1956 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 66-88-3, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bobby Bragan (66-88-3)

General Manager: Joe Brown

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 949,878 (6th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 70-84, 588 Runs, 653 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jack Shepard	25	100	290	256	24	62	11	2	7	30	1	1	25	37	.242	.309	.383	.691	87	98	8	0	8	1	5
2	1B	Dale Long*	30	148	582	517	64	136	20	7	27	91	1	0	54	85	.263	.326	.485	.812	118	251	10	0	0	11	11
3	2B	Bill Mazeroski	19	81	277	255	30	62	8	1	3	14	0	0	18	24	.243	.293	.318	.611	67	81	4	0	4	0	1
4	SS	Dick Groat	25	142	575	520	40	142	19	3	0	37	0	3	35	25	.273	.317	.321	.638	75	167	14	0	17	3	3
5	3B	Frank Thomas	27	157	637	588	69	166	24	3	25	80	0	5	36	61	.282	.326	.461	.787	112	271	22	5	2	6	5
6	LF	Lee Walls	23	143	537	474	72	130	20	11	11	54	3	5	50	83	.274	.345	.432	.777	111	205	11	2	9	2	0
7	CF	Bill Virdon*	25	133	547	509	67	170	21	10	8	37	6	6	33	63	.334	.374	.462	.836	127	235	12	1	2	2	7
8	RF	Roberto Clemente	21	147	572	543	66	169	30	7	7	60	6	6	13	58	.311	.330	.431	.761	106	234	14	4	8	4	2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Bob Skinner*	24	113	263	233	29	47	8	3	5	29	1	1	26	50	.202	.282	.326	.609	66	76	6	1	0	2	1
10	C	Hank Foiles	27	79	245	222	24	47	10	2	7	25	0	1	17	56	.212	.266	.369	.635	71	82	5	0	4	2	4
11	IF	Gene Freese	22	65	230	207	17	43	9	0	3	14	2	1	16	45	.208	.273	.295	.568	55	61	0	3	3	1	3
12	2B	Johnny O'Brien	25	73	114	104	13	18	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	7	.173	.209	.183	.392	8	19	2	0	4	1	0
13	IF	Dick Cole	30	72	110	99	7	21	2	1	0	9	0	0	11	9	.212	.291	.253	.543	50	25	5	0	0	0	0
14	C	Danny Kravitz*	25	32	74	68	6	18	2	2	2	10	1	1	5	9	.265	.311	.441	.752	102	30	2	0	0	1	1
15	2B	Curt Roberts	26	31	68	62	6	11	5	2	0	4	1	0	5	12	.177	.239	.323	.561	52	20	1	0	1	0	0
16	SS	Eddie O'Brien	25	63	58	53	17	14	2	0	0	3	1	1	2	2	.264	.291	.302	.593	62	16	0	0	3	0	0
17	2B	Spook Jacobs	30	11	41	37	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	.162	.225	.216	.441	21	8	0	1	1	0	0
18	UT	Preston Ward*	28	16	37	30	3	10	0	1	1	11	0	0	6	4	.333	.432	.500	.932	154	15	0	0	0	1	0
19	UT	Bobby Del Greco	23	14	24	20	4	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	3	.200	.304	.500	.804	115	10	1	0	1	0	0
20	OF	John Powers*	26	11	22	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.048	.091	.048	.139	-61	1	2	0	0	0	0
21	C	Toby Atwell*	32	12	20	18	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.111	.158	.111	.269	-25	2	2	0	1	0	0
22	LF	Jerry Lynch*	25	19	20	19	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.158	.200	.263	.463	25	5	0	0	0	0	0
23	C	Bill Hall*	27	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Bob Friend	25	49	109	97	7	16	2	0	1	8	0	0	1	19	.165	.173	.216	.390	6	21	1	0	11	0	0
25	P	Ron Kline	24	44	89	79	2	10	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	26	.127	.167	.127	.293	-18	10	0	0	5	1	0
26	P	Vern Law	26	39	65	57	3	10	1	0	1	8	0	0	4	16	.175	.226	.246	.471	29	14	1	0	3	1	0
27	P	Dick Hall	25	33	34	29	5	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	7	.345	.441	.345	.786	119	10	1	0	0	0	0
28	P	Red Munger	37	35	33	28	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.107	.194	.143	.336	-6	4	0	1	2	0	0
29	P	Roy Face	28	69	27	26	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.192	.192	.192	.385	6	5	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Fred Waters*	29	23	20	20	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	5	.050	.050	.150	.200	-48	3	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Nelson King	28	38	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
32	P	Cholly Naranjo*	22	17	8	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.125	.286	.411	8	2	0	0	0	1	0
33	P	Laurin Pepper	25	11	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	-56	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Luis Arroyo*	29	18	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	174	2	0	0	2	0	0
35	P	Howie Pollet*	35	19	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	53	0	0	0	1	0	0
36	P	Dick Littlefield*	30	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Jack McMahan	23	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Bob Purkey	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Max Surkont	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Red Swanson	19	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Bob Garber	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Lino Donoso*	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	25.1	157	5759	5221	588	1340	199	57	110	546	24	33	383	752	.257	.307	.380	.687	86	1983	124	18	95	40	43
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	7	4	7	1	8		8	4	8	6	5	6	8	6		7		6		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	25.0	157	5346	4858	563	1282	194	56	108	518	23	33	365	652	.264	.315	.394	.709	92	1912	121	17	68	37	43
		Pitcher Totals	26.4	157	413	363	25	58	5	1	2	28	1	0	18	100	.160	.200	.196	.396	9	71	3	1	27	3	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
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	Bob Friend	25	17	17	.500	3.46	49	42	7	19	4	3	314.1	310	137	121	25	85	18	166	2	0	5	1315	108	3.18	1.257	8.9	0.7	2.4	4.8	1.95
2	SP	Ron Kline	24	14	18	.438	3.38	44	39	2	9	2	2	264.0	263	110	99	26	81	8	125	5	0	10	1102	111	3.68	1.303	9.0	0.9	2.8	4.3	1.54
3	SP	Vern Law	26	8	16	.333	4.32	39	32	6	6	0	2	195.2	218	110	94	24	49	10	60	6	0	8	851	87	4.19	1.365	10.0	1.1	2.3	2.8	1.22
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
4	CL	Nelson King	28	4	1	.800	3.15	38	0	21	0	0	5	60.0	54	24	21	8	19	5	25	1	1	2	246	119	4.27	1.217	8.1	1.2	2.9	3.8	1.32
5	RP	Roy Face	28	12	13	.480	3.52	68	3	34	0	0	4	135.1	131	57	53	16	42	15	96	1	0	1	569	106	3.44	1.278	8.7	1.1	2.8	6.4	2.29
6	RP	Red Munger	37	3	4	.429	4.04	35	13	6	0	0	1	107.0	126	56	48	8	41	6	45	0	0	3	475	93	3.65	1.561	10.6	0.7	3.4	3.8	1.10
7	RP	Dick Hall	25	0	7	.000	4.76	19	9	5	1	0	1	62.1	64	36	33	8	21	3	27	0	0	0	267	79	4.18	1.364	9.2	1.2	3.0	3.9	1.29
8	RP	Fred Waters*	29	2	2	.500	2.82	23	5	6	1	0	0	51.0	48	18	16	3	30	1	14	1	0	1	224	133	4.41	1.529	8.5	0.5	5.3	2.5	0.47
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
9		Cholly Naranjo	22	1	2	.333	4.46	17	3	7	0	0	0	34.1	37	22	17	7	17	1	26	1	0	1	155	85	5.08	1.573	9.7	1.8	4.5	6.8	1.53
10		Laurin Pepper	25	1	1	.500	3.00	11	7	2	0	0	0	30.0	30	17	10	1	25	1	12	0	0	0	143	126	4.50	1.833	9.0	0.3	7.5	3.6	0.48
11		Luis Arroyo*	29	3	3	.500	4.71	18	2	4	1	0	1	28.2	36	17	15	5	12	1	17	0	0	0	134	80	4.71	1.674	11.3	1.6	3.8	5.3	1.42
12		Howie Pollet*	35	0	4	.000	3.09	19	0	8	0	0	2	23.1	18	10	8	3	8	1	10	0	0	1	96	123	4.21	1.114	6.9	1.2	3.1	3.9	1.25
13		Johnny O'Brien	25	1	0	1.000	2.84	8	0	4	0	0	0	19.0	8	6	6	2	9	0	9	2	0	1	73	134	4.53	0.895	3.8	0.9	4.3	4.3	1.00
14		Jack McMahan*	23	0	0		6.08	11	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	18	9	9	1	9	0	9	0	0	1	64	63	4.02	2.025	12.2	0.7	6.1	6.1	1.00
15		Dick Littlefield*	30	0	0		4.26	6	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	14	8	6	2	6	0	10	0	0	2	55	90	4.26	1.579	9.9	1.4	4.3	7.1	1.67
16		Red Swanson	19	0	0		10.03	9	0	1	0	0	0	11.2	21	13	13	1	8	1	5	0	0	1	63	39	4.68	2.486	16.2	0.8	6.2	3.9	0.63
17		Bob Purkey	26	0	0		2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	183	5.12	0.500	4.5	2.3	0.0	2.3
18		Bob Garber	27	0	0		2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	18	183	6.37	1.500	6.8	2.3	6.8	6.8	1.00
19		Eddie O'Brien	25	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7		3.87	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
20		Max Surkont	34	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	11	100	5.87	2.500	9.0	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
21		Lino Donoso*	33	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9		2.97	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
		Team Totals	26.6	66	88	.429	3.74	157	157	120	37	6	21	1376.1	1406	653	572	142	469	72	662	20	1	37	5891	100	3.82	1.362	9.2	0.9	3.1	4.3	1.41
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	2		3				6	5	6	7	6	4	3	3	5		6
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