1959 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 78-76
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 1,359,917, Avg. 20,281
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Danny Murtaugh (78-76)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1959 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1959 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1959 season with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.

The Pirates scored 651 runs and allowed 680 runs. Dick Stuart led Pittsburgh with 27 home runs and drove in 78 runs. Roberto Clemente paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .296 clip. Roy Face and Vern Law topped the team with 18 wins each, while Vern Law earned a 2.98 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Danny Murtaugh coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Roy Face	18	1	.947	2.70	57	0	47	0	0	10	93.3	91	29	28	5	25	8	69	1	0	4	380
Vern Law	18	9	.667	2.98	34	33	1	20	2	1	266.0	245	91	88	25	53	11	110	2	0	5	1080
Harvey Haddix	12	12	.500	3.13	31	29	2	14	2	0	224.3	189	88	78	26	49	12	149	2	0	4	897
Ron Kline	11	13	.458	4.26	33	29	1	7	0	0	186.0	186	95	88	23	70	9	91	2	1	9	796
Bob Friend	8	19	.296	4.03	35	35	0	7	2	0	234.7	267	129	105	19	52	9	104	7	0	5	1015
Bennie Daniels	7	9	.438	5.45	34	12	8	0	0	1	100.7	115	69	61	9	39	6	67	2	0	5	452
Don Gross	1	1	.500	3.55	21	0	10	0	0	2	33.0	28	16	13	3	10	3	15	1	0	0	136
Ron Blackburn	1	1	.500	3.65	26	0	9	0	0	1	44.3	50	21	18	5	15	4	19	2	0	0	199
Fred Green	1	2	.333	3.13	17	1	4	0	0	1	37.3	37	16	13	2	15	8	20	0	0	2	161
Bob Porterfield	1	2	.333	4.75	30	0	12	0	0	1	36.0	45	20	19	2	17	5	18	0	0	5	160
Bob Porterfield	0	0		1.69	6	0	2	0	0	0	5.3	6	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	26
Dick Hall	0	0		3.12	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.7	12	5	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	39
Bob Smith	0	0		3.49	20	0	6	0	0	0	28.3	32	16	11	1	17	0	12	0	0	0	130
Jim Umbricht	0	0		6.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	5	5	3	4	0	3	0	0	0	31
Al Jackson	0	0		6.50	8	3	1	0	0	0	18.0	30	14	13	1	8	3	13	0	0	2	84
Don Williams	0	0		6.75	6	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	17	9	9	1	3	1	3	0	0	1	53
Paul Giel	0	0		14.09	4	0	0	0	0	0	7.7	17	12	12	0	6	1	3	0	0	1	45
Red Witt	0	7	.000	6.93	15	11	2	0	0	0	50.7	58	43	39	7	32	2	30	1	1	0	234
Totals	78	76	.506	3.90	380	155	107	48	6	17	1393.3	1432	680	604	134	418	84	730	20	2	43	5918

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Don Hoak	155	651	564	60	166	29	3	8	65	9	2	71	75	.294	.374	.399	.773	225	18	4	6	6	4
Dick Groat	147	640	593	74	163	22	7	5	51	0	2	32	35	.275	.312	.361	.673	214	21	2	9	4	2
Bob Skinner	143	617	547	78	153	18	4	13	61	10	7	67	65	.280	.357	.399	.756	218	6	0	1	2	8
Bill Virdon	144	583	519	67	132	24	2	8	41	7	4	55	65	.254	.327	.355	.682	184	7	2	5	2	11
Roberto Clemente	105	456	432	60	128	17	7	4	50	2	3	15	51	.296	.322	.396	.718	171	10	3	3	3	2
Bill Mazeroski	135	537	493	50	119	15	6	7	59	1	3	29	54	.241	.283	.339	.621	167	16	1	10	4	1
Dick Stuart	118	450	397	64	118	15	2	27	78	1	1	42	86	.297	.362	.549	.911	218	11	2	2	7	7
Smoky Burgess	114	418	377	41	112	28	5	11	59	0	0	31	16	.297	.349	.485	.834	183	10	2	2	6	9
Roman Mejias	96	308	276	28	65	6	1	7	28	1	2	21	48	.236	.298	.341	.639	94	4	5	3	3	7
Rocky Nelson	98	204	175	31	51	11	0	6	32	0	0	23	19	.291	.379	.457	.836	80	2	3	1	2	4
Danny Kravitz	52	169	162	18	41	9	1	3	21	0	1	5	14	.253	.274	.377	.650	61	2	0	1	1	1
Dick Schofield	81	163	145	21	34	10	1	1	9	1	1	16	22	.234	.311	.338	.648	49	2	0	2	0	0
Ted Kluszewski	60	127	122	11	32	10	1	2	17	0	0	5	14	.262	.291	.410	.701	50	3	0	0	0	1
Hank Foiles	53	88	80	10	18	3	0	3	4	0	0	7	16	.225	.287	.375	.662	30	2	0	1	0	2
Vern Law	38	106	96	6	16	2	0	1	8	0	0	3	20	.167	.192	.219	.411	21	4	0	7	0	0
Harry Bright	40	54	48	4	12	1	0	3	8	0	0	5	10	.250	.321	.458	.779	22	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Friend	35	87	73	4	12	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	25	.164	.187	.192	.378	14	0	0	12	0	0
Harvey Haddix	31	87	83	3	12	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	17	.145	.174	.193	.367	16	2	0	1	0	0
Bennie Daniels	36	34	29	4	9	2	1	1	3	0	0	5	10	.310	.412	.552	.963	16	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Kline	38	65	59	4	8	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	23	.136	.150	.136	.286	8	1	0	5	0	0
Harry Simpson	9	15	15	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.267	.267	.400	.667	6	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Face	58	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	3	2	0	1	0	0
R C Stevens	3	7	7	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.714	1.000	5	0	0	0	0	0
Don Williams	6	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Blackburn	26	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.800	1.000	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Jackson	8	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Hamlin	3	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Christopher	15	14	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Umbricht	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Green	17	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Gross	21	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Smith	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Hall	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Porterfield	30	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Hardy Peterson	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Red Witt	15	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bob Porterfield	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Giel	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1965	5952	5369	651	1414	230	42	112	617	32	26	442	715	.263	.320	.384	.704	2064	125	24	77	40	59

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Dick Stuart	1B	105	100	872.0	831	81	22	87	.976	9.413	8.686	0	0	0	0
Rocky Nelson	1B	56	34	348.7	337	18	2	45	.994	9.163	6.339	0	0	0	0
Ted Kluszewski	1B	20	20	164.0	151	12	0	14	1.000	8.945	8.150	0	0	0	0
R C Stevens	1B	1	0	8.7	11	1	0	1	1.000	12.462	12.000	0	0	0	0
Bob Skinner	1B	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000	0	0	0	0
Bill Mazeroski	2B	133	129	1167.3	303	373	13	100	.981	5.212	5.083	0	0	0	0
Dick Schofield	2B	28	26	224.0	65	80	3	21	.980	5.826	5.179	0	0	0	0
Harry Bright	2B	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Don Hoak	3B	155	155	1378.3	169	322	20	31	.961	3.206	3.168	0	0	0	0
Harry Bright	3B	3	0	15.0	1	5	0	0	1.000	3.600	2.000	0	0	0	0
Smoky Burgess	C	101	95	798.0	441	39	8	4	.984	5.414	4.752	3	23	30	21	41.2
Danny Kravitz	C	45	36	355.7	198	19	3	3	.986	5.491	4.822	4	8	23	8	25.8
Hank Foiles	C	51	24	234.7	153	8	0	3	1.000	6.175	3.157	3	8	4	3	42.9
Hardy Peterson	C	2	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	7.200	2.000	0	0	0	0
Bob Skinner	OF	142	141	1254.7	285	9	11	1	.964	2.109	2.070	0	0	0	0
Bill Virdon	OF	144	139	1248.0	404	16	9	5	.979	3.029	2.917	0	0	0	0
Roberto Clemente	OF	104	102	900.0	229	10	13	1	.948	2.390	2.298	0	0	0	0
Roman Mejias	OF	85	72	671.3	155	8	5	2	.970	2.185	1.918	0	0	0	0
Joe Christopher	OF	9	3	34.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.324	.556	0	0	0	0
Harry Bright	OF	4	3	27.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	.750	0	0	0	0
Harry Simpson	OF	3	2	18.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500	1.667	0	0	0	0
Dick Schofield	OF	3	1	11.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.636	.667	0	0	0	0
Rocky Nelson	OF	2	1	9.0	2	0	1	0	.667	2.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Stuart	OF	1	1	7.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Vern Law	P	34	33	266.0	20	47	1	5	.985	2.267	1.971	0	0	0	0
Bob Friend	P	35	35	234.7	24	37	1	2	.984	2.339	1.743	0	0	0	0
Harvey Haddix	P	31	29	224.3	8	35	0	3	1.000	1.725	1.387	0	0	0	0
Ron Kline	P	33	29	186.0	15	27	2	1	.955	2.032	1.273	0	0	0	0
Bennie Daniels	P	34	12	100.7	6	14	2	0	.909	1.788	.588	0	0	0	0
Roy Face	P	57	0	93.3	7	12	1	0	.950	1.832	.333	0	0	0	0
Red Witt	P	15	11	50.7	2	7	1	1	.900	1.599	.600	0	0	0	0
Ron Blackburn	P	26	0	44.3	2	5	2	0	.778	1.421	.269	0	0	0	0
Bob Porterfield	P	6	0	41.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Fred Green	P	17	1	37.3	2	8	0	0	1.000	2.411	.588	0	0	0	0
Don Gross	P	21	0	33.0	1	11	0	0	1.000	3.273	.571	0	0	0	0
Bob Smith	P	20	0	28.3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.271	.200	0	0	0	0
Al Jackson	P	8	3	18.0	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	.500	0	0	0	0
Don Williams	P	6	0	12.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Hall	P	2	1	8.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.038	.500	0	0	0	0
Paul Giel	P	4	0	7.7	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.348	.500	0	0	0	0
Jim Umbricht	P	1	1	7.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.571	2.000	0	0	0	0
Bob Porterfield	P	30	0	0.0	5	10	1	1	.938		.500	0	0	0	0
Dick Groat	SS	145	145	1302.0	301	473	29	97	.964	5.350	5.338	0	0	0	0
Dick Schofield	SS	8	8	74.7	23	25	4	4	.923	5.786	6.000	0	0	0	0
Ken Hamlin	SS	3	2	16.7	4	6	0	2	1.000	5.400	3.333	0	0	0	0
Totals		1735	1395	12540.0	4180	1727	154	434	.975	4.239	3.405	10	39	57	32	36.0

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