1971 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1970 Season 1972 Season

Record: 97-65-0, Finished 1st in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

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

Manager: Danny Murtaugh (97-65)

General Manager: Joe Brown

Scouting Director: Harding Peterson

Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium

Attendance: 1,501,132 (7th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 97

Pythagorean W-L: 101-61, 788 Runs, 599 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

League Register

Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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 Sanguillén	27	138	559	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	Name	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*	31	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 Hernández	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	José Pagán	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	22	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	Ramón Hernández#	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	27.6	162	6285	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	1	9	8	2	2	1	1		1		5		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.7	162	5809	5265	756	1499	218	60	153	718	62	31	436	757	.285	.340	.436	.776	117	2296	117	29	28	49	73
		Pitcher Totals	26.9	162	476	409	32	56	5	1	1	26	3	0	33	162	.137	.201	.161	.363	3	66	3	0	34	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	121	3.06	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	113	2.96	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	100	3.77	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	97	3.14	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	3.39	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	3.33	1.353	8.8	0.6	3.4	5.7	1.67
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	3.04	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	113	3.32	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	4.41	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	3.68	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	4.50	1.529	7.0	0.0	6.8	2.9	0.42
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	271	3.38	1.179	6.4	0.3	4.2	4.2	1.00
13		Ramón Hernández*	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	488	1.80	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		2.68	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		2.45	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	104	3.33	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		11
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W

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