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1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Jack Shepard 23 94 301 264 24 63 10 2 2 23 1 0 33 25 .239 .321 .314 .635 72 83 8 0 2 2 3
2 1B Dale Long* 29 131 478 419 59 122 19 13 16 79 0 1 48 72 .291 .362 .513 .875 132 215 14 1 6 4 6
3 2B Johnny O'Brien 24 84 304 278 22 83 15 2 1 25 1 1 20 19 .299 .346 .378 .723 94 105 7 1 3 2 1
4 SS Dick Groat 24 151 572 521 45 139 28 2 4 51 0 2 38 26 .267 .317 .351 .669 79 183 20 1 11 1 11
5 3B Gene Freese 21 134 510 455 69 115 21 8 14 44 5 1 34 57 .253 .310 .426 .736 95 194 10 4 16 1 4
6 LF Frank Thomas 26 142 581 510 72 125 16 2 25 72 2 0 60 76 .245 .324 .431 .755 100 220 13 2 3 6 10
7 CF Eddie O'Brien 24 75 261 236 26 55 3 1 0 8 4 5 18 13 .233 .290 .254 .544 48 60 2 1 6 0 0
8 RF Roberto Clemente 20 124 501 474 48 121 23 11 5 47 2 5 18 60 .255 .284 .382 .666 77 181 14 2 4 3 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Jerry Lynch* 24 88 308 282 43 80 18 6 5 28 2 2 22 33 .284 .331 .443 .774 106 125 7 0 0 4 4
10 IF Dick Cole 29 77 260 239 16 54 8 3 0 21 0 0 18 22 .226 .285 .285 .569 54 68 5 2 0 1 1
11 C Toby Atwell* 31 71 253 207 21 44 8 0 1 18 0 1 40 16 .213 .337 .266 .603 65 55 4 1 1 4 9
12 1B Preston Ward* 27 84 208 179 16 38 7 4 5 25 0 0 22 28 .212 .296 .380 .675 80 68 3 0 5 2 4
13 3B George Freese 28 51 202 179 17 46 8 2 3 22 1 1 17 18 .257 .327 .374 .701 88 67 7 2 3 1 2
14 LF Roman Mejias 24 71 176 167 14 36 8 1 3 21 1 3 9 13 .216 .256 .329 .585 56 55 3 0 0 0 0
15 CF Tom Saffell* 33 73 132 113 21 19 1 0 1 3 1 0 15 22 .168 .266 .204 .469 28 23 1 0 4 0 3
16 OF Felipe Montemayor* 27 36 114 95 10 20 1 3 2 8 1 0 18 24 .211 .342 .347 .689 86 33 2 1 0 0 2
17 C Hardy Peterson 25 32 92 81 7 20 6 0 1 10 0 0 7 7 .247 .311 .358 .669 79 29 3 1 2 1 1
18 UT Sid Gordon 37 16 49 47 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .170 .204 .191 .396 7 9 3 0 0 0 0
19 CF Earl Smith 27 5 21 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .063 .286 .063 .348 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
20 2B Curt Roberts 25 6 19 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .118 .211 .176 .387 5 3 0 0 0 0 0
21 C Nick Koback 19 5 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 54 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 RF John Powers* 25 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 SS Dick Smith 27 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
24 P Bob Friend 24 44 70 61 3 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 15 .164 .203 .180 .383 4 11 0 0 6 0 0
25 P Vern Law 25 44 69 63 8 16 3 0 1 8 1 0 4 16 .254 .299 .349 .648 73 22 0 0 2 0 0
26 P Max Surkont 33 35 59 50 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 13 .140 .218 .160 .378 4 8 0 1 4 0 0
27 P Dick Hall 24 21 47 40 3 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 5 .175 .283 .275 .558 51 11 3 0 1 0 0
28 P Ron Kline 23 37 40 38 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 .132 .154 .132 .285 -22 5 0 0 1 0 0
29 P Dick Littlefield* 29 35 39 34 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 15 .176 .263 .206 .469 28 7 0 0 1 0 0
30 P Roy Face 27 43 30 26 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .115 .148 .154 .302 -19 4 0 0 3 0 0
31 P Lino Donoso* 32 25 30 27 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .185 .185 .185 .370 -0 5 2 0 3 0 0
32 P Bob Purkey 25 14 22 19 1 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 .316 .316 .474 .789 108 9 0 0 3 0 0
33 P Nellie King 27 17 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 2 0 0
34 P Ben Wade 32 11 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Al Grunwald* 25 3 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 170 2 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Roger Bowman 27 7 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 170 1 0 0 1 0 0
37 P Laurin Pepper 24 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Jake Thies 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Fred Waters* 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Paul Martin 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P Red Swanson 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 P Bill Bell 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 25.3 154 5790 5173 560 1262 210 60 91 532 22 22 471 652 .244 .308 .361 .668 79 1865 132 21 93 32 64
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 8 8 6 1 8 8 7 6 6 8 7 8 8 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Vern Law 25 10 10 .500 3.81 43 24 13 8 1 1 200.2 221 98 85 19 61 7 82 1 0 5 865 107 1.405 9.9 0.9 2.7 3.7 1.34
2 SP Max Surkont 33 7 14 .333 5.57 35 22 7 5 0 2 166.1 194 109 103 23 78 4 84 3 0 6 745 73 1.635 10.5 1.2 4.2 4.5 1.08
3 SP Ron Kline 23 6 13 .316 4.15 36 19 12 2 1 2 136.2 161 78 63 13 53 5 48 5 2 2 611 98 1.566 10.6 0.9 3.5 3.2 0.91
4 SP Dick Hall 24 6 6 .500 3.91 15 13 2 4 0 1 94.1 92 43 41 8 28 4 46 2 0 0 401 104 1.272 8.8 0.8 2.7 4.4 1.64
5 SP Bob Purkey 25 2 7 .222 5.32 14 10 3 2 0 1 67.2 77 47 40 5 25 1 24 2 0 1 298 77 1.507 10.2 0.7 3.3 3.2 0.96
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Roy Face 27 5 7 .417 3.58 42 10 21 4 0 5 125.2 128 58 50 10 40 4 84 0 0 3 524 114 1.337 9.2 0.7 2.9 6.0 2.10
7 RP Bob Friend 24 14 9 .609 2.83 44 20 11 9 2 2 200.1 178 80 63 18 52 4 98 2 0 0 813 144 1.148 8.0 0.8 2.3 4.4 1.88
8 RP Dick Littlefield* 29 5 12 .294 5.12 35 17 5 4 1 0 130.0 148 91 74 15 68 8 70 2 1 5 598 80 1.662 10.2 1.0 4.7 4.8 1.03
9 RP Lino Donoso* 32 4 6 .400 5.31 25 9 10 3 0 1 95.0 106 58 56 16 35 3 38 1 0 1 418 77 1.484 10.0 1.5 3.3 3.6 1.09
10 RP Nellie King 27 1 3 .250 2.98 17 4 7 0 0 0 54.1 60 24 18 2 14 3 21 2 0 0 232 137 1.362 9.9 0.3 2.3 3.5 1.50
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Ben Wade 32 0 1 .000 3.21 11 1 7 0 0 1 28.0 26 12 10 3 14 4 7 1 0 0 123 127 1.429 8.4 1.0 4.5 2.3 0.50
12 Laurin Pepper 24 0 1 .000 10.35 14 1 6 0 0 0 20.0 30 24 23 5 25 0 7 2 0 2 111 39 2.750 13.5 2.3 11.3 3.2 0.28
13 Roger Bowman* 27 0 3 .000 8.64 7 2 1 0 0 0 16.2 25 18 16 2 10 2 8 1 0 4 85 47 2.100 13.5 1.1 5.4 4.3 0.80
14 Al Grunwald* 25 0 0 4.70 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.2 7 4 4 1 7 0 2 0 0 0 36 87 1.826 8.2 1.2 8.2 2.3 0.29
15 Paul Martin 23 0 1 .000 14.14 7 1 3 0 0 0 7.0 13 12 11 0 17 0 3 1 1 1 49 29 4.286 16.7 0.0 21.9 3.9 0.18
16 Fred Waters* 28 0 0 3.60 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 113 1.800 12.6 1.8 3.6 0.0 0.00
17 Jake Thies 29 0 1 .000 4.91 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 5 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 20 83 2.182 12.3 0.0 7.4 0.0 0.00
18 Red Swanson 18 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 23 2.500 9.0 4.5 13.5 0.0 0.00
19 Bill Bell 21 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 26.8 60 94 .390 4.39 154 154 113 41 5 16 1362.0 1480 767 665 142 536 50 622 26 4 30 5967 93 1.480 9.8 0.9 3.5 4.1 1.16
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 1 7 7 7 5 7 8 8 7 2 4 5420
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Toby Atwell 31 67 58 524.2 361 334 24 3 3 .992 -2.0 -4.6 -2 6.14 5.34 5 8 19 7 27% C
Bill Bell 21 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Roger Bowman 27 7 2 16.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.24 0.86 P
