1957 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics and Roster

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1957 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956/1958)
62-92, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 586 runs, Allowed 696 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89
Managed by Bobby Bragan and Danny Murtaugh

Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 850,732 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 96
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1957 Stats (1956/1958) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Hank Foiles         28  109  281   32   76  10  4   9   36  37   53  .270  .352  .431   1   3   5   0   1   3   5  112
1B *Dee Fondy           32   95  323   42  101  13  2   2   35  25   59  .313  .360  .384  11   5   5   1   4   4   0  103
2B  Bill Mazeroski      20  148  526   59  149  27  7   8   54  27   49  .283  .318  .407   3   3   6   1  11   3   2   96
3B  Gene Freese         23  114  346   44   98  18  2   6   31  17   42  .283  .319  .399   9   4   4   2   5   2   0   94
SS  Dick Groat          26  125  501   58  158  30  5   7   54  27   28  .315  .350  .437   0   1  16   3  14   6   1  113
LF *Bob Skinner         25  126  387   58  118  12  6  13   45  38   50  .305  .370  .468  10   4   2   2   4   0   6  127
CF *Bill Virdon         26  144  561   59  141  28 11   8   50  33   69  .251  .291  .383   3   3   8   0   8   3   5   82
RF  Roberto Clemente    22  111  451   42  114  17  7   4   30  23   45  .253  .288  .348   0   4  13   0   0   1   1   73
    Frank Thomas        28  151  594   72  172  30  1  23   89  44   66  .290  .335  .460   3   1  16   3   5  12   9  114
    Gene Baker          32  111  365   36   97  19  4   2   36  29   29  .266  .318  .356   3   2   8   1   8   4   5   84
   *Paul Smith          26   81  150   12   38   4  0   3   11  12   17  .253  .313  .340   0   2   5   1   4   0   1   78
    Roman Mejias        26   58  142   12   39   7  4   2   15   6   13  .275  .309  .423   2   2   3   1   4   0   1   97
    Dick Rand           26   60  105    7   23   2  1   1    9  11   24  .219  .288  .286   0   0   0   0   4   2   1   58
    Hardy Peterson      27   30   73   10   22   2  1   2   11   9   10  .301  .378  .438   0   1   5   0   3   0   2  122
    Jim Pendleton       33   46   59    9   18   1  1   0    9   9   14  .305  .394  .356   0   0   2   1   1   2   1  107
   *Danny Kravitz       26   19   41    2    6   1  0   0    4   2   10  .146  .186  .171   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -2
   *John Powers         27   20   35    7   10   3  0   2    8   5    9  .286  .409  .543   0   0   0   3   0   1   0  157
   *Dale Long           31    7   22    0    4   1  0   0    5   4   10  .182  .296  .227   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   46
    Lee Walls           24    8   22    3    4   1  0   0    0   2    5  .182  .250  .227   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   32
    Buddy Pritchard     21   23   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .091  .091  .091   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -50
    Ken Hamlin          22    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Bob Friend          26   40   87    5   16   2  0   0    4   6   22  .184  .234  .207   0   0   0   0   6   1   0   22
    Ron Kline           25   40   66    0    4   0  0   0    0   1   24  .061  .075  .061   0   0   2   0   3   0   0  -62
    Vern Law            27   34   63    3   12   1  1   0    6   1   11  .190  .215  .238   0   0   0   1   4   0   0   24
    Bob Purkey          27   48   45    3    5   0  2   0    6   3   22  .111  .180  .200   0   0   0   1   2   1   0    4
    Johnny O'Brien      26   34   35    7   11   2  1   0    1   1    4  .314  .368  .429   0   0   1   2   1   0   0  117
   *Luis Arroyo         30   56   32    1    5   0  0   0    0   1    9  .156  .182  .156   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   -6
    Whammy Douglas      22   11   16    0    1   0  0   0    0   0   10  .063  .063  .063   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  -66
    Roy Face            29   59   16    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    4  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -31
    Bob Smith           26   20   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    9  .077  .077  .077   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -58
    Red Swanson         20   32   13    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    6  .000  .071  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -78
    Joe Trimble         26    5    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .143  .143  .143   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -22
    Nellie King         29   36    5    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Eddie O'Brien       26    3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Bennie Daniels      25    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Chuck Churn         27    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dick Hall           26   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.1  155 5402  586 1447 231 60  92  551 374  733  .268  .315  .384  46  35 107  23  97  46  40   97
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    8    4   3  2   8        8    5     4     6     6   6   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Friend          26  40   3.38  14  18  0  38   1  17   3  277.0  273  121  104  28   68  143 1148   3   1  1   8 112
SP  Ron Kline           25  40   4.04   9  16  0  31   2  11   2  205.0  214  107   92  28   61   88  871   2   1  0   6  94
SP  Vern Law            27  31   2.87  10   8  1  25   5   9   3  172.7  172   72   55  18   32   55  716   2   2  0   8 133
SP  Whammy Douglas      22  11   3.26   3   3  0   8   1   0   0   47.0   48   23   17   5   30   28  213   0   3  0   2 117

