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1956 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 96-66
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 806
Runs Allowed: 661
Exp W-L: 96-66
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 2,395,557
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 56-81, 8th in the NL
AA: 65-72, 5th in the NL
A: 58-79, 7th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 1-4 to New York (N) Giants
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Joe Adcock 28 157 583 106 168 25 1 42 121 0 0 60 108 .288 .354 .551 .905 106.0 24.0 2.7
SS  Jack Lohrke 32 153 547 85 144 31 5 9 59 2 1 75 63 .263 .351 .388 .739 79.0 15.4 11.5
RF  Gus Zernial 33 155 571 102 167 24 1 41 111 1 0 49 113 .292 .350 .553 .904 102.9 23.2 3.2
SS  Willie Jones 30 139 473 62 113 16 0 18 72 0 0 54 78 .239 .317 .387 .704 54.3 7.1 6.0
3B *Joe Garagiola 30 130 414 76 110 18 3 12 56 0 0 63 69 .266 .364 .411 .774 59.4 10.8 4.8
CF *Bill White 22 126 411 67 98 15 7 19 59 2 1 49 73 .238 .320 .448 .767 60.7 10.8 2.3
C  Stan Lopata 30 111 362 74 79 17 0 22 65 3 1 83 115 .218 .362 .448 .810 63.5 12.5 1.2
2B  Tommy Glaviano 32 103 362 46 85 12 0 5 38 0 0 68 113 .235 .359 .309 .668 47.3 7.3 3.6
CF  Bob Cerv 30 126 391 56 114 21 2 18 62 1 0 38 63 .292 .350 .494 .844 62.4 12.8 2.5
1B *Bob Boyd 30 94 243 25 68 13 2 5 41 0 1 17 11 .280 .327 .412 .739 31.2 5.6 1.1
CF  Rip Repulski 28 65 181 21 52 14 1 7 38 0 0 8 28 .287 .318 .492 .809 26.7 5.4 1.7
C  Sam Calderone 30 82 162 18 38 7 0 0 16 0 0 8 9 .235 .269 .278 .547 11.4 0.1 0.3
P  Bob Friend 25 44 131 4 15 3 0 0 9 0 0 3 47 .115 .134 .137 .272 -1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Garcia 32 44 118 11 21 1 1 0 8 0 0 5 34 .178 .216 .203 .419 4.9 0.0 0.0
2B #Red Schoendienst 33 56 108 15 30 6 0 3 10 0 0 7 2 .278 .322 .417 .738 12.6 2.0 1.8
P  Ray Herbert 26 35 83 5 10 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 21 .120 .131 .169 .300 0.4 0.0 0.0
LF *Don Mueller 29 32 85 10 26 5 0 0 4 0 0 4 8 .306 .337 .365 .702 9.4 1.7 0.4
P *Jack Harshman 28 31 45 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 .156 .174 .156 .329 0.4 0.0 0.0
3B  Milt Bolling 25 20 46 3 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 10 .130 .167 .261 .428 1.2 0.0 0.6
P *Billy Hoeft 24 42 38 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .105 .105 .105 .211 -1.0 0.0 0.0
3B *Fred Hatfield 31 14 22 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .130 .136 .267 -0.6 0.0 0.4
P #Russ Meyer 32 51 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .059 .059 .059 .118 -0.8 0.0 0.0
LF *Eddie Waitkus 36 13 20 3 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .450 .429 .550 .979 4.3 1.2 0.0
3B *Johnny Pesky 36 26 17 6 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 .294 .333 .412 .745 1.9 0.3 0.1
CF *Jim Rivera 33 29 4 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.5 0.2 0.0
P  Hoyt Wilhelm 33 38 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 1.500 2.167 1.3 0.6 0.0
P  Clem Labine 29 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 1953 5439 806 1374 236 25 203 786 11 5 596 1005 .253 .327 .417 .744 737.3 140.9 44.1
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 4 6 5 7 3 4 6 2 3 8 6 4 4 4 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Bob Friend 25 31 8 .795 44 44 0 364.7 351 127 16 84 150 3.13 34.0
 Mike Garcia 32 19 20 .487 44 44 0 352.3 320 151 25 115 204 3.86 22.2
 Ray Herbert 26 19 14 .576 35 35 0 268.0 292 123 31 66 69 4.13 15.7
