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1960 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 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
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 -0.4 $
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 -0.2 $
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 3.3 $ 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 -1.3 $
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 2.4 $ 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 0.2 $
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 4.5 $ 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 0.2 $
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 -0.9 $
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 1.1 $
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 5.7 $ 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 0.0 $
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 1.4 $
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 5.3 $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 1.0 $
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 4.9 $ 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 2.4 $ 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 -0.1 $
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 1.6 $ 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 2.0 $
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 $
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 -0.1 $
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 3.0 $
Red Witt 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 9, 1933 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

Bob Oldis

Bob Skinner

Hal Smith

Smoky Burgess

R C Stevens
Dick Stuart

Harry Bright

Bill Mazeroski

Danny Kravitz

Dick Schofield

Don Hoak

Rocky Nelson

Roman Mejias

Gene Baker

Bill Virdon

Bob Friend

Gino Cimoli

Roberto Clemente

Joe Gibbon

Joe Christopher

Dick Groat

Roy Face

Earl Francis

Paul Giel

Bennie Daniels
Earl Francis
Clem Labine

Vinegar Bend Mizell
Red Witt

Harvey Haddix

Vern Law

Fred Green

Tom Cheney
Jim Umbricht

Don Gross
Diomedes Olivo

Red Witt

Mickey Vernon

Dick Barone

1959 / 1961 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers