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1956 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
66-88, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 588 runs, Allowed 653 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-84
Manager: Bobby Bragan (66-88)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 949,878 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104
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1955 / 1957 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
Luis Arroyo 29 L L 5' 8" 190 Feb 18, 1927 2 18 2 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toby Atwell 32 L R 185 Mar 8, 1924 5 12 6 12 12 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Roberto Clemente HOF 21 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 18, 1934 2 147 130 147 147 0 0 0 2 1 0 25 23 101 139 5 1
Dick Cole 30 R R 6' 2" 175 May 6, 1926 5 72 16 72 72 0 0 0 12 18 6 0 0 0 0 35 0
Bobby Del Greco 23 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 7, 1933 2 14 6 14 14 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 1 7 3 1
Lino Donoso 33 L L 5' 11" 160 Sep 23, 1922 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Face 28 R R 5' 8" 155 Feb 20, 1928 3 69 3 69 69 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Foiles 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 10, 1929 3 79 66 79 79 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Gene Freese 22 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 8, 1934 2 65 50 65 65 0 0 0 26 47 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Bob Friend 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1930 6 49 42 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Bob Garber 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 10, 1928 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Groat 25 R R 180 Nov 4, 1930 3 142 138 142 142 0 0 0 0 2 141 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Hall 27 L R 5' 11" 165 Jul 30, 1928 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Hall 25 R R 6' 6" 200 Sep 27, 1930 5 33 10 33 33 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Spook Jacobs 30 R R 155 Nov 4, 1925 3 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nellie King 28 R R 6' 6" 185 Mar 15, 1928 3 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Kline 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 9, 1932 3 44 39 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Kravitz 25 L R 5' 11" 195 Dec 21, 1930 1st 32 14 32 32 0 26 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Vern Law 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 12, 1930 5 39 32 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Littlefield 30 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1926 7 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Long 30 L L 6' 4" 210 Feb 6, 1926 3 148 136 148 148 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 All-Star
Jerry Lynch 25 L R 6' 1" 189 Jul 17, 1930 3 19 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 0
Bill Mazeroski HOF 19 R R 5' 11" 183 Sep 5, 1936 1st 81 81 81 81 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack McMahan 23 R L 6' 0" 175 Jul 22, 1932 1st 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Munger 37 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1918 10 35 13 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cholly Naranjo 21 L R 165 Nov 25, 1934 1st 17 3 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Eddie O'Brien 25 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 11, 1930 3 63 17 63 63 1 0 0 2 4 23 5 1 1 6 1 17
Johnny O'Brien 25 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 11, 1930 3 73 28 73 73 8 0 0 53 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 5
Laurin Pepper 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Jan 18, 1931 3 11 7 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Howie Pollet 35 L L 175 Jun 26, 1921 14 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Powers 26 L R 6' 0" 190 Jul 8, 1929 2 11 3 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 6 0
Bob Purkey 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 14, 1929 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curt Roberts 26 R R 5' 8" 165 Aug 16, 1929 3 31 17 31 31 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Jack Shepard 24 R R 6' 2" 195 May 13, 1932 4 100 72 100 100 0 86 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Bob Skinner 24 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1931 2 113 49 113 113 0 0 23 0 1 0 26 0 10 36 42 0
Max Surkont 34 R R 6' 0" 205 Jun 16, 1922 8 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Swanson 19 R R 175 Oct 15, 1936 2 10 0 10 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Frank Thomas 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 11, 1929 6 157 155 157 157 0 0 0 4 111 0 57 0 0 56 2 0
Bill Virdon 25 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 9, 1931 2 133 126 133 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 130 5 0
Lee Walls 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Jan 6, 1933 2 143 124 143 143 0 0 0 0 1 0 72 11 56 133 10 0
Preston Ward 28 L R 6' 3" 198 Jul 24, 1927 6 16 9 16 16 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 0
Fred Waters 29 L L 5' 11" 185 Feb 2, 1927 2 23 5 23 23 23 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

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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