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1955 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

60-94, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Haney (60-94)
Scored 560 runs, Allowed 767 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-99

Ballparks: Forbes Field · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Toby Atwell 31 L R 5' 9" 185 Mar 8, 1924 4 71 58 71 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.2
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 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 -0.5
Roberto Clemente HOF 20 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 18, 1934 1st 124 107 124 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 112 118 11 1 -0.3
Dick Cole 29 R R 6' 2" 175 May 6, 1926 4 77 55 77 66 0 0 0 24 34 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.8
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 0.4
Roy Face 27 R R 5' 8" 155 Feb 20, 1928 2 43 10 43 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.3
Gene Freese 21 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 8, 1934 1st 134 116 134 122 0 0 0 57 65 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 1.7
George Freese 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 12, 1926 2 51 49 51 50 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.5
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 5.7
Sid Gordon 37 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 13, 1917 13 16 12 16 12 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 4 4 0 -0.3
Dick Groat 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 4, 1930 2 151 148 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.0
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 0.0
Dick Hall 24 R R 6' 6" 200 Sep 27, 1930 4 21 15 21 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 3 1 2.5
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 0.7
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 1.7
Nick Koback 19 R R 6' 0" 187 Jul 19, 1935 3 5 1 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0
Vern Law 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 12, 1930 4 44 24 44 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.8
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 -0.4
Dale Long 29 L L 6' 4" 205 Feb 6, 1926 2 131 116 131 119 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 2.8
Jerry Lynch 24 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 17, 1930 2 88 66 88 73 0 2 0 0 0 0 39 0 33 71 20 2 0.2
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 -0.4
Roman Mejias 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 9, 1930 1st 71 39 71 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 1 14 43 21 9 -1.0
Felipe Montemayor 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Feb 7, 1928 2 36 24 36 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 9 28 8 2 -0.3
Eddie O'Brien 24 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 11, 1930 2 75 62 75 66 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 56 0 57 4 8 -1.4
Johnny O'Brien 24 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 11, 1930 2 84 75 84 78 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.8
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 -0.8
Hardy Peterson 25 R R 6' 0" 205 Oct 17, 1929 1st 32 22 32 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2
John Powers 25 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 8, 1929 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.0
Bob Purkey 25 R R 6' 2" 175 Jul 14, 1929 2 14 10 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
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 -0.1
Tom Saffell 33 L R 5' 11" 170 Jul 26, 1921 4 73 22 73 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 38 3 47 20 20 -1.1
Jack Shepard 24 R R 6' 2" 195 May 13, 1931 3 94 71 94 77 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0.2
Dick Smith 27 R R 5' 8" 160 Jul 21, 1927 5 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.0
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 -0.4
Max Surkont 33 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 16, 1922 7 35 22 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Red Swanson 18 R R 6' 1" 175 Oct 15, 1936 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
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 -0.2
Frank Thomas 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 11, 1929 5 142 136 142 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 57 0 139 5 0 0.5 All-Star
Ben Wade 32 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 25, 1922 5 11 1 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Preston Ward 27 L R 6' 4" 190 Jul 24, 1927 5 83 39 83 49 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 38 0 0.0
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 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 WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

George Freese
Sid Gordon
Preston Ward
Johnny O'Brien
Dick Smith
Eddie O'Brien
Curt Roberts
Gene Freese
Nick Koback
Jack Shepard

Toby Atwell
Dick Cole
Roberto Clemente
Felipe Montemayor
John Powers
Frank Thomas
Tom Saffell
Hardy Peterson
Jerry Lynch

Bob Friend
Bill Bell
Red Swanson
Roberto Clemente
Earl Smith
Ron Kline
Laurin Pepper
Dick Groat
Roman Mejias
Roy Face

Dick Littlefield
Paul Martin
Ben Wade
Dale Long
Dick Hall
Nellie King
Roger Bowman
Lino Donoso
Vern Law
Bob Purkey
Fred Waters
Max Surkont

Al Grunwald
Dick Hall
Jake Thies

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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