CL  Roy Face            29  59   3.07   4   6 10   1  32   0   0   93.7   97   41   32   9   24   53  395   2   1  0   5 124
RP *Luis Arroyo         30  54   4.68   3  11  1  10  15   0   0  130.7  151   76   68  19   31  101  585   6   7  0   9  81
RP  Nellie King         29  36   4.50   2   1  1   0  19   0   0   52.0   69   27   26   7   16   23  229   1   2  0   6  84
RP  Bob Purkey          27  48   3.86  11  14  2  21  11   6   1  179.7  194   84   77  10   38   51  761   2   7  0   9  99
RP  Red Swanson         20  32   3.72   3   3  0   8   8   1   0   72.7   68   35   30   9   31   29  309   1   1  0   3 102

   *Bob Smith           26  20   3.11   2   4  0   4   4   2   0   55.0   48   22   19   2   25   35  237   2   1  0   3 122
    Johnny O'Brien      26  16   6.08   0   3  0   1   5   0   0   40.0   46   32   27   7   24   19  188   2   1  0   2  63
    Joe Trimble         26   5   8.24   0   2  0   4   0   0   0   19.7   23   19   18   7   13    9   95   2   1  0   1  46
    Eddie O'Brien       26   3   2.19   1   0  0   1   0   1   0   12.3   11    3    3   2    3   10   51   0   0  0   0 174
    Dick Hall           26   8  10.80   0   0  0   0   0   0   0   10.0   17   12   12   4    5    7   53   0   1  0   1  35
    Laurin Pepper       26   5   8.00   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    9.0   11    8    8   1    5    4   43   0   0  0   2  48
    Chuck Churn         27   5   4.32   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    8.3    9    4    4   1    4    4   34   1   0  0   1  88
    Bennie Daniels      25   1   1.29   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    7.0    5    2    1   0    3    2   28   0   0  0   0 296
   *Bob Kuzava          34   4   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    3    2    2   0    3    1   12   0   0  0   0  42
    George Witt         23   1  40.50   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    1.3    4    6    6   1    5    1   13   0   0  0   0   9
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3 155   3.88  62  92 15 155 108  47   9 1395.0 1463  696  601 158  421  663 5981  26  29  1  66  98
    Rank among 8 NL teams           5   7   1  8           3   3      7    7    5        7    2    8
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- HFoiles 788 90 109 436 32 9 2 .981 9 15 18 10 DRand 320 34 57 172 11 5 5 .973 3 3 10 4 HPeterson 212 25 30 116 14 2 3 .985 2 0 7 7 DKravitz 74 6 15 45 9 0 1 1.000 0 2 5 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1395 155 155 769 66 16 11 .981 14 20 40 22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DFondy 651 71 73 698 54 14 63 .982 10.40 FThomas 619 70 71 597 52 15 53 .977 9.44 BSkinner 72 8 9 60 6 1 7 .985 8.25 DLong 51 6 7 54 5 0 6 1.000 10.41 PSmith 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1395 155 155 1410 117 30 129 .981 9.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMazeroski 1238 141 144 308 443 17 96 .978 5.46 GBaker 93 10 13 30 26 2 6 .966 5.38 GFreese 52 4 10 13 16 0 4 1.000 5.02 BPritchard 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 JO'Brien 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1395 155 155 352 486 19 106 .978 5.41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *2.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GFreese 606 69 74 62 132 16 16 .924 2.88 GBaker 513 57 60 61 108 8 12 .955 2.96 FThomas 232 24 31 27 53 7 4 .920 3.09 DGroat 19 2 2 0 5 1 0 .833 2.37 JPendleton 18 2 2 2 2 1 0 .800 2.00 BSkinner 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1395 155 155 152 302 33 32 .932 2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *4.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGroat 1080 122 123 226 380 20 74 .968 5.05 GBaker 227 24 28 38 85 10 17 .925 4.88 JO'Brien 57 7 8 11 12 3 2 .885 3.63 BPritchard 29 2 10 11 7 1 3 .947 5.59 KHamlin 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 JPendleton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1395 155 155 288 484 34 96 .958 4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSkinner 743 83 93 173 10 7 2 .963 2.21 FThomas 356 41 46 64 11 1 3 .987 1.89 PSmith 77 8 16 27 0 0 0 1.000 3.13 GFreese 63 7 10 19 1 2 0 .909 2.86 RMejias 52 5 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.58 LWalls 47 6 7 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.68 JPowers 38 3 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 JPendleton 17 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1395 155 155 321 24 10 5 .972 2.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BVirdon 1242 138 141 396 11 7 1 .983 2.95 RClemente 102 11 14 29 2 1 1 .969 2.74 RMejias 43 6 7 6 2 0 0 1.000 1.67 FThomas 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JPendleton 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 PSmith 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1395 155 155 431 15 8 2 .982 2.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 *1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RClemente 843 96 97 243 7 5 0 .980 2.67 RMejias 194 19 29 37 4 0 0 1.000 1.90 PSmith 140 16 20 26 2 0 0 1.000 1.79 FThomas 140 16 19 33 4 2 0 .949 2.38 JPendleton 48 5 6 6 1 1 0 .875 1.31 JPowers 28 3 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1395 155 155 355 18 8 0 .979 2.41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.29 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BVirdon 1242 138 141 403 13 6 2 .986 3.01 RClemente 945 107 109 272 9 6 1 .979 2.68 BSkinner 743 83 93 172 9 7 2 .963 2.19 FThomas 501 57 59 105 14 3 3 .975 2.14 RMejias 290 30 42 60 6 0 0 1.000 2.05 PSmith 219 24 33 52 2 0 0 1.000 2.22 JPendleton 67 7 9 10 1 1 0 .917 1.48 JPowers 66 6 9 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.04 GFreese 63 7 10 19 1 2 0 .909 2.86 LWalls 47 6 7 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1395 155 155 1120 57 25 8 .979 2.53 155 155 155 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BFriend 277 38 40 18 38 1 3 .982 1.82 RKline 205 31 40 18 27 1 2 .978 1.98 BPurkey 179 21 48 13 30 3 3 .935 2.15 VLaw 173 25 31 13 23 2 2 .947 1.87 LArroyo 130 10 54 4 12 1 0 .941 1.10 RFace 93 1 59 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.25 RSwanson 72 8 32 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.49 BSmith 55 4 20 3 5 1 0 .889 1.31 NKing 52 0 36 6 6 0 0 1.000 2.08 WDouglas 46 8 11 4 6 1 0 .909 1.96 JO'Brien 40 1 16 2 4 1 0 .857 1.35 JTrimble 19 4 5 1 5 1 1 .857 2.74 EO'Brien 12 1 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.46 DHall 10 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LPepper 9 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 CChurn 8 0 5 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.51 BDaniels 7 1 1 1 4 1 0 .833 6.43 BKuzava 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GWitt 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1395 155 155 94 183 13 14 .955 1.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Groat .315

On-base % Groat .350

Slugging % Thomas .460

OPS Thomas .795

Games Thomas 151

At Bats Thomas 594

Plate Appearances (approx.) Thomas 658

Runs Thomas 72

Hits Thomas 172

Total Bases Thomas 273

Doubles Groat and Thomas 30

Triples Virdon 11

Home Runs Thomas 23

RBI Thomas 89

Bases on Balls Thomas 44

Strikeouts Virdon 69

Stolen Bases Fondy 11

Singles Thomas 118

Adjusted OPS+ Thomas 114

Runs Created Thomas 90

Adjusted Batting Runs Skinner 14

Batting Wins Skinner 1.4

Extra-Base Hits Thomas 54

Times on Base Thomas 219

Offensive Win% Thomas .566

Hit By Pitch Groat, Powers, and Thomas 3

Sac. Hits Groat 14

Sac. Flies Thomas 12

Intentional Walks Thomas 9

Grounded into Double Plays Groat and Thomas 16

Caught Stealing Fondy 5

Power/Speed Number Skinner 11.3

At Bats per Strikeout Groat 17.9

At Bats per Home Run Thomas 25.8

Outs Thomas 456

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Law 2.87

Wins Friend 14

Won-Loss % Law .556

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Law 1.181

Hits Allowed/9IP Friend 8.87

Bases on Balls/9IP Law 1.67

Strikeouts/9IP Friend 4.65

Games Face 59

Saves Face 10

Innings Friend 277.0

Strikeouts Friend 143

Games Started Friend 38

Comp. Games Friend 17

Shutouts Friend and Law 3

Home Runs Allow. Friend and Kline 28

Bases On Balls Allow. Friend 68

Hits Allowed Friend 273

SO to Walk Friend 2.10

Losses Friend 18

Earned Runs Allow. Friend 104

Wild Pitches Arroyo 6

Hit Batsmen Arroyo and Purkey 7

Batters Faced Friend 1148

Games Finished Face 32

Adjusted ERA+ Law 133

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