1969 Pittsburgh Pirates

88-74 • 0.543 Win% • 3rd in NL E

📊 Season Record

88 Wins
74 Losses
0.543 Win %
3rd Rank
725 R 652 RA
Diff +73

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

725 Runs Scored
652 Runs Allowed
+73 Run Diff
769K Attendance

📈 vs. 1969 NL Average

Batting Avg .276 11% above the 1969 league average (.250)
OBP .330 4% above the 1969 league average (.316)
SLG .340 7% above the 1969 league average (.317)
Team ERA 3.61 equal to the 1969 league average (3.60)
Runs Scored 725 10% above the 1969 league average (658 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 769,349
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Avg per Game 9,498

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Carl Taylor 0.348 2 Roberto Clemente 0.345 3 Matty Alou 0.331 4 Willie Stargell 0.307 5 Manny Sanguillen 0.303

Home Runs

1 Willie Stargell 29 2 Roberto Clemente 19 3 Al Oliver 17 4 Jose Pagan 9 5 Gene Alley 8

RBI

1 Willie Stargell 92 2 Roberto Clemente 91 3 Al Oliver 70 4 Manny Sanguillen 57 5 Matty Alou 48
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Matty Alou 162 698 105 231 0 0 1 48 42 35 22 0.331
Willie Stargell 145 522 89 160 0 0 29 92 61 120 1 0.307
Roberto Clemente 138 507 87 175 0 0 19 91 56 73 4 0.345
Al Oliver 129 463 55 132 0 0 17 70 21 38 8 0.285
Freddie Patek 147 460 48 110 0 0 5 32 53 86 15 0.239
Richie Hebner 129 459 72 138 0 0 8 47 53 53 4 0.301
Manny Sanguillen 129 459 62 139 0 0 5 57 12 48 8 0.303
Gene Alley 82 285 28 70 0 0 8 32 19 48 4 0.246
Jose Pagan 108 274 29 78 0 0 9 42 17 46 1 0.285
Bill Mazeroski 67 227 13 52 0 0 3 25 22 16 1 0.229
Carl Taylor 104 221 30 77 0 0 4 33 31 36 0 0.348
Jerry May 62 190 21 44 0 0 7 23 9 53 1 0.232
Jose Martinez 77 168 20 45 0 0 1 16 9 32 1 0.268
Bob Robertson 32 96 7 20 0 0 1 9 8 30 1 0.208
Steve Blass 44 84 12 21 0 0 1 9 1 16 0 0.250
Bob Veale 34 79 3 4 0 0 0 2 3 44 0 0.051
Dock Ellis 37 68 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 40 0 0.088
Ron Davis 62 64 10 15 0 0 0 4 7 14 0 0.234
Dave Cash 18 61 8 17 0 0 0 4 9 9 2 0.279
Bob Moose 44 53 4 4 0 0 0 1 6 25 0 0.075
Jim Bunning 25 47 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 12 0 0.043
Gary Kolb 29 37 4 3 0 0 0 3 2 14 0 0.081
Luke Walker 31 32 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 19 0 0.000
Johnny Jeter 28 29 7 9 0 0 1 6 3 15 1 0.310
Chuck Hartenstein 56 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.071
Bruce Dal Canton 57 10 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0.300
Joe Gibbon 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Ron Kline 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Angel Mangual 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Bo Belinsky 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Gene Garber 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Pedro Ramos 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Shellenback 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Brosseau 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lou Marone 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Joe Gibbon 1.93 2 Lou Marone 2.55 3 Bob Moose 2.91 4 Bob Veale 3.23 5 Bruce Dal Canton 3.34

Wins

1 Steve Blass 16 2 Bob Moose 14 3 Bob Veale 13 4 Dock Ellis 11 5 Jim Bunning 10

Strikeouts

1 Bob Veale 213 2 Dock Ellis 173 3 Bob Moose 165 4 Steve Blass 147 5 Jim Bunning 124
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Veale 13 14 3.23 34 34 0 225.2 91 213
Dock Ellis 11 17 3.58 35 33 0 218.2 76 173
Steve Blass 16 10 4.46 38 32 2 210.0 86 147
Bob Moose 14 3 2.91 44 19 4 170.0 62 165
Jim Bunning 10 9 3.81 25 25 0 156.0 49 124
Luke Walker 4 6 3.64 31 15 0 118.2 57 96
Chuck Hartenstein 5 4 3.95 56 0 10 95.2 27 44
Bruce Dal Canton 8 2 3.34 57 0 5 86.1 49 56
Joe Gibbon 5 1 1.93 35 0 9 51.1 17 35
Lou Marone 1 1 2.55 29 0 0 35.1 13 25
Ron Kline 1 3 5.81 20 0 3 31.0 5 15
Bo Belinsky 0 3 4.58 8 3 0 17.2 14 15
Jim Shellenback 0 0 3.24 8 0 0 16.2 4 7
Pedro Ramos 0 1 6.00 5 0 0 6.0 0 4
Gene Garber 0 0 5.40 2 1 0 5.0 1 3
Frank Brosseau 0 0 10.80 2 0 0 1.2 2 2

👥 Roster (35)

Gene Alley Matty Alou Bo Belinsky Steve Blass Frank Brosseau Jim Bunning Dave Cash Roberto Clemente Bruce Dal Canton Ron Davis Dock Ellis Gene Garber +23 more

35 players

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