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1968 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969

80-82, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Larry Shepard (80-82)
Scored 583 runs, Allowed 532 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74

Ballparks: Forbes Field · Attendance: 693,485 (9th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

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1967 / 1969 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 Alley 27 R R 5' 10" 160 Jul 10, 1940 6 133 124 133 128 0 0 0 26 0 107 0 0 0 0 7 1 3.9 $ All-Star
Matty Alou 29 L L 5' 9" 160 Dec 22, 1938 9 146 134 146 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 4 0 5.2 $ All-Star
Steve Blass 26 R R 6' 0" 165 Apr 18, 1942 4 35 31 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2.6 $
Jim Bunning HOF 36 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 23, 1931 14 27 26 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0 $
Chris Cannizzaro 30 R R 6' 0" 190 May 3, 1938 7 25 18 25 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Roberto Clemente HOF 33 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 18, 1934 14 132 128 132 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 131 2 0 7.1 $100,000
Donn Clendenon 32 R R 6' 4" 209 Jul 15, 1935 8 158 152 158 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.4 $
Bruce Dal Canton 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1941 2 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Dock Ellis 23 B R 6' 3" 205 Mar 11, 1945 1st 27 10 27 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.8 $
Roy Face 40 R R 5' 8" 155 Feb 20, 1928 15 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $30,000
Richie Hebner 20 L R 6' 1" 195 Nov 26, 1947 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Bill Henry 40 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 15, 1927 15 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Chuck Hiller 33 L R 5' 11" 170 Oct 1, 1934 8 11 1 11 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.2 $
Manny Jimenez 29 L R 6' 1" 185 Nov 19, 1938 6 66 5 66 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 61 0 0.8 $
Ron Kline 36 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 9, 1932 15 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Gary Kolb 28 L R 6' 0" 194 Mar 13, 1940 6 74 22 74 40 0 10 0 1 4 0 6 1 18 25 36 10 0.1 $
Jerry May 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 14, 1943 5 137 128 137 135 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.0 $
Bill Mazeroski HOF 31 R R 5' 11" 183 Sep 5, 1936 13 143 138 143 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 $50,000
Al McBean 30 R R 5' 11" 165 May 15, 1938 8 43 28 43 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 -0.3 $
Bob Moose 20 R R 6' 0" 200 Oct 9, 1947 2 38 22 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Manny Mota 30 R R 5' 10" 160 Feb 18, 1938 7 111 77 111 92 0 0 0 1 1 0 50 31 22 92 25 3 0.6 $
Al Oliver 21 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 14, 1946 1st 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.0 $
Jose Pagan 33 R R 5' 9" 160 May 5, 1935 10 80 37 80 59 0 0 1 2 30 8 19 0 0 19 27 3 -0.3 $
Freddie Patek 23 R R 5' 5" 148 Oct 9, 1944 1st 61 54 61 58 0 0 0 0 1 52 2 0 3 5 2 3 1.7 $
Juan Pizarro 31 L L 5' 11" 170 Feb 7, 1937 12 13 0 13 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.3 $
Tommie Sisk 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 12, 1942 7 33 11 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Willie Stargell HOF 28 L L 6' 2" 188 Mar 6, 1940 7 128 119 128 123 0 0 13 0 0 0 109 0 4 113 9 0 1.7 $
Carl Taylor 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 20, 1944 1st 44 17 44 31 0 29 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13 4 -0.4 $
Bob Veale 32 B L 6' 6" 212 Oct 28, 1935 7 36 33 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $
Bill Virdon 37 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 9, 1931 12 6 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 3 0 0.1 $
Luke Walker 24 L L 6' 2" 190 Sep 2, 1943 3 39 2 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Dave Wickersham 32 R R 6' 3" 188 Sep 27, 1935 9 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Maury Wills 35 B R 5' 11" 170 Oct 2, 1932 10 153 149 153 150 0 0 0 0 141 9 0 0 0 0 3 1 3.0 $
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

Chuck Hiller
Freddie Patek

Bill Virdon

Bill Virdon

Willie Stargell

Bill Mazeroski

Gary Kolb

Jose Pagan

Jerry May

Jim Bunning

Manny Mota

Chris Cannizzaro

Donn Clendenon

Matty Alou

Richie Hebner

Roberto Clemente

Gene Alley

Luke Walker

Manny Jimenez

Tommie Sisk

Roy Face

Ron Kline

Steve Blass

Al Oliver
Juan Pizarro

Maury Wills

Bill Henry

Al McBean

Carl Taylor

Dock Ellis

Bob Moose

Bob Veale

Dock Ellis
Dave Wickersham

Bruce Dal Canton

1967 / 1969 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers