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1959 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960)
78-76, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 651 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-80
Manager: Danny Murtaugh (78-76)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,359,917 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104
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1958 / 1960 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
Ron Blackburn 24 R R 6' 0" 160 Apr 23, 1935 2 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Bright 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 22, 1929 2 40 3 40 40 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 4 30 0
Smoky Burgess 32 L R 5' 8" 187 Feb 6, 1927 10 114 95 114 114 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 All-Star
Joe Christopher 23 R R 5' 10" 176 Dec 13, 1935 1st 15 3 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 8
Roberto Clemente HOF 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 18, 1934 5 105 102 105 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 104 0 2
Bennie Daniels 27 L R 193 Jun 17, 1932 3 36 12 36 36 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Roy Face 31 R R 5' 8" 155 Feb 20, 1928 6 58 0 58 58 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 All-Star
Hank Foiles 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 10, 1929 6 53 24 53 53 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Bob Friend 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1930 9 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Giel 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Feb 29, 1932 4 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Green 25 R L 6' 4" 190 Sep 14, 1933 1st 17 1 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Groat 28 R R 180 Nov 4, 1930 6 147 145 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 2 0 All-Star
Don Gross 28 L L 5' 11" 186 Jun 30, 1931 5 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harvey Haddix 33 L L 170 Sep 18, 1925 8 31 29 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Hall 28 R R 6' 6" 200 Sep 27, 1930 7 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Hamlin 24 R R 5' 10" 170 May 18, 1935 2 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Hoak 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 5, 1928 6 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Jackson 23 L L 5' 10" 169 Dec 25, 1935 1st 8 3 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Kline 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 9, 1932 6 38 29 38 38 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Ted Kluszewski 34 L L 6' 2" 225 Sep 10, 1924 13 60 20 60 60 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
Danny Kravitz 28 L R 5' 11" 195 Dec 21, 1930 4 52 36 52 52 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Vern Law 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 12, 1930 8 38 33 38 38 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Bill Mazeroski HOF 22 R R 5' 11" 183 Sep 5, 1936 4 135 129 135 135 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 All-Star
Roman Mejias 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 9, 1930 4 96 72 96 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 22 52 85 6 9
Rocky Nelson 34 L L 5' 11" 178 Nov 18, 1924 7 98 35 98 98 0 0 56 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 40 0
Hardy Peterson 29 R R 6' 0" 205 Oct 17, 1929 4 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Porterfield 35 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 10, 1923 12 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Schofield 24 B R 5' 9" 165 Jan 7, 1935 7 81 35 81 81 0 0 0 28 0 8 0 0 3 3 15 28
Harry Simpson 33 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 8 9 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 6 0
Bob Skinner 27 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1931 5 143 142 143 143 0 0 1 0 0 0 141 0 0 142 1 0
Bob Smith 28 R L 190 Feb 1, 1931 4 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R.C. Stevens 24 R L 6' 5" 219 Jul 22, 1934 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Dick Stuart 26 R R 6' 4" 212 Nov 7, 1932 2 118 101 118 118 0 0 105 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 0
Jim Umbricht 28 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 17, 1930 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Virdon 28 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 9, 1931 5 144 139 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 0 0
Don Williams 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 14, 1931 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Witt 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 9, 1933 3 15 11 15 15 15 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

1958 / 1960 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played