1958 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 65-97
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 640
Runs Allowed: 791
Exp W-L: 65-97
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,833,291
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 5th in the NL
AA: 62-75, 4th in the NL
A: 77-60, 3rd in the NL
 
 
 
 
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
CF *Bill White 24 156 580 79 155 33 11 26 86 1 1 64 95 .267 .338 .497 .835 93.9 16.8 3.5
LF *Harry Anderson 26 155 538 58 134 22 1 17 76 0 0 48 86 .249 .313 .388 .701 65.1 8.2 2.6
C *Faye Throneberry 27 145 536 69 134 25 5 13 51 4 1 42 99 .250 .306 .388 .694 61.4 7.8 4.3
LF *Charlie Maxwell 31 140 382 69 84 16 2 19 50 9 4 65 75 .220 .334 .421 .756 59.2 9.0 1.3
1B  Ralph Lapointe 36 131 400 41 108 10 0 6 44 0 0 21 65 .270 .305 .340 .645 38.1 3.4 4.7
CF  Rip Repulski 30 113 335 38 84 12 1 13 36 0 0 16 55 .251 .288 .409 .697 36.8 4.2 2.9
LF  Bob Nieman 31 77 298 32 78 19 1 7 28 0 0 27 46 .262 .320 .403 .723 38.5 5.2 1.3
RF  Rocky Colavito 24 77 286 55 96 23 5 24 66 0 0 29 57 .336 .396 .703 1.099 69.3 16.0 1.3
C  Gene Green 25 81 273 19 53 6 0 9 31 0 0 18 75 .194 .246 .315 .561 21.2 0.1 1.6
2B *Joe Caffie 27 78 264 25 67 7 2 4 29 6 6 13 53 .254 .295 .341 .636 25.6 2.2 2.9
DH  Pat Seerey 35 118 237 29 48 5 1 11 28 1 0 44 82 .203 .327 .371 .699 31.4 4.0 0.9
3B *Fred Hatfield 33 78 194 20 48 4 1 2 14 1 0 23 41 .247 .326 .309 .635 20.1 1.8 2.2
LF  Bob Bowman 27 52 166 14 35 3 0 6 15 0 0 13 38 .211 .279 .337 .616 16.4 1.2 2.0
1B *Bob Boyd 32 80 111 10 26 8 1 0 8 1 0 8 12 .234 .279 .324 .603 10.2 0.5 0.3
P *Billy Hoeft 26 40 93 6 15 5 0 1 9 0 0 3 37 .161 .188 .247 .435 3.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Milt Bolling 27 51 90 9 12 1 0 1 3 0 0 15 11 .133 .259 .178 .437 6.2 0.0 1.3
P  Ray Herbert 28 35 90 7 21 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .233 .255 .244 .500 5.6 0.0 0.0
1B *Ed Stevens 33 55 91 9 25 6 0 1 13 0 0 8 13 .275 .330 .374 .704 10.4 1.3 0.4
C *Clint Courtney 31 31 90 9 13 2 0 2 7 0 0 9 5 .144 .230 .233 .463 3.7 0.0 0.5
C  Pete Daley 28 33 89 10 19 8 0 1 4 0 0 7 17 .213 .268 .337 .605 7.4 0.1 0.4
2B  Johnny Temple 30 72 83 15 23 3 0 0 7 1 0 11 4 .277 .362 .313 .675 10.6 1.6 1.0
P  Ken Johnson 25 27 75 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 31 .107 .117 .133 .250 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Friend 27 22 49 5 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 23 .143 .157 .184 .341 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Owens 24 20 45 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 23 .067 .067 .133 .200 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P #Russ Meyer 34 36 37 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .027 .027 .027 .054 -2.5 0.0 0.0
LF *Gene Woodling 35 20 35 5 6 1 0 3 6 0 0 1 9 .171 .194 .457 .652 3.3 0.1 0.1
P *Bill Henry 30 59 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.4 0.0 0.0
LF *Don Mueller 31 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
CF *Jim Rivera 35 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .250 .200 .250 .450 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Landrum 29 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Poholsky 28 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Hoyt Wilhelm 35 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2093 5492 640 1306 225 32 166 625 25 12 490 1099 .238 .301 .381 .682 632.4 83.4 35.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 8 6 6 6 7 2 6 6 8 8 7 6 7 7  
* - 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
*Billy Hoeft 26 13 18 .419 40 40 0 295.0 297 136 34 94 176 4.15 18.4
 Ray Herbert 28 14 16 .467 35 35 0 264.7 315 125 31 79 101 4.25 15.9
 Ken Johnson 25 12 14 .462 27 27 0 218.3 229 103 20 55 118 4.25 12.2
 Bob Friend 27 6 12 .333 22 22 0 165.0 210 83 12 32 65 4.53 7.6
 Russ Meyer 34 4 14 .222 36 18 2 150.3 163 84 25 77 68 5.03 3.6
 Jim Owens 24 6 7 .462 20 6 0 130.3 120 57 19 40 91 3.94 8.1
*Bill Henry 30 6 7 .462 59 0 3 78.7 77 41 11 29 42 4.69 5.3
 Tom Poholsky 28 1 0 1.000 41 0 2 53.7 56 38 13 24 24 6.37 0.3
 Joe Landrum 29 0 1 .000 18 0 0 32.3 36 13 4 5 21 3.62 2.3
 Clem Labine 31 3 4 .429 37 0 9 30.7 35 19 2 20 20 5.58 2.4
 Hoyt Wilhelm 35 0 4 .000 27 0 1 28.3 32 19 1 17 18 6.04 0.0
Team Totals 28.8 65 97 .401 362 148 17 1447.3 1570 718 172 472 744 4.46 76.0
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 8 7 6 8 4 5 3 8 5  
* - 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 30.8
G.Green 660.0 75 76 342 19 1 0 .997 20.0
F.Throneberry 365.7 42 46 212 6 1 0 .995 8.3
C.Courtney 211.0 22 30 107 8 0 0 1.000 25.0
P.Daley 210.7 23 28 104 5 1 0 .991 0.0
Team Total 1447.3 162 180 765 38 3 0 .996 15.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.38
B.White 1298.3 146 146 1680 147 8 161 .996 12.66
E.Stevens 149.5 26 28 170 17 2 16 .989 11.26
P.Seerey 35.0 4 4 56 3 1 7 .983 15.17
B.Boyd 19.0 2 3 19 3 1 4 .957 10.42
R.Lapointe 18.0 2 2 16 1 0 2 1.000 8.50
Team Total 1519.8 180 183 1941 171 12 190 .994 12.51
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.62
J.Caffie 651.3 75 77 166 294 9 75 .981 6.36
F.Hatfield 413.0 50 53 103 188 17 42 .945 6.34
R.Lapointe 282.3 33 37 59 130 5 32 .974 6.02
J.Temple 85.3 4 27 19 41 2 7 .968 6.33
M.Bolling 15.3 0 8 3 7 0 3 1.000 5.87
Team Total 1447.3 162 202 350 660 33 159 .968 6.28
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.84
R.Repulski 690.0 76 95 48 180 10 14 .958 2.97
R.Lapointe 661.0 82 82 44 195 9 25 .964 3.25
F.Hatfield 63.0 4 16 6 19 3 4 .893 3.57
J.Temple 25.0 0 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 3.24
M.Bolling 8.3 0 7 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.32
Team Total 1447.3 162 209 100 405 22 45 .958 3.14
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.95
F.Throneberry 608.3 69 77 93 272 13 47 .966 5.40
B.Bowman 423.7 51 52 65 177 7 33 .972 5.14
M.Bolling 232.7 25 34 34 109 6 21 .960 5.53
J.Temple 108.7 9 27 19 46 1 9 .985 5.38
F.Hatfield 50.0 6 6 4 26 1 5 .968 5.40
R.Lapointe 24.0 2 7 6 14 1 6 .952 7.50
Team Total 1447.3 162 203 221 644 29 121 .968 5.38
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.87
C.Maxwell 832.7 99 102 155 2 2 0 .987 1.70
B.Nieman 459.2 49 53 108 4 3 1 .974 2.20
H.Anderson 182.3 20 23 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.43
G.Woodling 54.6 12 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
P.Seerey 31.0 3 6 6 1 1 0 .875 2.03
R.Colavito 29.5 3 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.75
B.White 19.0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47
B.Boyd 18.0 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Stevens 7.7 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
F.Throneberry 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1635.0 188 216 327 8 6 1 .982 1.84
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.37
H.Anderson 1077.3 123 127 247 10 4 1 .985 2.15
F.Throneberry 167.3 20 20 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.47
P.Seerey 101.0 10 19 35 1 2 0 .947 3.21
B.Boyd 79.3 9 13 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.27
J.Rivera 10.3 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
R.Repulski 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Green 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Bolling 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Woodling 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.8 162 190 350 12 6 1 .984 2.26
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.86
R.Colavito 585.4 56 57 127 3 1 1 .992 2.00
P.Seerey 315.3 38 39 54 0 3 0 .947 1.54
B.Nieman 203.6 21 22 35 1 2 1 .947 1.59
B.Boyd 35.0 5 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
R.Repulski 15.0 1 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
E.Stevens 14.7 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
G.Woodling 12.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Mueller 4.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16
P.Daley 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Rivera 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1188.0 124 138 236 4 6 2 .976 1.82
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.13
B.Hoeft 295.0 40 40 14 81 1 8 .990 2.90
R.Herbert 264.7 35 35 23 68 1 5 .989 3.09
K.Johnson 218.3 27 27 20 36 4 5 .933 2.31
B.Friend 165.0 22 22 13 28 1 2 .976 2.24
R.Meyer 150.3 18 36 9 29 0 1 1.000 2.27
J.Owens 130.3 6 20 6 22 1 1 .966 1.93
B.Henry 78.7 0 59 5 9 1 0 .933 1.60
T.Poholsky 53.7 0 41 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.68
J.Landrum 32.3 0 18 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.95
C.Labine 30.7 0 37 1 5 2 0 .750 1.76
H.Wilhelm 28.3 0 27 5 4 0 1 1.000 2.86
Team Total 1447.3 148 362 101 294 11 24 .973 2.46
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average White .267
On-Base Pct White .338
Slugging Pct White .497
OPS White .835
XR White 93.9
Games White 156
At-Bats White 580
Runs White 79
Hits White 155
Total Bases White 288
Singles Anderson 94
Doubles White 33
Triples White 11
Homeruns White 26
RBIs White 86
Stolen Bases Maxwell 9
Caught Stealing Caffie 6
Walks Maxwell 65
Strikeouts Throneberry 99
ERA Hoeft 4.15
Wins Herbert 14
Losses Hoeft 18
Winning Pct Herbert .467
Saves Labine 9
Games Pitched Henry 59
Games Started Hoeft 40
Complete Games Johnson 14
Shutouts Johnson 3
Innings Pitched Hoeft 295.0
Hits Allowed Herbert 315
Homeruns Allowed Hoeft 34
Strikeouts Hoeft 176
Walks Allowed Hoeft 94
Walks per 9IP Friend 1.7
Hits per 9IP Hoeft 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Hoeft 5.4
WHiP Johnson 1.30
OAVG Hoeft .261
OOBP Johnson .315
OSLG Johnson .397
OOPS Johnson .712
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Gene Woodling $ 14,865,890
Charlie Maxwell $ 5,121,432
Clint Courtney $ 4,500,000
Pat Seerey $ 4,001,111
Bill Howerton $ 3,750,000
Hoyt Wilhelm $ 2,868,571
Ray Herbert $ 2,500,000
Billy Hoeft $ 2,500,000
Tom Poholsky $ 2,500,000
Joe Landrum $ 2,250,000
Bill Henry $ 1,150,000
Clem Labine $ 757,500
Russ Meyer $ 750,000
Ralph Lapointe $ 500,000
Bobby Young $ 320,000
Johnny Temple $ 310,000
Faye Throneberry $ 300,000
Milt Bolling $ 300,000
Bob Bowman $ 300,000
Bob Boyd $ 300,000
Joe Caffie $ 300,000
Rocky Colavito $ 300,000
Bill White $ 300,000
Pete Daley $ 300,000
Ken Johnson $ 300,000
Fred Hatfield $ 300,000
Jim Rivera $ 300,000
Rip Repulski $ 300,000
Harry Anderson $ 300,000
Jim Owens $ 300,000
Don Mueller $ 300,000
Gene Green $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Clint Courtney
2/5 Signed     Johnny Temple
2/8 Signed     Bobby Young
2/12 Signed     Joe Landrum
2/13 Traded Mike Garcia Tampa Bay Bill Henry
2/17 Signed     Pat Seerey
2/19 Signed     Bob Nieman
2/21 Traded Willie Jones
Jack Lohrke
Red Schoendienst
Bob Chakales
Detroit Jose Santiago
2/21 Traded Sam Calderone
Gus Zernial
Jack Harshman
Sam Mele
San Diego Bill Connelly
2/27 Signed     Tom Poholsky
4/2 Released Cal Hogue    
4/2 Released Jim Bolger    
7/1 Traded Bob Nieman
Ed Stevens
Brooklyn Bill Howerton
Gene Woodling
7/1 Traded Bob Friend New York (N) Rocky Colavito
Jim Owens