1956 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics and Roster

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1956 Pittsburgh Pirates (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
Managed by Bobby Bragan

Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 949,878 (5th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 104
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 Stats (1955/1957) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Team Batting Glossary

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        24  100  256   24   62  11  2   7   30  25   37  .242  .309  .383   1   1   8   0   8   1   5   87
1B *Dale Long           30  148  517   64  136  20  7  27   91  54   85  .263  .326  .485   1   0  10   0   0  11  11  117
2B  Bill Mazeroski      19   81  255   30   62   8  1   3   14  18   24  .243  .293  .318   0   0   4   0   4   0   1   66
3B  Frank Thomas        27  157  588   69  166  24  3  25   80  36   61  .282  .326  .461   0   5  22   5   2   6   5  111
SS  Dick Groat          25  142  520   40  142  19  3   0   37  35   25  .273  .317  .321   0   3  14   0  17   3   3   74
LF  Lee Walls           23  143  474   72  130  20 11  11   54  50   83  .274  .345  .432   3   5  11   2   9   2   0  110
CF *Bill Virdon         25  133  509   67  170  21 10   8   37  33   63  .334  .374  .462   6   6  12   1   2   2   7  126
RF  Roberto Clemente    21  147  543   66  169  30  7   7   60  13   58  .311  .330  .431   6   6  14   4   8   4   2  105
   *Bob Skinner         24  113  233   29   47   8  3   5   29  26   50  .202  .282  .326   1   1   6   1   0   2   1   65
    Hank Foiles         27   79  222   24   47  10  2   7   25  17   56  .212  .266  .369   0   1   5   0   4   2   4   70
    Gene Freese         22   65  207   17   43   9  0   3   14  16   45  .208  .273  .295   2   1   0   3   3   1   3   55
    Johnny O'Brien      25   73  104   13   18   1  0   0    3   5    7  .173  .209  .183   0   0   2   0   4   1   0    8
    Dick Cole           30   72   99    7   21   2  1   0    9  11    9  .212  .291  .253   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   50
   *Danny Kravitz       25   32   68    6   18   2  2   2   10   5    9  .265  .311  .441   1   1   2   0   0   1   1  101
    Curt Roberts        26   31   62    6   11   5  2   0    4   5   12  .177  .239  .323   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   51
    Eddie O'Brien       25   63   53   17   14   2  0   0    3   2    2  .264  .291  .302   1   1   0   0   3   0   0   62
    Spook Jacobs        30   11   37    4    6   2  0   0    1   2    5  .162  .225  .216   0   2   0   1   1   0   0   21
   *Preston Ward        28   16   30    3   10   0  1   1   11   6    4  .333  .432  .500   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  153
   *John Powers         26   11   21    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    4  .048  .091  .048   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  -61
    Bobby Del Greco     23   14   20    4    4   0  0   2    3   3    3  .200  .304  .500   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  114
   *Jerry Lynch         25   19   19    1    3   0  1   0    0   1    4  .158  .200  .263   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   25
   *Toby Atwell         32   12   18    0    2   0  0   0    3   1    5  .111  .158  .111   0   0   2   0   1   0   0  -25
   *Bill Hall           27    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Bob Friend          25   49   97    7   16   2  0   1    8   1   19  .165  .173  .216   0   0   1   0  11   0   0    5
    Ron Kline           24   44   79    2   10   0  0   0    3   4   26  .127  .167  .127   1   0   0   0   5   1   0  -19
    Vern Law            26   39   57    3   10   1  0   1    8   4   16  .175  .226  .246   0   0   1   0   3   1   0   28
    Dick Hall           25   33   29    5   10   0  0   0    1   5    7  .345  .441  .345   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  118
    Red Munger          37   35   28    2    3   1  0   0    2   2   11  .107  .194  .143   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   -6
    Roy Face            28   69   26    2    5   0  0   0    1   0    5  .192  .192  .192   0   0   0   0   1   0   0    5
   *Fred Waters         29   23   20    1    1   0  1   0    3   0    5  .050  .050  .150   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -48
   *Cholly Naranjo      21   17    7    1    1   1  0   0    1   0    2  .143  .125  .286   0   0   0   0   0   1   0    7
    Nellie King         28   38    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
    Laurin Pepper       25   11    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    4  .000  .143  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -56
   *Luis Arroyo         29   18    4    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  173
   *Dick Littlefield    30    6    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jack McMahan        23   11    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Howie Pollet        35   19    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   52
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.1  157 5221  588 1340 199 57 110  546 383  752  .257  .307  .380  24  33 124  18  95  40  43   91
    Rank among 8 NL teams          4    7    4   7  1   8        8    3     5     6     8   8   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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  Bob Friend          25  49   3.46  17  17  3  42   7  19   4  314.3  310  137  121  25   85  166 1315   5   2  0  18 109
SP  Ron Kline           24  44   3.38  14  18  2  39   2   9   2  264.0  263  110   99  26   81  125 1102  10   5  0   8 112
SP  Vern Law            26  39   4.32   8  16  2  32   6   6   0  195.7  218  110   94  24   49   60  851   8   6  0  10  87
SP  Laurin Pepper       25  11   3.00   1   1  0   7   2   0   0   30.0   30   17   10   1   25   12  143   0   0  0   1 126

CL  Roy Face            28  68   3.52  12  13  6   3  34   0   0  135.3  131   57   53  16   42   96  569   1   1  0  15 107
RP  Nellie King         28  38   3.15   4   1  5   0  21   0   0   60.0   54   24   21   8   19   25  246   2   1  1   5 120
RP  Red Munger          37  35   4.04   3   4  2  13   6   0   0  107.0  126   56   48   8   41   45  475   3   0  0   6  93
RP *Howie Pollet        35  19   3.09   0   4  3   0   8   0   0   23.3   18   10    8   3    8   10   96   1   0  0   1 122
RP *Fred Waters         29  23   2.82   2   2  0   5   6   1   0   51.0   48   18   16   3   30   14  224   1   1  0   1 134

    Dick Hall           25  19   4.76   0   7  1   9   5   1   0   62.3   64   36   33   8   21   27  267   0   0  0   3  79
    Cholly Naranjo      21  17   4.46   1   2  0   3   7   0   0   34.3   37   22   17   7   17   26  155   1   1  0   1  85
   *Luis Arroyo         29  18   4.71   3   3  0   2   4   1   0   28.7   36   17   15   5   12   17  134   0   0  0   1  80
    Johnny O'Brien      25   8   2.84   1   0  0   0   4   0   0   19.0    8    6    6   2    9    9   73   1   2  0   0 133
   *Jack McMahan        23  11   6.08   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   13.3   18    9    9   1    9    9   64   1   0  0   0  62
   *Dick Littlefield    30   6   4.26   0   0  0   2   0   0   0   12.7   14    8    6   2    6   10   55   2   0  0   0  88
    Red Swanson         19   9  10.03   0   0  0   0   1   0   0   11.7   21   13   13   1    8    5   63   1   0  0   1  38
    Bob Garber          27   2   2.25   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    3    1    1   1    3    3   18   0   0  0   1 168
    Bob Purkey          26   2   2.25   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    2    1    1   1    0    1   14   0   0  0   0 168
    Eddie O'Brien       25   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    1    0    0   0    0    0    7   0   1  0   0    
    Max Surkont         34   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    1    1   0    3    1   11   0   0  0   0  84
   *Lino Donoso         33   3   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.7    2    0    0   0    1    1    9   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.8 157   3.74  66  88 24 157 120  37   8 1376.0 1406  653  572 142  469  662 5891  37  20  1  72 101
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   7   2  6           6   5      7    6    4        3    5    6
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JShepard 635 71 86 356 36 4 4 .990 4 8 11 12 HFoiles 563 66 73 291 30 4 8 .988 7 12 4 11 DKravitz 129 14 26 93 8 6 1 .944 5 2 2 2 TAtwell 41 6 9 27 2 0 0 1.000 1 2 3 0 BHall 7 0 1 7 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1376 157 157 774 77 14 14 .984 17 24 20 26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLong 1195 136 138 1201 99 24 92 .982 9.79 BSkinner 174 19 23 176 6 1 21 .995 9.40 JShepard 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 8.18 DHall 3 1 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1376 157 157 1384 106 25 113 .983 9.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMazeroski 671 81 81 163 242 8 56 .981 5.43 JO'Brien 251 28 53 67 98 7 17 .959 5.90 CRoberts 154 17 27 39 45 1 12 .988 4.89 GFreese 137 15 26 31 50 0 7 1.000 5.31 SJacobs 90 11 11 26 24 4 5 .926 4.96 DCole 58 5 12 14 17 0 3 1.000 4.81 RClemente 6 0 2 1 1 1 0 .667 3.00 FThomas 5 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.74 EO'Brien 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1376 157 157 345 477 21 100 .975 5.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *3.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FThomas 903 105 111 118 176 18 21 .942 2.93 GFreese 315 35 47 38 65 4 2 .963 2.94 DCole 69 7 18 4 14 1 2 .947 2.35 PWard 30 5 5 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.80 BDel Greco 20 3 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.25 DGroat 14 2 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.21 DKravitz 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.57 EO'Brien 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 LWalls 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25 RClemente 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 .667 9.00 BSkinner 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1376 157 157 167 271 25 27 .946 2.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGroat 1205 136 141 287 420 34 74 .954 5.28 EO'Brien 147 17 23 35 53 2 14 .978 5.38 DCole 23 4 6 2 7 1 4 .900 3.52 JO'Brien 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1376 157 157 324 481 37 92 .956 5.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 *2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LWalls 578 65 72 154 4 6 0 .963 2.46 FThomas 418 50 57 91 3 1 1 .989 2.02 BSkinner 172 21 26 22 1 1 0 .958 1.20 RClemente 170 18 25 36 1 4 1 .902 1.96 JPowers 26 2 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 EO'Brien 6 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.86 JLynch 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1376 157 157 316 9 12 2 .964 2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BVirdon 1113 126 130 333 10 4 1 .988 2.77 RClemente 165 18 23 51 1 3 0 .945 2.83 LWalls 70 10 11 24 0 1 0 .960 3.09 BDel Greco 25 3 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.88 EO'Brien 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1376 157 157 416 11 8 1 .982 2.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RClemente 831 94 101 192 15 6 1 .972 2.24 LWalls 445 49 56 110 4 5 1 .958 2.30 BSkinner 58 9 10 7 2 0 0 1.000 1.40 PWard 29 4 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.62 JPowers 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 BDel Greco 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 EO'Brien 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1376 157 157 313 21 11 2 .968 2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.28 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RClemente 1166 130 139 274 17 13 2 .957 2.25 BVirdon 1113 126 130 334 10 4 2 .989 2.78 LWalls 1094 124 133 284 10 10 1 .967 2.42 FThomas 418 50 56 95 3 0 1 1.000 2.11 BSkinner 230 30 36 40 2 1 0 .977 1.64 JPowers 35 3 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 PWard 29 4 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.62 BDel Greco 28 3 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.89 EO'Brien 10 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 JLynch 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1376 157 157 1052 42 28 6 .975 2.39 157 157 157 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BFriend 314 42 49 14 49 2 1 .969 1.80 RKline 264 39 44 17 42 4 3 .937 2.01 VLaw 195 32 39 12 31 0 3 1.000 1.98 RFace 135 3 68 10 25 1 2 .972 2.33 RMunger 107 13 35 4 16 2 1 .909 1.68 DHall 62 9 19 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.16 NKing 60 0 38 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.65 FWaters 51 5 23 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.88 CNaranjo 34 3 17 8 9 0 0 1.000 4.46 LPepper 30 7 11 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.20 LArroyo 28 2 18 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.88 HPollet 23 0 19 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.70 JO'Brien 19 0 8 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 JMcMahan 13 0 11 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.71 DLittlefiel 12 2 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.71 RSwanson 11 0 9 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.62 BGarber 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 BPurkey 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 EO'Brien 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MSurkont 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 LDonoso 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1376 157 157 83 209 12 10 .961 1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Virdon .334

On-base % Virdon .374

Slugging % Long .485

OPS Virdon .836

Games Thomas 157

At Bats Thomas 588

Plate Appearances (approx.) Thomas 637

Runs Walls 72

Hits Virdon 170

Total Bases Thomas 271

Doubles Clemente 30

Triples Walls 11

Home Runs Long 27

RBI Long 91

Bases on Balls Long 54

Strikeouts Long 85

Stolen Bases Clemente and Virdon 6

Singles Virdon 131

Adjusted OPS+ Virdon 126

Runs Created Virdon 84

Adjusted Batting Runs Virdon 18

Batting Wins Virdon 1.7

Extra-Base Hits Long 54

Times on Base Thomas 207

Offensive Win% Virdon .647

Hit By Pitch Thomas 5

Sac. Hits Groat 17

Sac. Flies Long 11

Intentional Walks Long 11

Grounded into Double Plays Thomas 22

Caught Stealing Clemente and Virdon 6

Power/Speed Number Virdon 6.9

At Bats per Strikeout Groat 20.8

At Bats per Home Run Long 19.1

Outs Thomas 457

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Kline 3.38

Wins Friend 17

Won-Loss % Friend .500

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Friend 1.257

Hits Allowed/9IP Friend 8.88

Bases on Balls/9IP Law 2.25

Strikeouts/9IP Friend 4.75

Games Face 68

Saves Face 6

Innings Friend 314.3

Strikeouts Friend 166

Games Started Friend 42

Comp. Games Friend 19

Shutouts Friend 4

Home Runs Allow. Kline 26

Bases On Balls Allow. Friend 85

Hits Allowed Friend 310

SO to Walk Friend 1.95

Losses Kline 18

Earned Runs Allow. Friend 121

Wild Pitches Kline 10

Hit Batsmen Law 6

Batters Faced Friend 1315

Games Finished Face 34

Adjusted ERA+ Kline 112

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