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1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Toby Atwell 31 L R 185 Mar 8, 1924 4 71 58 71 71 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Bill Bell 21 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 24, 1933 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Bowman 27 R L 6' 0" 175 Aug 18, 1927 5 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roberto Clemente HOF 20 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 18, 1934 1st 124 107 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 111 118 11 1
Dick Cole 29 R R 6' 2" 175 May 6, 1926 4 77 55 77 77 0 0 0 24 33 12 0 0 0 0 12 0
Lino Donoso 32 L L 5' 11" 160 Sep 23, 1922 1st 25 9 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Face 27 R R 5' 8" 155 Feb 20, 1928 2 43 10 43 43 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gene Freese 21 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 8, 1934 1st 134 116 134 134 0 0 0 57 65 0 0 0 0 0 13 3
George Freese 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 12, 1926 2 51 49 51 51 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bob Friend 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1930 5 44 20 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sid Gordon 37 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 13, 1917 13 16 12 16 16 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 4 4 0
Dick Groat 24 R R 180 Nov 4, 1930 2 151 148 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 2 0
Al Grunwald 25 L L 6' 4" 210 Feb 13, 1930 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dick Hall 24 R R 6' 6" 200 Sep 27, 1930 4 21 15 21 21 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 3 1
Nellie King 27 R R 6' 6" 185 Mar 15, 1928 2 17 4 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Kline 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 9, 1932 2 37 19 37 37 36 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Koback 19 R R 6' 0" 187 Jul 19, 1935 3 5 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Vern Law 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 12, 1930 4 44 24 44 44 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dick Littlefield 29 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1926 6 35 17 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Long 29 L L 6' 4" 210 Feb 6, 1926 2 131 116 131 131 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Jerry Lynch 24 L R 6' 1" 189 Jul 17, 1930 2 88 66 88 88 0 2 0 0 0 0 40 0 32 71 20 2
Paul Martin 23 R R 6' 6" 235 Mar 10, 1932 1st 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roman Mejias 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 9, 1930 1st 71 39 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 1 14 44 21 9
Felipe Montemayor 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Feb 7, 1928 2 36 24 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 14 9 28 8 2
Eddie O'Brien 24 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 11, 1930 2 75 62 75 75 0 0 0 0 7 4 1 56 0 56 4 8
Johnny O'Brien 24 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 11, 1930 2 84 75 84 84 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Laurin Pepper 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Jan 18, 1931 2 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hardy Peterson 25 R R 6' 0" 205 Oct 17, 1929 1st 32 22 32 32 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
John Powers 25 L R 6' 0" 190 Jul 8, 1929 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Bob Purkey 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 14, 1929 2 14 10 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curt Roberts 25 R R 5' 8" 165 Aug 16, 1929 2 6 5 6 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Saffell 33 L R 5' 11" 170 Jul 26, 1921 4 73 22 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 37 4 47 20 20
Jack Shepard 23 R R 6' 2" 195 May 13, 1932 3 94 71 94 94 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Dick Smith 27 R R 5' 8" 160 Jul 21, 1927 5 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
Earl Smith 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 14, 1928 1st 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0
Max Surkont 33 R R 6' 0" 205 Jun 16, 1922 7 35 22 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Swanson 18 R R 175 Oct 15, 1936 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Thies 29 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 1, 1926 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Thomas 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 11, 1929 5 142 136 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 59 0 139 5 0 All-Star
Ben Wade 32 R R 6' 3" 205 Nov 25, 1922 5 11 1 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preston Ward 27 L R 6' 3" 198 Jul 24, 1927 5 84 39 84 84 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 38 0
Fred Waters 28 L L 5' 11" 185 Feb 2, 1927 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1954 / 1956 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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