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1977 Pittsburgh Pirates

1977 > Class Major League > 1977 National League (East)
Overall: 96-66
Scored 734 runs, Allowed 665 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Chuck Tanner
Represented: Pittsburgh, PA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1976 / 1978

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Dale Berra 20 17 41 40 0 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .175 .195 .200 .395 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 John Candelaria* 23 33 88 80 5 18 3 2 0 11 0 1 4 18 .225 .262 .313 .574 25 0 0 4 0 0
3 Larry Demery 24 47 20 20 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 .150 .150 .250 .400 5 0 0 0 0 0
4 Miguel Dilone# 22 29 49 44 5 6 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 3 .136 .174 .136 .310 6 0 0 3 0 0
5 Duffy Dyer 31 94 331 270 27 65 11 1 3 19 6 0 54 49 .241 .370 .322 .692 87 7 3 1 3 11
6 Mike Easler* 26 10 19 18 3 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 .444 .421 .722 1.143 13 0 0 0 1 0
7 Mike Edwards 24 7 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Terry Forster* 25 36 27 26 2 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .346 .346 .462 .808 12 0 0 1 0 0
9 Jim Fregosi 35 36 71 56 10 16 1 1 3 16 2 0 13 10 .286 .408 .500 .908 28 1 0 0 2 1
10 Phil Garner 28 153 651 585 99 152 35 10 17 77 32 9 55 65 .260 .325 .441 .766 258 13 2 7 2 4
11 Fernando Gonzalez 27 80 197 181 17 50 10 0 4 27 3 3 13 21 .276 .320 .398 .718 72 8 0 0 3 6
12 Rich Gossage 25 72 25 23 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .217 .250 .261 .511 6 0 0 1 0 0
13 Jerry Hairston# 25 51 59 52 5 10 2 0 2 6 0 0 6 10 .192 .271 .346 .617 18 1 0 0 1 0
14 Tommy Helms 36 15 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
15 Grant Jackson# 34 49 18 18 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .389 .722 7 0 0 0 0 0
16 Odell Jones 24 34 29 28 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .143 .172 .143 .315 4 0 0 0 0 0
17 Timothy Jones# 23 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Ed Kirkpatrick* 32 21 38 28 5 4 2 0 1 4 1 0 8 6 .143 .324 .321 .646 9 2 0 1 1 0
19 Bruce Kison 27 35 74 69 8 18 4 0 1 7 1 2 2 19 .261 .282 .362 .644 25 1 0 3 0 0
20 Ken Macha 26 35 101 95 2 26 4 0 0 11 1 1 6 17 .274 .317 .316 .633 30 6 0 0 0 0
21 Mario Mendoza 26 70 86 81 5 16 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 10 .198 .226 .235 .461 19 1 0 2 0 0
22 Omar Moreno* 24 150 533 492 69 118 19 9 7 34 53 16 38 102 .240 .295 .358 .652 176 4 1 0 2 5
23 Al Oliver* 30 154 622 568 75 175 29 6 19 82 13 16 40 38 .308 .353 .481 .834 273 11 4 2 8 9
24 Ed Ott* 25 104 347 311 40 82 14 3 7 38 7 7 32 41 .264 .334 .395 .730 123 4 2 0 2 6
25 Dave Parker* 26 159 706 637 107 215 44 8 21 88 17 19 58 107 .338 .397 .531 .927 338 7 7 0 4 13
26 Jerry Reuss* 28 35 80 70 3 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 26 .171 .237 .200 .437 14 1 0 4 0 0
27 Bill Robinson 34 137 544 507 74 154 32 1 26 104 12 6 25 92 .304 .337 .525 .862 266 8 3 4 5 3
28 Jim Rooker 34 30 75 70 4 13 1 0 0 5 1 0 4 27 .186 .230 .200 .430 14 2 0 1 0 0
29 Willie Stargell* 37 63 222 186 29 51 12 0 13 35 0 1 31 55 .274 .383 .548 .931 102 4 3 0 2 10
30 Rennie Stennett 26 116 490 453 53 152 20 4 5 51 28 18 29 24 .336 .376 .430 .806 195 7 2 3 3 4
31 Frank Taveras 27 147 600 544 72 137 20 10 1 29 70 18 38 71 .252 .306 .331 .637 180 7 6 9 3 2
32 Kent Tekulve 30 72 12 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 3 0 0 0 0 0
33 Ed Whitson 22 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Players 28.0 162 6262 5662 734 1550 278 57 133 678 260 120 474 878 .274 .331 .413 .745 2341 96 34 49 43 74
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 John Candelaria* 23 20 5 .800 2.34 33 33 0 6 1 0 230.2 197 64 60 29 50 2 133 2 2 1 917 1.071 7.7 1.1 2.0 5.2 2.66
2 Larry Demery 24 6 5 .545 5.08 39 8 8 0 0 1 90.1 100 59 51 13 47 3 35 0 0 6 409 1.627 10.0 1.3 4.7 3.5 0.74
3 Terry Forster* 25 6 4 .600 4.43 33 6 7 0 0 1 87.1 90 47 43 7 32 3 58 2 1 3 378 1.397 9.3 0.7 3.3 6.0 1.81
4 Rich Gossage 25 11 9 .550 1.62 72 0 55 0 0 26 133.0 78 27 24 9 49 6 151 2 0 2 523 0.955 5.3 0.6 3.3 10.2 3.08
5 Al Holland* 24 0 0 7.71 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 1.714 15.4 0.0 0.0 3.9
6 Grant Jackson* 34 5 3 .625 3.86 49 2 19 0 0 4 91.0 81 44 39 11 39 8 41 1 1 0 385 1.319 8.0 1.1 3.9 4.1 1.05
7 Odell Jones 24 3 7 .300 5.08 34 15 9 1 0 0 108.0 118 63 61 14 31 2 66 3 2 4 466 1.380 9.8 1.2 2.6 5.5 2.13
8 Timothy Jones 23 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 1 2 0 0 0 10.0 4 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 37 0.700 3.6 0.0 2.7 4.5 1.67
9 Bruce Kison 27 9 10 .474 4.90 33 32 0 3 1 0 193.0 209 113 105 25 55 6 122 6 1 6 830 1.368 9.7 1.2 2.6 5.7 2.22
10 Mario Mendoza 26 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 10 2.500 13.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00
11 Dave Pagan 27 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
12 Jerry Reuss* 28 10 13 .435 4.11 33 33 0 8 2 0 208.0 225 109 95 11 71 2 116 4 1 11 894 1.423 9.7 0.5 3.1 5.0 1.63
13 Jim Rooker* 34 14 9 .609 3.08 30 30 0 7 2 0 204.1 196 87 70 24 64 4 89 0 2 8 854 1.272 8.6 1.1 2.8 3.9 1.39
14 Kent Tekulve 30 10 1 .909 3.06 72 0 35 0 0 7 103.0 89 41 35 5 33 6 59 1 1 2 422 1.184 7.8 0.4 2.9 5.2 1.79
15 Ed Whitson 22 1 0 1.000 3.45 5 2 1 0 0 0 15.2 11 6 6 0 9 1 10 0 0 0 66 1.277 6.3 0.0 5.2 5.7 1.11
15 Players 27.3 96 66 .593 3.61 162 162 137 25 15 39 1481.2 1406 665 594 149 485 43 890 21 12 44 6211 1.276 8.5 0.9 2.9 5.4 1.84

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Duffy Dyer 93 502 41 2 10 .996 5.84 5 62 34 35%
Ed Ott 90 455 49 9 6 .982 5.60 8 40 29 42%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bill Robinson 86 695 34 6 62 .992 8.48
Willie Stargell 55 449 27 7 26 .986 8.65
Jim Fregosi 15 99 5 2 9 .981 6.93
Ken Macha 11 66 3 0 5 1.000 6.27
Ed Kirkpatrick 10 66 4 2 7 .972 7.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rennie Stennett 113 269 315 11 70 .982 5.17
Phil Garner 50 114 95 6 20 .972 4.18
Fernando Gonzalez 6 9 9 0 2 1.000 3.00
Mike Edwards 4 7 8 0 2 1.000 3.75
Jerry Hairston 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Dave Parker 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Phil Garner 107 98 240 10 28 .971 3.16
Fernando Gonzalez 37 15 54 2 3 .972 1.86
Mario Mendoza 19 5 6 1 0 .917 0.58
Ken Macha 17 5 22 1 0 .964 1.59
Bill Robinson 17 7 25 4 1 .889 1.88
Dale Berra 14 14 22 1 1 .973 2.57
Jim Fregosi 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ed Kirkpatrick 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Frank Taveras 146 178 449 25 62 .962 4.29
Mario Mendoza 45 36 80 9 13 .928 2.58
Phil Garner 12 11 16 1 1 .964 2.25
Fernando Gonzalez 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.50

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Al Oliver 128 0.00
Bill Robinson 41 0.00
Fernando Gonzalez 15 0.00
Miguel Dilone 9 0.00
Jerry Hairston 6 0.00
Ken Macha 3 0.00
Mike Easler 1 0.00
Ed Kirkpatrick 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Omar Moreno 147 0.00
Al Oliver 36 0.00
Miguel Dilone 7 0.00
Bill Robinson 2 0.00
Ed Kirkpatrick 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Parker 158 0.00
Jerry Hairston 8 0.00
Mike Easler 3 0.00
Miguel Dilone 2 0.00
Terry Forster 1 0.00
Fernando Gonzalez 1 0.00
Ken Macha 1 0.00
Bill Robinson 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Parker 158 389 26 15 9 .965 2.63
Al Oliver 148 305 6 6 1 .981 2.10
Omar Moreno 147 366 10 9 4 .977 2.56
Bill Robinson 43 56 0 3 0 .949 1.30
Miguel Dilone 17 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
Fernando Gonzalez 16 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
Jerry Hairston 14 12 0 1 0 .923 0.86
Mike Easler 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
Ken Macha 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25
Ed Kirkpatrick 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Terry Forster 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rich Gossage 72 4 10 1 0 .933 0.19
Kent Tekulve 72 7 32 0 1 1.000 0.54
Grant Jackson 49 2 12 0 1 1.000 0.29
Larry Demery 39 5 14 2 0 .905 0.49
Odell Jones 34 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.29
John Candelaria 33 6 30 1 3 .973 1.09
Terry Forster 33 4 13 1 1 .944 0.52
Bruce Kison 33 11 33 2 0 .957 1.33
Jerry Reuss 33 7 40 3 2 .940 1.42
Jim Rooker 30 6 27 2 2 .943 1.10
Ed Whitson 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40
Timothy Jones 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33
Al Holland 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Mario Mendoza 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Dave Pagan 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Dale Berra 20 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Dec 13, 1956 Ridgewood, NJ, US 1977-08-22 1977-10-02
John Candelaria 23 L L 6' 7.0" 205 Nov 6, 1953 New York, NY, US 1977-04-16 1977-09-30
Larry Demery 24 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Jun 4, 1953 Bakersfield, CA, US 1977-04-07 1977-09-24
Miguel Dilone 22 S R 6' 0.0" 160 Nov 1, 1954 Santiago, Santiago, DO 1977-04-07 1977-09-24
Duffy Dyer 31 R R 6' 0.0" 187 Aug 15, 1945 Dayton, OH, US 1977-04-07 1977-09-24
