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1973 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974

80-82, Finished 3rd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Virdon (67-69) and Danny Murtaugh (13-13)
Scored 704 runs, Allowed 693 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80

Ballparks: Three Rivers Stadium · Attendance: 1,319,913 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 92

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1972 / 1974 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 32 R R 5' 10" 160 Jul 10, 1940 11 76 43 76 57 0 0 0 0 9 48 0 0 0 0 13 8 -0.2 $
Dave Augustine 23 R R 6' 2" 174 Nov 28, 1949 1st 11 0 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 9 1 7 -0.1 $
Steve Blass 31 R R 6' 0" 165 Apr 18, 1942 9 24 18 24 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -5.3 $
Nelson Briles 29 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 5, 1943 9 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $61,000
Jim Campanis 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 9, 1944 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1 $
Dave Cash 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 11, 1948 5 116 101 116 108 0 0 0 92 17 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1.8 $
Gene Clines 26 R R 5' 9" 170 Oct 6, 1946 4 110 66 110 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 45 25 77 39 0 0.1 $
Vic Davalillo 36 L L 5' 7" 150 Jul 31, 1936 11 59 10 59 20 0 0 10 0 0 0 7 0 3 10 35 8 -1.0 $
Tom Dettore 25 L R 6' 4" 200 Nov 17, 1947 1st 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Dock Ellis 28 B R 6' 3" 205 Mar 11, 1945 6 29 28 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.7 $
Jim Foor 24 L L 6' 2" 170 Jan 13, 1949 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Dave Giusti 33 R R 5' 11" 190 Nov 27, 1939 11 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $ All-Star
Chuck Goggin 27 B R 5' 11" 175 Jul 7, 1945 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Fernando Gonzalez 23 R R 5' 10" 165 Jun 19, 1950 2 37 4 37 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 -0.2 $7,500
Richie Hebner 25 L R 6' 1" 195 Nov 26, 1947 6 144 137 144 139 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3.1 $
Jackie Hernandez 32 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 11, 1940 9 54 22 54 49 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 3 6 -0.2 $
Ramon Hernandez 32 B L 5' 11" 165 Aug 31, 1940 5 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Bob Johnson 30 L R 6' 4" 220 Apr 25, 1943 5 50 2 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $38,000
Bruce Kison 23 R R 6' 4" 178 Feb 18, 1950 3 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
John Lamb 26 R R 6' 3" 180 Jul 20, 1946 3 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Dal Maxvill 34 R R 5' 11" 157 Feb 18, 1939 12 74 73 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $47,736
Milt May 22 L R 6' 0" 190 Aug 1, 1950 4 101 78 101 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0.9 $
Jim McKee 26 R R 6' 7" 215 Feb 1, 1947 2 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Jerry McNertney 36 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 7, 1936 9 9 1 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $28,000
Bob Moose 25 R R 6' 0" 200 Oct 9, 1947 7 37 29 37 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.2 $
John Morlan 25 R R 6' 0" 178 Nov 22, 1947 1st 10 7 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Al Oliver 26 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 14, 1946 6 158 156 158 156 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 109 0 109 2 0 1.4 $
Dave Parker 22 L R 6' 5" 230 Jun 9, 1951 1st 54 31 54 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 19 39 15 2 0.9 $
Bob Robertson 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 2, 1946 6 119 106 119 107 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1.0 $
Jim Rooker 30 R L 6' 0" 195 Sep 23, 1942 6 42 18 42 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.6 $
Manny Sanguillen 29 R R 6' 0" 193 Mar 21, 1944 6 149 142 149 146 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 59 5 0 3.0 $
Willie Stargell HOF 33 L L 6' 2" 188 Mar 6, 1940 12 148 141 148 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 142 7 0 8.1 $ All-Star
Rennie Stennett 22 R R 5' 11" 160 Apr 5, 1951 3 128 107 128 123 0 0 0 84 0 43 3 0 2 5 17 1 -0.8 $
Luke Walker 29 L L 6' 2" 190 Sep 2, 1943 8 37 18 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $36,000
Chris Zachary 29 L R 6' 2" 200 Feb 19, 1944 9 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $17,500
Richie Zisk 24 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 6, 1949 3 103 78 103 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 64 84 21 0 2.6 $
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

Jackie Hernandez

Richie Hebner

Jim Campanis

Rennie Stennett

Bob Robertson

Willie Stargell

Dal Maxvill
Jerry McNertney

Chuck Goggin
John Morlan

Gene Alley

Gene Clines

Al Oliver

Dock Ellis

Vic Davalillo

Jim Rooker

Richie Zisk

Luke Walker

Bruce Kison

Bob Johnson

Steve Blass

Milt May

Dave Cash

Dave Giusti

Tom Dettore
Jim Foor
John Morlan

Nelson Briles

Manny Sanguillen

Ramon Hernandez

Fernando Gonzalez

Bob Moose

Jim McKee
Dave Parker

John Lamb

Dave Augustine

Jim McKee

John Lamb

Chris Zachary

Jim Foor

1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers