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1959 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 71-91
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 723
Runs Allowed: 847
Exp W-L: 69-93
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,636,941
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 3rd in the NL
AA: 80-57, 1st in the NL
A: 58-79, 8th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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
RF  Rocky Colavito 25 157 545 101 167 34 0 41 127 0 0 72 80 .306 .386 .594 .980 114.9 31.2 2.2
CF *Bill White 25 157 542 83 155 25 7 25 94 1 0 71 99 .286 .367 .496 .863 93.2 22.7 1.7
2B  Don Demeter 24 157 564 87 132 21 3 36 99 1 0 44 125 .234 .290 .473 .763 75.7 13.5 4.0
LF *Harry Anderson 27 150 514 61 116 22 3 15 56 0 0 47 120 .226 .290 .368 .658 55.5 7.6 2.1
LF  Bob Bowman 28 144 456 68 139 25 5 7 46 0 0 30 81 .305 .352 .428 .779 63.8 14.7 3.4
2B *Joe Caffie 28 138 427 35 109 9 4 5 44 6 12 12 76 .255 .286 .330 .617 37.6 4.1 2.7
SS #Maury Wills 26 110 364 66 104 20 7 0 19 25 12 27 38 .286 .335 .379 .714 45.2 9.6 3.0
LF *George Altman 26 100 336 33 69 11 2 9 37 6 3 24 87 .205 .258 .330 .589 27.4 1.4 1.7
C  Gene Green 26 106 328 39 62 17 0 9 39 1 0 21 86 .189 .239 .323 .562 23.0 0.0 3.1
CF  Rip Repulski 31 105 245 27 53 9 2 9 36 0 0 10 52 .216 .245 .380 .625 22.5 2.2 1.6
1B *Bob Boyd 33 103 218 21 57 12 0 1 25 0 0 11 19 .261 .296 .330 .626 19.4 2.3 0.5
C *Faye Throneberry 28 51 177 22 42 12 2 5 25 3 3 14 45 .237 .293 .412 .706 19.4 3.0 1.8
C *Clint Courtney 32 85 172 26 52 7 0 3 21 0 0 7 15 .302 .337 .395 .732 22.1 4.4 1.4
P  Ken Johnson 26 43 116 4 11 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 48 .095 .103 .138 .240 -2.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Owens 25 40 77 4 9 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 35 .117 .128 .169 .297 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Bruce 26 33 76 5 10 2 0 1 8 0 0 0 27 .132 .130 .197 .327 0.9 0.0 0.0
3B  Milt Bolling 28 57 77 14 20 4 0 2 7 0 0 6 10 .260 .321 .390 .711 8.8 1.5 0.6
P  Bob Gibson 23 20 46 3 10 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 14 .217 .280 .239 .519 3.3 0.1 0.0
1B  Ralph Lapointe 37 22 54 6 14 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .259 .286 .296 .582 3.0 0.0 0.4
P  Ray Herbert 29 30 40 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 .125 .125 .175 .300 -0.1 0.0 0.0
LF *Don Mueller 32 42 47 8 13 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 3 .277 .277 .404 .681 4.2 0.6 0.1
1B *Gordy Coleman 24 8 27 3 5 1 0 2 5 0 0 3 4 .185 .267 .444 .711 3.6 0.7 0.1
P  Frank Sullivan 29 32 15 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .200 .294 .267 .561 1.4 0.3 0.0
C  Pete Daley 29 4 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .167 .231 .417 .647 0.7 0.0 0.2
P  Joe Landrum 30 51 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
3B *Bobby Young 34 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Clem Labine 32 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Henry 31 36 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Duliba 24 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Poholsky 29 23 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 28.2 2073 5493 723 1362 242 40 171 705 44 30 407 1098 .248 .301 .400 .701 642.9 120.1 30.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 5 6 4 2 5 5 2 7 7 6 6 7 5 5 5  
* - 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
 Ken Johnson 26 17 24 .415 43 43 0 344.3 374 170 43 79 198 4.44 17.2
 Jim Owens 25 11 17 .393 40 40 0 249.7 274 153 48 97 182 5.52 5.0
 Bob Bruce 26 11 16 .407 33 33 0 229.0 251 131 31 78 149 5.15 7.4
 Bob Gibson 23 8 9 .471 20 20 0 155.7 144 74 17 59 132 4.28 10.5
 Ray Herbert 29 8 11 .421 30 20 0 148.3 180 112 29 50 62 6.80 0.0
 Frank Sullivan 29 4 4 .500 32 6 1 74.3 91 39 5 19 34 4.72 4.5
