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1956 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

66-88, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bobby Bragan (66-88)
Scored 588 runs, Allowed 653 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-84

Ballparks: Forbes Field · 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 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
Luis Arroyo 29 L L 5' 8" 178 Feb 18, 1927 2 18 2 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Toby Atwell 32 L R 5' 9" 185 Mar 8, 1924 5 12 6 12 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.5
Roberto Clemente HOF 21 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 18, 1934 2 147 130 147 139 0 0 0 2 1 0 24 23 102 139 11 1 2.0
Dick Cole 30 R R 6' 2" 175 May 6, 1926 5 72 16 72 31 0 0 0 12 17 6 0 0 0 0 48 0 -0.3
Bobby Del Greco 23 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 7, 1933 2 14 6 14 11 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 1 9 4 1 0.2
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 0.1
Roy Face 28 R R 5' 8" 155 Feb 20, 1928 3 69 3 69 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.0
Hank Foiles 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 10, 1929 3 79 66 79 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.3
Gene Freese 22 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 8, 1934 2 65 50 65 60 0 0 0 25 49 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 -0.3
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 5.9 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 0.1
Dick Groat 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 4, 1930 3 142 138 142 142 0 0 0 0 2 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
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 -0.1
Dick Hall 25 R R 6' 6" 200 Sep 27, 1930 5 33 10 33 20 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0.6
Spook Jacobs 30 R R 5' 8" 155 Nov 4, 1925 3 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
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 0.5
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 4.4
Danny Kravitz 25 L R 5' 11" 195 Dec 21, 1930 1st 32 14 32 27 0 26 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0.2
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 1.0
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 -0.2
Dale Long 30 L L 6' 4" 205 Feb 6, 1926 3 148 136 148 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2.3 All-Star
Jerry Lynch 25 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 17, 1930 3 19 1 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 0 -0.2
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 -0.1
Jack McMahan 23 R L 6' 0" 175 Jul 25, 1932 1st 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
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 0.7
Cholly Naranjo 21 L R 5' 11" 165 Nov 25, 1934 1st 17 3 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3
Eddie O'Brien 25 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 11, 1930 3 63 17 63 35 1 0 0 2 4 23 5 1 1 7 1 34 -0.3
Johnny O'Brien 25 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 11, 1930 3 73 28 73 62 8 0 0 53 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 8 -0.3
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 0.0
Howie Pollet 35 L L 6' 1" 175 Jun 26, 1921 14 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
John Powers 26 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 8, 1929 2 11 3 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 7 0 -0.5
Bob Purkey 26 R R 6' 2" 175 Jul 14, 1929 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Curt Roberts 26 R R 5' 8" 165 Aug 16, 1929 3 31 17 31 27 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.2
Jack Shepard 25 R R 6' 2" 195 May 13, 1931 4 100 72 100 87 0 86 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1.0
Bob Skinner 24 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1931 2 113 49 113 60 0 0 24 0 1 0 26 0 10 36 61 0 -1.1
Max Surkont 34 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 16, 1922 8 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Red Swanson 19 R R 6' 1" 175 Oct 15, 1936 2 10 0 10 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.5
Frank Thomas 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 11, 1929 6 157 155 157 156 0 0 0 4 111 0 57 0 0 57 2 0 2.4
Bill Virdon 25 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 9, 1931 2 133 126 133 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 130 6 0 3.1
Lee Walls 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Jan 6, 1933 2 143 124 143 133 0 0 0 0 1 0 73 11 55 133 13 0 2.7
Preston Ward 28 L R 6' 4" 190 Jul 24, 1927 6 16 9 16 10 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 5 7 0 0.3
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 1.0
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

Dale Long
Bob Skinner
Preston Ward
Johnny O'Brien
Eddie O'Brien
Gene Freese
Bill Mazeroski
Curt Roberts
Jack Shepard

Toby Atwell
Howie Pollet
Dick Cole
Red Swanson
Jerry Lynch
John Powers
Frank Thomas
Lee Walls
Danny Kravitz
Red Swanson
Bobby Del Greco
Bill Virdon

Bob Friend
Red Munger
Roberto Clemente
Ron Kline
Laurin Pepper
Dick Groat
Jack McMahan
Roy Face
Cholly Naranjo

Spook Jacobs
Dick Littlefield
Nellie King
Dick Hall
Lino Donoso
Bill Hall
Vern Law
Bob Purkey
Luis Arroyo
Max Surkont
Fred Waters
Bob Garber

Hank Foiles

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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