🏆 World Series Champions

1979 Pittsburgh Pirates

98-64 • 0.605 Win% • 1st in NL E

📊 Season Record

98 Wins
64 Losses
0.605 Win %
1st Rank
775 R 643 RA
Diff +132

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⚡ Quick Stats

775 Runs Scored
643 Runs Allowed
+132 Run Diff
1,435K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 NL Average

Batting Avg .272 4% above the 1979 league average (.260)
OBP .329 2% above the 1979 league average (.323)
SLG .350 8% above the 1979 league average (.325)
Team ERA 3.41 9% better than the 1979 league average (3.73)
Runs Scored 775 14% above the 1979 league average (682 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumThree Rivers Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,435,427
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Avg per Game 17,721

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bill Madlock 0.328 2 Dave Parker 0.310 3 Phil Garner 0.293 4 Tim Foli 0.291 5 Steve Nicosia 0.288

Home Runs

1 Willie Stargell 32 2 Dave Parker 25 3 Bill Robinson 24 4 John Milner 16 5 Phil Garner 11

RBI

1 Dave Parker 94 2 Willie Stargell 82 3 Bill Robinson 75 4 Omar Moreno 69 5 Tim Foli 65
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Omar Moreno 162 695 110 196 0 0 8 69 51 104 77 0.282
Dave Parker 158 622 109 193 0 0 25 94 67 101 20 0.310
Phil Garner 150 549 76 161 0 0 11 59 55 74 17 0.293
Tim Foli 133 525 70 153 0 0 1 65 28 14 6 0.291
Willie Stargell 126 424 60 119 0 0 32 82 47 105 0 0.281
Bill Robinson 148 421 59 111 0 0 24 75 24 81 13 0.264
Ed Ott 117 403 49 110 0 0 7 51 26 62 0 0.273
John Milner 128 326 52 90 0 0 16 60 53 37 3 0.276
Rennie Stennett 108 319 31 76 0 0 0 24 24 25 1 0.238
Bill Madlock 85 311 48 102 0 0 7 44 34 22 21 0.328
Steve Nicosia 70 191 22 55 0 0 4 13 23 17 0 0.288
Lee Lacy 84 182 17 45 0 0 5 15 22 36 6 0.247
Dale Berra 44 123 11 26 0 0 3 15 11 17 0 0.211
Manny Sanguillen 56 74 8 17 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 0.230
Bert Blyleven 38 70 1 9 0 0 0 3 0 33 0 0.129
John Candelaria 33 68 0 9 0 0 0 6 1 18 0 0.132
Bruce Kison 37 55 6 8 0 0 1 6 1 19 0 0.145
Mike Easler 55 54 8 15 0 0 2 11 8 13 0 0.278
Don Robinson 29 49 4 10 0 0 0 3 3 9 0 0.204
Jim Bibby 34 45 3 8 0 0 2 5 0 25 0 0.178
Frank Taveras 11 45 4 11 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0.244
Jim Rooker 19 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 0.121
Kent Tekulve 94 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.133
Matt Alexander 44 13 16 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0.538
Ed Whitson 19 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
Enrique Romo 84 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167
Grant Jackson 72 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.000
Joe Coleman 10 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.200
Dave Roberts 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.000
Doe Boyland 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dock Ellis 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Rhoden 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Gary Hargis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alberto Lois 11 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Kent Tekulve 2.75 2 Jim Bibby 2.81 3 Grant Jackson 2.96 4 Enrique Romo 2.99 5 Bruce Kison 3.19

Wins

1 John Candelaria 14 2 Bruce Kison 13 3 Jim Bibby 12 4 Bert Blyleven 12 5 Enrique Romo 10

Strikeouts

1 Bert Blyleven 172 2 Enrique Romo 106 3 Bruce Kison 105 4 Jim Bibby 103 5 John Candelaria 101
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bert Blyleven 12 5 3.60 37 37 0 237.1 92 172
John Candelaria 14 9 3.22 33 30 0 207.0 41 101
Bruce Kison 13 7 3.19 33 25 0 172.1 45 105
Don Robinson 8 8 3.87 29 25 0 160.2 52 96
Jim Bibby 12 4 2.81 34 17 0 137.2 47 103
Kent Tekulve 10 8 2.75 94 0 31 134.1 49 75
Enrique Romo 10 5 2.99 84 0 5 129.1 43 106
Jim Rooker 4 7 4.60 19 17 0 103.2 39 44
Grant Jackson 8 5 2.96 72 0 14 82.0 35 39
Ed Whitson 2 3 4.37 19 7 1 57.2 36 31
Dave Roberts 5 2 3.26 21 3 1 38.2 12 15
Joe Coleman 0 0 6.10 10 0 0 20.2 9 14
Dock Ellis 0 0 2.57 3 1 0 7.0 2 1
Rick Rhoden 0 1 7.20 1 1 0 5.0 2 2

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Championship
PIT def. CIN 3-0
World Series
PIT def. BAL 4-3

👥 Roster (34)

Matt Alexander Dale Berra Jim Bibby Bert Blyleven Doe Boyland John Candelaria Joe Coleman Mike Easler Dock Ellis Tim Foli Phil Garner Gary Hargis +22 more

34 players

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