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1955 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956) 60-94, Finished 8th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 560 runs, Allowed 767 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-99 Managed by Fred Haney Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 469,397 (8th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 101   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 Stats (1954/1956) / Schedule / Transactions

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Jack Shepard        23   94  264   24   63  10  2   2   23  33   25  .239  .321  .314   1   0   8   0   2   2   3   72
1B *Dale Long           29  131  419   59  122  19 13  16   79  48   72  .291  .362  .513   0   1  14   1   6   4   6  132
2B  Johnny O'Brien      24   84  278   22   83  15  2   1   25  20   19  .299  .346  .378   1   1   7   1   3   2   1   94
3B  Gene Freese         21  134  455   69  115  21  8  14   44  34   57  .253  .310  .426   5   1  10   4  16   1   4   95
SS  Dick Groat          24  151  521   45  139  28  2   4   51  38   26  .267  .317  .351   0   2  20   1  11   1  11   79
OF  Frank Thomas        26  142  510   72  125  16  2  25   72  60   76  .245  .324  .431   2   0  13   2   3   6  10  100
OF  Roberto Clemente    20  124  474   48  121  23 11   5   47  18   60  .255  .284  .382   2   5  14   2   4   3   3   77
OF *Jerry Lynch         24   88  282   43   80  18  6   5   28  22   33  .284  .331  .443   2   2   7   0   0   4   4  106
    Dick Cole           29   77  239   16   54   8  3   0   21  18   22  .226  .285  .285   0   0   5   2   0   1   1   54
    Eddie O'Brien       24   75  236   26   55   3  1   0    8  18   13  .233  .290  .254   4   5   2   1   6   0   0   48
   *Toby Atwell         31   71  207   21   44   8  0   1   18  40   16  .213  .337  .266   0   1   4   1   1   4   9   65
    George Freese       28   51  179   17   46   8  2   3   22  17   18  .257  .327  .374   1   1   7   2   3   1   2   88
   *Preston Ward        27   84  179   16   38   7  4   5   25  22   28  .212  .296  .380   0   0   3   0   5   2   4   80
    Roman Mejias        24   71  167   14   36   8  1   3   21   9   13  .216  .256  .329   1   3   3   0   0   0   0   56
   *Tom Saffell         33   73  113   21   19   1  0   1    3  15   22  .168  .266  .204   1   0   1   0   4   0   3   28
   *Felipe Montemayor   27   36   95   10   20   1  3   2    8  18   24  .211  .342  .347   1   0   2   1   0   0   2   86
    Hardy Peterson      25   32   81    7   20   6  0   1   10   7    7  .247  .311  .358   0   0   3   1   2   1   1   79
    Sid Gordon          37   16   47    2    8   1  0   0    1   2    6  .170  .204  .191   0   0   3   0   0   0   0    7
    Curt Roberts        25    6   17    1    2   1  0   0    0   2    1  .118  .211  .176   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    5
    Earl Smith          27    5   16    1    1   0  0   0    0   4    2  .063  .286  .063   0   0   0   1   0   0   0    1
    Nick Koback         19    5    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .286  .286  .286   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   54
   *John Powers         25    2    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   35
    Dick Smith          27    4    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

    Vern Law            25   44   63    8   16   3  0   1    8   4   16  .254  .299  .349   1   0   0   0   2   0   0   73
    Bob Friend          24   44   61    3   10   1  0   0    4   3   15  .164  .203  .180   0   0   0   0   6   0   0    4
    Max Surkont         33   35   50    5    7   1  0   0    2   4   13  .140  .218  .160   0   0   0   1   4   0   0    4
    Dick Hall           24   21   40    3    7   1  0   1    3   6    5  .175  .283  .275   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   51
    Ron Kline           23   37   38    1    5   0  0   0    0   1   21  .132  .154  .132   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -22
   *Dick Littlefield    29   35   34    1    6   1  0   0    3   4   15  .176  .263  .206   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   28
   *Lino Donoso         32   25   27    2    5   0  0   0    1   0    8  .185  .185  .185   0   0   2   0   3   0   0    0
    Roy Face            27   43   26    1    3   1  0   0    1   1    4  .115  .148  .154   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -19
    Bob Purkey          25   14   19    1    6   0  0   1    4   0    4  .316  .316  .474   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  108
    Nellie King         27   17   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   2   0   0 -100
   *Al Grunwald         25    3    4    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  170
    Ben Wade            32   11    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -40
    Roger Bowman        27    7    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  170
    Laurin Pepper       24   14    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Fred Waters         28    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jake Thies          29    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.4  154 5173  560 1262 210 60  91  532 471  652  .244  .307  .361  22  22 132  21  93  32  64   83
    Rank among 8 NL teams          7    8    8   6  1   8        6    6     8     7     8   8   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Vern Law            25  43   3.81  10  10  1  24  13   8   1  200.7  221   98   85  19   61   82  865   5   1  0   7 108
SP  Max Surkont         33  35   5.57   7  14  2  22   7   5   0  166.3  194  109  103  23   78   84  745   6   3  0   4  74
SP  Ron Kline           23  36   4.15   6  13  2  19  12   2   1  136.7  161   78   63  13   53   48  611   2   5  2   5  99
SP  Dick Hall           24  15   3.91   6   6  1  13   2   4   0   94.3   92   43   41   8   28   46  401   0   2  0   4 105
SP  Bob Purkey          25  14   5.32   2   7  1  10   3   2   0   67.7   77   47   40   5   25   24  298   1   2  0   1  77

CL  Roy Face            27  42   3.58   5   7  5  10  21   4   0  125.7  128   58   50  10   40   84  524   3   0  0   4 115
RP  Bob Friend          24  44   2.83  14   9  2  20  11   9   2  200.3  178   80   63  18   52   98  813   0   2  0   4 146
RP *Dick Littlefield    29  35   5.12   5  12  0  17   5   4   1  130.0  148   91   74  15   68   70  598   5   2  1   8  80
RP *Lino Donoso         32  25   5.31   4   6  1   9  10   3   0   95.0  106   58   56  16   35   38  418   1   1  0   3  78
RP  Nellie King         27  17   2.98   1   3  0   4   7   0   0   54.3   60   24   18   2   14   21  232   0   2  0   3 138

    Ben Wade            32  11   3.21   0   1  1   1   7   0   0   28.0   26   12   10   3   14    7  123   0   1  0   4 128
    Laurin Pepper       24  14  10.35   0   1  0   1   6   0   0   20.0   30   24   23   5   25    7  111   2   2  0   0  40
   *Roger Bowman        27   7   8.64   0   3  0   2   1   0   0   16.7   25   18   16   2   10    8   85   4   1  0   2  48
   *Al Grunwald         25   3   4.70   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    7.7    7    4    4   1    7    2   36   0   0  0   0  88
    Paul Martin         23   7  14.14   0   1  0   1   3   0   0    7.0   13   12   11   0   17    3   49   1   1  1   0  29
   *Fred Waters         28   2   3.60   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    5.0    7    2    2   1    2    0   24   0   0  0   0 114
    Jake Thies          29   1   4.91   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    3.7    5    5    2   0    3    0   20   0   1  0   1  84
    Red Swanson         18   1  18.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    2    4    4   1    3    0   10   0   0  0   0  23
    Bill Bell           21   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    1    0    4   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.8 154   4.39  60  94 16 154 113  41   5 1362.0 1480  767  664 142  536  622 5967  30  26  4  50  94
    Rank among 8 NL teams           7   8   1  5           7   7      7    8    8        2    4    7
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JShepard 77 288 34 6 6 .982 13 TAtwell 67 334 24 3 3 .992 5 HPeterson 31 117 21 5 4 .965 1 NKoback 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 JLynch 2 8 2 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 751 82 14 13 .983 19 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLong 119 968 97 13 114 .988 8.95 PWard 48 384 35 1 41 .998 8.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1352 132 14 155 .991 9.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .974 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JO'Brien 78 185 220 13 53 .969 5.19 GFreese 57 128 173 11 41 .965 5.28 DCole 24 60 67 4 13 .969 5.29 CRoberts 6 7 14 2 4 .913 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 380 474 30 111 .966 5.64 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 2.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GFreese 65 55 127 11 16 .943 2.80 GFreese 50 50 82 9 3 .936 2.64 DCole 33 25 61 6 7 .935 2.61 SGordon 8 5 21 0 4 1.000 3.25 EO'Brien 7 8 7 2 0 .882 2.14 RKline 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 143 298 28 30 .940 2.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGroat 149 330 450 32 107 .961 5.23 DCole 12 18 30 0 5 1.000 4.00 EO'Brien 4 4 4 1 0 .889 2.00 DSmith 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 352 484 33 112 .962 5.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.10 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- FThomas 139 307 8 5 3 .984 2.27 86 59 0 RClemente 118 253 18 6 5 .978 2.30 1 10 111 JLynch 71 104 11 6 3 .950 1.62 40 0 32 EO'Brien 56 132 8 1 1 .993 2.50 1 56 0 TSaffell 47 78 2 3 0 .964 1.70 6 37 4 RMejias 44 67 8 6 2 .926 1.70 30 1 14 FMontemayor 28 44 0 2 0 .957 1.57 6 14 9 ESmith 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 5 0 SGordon 4 7 0 1 0 .875 1.75 4 0 0 DHall 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 3 0 JPowers 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 2 PWard 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1010 55 30 14 .973 2.35 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .950 2.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VLaw 43 14 35 4 3 .925 2.20 BFriend 44 7 50 2 6 .966 2.56 MSurkont 35 8 21 2 0 .935 1.57 RKline 36 20 30 2 2 .962 3.29 DLittlefiel 35 7 12 3 1 .864 1.32 RFace 42 14 13 1 1 .964 1.93 LDonoso 25 6 18 2 1 .923 2.27 DHall 15 6 6 0 0 1.000 1.15 BPurkey 14 2 16 1 0 .947 2.39 NKing 17 7 6 0 1 1.000 2.15 BWade 11 4 3 0 0 1.000 2.25 LPepper 14 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.35 RBowman 7 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.23 AGrunwald 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.34 PMartin 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 FWaters 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 JThies 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RSwanson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BBell 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 99 219 17 16 .949 2.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Long .291 On-base % Long .362 Slugging % Long .513 OPS Long .875 Games Groat 151 At Bats Groat 521 Plate Appearances (approx.) Thomas 581 Runs Thomas 72 Hits Groat 139 Total Bases Thomas 220 Doubles Groat 28 Triples Long 13 Home Runs Thomas 25 RBI Long 79 Bases on Balls Thomas 60 Strikeouts Thomas 76 Stolen Bases Freese 5 Singles Groat 105 Adjusted OPS+ Long 132 Runs Created Long 76 Adjusted Batting Runs Long 18 Batting Wins Long 1.8 Extra-Base Hits Long 48 Times on Base Thomas 187 Offensive Win% Long .633 Hit By Pitch Freese 4 Sac. Hits Freese 16 Sac. Flies Thomas 6 Intentional Walks Groat 11 Grounded into Double Plays Groat 20 Caught Stealing Clemente and O'Brien 5 Power/Speed Number Freese 7.4 At Bats per Strikeout Groat 20.0 At Bats per Home Run Thomas 20.4 Outs Groat 416

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Friend 2.83 Wins Friend 14 Won-Loss % Friend .609 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Friend 1.148 Hits Allowed/9IP Friend 8.00 Bases on Balls/9IP Friend 2.34 Strikeouts/9IP Surkont 4.55 Games Friend 44 Saves Face 5 Innings Law 200.7 Strikeouts Friend 98 Games Started Law 24 Comp. Games Friend 9 Shutouts Friend 2 Home Runs Allow. Surkont 23 Bases On Balls Allow. Surkont 78 Hits Allowed Law 221 SO to Walk Friend 1.88 Losses Surkont 14 Earned Runs Allow. Surkont 103 Wild Pitches Surkont 6 Hit Batsmen Kline 5 Batters Faced Law 865 Games Finished Face 21 Adjusted ERA+ Friend 146

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