1959 Pittsburgh Pirates

78-76 • 0.506 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
76 Losses
0.506 Win %
4th Rank
651 R 680 RA
Diff -29

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⚡ Quick Stats

651 Runs Scored
680 Runs Allowed
-29 Run Diff
1,358K Attendance

📈 vs. 1959 NL Average

Batting Avg .263 1% above the 1959 league average (.260)
OBP .319 1% below the 1959 league average (.323)
SLG .325 5% below the 1959 league average (.342)
Team ERA 3.90 1% better than the 1959 league average (3.95)
Runs Scored 651 5% below the 1959 league average (683 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,358,857
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Avg per Game 17,647

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dick Stuart 0.297 2 Smoky Burgess 0.297 3 Roberto Clemente 0.296 4 Don Hoak 0.294 5 Rocky Nelson 0.291

Home Runs

1 Dick Stuart 27 2 Bob Skinner 13 3 Smoky Burgess 11 4 Don Hoak 8 5 Bill Virdon 8

RBI

1 Dick Stuart 78 2 Don Hoak 65 3 Bob Skinner 61 4 Smoky Burgess 59 5 Bill Mazeroski 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dick Groat 147 593 74 163 0 0 5 51 32 35 0 0.275
Don Hoak 155 564 60 166 0 0 8 65 71 75 9 0.294
Bob Skinner 143 547 78 153 0 0 13 61 67 65 10 0.280
Bill Virdon 144 519 67 132 0 0 8 41 55 65 7 0.254
Bill Mazeroski 135 493 50 119 0 0 7 59 29 54 1 0.241
Roberto Clemente 105 432 60 128 0 0 4 50 15 51 2 0.296
Dick Stuart 118 397 64 118 0 0 27 78 42 86 1 0.297
Smoky Burgess 114 377 41 112 0 0 11 59 31 16 0 0.297
Roman Mejias 96 276 28 65 0 0 7 28 21 48 1 0.236
Rocky Nelson 98 175 31 51 0 0 6 32 23 19 0 0.291
Danny Kravitz 52 162 18 41 0 0 3 21 5 14 0 0.253
Dick Schofield 81 145 21 34 0 0 1 9 16 22 1 0.234
Ted Kluszewski 60 122 11 32 0 0 2 17 5 14 0 0.262
Vern Law 38 96 6 16 0 0 1 8 3 20 0 0.167
Harvey Haddix 31 83 3 12 0 0 0 5 3 17 0 0.145
Hank Foiles 53 80 10 18 0 0 3 4 7 16 0 0.225
Bob Friend 35 73 4 12 0 0 0 7 2 25 0 0.164
Ron Kline 38 59 4 8 0 0 0 6 1 23 0 0.136
Harry Bright 40 48 4 12 0 0 3 8 5 10 0 0.250
Bennie Daniels 36 29 4 9 0 0 1 3 5 10 0 0.310
Harry Simpson 9 15 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.267
Roy Face 58 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.231
Joe Christopher 15 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Red Witt 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.000
Ken Hamlin 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.125
R C Stevens 3 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.286
Fred Green 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
Ron Blackburn 26 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0.200
Al Jackson 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.200
Jim Umbricht 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Williams 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Don Gross 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dick Hall 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Smith 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Hardy Peterson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Giel 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Porterfield 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Roy Face 2.70 2 Vern Law 2.98 3 Fred Green 3.13 4 Harvey Haddix 3.13 5 Don Gross 3.55

Wins

1 Roy Face 18 2 Vern Law 18 3 Harvey Haddix 12 4 Ron Kline 11 5 Bob Friend 8

Strikeouts

1 Harvey Haddix 149 2 Vern Law 110 3 Bob Friend 104 4 Ron Kline 91 5 Roy Face 69
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Vern Law 18 9 2.98 34 33 1 266.0 53 110
Bob Friend 8 19 4.03 35 35 0 234.2 52 104
Harvey Haddix 12 12 3.13 31 29 0 224.1 49 149
Ron Kline 11 13 4.26 33 29 0 186.0 70 91
Bennie Daniels 7 9 5.45 34 12 1 100.2 39 67
Roy Face 18 1 2.70 57 0 10 93.1 25 69
Red Witt 0 7 6.93 15 11 0 50.2 32 30
Ron Blackburn 1 1 3.65 26 0 1 44.1 15 19
Fred Green 1 2 3.13 17 1 1 37.1 15 20
Don Gross 1 1 3.55 21 0 2 33.0 10 15
Bob Smith 0 0 3.49 20 0 0 28.1 17 12
Al Jackson 0 0 6.50 8 3 0 18.0 8 13
Don Williams 0 0 6.75 6 0 0 12.0 3 3
Dick Hall 0 0 3.12 2 1 0 8.2 1 3
Paul Giel 0 0 14.09 4 0 0 7.2 6 3
Jim Umbricht 0 0 6.43 1 1 0 7.0 4 3
Bob Porterfield 0 0 1.69 6 0 0 5.1 2 1

👥 Roster (37)

Ron Blackburn Harry Bright Smoky Burgess Joe Christopher Roberto Clemente Bennie Daniels Roy Face Hank Foiles Bob Friend Paul Giel Fred Green Dick Groat +25 more

37 players

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