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1960 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1959 / 1961

95-59, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Danny Murtaugh (95-59)
Scored 734 runs, Allowed 593 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62

Ballparks: Forbes Field · Attendance: 1,705,828 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 96

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over New York Yankees

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1959 / 1961 Roster (40-man)

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
Gene Baker 35 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 15, 1925 7 33 3 33 8 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 20 6 -0.3
Dick Barone 27 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 13, 1932 1st 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2
Harry Bright 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 22, 1929 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1
Smoky Burgess 33 L R 5' 8" 185 Feb 6, 1927 11 110 86 110 89 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 3.3 All-Star
Tom Cheney 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 14, 1934 3 11 8 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Joe Christopher 24 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 13, 1935 2 50 10 50 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 1 17 7 27 -0.1
Gino Cimoli 30 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 18, 1929 5 101 77 101 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 58 17 91 11 2 -0.1
Roberto Clemente HOF 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 18, 1934 6 144 140 144 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 142 4 0 4.0 $17,500 All-Star
Bennie Daniels 28 L R 6' 1" 193 Jun 17, 1932 4 10 6 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Roy Face 32 R R 5' 8" 155 Feb 20, 1928 7 68 0 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 All-Star
Earl Francis 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Jul 14, 1935 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Bob Friend 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1930 10 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 All-Star
Joe Gibbon 25 R L 6' 4" 200 Apr 10, 1935 1st 27 9 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Paul Giel 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 29, 1932 5 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2
Fred Green 26 R L 6' 4" 190 Sep 14, 1933 2 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Dick Groat 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 4, 1930 7 138 136 138 136 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 1 1 6.2 All-Star
Don Gross 29 L L 5' 11" 186 Jun 30, 1931 6 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Harvey Haddix 34 L L 5' 9" 170 Sep 18, 1925 9 29 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
Don Hoak 32 R R 6' 1" 170 Feb 5, 1928 7 155 152 155 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.4 $27,500
Danny Kravitz 29 L R 5' 11" 195 Dec 21, 1930 5 8 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.1
Clem Labine 33 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 6, 1926 11 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Vern Law 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 12, 1930 9 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 All-Star
Bill Mazeroski HOF 23 R R 5' 11" 183 Sep 5, 1936 5 151 150 151 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.5 All-Star
Roman Mejias 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 9, 1930 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -0.0
Vinegar Bend Mizell 29 R L 6' 3" 205 Aug 13, 1930 7 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4
Rocky Nelson 35 L L 5' 10" 175 Nov 18, 1924 8 93 50 93 73 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 1.9
Bob Oldis 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 5, 1928 4 22 3 22 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Diomedes Olivo 41 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 22, 1919 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Dick Schofield 25 B R 5' 9" 163 Jan 7, 1935 8 65 23 65 32 0 0 0 10 1 23 0 0 0 0 21 14 1.3
Bob Skinner 28 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1931 6 145 140 145 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 141 5 0 1.7 $15,000 All-Star
Hal Smith 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 6 77 66 77 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2.2 $17,500
R C Stevens 25 R L 6' 5" 219 Jul 22, 1934 3 9 0 9 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.1
Dick Stuart 27 R R 6' 4" 212 Nov 7, 1932 3 122 105 122 108 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0.7 $16,000
Jim Umbricht 29 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 17, 1930 2 17 3 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Mickey Vernon 42 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 22, 1918 20 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.0
Bill Virdon 29 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 9, 1931 6 120 98 120 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 109 10 3 3.1 $20,000
Red Witt 28 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 9, 1931 4 10 6 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
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
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1959 / 1961 Roster (40-man)

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