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1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Lineups and Defense
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956)
60-94, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 560 runs, Allowed 767 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-99
Manager: Fred Haney (60-94)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 469,397 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 99
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1954 / 1956 Lineups and Defense

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Game C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF SP DH
1. Wed,4/13 at BRO L (1-6) Atwell Ward Roberts Gordon Groat Thomas Saffell Mejias Surkont  
2. Thu,4/14 vs PHI L (3-4) Atwell Ward Roberts Gordon Groat Thomas Smith Mejias Littlefield  
3. Sat,4/16 vs BRO L (0-6) Shepard Ward Roberts Gordon Groat Thomas Smith Mejias Purkey  
4. Sun,4/17 vs BRO L (3-10)# Shepard Ward Freese Gordon Groat Thomas Smith Clemente Thies  
5. Sun,4/17 vs BRO L (2-3) Atwell Long Roberts Freese Cole Thomas Clemente Montemayor Kline  
6. Mon,4/18 at NYG L (3-12)# Shepard Ward Freese Gordon Cole Thomas Smith Clemente Surkont  
7. Fri,4/22 at PHI L (4-5) Atwell Ward Freese Gordon Cole Thomas Clemente Montemayor Purkey  
8. Sat,4/23 at PHI L (0-8) Shepard Ward Freese Gordon Cole Thomas Saffell Montemayor Kline  
9. Sun,4/24 at PHI W (6-1) Atwell Long Freese Gordon Groat Thomas Clemente Montemayor Surkont  
10. Sun,4/24 at PHI L (0-3) Shepard Long Roberts Freese Groat Mejias Clemente Montemayor King  
11. Wed,4/27 vs CHC W (4-1)# Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Thomas Clemente Montemayor Purkey  
12. Thu,4/28 vs CIN L (2-3) Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Thomas Clemente Montemayor Littlefield  
13. Fri,4/29 vs CIN L (0-5)# Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Thomas Smith Clemente Surkont  
14. Sat,4/30 vs CIN W (5-4) Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Thomas Montemayor Clemente King  
15. Sun,5/1 vs STL L (3-4) Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Thomas Montemayor Clemente Bowman  
16. Sun,5/1 vs STL W (7-0) Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Thomas Montemayor Clemente Kline  
17. Mon,5/2 vs STL W (5-1)# Shepard Long Cole Freese Groat Mejias Montemayor Clemente Purkey  
18. Tue,5/3 vs MLN W (4-0)# Shepard Long Cole Freese Groat Mejias Montemayor Clemente Littlefield  
19. Wed,5/4 vs MLN W (5-4) Shepard Long Cole Freese Groat Lynch Montemayor Clemente Surkont  
20. Thu,5/5 vs MLN W (9-4) Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Lynch Montemayor Clemente King  
21. Fri,5/6 at NYG W (3-2)# Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Mejias Montemayor Clemente Kline  
22. Sat,5/7 at NYG L (3-11) Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Lynch Montemayor Clemente Purkey  
23. Sun,5/8 at NYG W (7-5) Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Lynch Montemayor Clemente Littlefield  
24. Sun,5/8 at NYG L (3-6)# Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Mejias Montemayor Clemente Law  
25. Tue,5/10 at MLN W (9-6) Atwell Long Freese Freese Groat Lynch Montemayor Clemente Surkont  
26. Wed,5/11 at MLN L (3-8)# Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Thomas Montemayor Clemente Kline  
27. Thu,5/12 at CHC L (0-4) Atwell Long Freese Freese Groat Thomas Saffell Clemente King  
28. Sat,5/14 at STL L (0-6) Atwell Long Freese Freese Groat Thomas Saffell Clemente Littlefield  
29. Sun,5/15 at STL L (1-5) Atwell Long Freese Freese Groat Thomas Saffell Montemayor Surkont  
30. Mon,5/16 at STL L (0-6)# Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Gordon Thomas Clemente Kline  
31. Tue,5/17 at CIN L (2-9)# Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Gordon Thomas Clemente Purkey  
32. Wed,5/18 at CIN L (1-5) Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Thomas Saffell Clemente Littlefield  
33. Fri,5/20 vs NYG L (3-6)# Shepard Ward Freese Freese Groat Gordon Thomas Clemente Surkont  
34. Sat,5/21 vs NYG L (2-3) Shepard Ward Cole Freese Groat Montemayor Thomas Clemente Kline  
35. Sun,5/22 vs NYG L (2-5) Shepard Ward Freese Freese Groat Montemayor Thomas Clemente Bowman  
36. Sun,5/22 vs NYG L (3-5)# Shepard Ward Freese Freese Groat Gordon Thomas Clemente Littlefield  
37. Tue,5/24 vs BRO W (15-1)# Shepard Ward Freese Freese Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Law  
38. Thu,5/26 vs BRO L (2-6) Shepard Ward Freese Freese Groat Thomas Saffell Montemayor Kline  
39. Fri,5/27 vs PHI L (2-5) Shepard Ward Freese Freese Groat Thomas Saffell Lynch Littlefield  
40. Sat,5/28 vs PHI L (4-8)# Shepard Ward Freese Freese Groat Thomas Saffell Mejias Law  
41. Sun,5/29 vs PHI L (2-5) Shepard Ward Freese Freese Groat Thomas Saffell Lynch Pepper  
42. Sun,5/29 vs PHI W (11-5) Shepard Ward Freese Freese Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Surkont  
43. Mon,5/30 at BRO L (4-8) Shepard Ward Freese Freese Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Purkey  
44. Mon,5/30 at BRO L (3-8) Shepard Long Freese Freese Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Kline  
45. Tue,5/31 at BRO W (6-3) Shepard Long Cole Freese Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Friend  
46. Wed,6/1 vs STL L (2-6)# Shepard Long Cole Freese Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Purkey  
47. Thu,6/2 vs STL W (12-3)# Peterson Long Cole Freese Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Surkont  
48. Fri,6/3 vs CIN W (7-6) Peterson Long Cole Freese Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Wade  
49. Sat,6/4 vs CIN L (0-6) Peterson Long Cole Freese Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Kline  
50. Sun,6/5 vs CIN W (7-6)# Peterson Long Cole Freese Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Friend  
51. Sun,6/5 vs CIN L (1-5)# Koback Long Freese Freese Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Purkey  
52. Tue,6/7 vs CHC L (3-4) Atwell Long Cole Freese Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Surkont  
53. Wed,6/8 vs CHC W (2-1) Atwell Long Freese Freese Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Kline  
54. Thu,6/9 vs CHC L (2-6)# Peterson Long Freese Freese Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Purkey  
55. Sat,6/11 vs MLN L (4-7) Atwell Long Freese Freese Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Friend  
56. Sun,6/12 vs MLN W (5-3)# Peterson Long Freese Freese Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Law  
57. Sun,6/12 vs MLN L (5-6) Atwell Long Freese Freese Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Surkont  
58. Tue,6/14 at STL W (10-5) Atwell Long Freese Cole Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Kline  
59. Wed,6/15 at STL L (3-7)# Peterson Long Freese Cole Groat Mejias O'Brien Clemente Friend  
60. Thu,6/16 at STL L (0-5)# Peterson Long Freese Cole Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Law  
61. Fri,6/17 at CIN W (3-1)# Atwell Long Freese Cole Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Surkont  
62. Sat,6/18 at CIN L (1-4) Atwell Long Freese Cole Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Donoso  
63. Sun,6/19 at CIN W (5-2) Atwell Long Freese Cole Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Friend  
64. Sun,6/19 at CIN L (0-4)# Shepard Long Freese Cole Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Kline  
65. Mon,6/20 at MLN L (1-2) Atwell Long Freese Cole Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Law  
66. Tue,6/21 at MLN L (4-6) Atwell Long Freese Cole Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Kline  
67. Wed,6/22 at MLN L (0-6)# Atwell Long Freese Cole Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Surkont  
68. Fri,6/24 at CHC L (3-10)# Shepard Long O'Brien Cole O'Brien Mejias Thomas Clemente Friend  
69. Sat,6/25 at CHC L (4-6) Atwell Long O'Brien Cole O'Brien Lynch Saffell Clemente Littlefield  
70. Sun,6/26 at CHC W (5-4)# Peterson Long O'Brien Cole Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Law  
71. Sun,6/26 at CHC L (1-2) Atwell Long O'Brien Cole Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Donoso  
72. Tue,6/28 at PHI W (7-5) Atwell Long O'Brien Cole Groat Saffell Thomas Clemente Surkont  
73. Wed,6/29 at PHI L (3-6) Atwell Long O'Brien Cole Groat Saffell Thomas Lynch Littlefield  
74. Fri,7/1 at BRO W (3-2)# Peterson Long O'Brien Cole Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Law  
75. Sat,7/2 at BRO W (7-6) Atwell Long O'Brien Cole Groat Saffell Thomas Lynch Friend  
76. Sun,7/3 at BRO W (7-5)# Peterson Long O'Brien Freese Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Donoso  
77. Sun,7/3 at BRO L (1-3) Atwell Long Cole Freese Groat Saffell Thomas Lynch Surkont  
78. Mon,7/4 vs NYG W (4-3) Atwell Long Cole Freese Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Friend  
