1957 Pittsburgh Pirates

62-92 • 0.403 Win% • 7th in NL

📊 Season Record

62 Wins
92 Losses
0.403 Win %
7th Rank
586 R 696 RA
Diff -110

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

586 Runs Scored
696 Runs Allowed
-110 Run Diff
850K Attendance

📈 vs. 1957 NL Average

Batting Avg .267 3% above the 1957 league average (.260)
OBP .315 2% below the 1957 league average (.321)
SLG .318 7% below the 1957 league average (.342)
Team ERA 3.88 equal to the 1957 league average (3.88)
Runs Scored 586 14% below the 1957 league average (678 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 850,732
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Avg per Game 11,048

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dick Groat 0.315 2 Dee Fondy 0.313 3 Jim Pendleton 0.305 4 Bob Skinner 0.305 5 Hardy Peterson 0.301

Home Runs

1 Frank Thomas 23 2 Bob Skinner 13 3 Hank Foiles 9 4 Bill Mazeroski 8 5 Bill Virdon 8

RBI

1 Frank Thomas 89 2 Dick Groat 54 3 Bill Mazeroski 54 4 Bill Virdon 50 5 Bob Skinner 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Frank Thomas 151 594 72 172 0 0 23 89 44 66 3 0.290
Bill Virdon 144 561 59 141 0 0 8 50 33 69 3 0.251
Bill Mazeroski 148 526 59 149 0 0 8 54 27 49 3 0.283
Dick Groat 125 501 58 158 0 0 7 54 27 28 0 0.315
Roberto Clemente 111 451 42 114 0 0 4 30 23 45 0 0.253
Bob Skinner 126 387 58 118 0 0 13 45 38 50 10 0.305
Gene Baker 111 365 36 97 0 0 2 36 29 29 3 0.266
Gene Freese 114 346 44 98 0 0 6 31 17 42 9 0.283
Dee Fondy 95 323 42 101 0 0 2 35 25 59 11 0.313
Hank Foiles 109 281 32 76 0 0 9 36 37 53 1 0.270
Paul Smith 81 150 12 38 0 0 3 11 12 17 0 0.253
Roman Mejias 58 142 12 39 0 0 2 15 6 13 2 0.275
Dick Rand 60 105 7 23 0 0 1 9 11 24 0 0.219
Bob Friend 40 87 5 16 0 0 0 4 6 22 0 0.184
Hardy Peterson 30 73 10 22 0 0 2 11 9 10 0 0.301
Ron Kline 40 66 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 24 0 0.061
Vern Law 34 63 3 12 0 0 0 6 1 11 0 0.190
Jim Pendleton 46 59 9 18 0 0 0 9 9 14 0 0.305
Bob Purkey 48 45 3 5 0 0 0 6 3 22 0 0.111
Danny Kravitz 19 41 2 6 0 0 0 4 2 10 0 0.146
Johnny O'Brien 34 35 7 11 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.314
John Powers 20 35 7 10 0 0 2 8 5 9 0 0.286
Luis Arroyo 56 32 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.156
Dale Long 7 22 0 4 0 0 0 5 4 10 0 0.182
Lee Walls 8 22 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0.182
Whammy Douglas 11 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.062
Roy Face 59 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.125
Bob Smith 20 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.077
Red Swanson 32 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.000
Buddy Pritchard 23 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.091
Joe Trimble 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
Nelson King 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.000
Eddie O'Brien 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bennie Daniels 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Chuck Churn 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Hall 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ken Hamlin 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Kuzava 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Laurin Pepper 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Red Witt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Vern Law 2.87 2 Roy Face 3.07 3 Bob Smith 3.11 4 Whammy Douglas 3.26 5 Bob Friend 3.38

Wins

1 Bob Friend 14 2 Bob Purkey 11 3 Vern Law 10 4 Ron Kline 9 5 Roy Face 4

Strikeouts

1 Bob Friend 143 2 Luis Arroyo 101 3 Ron Kline 88 4 Vern Law 55 5 Roy Face 53
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Friend 14 18 3.38 40 38 0 277.0 68 143
Ron Kline 9 16 4.04 40 31 0 205.0 61 88
Bob Purkey 11 14 3.86 48 21 2 179.2 38 51
Vern Law 10 8 2.87 31 25 1 172.2 32 55
Luis Arroyo 3 11 4.68 54 10 1 130.2 31 101
Roy Face 4 6 3.07 59 1 10 93.2 24 53
Red Swanson 3 3 3.72 32 8 0 72.2 31 29
Bob Smith 2 4 3.11 20 4 0 55.0 25 35
Nelson King 2 1 4.50 36 0 1 52.0 16 23
Whammy Douglas 3 3 3.26 11 8 0 47.0 30 28
Johnny O'Brien 0 3 6.08 16 1 0 40.0 24 19
Joe Trimble 0 2 8.24 5 4 0 19.2 13 9
Eddie O'Brien 1 0 2.19 3 1 0 12.1 3 10
Dick Hall 0 0 10.80 8 0 0 10.0 5 7
Laurin Pepper 0 1 8.00 5 1 0 9.0 5 4
Chuck Churn 0 0 4.32 5 0 0 8.1 4 4
Bennie Daniels 0 1 1.29 1 1 0 7.0 3 2
Bob Kuzava 0 0 9.00 4 0 0 2.0 3 1
Red Witt 0 1 40.50 1 1 0 1.1 5 1

👥 Roster (40)

Luis Arroyo Gene Baker Chuck Churn Roberto Clemente Bennie Daniels Whammy Douglas Roy Face Hank Foiles Dee Fondy Gene Freese Bob Friend Dick Groat +28 more

40 players

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