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1971 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972

97-65, Finished 1st in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Danny Murtaugh (97-65)
Scored 788 runs, Allowed 599 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 101-61

Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 1,501,132 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 97

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over Baltimore Orioles
Won NL Championship Series (3-1) over San Francisco Giants

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1970 / 1972 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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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 Manny Sanguillen 27 138 557 533 60 170 26 5 7 81 6 4 19 32 .319 .345 .426 .771 116 227 21 3 1 1 13
2 1B Bob Robertson 24 131 536 469 65 127 18 2 26 72 1 2 60 101 .271 .356 .484 .840 135 227 7 4 0 3 8
3 2B Dave Cash 23 123 532 478 79 138 17 4 2 34 13 5 46 33 .289 .349 .354 .703 98 169 10 0 5 3 0
4 SS Gene Alley 30 114 389 348 38 79 8 7 6 28 9 2 35 43 .227 .296 .342 .638 79 119 6 0 4 2 14
5 3B Richie Hebner* 23 112 434 388 50 105 17 8 17 67 2 2 32 68 .271 .326 .487 .813 126 189 6 3 5 6 1
6 LF Willie Stargell* 31 141 606 511 104 151 26 0 48 125 0 0 83 154 .295 .398 .628 1.026 185 321 8 7 0 5 20
7 CF Al Oliver* 24 143 573 529 69 149 31 7 14 64 4 3 27 72 .282 .317 .446 .763 113 236 14 5 2 10 2
8 RF Roberto Clemente 36 132 553 522 82 178 29 8 13 86 1 2 26 65 .341 .370 .502 .871 143 262 19 0 1 4 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
9 RF Vic Davalillo* 34 99 312 295 48 84 14 6 1 33 10 2 11 31 .285 .312 .383 .695 95 113 4 2 1 3 1
10 CF Gene Clines 24 97 300 273 52 84 12 4 1 24 15 6 22 36 .308 .366 .392 .758 114 107 1 3 2 0 0
11 SS Jackie Hernandez 30 88 255 233 30 48 7 3 3 26 0 2 17 45 .206 .257 .300 .557 57 70 4 0 2 3 2
12 2B Bill Mazeroski 34 70 213 193 17 49 3 1 1 16 0 0 15 8 .254 .303 .295 .599 69 57 3 0 2 3 1
13 3B Jose Pagan 36 57 177 158 16 38 1 0 5 15 0 0 16 25 .241 .311 .342 .653 84 54 4 1 0 2 2
14 2B Rennie Stennett 20 50 165 153 24 54 5 4 1 15 1 1 7 9 .353 .377 .458 .834 134 70 2 0 3 2 0
15 C Milt May* 20 49 137 126 15 35 1 0 6 25 0 0 9 16 .278 .321 .429 .750 109 54 6 0 0 2 3
16 C Charlie Sands* 23 28 32 25 4 5 2 0 1 5 0 0 7 6 .200 .375 .400 .775 118 10 1 0 0 0 1
17 OF Richie Zisk 22 7 19 15 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 7 .200 .368 .467 .835 134 7 0 0 0 0 0
18 RF Carl Taylor 27 7 12 12 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .333 .500 38 4 1 0 0 0 0
19 Rimp Lanier* 22 6 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 0 1 0 0 0
20 Frank Taveras 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Dock Ellis# 26 44 95 79 11 16 0 0 0 12 2 0 6 29 .203 .259 .203 .461 32 16 1 0 10 0 0
22 P Steve Blass 29 34 92 83 5 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 15 .120 .131 .145 .276 -22 12 0 0 8 0 0
23 P Bob Johnson* 28 31 60 48 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 33 .063 .196 .063 .259 -24 3 2 0 4 0 0
24 P Luke Walker* 27 28 54 46 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 30 .022 .135 .022 .156 -53 1 0 0 2 0 0
25 P Bob Moose 23 30 47 39 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 .103 .167 .103 .269 -23 4 0 0 5 0 0
26 P Nelson Briles 27 37 44 39 3 10 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 13 .256 .293 .410 .703 96 16 0 0 3 0 0
27 P Bruce Kison 21 18 34 31 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .065 .121 .097 .218 -38 3 0 0 1 0 0
28 P Dave Giusti 31 58 18 17 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .059 .111 .059 .170 -51 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Bob Veale# 35 37 10 9 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .333 .667 88 3 0 0 1 0 0
30 P Mudcat Grant 35 42 9 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .250 .333 .375 .708 99 3 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Jim Nelson 23 17 8 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .500 .625 .500 1.125 221 3 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Ramon Hernandez# 30 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 183 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Bob Miller 32 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 52 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P John Lamb 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Frank Brosseau 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.7 162 6283 5674 788 1555 223 61 154 744 65 31 469 919 .274 .330 .416 .746 109 2362 120 29 62 49 73
Rank in 12 NL teams 1 1 1 4 1 1 7 12 9 5 2 2 1 1 1
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 Steve Blass 29 15 8 .652 2.85 33 33 0 12 5 0 240.0 226 81 76 16 68 8 136 2 0 4 996 122 1.225 8.5 0.6 2.6 5.1 2.00
2 SP Dock Ellis 26 19 9 .679 3.06 31 31 0 11 2 0 226.2 207 93 77 15 63 5 137 2 0 4 943 114 1.191 8.2 0.6 2.5 5.4 2.17
3 SP Bob Johnson 28 9 10 .474 3.45 31 27 0 7 1 0 174.2 170 73 67 19 55 8 101 7 0 4 732 101 1.288 8.8 1.0 2.8 5.2 1.84
4 SP Luke Walker* 27 10 8 .556 3.55 28 24 1 4 2 0 159.2 157 69 63 9 53 2 86 2 0 5 666 98 1.315 8.8 0.5 3.0 4.8 1.62
5 SP Bob Moose 23 11 7 .611 4.11 30 18 3 3 1 1 140.0 169 73 64 12 35 11 68 2 0 5 616 84 1.457 10.9 0.8 2.3 4.4 1.94
6 SP Bruce Kison 21 6 5 .545 3.40 18 13 0 2 1 0 95.1 93 40 36 6 36 5 60 6 2 4 405 102 1.353 8.8 0.6 3.4 5.7 1.67
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 Dave Giusti 31 5 6 .455 2.93 58 0 49 0 0 30 86.0 79 31 28 5 31 8 55 1 0 3 365 118 1.279 8.3 0.5 3.2 5.8 1.77
8 RP Nelson Briles 27 8 4 .667 3.04 37 14 8 4 2 1 136.0 131 51 46 12 35 12 76 3 0 1 566 114 1.221 8.7 0.8 2.3 5.0 2.17
9 RP Mudcat Grant 35 5 3 .625 3.60 42 0 27 0 0 7 75.0 79 32 30 8 28 8 22 1 0 1 323 96 1.427 9.5 1.0 3.4 2.6 0.79
10 RP Bob Veale* 35 6 0 1.000 6.99 37 0 12 0 0 2 46.1 59 38 36 5 24 2 40 0 0 3 218 50 1.791 11.5 1.0 4.7 7.8 1.67
11 RP Jim Nelson 23 2 2 .500 2.34 17 2 2 0 0 0 34.2 27 9 9 0 26 4 11 5 0 3 153 149 1.529 7.0 0.0 6.8 2.9 0.42
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 Bob Miller 32 1 2 .333 1.29 16 0 10 0 0 3 28.0 20 8 4 1 13 4 13 0 0 0 115 270 1.179 6.4 0.3 4.2 4.2 1.00
13 Ramon Hernandez* 30 0 1 .000 0.73 10 0 7 0 0 4 12.1 5 1 1 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 44 476 0.568 3.6 0.0 1.5 5.1 3.50
14 John Lamb 24 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 0.923 6.2 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.00
