1957 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 62-92 .403
Result: 7th in National League
Manager(s): Bobby Bragan, Danny Murtaugh
General Manager: Joe Brown
Stadium: Forbes Field
Attendance: 850,732
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Bob Kuzava (34)
Youngest Player: Red Swanson (20)
Longest Tenure: Frank Thomas, Bob Friend (7)
Top Hitter: Frank Thomas (15)
Top Pitcher: Bob Friend (2)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 79.58%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Milwaukee	95	59	.617	--
St. Louis	87	67	.565	8.0
Brooklyn	84	70	.545	11.0
Cincinnati	80	74	.519	15.0
Philadelphia	77	77	.500	18.0
NY Giants	69	85	.448	26.0
Chi Cubs	62	92	.403	33.0
Pittsburgh	62	92	.403	33.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
15	Frank Thomas	of-3b	15	28	-	MLB	151	594	72	172	30	1	23	89	3	1	44	66	3	9	5	12	16	.290	.335	.460	795	273	658	456	100	5.9	.288
18	Bill Virdon	of	24	26	-	MLB	144	561	59	141	28	11	8	50	3	3	33	69	0	5	8	3	8	.251	.291	.383	675	215	605	442	70	4.3	.273
9	Bill Mazeroski	2b	28	20	-	MLB	148	526	59	149	27	7	8	54	3	3	27	49	1	2	11	3	6	.283	.318	.407	725	214	568	400	77	5.2	.299
24	Dick Groat	ss	20	26	-	MLB	125	501	58	158	30	5	7	54	0	1	27	28	3	1	14	6	16	.315	.350	.437	787	219	551	380	85	6.1	.320
21	Roberto Clemente	of	60	22	UDFA: 1954	MLB	111	451	42	114	17	7	4	30	0	4	23	45	0	1	0	1	13	.253	.288	.348	637	157	475	355	46	3.5	.273
4	Bob Skinner	of	61	25	-	MLB	126	387	58	118	12	6	13	45	10	4	38	50	2	6	4	0	2	.305	.370	.468	838	181	431	279	74	7.1	.324
23	Gene Baker	2b-3b	58	32	-	MLB	111	365	36	97	19	4	2	36	3	2	29	29	1	5	8	4	8	.266	.318	.356	674	130	407	290	47	4.4	.281
8	Gene Freese	3b	64	23	-	MLB	114	346	44	98	18	2	6	31	9	4	17	42	2	0	5	2	4	.283	.319	.399	718	138	372	263	49	5.0	.307
3	Dee Fondy	1b	56	32	-	MLB	95	323	42	101	13	2	2	35	11	5	25	59	1	0	4	4	5	.313	.360	.384	744	124	357	240	46	5.2	.372
20	Hank Foiles	c	-	28	-	MLB	109	281	32	76	10	4	9	36	1	3	37	53	0	5	1	3	5	.270	.352	.431	783	121	322	217	45	5.6	.302
37	Paul Smith	1b-of	-	26	-	MLB	81	150	12	38	4	0	3	11	0	2	12	17	1	1	4	0	5	.253	.313	.340	653	51	167	123	16	3.4	.269
25	Roman Mejias	of	-	26	-	MLB	58	142	12	39	7	4	2	15	2	2	6	13	1	1	4	0	3	.275	.309	.423	731	60	153	112	21	4.9	.291
10	Dick Rand	c	-	26	-	MLB	60	105	7	23	2	1	1	9	0	0	11	24	0	1	4	2	0	.219	.288	.286	574	30	122	88	9	2.7	.268
19	Bob Friend	p	69	26	-	MLB	40	87	5	16	2	0	0	4	0	0	6	22	0	0	6	1	0	.184	.234	.207	441	18	100	78	3	0.9	.242
17	Hardy Peterson	c	-	27	-	MLB	30	73	10	22	2	1	2	11	0	1	9	10	0	2	3	0	5	.301	.378	.438	816	32	85	60	11	5.1	.328
22	Ron Kline	p	-	25	-	MLB	40	66	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	0	0	3	0	2	.061	.075	.061	135	4	70	67	-7	-2.8	.095
32	Vern Law	p	-	27	-	MLB	34	63	3	12	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	11	1	0	4	0	0	.190	.215	.238	453	15	69	55	2	1.2	.231
12	Jim Pendleton	of	-	33	-	MLB	46	59	9	18	1	1	0	9	0	0	9	14	1	1	1	2	2	.305	.394	.356	750	21	72	46	9	5.1	.383
34	Bob Purkey	p	-	27	-	MLB	48	45	3	5	0	2	0	6	0	0	3	22	1	0	2	1	0	.111	.180	.200	380	9	52	43	-1	-0.4	.208
17,28	Danny Kravitz	c	-	26	-	MLB	19	41	2	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.186	.171	357	7	43	35	0	-0.1	.194
14	John Powers	of	-	27	-	MLB	20	35	7	10	3	0	2	8	0	0	5	9	3	0	0	1	0	.286	.409	.543	952	19	44	26	9	9.1	.320
6	Johnny O'Brien	2b	-	26	-	MLB	34	35	7	11	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	0	1	.314	.368	.429	797	15	39	26	6	6.3	.355
39	Luis Arroyo	p	-	30	-	MLB	56	32	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	1	0	1	.156	.182	.156	338	5	34	29	-1	-0.9	.217
16	Lee Walls	of	66	24	-	MLB	8	22	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.227	477	5	24	18	1	1.7	.235
3	Dale Long	1b	51	31	-	MLB	7	22	0	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	1	1	.182	.296	.227	524	5	27	20	1	1.0	.308
31	Whammy Douglas	p	-	22	-	MLB	11	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	3	.062	.062	.062	125	1	16	18	-3	-4.5	.167
26	Roy Face	p	-	29	-	MLB	59	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	2	17	15	-1	-1.3	.167
35	Red Swanson	p	-	20	-	MLB	32	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	71	0	14	13	-2	-3.4	.000
11	Bob Smith	p	-	26	-	MLB	20	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	.077	.077	.077	154	1	14	13	-2	-3.3	.250
5	Buddy Pritchard	ss-of	-	21	-	MLB	23	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	182	1	12	11	-1	-2.1	.143
36	Joe Trimble	p	-	26	-	MLB	5	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	286	1	7	7	-	-	.167
29	Nellie King	p	-	29	-	MLB	36	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
16	Eddie O'Brien	ss-of	-	26	-	MLB	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
30	Bennie Daniels	p	-	25	-	MLB	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
30	Dick Hall	p	-	26	-	MLB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
31	Ken Hamlin	ss-2b	-	22	-	MLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
28	Chuck Churn	p	-	27	-	MLB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (37 players)							154	5402	586	1447	231	60	92	551	46	35	374	733	23	40	97	46	107	.268	.315	.384	699	2074	5942	4240	703	4.5	.293

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
19	Bob Friend	2	26	-	MLB	14	18	3.38	40	38	17	3	1	0	277.0	273	121	104	28	68	143	3	1	1.23	8.87	0.91	2.21	4.65	0.48	.334	1.28
22	Ron Kline	22	25	-	MLB	9	16	4.04	40	31	11	2	2	0	205.0	214	107	92	28	61	88	2	0	1.34	9.40	1.23	2.68	3.86	0.69	.303	0.82
34	Bob Purkey	24	27	-	MLB	11	14	3.86	48	21	6	1	11	2	179.2	194	84	77	10	38	51	2	0	1.29	9.72	0.50	1.90	2.55	0.75	.314	0.79
32	Vern Law	18	27	-	MLB	10	8	2.87	31	25	9	3	5	1	172.2	172	72	55	18	32	55	2	0	1.18	8.97	0.94	1.67	2.87	0.58	.298	1.03
39	Luis Arroyo	39	30	-	MLB	3	11	4.68	54	10	0	0	15	1	130.2	151	76	68	19	31	101	6	0	1.39	10.40	1.31	2.14	6.96	0.31	.346	0.88
26	Roy Face	29	29	-	MLB	4	6	3.07	59	1	0	0	32	10	93.2	97	41	32	9	24	53	2	0	1.29	9.32	0.86	2.31	5.09	0.45	.308	1.20
35	Red Swanson	-	20	-	MLB	3	3	3.72	32	8	1	0	8	0	72.2	68	35	30	9	31	29	1	0	1.36	8.42	1.11	3.84	3.59	1.07	.304	1.14
11	Bob Smith	-	26	-	MLB	2	4	3.11	20	4	2	0	4	0	55.0	48	22	19	2	25	35	2	0	1.33	7.85	0.33	4.09	5.73	0.71	.272	1.25
29	Nellie King	47	29	-	MLB	2	1	4.50	36	0	0	0	19	1	52.0	69	27	26	7	16	23	1	0	1.63	11.94	1.21	2.77	3.98	0.70	.385	1.24
31	Whammy Douglas	-	22	-	MLB	3	3	3.26	11	8	0	0	1	0	47.0	48	23	17	5	30	28	0	0	1.66	9.19	0.96	5.74	5.36	1.07	.422	0.80
6	Johnny O'Brien	-	26	-	MLB	0	3	6.07	16	1	0	0	5	0	40.0	46	32	27	7	24	19	2	0	1.75	10.35	1.58	5.40	4.28	1.26	.364	0.57
36	Joe Trimble	-	26	-	MLB	0	2	8.24	5	4	0	0	0	0	19.2	23	19	18	7	13	9	2	0	1.83	10.53	3.20	5.95	4.12	1.44	.364	1.64
16	Eddie O'Brien	-	26	-	MLB	1	0	2.19	3	1	1	0	0	0	12.1	11	3	3	2	3	10	0	0	1.14	8.03	1.46	2.19	7.30	0.30	.375	0.43
30	Dick Hall	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	10.80	8	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	17	12	12	4	5	7	0	0	2.20	15.30	3.60	4.50	6.30	0.71	.591	0.36
31	Laurin Pepper	-	26	-	MLB	0	1	8.00	5	1	0	0	1	0	9.0	11	8	8	1	5	4	0	0	1.78	11.00	1.00	5.00	4.00	1.25	.400	1.09
28	Chuck Churn	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	4.32	5	0	0	0	3	0	8.1	9	4	4	1	4	4	1	0	1.56	9.72	1.08	4.32	4.32	1.00	.364	0.85
30	Bennie Daniels	-	25	-	MLB	0	1	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	2	1	0	3	2	0	0	1.14	6.43	0.00	3.86	2.57	1.50	.227	2.00
37	Bob Kuzava	-	34	-	MLB	0	0	9.00	4	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	3.00	13.50	0.00	13.50	4.50	3.00	--	0.00
38,52	George Witt	-	23	-	MLB	0	1	40.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	6	6	1	5	1	0	0	6.75	27.00	6.75	33.75	6.75	5.00	--	--
Totals: (37 players)						62	92	3.88	154	154	47	9	107	15	1,395	1463	696	601	92	421	663	26	1	1.31	9.44	1.02	2.72	4.28	0.63	.337

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hank Foiles	C	109		436	32	9	2	.981	0.00
Dick Rand	C	57		172	11	5	5	.973	0.00
Hardy Peterson	C	30		116	14	2	3	.985	0.00
Danny Kravitz	C	15		45	9	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dee Fondy	1B	73		698	54	14	63	.982	0.00
Frank Thomas	1B	71		597	52	15	53	.977	0.00
Bob Skinner	1B	9		60	6	1	7	.985	0.00
Dale Long	1B	7		54	5	0	6	1.000	0.00
Paul Smith	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Mazeroski	2B	144		308	443	17	96	.978	0.00
Gene Baker	2B	13		30	26	2	6	.966	0.00
Gene Freese	2B	10		13	16	0	4	1.000	0.00
Buddy Pritchard	2B	3		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Johnny O'Brien	2B	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gene Freese	3B	74		62	132	16	16	.924	0.00
Gene Baker	3B	60		61	108	8	12	.955	0.00
Frank Thomas	3B	31		27	53	7	4	.920	0.00
Dick Groat	3B	2		0	5	1	0	.833	0.00
Jim Pendleton	3B	2		2	2	1	0	.800	0.00
Bob Skinner	3B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick Groat	SS	123		226	380	20	74	.968	0.00
Gene Baker	SS	28		38	85	10	17	.925	0.00
Buddy Pritchard	SS	10		11	7	1	3	.947	0.00
Johnny O'Brien	SS	8		11	12	3	2	.885	0.00
Ken Hamlin	SS	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Pendleton	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Virdon	OF	141		403	13	6	2	.986	0.00
Roberto Clemente	OF	109		272	9	6	1	.979	0.00
Bob Skinner	OF	93		172	9	7	2	.963	0.00
Frank Thomas	OF	59		105	14	3	3	.975	0.00
Roman Mejias	OF	42		60	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Paul Smith	OF	33		52	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Gene Freese	OF	10		19	1	2	0	.909	0.00
Jim Pendleton	OF	9		10	1	1	0	.917	0.00
John Powers	OF	9		14	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Lee Walls	OF	7		13	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roy Face	P	59	93	4	9	0	0	1.000	1.26
Luis Arroyo	P	54	130	4	12	1	0	.941	1.11
Bob Purkey	P	48	179	13	30	3	3	.935	2.16
Bob Friend	P	40	277	18	38	1	3	.982	1.82
Ron Kline	P	40	205	18	27	1	2	.978	1.98
Nellie King	P	36	52	6	6	0	0	1.000	2.08
Red Swanson	P	32	72	4	8	0	1	1.000	1.50
Vern Law	P	31	172	13	23	2	2	.947	1.88
Bob Smith	P	20	55	3	5	1	0	.889	1.31
Johnny O'Brien	P	16	40	2	4	1	0	.857	1.35
Whammy Douglas	P	11	47	4	6	1	0	.909	1.91
Dick Hall	P	8	10	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Chuck Churn	P	5	8	2	4	0	1	1.000	6.67
Laurin Pepper	P	5	9	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Joe Trimble	P	5	19	1	5	1	1	.857	2.81
Bob Kuzava	P	4	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Eddie O'Brien	P	3	12	0	2	0	1	1.000	1.49
Bennie Daniels	P	1	7	1	4	1	0	.833	6.43
George Witt	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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