79. Mon,7/4 vs NYG L (3-5) Atwell Long Cole Freese Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Littlefield  
80. Tue,7/5 vs NYG L (1-11)# Peterson Long Cole Freese Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Martin  
81. Wed,7/6 vs BRO L (5-10) Atwell Long Cole Freese Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Face  
82. Wed,7/6 vs BRO W (4-1)# Peterson Long Cole Freese Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Law  
83. Thu,7/7 vs BRO L (3-4) Atwell Ward O'Brien Cole Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Kline  
84. Fri,7/8 vs PHI L (1-5) Atwell Ward O'Brien Cole Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Surkont  
85. Sat,7/9 vs PHI L (1-7) Atwell Long O'Brien O'Brien Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Littlefield  
86. Sun,7/10 vs PHI L (1-4)# Shepard Long O'Brien Cole Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Friend  
87. Sun,7/10 vs PHI W (3-1) Atwell Long Freese O'Brien Groat Lynch Saffell Ward Law  
88. Thu,7/14 vs CIN L (1-19)# Shepard Long O'Brien O'Brien Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Surkont  
89. Fri,7/15 vs CIN L (1-9)# Peterson Long O'Brien O'Brien Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Law  
90. Sat,7/16 vs STL W (5-1)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat O'Brien Thomas Clemente Donoso  
91. Sun,7/17 vs STL L (8-9) Atwell Long Cole Freese Groat Thomas Saffell Lynch Littlefield  
92. Sun,7/17 vs STL L (0-1)# Shepard Long Cole Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Face  
93. Tue,7/19 vs MLN W (4-3) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Law  
94. Wed,7/20 vs MLN W (4-3) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Surkont  
95. Thu,7/21 vs MLN L (3-5)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Donoso  
96. Fri,7/22 vs CHC W (3-1)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Face  
97. Sat,7/23 vs CHC W (10-2) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Friend  
98. Sun,7/24 vs CHC W (12-5) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Hall  
99. Sun,7/24 vs CHC W (3-2) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas Saffell Lynch Law  
100. Tue,7/26 at STL W (3-1)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Littlefield  
101. Wed,7/27 at STL L (1-6)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Face  
102. Thu,7/28 at STL L (1-4) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas Saffell Lynch Hall  
103. Fri,7/29 at CIN L (5-16)# Peterson Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas Hall Clemente Law  
104. Sat,7/30 at CIN L (2-5)# Peterson Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas Hall Clemente Friend  
105. Sun,7/31 at CIN L (4-7) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas Saffell Lynch Littlefield  
106. Sun,7/31 at CIN L (5-6)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas Clemente Lynch Donoso  
107. Mon,8/1 at CHC W (5-4)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Hall  
108. Tue,8/2 at CHC L (4-12) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Law  
109. Wed,8/3 at CHC W (3-2)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Face  
110. Wed,8/3 at CHC L (4-5) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas Saffell Lynch Kline  
111. Thu,8/4 at CHC L (10-11)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Donoso  
112. Fri,8/5 at MLN W (8-5)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Hall  
113. Sat,8/6 at MLN W (2-0) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Friend  
114. Sun,8/7 at MLN L (3-6)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Law  
115. Sun,8/7 at MLN L (2-4) Atwell Ward O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Face  
116. Tue,8/9 at PHI L (1-9) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Hall  
117. Wed,8/10 at PHI W (3-2) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Friend  
118. Sun,8/14 at NYG L (2-4)# Peterson Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Law  
119. Sun,8/14 at NYG L (1-3) Atwell Ward O'Brien Freese Groat Saffell O'Brien Lynch Hall  
120. Tue,8/16 vs PHI L (3-12) Atwell Ward O'Brien Cole Groat Lynch O'Brien Clemente Friend  
121. Wed,8/17 vs PHI W (6-4)# Shepard Ward O'Brien Cole Groat Lynch O'Brien Clemente Face  
122. Fri,8/19 vs NYG W (8-3)# Peterson Ward O'Brien Cole Groat Lynch O'Brien Clemente Law  
123. Sat,8/20 vs NYG L (9-14) Peterson Ward O'Brien Cole Groat Lynch O'Brien Clemente Hall  
124. Tue,8/23 vs CIN W (2-1) Peterson Ward O'Brien Cole Groat Lynch Thomas Clemente Law  
125. Wed,8/24 vs CIN W (4-2)# Peterson Ward O'Brien Cole Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Hall  
126. Thu,8/25 vs CHC W (2-1)# Peterson Ward O'Brien Cole Groat Thomas O'Brien Mejias Face  
127. Fri,8/26 vs CHC L (3-6) Atwell Ward O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Friend  
128. Sat,8/27 vs CHC L (3-4)# Shepard Ward O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Mejias Surkont  
129. Sun,8/28 vs MLN W (5-3) Atwell Ward O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Hall  
130. Sun,8/28 vs MLN W (2-0)# Shepard Ward O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Mejias Law  
131. Tue,8/30 vs STL W (3-1)# Shepard Ward O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Mejias Littlefield  
132. Wed,8/31 vs STL W (4-3) Atwell Ward O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Donoso  
133. Thu,9/1 vs STL W (7-6)# Shepard Ward O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Mejias Law  
134. Fri,9/2 at BRO L (0-2)# Shepard Ward O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Mejias Hall  
135. Sat,9/3 at BRO L (0-4)# Shepard Ward O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Mejias Friend  
136. Sun,9/4 at BRO L (5-6)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Mejias Kline  
137. Mon,9/5 at NYG W (8-5) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Law  
138. Mon,9/5 at NYG L (3-6)# Shepard Long O'Brien Cole Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Face  
139. Wed,9/7 at CHC W (2-0)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Friend  
140. Fri,9/9 at MLN L (2-3)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Hall  
141. Sat,9/10 at MLN L (5-13)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Law  
142. Sun,9/11 at STL L (5-6) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Littlefield  
143. Mon,9/12 at STL W (9-3)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Donoso  
144. Tue,9/13 at CIN W (5-2)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Friend  
145. Fri,9/16 at PHI L (1-8) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Surkont  
146. Sun,9/18 at PHI W (5-2) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Friend  
147. Sun,9/18 at PHI L (1-2) Atwell Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Hall  
148. Tue,9/20 at NYG L (1-11)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Law  
149. Tue,9/20 at NYG L (8-14)# Shepard Long Cole Freese Groat Mejias Thomas Clemente Surkont  
150. Wed,9/21 at NYG L (2-7)# Shepard Long Cole Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Face  
151. Wed,9/21 at NYG L (3-7) Atwell Long Cole Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Lynch Kline  
152. Sat,9/24 vs BRO W (4-3) Lynch Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Powers Hall  
153. Sat,9/24 vs BRO W (6-1) Lynch Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Powers Friend  
154. Sun,9/25 vs BRO L (0-4)# Shepard Long O'Brien Freese Groat Thomas O'Brien Clemente Kline  
154 games 5 players 2 players 4 players 5 players 3 players 7 players 7 players 6 players 15 players 0 players
Most Common-games Shepard-71
Atwell-58
Peterson-22		 Long-116
Ward-38
-		 O'Brien-75
Freese-52
Cole-22		 Freese-64
Freese-49
Cole-29		 Groat-148
Cole-4
O'Brien-2		 Thomas-81
Lynch-34
Mejias-27		 O'Brien-55
Thomas-55
Saffell-17		 Clemente-100
Lynch-30
Mejias-12		 Law-24
Surkont-22
Friend-20		 -
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Most Common Lineups

16 Games
C. Shepard
1B. Long
2B. O'Brien
3B. Freese
SS. Groat
LF. Thomas
CF. O'Brien
RF. Clemente
P. Pitcher

13 Games
C. Atwell
1B. Long
2B. O'Brien
3B. Freese
SS. Groat
LF. Thomas
CF. O'Brien
RF. Lynch
P. Pitcher

6 Games
C. Shepard
1B. Ward
2B. O'Brien
3B. Freese
SS. Groat
LF. Thomas
CF. O'Brien
RF. Mejias
P. Pitcher

5 Games
C. Atwell
1B. Long
2B. Freese
3B. Cole
SS. Groat
LF. Lynch
CF. Thomas
RF. Clemente
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Shepard
1B. Long
2B. Freese
3B. Freese
SS. Groat
LF. Thomas
CF. Montemayor
RF. Clemente
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Atwell
1B. Long
2B. O'Brien
3B. Freese
SS. Groat
LF. Thomas
CF. Saffell
RF. Lynch
P. Pitcher

83 total lineups (131 when including pitchers)


1954 / 1956 Lineups and Defense

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