⭐ Division Winner

1972 Pittsburgh Pirates

96-59 • 0.619 Win% • 1st in NL E

📊 Season Record

96 Wins
59 Losses
0.619 Win %
1st Rank
691 R 512 RA
Diff +179

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⚡ Quick Stats

691 Runs Scored
512 Runs Allowed
+179 Run Diff
1,427K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 NL Average

Batting Avg .274 10% above the 1972 league average (.248)
OBP .323 3% above the 1972 league average (.313)
SLG .334 7% above the 1972 league average (.313)
Team ERA 2.81 19% better than the 1972 league average (3.45)
Runs Scored 691 14% above the 1972 league average (605 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumThree Rivers Stadium
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 1,427,460
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Avg per Game 18,300

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Gene Clines 0.334 2 Vic Davalillo 0.318 3 Roberto Clemente 0.312 4 Al Oliver 0.312 5 Richie Hebner 0.300

Home Runs

1 Willie Stargell 33 2 Richie Hebner 19 3 Al Oliver 12 4 Bob Robertson 12 5 Roberto Clemente 10

RBI

1 Willie Stargell 112 2 Al Oliver 89 3 Richie Hebner 72 4 Manny Sanguillen 71 5 Roberto Clemente 60
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Al Oliver 140 565 88 176 0 0 12 89 34 44 2 0.312
Manny Sanguillen 136 520 55 155 0 0 7 71 21 38 1 0.298
Willie Stargell 138 495 74 145 0 0 33 112 65 129 1 0.293
Richie Hebner 124 427 63 128 0 0 19 72 52 54 0 0.300
Dave Cash 99 425 58 120 0 0 3 30 22 31 9 0.282
Roberto Clemente 102 378 68 118 0 0 10 60 29 49 0 0.312
Rennie Stennett 109 370 43 106 0 0 3 30 9 43 4 0.286
Vic Davalillo 117 368 60 117 0 0 4 28 26 44 14 0.318
Gene Alley 119 347 30 86 0 0 3 36 38 52 4 0.248
Gene Clines 107 311 52 104 0 0 0 17 16 47 12 0.334
Bob Robertson 115 306 25 59 0 0 12 41 41 84 1 0.193
Jackie Hernandez 72 176 12 33 0 0 1 14 9 43 0 0.188
Milt May 57 139 12 39 0 0 0 14 10 13 0 0.281
Jose Pagan 53 127 11 32 0 0 3 8 5 17 0 0.252
Steve Blass 35 82 8 15 0 0 0 3 2 22 0 0.183
Bob Moose 32 71 7 12 0 0 0 6 7 25 1 0.169
Nelson Briles 28 70 6 11 0 0 0 4 2 32 0 0.157
Bill Mazeroski 34 64 3 12 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 0.188
Dock Ellis 36 59 6 9 0 0 0 1 1 22 0 0.153
Bruce Kison 32 53 3 10 0 0 0 9 1 27 0 0.189
Richie Zisk 17 37 4 7 0 0 0 4 7 10 0 0.189
Bob Johnson 31 35 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 16 0 0.143
Luke Walker 26 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 0.083
Ramon Hernandez 53 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.167
Dave Giusti 54 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Chuck Goggin 5 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.286
Bob Miller 36 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Frank Taveras 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Fernando Gonzalez 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Gene Garber 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charlie Sands 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Veale 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim McKee 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ramon Hernandez 1.67 2 Dave Giusti 1.93 3 Steve Blass 2.49 4 Bob Miller 2.65 5 Dock Ellis 2.70

Wins

1 Steve Blass 19 2 Dock Ellis 15 3 Nelson Briles 14 4 Bob Moose 13 5 Bruce Kison 9

Strikeouts

1 Bob Moose 144 2 Nelson Briles 120 3 Steve Blass 117 4 Bruce Kison 102 5 Dock Ellis 96
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Steve Blass 19 8 2.49 33 32 0 249.2 84 117
Bob Moose 13 10 2.91 31 30 1 226.0 47 144
Nelson Briles 14 11 3.08 28 27 0 195.2 43 120
Dock Ellis 15 7 2.70 25 25 0 163.1 33 96
Bruce Kison 9 7 3.26 32 18 3 152.0 69 102
Bob Johnson 4 4 2.96 31 11 3 115.2 46 79
Luke Walker 4 6 3.40 26 12 2 92.2 34 48
Dave Giusti 7 4 1.93 54 0 22 74.2 20 54
Ramon Hernandez 5 0 1.67 53 0 14 70.0 22 47
Bob Miller 5 2 2.65 36 0 3 54.1 24 18
Bob Veale 0 0 6.00 5 0 0 9.0 7 6
Gene Garber 0 0 7.11 4 0 0 6.1 3 3
Jim McKee 1 0 0.00 2 0 0 5.0 1 4

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Championship
Lost to CIN 3-2

👥 Roster (33)

Gene Alley Steve Blass Nelson Briles Dave Cash Roberto Clemente Gene Clines Vic Davalillo Dock Ellis Gene Garber Dave Giusti Chuck Goggin Fernando Gonzalez +21 more

33 players

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