*Jack Harshman 28 10 8 .556 31 18 1 141.7 145 79 12 103 89 5.02 4.6
*Billy Hoeft 24 8 6 .571 42 13 1 127.0 113 58 17 45 84 4.11 7.8
 Russ Meyer 32 5 6 .455 51 8 3 107.3 115 53 9 49 48 4.44 5.1
 Clem Labine 29 1 1 .500 37 0 2 45.0 30 12 2 28 22 2.40 5.8
 Hoyt Wilhelm 33 3 3 .500 38 0 21 37.3 38 13 4 11 24 3.13 7.2
 Bob Chakales 28 0 0 .000 2 0 0 4.3 5 1 1 0 2 2.08 0.5
Team Totals 28.6 96 66 .593 324 162 28 1447.6 1409 617 117 501 692 3.84 102.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 5 2 5 6 1 2 2 7 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .995 31.3
S.Lopata 910.7 101 110 467 27 4 0 .992 14.3
J.Garagiola 276.0 32 32 136 10 1 1 .993 17.6
S.Calderone 260.0 29 31 108 3 0 0 1.000 33.3
P.Daley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1447.7 162 174 711 40 5 1 .993 17.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.44
J.Adcock 1300.0 149 150 1784 147 14 191 .993 13.37
B.Boyd 108.0 11 17 154 18 0 20 1.000 14.33
B.White 17.0 1 5 19 1 0 2 1.000 10.59
E.Waitkus 8.7 1 2 14 1 0 1 1.000 15.59
R.Schoendienst 8.0 0 3 10 1 0 3 1.000 12.38
F.Hatfield 3.0 0 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00
J.Garagiola 3.0 0 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 21.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 181 1991 170 14 217 .994 13.43
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.73
W.Jones 619.7 70 74 134 311 9 71 .980 6.46
T.Glaviano 403.7 46 49 109 205 6 52 .981 7.00
R.Schoendienst 136.0 16 20 30 86 2 20 .983 7.68
M.Bolling 56.0 7 8 11 28 1 8 .975 6.27
J.Pesky 5.6 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.82
J.Lohrke 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
F.Hatfield 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1224.6 140 156 285 633 18 152 .981 6.75
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.74
J.Garagiola 721.7 78 94 39 213 8 24 .969 3.14
W.Jones 510.0 61 62 37 142 8 14 .957 3.16
T.Glaviano 280.0 34 34 22 56 6 4 .929 2.51
R.Repulski 178.0 20 24 16 46 2 4 .969 3.13
F.Hatfield 19.7 2 4 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.75
J.Pesky 15.5 2 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.32
M.Bolling 13.3 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.68
Team Total 1738.2 198 231 116 466 24 46 .960 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.98
J.Lohrke 1252.0 147 153 228 627 13 131 .985 6.15
R.Schoendienst 99.7 9 20 16 48 1 11 .985 5.78
M.Bolling 37.0 4 6 7 16 0 4 1.000 5.59
W.Jones 22.0 0 8 6 10 0 4 1.000 6.55
F.Hatfield 21.0 2 5 4 11 0 3 1.000 6.43
J.Pesky 7.7 1 6 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.68
T.Glaviano 2.6 0 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 13.85
Team Total 1442.0 163 199 263 718 14 154 .986 6.12
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
B.White 1018.7 117 121 176 3 0 0 1.000 1.58
R.Repulski 149.7 17 17 36 3 1 0 .975 2.35
B.Boyd 147.0 19 20 22 2 0 2 1.000 1.47
B.Cerv 58.0 5 13 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.40
R.Schoendienst 22.7 0 9 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.40
G.Zernial 19.7 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
D.Mueller 18.0 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
F.Hatfield 14.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1447.6 162 194 253 9 1 3 .996 1.63
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.37
B.Cerv 842.7 93 105 177 6 2 2 .989 1.95
T.Glaviano 161.3 19 19 28 2 0 0 1.000 1.67
B.Boyd 160.0 18 23 35 0 5 0 .875 1.97
D.Mueller 147.0 18 19 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.47
