1956 Pittsburgh Pirates

66-88 • 0.429 Win% • 7th in NL

📊 Season Record

66 Wins
88 Losses
0.429 Win %
7th Rank
588 R 653 RA
Diff -65

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588 Runs Scored
653 Runs Allowed
-65 Run Diff
959K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 NL Average

Batting Avg .256 equal to the 1956 league average (.256)
OBP .307 4% below the 1956 league average (.320)
SLG .319 7% below the 1956 league average (.343)
Team ERA 3.74 1% better than the 1956 league average (3.77)
Runs Scored 588 11% below the 1956 league average (659 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 959,828
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Avg per Game 12,305

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bill Virdon 0.334 2 Roberto Clemente 0.311 3 Frank Thomas 0.282 4 Lee Walls 0.274 5 Dick Groat 0.273

Home Runs

1 Dale Long 27 2 Frank Thomas 25 3 Lee Walls 11 4 Bill Virdon 8 5 Roberto Clemente 7

RBI

1 Dale Long 91 2 Frank Thomas 80 3 Roberto Clemente 60 4 Lee Walls 54 5 Dick Groat 37
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Frank Thomas 157 588 69 166 0 0 25 80 36 61 0 0.282
Roberto Clemente 147 543 66 169 0 0 7 60 13 58 6 0.311
Dick Groat 142 520 40 142 0 0 0 37 35 25 0 0.273
Dale Long 148 517 64 136 0 0 27 91 54 85 1 0.263
Bill Virdon 133 509 67 170 0 0 8 37 33 63 6 0.334
Lee Walls 143 474 72 130 0 0 11 54 50 83 3 0.274
Jack Shepard 100 256 24 62 0 0 7 30 25 37 1 0.242
Bill Mazeroski 81 255 30 62 0 0 3 14 18 24 0 0.243
Bob Skinner 113 233 29 47 0 0 5 29 26 50 1 0.202
Hank Foiles 79 222 24 47 0 0 7 25 17 56 0 0.212
Gene Freese 65 207 17 43 0 0 3 14 16 45 2 0.208
Johnny O'Brien 73 104 13 18 0 0 0 3 5 7 0 0.173
Dick Cole 72 99 7 21 0 0 0 9 11 9 0 0.212
Bob Friend 49 97 7 16 0 0 1 8 1 19 0 0.165
Ron Kline 44 79 2 10 0 0 0 3 4 26 1 0.127
Danny Kravitz 32 68 6 18 0 0 2 10 5 9 1 0.265
Curtis Roberts 31 62 6 11 0 0 0 4 5 12 1 0.177
Vern Law 39 57 3 10 0 0 1 8 4 16 0 0.175
Eddie O'Brien 63 53 17 14 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 0.264
Spook Jacobs 11 37 4 6 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0.162
Preston Ward 16 30 3 10 0 0 1 11 6 4 0 0.333
Dick Hall 33 29 5 10 0 0 0 1 5 7 0 0.345
Red Munger 35 28 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 11 0 0.107
Roy Face 69 26 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.192
John Powers 11 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.048
Bobby Del Greco 14 20 4 4 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 0.200
Fred Waters 23 20 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0.050
Jerry Lynch 19 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.158
Toby Atwell 12 18 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 0.111
Cholly Naranjo 17 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.143
Nelson King 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Laurin Pepper 11 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Luis Arroyo 18 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Bill Hall 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dick Littlefield 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jack McMahan 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Howie Pollet 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Lino Donoso 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Garber 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Purkey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Max Surkont 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Red Swanson 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Fred Waters 2.82 2 Laurin Pepper 3.00 3 Nelson King 3.15 4 Ron Kline 3.38 5 Bob Friend 3.46

Wins

1 Bob Friend 17 2 Ron Kline 14 3 Roy Face 12 4 Vern Law 8 5 Nelson King 4

Strikeouts

1 Bob Friend 166 2 Ron Kline 125 3 Roy Face 96 4 Vern Law 60 5 Red Munger 45
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Friend 17 17 3.46 49 42 3 314.1 85 166
Ron Kline 14 18 3.38 44 39 2 264.0 81 125
Vern Law 8 16 4.32 39 32 2 195.2 49 60
Roy Face 12 13 3.52 68 3 6 135.1 42 96
Red Munger 3 4 4.04 35 13 2 107.0 41 45
Dick Hall 0 7 4.76 19 9 1 62.1 21 27
Nelson King 4 1 3.15 38 0 5 60.0 19 25
Fred Waters 2 2 2.82 23 5 0 51.0 30 14
Cholly Naranjo 1 2 4.46 17 3 0 34.1 17 26
Laurin Pepper 1 1 3.00 11 7 0 30.0 25 12
Luis Arroyo 3 3 4.71 18 2 0 28.2 12 17
Howie Pollet 0 4 3.09 19 0 3 23.1 8 10
Johnny O'Brien 1 0 2.84 8 0 0 19.0 9 9
Jack McMahan 0 0 6.08 11 0 0 13.1 9 9
Dick Littlefield 0 0 4.26 6 2 0 12.2 6 10
Red Swanson 0 0 10.03 9 0 0 11.2 8 5
Bob Garber 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 4.0 3 3
Bob Purkey 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 4.0 0 1
Eddie O'Brien 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 0
Max Surkont 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 3 1
Lino Donoso 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 1.2 1 1

👥 Roster (42)

Luis Arroyo Toby Atwell Roberto Clemente Dick Cole Bobby Del Greco Lino Donoso Roy Face Hank Foiles Gene Freese Bob Friend Bob Garber Dick Groat +30 more

42 players

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