1963 Pittsburgh Pirates

74-88 • 0.457 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
88 Losses
0.457 Win %
8th Rank
567 R 595 RA
Diff -28

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567 Runs Scored
595 Runs Allowed
-28 Run Diff
783K Attendance

📈 vs. 1963 NL Average

Batting Avg .250 2% above the 1963 league average (.245)
OBP .307 1% above the 1963 league average (.303)
SLG .308 1% below the 1963 league average (.311)
Team ERA 3.10 6% better than the 1963 league average (3.29)
Runs Scored 567 8% below the 1963 league average (618 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 783,735
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Avg per Game 9,675

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Roberto Clemente 0.320 2 Ron Brand 0.288 3 Smoky Burgess 0.280 4 Donn Clendenon 0.275 5 Bob Skinner 0.270

Home Runs

1 Roberto Clemente 17 2 Donn Clendenon 15 3 Bob Bailey 12 4 Jim Pagliaroni 11 5 Willie Stargell 11

RBI

1 Roberto Clemente 76 2 Donn Clendenon 57 3 Bill Virdon 53 4 Bill Mazeroski 52 5 Willie Stargell 47
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Roberto Clemente 152 600 77 192 0 0 17 76 31 64 12 0.320
Bob Bailey 154 570 60 130 0 0 12 45 58 98 10 0.228
Donn Clendenon 154 563 65 155 0 0 15 57 39 136 22 0.275
Bill Virdon 142 554 58 149 0 0 8 53 43 55 1 0.269
Dick Schofield 138 541 54 133 0 0 3 32 69 83 2 0.246
Bill Mazeroski 142 534 43 131 0 0 8 52 32 46 2 0.245
Willie Stargell 108 304 34 74 0 0 11 47 19 85 0 0.243
Smoky Burgess 91 264 20 74 0 0 6 37 24 14 0 0.280
Jim Pagliaroni 92 252 27 58 0 0 11 26 36 57 0 0.230
Jerry Lynch 88 237 26 63 0 0 10 36 22 28 0 0.266
Johnny Logan 81 181 15 42 0 0 0 9 23 27 0 0.232
Ted Savage 85 149 22 29 0 0 5 14 14 31 4 0.195
Manny Mota 59 126 20 34 0 0 0 7 7 18 0 0.270
Bob Skinner 34 122 18 33 0 0 0 8 13 22 4 0.270
Bob Friend 39 86 2 9 0 0 0 2 1 31 0 0.105
Don Cardwell 33 71 3 6 0 0 0 2 5 35 0 0.085
Ron Brand 46 66 8 19 0 0 1 7 10 11 0 0.288
Gene Alley 17 51 3 11 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 0.216
Don Schwall 33 50 3 8 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 0.160
Joe Gibbon 40 43 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 0.093
Al McBean 59 31 4 6 0 0 1 3 0 11 0 0.194
Earl Francis 34 26 1 8 0 0 0 3 0 12 0 0.308
Vern Law 21 23 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.217
Bob Veale 35 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 17 0 0.087
Elmo Plaskett 10 21 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.143
Tommie Sisk 57 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.062
Harvey Haddix 50 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.182
Roy Face 56 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.250
Larry Elliot 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Tom Butters 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.333
Julio Gotay 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Tom Parsons 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tom Sturdivant 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bob Veale 1.04 2 Bob Friend 2.34 3 Al McBean 2.57 4 Tommie Sisk 2.92 5 Don Cardwell 3.07

Wins

1 Bob Friend 17 2 Don Cardwell 13 3 Al McBean 13 4 Don Schwall 6 5 Joe Gibbon 5

Strikeouts

1 Bob Friend 144 2 Don Cardwell 112 3 Joe Gibbon 110 4 Don Schwall 86 5 Al McBean 74
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Friend 17 16 2.34 39 38 0 268.2 44 144
Don Cardwell 13 15 3.07 33 32 0 213.2 52 112
Don Schwall 6 12 3.33 33 24 0 167.2 74 86
Joe Gibbon 5 12 3.30 37 22 1 147.1 54 110
Al McBean 13 3 2.57 55 7 11 122.1 39 74
Tommie Sisk 1 3 2.92 57 4 1 108.0 45 73
Earl Francis 4 6 4.53 33 13 0 97.1 43 72
Bob Veale 5 2 1.04 34 7 3 77.2 40 68
Vern Law 4 5 4.93 18 12 0 76.2 13 31
Harvey Haddix 3 4 3.34 49 1 1 70.0 20 70
Roy Face 3 9 3.23 56 0 16 69.2 19 41
Tom Butters 0 0 4.41 6 1 0 16.1 8 11
Tom Sturdivant 0 0 6.48 3 0 0 8.1 4 6
Tom Parsons 0 1 8.31 1 1 0 4.1 2 2

👥 Roster (33)

Gene Alley Bob Bailey Ron Brand Smoky Burgess Tom Butters Don Cardwell Roberto Clemente Donn Clendenon Larry Elliot Roy Face Earl Francis Bob Friend +21 more

33 players

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