1961 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1960 Season 1962 Season

Record: 75-79-0, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Danny Murtaugh (75-79)

General Manager: Joe Brown

Scouting Director: Rex Bowen

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 1,199,128 (3rd of 8)

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

Pythagorean W-L: 79-75, 694 Runs, 675 Runs Allowed

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154. Oct 1, PIT (75-79) beat CIN, 3-1

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*	34	100	356	323	37	98	17	3	12	52	1	0	30	16	.303	.365	.486	.851	125	157	7	2	0	1	8
2	1B	Dick Stuart	28	138	576	532	83	160	28	8	35	117	0	3	34	121	.301	.344	.581	.925	141	309	22	4	1	5	1
3	2B	Bill Mazeroski	24	152	595	558	71	148	21	2	13	59	2	1	26	55	.265	.298	.380	.678	80	212	9	3	2	6	10
4	SS	Dick Groat	30	148	648	596	71	164	25	6	6	55	0	4	40	44	.275	.320	.367	.687	83	219	22	1	7	4	0
5	3B	Don Hoak	33	145	586	503	72	150	27	7	12	61	4	2	73	53	.298	.388	.451	.839	123	227	14	3	3	4	8
6	LF	Bob Skinner*	29	119	442	381	61	102	20	3	3	42	3	5	51	49	.268	.358	.360	.718	93	137	6	4	4	2	9
7	CF	Bill Virdon*	30	146	660	599	81	156	22	8	9	58	5	8	49	45	.260	.313	.369	.682	82	221	4	0	5	7	1
8	RF	Roberto Clemente	26	146	614	572	100	201	30	10	23	89	4	1	35	59	.351	.390	.559	.949	150	320	18	3	1	3	10
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	C	Hal Smith	30	67	208	193	12	43	10	0	3	26	0	0	11	38	.223	.267	.321	.588	56	62	6	1	2	1	1
10	LF	Joe Christopher	25	76	206	186	25	49	7	3	0	14	6	4	18	24	.263	.327	.333	.660	77	62	7	0	1	1	0
11	1B	Rocky Nelson*	36	75	146	127	15	25	5	1	5	13	0	0	17	11	.197	.301	.370	.671	78	47	3	2	0	0	2
12	UT	Dick Schofield#	26	60	90	78	16	15	2	1	0	2	0	1	10	19	.192	.284	.244	.528	43	19	1	0	2	0	0
13	OF	Gino Cimoli	31	21	69	67	4	20	3	1	0	6	0	0	2	13	.299	.319	.373	.692	84	25	4	0	0	0	0
14	OF	Walt Moryn*	35	40	68	65	6	13	1	0	3	9	0	0	2	10	.200	.235	.354	.589	55	23	5	1	0	0	0
15	C	Don Leppert	29	22	62	60	6	16	2	1	3	5	0	0	1	11	.267	.279	.483	.762	99	29	6	0	1	0	0
16	IF	Johnny Logan	35	27	56	52	5	12	4	0	0	5	0	0	4	8	.231	.286	.308	.593	59	16	2	0	0	0	0
17	OF	Donn Clendenon	25	9	40	35	7	11	1	1	0	2	0	0	5	10	.314	.400	.400	.800	115	14	0	0	0	0	0
18	3B	Gene Baker	36	9	13	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.100	.308	.100	.408	16	1	0	0	0	0	1
19	C	Bob Oldis	33	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
20	LF	Román Mejías	35	4	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
21	P	Bob Friend	30	41	89	79	6	11	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	36	.139	.150	.165	.315	-16	13	0	0	9	0	0
22	P	Joe Gibbon	26	31	71	59	1	8	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	22	.136	.148	.186	.334	-11	11	1	0	10	1	0
23	P	Harvey Haddix*	35	31	67	56	2	8	3	0	0	3	0	0	6	14	.143	.226	.196	.422	14	11	0	0	5	0	0
24	P	Tom Sturdivant*	31	13	33	32	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	8	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	8	1	0	1	0	0
25	P	Vinegar Bend Mizell	30	25	31	23	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.130	.192	.130	.323	-11	3	0	0	5	1	0
26	P	Earl Francis	25	23	31	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	17	.107	.194	.107	.301	-17	3	0	1	0	0	0
27	P	Vern Law	31	11	24	19	0	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	4	.263	.318	.316	.634	70	6	0	1	2	1	0
28	P	Bobby Shantz	35	44	20	16	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.438	.526	.500	1.026	176	8	0	1	1	0	0
29	P	Al McBean	23	28	16	15	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	.267	.267	.467	.733	91	7	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Roy Face	33	62	11	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	47	3	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Clem Labine	34	56	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.100	.182	.100	.282	-22	1	1	0	0	0	0
32	P	Al Jackson*	25	5	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	-67	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Larry Foss	25	3	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Fred Green	27	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Red Witt	29	9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	288	2	0	0	1	0	0
36	P	Jim Umbricht	30	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	437	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Tom Cheney	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.3	154	5867	5311	694	1448	232	57	128	646	26	30	428	721	.273	.328	.410	.738	96	2178	140	27	64	37	51
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	6	1	4	1	6		8	3	7	1	1	4	5	6		5		7		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.3	154	5441	4943	674	1384	225	55	127	615	25	29	411	589	.280	.336	.425	.761	102	2100	137	24	29	34	51
		Pitcher Totals	29.8	154	426	368	20	64	7	2	1	31	1	1	17	132	.174	.215	.212	.427	15	78	3	3	35	3	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	30	14	19	.424	3.85	41	35	3	10	1	1	236.0	271	119	101	16	45	10	108	3	0	4	1001	103	3.15	1.339	10.3	0.6	1.7	4.1	2.40
2	SP	Joe Gibbon*	26	13	10	.565	3.32	30	29	1	7	3	0	195.1	185	85	72	16	57	4	145	4	0	3	816	119	3.09	1.239	8.5	0.7	2.6	6.7	2.54
3	SP	Harvey Haddix*	35	10	6	.625	4.10	29	22	4	5	2	0	156.0	159	72	71	15	41	6	99	2	0	4	646	97	3.38	1.282	9.2	0.9	2.4	5.7	2.41
4	SP	Earl Francis	25	2	8	.200	4.21	23	15	4	0	0	0	102.2	110	60	48	4	47	7	53	1	0	5	458	94	3.45	1.529	9.6	0.4	4.1	4.6	1.13
5	SP	Vinegar Bend Mizell*	30	7	10	.412	5.04	25	17	1	2	1	0	100.0	120	61	56	16	31	8	37	0	1	0	437	79	4.84	1.510	10.8	1.4	2.8	3.3	1.19
6	SP	Tom Sturdivant	31	5	2	.714	2.84	13	11	2	6	1	1	85.2	81	29	27	6	17	3	45	1	0	1	349	140	3.06	1.144	8.5	0.6	1.8	4.7	2.65
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
7	CL	Roy Face	33	6	12	.333	3.82	62	0	47	0	0	17	92.0	94	44	39	12	10	4	55	1	0	5	373	104	3.43	1.130	9.2	1.2	1.0	5.4	5.50
8	RP	Clem Labine	34	4	1	.800	3.69	56	1	28	0	0	8	92.2	102	43	38	4	31	8	49	2	0	2	399	107	3.15	1.435	9.9	0.4	3.0	4.8	1.58
9	RP	Bobby Shantz*	35	6	3	.667	3.32	43	6	16	2	1	2	89.1	91	38	33	5	26	6	61	4	0	0	377	119	2.94	1.310	9.2	0.5	2.6	6.1	2.35
10	RP	Al McBean	23	3	2	.600	3.75	27	2	7	0	0	0	74.1	72	35	31	4	42	5	49	4	0	10	330	106	3.81	1.534	8.7	0.5	5.1	5.9	1.17
11	RP	Fred Green*	27	0	0		4.79	13	0	3	0	0	0	20.2	27	16	11	2	9	2	4	0	0	3	95	84	4.75	1.742	11.8	0.9	3.9	1.7	0.44
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
12		Vern Law	31	3	4	.429	4.70	11	10	1	1	0	0	59.1	72	33	31	10	18	3	20	1	0	0	258	85	5.05	1.517	10.9	1.5	2.7	3.0	1.11
13		Al Jackson*	25	1	0	1.000	3.42	3	2	0	1	0	0	23.2	20	10	9	2	4	1	15	0	0	0	91	117	2.91	1.014	7.6	0.8	1.5	5.7	3.75
14		Red Witt	29	0	1	.000	6.32	9	1	3	0	0	0	15.2	17	12	11	5	5	0	9	0	0	0	67	64	6.53	1.404	9.8	2.9	2.9	5.2	1.80
15		Larry Foss	25	1	1	.500	5.87	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.1	15	11	10	3	11	0	9	2	0	0	70	69	6.49	1.696	8.8	1.8	6.5	5.3	0.82
16		Jim Umbricht	30	0	0		2.70	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	17	163	3.77	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	2.7	0.50
17		Tom Cheney	26	0	0		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	5	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	6	4							0.00
		Team Totals	29.9	75	79	.487	3.92	154	154	120	34	9	29	1362.0	1442	675	593	121	400	68	759	25	1	39	5790	101	3.53	1.352	9.5	0.8	2.6	5.0	1.90
		Rank in 8 NL teams		6	3		5				6	4	4	8	6	5	4	1	1		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