1959 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1959 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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	Smoky Burgess*	32	114	418	377	41	112	28	5	11	59	0	0	31	16	.297	.349	.485	.834	121	183	10	2	2	6	9
2	1B	Dick Stuart	26	118	450	397	64	118	15	2	27	78	1	1	42	86	.297	.362	.549	.911	140	218	11	2	2	7	7
3	2B	Bill Mazeroski	22	135	537	493	50	119	15	6	7	59	1	3	29	54	.241	.283	.339	.621	66	167	16	1	10	4	1
4	SS	Dick Groat	28	147	640	593	74	163	22	7	5	51	0	2	32	35	.275	.312	.361	.673	80	214	21	2	9	4	2
5	3B	Don Hoak	31	155	651	564	60	166	29	3	8	65	9	2	71	75	.294	.374	.399	.773	108	225	18	4	6	6	4
6	LF	Bob Skinner*	27	143	617	547	78	153	18	4	13	61	10	7	67	65	.280	.357	.399	.756	102	218	6	0	1	2	8
7	CF	Bill Virdon*	28	144	583	519	67	132	24	2	8	41	7	4	55	65	.254	.327	.355	.682	83	184	7	2	5	2	11
8	RF	Roberto Clemente	24	105	456	432	60	128	17	7	4	50	2	3	15	51	.296	.322	.396	.718	91	171	10	3	3	3	2
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	OF	Roman Mejias	28	96	308	276	28	65	6	1	7	28	1	2	21	48	.236	.298	.341	.639	71	94	4	5	3	3	7
10	1B	Rocky Nelson*	34	98	204	175	31	51	11	0	6	32	0	0	23	19	.291	.379	.457	.836	123	80	2	3	1	2	4
11	C	Danny Kravitz*	28	52	169	162	18	41	9	1	3	21	0	1	5	14	.253	.274	.377	.650	72	61	2	0	1	1	1
12	2B	Dick Schofield#	24	81	163	145	21	34	10	1	1	9	1	1	16	22	.234	.311	.338	.648	74	49	2	0	2	0	0
13	1B	Ted Kluszewski*	34	60	127	122	11	32	10	1	2	17	0	0	5	14	.262	.291	.410	.701	86	50	3	0	0	0	1
14	C	Hank Foiles	30	53	88	80	10	18	3	0	3	4	0	0	7	16	.225	.287	.375	.662	76	30	2	0	1	0	2
15	UT	Harry Bright	29	40	54	48	4	12	1	0	3	8	0	0	5	10	.250	.321	.458	.779	106	22	0	0	1	0	0
16	OF	Harry Simpson*	33	9	15	15	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.267	.267	.400	.667	76	6	0	0	0	0	0
17	RF	Joe Christopher	23	15	14	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.077	.000	.077	-77	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	SS	Ken Hamlin	24	3	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	20	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	1B	R.C. Stevens	24	3	7	7	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.714	1.000	157	5	0	0	0	0	0
20	C	Hardy Peterson	29	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
21	P	Vern Law	29	38	106	96	6	16	2	0	1	8	0	0	3	20	.167	.192	.219	.411	10	21	4	0	7	0	0
22	P	Bob Friend	28	35	87	73	4	12	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	25	.164	.187	.192	.378	2	14	0	0	12	0	0
23	P	Harvey Haddix*	33	31	87	83	3	12	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	17	.145	.174	.193	.367	-2	16	2	0	1	0	0
24	P	Ron Kline	27	38	65	59	4	8	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	23	.136	.150	.136	.286	-23	8	1	0	5	0	0
25	P	Bennie Daniels*	27	36	34	29	4	9	2	1	1	3	0	0	5	10	.310	.412	.552	.963	156	16	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	George Witt	25	15	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.077	.000	.077	-77	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	P	Roy Face	31	58	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	24	3	2	0	1	0	0
28	P	Fred Green	25	17	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Al Jackson*	23	8	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Ron Blackburn	24	26	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.800	1.000	152	4	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Jim Umbricht	28	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Don Gross*	28	21	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Don Williams	27	6	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	240	3	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Bob Porterfield	35	36	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bob Smith	28	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Dick Hall	28	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.8	155	5952	5369	651	1414	230	42	112	617	32	26	442	715	.263	.320	.384	.704	88	2064	125	24	77	40	59
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	6	4	4	4	8		7	6	8	8	4	6	7	7		7
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

* - 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	Vern Law	29	18	9	.667	2.98	34	33	1	20	2	1	266.0	245	91	88	25	53	11	110	2	0	5	1080	130	1.120	8.3	0.8	1.8	3.7	2.08
2	SP	Bob Friend	28	8	19	.296	4.03	35	35	0	7	2	0	234.2	267	129	105	19	52	9	104	7	0	5	1015	96	1.359	10.2	0.7	2.0	4.0	2.00
3	SP	Harvey Haddix*	33	12	12	.500	3.13	31	29	2	14	2	0	224.1	189	88	78	26	49	12	149	2	0	4	897	124	1.061	7.6	1.0	2.0	6.0	3.04
4	SP	Ron Kline	27	11	13	.458	4.26	33	29	1	7	0	0	186.0	186	95	88	23	70	9	91	2	1	9	796	91	1.376	9.0	1.1	3.4	4.4	1.30
5	SP	George Witt	25	0	7	.000	6.93	15	11	2	0	0	0	50.2	58	43	39	7	32	2	30	1	1	0	234	56	1.776	10.3	1.2	5.7	5.3	0.94
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
6	CL	Roy Face	31	18	1	.947	2.70	57	0	47	0	0	10	93.1	91	29	28	5	25	8	69	1	0	4	380	143	1.243	8.8	0.5	2.4	6.7	2.76
7	RP	Bennie Daniels	27	7	9	.438	5.45	34	12	8	0	0	1	100.2	115	69	61	9	39	6	67	2	0	5	452	71	1.530	10.3	0.8	3.5	6.0	1.72
8	RP	Ron Blackburn	24	1	1	.500	3.65	26	0	9	0	0	1	44.1	50	21	18	5	15	4	19	2	0	0	199	106	1.466	10.2	1.0	3.0	3.9	1.27
9	RP	Bob Porterfield	35	1	2	.333	4.35	36	0	14	0	0	1	41.1	51	22	20	3	19	6	19	0	0	5	186	89	1.694	11.1	0.7	4.1	4.1	1.00
10	RP	Don Gross*	28	1	1	.500	3.55	21	0	10	0	0	2	33.0	28	16	13	3	10	3	15	1	0	0	136	109	1.152	7.6	0.8	2.7	4.1	1.50
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
11		Fred Green*	25	1	2	.333	3.13	17	1	4	0	0	1	37.1	37	16	13	2	15	8	20	0	0	2	161	123	1.393	8.9	0.5	3.6	4.8	1.33
12		Bob Smith*	28	0	0		3.49	20	0	6	0	0	0	28.1	32	16	11	1	17	0	12	0	0	0	130	111	1.729	10.2	0.3	5.4	3.8	0.71
13		Al Jackson*	23	0	0		6.50	8	3	1	0	0	0	18.0	30	14	13	1	8	3	13	0	0	2	84	60	2.111	15.0	0.5	4.0	6.5	1.63
14		Don Williams	27	0	0		6.75	6	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	17	9	9	1	3	1	3	0	0	1	53	57	1.667	12.8	0.8	2.3	2.3	1.00
15		Dick Hall	28	0	0		3.12	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	12	5	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	39	124	1.500	12.5	1.0	1.0	3.1	3.00
16		Paul Giel	27	0	0		14.09	4	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	17	12	12	0	6	1	3	0	0	1	45	27	3.000	20.0	0.0	7.0	3.5	0.50
17		Jim Umbricht	28	0	0		6.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	5	5	3	4	0	3	0	0	0	31	60	1.571	9.0	3.9	5.1	3.9	0.75
		Team Totals	28.8	78	76	.506	3.90	155	155	107	48	6	17	1393.1	1432	680	604	134	418	84	730	20	2	43	5918	99	1.328	9.2	0.9	2.7	4.7	1.75
		Rank in 8 NL teams		4	5						4	7	7	3	7	4	4	2	1		7
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

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

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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
Ron Blackburn	24	26	0	44.1	9	2	5	2	0	.778	0.0	0.0							1.42	0.27						P
Harry Bright	29	8	3	44.0	11	6	5	0	0	1.000	-1.3	-35.5	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	-1	0		2.25	1.38						LF-3B-RF-2B
Smoky Burgess	32	101	95	798.0	488	441	39	8	4	.984	0.0	0.0						0	5.41	4.75	3	23	30	21	41%	C
Joe Christopher	23	9	3	34.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	7.1	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0			1.32	0.56						RF
Roberto Clemente	24	104	102	900.0	252	228	11	13	1	.948	12.8	17.1	8.8	2.6	6.1	4			2.39	2.30						RF
Bennie Daniels	27	34	12	100.2	22	6	14	2	0	.909	0.0	0.0							1.79	0.59						P
Roy Face	31	57	0	93.1	20	7	12	1	0	.950	0.0	0.0							1.83	0.33						P
Hank Foiles	30	51	24	234.2	161	153	8	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	6.17	3.16	3	8	4	3	43%	C
Bob Friend	28	35	35	234.2	62	24	37	1	2	.984	0.0	0.0							2.34	1.74						P
Paul Giel	27	4	0	7.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.35	0.50						P
Fred Green	25	17	1	37.1	10	2	8	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.41	0.59						P
Dick Groat	28	145	145	1302.0	803	301	473	29	97	.964	-0.8	-0.7	-2.8	-0.6	-2.2		2		5.35	5.34						SS
Don Gross	28	21	0	33.0	12	1	11	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							3.27	0.57						P
Harvey Haddix	33	31	29	224.1	43	8	35	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.73	1.39						P
Dick Hall	28	2	1	8.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.04	0.50						P
Ken Hamlin	24	3	2	16.2	10	4	6	0	2	1.000	0.1	7.2	0.1	0.1	0.0		0		5.40	3.33						SS
Don Hoak	31	155	155	1378.1	511	169	322	20	31	.961	-0.7	-0.6	-0.7	4.2	-4.8		0		3.21	3.17						3B
Al Jackson	23	8	3	18.0	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.00	0.50						P
Ron Kline	27	33	29	186.0	44	15	27	2	1	.955	0.0	0.0							2.03	1.27						P
Ted Kluszewski	34	20	20	164.0	163	151	12	0	14	1.000	0.2	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.0		0		8.95	8.15						1B
Danny Kravitz	28	45	36	355.2	220	198	19	3	3	.986	-2.0	-6.7						-2	5.49	4.82	4	8	23	8	26%	C
Vern Law	29	34	33	266.0	68	20	47	1	5	.985	0.0	0.0							2.27	1.97						P
Bill Mazeroski	22	133	129	1167.1	689	303	373	13	100	.981	-1.7	-1.7	-3.7	-0.1	-3.6		2		5.21	5.08						2B
Roman Mejias	28	89	72	671.1	171	158	8	5	2	.971	-4.0	-7.1	-1.0	1.3	-2.4	-3			2.23	1.87						RF-CF-LF
Rocky Nelson	34	58	35	357.2	360	339	18	3	45	.992	-1.7	-5.7	-0.7	-0.1	-0.6	-1	0		8.98	6.16						1B-LF-RF
Hardy Peterson	29	2	0	5.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	7.20	2.00	0	0	0	0		C
Bob Porterfield	35	36	0	41.1	16	5	10	1	1	.938	0.0	0.0							3.27	0.42						P
Dick Schofield	24	39	35	309.2	202	90	105	7	25	.965	2.8	10.9	1.8	-0.1	1.9	0	1		5.67	5.00						2B-SS-RF
Harry Simpson	33	3	2	18.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.1	6.7	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0			2.50	1.67						RF-LF
Bob Skinner	27	142	142	1254.2	307	287	9	11	1	.964	2.6	2.5	4.6	-0.2	4.8	-2			2.12	2.08						LF-1B
Bob Smith	28	20	0	28.1	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.27	0.20						P
R.C. Stevens	24	1	0	8.2	12	11	1	0	1	1.000	0.3	41.5	0.3	0.3	0.0		0		12.46	12.00						1B
Dick Stuart	26	106	101	879.0	934	831	81	22	87	.976	-13.0	-17.7	-13.0	-9.7	-3.3	0	0		9.34	8.60						1B-LF
Jim Umbricht	28	1	1	7.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.57	2.00						P
Bill Virdon	28	144	139	1248.0	431	406	16	9	5	.979	10.0	9.6	11.0	12.2	-1.2	-1			3.04	2.93						CF
Don Williams	27	6	0	12.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0							0.00	0.00						P
George Witt	25	15	11	50.2	10	2	7	1	1	.900	0.0	0.0							1.60	0.60						P
Team Totals	28.0	155	1395	12540.0	6061	4180	1727	154	434	.975	3.9	0.4	4.9	11.3	-6.5	-4	5	-2	4.24	3.40	10	39	57	32	36%
Rank in 8 NL teams								1	1	5
	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

1958 / 1960 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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