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1965 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 55-107
Finish: 5th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 532
Runs Allowed: 778
Exp W-L: 54-108
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,454,362
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 80-57, 3rd in the National League
AA: 76-61, 2nd in the National League
A: 88-49, 2nd in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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
1B *Willie Davis 25 155 605 55 146 27 4 10 47 18 7 13 86 .241 .259 .349 .608 47.5 4.6 2.0
2B *Joe Caffie 34 154 568 73 167 12 3 3 47 10 10 28 106 .294 .332 .342 .674 61.7 12.9 2.2
LF *Harry Anderson 33 156 532 48 114 22 7 12 66 1 1 50 119 .214 .287 .350 .637 56.3 8.6 1.6
2B  Nelson Mathews 23 155 541 61 115 26 6 21 76 1 4 43 130 .213 .269 .399 .668 56.0 8.3 3.2
3B  Johnny Schaive 31 149 542 39 138 32 1 5 44 0 0 16 74 .255 .279 .345 .624 44.5 6.2 5.4
LF *George Altman 32 143 473 68 102 27 4 14 44 23 5 42 100 .216 .283 .378 .661 51.2 8.5 2.3
SS  Jerry Kindall 30 144 418 37 73 16 4 5 25 0 0 19 106 .175 .215 .268 .483 19.0 0.0 5.9
C *Jesse Gonder 29 132 398 20 82 7 1 7 31 0 0 24 82 .206 .258 .281 .539 27.1 0.9 4.0
CF  Cleon Jones 22 142 378 54 115 13 4 14 52 0 3 28 64 .304 .357 .471 .828 59.1 15.9 1.6
C *Faye Throneberry 34 130 332 26 87 8 8 0 27 3 2 12 73 .262 .291 .334 .625 25.7 2.8 3.3
2B  Leo Burke 31 81 128 10 26 3 0 3 12 0 0 8 36 .203 .255 .297 .552 9.3 0.6 1.3
P  Tony Cloninger 24 41 104 6 24 3 0 0 6 0 1 1 29 .231 .238 .260 .498 5.9 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Gibson 29 42 97 4 15 0 0 3 5 0 0 1 36 .155 .163 .247 .411 3.5 0.0 0.0
CF  Charlie James 27 62 93 13 24 5 0 4 14 0 0 5 23 .258 .296 .441 .737 11.5 2.5 0.4
P  Ray Herbert 35 38 84 3 15 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 28 .179 .188 .214 .403 2.0 0.0 0.0
P  Fergie Jenkins 22 34 83 1 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 25 .133 .143 .145 .287 -0.4 0.0 0.0
CF  Billy Cowan 26 44 38 6 11 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 10 .289 .289 .474 .763 4.5 1.0 0.0
C  Gene Green 32 20 20 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 9 .250 .286 .400 .686 1.6 0.2 0.0
LF  Brant Alyea 24 15 17 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .176 .222 .353 .575 1.5 0.0 0.0
2B  George Williams 25 18 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.8 0.1 0.1
3B  Milt Bolling 34 26 12 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .250 .357 .583 .940 2.5 0.8 0.2
P  Tex Clevenger 32 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Phil Niekro 26 68 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.5 0.2 0.0
SS  Jack Littrell 36 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.1
P *Arnold Earley 32 76 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Tiefenauer 35 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Heffner 26 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 2079 5508 532 1281 208 43 105 512 56 33 298 1150 .233 .275 .343 .618 489.4 74.1 33.7
  Rank among 10 NL teams 7 9 8 8 1 8 9 7 4 10 10 8 10 8 8 10  
* - 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
 Tony Cloninger 24 12 17 .414 41 41 0 336.3 349 135 35 95 215 3.61 20.6
 Bob Gibson 29 12 27 .308 42 42 0 307.3 319 172 48 122 210 5.04 4.1
 Ray Herbert 35 8 24 .250 38 38 0 267.3 325 148 45 68 86 4.98 1.6
 Fergie Jenkins 22 7 16 .304 34 34 0 263.3 262 110 23 53 167 3.76 13.8
*Arnold Earley 32 5 4 .556 76 0 7 98.3 90 43 12 51 64 3.94 6.9
 Phil Niekro 26 4 10 .286 68 1 6 86.7 86 34 8 31 36 3.53 7.3
 Tex Clevenger 32 0 3 .000 5 5 0 33.3 37 16 7 8 16 4.32 0.9
 Bob Heffner 26 3 4 .429 21 1 1 30.7 36 17 5 6 18 4.99 1.0
 Bobby Tiefenauer 35 4 2 .667 25 0 1 28.0 34 18 8 7 10 5.79 0.5
 Milt Bolling 34 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 29.5 55 107 .340 351 162 16 1452.3 1538 693 191 441 822 4.29 57.1
Rank among 10 NL teams 9 9 9 9 8 10 9 9 4 8 9  
* - 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 .991 34.9
J.Gonder 936.7 102 114 566 57 11 2 .983 40.4
F.Throneberry 510.0 60 62 293 19 3 1 .990 25.0
B.Cowan 3.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
G.Green 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1452.3 162 178 862 76 14 3 .985 35.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.24
H.Anderson 1246.3 140 141 1427 105 11 111 .993 11.06
C.Jones 118.0 13 16 138 19 2 20 .987 11.97
J.Caffie 43.0 5 5 52 4 0 9 1.000 11.72
F.Throneberry 35.0 3 7 36 3 1 5 .975 10.03
J.Gonder 8.0 1 1 10 1 0 1 1.000 12.38
N.Mathews 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1452.3 162 171 1665 133 14 146 .992 11.14
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.61
J.Schaive 1253.0 147 148 292 518 8 94 .990 5.82
L.Burke 117.3 12 22 29 61 1 15 .989 6.90
J.Caffie 45.0 2 16 5 17 2 4 .917 4.40
G.Williams 13.0 1 5 4 5 0 1 1.000 6.23
M.Bolling 12.7 0 9 0 8 0 0 1.000 5.69
J.Kindall 7.0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57
N.Mathews 4.3 0 3 2 2 1 0 .800 8.31
Team Total 1452.3 162 207 332 613 12 114 .987 5.86
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.72
N.Mathews 1265.3 145 148 90 264 15 16 .959 2.52
L.Burke 144.0 14 27 7 26 3 1 .917 2.06
G.Williams 13.0 1 6 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.38
G.Green 9.0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Littrell 7.0 1 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 7.71
M.Bolling 5.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
J.Kindall 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Schaive 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1452.3 162 192 100 304 18 18 .957 2.50
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.90
J.Kindall 1126.7 140 143 183 463 18 94 .973 5.16
F.Throneberry 210.7 14 50 40 87 3 19 .977 5.43
L.Burke 76.0 5 24 13 25 0 3 1.000 4.50
M.Bolling 21.0 1 10 3 7 1 2 .909 4.29
G.Williams 10.0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 5.40
J.Littrell 8.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1452.3 162 231 245 585 22 118 .974 5.14
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.87
W.Davis 1266.0 145 146 269 6 5 2 .982 1.95
C.Jones 120.3 13 16 35 0 1 0 .972 2.62
J.Caffie 26.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.Cowan 14.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
G.Altman 11.0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
H.Anderson 9.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
G.Green 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Alyea 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.3 162 181 315 6 6 2 .982 1.99
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.39
G.Altman 1061.7 121 121 285 4 6 2 .980 2.45
C.Jones 193.0 21 24 59 0 1 0 .983 2.75
C.James 102.0 11 14 31 4 0 1 1.000 3.09
J.Caffie 42.0 5 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
F.Throneberry 19.0 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
B.Cowan 19.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
B.Alyea 8.7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
W.Davis 5.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80
N.Mathews 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Burke 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1452.3 162 177 398 8 8 3 .981 2.52
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.97
J.Caffie 1043.0 124 127 247 2 3 2 .988 2.15
C.Jones 348.7 36 51 81 5 2 0 .977 2.22
H.Anderson 23.0 0 10 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
G.Altman 16.7 0 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
C.James 9.0 1 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
F.Throneberry 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Kindall 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Alyea 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.3 162 204 343 7 5 2 .986 2.17
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.04
T.Cloninger 336.3 41 41 16 59 2 4 .974 2.01
B.Gibson 307.3 42 42 20 49 3 2 .958 2.02
R.Herbert 267.3 38 38 26 58 2 5 .977 2.83
F.Jenkins 263.3 34 34 13 46 2 0 .967 2.02
A.Earley 98.3 0 76 3 9 1 0 .923 1.10
P.Niekro 86.7 1 68 4 12 1 2 .941 1.66
T.Clevenger 33.3 5 5 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.62
B.Heffner 30.7 1 21 2 8 0 2 1.000 2.94
B.Tiefenauer 28.0 0 25 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.61
M.Bolling 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.3 162 351 86 250 11 16 .968 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Caffie .294
On-Base Pct Caffie .332
Slugging Pct Mathews .399
OPS Caffie .674
XR Caffie 61.7
Games Anderson 156
At-Bats Davis 605
Runs Caffie 73
Hits Caffie 167
Total Bases Mathews 216
Singles Caffie 149
Doubles Schaive 32
Triples Throneberry 8
Homeruns Mathews 21
RBIs Mathews 76
Stolen Bases Altman 23
Caught Stealing Caffie 10
Walks Anderson 50
Strikeouts Mathews 130
ERA Cloninger 3.61
Wins Cloninger, Gibson 12
Losses Gibson 27
Winning Pct Cloninger .414
Saves Earley 7
Games Pitched Earley 76
Games Started Gibson 42
Complete Games Cloninger 17
Shutouts Cloninger 2
Innings Pitched Cloninger 336.3
Hits Allowed Cloninger 349
Homeruns Allowed Gibson 48
Strikeouts Cloninger 215
Walks Allowed Gibson 122
Walks per 9IP Jenkins 1.8
Hits per 9IP Jenkins 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Gibson 6.1
WHiP Jenkins 1.20
OAVG Jenkins .255
OOBP Jenkins .293
OSLG Jenkins .376
OOPS Jenkins .670
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Bob Gibson $ 4,507,143
Bobby Tiefenauer $ 3,500,000
Tex Clevenger $ 3,000,000
Joe Caffie $ 2,250,000
George Altman $ 2,147,143
Ray Herbert $ 2,000,000
Harry Anderson $ 1,700,000
Faye Throneberry $ 650,000
Gene Green $ 350,000
Willie Davis $ 350,000
Arnold Earley $ 350,000
Jesse Gonder $ 350,000
Jack Littrell $ 350,000
Johnny Schaive $ 350,000
George Williams $ 300,000
Charlie James $ 300,000
Fergie Jenkins $ 300,000
Cleon Jones $ 300,000
Jerry Kindall $ 300,000
Billy Cowan $ 300,000
Tony Cloninger $ 300,000
Nelson Mathews $ 300,000
Phil Niekro $ 300,000
Leo Burke $ 300,000
Milt Bolling $ 300,000
Brant Alyea $ 300,000
Bob Heffner $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Traded Joe Gibbon
Bob Duliba
Willie Mays		 Minnesota Willie Davis
Charlie James
4/2 Traded Mike De La Hoz
Rocky Colavito		 Montreal Jerry Kindall
R.C. Stevens
Gene Leek
4/2 Traded Larry Sherry
Andy Kosco		 New York (N) Howie Bedell
4/2 Signed     Leo Burke
4/2 Signed     Milt Bolling
4/2 Signed     Tom Upton
 
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