1961 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics and Roster

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1961 Pittsburgh Pirates (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
Managed by Danny Murtaugh

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1961 Stats (1960/1962) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Smoky Burgess       34  100  323   37   98  17  3  12   52  30   16  .303  .365  .486   1   0   7   2   0   1   8  123
1B  Dick Stuart         28  138  532   83  160  28  8  35  117  34  121  .301  .344  .581   0   3  22   4   1   5   1  139
2B  Bill Mazeroski      24  152  558   71  148  21  2  13   59  26   55  .265  .298  .380   2   1   9   3   2   6  10   78
3B  Don Hoak            33  145  503   72  150  27  7  12   61  73   53  .298  .388  .451   4   2  14   3   3   4   8  122
SS  Dick Groat          30  148  596   71  164  25  6   6   55  40   44  .275  .320  .367   0   4  22   1   7   4   0   82
LF *Bob Skinner         29  119  381   61  102  20  3   3   42  51   49  .268  .358  .360   3   5   6   4   4   2   9   91
CF *Bill Virdon         30  146  599   81  156  22  8   9   58  49   45  .260  .313  .369   5   8   4   0   5   7   1   80
RF  Roberto Clemente    26  146  572  100  201  30 10  23   89  35   59  .351  .390  .559   4   1  18   3   1   3  10  148
    Hal Smith           30   67  193   12   43  10  0   3   26  11   38  .223  .267  .321   0   0   6   1   2   1   1   55
    Joe Christopher     25   76  186   25   49   7  3   0   14  18   24  .263  .327  .333   6   4   7   0   1   1   0   76
   *Rocky Nelson        36   75  127   15   25   5  1   5   13  17   11  .197  .301  .370   0   0   3   2   0   0   2   77
   #Dick Schofield      26   60   78   16   15   2  1   0    2  10   19  .192  .284  .244   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   42
    Gino Cimoli         31   21   67    4   20   3  1   0    6   2   13  .299  .319  .373   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   83
   *Walt Moryn          35   40   65    6   13   1  0   3    9   2   10  .200  .235  .354   0   0   5   1   0   0   0   53
    Don Leppert         29   22   60    6   16   2  1   3    5   1   11  .267  .279  .483   0   0   6   0   1   0   0   97
    Johnny Logan        34   27   52    5   12   4  0   0    5   4    8  .231  .286  .308   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   57
    Donn Clendenon      25    9   35    7   11   1  1   0    2   5   10  .314  .400  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  113
    Gene Baker          36    9   10    1    1   0  0   0    0   3    2  .100  .308  .100   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   15
    Bob Oldis           33    4    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Roman Mejias        30    4    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Bob Friend          30   41   79    6   11   0  1   0    7   1   36  .139  .150  .165   0   0   0   0   9   0   0  -17
    Joe Gibbon          26   31   59    1    8   1  1   0    6   1   22  .136  .148  .186   0   0   1   0  10   1   0  -12
   *Harvey Haddix       35   31   56    2    8   3  0   0    3   6   14  .143  .226  .196   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   13
   *Tom Sturdivant      31   13   32    2    8   0  0   0    1   0    8  .250  .250  .250   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   33
    Earl Francis        25   23   28    0    3   0  0   0    0   2   17  .107  .194  .107   1   0   0   1   0   0   0  -17
    Vinegar Bend Mizell 30   25   23    1    3   0  0   0    1   2    9  .130  .192  .130   0   0   0   0   5   1   0  -12
    Vern Law            31   11   19    0    5   1  0   0    5   1    4  .263  .318  .316   0   0   0   1   2   1   0   69
    Bobby Shantz        35   44   16    3    7   1  0   0    3   2    1  .438  .526  .500   0   0   0   1   1   0   0  174
    Al McBean           23   28   15    2    4   0  0   1    3   0    3  .267  .267  .467   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   89
    Roy Face            33   62   11    0    3   0  0   0    1   0    2  .273  .273  .273   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   45
    Clem Labine         34   56   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    7  .100  .182  .100   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -23
   *Al Jackson          25    5    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    4  .000  .111  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -67
    Larry Foss          25    3    6    2    1   0  0   0    1   0    2  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -11
    Fred Green          27   13    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    George Witt         27    9    2    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500 1.000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  285
    Jim Umbricht        30    1    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  433
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.3  154 5311  694 1448 232 57 128  646 428  721  .273  .327  .410  26  30 140  27  64  37  51  100
    Rank among 8 NL teams          2    6    1   4  1   6        7    8     1     4     5   8   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Friend          30  41   3.85  14  19  1  35   3  10   1  236.0  271  119  101  16   45  108 1001   4   3  0  10 104
SP *Joe Gibbon          26  30   3.32  13  10  0  29   1   7   3  195.3  185   85   72  16   57  145  816   3   4  0   4 120
SP *Harvey Haddix       35  29   4.10  10   6  0  22   4   5   2  156.0  159   72   71  15   41   99  646   4   2  0   6  97
SP *Vinegar Bend Mizell 30  25   5.04   7  10  0  17   1   2   1  100.0  120   61   56  16   31   37  437   0   0  1   8  79
SP  Earl Francis        25  23   4.21   2   8  0  15   4   0   0  102.7  110   60   48   4   47   53  458   5   1  0   7  95
SP  Tom Sturdivant      31  13   2.84   5   2  1  11   2   6   1   85.7   81   29   27   6   17   45  349   1   1  0   3 141
SP  Vern Law            31  11   4.70   3   4  0  10   1   1   0   59.3   72   33   31  10   18   20  258   0   1  0   3  85

CL  Roy Face            33  62   3.82   6  12 17   0  47   0   0   92.0   94   44   39  12   10   55  373   5   1  0   4 105
RP  Clem Labine         34  56   3.69   4   1  8   1  28   0   0   92.7  102   43   38   4   31   49  399   2   2  0   8 108
RP *Bobby Shantz        35  43   3.32   6   3  2   6  16   2   1   89.3   91   38   33   5   26   61  377   0   4  0   6 120
RP  Al McBean           23  27   3.75   3   2  0   2   7   0   0   74.3   72   35   31   4   42   49  330  10   4  0   5 106
RP *Fred Green          27  13   4.79   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   20.7   27   16   11   2    9    4   95   3   0  0   2  83

   *Al Jackson          25   3   3.42   1   0  0   2   0   1   0   23.7   20   10    9   2    4   15   91   0   0  0   1 117
    George Witt         27   9   6.32   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   15.7   17   12   11   5    5    9   67   0   0  0   0  63
    Larry Foss          25   3   5.87   1   1  0   3   0   0   0   15.3   15   11   10   3   11    9   70   0   2  0   0  68
    Jim Umbricht        30   1   2.70   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.3    5    2    1   0    2    1   17   1   0  0   1 148
    Tom Cheney          26   1          0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.0    1    5    4   1    4    0    6   1   0  0   0   0
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.2 154   3.92  75  79 29 154 120  34   9 1362.0 1442  675  593 121  400  759 5790  39  25  1  68 102
    Rank among 8 NL teams           5   6   3  4           6   4      8    6    5        1    1    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SBurgess 729 83 92 426 27 4 4 .991 7 15 20 12 HSmith 481 55 65 290 18 3 1 .990 8 19 14 6 DLeppert 137 15 21 80 11 3 1 .968 4 4 4 3 BOldis 14 1 4 11 3 0 3 1.000 0 2 3 3 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1362 154 154 807 59 10 9 .989 19 40 41 24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DStuart 1139 131 132 1152 99 21 141 .983 9.88 RNelson 222 23 35 231 15 1 26 .996 9.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1362 154 154 1383 114 22 167 .986 9.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMazeroski 1333 151 152 410 505 23 144 .975 6.18 DSchofield 29 3 5 8 10 1 2 .947 5.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1362 154 154 418 515 24 146 .975 6.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DHoak 1232 143 143 137 267 20 29 .953 2.95 DSchofield 58 5 11 4 20 2 1 .923 3.68 JLogan 43 3 7 3 11 0 2 1.000 2.93 GBaker 19 2 3 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.84 DGroat 9 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1362 154 154 146 305 22 32 .953 2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *4.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGroat 1255 143 144 235 473 32 117 .957 5.07 DSchofield 61 6 9 15 24 1 7 .975 5.73 JLogan 45 5 6 9 15 1 3 .960 4.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1362 154 154 259 512 34 127 .958 5.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSkinner 843 96 97 173 4 5 1 .973 1.89 JChristophe 359 39 45 70 2 2 0 .973 1.81 GCimoli 102 12 14 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 WMoryn 36 5 5 9 1 0 1 1.000 2.50 DClendenon 9 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 DSchofield 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 DStuart 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RMejias 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1362 154 154 276 7 7 2 .976 1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BVirdon 1269 144 145 379 7 6 4 .985 2.74 GCimoli 45 5 5 18 1 1 0 .950 3.80 JChristophe 43 5 5 9 1 0 1 1.000 2.09 RClemente 5 0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 7.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1362 154 154 409 10 7 6 .984 2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RClemente 1236 142 144 250 26 9 4 .968 2.01 DClendenon 69 7 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 WMoryn 42 5 6 10 1 1 0 .917 2.36 JChristophe 8 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.03 DSchofield 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1362 154 154 274 28 10 4 .968 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.16 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BVirdon 1269 144 145 384 6 6 4 .985 2.77 RClemente 1241 142 144 256 27 9 5 .969 2.05 BSkinner 843 96 97 175 5 5 1 .973 1.92 JChristophe 410 44 55 86 2 2 1 .978 1.93 GCimoli 147 17 19 33 1 1 0 .971 2.08 DClendenon 78 8 8 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 WMoryn 78 10 11 17 2 1 1 .950 2.19 DSchofield 12 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 DStuart 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RMejias 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1362 154 154 970 44 24 12 .977 2.23 154 154 154 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BFriend 236 35 41 19 37 3 3 .949 2.14 JGibbon 195 29 30 3 35 0 2 1.000 1.75 HHaddix 156 22 29 5 29 2 4 .944 1.96 EFrancis 102 15 23 8 20 1 1 .966 2.45 VMizell 100 17 25 6 7 2 1 .867 1.17 CLabine 92 1 56 12 12 1 0 .960 2.33 RFace 92 0 62 13 22 3 2 .921 3.42 BShantz 89 6 43 13 18 0 2 1.000 3.12 TSturdivant 85 11 13 9 11 0 0 1.000 2.10 AMcBean 74 2 27 4 23 1 1 .964 3.27 VLaw 59 10 11 7 13 0 1 1.000 3.04 AJackson 23 2 3 2 7 0 1 1.000 3.42 FGreen 20 0 13 1 7 0 1 1.000 3.48 GWitt 15 1 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.57 LFoss 15 3 3 1 2 1 0 .750 1.76 JUmbricht 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TCheney 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1362 154 154 103 244 14 19 .961 2.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Clemente .351

On-base % Clemente .390

Slugging % Stuart .581

OPS Clemente .949

Games Mazeroski 152

At Bats Virdon 599

Plate Appearances (approx.) Virdon 660

Runs Clemente 100

Hits Clemente 201

Total Bases Clemente 320

Doubles Clemente 30

Triples Clemente 10

Home Runs Stuart 35

RBI Stuart 117

Bases on Balls Hoak 73

Strikeouts Stuart 121

Stolen Bases Christopher 6

Singles Clemente 138

Adjusted OPS+ Clemente 148

Runs Created Clemente 119

Adjusted Batting Runs Clemente 38

Batting Wins Clemente 3.6

Extra-Base Hits Stuart 71

Times on Base Clemente 239

Offensive Win% Clemente .732

Hit By Pitch Skinner and Stuart 4

Sac. Hits Gibbon 10

Sac. Flies Virdon 7

Intentional Walks Clemente and Mazeroski 10

Grounded into Double Plays Groat and Stuart 22

Caught Stealing Virdon 8

Power/Speed Number Clemente 6.8

At Bats per Strikeout Groat 13.5

At Bats per Home Run Stuart 15.2

Outs Groat 469

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Gibbon 3.32

Wins Friend 14

Won-Loss % Haddix .625

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Gibbon 1.239

Hits Allowed/9IP Gibbon 8.52

Bases on Balls/9IP Friend 1.72

Strikeouts/9IP Gibbon 6.68

Games Face 62

Saves Face 17

Innings Friend 236.0

Strikeouts Gibbon 145

Games Started Friend 35

Comp. Games Friend 10

Shutouts Gibbon 3

Home Runs Allow. Friend, Gibbon, and Mizell 16

Bases On Balls Allow. Gibbon 57

Hits Allowed Friend 271

SO to Walk Gibbon 2.54

Losses Friend 19

Earned Runs Allow. Friend 101

Wild Pitches McBean 10

Hit Batsmen Gibbon, McBean, and Shantz 4

Batters Faced Friend 1001

Games Finished Face 47

Adjusted ERA+ Gibbon 120

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Smoky Burgess (Starting C)
Smoky Burgess (Starting C)
Roberto Clemente (Starting RF)
Roberto Clemente (Starting RF)
Roy Face
Roy Face
Dick Stuart
Dick Stuart

1960/1962

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