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1968 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969)
80-82, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 583 runs, Allowed 532 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Manager: Larry Shepard (80-82)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
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 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 Jerry May 24 137 467 416 26 91 15 2 1 33 0 0 41 80 .219 .293 .272 .564 72 113 10 3 6 1 12
2 1B Donn Clendenon 32 158 645 584 63 150 20 6 17 87 10 3 47 163 .257 .309 .399 .708 114 233 14 1 5 8 4
3 2B Bill Mazeroski 31 143 556 506 36 127 18 2 3 42 3 4 38 38 .251 .304 .312 .616 87 158 18 2 6 4 10
4 SS Gene Alley 27 133 530 474 48 116 20 2 4 39 13 5 39 78 .245 .307 .321 .628 91 152 20 5 9 3 6
5 3B Maury Wills# 35 153 685 627 76 174 12 6 0 31 52 21 45 57 .278 .326 .316 .642 96 198 10 1 11 1 1
6 LF Willie Stargell* 28 128 496 435 57 103 15 1 24 67 5 0 47 105 .237 .315 .441 .757 128 192 12 6 1 7 11
7 CF Matty Alou* 29 146 598 558 59 185 28 4 0 52 18 10 27 26 .332 .362 .396 .758 130 221 10 2 7 4 6
8 RF Roberto Clemente 33 132 557 502 74 146 18 12 18 57 2 3 51 77 .291 .355 .482 .838 152 242 13 1 0 3 27
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 OF Manny Mota 30 111 366 331 35 93 10 2 1 33 4 2 20 19 .281 .320 .332 .653 98 110 7 1 10 4 4
10 SS Freddie Patek 23 61 234 208 31 53 4 2 2 18 18 7 12 37 .255 .298 .322 .620 88 67 0 2 9 3 0
11 UT Jose Pagan 33 80 184 163 24 36 7 1 4 21 2 3 11 32 .221 .278 .350 .627 90 57 3 3 4 3 3
12 UT Gary Kolb* 28 74 132 119 16 26 4 1 2 6 2 1 11 17 .218 .285 .319 .604 83 38 2 0 2 0 2
13 C Carl Taylor 24 44 82 71 5 15 1 0 0 7 1 0 10 10 .211 .309 .225 .534 64 16 4 0 1 0 3
14 LF Manny Jimenez* 29 66 77 66 7 20 1 1 1 11 0 0 6 15 .303 .403 .394 .797 143 26 1 5 0 0 0
15 C Chris Cannizzaro 30 25 70 58 5 14 2 2 1 7 0 0 9 13 .241 .343 .397 .740 124 23 2 0 3 0 4
16 2B Chuck Hiller* 33 11 13 13 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .385 .385 .462 .846 156 6 1 0 0 0 0
17 RF Al Oliver* 21 4 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -24 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 OF Bill Virdon* 37 6 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 387 4 0 0 0 0 0
19 Richie Hebner* 20 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .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
20 P Steve Blass 26 35 88 80 7 11 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 30 .138 .155 .150 .305 -7 12 0 0 4 2 0
21 P Bob Veale# 32 36 86 82 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 53 .110 .131 .122 .253 -23 10 2 0 2 0 0
22 P Al McBean 30 43 70 67 5 13 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 17 .194 .206 .239 .445 35 16 0 0 2 0 0
23 P Bob Moose 20 38 57 54 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 .093 .109 .093 .202 -38 5 1 0 2 0 0
24 P Jim Bunning 36 27 53 51 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 .098 .098 .118 .216 -35 6 1 0 2 0 0
25 P Dock Ellis# 23 27 32 29 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .069 .069 .103 .172 -48 3 0 0 3 0 0
26 P Tommie Sisk 26 33 28 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .083 .154 .083 .237 -26 2 1 1 2 0 0
27 P Ron Kline 36 56 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .059 .000 .059 -81 0 0 0 1 0 0
28 P Luke Walker* 24 39 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
29 P Roy Face 40 43 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
30 P Dave Wickersham 32 11 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 103 1 0 0 1 0 0
31 P Bruce Dal Canton 26 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
32 P Bill Henry* 40 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Juan Pizarro* 31 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.7 163 6163 5569 583 1404 180 44 80 538 130 59 422 953 .252 .306 .343 .650 97 1912 133 33 96 43 93
Rank in 10 NL teams 2 4 2 6 2 6 1 1 5 5 2 2 4 3 4
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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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 Veale* 32 13 14 .481 2.05 36 33 2 13 4 0 245.1 187 67 56 13 94 5 171 2 1 9 997 141 1.145 6.9 0.5 3.4 6.3 1.82
2 SP Steve Blass 26 18 6 .750 2.12 33 31 3 12 7 0 220.1 191 64 52 13 57 5 132 4 0 7 885 136 1.126 7.8 0.5 2.3 5.4 2.32
3 SP Al McBean 30 9 12 .429 3.58 36 28 0 9 2 0 198.1 204 88 79 10 63 5 100 5 1 5 839 81 1.346 9.3 0.5 2.9 4.5 1.59
4 SP Bob Moose 20 8 12 .400 2.73 38 22 7 3 3 3 171.1 136 61 52 5 41 7 126 3 1 3 685 106 1.033 7.1 0.3 2.2 6.6 3.07
5 SP Jim Bunning 36 4 14 .222 3.88 27 26 0 3 1 0 160.0 168 75 69 14 48 6 95 8 0 3 684 75 1.350 9.5 0.8 2.7 5.3 1.98
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
6 CL Roy Face 40 2 4 .333 2.60 43 0 33 0 0 13 52.0 46 17 15 3 7 2 34 2 0 0 206 112 1.019 8.0 0.5 1.2 5.9 4.86
7 RP Ron Kline 36 12 5 .706 1.68 56 0 31 0 0 7 112.2 94 26 21 3 31 11 48 2 0 0 449 173 1.109 7.5 0.2 2.5 3.8 1.55
8 RP Dock Ellis 23 6 5 .545 2.51 26 10 5 2 0 0 104.0 82 35 29 4 38 4 52 1 1 6 426 115 1.154 7.1 0.3 3.3 4.5 1.37
9 RP Tommie Sisk 26 5 5 .500 3.28 33 11 7 0 0 1 96.0 101 40 35 3 35 8 41 3 0 8 404 88 1.417 9.5 0.3 3.3 3.8 1.17
10 RP Luke Walker* 24 0 3 .000 2.04 39 2 14 0 0 3 61.2 42 18 14 1 39 0 66 1 0 5 264 142 1.314 6.1 0.1 5.7 9.6 1.69
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
11 Dave Wickersham 32 1 0 1.000 3.48 11 0 4 0 0 1 20.2 21 12 8 0 13 3 9 0 0 0 95 83 1.645 9.1 0.0 5.7 3.9 0.69
12 Bruce Dal Canton 26 1 1 .500 2.12 7 0 5 0 0 2 17.0 7 4 4 0 6 2 8 2 0 0 66 137 0.765 3.7 0.0 3.2 4.2 1.33
13 Bill Henry* 40 0 0 8.10 10 0 4 0 0 0 16.2 29 18 15 2 3 1 9 2 0 3 81 36 1.920 15.7 1.1 1.6 4.9 3.00
14 Juan Pizarro* 31 1 1 .500 3.27 12 0 6 0 0 0 11.0 14 7 4 2 10 2 6 1 0 2 59 88 2.182 11.5 1.6 8.2 4.9 0.60
Team Totals 29.1 80 82 .494 2.74 163 163 121 42 17 30 1487.0 1322 532 453 73 485 61 897 36 4 51 6140 106 1.215 8.0 0.4 2.9 5.4 1.85
Rank in 10 NL teams 6 5 7 5 6 2 5 5 5 3 9 8
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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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 Alley 27 133 124 1124.1 700 209 475 16 97 .977 19.8 21.1 16.8 10.5 6.4 3 5.48 5.14 SS-2B
Matty Alou 29 144 134 1238.0 304 292 7 5 0 .984 -0.4 -0.4 -3.4 -1.8 -1.6 3 2.17 2.08 CF
