SPORTS  :  Baseball  |  Football  |  Basketball  |  Hockey  |  Olympics

View Sports-Reference.com's new Olympic Section

Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft   SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Pittsburgh Pirates > 1959 Statistics and Roster

1959 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958/1960) 78-76, Finished 4th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 651 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-80 Managed by Danny Murtaugh Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,359,917 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 98   (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 104   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

Play free baseball sim games

Sponsor this page for $10 per year and help Baseball-Reference.com provide this service.

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1959 Stats (1958/1960) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Smoky Burgess       32  114  377   41  112  28  5  11   59  31   16  .297  .349  .485   0   0  10   2   2   6   9  121
1B  Dick Stuart         26  118  397   64  118  15  2  27   78  42   86  .297  .362  .549   1   1  11   2   2   7   7  140
2B  Bill Mazeroski      22  135  493   50  119  15  6   7   59  29   54  .241  .283  .339   1   3  16   1  10   4   1   66
3B  Don Hoak            31  155  564   60  166  29  3   8   65  71   75  .294  .374  .399   9   2  18   4   6   6   4  108
SS  Dick Groat          28  147  593   74  163  22  7   5   51  32   35  .275  .312  .361   0   2  21   2   9   4   2   80
LF *Bob Skinner         27  143  547   78  153  18  4  13   61  67   65  .280  .357  .399  10   7   6   0   1   2   8  102
CF *Bill Virdon         28  144  519   67  132  24  2   8   41  55   65  .254  .327  .355   7   4   7   2   5   2  11   83
RF  Roberto Clemente    24  105  432   60  128  17  7   4   50  15   51  .296  .322  .396   2   3  10   3   3   3   2   91
    Roman Mejias        28   96  276   28   65   6  1   7   28  21   48  .236  .298  .341   1   2   4   5   3   3   7   71
   *Rocky Nelson        34   98  175   31   51  11  0   6   32  23   19  .291  .379  .457   0   0   2   3   1   2   4  123
   *Danny Kravitz       28   52  162   18   41   9  1   3   21   5   14  .253  .274  .377   0   1   2   0   1   1   1   72
   #Dick Schofield      24   81  145   21   34  10  1   1    9  16   22  .234  .311  .338   1   1   2   0   2   0   0   74
   *Ted Kluszewski      34   60  122   11   32  10  1   2   17   5   14  .262  .291  .410   0   0   3   0   0   0   1   86
    Hank Foiles         30   53   80   10   18   3  0   3    4   7   16  .225  .287  .375   0   0   2   0   1   0   2   76
    Harry Bright        29   40   48    4   12   1  0   3    8   5   10  .250  .321  .458   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  106
   *Harry Simpson       33    9   15    3    4   2  0   0    2   0    2  .267  .267  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   76
    Joe Christopher     23   15   12    6    0   0  0   0    0   1    4  .000  .077  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -77
    Ken Hamlin          24    3    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   2    1  .125  .300  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   20
    R.C. Stevens        24    3    7    2    2   0  0   1    1   0    0  .286  .286  .714   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  157
    Hardy Peterson      29    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Vern Law            29   38   96    6   16   2  0   1    8   3   20  .167  .192  .219   0   0   4   0   7   0   0   10
   *Harvey Haddix       33   31   83    3   12   4  0   0    5   3   17  .145  .174  .193   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   -2
    Bob Friend          28   35   73    4   12   2  0   0    7   2   25  .164  .187  .192   0   0   0   0  12   0   0    2
    Ron Kline           27   38   59    4    8   0  0   0    6   1   23  .136  .150  .136   0   0   1   0   5   0   0  -23
   *Bennie Daniels      27   36   29    4    9   2  1   1    3   5   10  .310  .412  .552   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  156
    Roy Face            31   58   13    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    0  .231  .231  .231   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   24
    George Witt         25   15   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    8  .000  .077  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -77
    Fred Green          25   17    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    6  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Ron Blackburn       24   26    5    1    1   0  0   1    1   0    2  .200  .200  .800   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  152
   *Al Jackson          23    8    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    8
    Bob Porterfield     35   30    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jim Umbricht        28    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Don Williams        27    6    3    0    1   0  1   0    0   0    0  .333  .333 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  240
   *Don Gross           28   21    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Dick Hall           28    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bob Smith           28   20    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9  155 5369  651 1414 230 42 112  617 442  715  .263  .319  .384  32  26 125  24  77  40  59   94
    Rank among 8 NL teams          2    6    4   4  4   8        8    8     4     6     7   7   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Friend          28  35   4.03   8  19  0  35   0   7   2  234.7  267  129  105  19   52  104 1015   5   7  0   9  96
SP  Vern Law            29  34   2.98  18   9  1  33   1  20   2  266.0  245   91   88  25   53  110 1080   5   2  0  11 130
SP *Harvey Haddix       33  31   3.13  12  12  0  29   2  14   2  224.3  189   88   78  26   49  149  897   4   2  0  12 124
SP  Ron Kline           27  33   4.26  11  13  0  29   1   7   0  186.0  186   95   88  23   70   91  796   9   2  1   9  91
SP  George Witt         25  15   6.93   0   7  0  11   2   0   0   50.7   58   43   39   7   32   30  234   0   1  1   2  56

CL  Roy Face            31  57   2.70  18   1 10   0  47   0   0   93.3   91   29   28   5   25   69  380   4   1  0   8 143
RP  Bob Porterfield     35  30   4.75   1   2  1   0  12   0   0   36.0   45   20   19   2   17   18  160   5   0  0   5  81
RP  Ron Blackburn       24  26   3.65   1   1  1   0   9   0   0   44.3   50   21   18   5   15   19  199   0   2  0   4 106
RP  Bennie Daniels      27  34   5.45   7   9  1  12   8   0   0  100.7  115   69   61   9   39   67  452   5   2  0   6  71
RP *Don Gross           28  21   3.55   1   1  2   0  10   0   0   33.0   28   16   13   3   10   15  136   0   1  0   3 109

   *Fred Green          25  17   3.13   1   2  1   1   4   0   0   37.3   37   16   13   2   15   20  161   2   0  0   8 123
   *Bob Smith           28  20   3.49   0   0  0   0   6   0   0   28.3   32   16   11   1   17   12  130   0   0  0   0 111
   *Al Jackson          23   8   6.50   0   0  0   3   1   0   0   18.0   30   14   13   1    8   13   84   2   0  0   3  60
    Don Williams        27   6   6.75   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   12.0   17    9    9   1    3    3   53   1   0  0   1  57
    Dick Hall           28   2   3.12   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    8.7   12    5    3   1    1    3   39   0   0  0   1 124
    Paul Giel           27   4  14.09   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    7.7   17   12   12   0    6    3   45   1   0  0   1  27
    Jim Umbricht        28   1   6.43   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    7.0    7    5    5   3    4    3   31   0   0  0   0  60
    Bob Porterfield     35   6   1.69   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    5.3    6    2    1   1    2    1   26   0   0  0   1 229
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7 155   3.90  78  76 17 155 107  48   7 1393.0 1432  680  604 134  418  730 5918  43  20  2  84  99
    Rank among 8 NL teams           4   4   5  7           4   7      3    7    4        2    1    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SBurgess 798 95 101 441 39 8 4 .984 3 23 30 21 DKravitz 355 36 45 198 19 3 3 .986 4 8 23 8 HFoiles 234 24 51 153 8 0 3 1.000 3 8 4 3 HPeterson 5 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1393 155 155 796 66 11 10 .987 10 39 57 32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 *9.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DStuart 872 100 105 831 81 22 87 .976 9.41 RNelson 348 34 56 337 18 2 45 .994 9.16 TKluszewski 164 20 20 151 12 0 14 1.000 8.95 RStevens 8 0 1 11 1 0 1 1.000 12.41 BSkinner 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 1330 112 24 147 .984 9.32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMazeroski 1167 129 133 303 373 13 100 .981 5.21 DSchofield 224 26 28 65 80 3 21 .980 5.83 HBright 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 370 453 16 121 .981 5.32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DHoak 1378 155 155 169 322 20 31 .961 3.21 HBright 15 0 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 170 327 20 31 .961 3.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *5.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGroat 1302 145 145 301 473 29 97 .964 5.35 DSchofield 74 8 8 23 25 4 4 .923 5.78 KHamlin 16 2 3 4 6 0 2 1.000 5.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 328 504 33 103 .962 5.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSkinner 1254 141 141 287 9 11 1 .964 2.12 RMejias 98 9 15 18 1 1 0 .950 1.73 HBright 18 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 HSimpson 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 RNelson 7 1 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.57 DStuart 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 313 10 13 1 .961 2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BVirdon 1248 139 144 406 16 9 5 .979 3.04 RMejias 145 16 22 49 1 3 1 .943 3.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 455 17 12 6 .975 3.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RClemente 900 102 104 228 11 13 1 .948 2.39 RMejias 427 47 52 91 6 1 1 .990 2.04 JChristophe 34 3 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 DSchofield 11 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 HSimpson 10 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 HBright 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RNelson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 328 17 14 2 .961 2.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.21 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BSkinner 1254 141 142 285 9 11 1 .964 2.11 BVirdon 1248 139 144 404 16 9 5 .979 3.03 RClemente 900 102 104 229 10 13 1 .948 2.39 RMejias 671 72 85 155 8 5 2 .970 2.19 JChristophe 34 3 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 HBright 27 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 HSimpson 18 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 DSchofield 11 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 RNelson 9 1 2 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 DStuart 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1393 155 155 1090 43 39 9 .967 2.44 155 155 155 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VLaw 266 33 34 20 47 1 5 .985 2.27 BFriend 234 35 35 24 37 1 2 .984 2.34 HHaddix 224 29 31 8 35 0 3 1.000 1.73 RKline 186 29 33 15 27 2 1 .955 2.03 BDaniels 100 12 34 6 14 2 0 .909 1.79 RFace 93 0 57 7 12 1 0 .950 1.83 GWitt 50 11 15 2 7 1 1 .900 1.60 RBlackburn 44 0 26 2 5 2 0 .778 1.42 FGreen 37 1 17 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.41 BPorterfiel 36 0 30 5 10 1 1 .937 3.75 DGross 33 0 21 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.27 BSmith 28 0 20 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.27 AJackson 18 3 8 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 DWilliams 12 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DHall 8 1 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.03 PGiel 7 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.34 JUmbricht 7 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 BPorterfiel 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1393 155 155 96 222 11 13 .967 2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
 Glossary - Select a player to see their individual page.

Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Hoak .294 On-base % Hoak .374 Slugging % Hoak and Skinner .399 OPS Hoak .773 Games Hoak 155 At Bats Groat 593 Plate Appearances (approx.) Hoak 651 Runs Skinner 78 Hits Hoak 166 Total Bases Hoak 225 Doubles Hoak 29 Triples Clemente and Groat 7 Home Runs Stuart 27 RBI Stuart 78 Bases on Balls Hoak 71 Strikeouts Stuart 86 Stolen Bases Skinner 10 Singles Groat 129 Adjusted OPS+ Hoak 108 Runs Created Hoak 86 Adjusted Batting Runs Stuart 22 Batting Wins Stuart 2.2 Extra-Base Hits Burgess and Stuart 44 Times on Base Hoak 241 Offensive Win% Hoak .566 Hit By Pitch Mejias 5 Sac. Hits Friend 12 Sac. Flies Stuart 7 Intentional Walks Virdon 11 Grounded into Double Plays Groat 21 Caught Stealing Skinner 7 Power/Speed Number Skinner 11.3 At Bats per Strikeout Groat 16.9 At Bats per Home Run Skinner 42.1 Outs Groat 466

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Law 2.98 Wins Face and Law 18 Won-Loss % Face .947 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Haddix 1.061 Hits Allowed/9IP Haddix 7.58 Bases on Balls/9IP Law 1.79 Strikeouts/9IP Haddix 5.98 Games Face 57 Saves Face 10 Innings Law 266.0 Strikeouts Haddix 149 Games Started Friend 35 Comp. Games Law 20 Shutouts Friend, Haddix, and Law 2 Home Runs Allow. Haddix 26 Bases On Balls Allow. Kline 70 Hits Allowed Friend 267 SO to Walk Haddix 3.04 Losses Friend 19 Earned Runs Allow. Friend 105 Wild Pitches Kline 9 Hit Batsmen Friend 7 Batters Faced Law 1080 Games Finished Face 47 Adjusted ERA+ Law 130

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Smoky Burgess
Smoky Burgess
Roy Face
Roy Face
Dick Groat
Dick Groat
Bill Mazeroski
Bill Mazeroski

1958/1960

Compare     Other Links@google.com   Report an error

Pages Updated through July 22,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007). Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Pittsburgh Pirates > 1959 Statistics and Roster
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft   SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random

Stats updated through July 22, 2008.

Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.