1959 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 78-76 .506
Result: 4th in National League
Manager(s): Danny Murtaugh
General Manager: Joe Brown
Stadium: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,359,917
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Bob Porterfield (35)
Youngest Player: Bill Mazeroski (22)
Longest Tenure: Bob Friend (9)
Top Hitter: Don Hoak (15)
Top Pitcher: Vern Law (6)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 83.74%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
LA Dodgers	88	68	.564	--
Milwaukee	86	70	.551	2.0
SF Giants	83	71	.539	4.0
Pittsburgh	78	76	.506	9.0
Chi Cubs	74	80	.481	13.0
Cincinnati	74	80	.481	13.0
St. Louis	71	83	.461	16.0
Philadelphia	64	90	.416	23.0

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
24	Dick Groat	ss	29	28	-	MLB	147	593	74	163	22	7	5	51	0	2	32	35	2	2	9	4	21	.275	.312	.361	673	214	640	466	72	4.2	.284
12	Don Hoak	3b	15	31	-	MLB	155	564	60	166	29	3	8	65	9	2	71	75	4	4	6	6	18	.294	.374	.399	773	225	651	430	92	5.8	.324
4	Bob Skinner	of	23	27	-	MLB	143	547	78	153	18	4	13	61	10	7	67	65	0	8	1	2	6	.280	.357	.399	756	218	617	410	87	5.7	.297
18	Bill Virdon	of	37	28	-	MLB	144	519	67	132	24	2	8	41	7	4	55	65	2	11	5	2	7	.254	.327	.355	682	184	583	405	67	4.5	.277
9	Bill Mazeroski	2b	45	22	-	MLB	135	493	50	119	15	6	7	59	1	3	29	54	1	1	10	4	16	.241	.283	.339	621	167	537	407	48	3.2	.257
21	Roberto Clemente	of	57	24	UDFA: 1954	MLB	105	432	60	128	17	7	4	50	2	3	15	51	3	2	3	3	10	.296	.322	.396	718	171	456	323	58	4.8	.326
7	Dick Stuart	1b	28	26	-	MLB	118	397	64	118	15	2	27	78	1	1	42	86	2	7	2	7	11	.297	.362	.549	911	218	450	300	80	7.2	.313
6	Smoky Burgess	c	39	32	-	MLB	114	377	41	112	28	5	11	59	0	0	31	16	2	9	2	6	10	.297	.349	.485	834	183	418	283	74	7.1	.284
15	Roman Mejias	of	52	28	-	MLB	96	276	28	65	6	1	7	28	1	2	21	48	5	7	3	3	4	.236	.298	.341	639	94	308	223	28	3.4	.259
14	Rocky Nelson	1b	67	34	-	MLB	98	175	31	51	11	0	6	32	0	0	23	19	3	4	1	2	2	.291	.379	.457	836	80	204	129	35	7.3	.296
10	Danny Kravitz	c	-	28	-	MLB	52	162	18	41	9	1	3	21	0	1	5	14	0	1	1	1	2	.253	.274	.377	650	61	169	126	19	4.0	.260
11	Dick Schofield	ss-2b	-	24	-	MLB	81	145	21	34	10	1	1	9	1	1	16	22	0	0	2	0	2	.234	.311	.338	648	49	163	116	17	4.0	.270
3	Ted Kluszewski	1b	-	34	-	MLB	60	122	11	32	10	1	2	17	0	0	5	14	0	1	0	0	3	.262	.291	.410	701	50	127	93	16	4.7	.283
32	Vern Law	p	66	29	-	MLB	38	96	6	16	2	0	1	8	0	0	3	20	0	0	7	0	4	.167	.192	.219	411	21	106	91	0	0.1	.200
31	Harvey Haddix	p	-	33	-	MLB	31	83	3	12	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	17	0	0	1	0	2	.145	.174	.193	367	16	87	74	0	-0.1	.182
20	Hank Foiles	c	-	30	-	MLB	53	80	10	18	3	0	3	4	0	0	7	16	0	2	1	0	2	.225	.287	.375	662	30	88	65	8	3.5	.246
19	Bob Friend	p	43	28	-	MLB	35	73	4	12	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	25	0	0	12	0	0	.164	.187	.192	378	14	87	73	0	-0.1	.250
22	Ron Kline	p	-	27	-	MLB	38	59	4	8	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	23	0	0	5	0	1	.136	.150	.136	286	8	65	57	-3	-1.5	.222
8	Harry Bright	1b-3b	-	29	-	MLB	40	48	4	12	1	0	3	8	0	0	5	10	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.321	.458	779	22	54	37	8	5.5	.257
39	Bennie Daniels	p	-	27	-	MLB	36	29	4	9	2	1	1	3	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.412	.552	963	16	34	20	7	9.2	.444
2	Harry Simpson	of-1b	-	33	-	MLB	9	15	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.400	667	6	15	11	2	4.7	.308
26	Roy Face	p	-	31	-	MLB	58	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.231	.231	.231	462	3	14	13	0	-0.0	.231
30	George Witt	p	-	25	-	MLB	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.077	.000	77	0	15	14	-2	-3.3	.000
23	Joe Christopher	of	-	23	-	MLB	15	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.077	.000	77	0	14	13	-1	-2.7	.000
48	Ken Hamlin	ss-2b	-	24	-	MLB	3	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	425	1	10	7	0	1.5	.143
28	R.C. Stevens	1b	-	24	-	MLB	3	7	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.714	1000	5	7	5	2	9.5	.167
35	Fred Green	p	-	25	-	MLB	17	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
36	Ron Blackburn	p	-	24	-	MLB	26	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.800	1000	4	5	4	1	6.8	.000
38	Al Jackson	p	-	23	-	MLB	8	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	1	5	4	0	-0.5	.333
16	Bob Porterfield	p	-	35	-	MLB	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	4	-1	-5.5	.000
34	Jim Umbricht	p	-	28	-	MLB	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
35	Don Williams	p	-	27	-	MLB	6	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1333	3	3	2	1	17.4	.333
37	Don Gross	p	-	28	-	MLB	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
38	Dick Hall	p	-	28	-	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	3	-	-	.000
37	Bob Smith	p	-	28	-	MLB	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
20	Hardy Peterson	c	-	29	-	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
Totals: (36 players)							154	5369	651	1414	230	42	112	617	32	26	442	715	24	59	77	40	125	.263	.320	.384	704	2064	5952	4223	707	4.5	.284

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
32	Vern Law	6	29	-	MLB	18	9	2.98	34	33	20	2	1	1	266.0	245	91	88	25	53	110	5	0	1.12	8.29	0.85	1.79	3.72	0.48	.303	0.87
19	Bob Friend	19	28	-	MLB	8	19	4.03	35	35	7	2	0	0	234.2	267	129	105	19	52	104	5	0	1.36	10.24	0.73	1.99	3.99	0.50	.346	1.25
31	Harvey Haddix	7	33	-	MLB	12	12	3.13	31	29	14	2	2	0	224.1	189	88	78	26	49	149	4	0	1.06	7.58	1.04	1.97	5.98	0.33	.290	0.73
22	Ron Kline	34	27	-	MLB	11	13	4.26	33	29	7	0	1	0	186.0	186	95	88	23	70	91	9	1	1.38	9.00	1.11	3.39	4.40	0.77	.294	0.86
39	Bennie Daniels	-	27	-	MLB	7	9	5.45	34	12	0	0	8	1	100.2	115	69	61	9	39	67	5	0	1.53	10.28	0.80	3.49	5.99	0.58	.345	1.37
26	Roy Face	24	31	-	MLB	18	1	2.70	57	0	0	0	47	10	93.1	91	29	28	5	25	69	4	0	1.24	8.78	0.48	2.41	6.65	0.36	.347	0.94
30	George Witt	-	25	-	MLB	0	7	6.93	15	11	0	0	2	0	50.2	58	43	39	7	32	30	0	1	1.78	10.30	1.24	5.68	5.33	1.07	.367	0.69
36	Ron Blackburn	-	24	-	MLB	1	1	3.65	26	0	0	0	9	1	44.1	50	21	18	5	15	19	0	0	1.47	10.15	1.02	3.05	3.86	0.79	.304	1.18
35	Fred Green	-	25	-	MLB	1	2	3.13	17	1	0	0	4	1	37.1	37	16	13	2	15	20	2	0	1.39	8.92	0.48	3.62	4.82	0.75	.343	0.86
16	Bob Porterfield	46	35	-	MLB	1	2	4.75	30	0	0	0	12	1	36.0	45	20	19	2	17	18	5	0	1.72	11.25	0.50	4.25	4.50	0.94	--	0.98
37	Don Gross	-	28	-	MLB	1	1	3.55	21	0	0	0	10	2	33.0	28	16	13	3	10	15	0	0	1.15	7.64	0.82	2.73	4.09	0.67	.266	1.23
37	Bob Smith	-	28	-	MLB	0	0	3.49	20	0	0	0	6	0	28.1	32	16	11	1	17	12	0	0	1.73	10.16	0.32	5.40	3.81	1.42	--	1.03
38	Al Jackson	-	23	-	MLB	0	0	6.50	8	3	0	0	1	0	18.0	30	14	13	1	8	13	2	0	2.11	15.00	0.50	4.00	6.50	0.62	.492	1.44
35	Don Williams	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	6.75	6	0	0	0	2	0	12.0	17	9	9	1	3	3	1	0	1.67	12.75	0.75	2.25	2.25	1.00	.372	0.58
38	Dick Hall	-	28	-	MLB	0	0	3.12	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	12	5	3	1	1	3	0	0	1.50	12.46	1.04	1.04	3.12	0.33	.344	0.41
34	Paul Giel	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	14.09	4	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	17	12	12	0	6	3	1	0	3.00	19.96	0.00	7.04	3.52	2.00	.515	1.00
34	Jim Umbricht	-	28	-	MLB	0	0	6.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	5	5	3	4	3	0	0	1.57	9.00	3.86	5.14	3.86	1.33	.190	1.43
16	Bob Porterfield	46	35	-	MLB	0	0	1.69	6	0	0	0	2	0	5.1	6	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.50	10.13	1.69	3.38	1.69	2.00	--	0.98
Totals: (36 players)						78	76	3.90	154	154	48	6	106	17	1,393	1432	680	604	112	418	730	43	2	1.33	9.25	0.87	2.70	4.72	0.57	.350

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Smoky Burgess	C	101		441	39	8	4	.984	0.00
Hank Foiles	C	51		153	8	0	3	1.000	0.00
Danny Kravitz	C	45		198	19	3	3	.986	0.00
Hardy Peterson	C	2		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick Stuart	1B	105		831	81	22	87	.976	0.00
Rocky Nelson	1B	56		337	18	2	45	.994	0.00
Ted Kluszewski	1B	20		151	12	0	14	1.000	0.00
Bob Skinner	1B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
R.C. Stevens	1B	1		11	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Mazeroski	2B	133		303	373	13	100	.981	0.00
Dick Schofield	2B	28		65	80	3	21	.980	0.00
Harry Bright	2B	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Hoak	3B	155		169	322	20	31	.961	0.00
Harry Bright	3B	3		1	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick Groat	SS	145		301	473	29	97	.964	0.00
Dick Schofield	SS	8		23	25	4	4	.923	0.00
Ken Hamlin	SS	3		4	6	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Virdon	OF	144		404	16	9	5	.979	0.00
Bob Skinner	OF	142		285	9	11	1	.964	0.00
Roberto Clemente	OF	104		229	10	13	1	.948	0.00
Roman Mejias	OF	85		155	8	5	2	.970	0.00
Joe Christopher	OF	9		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Harry Bright	OF	4		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dick Schofield	OF	3		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Harry Simpson	OF	3		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rocky Nelson	OF	2		2	0	1	0	.667	0.00
Dick Stuart	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roy Face	P	57	93	7	12	1	0	.950	1.84
Bob Friend	P	35	234	24	37	1	2	.984	2.34
Bennie Daniels	P	34	100	6	14	2	0	.909	1.80
Vern Law	P	34	266	20	47	1	5	.985	2.27
Ron Kline	P	33	186	15	27	2	1	.955	2.03
Harvey Haddix	P	31	224	8	35	0	3	1.000	1.73
Bob Porterfield	P	30	5	5	10	1	1	.937	26.47
Bob Porterfield	P	30	5	5	10	1	1	.937	26.47
Bob Porterfield	P	30	5	5	10	1	1	.937	26.47
Bob Porterfield	P	30	5	5	10	1	1	.937	26.47
Ron Blackburn	P	26	44	2	5	2	0	.778	1.43
Don Gross	P	21	33	1	11	0	0	1.000	3.27
Bob Smith	P	20	28	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.28
Fred Green	P	17	37	2	8	0	0	1.000	2.43
George Witt	P	15	50	2	7	1	1	.900	1.61
Al Jackson	P	8	18	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.00
Bob Porterfield	P	6	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bob Porterfield	P	6	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bob Porterfield	P	6	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bob Porterfield	P	6	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Don Williams	P	6	12	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Paul Giel	P	4	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.50
Dick Hall	P	2	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.10
Jim Umbricht	P	1	7	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.57

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