Mike Easler 26 L R 6' 0.0" 190 Nov 29, 1950 Cleveland, OH, US 1977-09-06 1977-10-02
Mike Edwards 24 R R 5' 10.0" 154 Aug 27, 1952 Fort Lewis, WA, US 1977-09-10 1977-10-02
Terry Forster 25 L L 6' 3.0" 200 Jan 14, 1952 Sioux Falls, SD, US 1977-04-07 1977-09-29
Jim Fregosi 35 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Apr 4, 1942 San Francisco, CA, US 1977-06-16 1977-10-02
Phil Garner 28 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Apr 30, 1949 Jefferson City, TN, US 1977-04-07 1977-10-02
Fernando Gonzalez 27 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Jun 19, 1950 Arecibo, PR 1977-04-07 1977-09-27
Rich Gossage 25 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Jul 5, 1951 Colorado Springs, CO, US 1977-04-07 1977-10-02
Jerry Hairston 25 S R 5' 10.0" 170 Feb 16, 1952 Birmingham, AL, US 1977-06-15 1977-10-02
Tommy Helms 36 R R 5' 10.0" 165 May 5, 1941 Charlotte, NC, US 1977-04-16 1977-06-11
Al Holland 24 R L 5' 11.0" 207 Aug 16, 1952 Roanoke, VA, US 1977-09-05 1977-09-15
Grant Jackson 34 S L 6' 0.0" 180 Sep 28, 1942 Fostoria, OH, US 1977-04-07 1977-10-02
Odell Jones 24 R R 6' 3.0" 175 Jan 13, 1953 Tulare, CA, US 1977-04-09 1977-09-16
Timothy Jones 23 S R 6' 5.0" 220 Jan 24, 1954 Sacramento, CA, US 1977-09-04 1977-10-02
Ed Kirkpatrick 32 L R 5' 11.0" 195 Oct 8, 1944 Spokane, WA, US 1977-04-07 1977-06-10
Bruce Kison 27 R R 6' 4.0" 178 Feb 18, 1950 Pasco, WA, US 1977-04-09 1977-09-27
Ken Macha 26 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Sep 29, 1950 Monroeville, PA, US 1977-04-17 1977-10-02
Mario Mendoza 26 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Dec 26, 1950 Chihuahua, Chihuahua, MX 1977-04-07 1977-10-02
Omar Moreno 24 L L 6' 2.0" 180 Oct 24, 1952 Puerto Armuelles, Chiriqui, PA 1977-04-07 1977-10-02
Al Oliver 30 L L 6' 0.0" 195 Oct 14, 1946 Portsmouth, OH, US 1977-04-07 1977-10-02
Ed Ott 25 L R 5' 10.0" 190 Jul 11, 1951 Muncy, PA, US 1977-04-10 1977-10-02
Dave Pagan 27 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Sep 15, 1949 Nipawin, SK, CA 1977-09-27 1977-09-27
Dave Parker 26 L R 6' 5.0" 230 Jun 9, 1951 Grenada, MS, US 1977-04-07 1977-10-02
Jerry Reuss 28 L L 6' 5.0" 200 Jun 19, 1949 St. Louis, MO, US 1977-04-07 1977-09-24
Bill Robinson 34 R R 6' 2.0" 189 Jun 26, 1943 McKeesport, PA, US 1977-04-07 1977-09-30
Jim Rooker 34 R L 6' 0.0" 195 Sep 23, 1942 Lakeview, OR, US 1977-04-10 1977-09-28
Willie Stargell 37 L L 6' 2.0" 188 Mar 6, 1940 Earlsboro, OK, US 1977-04-07 1977-07-16
Rennie Stennett 26 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Apr 5, 1951 Colon, Colon, PA 1977-04-07 1977-08-21
Frank Taveras 27 R R 6' 0.0" 155 Dec 24, 1949 Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Monte Cristi, DO 1977-04-07 1977-09-30
Kent Tekulve 30 R R 6' 4.0" 180 Mar 5, 1947 Cincinnati, OH, US 1977-04-07 1977-10-02
Bobby Tolan 31 L L 5' 11.0" 170 Nov 19, 1945 Los Angeles, CA, US 1977-06-10 1977-09-27
Ed Whitson 22 R R 6' 3.0" 195 May 19, 1955 Johnson City, TN, US 1977-09-04 1977-10-02

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