Roberto Clemente 20 122 107 964.0 274 250 18 6 4 .978 1.2 1.5 -1.8 -1.1 -0.6 3 2.50 2.20 RF-CF
Dick Cole 29 69 55 509.2 271 103 158 10 25 .963 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 2.0 -2.2 0 4.61 3.78 3B-2B-SS
Lino Donoso 32 25 9 95.0 26 6 18 2 1 .923 2.27 0.96 P
Roy Face 27 42 10 125.2 28 14 13 1 1 .964 1.93 0.64 P
George Freese 28 50 49 431.0 141 50 82 9 3 .936 -8.9 -24.8 -7.9 -2.7 -5.1 -1 2.76 2.64 3B
Gene Freese 21 122 116 1019.2 505 183 300 22 57 .956 -0.4 -0.5 -0.4 1.1 -1.4 0 4.26 3.96 3B-2B
Bob Friend 24 44 20 200.0 59 7 50 2 6 .966 2.56 1.30 P
Sid Gordon 37 12 12 95.1 34 12 21 1 4 .971 1.4 17.6 1.4 0.3 1.1 0 0 3.12 2.75 3B-LF
Dick Groat 24 149 148 1287.2 812 330 450 32 107 .961 0.9 0.8 -0.1 2.0 -2.1 1 5.45 5.23 SS
Al Grunwald 25 3 0 7.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 0.67 P
Dick Hall 24 19 15 111.2 16 10 6 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -2.1 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 1 1.29 0.84 P-CF-LF
Nellie King 27 17 4 54.1 13 7 6 0 1 1.000 2.15 0.76 P
Ron Kline 23 37 19 136.2 52 20 30 2 2 .962 3.29 1.35 P-3B
Nick Koback 19 2 1 11.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.09 2.50 0 2 0 0 C
Vern Law 25 43 24 200.2 53 14 35 4 3 .925 2.20 1.14 P
Dick Littlefield 29 35 17 130.0 22 7 12 3 1 .864 1.32 0.54 P
Dale Long 29 119 116 995.2 1078 968 97 13 114 .988 2.2 2.7 2.2 3.7 -1.4 0 9.63 8.95 1B
Jerry Lynch 24 74 66 578.0 129 111 12 6 3 .953 -7.1 -14.7 -8.1 -4.7 -3.3 0 1 1.92 1.66 0 0 0 1 100% LF-RF-C
Paul Martin 23 7 1 7.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.14 P
Roman Mejias 24 44 39 327.0 76 62 8 6 2 .921 -3.1 -11.4 -4.1 -0.5 -3.4 1 1.93 1.59 LF-RF-CF
Felipe Montemayor 27 30 24 208.1 48 46 0 2 0 .958 -1.8 -10.4 -1.8 0.0 -1.8 0 1.99 1.53 CF-RF-LF
Eddie O'Brien 24 69 62 517.2 180 156 20 4 1 .978 -4.2 -9.7 -5.2 -2.7 -2.5 1 0 3.06 2.55 CF-3B-SS-LF
Johnny O'Brien 24 78 75 672.2 418 185 220 13 53 .969 -2.4 -4.3 -3.4 -0.9 -2.5 1 5.42 5.19 2B
Laurin Pepper 24 14 1 20.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.35 0.21 P
Hardy Peterson 25 31 22 214.1 143 117 21 5 4 .965 2.0 11.2 2 5.79 4.45 1 0 8 9 53% C
John Powers 25 2 2 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 18.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 2.08 1.50 RF
Bob Purkey 25 14 10 67.2 19 2 16 1 0 .947 2.39 1.29 P
Curt Roberts 25 6 5 44.0 23 7 14 2 4 .913 -0.3 -8.2 -0.3 -0.4 0.1 0 4.30 3.50 2B
Tom Saffell 33 47 22 248.2 81 77 2 2 0 .975 -4.5 -21.7 -4.5 -1.2 -3.3 0 2.86 1.68 CF-LF-RF
Jack Shepard 23 77 71 594.0 328 288 34 6 6 .982 0.0 0.0 0 4.88 4.18 13 6 12 12 50% C
Dick Smith 27 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 SS
Earl Smith 27 5 5 43.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -2.8 -78.1 -1.8 -1.0 -0.7 -1 2.09 2.00 CF
Max Surkont 33 35 22 166.1 31 8 21 2 0 .935 1.57 0.83 P
Red Swanson 18 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Jake Thies 29 1 1 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Frank Thomas 26 145 136 1205.0 322 309 8 5 3 .984 -10.4 -10.4 -8.4 -8.6 0.3 -2 2.37 2.19 LF-CF
Ben Wade 32 11 1 28.0 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.64 P
Preston Ward 27 49 39 373.1 420 384 35 1 41 .998 1.1 3.5 1.1 0.8 0.3 0 10.10 8.55 1B-RF
Fred Waters 28 2 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.50 P
Team Totals 25.7 154 1386 12258.0 5997 4087 1744 166 451 .972 -39.3 -3.8 -44.3 -15.1 -28.3 3 1 1 4.28 3.41 19 16 39 29 43%
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 1 8
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1954 / 1956 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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