18.0	30	14	13	1	8	3	13	0	0	2	84	60	3.15	2.111	15.0	0.5	4.0	6.5	1.63
14		Don Williams	27	0	0		6.75	6	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	17	9	9	1	3	1	3	0	0	1	53	59	3.88	1.667	12.8	0.8	2.3	2.3	1.00
15		Dick Hall	28	0	0		3.12	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	12	5	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	39	129	3.70	1.500	12.5	1.0	1.0	3.1	3.00
16		Paul Giel	26	0	0		14.09	4	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	17	12	12	0	6	1	3	0	0	1	45	29	4.11	3.000	20.0	0.0	7.0	3.5	0.50
17		Jim Umbricht	28	0	0		6.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	5	5	3	4	0	3	0	0	0	31	63	8.97	1.571	9.0	3.9	5.1	3.9	0.75
		Team Totals	28.9	78	76	.506	3.90	155	155	107	48	6	17	1393.1	1432	680	604	134	418	84	730	20	2	43	5918	99	3.69	1.328	9.2	0.9	2.7	4.7	1.75
		Rank in 8 NL teams		4	5		4				4	7	7	3	7	4	4	2	1		7
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