1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Statistics

1954 Season 1956 Season

Record: 60-94-0, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Fred Haney (60-94)

General Manager: Branch Rickey

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 469,397 (8th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 55-99, 560 Runs, 767 Runs Allowed

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Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Vern Law	25	10	10	.500	3.81	43	24	13	8	1	1	200.2	221	98	85	19	61	7	82	1	0	5	865	107	3.71	1.405	9.9	0.9	2.7	3.7	1.34
2	SP	Max Surkont	33	7	14	.333	5.57	35	22	7	5	0	2	166.1	194	109	103	23	78	4	84	3	0	6	745	73	4.62	1.635	10.5	1.2	4.2	4.5	1.08
3	SP	Ron Kline	23	6	13	.316	4.15	36	19	12	2	1	2	136.2	161	78	63	13	53	5	48	5	2	2	611	99	4.17	1.566	10.6	0.9	3.5	3.2	0.91
4	SP	Dick Hall	24	6	6	.500	3.91	15	13	2	4	0	1	94.1	92	43	41	8	28	4	46	2	0	0	401	105	3.45	1.272	8.8	0.8	2.7	4.4	1.64
5	SP	Bob Purkey	25	2	7	.222	5.32	14	10	3	2	0	0	67.2	77	47	40	5	25	1	24	2	0	1	298	77	3.82	1.507	10.2	0.7	3.3	3.2	0.96
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Roy Face	27	5	7	.417	3.58	42	10	21	4	0	5	125.2	128	58	50	10	40	4	84	0	0	3	524	114	3.02	1.337	9.2	0.7	2.9	6.0	2.10
7	RP	Bob Friend	24	14	9	.609	2.83	44	20	11	9	2	1	200.1	178	80	63	18	52	4	98	2	0	0	813	144	3.37	1.148	8.0	0.8	2.3	4.4	1.88
8	RP	Dick Littlefield*	29	5	12	.294	5.12	35	17	5	4	1	0	130.0	148	91	74	15	68	8	70	2	1	5	598	80	4.41	1.662	10.2	1.0	4.7	4.8	1.03
9	RP	Lino Donoso*	32	4	6	.400	5.31	25	9	10	3	0	1	95.0	106	58	56	16	35	3	38	1	0	1	418	77	4.89	1.484	10.0	1.5	3.3	3.6	1.09
10	RP	Nelson King	27	1	3	.250	2.98	17	4	7	0	0	0	54.1	60	24	18	2	14	3	21	2	0	0	232	138	2.96	1.362	9.9	0.3	2.3	3.5	1.50
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Ben Wade	32	0	1	.000	3.21	11	1	7	0	0	1	28.0	26	12	10	3	14	4	7	1	0	0	123	129	4.87	1.429	8.4	1.0	4.5	2.3	0.50
12		Laurin Pepper	24	0	1	.000	10.35	14	1	6	0	0	0	20.0	30	24	23	5	25	0	7	2	0	2	111	40	8.97	2.750	13.5	2.3	11.3	3.2	0.28
13		Roger Bowman*	27	0	3	.000	8.64	7	2	1	0	0	0	16.2	25	18	16	2	10	2	8	1	0	4	85	48	4.95	2.100	13.5	1.1	5.4	4.3	0.80
14		Al Grunwald*	25	0	0		4.70	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.2	7	4	4	1	7	0	2	0	0	0	36	91	6.28	1.826	8.2	1.2	8.2	2.3	0.29
15		Paul Martin	23	0	1	.000	14.14	7	1	3	0	0	0	7.0	13	12	11	0	17	0	3	1	1	1	49	30	9.22	4.286	16.7	0.0	21.9	3.9	0.18
16		Fred Waters*	28	0	0		3.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	122	6.17	1.800	12.6	1.8	3.6	0.0	0.00
17		Jake Thies	29	0	1	.000	4.91	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	5	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	20	92	5.64	2.182	12.3	0.0	7.4	0.0	0.00
18		Red Swanson	18	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	27	13.37	2.500	9.0	4.5	13.5	0.0	0.00
19		Bill Bell	21	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4		5.37	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	26.8	60	94	.390	4.39	154	154	113	41	5	14	1362.0	1480	767	665	142	536	50	622	26	4	30	5967	93	4.05	1.480	9.8	0.9	3.5	4.1	1.16
		Rank in 8 NL teams		8	1		7				7	7	5	7	8	8	7	2	4		7
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W