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1958 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1957 / 1959

84-70, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Danny Murtaugh (84-70)
Scored 662 runs, Allowed 607 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71

Ballparks: Forbes Field · Attendance: 1,311,988 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94

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1957 / 1959 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
Gene Baker 33 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 15, 1925 6 29 11 29 14 0 0 0 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0.4
Ron Blackburn 23 R R 6' 0" 160 Apr 23, 1935 1st 38 2 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Harry Bright 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 22, 1929 1st 15 5 15 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0.0
Roberto Clemente HOF 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 18, 1934 4 140 129 140 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 135 6 1 3.4
Bennie Daniels 26 L R 6' 1" 193 Jun 17, 1932 2 8 5 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Roy Face 30 R R 5' 8" 155 Feb 20, 1928 5 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Hank Foiles 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 10, 1929 5 104 88 104 103 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.3
Gene Freese 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 8, 1934 4 17 1 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 -0.1
Bob Friend 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1930 8 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 All-Star
Dick Groat 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 4, 1930 5 151 149 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.5
Don Gross 27 L L 5' 11" 186 Jun 30, 1931 4 40 3 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bill Hall 29 L R 5' 11" 165 Jul 30, 1928 3 51 38 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.6
Ron Kline 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 9, 1932 5 33 32 33 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.7
Ted Kluszewski 33 L L 6' 2" 225 Sep 10, 1924 12 100 72 100 72 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0.2
Danny Kravitz 27 L R 5' 11" 195 Dec 21, 1930 3 45 26 45 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0.0
Vern Law 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 12, 1930 7 36 29 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.1
Bill Mazeroski HOF 21 R R 5' 11" 183 Sep 5, 1936 3 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 All-Star
Roman Mejias 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 9, 1930 3 76 30 76 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 12 11 58 21 7 0.2
Eddie O'Brien 27 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 11, 1930 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Johnny O'Brien 27 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 11, 1930 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.0
Jim Pendleton 34 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1924 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0
George Perez 20 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 29, 1937 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Hardy Peterson 28 R R 6' 0" 205 Oct 17, 1929 3 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Porterfield 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 10, 1923 11 37 6 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
John Powers 28 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 8, 1929 4 57 12 57 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 14 42 1 -0.4
Curt Raydon 24 R R 6' 4" 190 Nov 18, 1933 1st 31 20 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Dick Schofield 23 B R 5' 9" 163 Jan 7, 1935 6 26 5 26 7 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 7 13 -0.1
Bob Skinner 26 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1931 4 144 141 144 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 141 3 0 4.1 All-Star
Bob Smith 27 R L 6' 1" 190 Feb 1, 1931 3 35 4 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Paul Smith 27 L L 5' 8" 165 Mar 19, 1931 3 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.1
R C Stevens 23 R L 6' 5" 219 Jul 22, 1934 1st 59 19 59 52 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 0.4
Dick Stuart 25 R R 6' 4" 212 Nov 7, 1932 1st 67 61 67 64 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.8
Frank Thomas 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 11, 1929 8 149 148 149 148 0 0 2 0 139 0 5 0 4 8 1 0 2.8 All-Star
Bill Virdon 27 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 9, 1931 4 144 143 144 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 1 0 2.3
Don Williams 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 14, 1931 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Red Witt 24 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 9, 1933 2 18 15 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Ted Kluszewski

Bob Skinner

Johnny O'Brien
Dick Schofield

R C Stevens
Dick Stuart

Harry Bright
Gene Freese

Bill Mazeroski

Bill Hall
Paul Smith

Jim Pendleton

John Powers

Frank Thomas

Eddie O'Brien
Bob Porterfield

Hardy Peterson

Bill Virdon

Bob Friend

Hank Foiles

Roberto Clemente

Ron Kline

Gene Baker

Dick Groat

Roman Mejias

Roy Face

Danny Kravitz

Red Witt

Bennie Daniels

Vern Law

Curt Raydon

Don Williams

Bob Smith

Don Gross

George Perez

Ron Blackburn

1957 / 1959 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers