1972 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1972 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973)
96-59, Finished 1st in NL East
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Scored 691 runs, Allowed 512 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-57
Manager: Bill Virdon (96-59)
Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,427,460 (5th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 97; one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102

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1971 / 1973 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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	28	136	547	520	55	155	18	8	7	71	1	2	21	38	.298	.322	.404	.726	107	210	10	0	0	6	11
2	1B	Willie Stargell*	32	138	569	495	75	145	28	2	33	112	1	1	65	129	.293	.373	.558	.930	163	276	7	2	0	7	15
3	2B	Dave Cash	24	99	452	425	58	120	22	4	3	30	9	9	22	31	.282	.316	.374	.690	97	159	7	0	3	2	1
4	SS	Gene Alley	31	119	389	347	30	86	12	2	3	36	4	3	38	52	.248	.321	.320	.641	84	111	6	0	3	1	10
5	3B	Richie Hebner*	24	124	492	427	63	128	24	4	19	72	0	0	52	54	.300	.378	.508	.886	152	217	8	6	0	7	7
6	LF	Vic Davalillo*	35	117	403	368	59	117	19	2	4	28	14	1	26	44	.318	.367	.413	.780	123	152	3	3	5	1	6
7	CF	Al Oliver*	25	140	612	565	88	176	27	4	12	89	2	4	34	44	.312	.352	.437	.789	125	247	13	5	1	7	4
8	RF	Roberto Clemente	37	102	413	378	68	118	19	7	10	60	0	0	29	49	.312	.356	.479	.835	137	181	15	0	0	6	7
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	UT	Rennie Stennett	21	109	381	370	43	106	14	5	3	30	4	3	9	43	.286	.307	.376	.683	95	139	16	2	0	0	1
10	UT	Bob Robertson	25	115	354	306	25	59	11	0	12	41	1	1	41	84	.193	.291	.346	.637	82	106	4	3	0	4	2
11	OF	Gene Clines	25	107	334	311	52	104	15	6	0	17	12	6	16	47	.334	.369	.421	.790	126	131	7	2	3	2	1
12	SS	Jackie Hernandez	31	72	186	176	12	33	7	1	1	14	0	0	9	43	.188	.227	.256	.483	38	45	4	0	1	0	1
13	C	Milt May*	21	57	151	139	12	39	10	0	0	14	0	0	10	13	.281	.325	.353	.677	94	49	3	0	0	2	2
14	3B	Jose Pagan	37	53	137	127	11	32	9	0	3	8	0	0	5	17	.252	.284	.394	.677	92	50	1	1	3	1	0
15	2B	Bill Mazeroski	35	34	72	64	3	12	4	0	0	3	0	0	3	5	.188	.217	.250	.467	33	16	2	0	3	2	1
16	OF	Richie Zisk	23	17	44	37	4	7	3	0	0	4	0	0	7	10	.189	.318	.270	.588	70	10	1	0	0	0	0
17	2B	Chuck Goggin#	26	5	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	92	2	0	0	0	0	0
18	SS	Frank Taveras	22	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-23	0	1	0	0	0	0
19	3B	Fernando Gonzalez	22	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		Charlie Sands*	24	1	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
21	P	Steve Blass	30	35	96	82	8	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	22	.183	.202	.207	.410	18	17	1	0	12	0	0
22	P	Bob Moose	24	32	86	71	7	12	0	1	0	6	1	0	7	25	.169	.250	.197	.447	30	14	0	1	6	1	0
23	P	Nelson Briles	28	28	78	70	6	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	32	.157	.178	.171	.350	1	12	0	0	5	1	0
24	P	Dock Ellis#	27	36	61	59	6	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	22	.153	.167	.153	.319	-8	9	0	0	1	0	0
25	P	Bruce Kison	22	32	56	53	3	10	4	1	0	9	0	0	1	27	.189	.204	.302	.506	43	16	0	0	2	0	0
26	P	Bob Johnson*	29	31	37	35	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	.143	.167	.171	.338	-3	6	1	0	1	0	0
27	P	Luke Walker*	28	26	26	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.083	.120	.083	.203	-41	2	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	Ramon Hernandez#	31	53	12	12	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.250	.417	18	3	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Dave Giusti	32	54	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Bob Miller	33	36	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Bob Veale#	36	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Gene Garber	24	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.0	155	6021	5490	691	1505	251	47	110	654	49	30	404	871	.274	.324	.397	.721	105	2180	110	25	52	50	69
		Rank in 12 NL teams				1	3	1	1	1	6		9	12	12	7	1	5	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

* - 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	30	19	8	.704	2.49	33	32	0	11	2	0	249.2	227	80	69	18	84	8	117	4	1	6	1024	135	1.246	8.2	0.6	3.0	4.2	1.39
2	SP	Bob Moose	24	13	10	.565	2.91	31	30	1	6	3	1	226.0	213	84	73	11	47	9	144	4	1	6	927	115	1.150	8.5	0.4	1.9	5.7	3.06
3	SP	Nelson Briles	28	14	11	.560	3.08	28	27	1	9	2	0	195.2	185	83	67	14	43	8	120	1	0	2	802	109	1.165	8.5	0.6	2.0	5.5	2.79
4	SP	Dock Ellis	27	15	7	.682	2.70	25	25	0	4	1	0	163.1	156	60	49	6	33	4	96	3	0	2	663	124	1.157	8.6	0.3	1.8	5.3	2.91
5	SP	Bruce Kison	22	9	7	.563	3.26	32	18	5	6	1	3	152.0	123	61	55	11	69	2	102	9	1	8	641	103	1.263	7.3	0.7	4.1	6.0	1.48
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	Dave Giusti	32	7	4	.636	1.93	54	0	44	0	0	22	74.2	59	18	16	3	20	6	54	0	0	3	295	174	1.058	7.1	0.4	2.4	6.5	2.70
7	RP	Bob Johnson	29	4	4	.500	2.96	31	11	6	1	0	3	115.2	98	40	38	14	46	8	79	4	0	3	483	113	1.245	7.6	1.1	3.6	6.1	1.72
8	RP	Luke Walker*	28	4	6	.400	3.40	26	12	5	2	0	2	92.2	98	41	35	4	34	4	48	0	0	2	399	99	1.424	9.5	0.4	3.3	4.7	1.41
9	RP	Ramon Hernandez*	31	5	0	1.000	1.67	53	0	31	0	0	14	70.0	50	14	13	3	22	2	47	3	0	1	285	201	1.029	6.4	0.4	2.8	6.0	2.14
10	RP	Bob Miller	33	5	2	.714	2.65	36	0	18	0	0	3	54.1	54	19	16	3	24	7	18	1	0	0	237	127	1.436	8.9	0.5	4.0	3.0	0.75
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		Bob Veale*	36	0	0		6.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	10	7	6	0	7	2	6	0	0	1	42	56	1.889	10.0	0.0	7.0	6.0	0.86
12		Gene Garber	24	0	0		7.11	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	7	5	5	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	29	47	1.579	9.9	4.3	4.3	4.3	1.00
13		Jim McKee	25	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	18		0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	7.2	4.00
		Team Totals	27.6	96	59	.619	2.81	155	155	116	39	9	48	1414.1	1282	512	442	90	433	60	838	29	3	34	5845	119	1.213	8.2	0.6	2.8	5.3	1.94
		Rank in 12 NL teams		1	11						7	4	2	1	4	1	2	3	3		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

* - 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	31	118	98	896.2	537	181	340	16	88	.970	0.5	0.7	-3.5	-2.1	-1.4		4		5.23	4.42						SS-3B
Steve Blass	30	33	32	249.2	63	15	46	2	6	.968	0.0	0.0							2.20	1.85						P
Nelson Briles	28	28	27	195.2	38	11	26	1	1	.974	0.0	0.0							1.70	1.32						P
Dave Cash	24	97	95	873.0	607	260	342	5	81	.992	12.0	16.5	11.0	7.4	3.6		1		6.21	6.21						2B
Roberto Clemente	37	94	88	812.1	204	199	5	0	2	1.000	11.4	16.8	10.4	5.1	5.3	1			2.26	2.17						RF
Gene Clines	25	94	66	626.1	144	131	7	6	0	.958	-4.4	-8.4	-3.4	1.8	-5.1	-1			1.98	1.47						RF-LF-CF
Vic Davalillo	35	110	84	790.1	209	199	6	4	2	.981	4.0	6.1	5.0	1.5	3.5	-1	0		2.33	1.86						LF-RF-CF-1B
Dock Ellis	27	25	25	163.1	31	16	15	0	2	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.71	1.24						P
Gene Garber	24	4	0	6.1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.84	0.50						P
Dave Giusti	32	54	0	74.2	17	1	15	1	0	.941	0.0	0.0							1.93	0.30						P
Chuck Goggin	26	1	1	9.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	0.8	106.7	0.8	0.0	0.8		0		4.00	4.00						2B
Fernando Gonzalez	22	1	0	1.0	2	0	1	1	0	.500	-0.3	-360.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.3		0		9.00	1.00						3B
Richie Hebner	24	121	117	1041.0	295	76	210	9	17	.969	1.6	1.8	2.6	3.0	-0.4		-1		2.47	2.36						3B
Jackie Hernandez	31	72	57	501.0	314	110	182	22	34	.930	-4.9	-11.7	-4.9	3.0	-8.0		0		5.25	4.06						SS-3B
Ramon Hernandez	31	53	0	70.0	14	3	11	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.80	0.26						P
Bob Johnson	29	31	11	115.2	14	6	7	1	1	.929	0.0	0.0							1.01	0.42						P
Bruce Kison	22	32	18	152.0	25	9	15	1	2	.960	0.0	0.0							1.42	0.75						P
Milt May	21	33	33	285.0	203	179	21	3	2	.985	4.0	16.8						4	6.32	6.06	1	8	12	12	50%	C
Bill Mazeroski	35	18	13	120.0	73	29	43	1	7	.986	-0.6	-6.0	-0.6	-0.4	-0.3		0		5.40	4.00						2B-3B
Jim McKee	25	2	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0							0.00	0.00						P
Bob Miller	33	36	0	54.1	11	2	8	1	1	.909	0.0	0.0							1.66	0.28						P
Bob Moose	24	31	30	226.0	55	20	33	2	1	.964	0.0	0.0							2.11	1.71						P
Al Oliver	25	141	138	1245.1	364	355	4	5	4	.986	-8.0	-7.7	-4.0	-2.2	-1.8	-4	0		2.59	2.55						CF-1B
Jose Pagan	37	34	27	256.2	71	27	37	7	3	.901	-4.5	-21.0	-4.5	-1.1	-3.4	0	0		2.24	1.88						3B-LF
Bob Robertson	25	123	83	794.1	632	543	82	7	59	.989	4.8	7.3	4.8	1.8	3.0	0	0		7.08	5.08						1B-LF-3B
Manny Sanguillen	28	129	124	1143.1	783	724	50	9	4	.989	5.7	6.0	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0		6	6.09	6.00	5	26	42	29	41%	C-LF
Willie Stargell	32	133	131	1099.1	987	929	41	17	96	.983	-9.4	-10.3	-9.4	-2.7	-6.8	-1	1		7.94	7.29						1B-LF
Rennie Stennett	21	101	77	725.2	382	199	173	10	45	.974	5.7	9.4	4.7	1.1	3.5	0	1		4.61	3.68						2B-LF-RF-CF-SS
Frank Taveras	22	4	0	10.0	4	2	2	0	1	1.000	-0.2	-24.0	-0.2	-0.3	0.1		0		3.60	1.00						SS
Bob Veale	36	5	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.0	0.0							0.00	0.00						P
Luke Walker	28	26	12	92.2	19	3	13	3	3	.842	0.0	0.0							1.55	0.62						P
Richie Zisk	23	13	8	84.1	18	16	1	1	0	.944	-1.2	-17.1	-1.2	-1.5	0.4	0			1.81	1.31						LF-RF
Team Totals	28.3	155	1395	12729.0	6120	4243	1741	136	462	.978	17.0	1.6	7.0	14.1	-7.3	-6	6	10	4.23	3.37	6	34	54	41	43%
Rank in 12 NL teams								6	1	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

1971 / 1973 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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