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1997 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

79-83, Finished 2nd in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gene Lamont (79-83)
Scored 725 runs, Allowed 760 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84

Ballparks: Three Rivers Stadium · Attendance: 1,657,022 (12th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104

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1996 / 1998 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Jermaine Allensworth 25 R R 6' 0" 178 Jan 11, 1972 2 108 94 108 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 104 0 4 1 -0.8 $160,000
Adrian Brown 23 B R 6' 0" 175 Feb 7, 1974 1st 48 36 48 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 3 38 0 4 6 -1.1 $
Emil Brown 22 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 29, 1974 1st 66 18 66 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 8 4 42 0 25 12 -0.6 $150,000
Jason Christiansen 27 R L 6' 5" 230 Sep 21, 1969 3 39 0 38 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $195,000
Lou Collier 23 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 21, 1973 1st 18 9 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.3 $
Steve Cooke 27 R L 6' 6" 220 Jan 14, 1970 5 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $300,000
Francisco Cordova 25 R R 5' 10" 191 Apr 26, 1972 2 29 29 28 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $210,000
Midre Cummings 25 L R 6' 1" 190 Oct 14, 1971 5 52 19 52 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 11 25 0 28 0 -0.7 $180,000
Elmer Dessens 26 R R 5' 11" 200 Jan 13, 1971 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Shawon Dunston 34 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 21, 1963 13 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Kevin Elster 32 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 3, 1964 11 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $1,650,000
John Ericks 29 R R 6' 7" 220 Sep 16, 1967 3 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $200,000
Freddy Garcia 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 1, 1972 2 20 8 20 12 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 -0.3 $
Jeff Granger 25 R L 6' 4" 200 Dec 16, 1971 4 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $200,000
Jose Guillen 21 R R 5' 11" 165 May 17, 1976 1st 143 132 143 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 134 138 0 8 0 -3.5 $150,000
Jason Johnson 23 R R 6' 6" 225 Oct 27, 1973 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $150,000
Mark Johnson 29 L L 6' 4" 230 Oct 17, 1967 3 78 59 78 63 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 -0.3 $237,500
Jason Kendall 23 R R 6' 0" 181 Jun 26, 1974 2 144 139 144 142 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.5 $235,000
Jon Lieber 27 L R 6' 3" 220 Apr 2, 1970 4 33 32 32 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $335,000
Esteban Loaiza 25 R R 6' 2" 230 Dec 31, 1971 3 33 32 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $200,000
Rich Loiselle 25 R R 6' 5" 225 Jan 12, 1972 2 72 0 70 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $155,000
Al Martin 29 L L 6' 2" 220 Nov 24, 1967 6 113 107 113 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 110 0 3 0 0.3 $2,266,667
Ramon Morel 22 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 15, 1974 3 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Abraham Nunez 21 B R 5' 11" 200 Mar 16, 1976 1st 19 10 19 17 0 0 0 9 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.3 $150,000
Keith Osik 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 22, 1968 2 49 23 49 38 0 32 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0.1 $175,000
Chris Peters 25 L L 6' 1" 162 Jan 28, 1972 2 31 1 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Kevin Polcovich 27 R R 5' 9" 170 Jun 28, 1970 1st 84 76 84 82 0 0 0 2 1 80 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.1 $150,000
Joe Randa 27 R R 5' 11" 190 Dec 18, 1969 3 126 120 126 125 0 0 0 13 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.5 $220,000
Ricardo Rincon 27 L L 5' 10" 190 Apr 13, 1970 1st 62 0 59 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $150,000
Matt Ruebel 27 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 16, 1969 2 44 0 43 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $160,000
Jason Schmidt 24 R R 6' 5" 185 Jan 29, 1973 3 32 32 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $210,000
Jose Silva 23 R R 6' 6" 235 Dec 19, 1973 2 11 4 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mark Smith 27 R R 6' 3" 205 May 7, 1970 4 71 46 71 49 0 0 9 0 0 0 21 0 22 43 5 19 0 1.1 $150,000
Clint Sodowsky 24 L R 6' 3" 180 Jul 13, 1972 3 45 0 44 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Dale Sveum 33 B R 6' 2" 185 Nov 23, 1963 10 126 64 126 85 0 0 21 2 47 28 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0.1 $400,000
Paul Wagner 29 R R 6' 3" 205 Nov 14, 1967 6 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $300,000
Dave Wainhouse 29 L R 6' 2" 190 Nov 7, 1967 4 25 0 24 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $160,000
Jeff Wallace 21 L L 6' 2" 240 Apr 12, 1976 1st 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $150,000
Turner Ward 32 B R 6' 2" 200 Apr 11, 1965 8 71 35 71 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 31 23 65 0 25 0 1.2 $300,000
Marc Wilkins 26 R R 5' 11" 205 Oct 21, 1970 2 70 0 68 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $162,500
Eddie Williams 32 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 1, 1964 9 30 23 30 26 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.3 $250,000
Tony Womack 27 L R 5' 9" 160 Sep 25, 1969 4 155 148 155 153 0 0 0 152 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1.2 $160,000 All-Star
Kevin Young 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 16, 1969 6 97 79 97 91 0 0 77 0 12 0 10 0 1 11 0 8 0 3.0 $400,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Kevin Polcovich

Shawon Dunston

Tony Womack

Lou Collier

Kevin Elster

Jose Guillen

Turner Ward

Adrian Brown

Keith Osik

Joe Randa

Dale Sveum

Jason Kendall

Emil Brown

Freddy Garcia

Mark Smith

Steve Cooke

Al Martin

Kevin Young

Midre Cummings
Eddie Williams

Esteban Loaiza

Marc Wilkins

Jason Johnson
Mark Johnson

Chris Peters

Jeff Granger
Jeff Wallace

Jason Christiansen

Jason Schmidt

Paul Wagner

Jermaine Allensworth

Jon Lieber

Abraham Nunez

Matt Ruebel

Rich Loiselle

Dave Wainhouse

Ramon Morel

Jose Silva

John Ericks

Clint Sodowsky

Francisco Cordova

Elmer Dessens

Ricardo Rincon

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers