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1957 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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 Hank Foiles 28 109 322 281 32 76 10 4 9 36 1 3 37 53 .270 .352 .431 .783 112 121 5 0 1 3 5
2 1B Dee Fondy* 32 95 357 323 42 101 13 2 2 35 11 5 25 59 .313 .360 .384 .744 103 124 5 1 4 4 0
3 2B Bill Mazeroski 20 148 568 526 59 149 27 7 8 54 3 3 27 49 .283 .318 .407 .725 96 214 6 1 11 3 2
4 SS Dick Groat 26 125 551 501 58 158 30 5 7 54 0 1 27 28 .315 .350 .437 .787 113 219 16 3 14 6 1
5 3B Gene Freese 23 114 372 346 44 98 18 2 6 31 9 4 17 42 .283 .319 .399 .718 94 138 4 2 5 2 0
6 LF Bob Skinner* 25 126 431 387 58 118 12 6 13 45 10 4 38 50 .305 .370 .468 .838 127 181 2 2 4 0 6
7 CF Bill Virdon* 26 144 605 561 59 141 28 11 8 50 3 3 33 69 .251 .291 .383 .675 82 215 8 0 8 3 5
8 RF Roberto Clemente 22 111 475 451 42 114 17 7 4 30 0 4 23 45 .253 .288 .348 .637 73 157 13 0 0 1 1
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 UT Frank Thomas 28 151 658 594 72 172 30 1 23 89 3 1 44 66 .290 .335 .460 .795 114 273 16 3 5 12 9
10 IF Gene Baker 32 111 407 365 36 97 19 4 2 36 3 2 29 29 .266 .318 .356 .674 84 130 8 1 8 4 5
11 OF Paul Smith* 26 81 167 150 12 38 4 0 3 11 0 2 12 17 .253 .313 .340 .653 78 51 5 1 4 0 1
12 RF Roman Mejias 26 58 153 142 12 39 7 4 2 15 2 2 6 13 .275 .309 .423 .731 97 60 3 1 4 0 1
13 C Dick Rand 26 60 122 105 7 23 2 1 1 9 0 0 11 24 .219 .288 .286 .574 58 30 0 0 4 2 1
14 C Hardy Peterson 27 30 85 73 10 22 2 1 2 11 0 1 9 10 .301 .378 .438 .816 122 32 5 0 3 0 2
15 UT Jim Pendleton 33 46 72 59 9 18 1 1 0 9 0 0 9 14 .305 .394 .356 .750 107 21 2 1 1 2 1
16 OF John Powers* 27 20 44 35 7 10 3 0 2 8 0 0 5 9 .286 .409 .543 .952 157 19 0 3 0 1 0
17 C Danny Kravitz* 26 19 43 41 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 10 .146 .186 .171 .357 -2 7 0 0 0 0 0
18 MI Johnny O'Brien 26 34 39 35 7 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 .314 .368 .429 .797 117 15 1 2 1 0 0
19 1B Dale Long* 31 7 27 22 0 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 10 .182 .296 .227 .524 46 5 1 0 0 1 0
20 LF Lee Walls 24 8 24 22 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 .182 .250 .227 .477 32 5 0 0 0 0 0
21 MI Buddy Pritchard 21 23 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 1 0 0 1 0 0
22 SS Ken Hamlin 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
23 P Bob Friend 26 40 100 87 5 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 22 .184 .234 .207 .441 22 18 0 0 6 1 0
24 P Ron Kline 25 40 70 66 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 .061 .075 .061 .135 -62 4 2 0 3 0 0
25 P Vern Law 27 34 69 63 3 12 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 11 .190 .215 .238 .453 24 15 0 1 4 0 0
26 P Bob Purkey 27 48 52 45 3 5 0 2 0 6 0 0 3 22 .111 .180 .200 .380 4 9 0 1 2 1 0
27 P Luis Arroyo* 30 56 34 32 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .156 .182 .156 .338 -6 5 1 0 1 0 0
28 P Roy Face 29 59 17 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 2 0 0 1 0 0
29 P Whammy Douglas 22 11 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .063 .063 .063 .125 -66 1 3 0 0 0 0
30 P Bob Smith 26 20 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .077 .077 .077 .154 -58 1 0 0 1 0 0
31 P Red Swanson 20 32 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .071 .000 .071 -78 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Joe Trimble 26 5 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -22 1 1 0 0 0 0
33 P Nellie King 29 36 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
34 P Eddie O'Brien 26 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Bennie Daniels* 25 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Chuck Churn 27 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Dick Hall 26 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Laurin Pepper 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Bob Kuzava# 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 P George Witt 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.1 155 5942 5402 586 1447 231 60 92 551 46 35 374 733 .268 .315 .384 .699 90 2074 107 23 97 46 40
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 8 4 3 2 8 6 4 8 5 4 6 6 6 5
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 Bob Friend 26 14 18 .438 3.38 40 38 1 17 3 0 277.0 273 121 104 28 68 8 143 1 1 3 1148 112 1.231 8.9 0.9 2.2 4.6 2.10
2 SP Ron Kline 25 9 16 .360 4.04 40 31 2 11 2 0 205.0 214 107 92 28 61 6 88 1 0 2 871 94 1.341 9.4 1.2 2.7 3.9 1.44
3 SP Vern Law 27 10 8 .556 2.87 31 25 5 9 3 1 172.2 172 72 55 18 32 8 55 2 0 2 716 133 1.181 9.0 0.9 1.7 2.9 1.72
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
4 CL Roy Face 29 4 6 .400 3.07 59 1 32 0 0 10 93.2 97 41 32 9 24 5 53 1 0 2 395 124 1.292 9.3 0.9 2.3 5.1 2.21
5 RP Bob Purkey 27 11 14 .440 3.86 48 21 11 6 1 2 179.2 194 84 77 10 38 9 51 7 0 2 761 99 1.291 9.7 0.5 1.9 2.6 1.34
6 RP Luis Arroyo* 30 3 11 .214 4.68 54 10 15 0 0 1 130.2 151 76 68 19 31 9 101 7 0 6 585 81 1.393 10.4 1.3 2.1 7.0 3.26
7 RP Red Swanson 20 3 3 .500 3.72 32 8 8 1 0 0 72.2 68 35 30 9 31 3 29 1 0 1 309 102 1.362 8.4 1.1 3.8 3.6 0.94
8 RP Nellie King 29 2 1 .667 4.50 36 0 19 0 0 1 52.0 69 27 26 7 16 6 23 2 0 1 229 84 1.635 11.9 1.2 2.8 4.0 1.44
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
9 Bob Smith* 26 2 4 .333 3.11 20 4 4 2 0 0 55.0 48 22 19 2 25 3 35 1 0 2 237 122 1.327 7.9 0.3 4.1 5.7 1.40
10 Whammy Douglas 22 3 3 .500 3.26 11 8 1 0 0 0 47.0 48 23 17 5 30 2 28 3 0 0 213 117 1.660 9.2 1.0 5.7 5.4 0.93
11 Johnny O'Brien 26 0 3 .000 6.08 16 1 5 0 0 0 40.0 46 32 27 7 24 2 19 1 0 2 188 63 1.750 10.4 1.6 5.4 4.3 0.79
12 Joe Trimble 26 0 2 .000 8.24 5 4 0 0 0 0 19.2 23 19 18 7 13 1 9 1 0 2 95 46 1.831 10.5 3.2 5.9 4.1 0.69
13 Eddie O'Brien 26 1 0 1.000 2.19 3 1 0 1 0 0 12.1 11 3 3 2 3 0 10 0 0 0 51 174 1.135 8.0 1.5 2.2 7.3 3.33
14 Dick Hall 26 0 0 10.80 8 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 17 12 12 4 5 1 7 1 0 0 53 35 2.200 15.3 3.6 4.5 6.3 1.40
15 Laurin Pepper 26 0 1 .000 8.00 5 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 11 8 8 1 5 2 4 0 0 0 43 48 1.778 11.0 1.0 5.0 4.0 0.80
16 Chuck Churn 27 0 0 4.32 5 0 3 0 0 0 8.1 9 4 4 1 4 1 4 0 0 1 34 88 1.560 9.7 1.1 4.3 4.3 1.00
17 Bennie Daniels 25 0 1 .000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 28 296 1.143 6.4 0.0 3.9 2.6 0.67
18 Bob Kuzava* 34 0 0 9.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12 42 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
19 George Witt 23 0 1 .000 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 6 6 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 13 9 6.750 27.0 6.8 33.8 6.8 0.20
Team Totals 26.4 62 92 .403 3.88 155 155 108 47 9 15 1395.0 1463 696 601 158 421 66 663 29 1 26 5981 98 1.351 9.4 1.0 2.7 4.3 1.57
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 1 3 3 8 7 7 5 5 7 2 8
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
Luis Arroyo 30 54 10 130.2 17 4 12 1 0 .941 1.10 0.30 P
Gene Baker 32 101 91 833.2 368 129 219 20 35 .946 -3.9 -5.6 -4.9 1.0 -5.8 1 3.76 3.45 3B-SS-2B
Chuck Churn 27 5 0 8.1 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.48 1.20 P
Roberto Clemente 22 111 107 945.1 287 272 9 6 1 .979 23.8 30.2 17.8 6.2 11.6 6 2.68 2.53 RF-CF
Bennie Daniels 25 1 1 7.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 6.43 5.00 P
Whammy Douglas 22 11 8 46.0 11 4 6 1 0 .909 1.96 0.91 P
Roy Face 29 59 1 93.2 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.25 0.22 P
Hank Foiles 28 109 90 788.0 477 436 32 9 2 .981 -1.0 -1.5 -1 5.35 4.29 9 15 18 10 36% C
Dee Fondy 32 73 71 651.0 766 698 54 14 63 .982 1.4 2.6 1.4 0.9 0.5 0 10.40 10.30 1B
Gene Freese 23 94 80 721.1 261 94 149 18 20 .931 3.6 6.0 1.6 -1.0 2.5 1 1 3.03 2.59 3B-LF-2B
Bob Friend 26 40 38 277.0 57 18 38 1 3 .982 1.82 1.40 P
Dick Groat 26 125 124 1099.0 632 226 385 21 74 .967 5.3 5.8 4.3 -2.1 6.4 1 5.00 4.89 SS-3B
Dick Hall 26 8 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Ken Hamlin 22 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 SS
Nellie King 29 36 0 52.0 12 6 6 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.33 P
Ron Kline 25 40 31 205.0 46 18 27 1 2 .978 1.98 1.13 P
Danny Kravitz 26 15 6 74.0 54 45 9 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -16.2 -1 6.57 3.60 0 2 5 1 17% C
Bob Kuzava 34 4 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Vern Law 27 31 25 173.2 38 13 23 2 2 .947 1.87 1.16 P
Dale Long 31 7 6 51.0 59 54 5 0 6 1.000 0.4 9.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0 10.41 8.43 1B
Bill Mazeroski 20 144 141 1238.1 768 308 443 17 96 .978 8.4 8.1 6.4 3.1 3.4 2 5.46 5.22 2B
Roman Mejias 26 43 30 290.0 64 58 6 0 0 1.000 2.2 9.1 0.2 -0.7 0.9 2 1.99 1.49 RF-LF-CF
Eddie O'Brien 26 3 1 12.1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.46 0.67 P
Johnny O'Brien 26 26 8 102.0 34 14 16 4 2 .882 -0.8 -9.4 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 2.65 1.15 SS-P-2B
Jim Pendleton 33 12 9 86.0 18 13 3 2 0 .889 -2.6 -36.3 -2.6 -0.9 -1.7 0 0 1.67 1.33 RF-3B-LF-CF-SS
Laurin Pepper 26 5 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0.20 P
Hardy Peterson 27 30 25 212.2 132 116 14 2 3 .985 2.0 11.3 2 5.50 4.33 2 0 7 7 50% C
John Powers 27 8 6 66.1 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.1 19.9 1.1 1.6 -0.5 0 2.17 2.00 LF-RF
Buddy Pritchard 21 13 2 34.0 20 11 8 1 3 .950 -1.7 -60.0 -1.7 -0.7 -1.0 0 5.03 1.46 SS-2B
Bob Purkey 27 48 21 179.2 46 13 30 3 3 .935 2.15 0.90 P
Dick Rand 26 57 34 320.1 188 172 11 5 5 .973 -1.0 -3.7 -1 5.14 3.21 3 3 10 4 29% C
Bob Skinner 25 103 92 821.2 259 233 18 8 9 .969 4.2 6.1 0.2 -1.6 1.8 4 0 2.75 2.44 LF-1B-3B
Bob Smith 26 20 4 55.0 9 3 5 1 0 .889 1.31 0.40 P
Paul Smith 26 38 24 221.1 56 54 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 1.6 0.3 -0.4 0.7 0 2.28 1.47 RF-LF-1B-CF
Red Swanson 20 32 8 72.2 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.49 0.38 P
Frank Thomas 28 168 151 1353.0 866 721 120 25 60 .971 -1.2 -1.1 -5.2 -0.7 -4.4 4 0 5.59 5.01 1B-LF-3B-RF-CF
Joe Trimble 26 5 4 19.2 7 1 5 1 1 .857 2.75 1.20 P
Bill Virdon 26 141 138 1242.0 414 396 11 7 1 .983 13.2 12.8 10.2 2.4 7.9 3 2.95 2.89 CF
Lee Walls 24 7 6 47.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 7.7 0.3 -0.2 0.4 0 2.68 2.00 LF
George Witt 23 1 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Team Totals 26.2 155 1395 12554.0 6050 4185 1695 170 396 .972 53.0 5.1 29.0 7.2 22.0 20 5 -1 4.22 3.24 14 20 40 22 35%
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 4 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

1956 / 1958 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics