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1961 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962)
75-79, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 694 runs, Allowed 675 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75
Manager: Danny Murtaugh (75-79)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,199,128 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
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1960 / 1962 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Gene Baker 36 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 15, 1925 8 9 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Smoky Burgess 34 L R 5' 8" 187 Feb 6, 1927 12 100 83 100 100 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 All-Star
Tom Cheney 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 14, 1934 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Christopher 25 R R 5' 10" 176 Dec 13, 1935 3 76 44 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 5 5 55 13 10
Gino Cimoli 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 18, 1929 6 21 17 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 0 19 2 0
Roberto Clemente HOF 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 18, 1934 7 146 142 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 144 144 2 0 All-Star
Donn Clendenon 25 R R 210 Jul 15, 1935 1st 9 8 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 1 0
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 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
Earl Francis 25 R R 6' 2" 215 Jul 14, 1935 2 23 15 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Joe Gibbon 26 R L 6' 4" 210 Apr 10, 1935 2 31 29 31 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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
Dick Groat 30 R R 180 Nov 4, 1930 8 148 144 148 148 0 0 0 0 1 144 0 0 0 0 3 0
Harvey Haddix 35 L L 170 Sep 18, 1925 10 31 22 31 31 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Don Hoak 33 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 5, 1928 8 145 143 145 145 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Al Jackson 25 L L 5' 10" 169 Dec 25, 1935 2 5 2 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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
Don Leppert 29 R R 6' 2" 220 Oct 19, 1931 1st 22 15 22 22 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Johnny Logan 34 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 23, 1927 11 27 8 27 27 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 15 0
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
Al McBean 23 R R 6' 0" 180 May 15, 1938 1st 28 2 28 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Roman Mejias 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 9, 1930 6 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 2
Vinegar Bend Mizell 30 R L 205 Aug 13, 1930 8 25 17 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Moryn 35 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 12, 1926 8 40 10 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 11 29 0
Rocky Nelson 36 L L 5' 11" 178 Nov 18, 1924 9 75 23 75 75 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 1
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
Dick Schofield 26 B R 5' 9" 165 Jan 7, 1935 9 60 15 60 60 0 0 0 5 11 9 2 0 2 3 20 15
Bobby Shantz 35 R L 5' 6" 142 Sep 26, 1925 13 44 6 44 44 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Skinner 29 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1931 7 119 96 119 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 97 21 2
Hal Smith 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 7 67 55 67 67 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dick Stuart 28 R R 6' 4" 212 Nov 7, 1932 4 138 131 138 138 0 0 132 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 All-Star
Tom Sturdivant 31 L R 6' 1" 186 Apr 28, 1930 7 13 11 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Bill Virdon 30 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 9, 1931 7 146 144 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 1 0
George Witt 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 9, 1933 5 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1960 / 1962 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played