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1959 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960

78-76, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Danny Murtaugh (78-76)
Scored 651 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-80

Ballparks: Forbes Field · 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 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 Salary
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 0.2 $
Harry Bright 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 22, 1929 2 40 3 40 8 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 4 34 0 0.1 $
Smoky Burgess 32 L R 5' 8" 185 Feb 6, 1927 10 114 95 114 101 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 2.9 $ All-Star
Joe Christopher 23 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 13, 1935 1st 15 3 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 8 -0.3 $
Roberto Clemente HOF 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 18, 1934 5 105 102 105 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 104 0 2 2.2 $
Bennie Daniels 27 L R 6' 1" 193 Jun 17, 1932 3 36 12 36 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.7 $
Roy Face 31 R R 5' 8" 155 Feb 20, 1928 6 58 0 58 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.9 $ All-Star
Hank Foiles 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 10, 1929 6 53 24 53 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 $
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 0.6 $
Paul Giel 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 29, 1932 4 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
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 0.3 $
Dick Groat 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 4, 1930 6 147 145 147 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.2 $ 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 0.0 $
Harvey Haddix 33 L L 5' 9" 170 Sep 18, 1925 8 31 29 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $
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 0.0 $
Ken Hamlin 24 R R 5' 10" 170 May 18, 1935 2 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Don Hoak 31 R R 6' 1" 170 Feb 5, 1928 6 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $20,000
Al Jackson 23 L L 5' 10" 169 Dec 26, 1935 1st 8 3 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Ron Kline 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 9, 1932 6 38 29 38 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.1 $
Ted Kluszewski 34 L L 6' 2" 225 Sep 10, 1924 13 60 20 60 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0.0 $
Danny Kravitz 28 L R 5' 11" 195 Dec 21, 1930 4 52 36 52 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0.1 $
Vern Law 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 12, 1930 8 38 33 38 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7.1 $
Bill Mazeroski HOF 22 R R 5' 11" 183 Sep 5, 1936 4 135 129 135 133 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.5 $ All-Star
Roman Mejias 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 9, 1930 4 96 72 96 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 22 52 85 7 9 -1.0 $
Rocky Nelson 34 L L 5' 10" 175 Nov 18, 1924 7 98 35 98 57 0 0 56 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 41 0 1.2 $
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 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 0.0 $
Dick Schofield 24 B R 5' 9" 163 Jan 7, 1935 7 81 35 81 39 0 0 0 28 0 8 0 0 3 3 15 29 0.4 $
Harry Simpson 33 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 8 9 2 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 6 0 -0.1 $
Bob Skinner 27 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1931 5 143 142 143 142 0 0 1 0 0 0 141 0 0 141 1 0 2.4 $
Bob Smith 28 R L 6' 1" 190 Feb 1, 1931 4 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
R C Stevens 24 R L 6' 5" 219 Jul 22, 1934 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Dick Stuart 26 R R 6' 4" 212 Nov 7, 1932 2 118 101 118 105 0 0 104 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 0 1.8 $
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 -0.1 $
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 1.8 $
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 -0.1 $
Red Witt 25 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 9, 1933 3 15 11 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Ted Kluszewski
Bob Skinner
Smoky Burgess
Dick Stuart
Harry Bright
Bill Mazeroski
Danny Kravitz
Dick Schofield

Don Hoak
Rocky Nelson
Roman Mejias
Bob Porterfield
Bill Virdon
Bob Friend
Hank Foiles
Hardy Peterson
Roberto Clemente

Ron Kline
Joe Christopher
Harry Simpson
Dick Groat
Roman Mejias
Roy Face
R C Stevens
Dick Hall
Red Witt
Harvey Haddix
Ken Hamlin

Vern Law
Paul Giel
Don Williams
Fred Green
Don Williams
Ron Blackburn
Don Gross
Bob Smith
Jim Umbricht
Don Gross
Al Jackson
Bennie Daniels

1958 / 1960 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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