R.Repulski 46.0 4 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
J.Rivera 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1360.0 152 179 270 8 7 2 .975 1.84
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
G.Zernial 1276.7 145 147 241 7 5 3 .980 1.75
B.Boyd 82.0 9 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
R.Repulski 28.0 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Mueller 27.0 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
E.Waitkus 18.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Rivera 8.3 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
J.Adcock 7.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
Team Total 1447.7 162 179 271 7 5 3 .982 1.73
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.20
B.Friend 364.7 44 44 35 63 1 6 .990 2.42
M.Garcia 352.3 44 44 27 82 4 7 .965 2.78
R.Herbert 268.0 35 35 22 61 2 4 .976 2.79
J.Harshman 141.7 18 31 6 34 0 2 1.000 2.54
B.Hoeft 127.0 13 42 10 29 3 4 .929 2.76
R.Meyer 107.3 8 51 5 26 0 4 1.000 2.60
C.Labine 45.0 0 37 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.40
H.Wilhelm 37.3 0 38 5 9 0 1 1.000 3.38
B.Chakales 4.3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.16
Team Total 1447.6 162 324 113 315 10 29 .977 2.66
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Zernial .292
On-Base Pct Adcock .354
Slugging Pct Zernial .553
OPS Adcock .905
XR Adcock 106.0
Games Adcock 157
At-Bats Adcock 583
Runs Adcock 106
Hits Adcock 168
Total Bases Adcock 321
Singles Zernial 101
Doubles Lohrke 31
Triples White 7
Homeruns Adcock 42
RBIs Adcock 121
Stolen Bases Lopata 3
Caught Stealing Boyd, Lohrke, Lopata, Rivera, White 1
Walks Lopata 83
Strikeouts Lopata 115
ERA Friend 3.13
Wins Friend 31
Losses Garcia 20
Winning Pct Friend .795
Saves Wilhelm 21
Games Pitched Meyer 51
Games Started Friend, Garcia 44
Complete Games Friend 22
Shutouts Friend 3
Innings Pitched Friend 364.7
Hits Allowed Friend 351
Homeruns Allowed Herbert 31
Strikeouts Garcia 204
Walks Allowed Garcia 115
Walks per 9IP Friend 2.1
Hits per 9IP Garcia 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Garcia 5.2
WHiP Friend 1.19
OAVG Garcia .244
OOBP Friend .295
OSLG Friend .341
OOPS Friend .635
Team All-Stars
Joe Adcock
Bob Friend
Gus Zernial
Player Salaries
Joe Adcock $ 5,971,429
Gus Zernial $ 5,300,000
Mike Garcia $ 5,000,000
Bob Friend $ 4,164,286
Stan Lopata $ 3,250,000
Bob Cerv $ 3,078,571
Hoyt Wilhelm $ 2,868,571
Willie Jones $ 2,760,000
Tommy Glaviano $ 2,750,000
Jack Lohrke $ 2,750,000
Ray Herbert $ 2,178,571
Jack Harshman $ 2,085,714
Joe Garagiola $ 2,000,000
Billy Hoeft $ 1,160,000
Rex Barney $ 750,000
Red Schoendienst $ 750,000
Russ Meyer $ 750,000
Red Munger $ 750,000
Eddie Waitkus $ 600,000
Clem Labine $ 350,000
Ray Lamanno $ 300,000
Milt Bolling $ 300,000
Bob Boyd $ 300,000
Sam Calderone $ 300,000
Bill White $ 300,000
Bob Chakales $ 300,000
Pete Daley $ 300,000
Jim Mallory $ 300,000
Jim Rivera $ 300,000
Don Mueller $ 300,000
Fred Hatfield $ 300,000
Rip Repulski $ 300,000
Dick Conger $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Roy Sievers
Eddie Yost
Karl Drews		 Tampa Bay Billy Hoeft
Billy Johnson
2/6 Signed     Johnny Pesky
2/9 Signed     Red Munger
2/9 Signed     Dick Conger
3/3 Traded Tex Clevenger
Billy Johnson		 Detroit Joe Garagiola
Jack Harshman
$1,000,000
6/1 Traded Luis Aloma St. Louis Tommy Glaviano
7/31 Traded Hooks Iott
Johnny Pesky
Hal Smith
Evelio Hernandez		 St. Louis Jack Littrell
$3,500,000
 
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