 Joe Landrum 30 4 3 .571 51 0 5 64.3 63 25 7 14 47 3.50 7.7
 Bob Duliba 24 1 2 .333 41 0 8 43.0 39 14 1 20 26 2.93 6.7
*Bill Henry 31 3 1 .750 36 0 3 39.0 56 31 9 19 31 7.15 0.0
 Clem Labine 32 0 2 .000 21 0 0 31.7 37 24 5 24 17 6.82 0.0
 Tom Poholsky 29 1 0 1.000 23 0 1 24.3 26 18 7 10 18 6.66 0.1
 Howie Nunn 23 3 2 .600 20 0 12 15.0 11 8 2 9 14 4.80 3.2
 Russ Meyer 35 0 0 .000 6 0 0 7.0 9 6 2 4 6 7.71 0.0
Team Totals 27.8 71 91 .438 396 162 30 1425.6 1555 805 206 482 916 5.08 62.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 4 6 8 8 7 8 5 7 8  
* - 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 .997 31.5
G.Green 693.7 81 83 473 22 1 0 .998 35.3
F.Throneberry 405.0 47 48 252 16 0 0 1.000 14.3
C.Courtney 298.0 30 50 195 16 1 0 .995 42.9
P.Daley 29.0 4 4 24 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1425.7 162 185 944 55 2 0 .998 26.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.09
B.White 1221.7 141 143 1486 129 16 126 .990 11.90
B.Boyd 68.0 8 8 83 4 0 4 1.000 11.51
G.Coleman 65.0 8 8 79 8 1 7 .989 12.05
J.Caffie 51.0 5 8 62 3 1 2 .985 11.47
R.Repulski 10.0 0 3 9 2 0 1 1.000 9.90
D.Mueller 5.0 0 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 12.60
H.Anderson 3.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
D.Demeter 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1425.7 162 176 1731 146 18 140 .991 11.85
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.50
J.Caffie 867.7 101 108 206 356 6 70 .989 5.83
D.Demeter 378.0 44 45 70 154 5 30 .978 5.33
R.Lapointe 90.0 11 13 23 44 1 5 .985 6.70
M.Bolling 87.0 6 19 16 30 1 5 .979 4.76
B.Young 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1425.7 162 186 316 585 13 110 .986 5.69
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.66
D.Demeter 570.7 65 65 25 144 7 11 .960 2.67
M.Wills 422.0 51 52 25 105 5 7 .963 2.77
R.Repulski 395.0 44 56 21 104 6 8 .954 2.85
M.Bolling 25.0 1 8 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.52
R.Lapointe 12.0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75
B.Young 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1425.7 162 185 74 359 18 27 .960 2.73
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 4.73
B.Bowman 980.7 113 128 138 384 13 74 .976 4.79
M.Wills 359.3 43 52 49 165 7 22 .968 5.36
M.Bolling 56.7 4 14 7 29 0 4 1.000 5.72
R.Lapointe 17.0 2 3 4 5 0 2 1.000 4.76
D.Demeter 7.0 0 5 0 2 1 0 .667 2.57
B.Young 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
P.Daley 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.7 162 204 198 586 21 102 .974 4.95
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.74
H.Anderson 1161.7 135 138 206 10 5 4 .977 1.67
B.Boyd 138.0 16 20 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.43
B.White 60.0 7 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.65
R.Repulski 20.0 1 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.45
D.Mueller 15.0 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Caffie 13.0 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
R.Colavito 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
B.Bowman 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
F.Throneberry 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Altman 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.7 162 190 251 11 5 4 .981 1.65
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.36
G.Altman 778.7 88 93 196 2 7 1 .966 2.29
D.Demeter 317.0 37 38 98 3 1 2 .990 2.87
B.Boyd 128.0 15 20 16 0 6 0 .727 1.13
H.Anderson 73.0 8 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.47
B.Bowman 46.0 5 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.15
J.Caffie 37.0 4 5 8 0 1 0 .889 1.95
R.Repulski 30.0 3 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
D.Mueller 16.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1425.7 162 182 361 6 15 3 .961 2.32
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.76
R.Colavito 1259.7 145 148 240 12 9 4 .966 1.80
B.Boyd 76.0 9 12 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.49
J.Caffie 29.0 3 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79
G.Green 25.0 3 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72
R.Repulski 11.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
G.Altman 10.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Mueller 10.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Daley 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Throneberry 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1425.7 162 180 276 12 9 4 .970 1.82
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.02
K.Johnson 344.3 43 43 35 75 4 2 .965 2.88
J.Owens 249.7 40 40 12 38 3 4 .943 1.80
B.Bruce 229.0 33 33 17 48 2 1 .970 2.55
B.Gibson 155.7 20 20 9 16 0 2 1.000 1.45
R.Herbert 148.3 20 30 10 31 2 2 .953 2.49
F.Sullivan 74.3 6 32 8 13 1 1 .955 2.54
J.Landrum 64.3 0 51 8 8 1 1 .941 2.24
B.Duliba 43.0 0 41 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.67
B.Henry 39.0 0 36 0 9 0 0 1.000 2.08
C.Labine 31.7 0 21 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.99
T.Poholsky 24.3 0 23 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.22
H.Nunn 15.0 0 20 2 8 0 1 1.000 6.00
R.Meyer 7.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1425.6 162 396 108 262 13 14 .966 2.34
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Colavito .306
On-Base Pct Colavito .386
Slugging Pct Colavito .594
OPS Colavito .980
XR Colavito 114.9
Games Demeter, Colavito, White 157
At-Bats Demeter 564
Runs Colavito 101
Hits Colavito 167
Total Bases Colavito 324
Singles Bowman 102
Doubles Colavito 34
Triples White, Wills 7
Homeruns Colavito 41
RBIs Colavito 127
Stolen Bases Wills 25
Caught Stealing Caffie, Wills 12
Walks Colavito 72
Strikeouts Demeter 125
ERA Johnson 4.44
Wins Johnson 17
Losses Johnson 24
Winning Pct Gibson .471
Saves Nunn 12
Games Pitched Landrum 51
Games Started Johnson 43
Complete Games Johnson 25
Shutouts Johnson 3
Innings Pitched Johnson 344.3
Hits Allowed Johnson 374
Homeruns Allowed Owens 48
Strikeouts Johnson 198
Walks Allowed Owens 97
Walks per 9IP Johnson 2.1
Hits per 9IP Johnson 9.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Owens 6.6
WHiP Johnson 1.32
OAVG Owens .274
OOBP Johnson .318
OSLG Johnson .441
OOPS Johnson .759
Team All-Stars
Don Demeter
Bill White
Player Salaries
Rocky Colavito $ 5,128,571
Charlie Maxwell $ 5,121,432
Clint Courtney $ 4,500,000
Pat Seerey $ 4,001,111
Jim Owens $ 3,821,429
Ray Herbert $ 2,500,000
Tom Poholsky $ 2,500,000
Joe Landrum $ 2,250,000
Roy Hartsfield $ 2,000,000
Bill Henry $ 1,150,000
Frank Sullivan $ 1,000,002
Clem Labine $ 757,500
Ralph Lapointe $ 500,000
Bobby Young $ 320,000
Johnny Temple $ 310,000
Bob Gibson $ 300,000
Harry Anderson $ 300,000
Milt Bolling $ 300,000
Bob Bowman $ 300,000
Bob Boyd $ 300,000
Bob Bruce $ 300,000
Joe Caffie $ 300,000
Maury Wills $ 300,000
Gordy Coleman $ 300,000
Bill White $ 300,000
Pete Daley $ 300,000
Ken Johnson $ 300,000
Bob Duliba $ 300,000
Howie Nunn $ 300,000
Gene Green $ 300,000
Faye Throneberry $ 300,000
George Altman $ 300,000
Rip Repulski $ 300,000
Don Mueller $ 300,000
Don Demeter $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Billy Hoeft Montreal Don Demeter
2/2 Signed     Frank Sullivan
2/7 Signed     Roy Hartsfield
4/2 Released Stan Hollmig    
4/2 Released Jim Rivera    
4/2 Released Jim Delsing    
4/2 Released Billy Hunter    
4/2 Released Jim Robertson    
4/2 Released Tom Lasorda    
4/2 Released Glenn Cox    
4/2 Released Jose Santiago    
4/2 Released Carmen Mauro    
4/2 Released Lou Sleater    
4/2 Released Fred Hatfield    
4/2 Released Leo Cristante    
5/1 Released Russ Meyer    
 
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