1968 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 80-82 .494
Result: 6th in National League
Manager(s): Larry Shepard
General Manager: Joe Brown
Stadium: Forbes Field
Attendance: 693,485
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Bill Henry (40)
Youngest Player: Richie Hebner (20)
Longest Tenure: Roy Face (15)
Top Hitter: Roberto Clemente (15)
Top Pitcher: Steve Blass (14)
Top Draft Pick: Dick Sharon (#9)

Roster Continuity: 73.73%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
St. Louis	97	65	.599	--
SF Giants	88	74	.543	9.0
Chi Cubs	84	78	.519	13.0
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14.0
Atlanta	81	81	.500	16.0
Pittsburgh	80	82	.494	17.0
LA Dodgers	76	86	.469	21.0
Philadelphia	76	86	.469	21.0
NY Mets	73	89	.451	24.0
Houston	72	90	.444	25.0

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
30	Maury Wills	ss-3b	23	35	-	MLB	153	627	76	174	12	6	0	31	52	21	45	57	1	1	11	1	10	.278	.326	.316	642	198	685	496	71	3.8	.305
17	Donn Clendenon	1b	19	32	-	MLB	158	584	63	150	20	6	17	87	10	3	47	163	1	4	5	8	14	.257	.309	.399	708	233	645	464	68	4.0	.323
18	Matty Alou	of	21	29	UDFA: 1957	MLB	146	558	59	185	28	4	0	52	18	10	27	26	2	6	7	4	10	.332	.362	.396	758	221	598	404	89	6.0	.345
9	Bill Mazeroski	2b	49	31	-	MLB	143	506	36	127	18	2	3	42	3	4	38	38	2	10	6	4	18	.251	.304	.312	616	158	556	411	49	3.2	.264
21	Roberto Clemente	of	15	33	UDFA: 1954	MLB	132	502	74	146	18	12	18	57	2	3	51	77	1	27	0	3	13	.291	.355	.482	838	242	557	375	89	6.4	.312
22	Gene Alley	ss	64	27	UDFA: 1959	MLB	133	474	48	116	20	2	4	39	13	5	39	78	5	6	9	3	20	.245	.307	.321	628	152	530	395	44	3.0	.284
8	Willie Stargell	of-1b	31	28	UDFA: 1959	MLB	128	435	57	103	15	1	24	67	5	0	47	105	6	11	1	7	12	.237	.315	.441	757	192	496	352	61	4.7	.252
12	Jerry May	c	67	24	UDFA: 1961	MLB	137	416	26	91	15	2	1	33	0	0	41	80	3	12	6	1	10	.219	.293	.272	564	113	467	342	30	2.4	.268
15	Manny Mota	of	62	30	-	MLB	111	331	35	93	10	2	1	33	4	2	20	19	1	4	10	4	7	.281	.320	.332	653	110	366	261	39	4.1	.292
2	Freddie Patek	ss	48	23	1965-22-421	MLB	61	208	31	53	4	2	2	18	18	7	12	37	2	0	9	3	0	.255	.298	.322	620	67	234	174	21	3.3	.297
11	Jose Pagan	ss-3b	-	33	UDFA: 1955	MLB	80	163	24	36	7	1	4	21	2	3	11	32	3	3	4	3	3	.221	.278	.350	627	57	184	140	15	3.0	.246
10	Gary Kolb	of-c	-	28	-	MLB	74	119	16	26	4	1	2	6	2	1	11	17	0	2	2	0	2	.218	.285	.319	604	38	132	98	11	3.1	.240
39	Bob Veale	p	-	32	UDFA: 1958	MLB	36	82	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	53	0	0	2	0	2	.110	.131	.122	253	10	86	77	-8	-2.7	.310
28	Steve Blass	p	-	26	UDFA: 1960	MLB	35	80	7	11	1	0	0	8	0	0	2	30	0	0	4	2	0	.137	.155	.150	305	12	88	75	-3	-1.0	.212
36	Carl Taylor	c-of	-	24	UDFA: 1962	MLB	44	71	5	15	1	0	0	7	1	0	10	10	0	3	1	0	4	.211	.309	.225	534	16	82	61	4	1.8	.246
34	Al McBean	p	-	30	-	MLB	43	67	5	13	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	17	0	0	2	0	0	.194	.206	.239	445	16	70	56	1	0.7	.245
24	Manny Jimenez	of	76	29	-	MLB	66	66	7	20	1	1	1	11	0	0	6	15	5	0	0	0	1	.303	.403	.394	797	26	77	47	11	6.3	.380
16	Chris Cannizzaro	c	-	30	UDFA: 1956	MLB	25	58	5	14	2	2	1	7	0	0	9	13	0	4	3	0	2	.241	.343	.397	740	23	70	49	8	4.4	.295
38	Bob Moose	p	-	20	1965-18-342	MLB	38	54	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	0	0	2	0	1	.093	.109	.093	202	5	57	52	-5	-2.4	.156
14	Jim Bunning	p	-	36	-	MLB	27	51	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	0	0	2	0	1	.098	.098	.118	216	6	53	49	-4	-2.0	.147
37,40	Dock Ellis	p	-	23	UDFA: 1964	MLB	27	29	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	3	0	0	.069	.069	.103	172	3	32	30	-2	-2.0	.111
25	Tommie Sisk	p	-	26	-	MLB	33	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	1	0	2	0	1	.083	.154	.083	237	2	28	25	-2	-2.4	.182
27	Ron Kline	p	-	36	-	MLB	56	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.059	.000	59	0	18	17	-2	-3.2	.000
2	Chuck Hiller	2b	-	33	-	MLB	11	13	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.385	.385	.462	846	6	13	9	2	6.7	.385
29	Al Oliver	of-1b	-	21	UDFA: 1964	MLB	4	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	1	8	7	-1	-2.3	.250
23	Luke Walker	p	-	24	UDFA: 1963	MLB	39	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	9	10	-2	-4.1	.000
26	Roy Face	p	-	40	-	MLB	43	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
31	Bill Henry	p	-	40	-	MLB	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
43	Bruce Dalcanton	p	-	26	UDFA: 1966	MLB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
4	Bill Virdon	of	-	37	-	MLB	6	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1667	4	3	2	1	17.1	.000
40	Dave Wickersham	p	-	32	-	MLB	11	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	4	3	0	2.6	.500
29	Juan Pizarro	p	-	31	UDFA: 1956	MLB	13	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	Richie Hebner	3b-1b	-	20	1966-1-15	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: (33 players)							162	5569	583	1404	180	44	80	538	130	59	422	953	33	93	96	43	133	.252	.306	.343	649	1912	6163	4496	584	3.5	.289

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	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
39	Bob Veale	16	32	UDFA: 1958	MLB	13	14	2.05	36	33	13	4	2	0	245.1	187	67	56	13	94	171	9	1	1.15	6.86	0.48	3.45	6.27	0.55	.271	1.30
28	Steve Blass	14	26	UDFA: 1960	MLB	18	6	2.12	33	31	12	7	3	0	220.1	191	64	52	13	57	132	7	0	1.13	7.80	0.53	2.33	5.39	0.43	.310	1.27
34	Al McBean	63	30	-	MLB	9	12	3.58	36	28	9	2	0	0	198.1	204	88	79	10	63	100	5	1	1.35	9.26	0.45	2.86	4.54	0.63	.332	1.73
38	Bob Moose	17	20	1965-18-342	MLB	8	12	2.73	38	22	3	3	7	3	171.1	136	61	52	5	41	126	3	1	1.03	7.14	0.26	2.15	6.62	0.33	.303	1.92
14	Jim Bunning	58	36	-	MLB	4	14	3.88	27	26	3	1	0	0	160.0	168	75	69	14	48	95	3	0	1.35	9.45	0.79	2.70	5.34	0.51	.322	1.02
27	Ron Kline	42	36	-	MLB	12	5	1.68	56	0	0	0	31	7	112.2	94	26	21	3	31	48	0	0	1.11	7.51	0.24	2.48	3.83	0.65	.304	1.31
37,40	Dock Ellis	-	23	UDFA: 1964	MLB	6	5	2.51	26	10	2	0	5	0	104.0	82	35	29	4	38	52	6	1	1.15	7.10	0.35	3.29	4.50	0.73	.286	1.78
25	Tommie Sisk	-	26	-	MLB	5	5	3.28	33	11	0	0	7	1	96.0	101	40	35	3	35	41	8	0	1.42	9.47	0.28	3.28	3.84	0.85	.373	2.26
23	Luke Walker	-	24	UDFA: 1963	MLB	0	3	2.04	39	2	0	0	14	3	61.2	42	18	14	1	39	66	5	0	1.31	6.13	0.15	5.69	9.63	0.59	.333	2.56
26	Roy Face	41	40	-	MLB	2	4	2.60	43	0	0	0	33	13	52.0	46	17	15	3	7	34	0	0	1.02	7.96	0.52	1.21	5.88	0.21	.331	0.86
40	Dave Wickersham	-	32	-	MLB	1	0	3.48	11	0	0	0	4	1	20.2	21	12	8	0	13	9	0	0	1.65	9.15	0.00	5.66	3.92	1.44	.333	1.04
43	Bruce Dalcanton	-	26	UDFA: 1966	MLB	1	1	2.12	7	0	0	0	5	2	17.0	7	4	4	0	6	8	0	0	0.76	3.71	0.00	3.18	4.24	0.75	.184	0.75
31	Bill Henry	-	40	-	MLB	0	0	8.10	10	0	0	0	4	0	16.2	29	18	15	2	3	9	3	0	1.92	15.66	1.08	1.62	4.86	0.33	.587	1.13
29	Juan Pizarro	-	31	UDFA: 1956	MLB	1	1	3.27	12	0	0	0	6	0	11.0	14	7	4	2	10	6	2	0	2.18	11.45	1.64	8.18	4.91	1.67	--	0.87
Totals: (33 players)						80	82	2.74	162	162	42	17	120	30	1,487	1322	532	453	80	485	897	51	4	1.23	8.00	0.44	2.94	5.43	0.54	.316

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jerry May	C	135		752	70	10	10	.988	0.00
Carl Taylor	C	29		82	10	2	1	.979	0.00
Chris Cannizzaro	C	25		111	10	3	1	.976	0.00
Gary Kolb	C	10		17	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Donn Clendenon	1B	155		1587	128	17	134	.990	0.00
Willie Stargell	1B	13		110	7	0	12	1.000	0.00
Jose Pagan	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Mazeroski	2B	142		319	467	15	107	.981	0.00
Gene Alley	2B	24		47	81	1	11	.992	0.00
Chuck Hiller	2B	2		4	2	1	0	.857	0.00
Jose Pagan	2B	2		1	0	1	0	.500	0.00
Gary Kolb	2B	1		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Manny Mota	2B	1		1	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Maury Wills	3B	141		105	276	17	27	.957	0.00
Jose Pagan	3B	30		16	45	5	3	.924	0.00
Gary Kolb	3B	4		3	5	1	1	.889	0.00
Manny Mota	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Freddie Patek	3B	1		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gene Alley	SS	109		162	394	15	86	.974	0.00
Freddie Patek	SS	52		80	164	6	23	.976	0.00
Maury Wills	SS	10		10	32	1	5	.977	0.00
Jose Pagan	SS	8		5	19	1	4	.960	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Matty Alou	OF	144		298	8	5	0	.984	0.00
Roberto Clemente	OF	131		297	9	5	1	.984	0.00
Willie Stargell	OF	113		144	12	9	0	.945	0.00
Manny Mota	OF	92		149	5	3	1	.981	0.00
Gary Kolb	OF	25		34	2	4	1	.900	0.00
Jose Pagan	OF	19		17	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Manny Jimenez	OF	5		6	0	1	0	.857	0.00
Freddie Patek	OF	5		9	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bill Virdon	OF	4		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Carl Taylor	OF	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Steve Blass	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Al Oliver	OF	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ron Kline	P	56	112	4	15	0	0	1.000	1.52
Roy Face	P	43	52	2	7	1	1	.900	1.56
Luke Walker	P	39	61	3	12	0	0	1.000	2.21
Bob Moose	P	38	171	13	36	3	4	.942	2.58
Al McBean	P	36	198	16	54	3	3	.959	3.18
Bob Veale	P	36	245	4	37	3	0	.932	1.51
Steve Blass	P	33	220	22	27	0	1	1.000	2.00
Tommie Sisk	P	33	96	11	16	3	3	.900	2.53
Jim Bunning	P	27	160	6	17	2	1	.920	1.29
Dock Ellis	P	26	104	5	18	0	2	1.000	1.99
Juan Pizarro	P	12	11	1	0	1	0	.500	0.82
Dave Wickersham	P	11	20	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.78
Bill Henry	P	10	16	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bruce Dalcanton	P	7	17	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.53

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