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1997 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
79-83, Finished 2nd in NL Central
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Scored 725 runs, Allowed 760 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84
Manager: Gene Lamont (79-83)
Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Jermaine Allensworth 25 R R 6' 0" 189 Jan 11, 1972 2 108 94 108 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 104 0 4 1 $160,000.00
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
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 $150,000.00
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 $195,000.00
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
Steve Cooke 27 R L 6' 6" 229 Jan 14, 1970 5 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $300,000.00
Francisco Cordova 25 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 26, 1972 2 29 28 28 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $210,000.00
Midre Cummings 25 L R 6' 0" 196 Oct 14, 1971 5 52 19 52 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 11 25 0 28 0 $180,000.00
Elmer Dessens 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Jan 13, 1971 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Kevin Elster 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 3, 1964 11 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,650,000.00
John Ericks 30 R R 6' 7" 220 Jun 16, 1967 3 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
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
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 $200,000.00
Jose Guillen 21 R R 5' 11" 165 May 17, 1976 1st 143 132 143 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 134 136 0 8 0 $150,000.00
Jason Johnson 23 R R 6' 6" 220 Oct 27, 1973 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
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 $237,500.00
Jason Kendall 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 26, 1974 2 144 139 144 142 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $235,000.00
Jon Lieber 27 L R 6' 3" 220 Apr 2, 1970 4 33 31 32 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $335,000.00
Esteban Loaiza 25 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 31, 1971 3 33 30 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
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 $155,000.00
Al Martin 29 L L 6' 4" 210 Nov 24, 1967 6 113 107 113 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 110 0 3 0 $2,266,667.00
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
Abraham Nunez 21 B R 5' 11" 160 Mar 16, 1976 1st 19 10 19 17 0 0 0 9 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 $150,000.00
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 $175,000.00
Chris Peters 25 L L 6' 1" 170 Jan 28, 1972 2 31 1 30 31 31 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 $150,000.00
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 $220,000.00
Ricardo Rincon 27 L L 6' 0" 190 Apr 13, 1970 1st 62 0 59 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
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 $160,000.00
Jason Schmidt 24 R R 6' 5" 185 Jan 29, 1973 3 32 30 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $210,000.00
Jose Silva 23 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 19, 1973 2 11 4 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 42 5 19 0 $150,000.00
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
Dale Sveum 33 B R 6' 3" 185 Nov 23, 1963 10 126 64 126 85 0 0 21 2 47 28 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 $400,000.00
Paul Wagner 29 R R 6' 1" 202 Nov 14, 1967 6 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $300,000.00
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 $160,000.00
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 $150,000.00
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 54 0 25 0 $300,000.00
Marc Wilkins 26 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 21, 1970 2 70 0 68 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $162,500.00
Eddie Williams 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 1, 1964 9 30 23 30 26 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $250,000.00
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 $160,000.00 All-Star
Kevin Young 28 R R 6' 2" 219 Jun 16, 1969 6 97 79 97 91 0 0 77 0 12 0 10 0 1 11 0 8 0 $400,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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