1961 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1961 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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*	34	100	356	323	37	98	17	3	12	52	1	0	30	16	.303	.365	.486	.851	123	157	7	2	0	1	8
2	1B	Dick Stuart	28	138	576	532	83	160	28	8	35	117	0	3	34	121	.301	.344	.581	.925	139	309	22	4	1	5	1
3	2B	Bill Mazeroski	24	152	595	558	71	148	21	2	13	59	2	1	26	55	.265	.298	.380	.678	78	212	9	3	2	6	10
4	SS	Dick Groat	30	148	648	596	71	164	25	6	6	55	0	4	40	44	.275	.320	.367	.687	82	219	22	1	7	4	0
5	3B	Don Hoak	33	145	586	503	72	150	27	7	12	61	4	2	73	53	.298	.388	.451	.839	122	227	14	3	3	4	8
6	LF	Bob Skinner*	29	119	442	381	61	102	20	3	3	42	3	5	51	49	.268	.358	.360	.718	91	137	6	4	4	2	9
7	CF	Bill Virdon*	30	146	660	599	81	156	22	8	9	58	5	8	49	45	.260	.313	.369	.682	80	221	4	0	5	7	1
8	RF	Roberto Clemente	26	146	614	572	100	201	30	10	23	89	4	1	35	59	.351	.390	.559	.949	148	320	18	3	1	3	10
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	C	Hal Smith	30	67	208	193	12	43	10	0	3	26	0	0	11	38	.223	.267	.321	.588	55	62	6	1	2	1	1
10	LF	Joe Christopher	25	76	206	186	25	49	7	3	0	14	6	4	18	24	.263	.327	.333	.660	76	62	7	0	1	1	0
11	1B	Rocky Nelson*	36	75	146	127	15	25	5	1	5	13	0	0	17	11	.197	.301	.370	.671	77	47	3	2	0	0	2
12	UT	Dick Schofield#	26	60	90	78	16	15	2	1	0	2	0	1	10	19	.192	.284	.244	.528	42	19	1	0	2	0	0
13	OF	Gino Cimoli	31	21	69	67	4	20	3	1	0	6	0	0	2	13	.299	.319	.373	.692	83	25	4	0	0	0	0
14	OF	Walt Moryn*	35	40	68	65	6	13	1	0	3	9	0	0	2	10	.200	.235	.354	.589	53	23	5	1	0	0	0
15	C	Don Leppert	29	22	62	60	6	16	2	1	3	5	0	0	1	11	.267	.279	.483	.762	97	29	6	0	1	0	0
16	IF	Johnny Logan	34	27	56	52	5	12	4	0	0	5	0	0	4	8	.231	.286	.308	.593	57	16	2	0	0	0	0
17	OF	Donn Clendenon	25	9	40	35	7	11	1	1	0	2	0	0	5	10	.314	.400	.400	.800	113	14	0	0	0	0	0
18	3B	Gene Baker	36	9	13	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.100	.308	.100	.408	15	1	0	0	0	0	1
19	C	Bob Oldis	33	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
20	LF	Roman Mejias	30	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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	Bob Friend	30	41	89	79	6	11	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	36	.139	.150	.165	.315	-17	13	0	0	9	0	0
22	P	Joe Gibbon	26	31	71	59	1	8	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	22	.136	.148	.186	.334	-12	11	1	0	10	1	0
23	P	Harvey Haddix*	35	31	67	56	2	8	3	0	0	3	0	0	6	14	.143	.226	.196	.422	13	11	0	0	5	0	0
24	P	Tom Sturdivant*	31	13	33	32	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	8	.250	.250	.250	.500	33	8	1	0	1	0	0
25	P	Vinegar Bend Mizell	30	25	31	23	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.130	.192	.130	.323	-12	3	0	0	5	1	0
26	P	Earl Francis	25	23	31	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	17	.107	.194	.107	.301	-17	3	0	1	0	0	0
27	P	Vern Law	31	11	24	19	0	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	4	.263	.318	.316	.634	69	6	0	1	2	1	0
28	P	Bobby Shantz	35	44	20	16	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.438	.526	.500	1.026	174	8	0	1	1	0	0
29	P	Al McBean	23	28	16	15	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	.267	.267	.467	.733	89	7	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Roy Face	33	62	11	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	45	3	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Clem Labine	34	56	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.100	.182	.100	.282	-23	1	1	0	0	0	0
32	P	Al Jackson*	25	5	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	-67	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Larry Foss	25	3	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-11	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Fred Green	27	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	George Witt	27	9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	285	2	0	0	1	0	0
36	P	Jim Umbricht	30	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	433	1	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.2	154	5867	5311	694	1448	232	57	128	646	26	30	428	721	.273	.328	.410	.738	94	2178	140	27	64	37	51
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	6	1	4	1	6		8	5	7	8	1	4	5	6		5
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.

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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	Bob Friend	30	14	19	.424	3.85	41	35	3	10	1	1	236.0	271	119	101	16	45	10	108	3	0	4	1001	104	1.339	10.3	0.6	1.7	4.1	2.40
2	SP	Joe Gibbon*	26	13	10	.565	3.32	30	29	1	7	3	0	195.1	185	85	72	16	57	4	145	4	0	3	816	120	1.239	8.5	0.7	2.6	6.7	2.54
3	SP	Harvey Haddix*	35	10	6	.625	4.10	29	22	4	5	2	0	156.0	159	72	71	15	41	6	99	2	0	4	646	97	1.282	9.2	0.9	2.4	5.7	2.41
4	SP	Earl Francis	25	2	8	.200	4.21	23	15	4	0	0	0	102.2	110	60	48	4	47	7	53	1	0	5	458	95	1.529	9.6	0.4	4.1	4.6	1.13
5	SP	Vinegar Bend Mizell*	30	7	10	.412	5.04	25	17	1	2	1	0	100.0	120	61	56	16	31	8	37	0	1	0	437	79	1.510	10.8	1.4	2.8	3.3	1.19
6	SP	Tom Sturdivant	31	5	2	.714	2.84	13	11	2	6	1	1	85.2	81	29	27	6	17	3	45	1	0	1	349	141	1.144	8.5	0.6	1.8	4.7	2.65
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
7	CL	Roy Face	33	6	12	.333	3.82	62	0	47	0	0	17	92.0	94	44	39	12	10	4	55	1	0	5	373	105	1.130	9.2	1.2	1.0	5.4	5.50
8	RP	Clem Labine	34	4	1	.800	3.69	56	1	28	0	0	8	92.2	102	43	38	4	31	8	49	2	0	2	399	108	1.435	9.9	0.4	3.0	4.8	1.58
9	RP	Bobby Shantz*	35	6	3	.667	3.32	43	6	16	2	1	2	89.1	91	38	33	5	26	6	61	4	0	0	377	120	1.310	9.2	0.5	2.6	6.1	2.35
10	RP	Al McBean	23	3	2	.600	3.75	27	2	7	0	0	0	74.1	72	35	31	4	42	5	49	4	0	10	330	106	1.534	8.7	0.5	5.1	5.9	1.17
11	RP	Fred Green*	27	0	0		4.79	13	0	3	0	0	0	20.2	27	16	11	2	9	2	4	0	0	3	95	83	1.742	11.8	0.9	3.9	1.7	0.44
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
12		Vern Law	31	3	4	.429	4.70	11	10	1	1	0	0	59.1	72	33	31	10	18	3	20	1	0	0	258	85	1.517	10.9	1.5	2.7	3.0	1.11
13		Al Jackson*	25	1	0	1.000	3.42	3	2	0	1	0	0	23.2	20	10	9	2	4	1	15	0	0	0	91	117	1.014	7.6	0.8	1.5	5.7	3.75
14		George Witt	27	0	1	.000	6.32	9	1	3	0	0	0	15.2	17	12	11	5	5	0	9	0	0	0	67	63	1.404	9.8	2.9	2.9	5.2	1.80
15		Larry Foss	25	1	1	.500	5.87	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.1	15	11	10	3	11	0	9	2	0	0	70	68	1.696	8.8	1.8	6.5	5.3	0.82
16		Jim Umbricht	30	0	0		2.70	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	17	148	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	2.7	0.50
17		Tom Cheney	26	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	5	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	6							0.00
		Team Totals	29.9	75	79	.487	3.92	154	154	120	34	9	29	1362.0	1442	675	593	121	400	68	759	25	1	39	5790	102	1.352	9.5	0.8	2.6	5.0	1.90
		Rank in 8 NL teams		6	3						6	4	4	8	6	5	4	1	1		6
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
Gene Baker	36	3	2	19.0	6	0	6	0	0	1.000	0.6	37.9	0.6	-0.3	0.9		0		2.84	2.00						3B
Smoky Burgess	34	92	83	729.1	457	426	27	4	4	.991	3.0	4.9						3	5.59	4.92	7	15	20	12	38%	C
Tom Cheney	26	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0									0.00						P
Joe Christopher	25	55	44	410.2	85	80	3	2	1	.976	-3.4	-9.9	-2.4	-0.0	-2.5	-1			1.82	1.51						LF-CF-RF
Gino Cimoli	31	19	17	147.0	37	35	1	1	0	.973	-3.5	-28.6	-1.5	-2.1	0.6	-2			2.20	1.89						LF-CF
Roberto Clemente	26	145	142	1241.0	289	253	27	9	5	.969	0.5	0.5	-5.5	-6.2	0.7	6			2.03	1.93						RF-CF
Donn Clendenon	25	8	8	78.1	17	16	1	0	0	1.000	1.2	18.4	0.2	0.5	-0.4	1			1.95	2.13						RF-LF
Roy Face	33	62	0	92.0	38	13	22	3	2	.921	0.0	0.0							3.42	0.56						P
Larry Foss	25	3	3	15.1	4	1	2	1	0	.750	0.0	0.0							1.76	1.00						P
Earl Francis	25	23	15	102.2	29	8	20	1	1	.966	0.0	0.0							2.45	1.22						P
Bob Friend	30	41	35	236.0	59	19	37	3	3	.949	0.0	0.0							2.14	1.37						P
Joe Gibbon	26	30	29	195.1	38	3	35	0	2	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.75	1.27						P
Fred Green	27	13	0	20.2	8	1	7	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							3.48	0.62						P
Dick Groat	30	145	144	1264.2	743	237	474	32	117	.957	1.4	1.3	-1.6	1.8	-3.4		3		5.06	4.90						SS-3B
Harvey Haddix	35	29	22	156.0	36	5	29	2	4	.944	0.0	0.0							1.96	1.17						P
Don Hoak	33	143	143	1232.1	424	137	267	20	29	.953	-10.4	-10.1	-10.4	-4.9	-5.6		0		2.95	2.83						3B
Al Jackson	25	3	2	23.2	9	2	7	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							3.42	3.00						P
Clem Labine	34	56	1	92.2	25	12	12	1	0	.960	0.0	0.0							2.33	0.43						P
Vern Law	31	11	10	59.1	20	7	13	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							3.03	1.82						P
Don Leppert	29	21	15	137.1	94	80	11	3	1	.968	-1.0	-8.7						-1	5.96	4.33	4	4	4	3	43%	C
Johnny Logan	34	13	8	88.0	39	12	26	1	5	.974	-0.7	-9.5	-0.7	1.1	-1.8		0		3.89	2.92						SS-3B
Bill Mazeroski	24	152	151	1333.0	938	410	505	23	144	.975	7.6	6.8	4.6	1.1	3.5		3		6.18	6.02						2B
Al McBean	23	27	2	74.1	28	4	23	1	1	.964	0.0	0.0							3.27	1.00						P
Roman Mejias	30	2	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	120.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0			4.50	0.50						LF
Vinegar Bend Mizell	30	25	17	100.0	15	6	7	2	1	.867	0.0	0.0							1.17	0.52						P
Walt Moryn	35	11	10	78.0	22	19	2	1	1	.955	-0.6	-9.2	0.4	0.3	0.1	-1			2.42	1.91						RF-LF
Rocky Nelson	36	35	23	222.1	247	231	15	1	26	.996	-0.3	-1.6	-0.3	-0.4	0.2		0		9.96	7.03						1B
Bob Oldis	33	4	1	14.0	14	11	3	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	9.00	3.50	0	2	3	3	50%	C
Dick Schofield	26	29	15	161.0	88	30	54	4	10	.955	1.6	11.9	1.6	0.4	1.3	0	0		4.70	2.90						SS-3B-2B-LF-RF
Bobby Shantz	35	43	6	89.1	31	13	18	0	2	1.000	0.0	0.0							3.12	0.72						P
Bob Skinner	29	97	96	843.0	182	173	4	5	1	.973	-1.5	-2.1	-0.5	-4.5	4.0	-1			1.89	1.82						LF
Hal Smith	30	65	55	481.1	311	290	18	3	1	.990	-1.0	-2.5						-1	5.76	4.74	8	19	14	6	30%	C
Dick Stuart	28	133	131	1144.2	1272	1152	99	21	141	.983	-4.6	-4.8	-4.6	-2.5	-2.0	0	0		9.84	9.41						1B-LF
Tom Sturdivant	31	13	11	85.2	20	9	11	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.10	1.54						P
Jim Umbricht	30	1	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0							0.00	0.00						P
Bill Virdon	30	145	144	1269.0	392	379	7	6	4	.985	3.3	3.1	6.3	2.2	4.1	-3			2.74	2.66						CF
George Witt	27	9	1	15.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							0.57	0.11						P
Team Totals	29.5	154	1386	12258.0	6029	4086	1793	150	512	.975	-7.6	-0.7	-13.6	-13.3	-0.3	-1	6	1	4.32	3.45	19	40	41	24	37%
Rank in 8 NL teams								3	1	6
	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

1960 / 1962 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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