15 Frank Brosseau 26 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 27.4 97 65 .599 3.31 162 162 119 43 14 48 1461.0 1426 599 537 108 470 78 813 31 2 37 6165 105 1.298 8.8 0.7 2.9 5.0 1.73
Rank in 12 NL teams 1 12 5 7 3 1 6 9 5 6 5 3 10543
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 30 109 97 887.0 526 187 317 22 55 .958 -11.2 -15.2 -9.2 -4.1 -5.1 -2 5.11 4.62 SS-3B
Steve Blass 29 33 33 240.0 67 27 36 4 2 .940 2.36 1.91 P
Nelson Briles 27 37 14 136.0 27 13 13 1 1 .963 1.72 0.70 P
Frank Brosseau 26 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 2.00 P
Dave Cash 23 132 114 1037.0 597 254 333 10 82 .983 -1.7 -2.0 -2.7 -3.9 1.2 1 5.09 4.45 2B-3B-SS
Roberto Clemente 36 125 120 1081.1 282 269 11 2 4 .993 19.7 21.9 11.7 1.7 10.0 8 2.33 2.24 RF
Gene Clines 24 76 61 556.2 158 147 8 3 2 .981 4.8 10.3 0.8 -3.0 4.0 4 2.51 2.04 CF-LF-RF
Vic Davalillo 34 78 62 581.1 273 254 14 5 19 .982 -3.7 -7.6 -1.7 -1.1 -0.6 -2 0 4.15 3.44 RF-1B-CF-LF
Dock Ellis 26 31 31 226.2 56 22 32 2 1 .964 2.14 1.74 P
Dave Giusti 31 58 0 86.0 14 6 7 1 1 .929 1.36 0.22 P
Mudcat Grant 35 42 0 75.0 19 3 16 0 2 1.000 2.28 0.45 P
Richie Hebner 23 108 93 872.0 275 89 172 14 21 .949 -8.1 -11.1 -9.1 -3.3 -5.8 1 2.69 2.42 3B
Jackie Hernandez 30 84 68 615.1 379 109 252 18 42 .953 1.4 2.7 2.4 0.6 1.9 -1 5.28 4.30 SS-3B
Ramon Hernandez 30 10 0 12.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.92 0.40 P
Bob Johnson 28 31 27 174.2 37 14 20 3 2 .919 1.75 1.10 P
Bruce Kison 21 18 13 95.1 27 8 18 1 5 .963 2.45 1.44 P
John Lamb 24 2 0 4.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.50 P
Milt May 20 31 31 260.0 180 168 12 0 3 1.000 4.0 18.5 4 6.23 5.81 5 3 4 7 64% C
Bill Mazeroski 34 53 43 396.0 226 97 126 3 22 .987 -3.0 -9.1 -1.0 -1.4 0.5 -2 5.07 4.21 2B-3B
Bob Miller 32 16 0 28.0 10 5 4 1 0 .900 2.89 0.56 P
Bob Moose 23 30 18 140.0 39 11 24 4 2 .897 2.25 1.17 P
Jim Nelson 23 17 2 34.2 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.82 0.41 P
Al Oliver 24 141 133 1190.1 522 501 15 6 18 .989 1.9 1.9 1.9 5.0 -3.0 0 0 3.90 3.66 CF-1B
Jose Pagan 36 46 42 347.2 117 53 62 2 9 .983 -2.3 -7.9 -2.3 -4.0 1.6 0 0 2.98 2.50 3B-LF-1B
Bob Robertson 24 126 126 1122.1 1226 1089 128 9 107 .993 1.8 1.9 1.8 0.3 1.5 0 9.76 9.66 1B
Charlie Sands 23 3 2 16.1 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.51 3.33 0 1 2 1 33% C
Manny Sanguillen 27 135 129 1184.2 789 712 72 5 12 .994 10.0 10.1 10 5.96 5.81 12 33 36 36 50% C
Willie Stargell 31 138 137 1225.1 251 239 8 4 4 .984 3.1 3.0 -1.9 0.8 -2.7 5 1.81 1.79 LF
Rennie Stennett 20 36 33 265.0 197 82 106 9 22 .954 -1.7 -7.7 -0.7 -2.1 1.5 -1 6.38 5.22 2B
Carl Taylor 27 1 0 14.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -65.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 -1 2.45 4.00 RF
Bob Veale 35 37 0 46.1 5 1 1 3 0 .400 0.39 0.05 P
Luke Walker 27 28 24 159.2 22 3 18 1 3 .955 1.18 0.75 P
Richie Zisk 22 6 5 35.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 17.1 0.5 0.2 0.3 0 1.80 1.17 LF-RF
Team Totals 28.0 162 1458 13149.0 6350 4383 1834 133 441 .979 14.7 1.3 -9.3 -14.1 5.3 14 -4 14 4.26 3.43 17 37 42 44 51%
Rank in 12 NL teams 6 3 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

1970 / 1972 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics