1961 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 75-79 .487
Result: 6th in National League
Manager(s): Danny Murtaugh
General Manager: Joe Brown
Stadium: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,199,128
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Rocky Nelson (36)
Youngest Player: Al McBean (23)
Longest Tenure: Bob Friend (11)
Top Hitter: Roberto Clemente (8)
Top Pitcher: Joe Gibbon (11)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 95.37%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Cincinnati	93	61	.604	--
LA Dodgers	89	65	.578	4.0
SF Giants	85	69	.552	8.0
Milwaukee	83	71	.539	10.0
St. Louis	80	74	.519	13.0
Pittsburgh	75	79	.487	18.0
Chi Cubs	64	90	.416	29.0
Philadelphia	47	107	.305	46.0

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
18	Bill Virdon	of	18	30	-	MLB	146	599	81	156	22	8	9	58	5	8	49	45	0	1	5	7	4	.260	.313	.369	682	221	660	467	81	4.7	.266
24	Dick Groat	ss	29	30	-	MLB	148	596	71	164	25	6	6	55	0	4	40	44	1	0	7	4	22	.275	.320	.367	687	219	648	469	74	4.3	.287
21	Roberto Clemente	of	8	26	UDFA: 1954	MLB	146	572	100	201	30	10	23	89	4	1	35	59	3	10	1	3	18	.351	.390	.559	949	320	614	394	129	8.8	.361
9	Bill Mazeroski	2b	30	24	-	MLB	152	558	71	148	21	2	13	59	2	1	26	55	3	10	2	6	9	.265	.298	.380	678	212	595	428	69	4.4	.272
7	Dick Stuart	1b	12	28	-	MLB	138	532	83	160	28	8	35	117	0	3	34	121	4	1	1	5	22	.301	.344	.581	925	309	576	403	104	7.0	.328
12	Don Hoak	3b	19	33	-	MLB	145	503	72	150	27	7	12	61	4	2	73	53	3	8	3	4	14	.298	.388	.451	839	227	586	376	99	7.1	.312
4	Bob Skinner	of	48	29	-	MLB	119	381	61	102	20	3	3	42	3	5	51	49	4	9	4	2	6	.268	.358	.360	718	137	442	296	55	5.0	.299
6	Smoky Burgess	c	60	34	-	MLB	100	323	37	98	17	3	12	52	1	0	30	16	2	8	0	1	7	.303	.365	.486	851	157	356	233	65	7.5	.291
5	Hal Smith	c	-	30	-	MLB	67	193	12	43	10	0	3	26	0	0	11	38	1	1	2	1	6	.223	.267	.321	588	62	208	159	15	2.5	.261
23	Joe Christopher	of	-	25	-	MLB	76	186	25	49	7	3	0	14	6	4	18	24	0	0	1	1	7	.263	.327	.333	660	62	206	150	21	3.7	.301
14	Rocky Nelson	1b	-	36	-	MLB	75	127	15	25	5	1	5	13	0	0	17	11	2	2	0	0	3	.197	.301	.370	671	47	146	105	17	4.3	.180
19	Bob Friend	p	52	30	-	MLB	41	79	6	11	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	36	0	0	9	0	0	.139	.150	.165	315	13	89	77	-3	-1.2	.256
11	Dick Schofield	ss-2b	-	26	-	MLB	60	78	16	15	2	1	0	2	0	1	10	19	0	0	2	0	1	.192	.284	.244	528	19	90	67	4	1.8	.254
20	Gino Cimoli	of	-	31	-	MLB	21	67	4	20	3	1	0	6	0	0	2	13	0	0	0	0	4	.299	.319	.373	692	25	69	51	7	3.6	.370
20	Walt Moryn	of	-	35	-	MLB	40	65	6	13	1	0	3	9	0	0	2	10	1	0	0	0	5	.200	.235	.354	589	23	68	57	4	1.8	.192
2	Don Leppert	c	-	29	-	MLB	22	60	6	16	2	1	3	5	0	0	1	11	0	0	1	0	6	.267	.279	.483	762	29	62	51	7	3.5	.283
22	Joe Gibbon	p	50	26	-	MLB	31	59	1	8	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	22	0	0	10	1	1	.136	.148	.186	334	11	71	63	-1	-0.6	.211
31	Harvey Haddix	p	-	35	-	MLB	31	56	2	8	3	0	0	3	0	0	6	14	0	0	5	0	0	.143	.226	.196	422	11	67	53	2	0.8	.190
16	Johnny Logan	ss	-	34	-	MLB	27	52	5	12	4	0	0	5	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	2	.231	.286	.308	593	16	56	42	4	2.8	.273
35	Donn Clendenon	1b	-	25	-	MLB	9	35	7	11	1	1	0	2	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.400	.400	800	14	40	24	6	6.6	.440
15	Tom Sturdivant	p	-	31	-	MLB	13	32	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	500	8	33	27	1	0.5	.333
27	Earl Francis	p	-	25	-	MLB	23	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	17	1	0	0	0	0	.107	.194	.107	301	3	31	25	-2	-1.8	.273
30	Vinegar Bend Mizell	p	-	30	-	MLB	25	23	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	0	0	5	1	0	.130	.192	.130	323	3	31	26	0	-0.5	.200
32	Vern Law	p	-	31	-	MLB	11	19	0	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	4	1	0	2	1	0	.263	.318	.316	634	6	24	17	2	3.6	.312
28	Bobby Shantz	p	-	35	-	MLB	44	16	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	.437	.526	.500	1026	8	20	10	5	12.8	.467
34	Al McBean	p	-	23	-	MLB	28	15	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.267	.467	733	7	16	12	2	4.4	.273
26	Roy Face	p	-	33	-	MLB	62	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	545	3	11	8	1	2.2	.333
16	Gene Baker	2b-3b	-	36	-	MLB	9	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	.100	.308	.100	408	1	13	9	0	0.9	.125
29	Clem Labine	p	-	34	-	MLB	56	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.182	.100	282	1	11	10	-1	-3.1	.333
25	Al Jackson	p	-	25	-	MLB	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	111	0	9	8	-1	-3.1	.000
37	Larry Foss	p	-	25	-	MLB	3	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	1	6	5	0	-0.9	.250
2	Bob Oldis	c	-	33	-	MLB	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	6	-	-	.000
35	Fred Green	p	-	27	-	MLB	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
39	George Witt	p	-	27	-	MLB	9	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1500	2	3	2	1	14.0	.500
15	Roman Mejias	of	-	30	-	MLB	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
37	Jim Umbricht	p	-	30	-	MLB	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
Totals: (36 players)							154	5311	694	1448	232	57	128	646	26	30	428	721	27	51	64	37	140	.273	.328	.410	738	2178	5867	4134	758	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	14	30	-	MLB	14	19	3.85	41	35	10	1	3	1	236.0	271	119	101	16	45	108	4	0	1.34	10.33	0.61	1.72	4.12	0.42	.313	1.54
22	Joe Gibbon	11	26	-	MLB	13	10	3.32	30	29	7	3	1	0	195.1	185	85	72	16	57	145	3	0	1.24	8.52	0.74	2.63	6.68	0.39	.294	0.97
31	Harvey Haddix	19	35	-	MLB	10	6	4.10	29	22	5	2	4	0	156.0	159	72	71	15	41	99	4	0	1.28	9.17	0.87	2.37	5.71	0.41	.298	0.93
27	Earl Francis	-	25	-	MLB	2	8	4.21	23	15	0	0	4	0	102.2	110	60	48	4	47	53	5	0	1.53	9.64	0.35	4.12	4.65	0.89	.307	1.64
30	Vinegar Bend Mizell	-	30	-	MLB	7	10	5.04	25	17	2	1	1	0	100.0	120	61	56	16	31	37	0	1	1.51	10.80	1.44	2.79	3.33	0.84	.299	0.69
29	Clem Labine	36	34	-	MLB	4	1	3.69	56	1	0	0	28	8	92.2	102	43	38	4	31	49	2	0	1.44	9.91	0.39	3.01	4.76	0.63	.320	1.18
26	Roy Face	23	33	-	MLB	6	12	3.82	62	0	0	0	47	17	92.0	94	44	39	12	10	55	5	0	1.13	9.20	1.17	0.98	5.38	0.18	.288	0.97
28	Bobby Shantz	46	35	-	MLB	6	3	3.32	43	6	2	1	16	2	89.1	91	38	33	5	26	61	0	0	1.31	9.17	0.50	2.62	6.15	0.43	.319	1.40
15	Tom Sturdivant	-	31	-	MLB	5	2	2.84	13	11	6	1	2	1	85.2	81	29	27	6	17	45	1	0	1.14	8.51	0.63	1.79	4.73	0.38	--	1.07
34	Al McBean	-	23	-	MLB	3	2	3.75	27	2	0	0	7	0	74.1	72	35	31	4	42	49	10	0	1.53	8.72	0.48	5.09	5.93	0.86	.308	1.90
32	Vern Law	-	31	-	MLB	3	4	4.70	11	10	1	0	1	0	59.1	72	33	31	10	18	20	0	0	1.52	10.92	1.52	2.73	3.03	0.90	.301	0.84
25	Al Jackson	-	25	-	MLB	1	0	3.42	3	2	1	0	0	0	23.2	20	10	9	2	4	15	0	0	1.01	7.61	0.76	1.52	5.70	0.27	.261	1.57
35	Fred Green	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	4.79	13	0	0	0	3	0	20.2	27	16	11	2	9	4	3	0	1.74	11.76	0.87	3.92	1.74	2.25	.321	0.94
39	George Witt	-	27	-	MLB	0	1	6.32	9	1	0	0	3	0	15.2	17	12	11	5	5	9	0	0	1.40	9.77	2.87	2.87	5.17	0.56	.250	0.78
37	Larry Foss	-	25	-	MLB	1	1	5.87	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.1	15	11	10	3	11	9	0	0	1.70	8.80	1.76	6.46	5.28	1.22	.279	0.57
37	Jim Umbricht	-	30	-	MLB	0	0	2.70	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	2.10	13.50	0.00	5.40	2.70	2.00	.357	0.30
34	Tom Cheney	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	--	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	1	5	4	1	4	0	1	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.00
Totals: (36 players)						75	79	3.92	154	154	34	9	120	29	1,362	1442	675	593	128	400	759	39	1	1.38	9.53	0.80	2.64	5.02	0.53	.325

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Smoky Burgess	C	92		426	27	4	4	.991	0.00
Hal Smith	C	65		290	18	3	1	.990	0.00
Don Leppert	C	21		80	11	3	1	.968	0.00
Bob Oldis	C	4		11	3	0	3	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick Stuart	1B	132		1152	99	21	141	.983	0.00
Rocky Nelson	1B	35		231	15	1	26	.996	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Mazeroski	2B	152		410	505	23	144	.975	0.00
Dick Schofield	2B	5		8	10	1	2	.947	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Hoak	3B	143		137	267	20	29	.953	0.00
Dick Schofield	3B	11		4	20	2	1	.923	0.00
Johnny Logan	3B	7		3	11	0	2	1.000	0.00
Gene Baker	3B	3		0	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dick Groat	3B	1		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick Groat	SS	144		235	473	32	117	.957	0.00
Dick Schofield	SS	9		15	24	1	7	.975	0.00
Johnny Logan	SS	6		9	15	1	3	.960	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Virdon	OF	145		384	6	6	4	.985	0.00
Roberto Clemente	OF	144		256	27	9	5	.969	0.00
Bob Skinner	OF	97		175	5	5	1	.973	0.00
Joe Christopher	OF	55		86	2	2	1	.978	0.00
Gino Cimoli	OF	19		33	1	1	0	.971	0.00
Walt Moryn	OF	11		17	2	1	1	.950	0.00
Donn Clendenon	OF	8		15	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dick Schofield	OF	3		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Roman Mejias	OF	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	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	62	92	13	22	3	2	.921	3.42
Clem Labine	P	56	92	12	12	1	0	.960	2.34
Bobby Shantz	P	43	89	13	18	0	2	1.000	3.13
Bob Friend	P	41	236	19	37	3	3	.949	2.14
Joe Gibbon	P	30	195	3	35	0	2	1.000	1.75
Harvey Haddix	P	29	156	5	29	2	4	.944	1.96
Al McBean	P	27	74	4	23	1	1	.964	3.28
Vinegar Bend Mizell	P	25	100	6	7	2	1	.867	1.17
Earl Francis	P	23	102	8	20	1	1	.966	2.47
Fred Green	P	13	20	1	7	0	1	1.000	3.56
Tom Sturdivant	P	13	85	9	11	0	0	1.000	2.11
Vern Law	P	11	59	7	13	0	1	1.000	3.05
George Witt	P	9	15	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.59
Larry Foss	P	3	15	1	2	1	0	.750	1.79
Al Jackson	P	3	23	2	7	0	1	1.000	3.49
Tom Cheney	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jim Umbricht	P	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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