Steve Blass 26 34 31 220.2 49 22 27 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.00 1.44 P-LF
Jim Bunning 36 27 26 160.0 25 6 17 2 1 .920 0.0 0.0 1.29 0.85 P
Chris Cannizzaro 30 25 18 168.0 124 111 10 3 1 .976 1.0 7.1 1 6.48 4.84 0 5 2 5 71% C
Roberto Clemente 33 131 128 1159.0 311 297 9 5 1 .984 23.6 24.4 17.6 9.6 8.0 6 2.38 2.34 RF
Donn Clendenon 32 155 152 1388.1 1732 1587 128 17 134 .990 11.8 10.2 11.8 5.5 6.3 0 11.12 11.06 1B
Bruce Dal Canton 26 7 0 17.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.53 0.14 P
Dock Ellis 23 26 10 104.1 23 5 18 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.98 0.88 P
Roy Face 40 43 0 52.0 10 2 7 1 1 .900 0.0 0.0 1.56 0.21 P
Bill Henry 40 10 0 16.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Chuck Hiller 33 2 1 9.1 7 4 2 1 0 .857 -0.3 -38.6 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 5.79 3.00 2B
Manny Jimenez 29 5 5 36.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -1.2 -40.0 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 -1 1.50 1.20 LF
Ron Kline 36 56 0 112.2 19 4 15 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.52 0.34 P
Gary Kolb 28 40 22 225.2 72 55 12 5 3 .931 1.0 5.3 1.0 -0.4 1.5 0 0 0 2.67 1.68 0 0 1 1 50% RF-LF-C-3B-2B-CF
Jerry May 24 135 128 1120.1 832 752 70 10 10 .988 5.0 5.4 5 6.60 6.09 7 30 41 35 46% C
Bill Mazeroski 31 142 138 1255.2 801 319 467 15 107 .981 14.7 14.0 11.7 3.4 8.3 3 5.63 5.54 2B
Al McBean 30 36 28 198.1 73 16 54 3 3 .959 0.0 0.0 3.18 1.94 P
Bob Moose 20 38 22 170.2 52 13 36 3 4 .942 0.0 0.0 2.58 1.29 P
Manny Mota 30 106 77 739.2 156 145 8 3 2 .981 -7.4 -12.0 -4.4 -0.4 -4.1 -3 0 1.86 1.44 LF-CF-RF-2B-3B
Al Oliver 21 1 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 60.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 2.70 3.00 RF
Jose Pagan 33 60 37 378.1 112 40 65 7 7 .938 -4.9 -15.5 -5.9 -3.1 -2.8 1 0 2.50 1.75 3B-LF-SS-2B-1B
Freddie Patek 23 58 54 479.0 262 90 166 6 23 .977 6.8 17.0 6.8 1.4 5.5 0 0 4.81 4.41 SS-RF-LF-3B
Juan Pizarro 31 12 0 11.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.82 0.08 P
Tommie Sisk 26 33 11 96.0 30 11 16 3 3 .900 0.0 0.0 2.53 0.82 P
Willie Stargell 28 126 119 1051.2 287 259 19 9 12 .969 -6.1 -7.0 -4.1 -0.2 -3.9 -2 0 2.38 2.21 LF-1B-RF
Carl Taylor 24 31 17 171.2 95 83 10 2 1 .979 -2.9 -20.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 -3 4.88 3.00 4 5 12 3 20% C-RF-LF
Bob Veale 32 36 33 245.1 44 4 37 3 0 .932 0.0 0.0 1.50 1.14 P
Bill Virdon 37 4 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -80.0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 1.50 0.25 RF-LF
Luke Walker 24 39 2 62.1 15 3 12 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.17 0.38 P
Dave Wickersham 32 11 0 20.2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.74 0.36 P
Maury Wills 35 151 149 1337.1 441 115 308 18 32 .959 -2.6 -2.3 -3.6 -1.8 -1.8 1 2.85 2.80 3B-SS
Team Totals 29.8 163 1467 13386.0 6601 4462 2000 139 445 .979 58.0 5.2 44.0 22.9 21.3 4 7 3 4.34 3.50 11 40 56 44 44%
Rank in 10 NL teams 6 2 4
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

1967 / 1969 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics