1957 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1956 Season 1958 Season

Record: 62-92-1, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Bobby Bragan (36-67-1) and Danny Murtaugh (26-25)

General Manager: Joe Brown

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 850,732 (6th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96

Pythagorean W-L: 65-89, 586 Runs, 696 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	Hank Foiles	28	109	322	281	32	76	10	4	9	36	1	3	37	53	.270	.352	.431	.783	112	121	5	0	1	3	5
2	1B	Dee Fondy*	32	95	357	323	42	101	13	2	2	35	11	5	25	59	.313	.360	.384	.744	103	124	5	1	4	4	0
3	2B	Bill Mazeroski	20	148	568	526	59	149	27	7	8	54	3	3	27	49	.283	.318	.407	.725	96	214	6	1	11	3	2
4	SS	Dick Groat	26	125	551	501	58	158	30	5	7	54	0	1	27	28	.315	.350	.437	.787	113	219	16	3	14	6	1
5	3B	Gene Freese	23	114	372	346	44	98	18	2	6	31	9	4	17	42	.283	.319	.399	.718	94	138	4	2	5	2	0
6	LF	Bob Skinner*	25	126	431	387	58	118	12	6	13	45	10	4	38	50	.305	.370	.468	.838	127	181	2	2	4	0	6
7	CF	Bill Virdon*	26	144	605	561	59	141	28	11	8	50	3	3	33	69	.251	.291	.383	.675	82	215	8	0	8	3	5
8	RF	Roberto Clemente	22	111	475	451	42	114	17	7	4	30	0	4	23	45	.253	.288	.348	.637	73	157	13	0	0	1	1
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	Frank Thomas	28	151	658	594	72	172	30	1	23	89	3	1	44	66	.290	.335	.460	.795	114	273	16	3	5	12	9
10	IF	Gene Baker	32	111	407	365	36	97	19	4	2	36	3	2	29	29	.266	.318	.356	.674	84	130	8	1	8	4	5
11	OF	Paul Smith*	26	81	167	150	12	38	4	0	3	11	0	2	12	17	.253	.313	.340	.653	78	51	5	1	4	0	1
12	RF	Román Mejías	31	58	153	142	12	39	7	4	2	15	2	2	6	13	.275	.309	.423	.731	97	60	3	1	4	0	1
13	C	Dick Rand	26	60	122	105	7	23	2	1	1	9	0	0	11	24	.219	.288	.286	.574	58	30	0	0	4	2	1
14	C	Hardy Peterson	27	30	85	73	10	22	2	1	2	11	0	1	9	10	.301	.378	.438	.816	122	32	5	0	3	0	2
15	UT	Jim Pendleton	33	46	72	59	9	18	1	1	0	9	0	0	9	14	.305	.394	.356	.750	107	21	2	1	1	2	1
16	OF	John Powers*	27	20	44	35	7	10	3	0	2	8	0	0	5	9	.286	.409	.543	.952	157	19	0	3	0	1	0
17	C	Danny Kravitz*	26	19	43	41	2	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	10	.146	.186	.171	.357	-2	7	0	0	0	0	0
18	MI	Johnny O'Brien	26	34	39	35	7	11	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	.314	.368	.429	.797	117	15	1	2	1	0	0
19	1B	Dale Long*	31	7	27	22	0	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	10	.182	.296	.227	.524	46	5	1	0	0	1	0
20	LF	Lee Walls	24	8	24	22	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	.182	.250	.227	.477	32	5	0	0	0	0	0
21	MI	Buddy Pritchard	21	23	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	1	0	0	1	0	0
22	SS	Ken Hamlin	22	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.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
23	P	Bob Friend	26	40	100	87	5	16	2	0	0	4	0	0	6	22	.184	.234	.207	.441	22	18	0	0	6	1	0
24	P	Ron Kline	25	40	70	66	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	.061	.075	.061	.135	-62	4	2	0	3	0	0
25	P	Vern Law	27	34	69	63	3	12	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	11	.190	.215	.238	.453	24	15	0	1	4	0	0
26	P	Bob Purkey	27	48	52	45	3	5	0	2	0	6	0	0	3	22	.111	.180	.200	.380	4	9	0	1	2	1	0
27	P	Luis Arroyo*	30	56	34	32	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.156	.182	.156	.338	-6	5	1	0	1	0	0
28	P	Roy Face	29	59	17	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	2	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Whammy Douglas	22	11	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.063	.063	.063	.125	-66	1	3	0	0	0	0
30	P	Bob Smith	27	20	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.077	.077	.077	.154	-58	1	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Red Swanson	20	32	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.071	.000	.071	-78	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Joe Trimble	26	5	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-22	1	1	0	0	0	0
33	P	Nelson King	29	36	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
34	P	Eddie O'Brien	26	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bennie Daniels*	25	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Chuck Churn	27	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Dick Hall	26	10	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	Laurin Pepper	26	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Bob Kuzava#	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Red Witt	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.3	155	5942	5402	586	1447	231	60	92	551	46	35	374	733	.268	.315	.384	.699	90	2074	107	23	97	46	40
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	8	4	3	2	8		6	5	8	4	4	6	6	6		5		7		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.3	155	5496	4996	565	1389	226	56	92	532	46	35	360	606	.278	.326	.401	.727	97	2003	99	19	77	44	40
		Pitcher Totals	26.3	155	446	406	21	58	5	4	0	19	0	0	14	127	.143	.178	.175	.353	-3	71	8	4	20	2	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	26	14	18	.438	3.38	40	38	1	17	3	0	277.0	273	121	104	28	68	8	143	1	1	3	1148	113	3.48	1.231	8.9	0.9	2.2	4.6	2.10
2	SP	Ron Kline	25	9	16	.360	4.04	40	31	2	11	2	0	205.0	214	107	92	27	61	6	88	1	0	2	871	94	4.22	1.341	9.4	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.44
3	SP	Vern Law	27	10	8	.556	2.87	31	25	5	9	3	1	172.2	172	72	55	18	32	8	55	2	0	2	716	133	3.76	1.181	9.0	0.9	1.7	2.9	1.72
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	Roy Face	29	4	6	.400	3.07	59	1	32	0	0	10	93.2	97	41	32	9	24	5	53	1	0	2	395	124	3.37	1.292	9.3	0.9	2.3	5.1	2.21
5	RP	Bob Purkey	27	11	14	.440	3.86	48	21	11	6	1	2	179.2	194	84	77	10	38	9	51	7	0	2	761	99	3.36	1.291	9.7	0.5	1.9	2.6	1.34
6	RP	Luis Arroyo*	30	3	11	.214	4.68	54	10	15	0	0	1	130.2	151	76	68	19	31	9	101	7	0	6	585	81	3.67	1.393	10.4	1.3	2.1	7.0	3.26
7	RP	Red Swanson	20	3	3	.500	3.72	32	8	8	1	0	0	72.2	68	35	30	9	31	3	29	1	0	1	309	103	4.59	1.362	8.4	1.1	3.8	3.6	0.94
8	RP	Nelson King	29	2	1	.667	4.50	36	0	19	0	0	1	52.0	69	27	26	7	16	6	23	2	0	1	229	85	4.36	1.635	11.9	1.2	2.8	4.0	1.44
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		Bob Smith*	27	2	4	.333	3.11	20	4	4	2	0	0	55.0	48	22	19	3	25	3	35	1	0	2	237	123	3.31	1.327	7.9	0.5	4.1	5.7	1.40
10		Whammy Douglas	22	3	3	.500	3.26	11	8	1	0	0	0	47.0	48	23	17	5	30	2	28	3	0	0	213	118	4.75	1.660	9.2	1.0	5.7	5.4	0.93
11		Johnny O'Brien	26	0	3	.000	6.08	16	1	5	0	0	0	40.0	46	32	27	7	24	2	19	1	0	2	188	63	5.66	1.750	10.4	1.6	5.4	4.3	0.79
12		Joe Trimble	26	0	2	.000	8.24	5	4	0	0	0	0	19.2	23	19	18	7	13	1	9	1	0	2	95	47	8.30	1.831	10.5	3.2	5.9	4.1	0.69
13		Eddie O'Brien	26	1	0	1.000	2.19	3	1	0	1	0	0	12.1	11	3	3	2	3	0	10	0	0	0	51	179	3.67	1.135	8.0	1.5	2.2	7.3	3.33
14		Dick Hall	26	0	0		10.80	8	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	17	12	12	4	5	1	7	1	0	0	53	37	8.06	2.200	15.3	3.6	4.5	6.3	1.40
15		Laurin Pepper	26	0	1	.000	8.00	5	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	11	8	8	1	5	2	4	0	0	0	43	50	4.68	1.778	11.0	1.0	5.0	4.0	0.80
16		Chuck Churn	27	0	0		4.32	5	0	3	0	0	0	8.1	9	4	4	1	4	1	4	0	0	1	34	92	4.50	1.560	9.7	1.1	4.3	4.3	1.00
17		Bennie Daniels	25	0	1	.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	2	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	28	313	3.17	1.143	6.4	0.0	3.9	2.6	0.67
18		Bob Kuzava*	34	0	0		9.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	12	51	5.96	3.000	13.5	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
19		Red Witt	25	0	1	.000	40.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	6	6	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	13	12	21.96	6.750	27.0	6.8	33.8	6.8	0.20
		Team Totals	26.4	62	92	.403	3.88	155	155	108	47	9	15	1395.0	1463	696	601	158	421	66	663	29	1	26	5981	99	3.95	1.351	9.4	1.0	2.7	4.3	1.57
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	1		5				3	3	8	8	7	5	5	7	2		8
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