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1957 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 / 1958)
62-92, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 586 runs, Allowed 696 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89
Manager: Bobby Bragan (36-67) and Danny Murtaugh (26-25)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 850,732 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96
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1956 / 1958 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 30 L L 5' 8" 190 Feb 18, 1927 3 56 10 56 56 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Gene Baker 32 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 15, 1925 5 111 91 111 111 0 0 0 13 60 28 0 0 0 0 16 0
Chuck Churn 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 1, 1930 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roberto Clemente HOF 22 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 18, 1934 3 111 107 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 97 109 3 0
Bennie Daniels 25 L R 193 Jun 17, 1932 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whammy Douglas 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 17, 1935 1st 11 8 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Face 29 R R 5' 8" 155 Feb 20, 1928 4 59 1 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Foiles 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 10, 1929 4 109 90 109 109 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 All-Star
Dee Fondy 32 L L 6' 3" 196 Oct 31, 1924 7 95 71 95 95 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Gene Freese 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 8, 1934 3 114 80 114 114 0 0 0 10 74 0 10 0 0 10 28 1
Bob Friend 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1930 7 40 38 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Groat 26 R R 180 Nov 4, 1930 4 125 124 125 125 0 0 0 0 2 123 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Hall 26 R R 6' 6" 200 Sep 27, 1930 6 10 0 10 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ken Hamlin 22 R R 5' 10" 170 May 18, 1935 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Nellie King 29 R R 6' 6" 185 Mar 15, 1928 4 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Kline 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 9, 1932 4 40 31 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Kravitz 26 L R 5' 11" 195 Dec 21, 1930 2 19 6 19 19 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Bob Kuzava 34 B L 6' 2" 204 May 28, 1923 10 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vern Law 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 12, 1930 6 34 25 34 34 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Dale Long 31 L L 6' 4" 210 Feb 6, 1926 4 7 6 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bill Mazeroski HOF 20 R R 5' 11" 183 Sep 5, 1936 2 148 141 148 148 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Roman Mejias 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 9, 1930 2 58 30 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 29 42 18 2
Eddie O'Brien 26 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 11, 1930 4 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny O'Brien 26 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 11, 1930 4 34 8 34 34 16 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 5
Jim Pendleton 33 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1924 5 46 9 46 46 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 6 9 31 0
Laurin Pepper 26 R R 5' 11" 190 Jan 18, 1931 4 7 1 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hardy Peterson 27 R R 6' 0" 205 Oct 17, 1929 2 30 25 30 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Powers 27 L R 6' 0" 190 Jul 8, 1929 3 20 6 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 9 12 0
Buddy Pritchard 21 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 25, 1936 1st 23 2 23 23 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 5 6
Bob Purkey 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 14, 1929 4 48 21 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Rand 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Mar 7, 1931 3 60 34 60 60 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bob Skinner 25 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1931 3 126 92 126 126 0 0 9 0 1 0 93 0 0 93 26 0
Bob Smith 26 R L 190 Feb 1, 1931 2 20 4 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Smith 26 L L 5' 8" 165 Mar 19, 1931 2 81 24 81 81 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 1 20 33 47 0
Red Swanson 20 R R 175 Oct 15, 1936 3 32 8 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Thomas 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 11, 1929 7 151 151 151 151 0 0 71 0 31 0 46 1 19 59 0 0
Joe Trimble 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 12, 1930 2 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Virdon 26 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 9, 1931 3 144 138 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 141 5 0
Lee Walls 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Jan 6, 1933 3 8 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 2 0
George Witt 23 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 9, 1933 1st 1 1 1 1 1 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

1956 / 1958 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played