1968 Pittsburgh Pirates

80-82 • 0.494 Win% • 6th in NL

📊 Season Record

80 Wins
82 Losses
0.494 Win %
6th Rank
583 R 532 RA
Diff +51

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⚡ Quick Stats

583 Runs Scored
532 Runs Allowed
+51 Run Diff
693K Attendance

📈 vs. 1968 NL Average

Batting Avg .252 4% above the 1968 league average (.243)
OBP .304 2% above the 1968 league average (.297)
SLG .295 1% above the 1968 league average (.291)
Team ERA 2.74 8% better than the 1968 league average (2.99)
Runs Scored 583 5% above the 1968 league average (558 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 693,386
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Avg per Game 8,560

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Matty Alou 0.332 2 Manny Jimenez 0.303 3 Roberto Clemente 0.291 4 Manny Mota 0.281 5 Maury Wills 0.278

Home Runs

1 Willie Stargell 24 2 Roberto Clemente 18 3 Donn Clendenon 17 4 Gene Alley 4 5 Jose Pagan 4

RBI

1 Donn Clendenon 87 2 Willie Stargell 67 3 Roberto Clemente 57 4 Matty Alou 52 5 Bill Mazeroski 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Maury Wills 153 627 76 174 0 0 0 31 45 57 52 0.278
Donn Clendenon 158 584 63 150 0 0 17 87 47 163 10 0.257
Matty Alou 146 558 59 185 0 0 0 52 27 26 18 0.332
Bill Mazeroski 143 506 36 127 0 0 3 42 38 38 3 0.251
Roberto Clemente 132 502 74 146 0 0 18 57 51 77 2 0.291
Gene Alley 133 474 48 116 0 0 4 39 39 78 13 0.245
Willie Stargell 128 435 57 103 0 0 24 67 47 105 5 0.237
Jerry May 137 416 26 91 0 0 1 33 41 80 0 0.219
Manny Mota 111 331 35 93 0 0 1 33 20 19 4 0.281
Freddie Patek 61 208 31 53 0 0 2 18 12 37 18 0.255
Jose Pagan 80 163 24 36 0 0 4 21 11 32 2 0.221
Gary Kolb 74 119 16 26 0 0 2 6 11 17 2 0.218
Bob Veale 36 82 2 9 0 0 0 1 2 53 0 0.110
Steve Blass 35 80 7 11 0 0 0 8 2 30 0 0.138
Carl Taylor 44 71 5 15 0 0 0 7 10 10 1 0.211
Al McBean 43 67 5 13 0 0 1 8 1 17 0 0.194
Manny Jimenez 66 66 7 20 0 0 1 11 6 15 0 0.303
Chris Cannizzaro 25 58 5 14 0 0 1 7 9 13 0 0.241
Bob Moose 38 54 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 22 0 0.093
Jim Bunning 27 51 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 17 0 0.098
Dock Ellis 27 29 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 0.069
Tommie Sisk 33 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 0.083
Ron Kline 56 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.000
Chuck Hiller 11 13 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.385
Al Oliver 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.125
Luke Walker 39 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Roy Face 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bruce Dal Canton 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Henry 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bill Virdon 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0.333
Dave Wickersham 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.333
Juan Pizarro 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Richie Hebner 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ron Kline 1.68 2 Luke Walker 2.04 3 Bob Veale 2.05 4 Steve Blass 2.12 5 Dock Ellis 2.51

Wins

1 Steve Blass 18 2 Bob Veale 13 3 Ron Kline 12 4 Al McBean 9 5 Bob Moose 8

Strikeouts

1 Bob Veale 171 2 Steve Blass 132 3 Bob Moose 126 4 Al McBean 100 5 Jim Bunning 95
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Veale 13 14 2.05 36 33 0 245.1 94 171
Steve Blass 18 6 2.12 33 31 0 220.1 57 132
Al McBean 9 12 3.58 36 28 0 198.1 63 100
Bob Moose 8 12 2.73 38 22 3 171.1 41 126
Jim Bunning 4 14 3.88 27 26 0 160.0 48 95
Ron Kline 12 5 1.68 56 0 7 112.2 31 48
Dock Ellis 6 5 2.51 26 10 0 104.0 38 52
Tommie Sisk 5 5 3.28 33 11 1 96.0 35 41
Luke Walker 0 3 2.04 39 2 3 61.2 39 66
Roy Face 2 4 2.60 43 0 13 52.0 7 34
Dave Wickersham 1 0 3.48 11 0 1 20.2 13 9
Bruce Dal Canton 1 1 2.12 7 0 2 17.0 6 8
Bill Henry 0 0 8.10 10 0 0 16.2 3 9
Juan Pizarro 1 1 3.27 12 0 0 11.0 10 6

👥 Roster (33)

Gene Alley Matty Alou Steve Blass Jim Bunning Chris Cannizzaro Roberto Clemente Donn Clendenon Bruce Dal Canton Dock Ellis Roy Face Richie Hebner Bill Henry +21 more

33 players

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