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1961 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962

75-79, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Danny Murtaugh (75-79)
Scored 694 runs, Allowed 675 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75

Ballparks: Forbes Field · Attendance: 1,199,128 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101

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1960 / 1962 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
Gene Baker 36 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 15, 1925 8 9 2 9 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0.0
Smoky Burgess 34 L R 5' 8" 185 Feb 6, 1927 12 100 83 100 92 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 3.0 All-Star
Tom Cheney 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 14, 1934 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Joe Christopher 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 13, 1935 3 76 44 76 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 5 5 55 13 10 -0.7
Gino Cimoli 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 18, 1929 6 21 17 21 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 0 19 2 0 -0.5
Roberto Clemente HOF 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 18, 1934 7 146 142 146 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 144 144 2 0 6.0 All-Star
Donn Clendenon 25 R R 6' 4" 209 Jul 15, 1935 1st 9 8 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 1 0 0.3
Roy Face 33 R R 5' 8" 155 Feb 20, 1928 8 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 All-Star
Larry Foss 25 R R 6' 2" 187 Apr 18, 1936 1st 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Earl Francis 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Jul 14, 1935 2 23 15 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Bob Friend 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1930 11 41 35 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Joe Gibbon 26 R L 6' 4" 200 Apr 10, 1935 2 31 29 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.9
Fred Green 27 R L 6' 4" 190 Sep 14, 1933 3 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Dick Groat 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 4, 1930 8 148 144 148 145 0 0 0 0 1 144 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.7
Harvey Haddix 35 L L 5' 9" 170 Sep 18, 1925 10 31 22 31 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.3
Don Hoak 33 R R 6' 1" 170 Feb 5, 1928 8 145 143 145 143 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.2
Al Jackson 25 L L 5' 10" 169 Dec 26, 1935 2 5 2 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.2
Clem Labine 34 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 6, 1926 12 56 1 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Vern Law 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 12, 1930 10 11 10 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Don Leppert 29 R R 6' 2" 220 Oct 19, 1931 1st 22 15 22 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.1
Johnny Logan 34 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 23, 1927 11 27 8 27 13 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 15 0 -0.2
Bill Mazeroski HOF 24 R R 5' 11" 183 Sep 5, 1936 6 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Al McBean 23 R R 5' 11" 165 May 15, 1938 1st 28 2 28 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0
Roman Mejias 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 9, 1930 6 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 0.0
Vinegar Bend Mizell 30 R L 6' 3" 205 Aug 13, 1930 8 25 17 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Walt Moryn 35 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 12, 1926 8 40 10 40 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 11 29 0 -0.3
Rocky Nelson 36 L L 5' 10" 175 Nov 18, 1924 9 75 23 75 35 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 1 -0.2
Bob Oldis 33 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 5, 1928 5 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Dick Schofield 26 B R 5' 9" 163 Jan 7, 1935 9 60 15 60 28 0 0 0 6 11 8 2 0 2 3 20 15 -0.1
Bobby Shantz 35 R L 5' 6" 139 Sep 26, 1925 13 44 6 44 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.9
Bob Skinner 29 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1931 7 119 96 119 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 97 21 2 0.1
Hal Smith 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 7 67 55 67 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.6
Dick Stuart 28 R R 6' 4" 212 Nov 7, 1932 4 138 131 138 132 0 0 131 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 2.9 All-Star
Tom Sturdivant 31 L R 6' 0" 170 Apr 28, 1930 7 13 11 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4
Jim Umbricht 30 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 17, 1930 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Bill Virdon 30 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 9, 1931 7 146 144 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 1 0 1.4
Red Witt 27 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 9, 1933 5 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1960 / 1962 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers