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1977 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978

96-66, Finished 2nd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Chuck Tanner (96-66)
Scored 734 runs, Allowed 665 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74

Ballparks: Three Rivers Stadium · Attendance: 1,237,349 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

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1976 / 1978 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
Dale Berra 20 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 13, 1956 1st 17 10 17 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.5 $
John Candelaria 23 L L 6' 7" 205 Nov 6, 1953 3 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 $ All-Star
Larry Demery 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Jun 4, 1953 4 47 8 47 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 -1.2 $
Miguel Dilone 22 B R 6' 0" 160 Nov 1, 1954 4 29 7 29 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 2 17 12 5 -0.2 $
Duffy Dyer 31 R R 6' 0" 187 Aug 15, 1945 10 94 84 94 93 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.3 $65,000
Mike Easler 26 L R 6' 0" 190 Nov 29, 1950 5 10 3 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 6 0 0.3 $
Mike Edwards 24 R R 5' 10" 154 Aug 27, 1952 1st 7 2 7 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -0.2 $
Terry Forster 25 L L 6' 3" 200 Jan 14, 1952 7 36 6 36 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0.1 $50,000
Jim Fregosi 35 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 4, 1942 17 36 13 36 15 0 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 0.6 $
Phil Garner 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 30, 1949 5 153 147 153 151 0 0 0 50 107 12 0 0 0 0 2 1 3.1 $120,000
Fernando Gonzalez 27 R R 5' 10" 165 Jun 19, 1950 4 80 37 80 54 0 0 0 6 37 2 15 0 1 16 31 2 -0.2 $
Rich Gossage HOF 25 R R 6' 3" 180 Jul 5, 1951 6 72 0 72 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 $46,800 All-Star
Jerry Hairston 25 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 16, 1952 5 51 5 51 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 7 14 38 2 -0.2 $
Tommy Helms 36 R R 5' 10" 165 May 5, 1941 14 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 -0.3 $
Al Holland 24 R L 5' 11" 207 Aug 16, 1952 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Grant Jackson 34 B L 6' 0" 180 Sep 28, 1942 13 49 2 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Odell Jones 24 R R 6' 3" 175 Jan 13, 1953 2 34 15 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Timothy Jones 23 B R 6' 5" 220 Jan 24, 1954 1st 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Ed Kirkpatrick 32 L R 5' 11" 195 Oct 8, 1944 16 21 6 21 12 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 10 0 0.1 $
Bruce Kison 27 R R 6' 4" 178 Feb 18, 1950 7 35 32 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.5 $
Ken Macha 26 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 29, 1950 2 35 22 35 29 0 0 11 0 17 0 3 0 1 4 7 1 -0.5 $
Mario Mendoza 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 26, 1950 4 70 17 70 65 1 0 0 0 19 46 0 0 0 0 5 4 -0.7 $
Omar Moreno 24 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 24, 1952 3 150 118 150 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 147 10 6 1.1 $25,000
Al Oliver 30 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 14, 1946 10 154 147 154 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 41 0 174 7 0 3.2 $165,000
Ed Ott 25 L R 5' 10" 190 Jul 11, 1951 4 104 78 104 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 1.5 $
Dave Pagan 27 R R 6' 2" 175 Sep 15, 1949 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Dave Parker 26 L R 6' 5" 230 Jun 9, 1951 5 159 158 159 158 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 158 158 1 0 6.9 $110,000 All-Star
Jerry Reuss 28 L L 6' 5" 200 Jun 19, 1949 9 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.8 $107,000
Bill Robinson 34 R R 6' 2" 189 Jun 26, 1943 10 137 128 137 130 0 0 86 0 17 0 42 3 0 45 9 0 1.7 $
Jim Rooker 34 R L 6' 0" 195 Sep 23, 1942 10 30 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Willie Stargell HOF 37 L L 6' 2" 188 Mar 6, 1940 16 63 49 63 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1.0 $175,000
Rennie Stennett 26 R R 5' 11" 160 Apr 5, 1951 7 116 112 116 113 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3.1 $130,000
Frank Taveras 27 R R 6' 0" 155 Dec 24, 1949 6 147 143 147 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.4 $75,000
Kent Tekulve 30 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1947 4 72 0 72 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Bobby Tolan 31 L L 5' 11" 170 Nov 19, 1945 12 49 10 49 22 0 0 20 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 34 0 -0.4 $
Ed Whitson 22 R R 6' 3" 195 May 19, 1955 1st 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
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

Phil Garner

Dale Berra

Duffy Dyer

Rennie Stennett

Willie Stargell

Frank Taveras

Mario Mendoza

Mike Edwards
Fernando Gonzalez

Fernando Gonzalez

Ed Ott

Mike Easler
Tommy Helms

Al Oliver

Phil Garner

Omar Moreno

Jim Rooker

Jerry Hairston

Grant Jackson
Ed Kirkpatrick

Tommy Helms
Bobby Tolan

Bruce Kison

Mike Edwards

Kent Tekulve

Bill Robinson

Jim Fregosi
Ken Macha

Ken Macha

Al Holland

Timothy Jones

Grant Jackson

Odell Jones

Miguel Dilone

Dave Parker

Jerry Reuss

Al Holland

Larry Demery

John Candelaria

Ed Whitson

Ed Whitson

Timothy Jones

Terry Forster

Rich Gossage

Dave Pagan

1976 / 1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers