1966 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 55-107
Finish: 5th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 517
Runs Allowed: 773
Exp W-L: 52-110
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,361,762
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 7th in the National League
AA: 86-51, 2nd in the National League
A: 95-42, 1st in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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  Cleon Jones 23 156 609 68 148 24 5 11 64 8 0 27 97 .243 .277 .353 .630 58.3 9.6 3.8
1B *Willie Davis 26 154 609 74 177 24 8 10 47 19 12 17 89 .291 .314 .406 .719 72.1 16.8 2.3
2B  Nelson Mathews 24 155 535 52 109 16 1 19 60 0 2 55 135 .204 .279 .344 .623 52.8 7.4 5.2
LF *Harry Anderson 34 156 539 57 108 19 4 20 63 1 0 46 126 .200 .267 .362 .629 52.0 6.8 2.5
3B  Johnny Schaive 32 152 541 40 130 28 2 6 45 0 0 20 68 .240 .269 .333 .602 40.4 3.9 3.2
C *Jesse Gonder 30 142 470 47 112 10 3 17 58 0 0 23 111 .238 .274 .381 .654 49.8 8.7 2.9
SS  Jerry Kindall 31 150 440 27 72 19 1 2 22 0 0 24 119 .164 .206 .225 .431 15.3 0.0 4.6
2B *Joe Caffie 35 134 395 51 118 8 2 6 33 4 10 23 60 .299 .342 .375 .717 47.9 10.6 1.8
LF  Brant Alyea 25 131 346 39 84 7 2 13 38 1 0 37 95 .243 .317 .387 .704 43.0 8.4 2.3
C *Faye Throneberry 35 116 234 29 56 10 2 0 18 0 1 15 61 .239 .290 .299 .589 15.8 0.9 1.9
CF  Charlie James 28 86 149 6 25 5 0 3 12 0 0 4 23 .168 .190 .262 .451 5.5 0.0 0.6
P  Tony Cloninger 25 36 88 3 16 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 19 .182 .226 .193 .419 3.8 0.0 0.0
2B  Leo Burke 32 58 90 3 20 4 0 1 9 0 0 3 24 .222 .263 .300 .563 5.5 0.0 0.9
P  Nolan Ryan 19 37 78 3 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 24 .115 .125 .141 .266 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Fergie Jenkins 23 36 82 4 12 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 26 .146 .167 .159 .325 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Gibson 30 32 80 3 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 30 .113 .123 .163 .286 -1.2 0.0 0.0
CF  Billy Cowan 27 56 61 2 12 2 1 1 4 0 0 3 23 .197 .258 .311 .569 4.7 0.3 0.1
C  Gene Green 33 41 57 4 12 4 0 1 6 0 0 6 15 .211 .286 .333 .619 5.3 0.8 0.3
P  Ray Herbert 36 22 49 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .163 .163 .204 .367 0.8 0.0 0.0
2B  George Williams 26 19 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .214 .429 0.5 0.0 0.1
P  Phil Niekro 27 89 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Tiefenauer 36 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Heffner 27 39 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
SS  Jack Littrell 37 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 1.1 0.7 0.0
P *Arnold Earley 33 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 2060 5483 517 1243 188 31 111 496 33 26 312 1171 .227 .271 .333 .604 472.9 74.8 32.5
  Rank among 10 NL teams 9 10 9 10 7 9 10 9 3 10 10 10 10 10 10 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 25 13 17 .433 36 36 0 287.3 288 123 19 97 189 3.85 19.7
 Nolan Ryan 19 13 20 .394 37 37 0 263.7 188 113 24 145 295 3.86 16.4
 Fergie Jenkins 23 7 21 .250 35 35 0 261.3 268 139 36 71 164 4.79 4.0
 Bob Gibson 30 9 19 .321 32 32 0 240.7 251 138 41 100 161 5.16 1.4
 Ray Herbert 36 7 14 .333 22 22 0 154.7 201 90 12 38 45 5.24 1.0
 Phil Niekro 27 2 5 .286 89 0 15 106.7 113 47 13 48 58 3.97 9.0
 Bob Heffner 27 1 7 .125 39 0 5 52.3 61 22 8 18 25 3.78 3.3
*Arnold Earley 33 3 2 .600 39 0 2 46.7 45 24 7 30 34 4.63 2.9
 Bobby Tiefenauer 36 0 2 .000 20 0 0 23.0 25 15 3 5 9 5.87 0.0
Team Totals 28.4 55 107 .340 349 162 22 1436.3 1440 711 163 552 980 4.46 57.7
Rank among 10 NL teams 10 10 7 10 9 8 7 10 10 4 10  
* - 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 .992 34.0
J.Gonder 1101.0 123 131 753 58 11 0 .987 35.1
F.Throneberry 306.3 36 38 234 13 5 0 .980 25.0
G.Green 29.0 3 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1436.3 162 174 998 71 16 0 .985 32.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.20
H.Anderson 1273.3 146 150 1372 120 10 104 .993 10.55
F.Throneberry 74.3 9 9 90 6 1 3 .990 11.62
B.Cowan 71.7 7 11 76 7 1 8 .988 10.42
J.Caffie 13.0 0 4 15 0 0 1 1.000 10.38
L.Burke 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
N.Mathews 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1436.3 162 176 1556 133 12 116 .993 10.58
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.57
J.Schaive 1245.0 148 148 258 457 11 84 .985 5.17
J.Caffie 112.7 7 30 21 40 0 7 1.000 4.87
L.Burke 59.0 6 10 12 27 1 7 .975 5.95
G.Williams 16.0 1 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.38
J.Kindall 2.7 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.77
N.Mathews 1.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1436.3 162 197 295 531 12 101 .986 5.18
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.74
N.Mathews 1259.3 146 149 80 273 9 18 .975 2.52
L.Burke 94.0 10 19 5 21 0 2 1.000 2.49
G.Green 72.0 6 13 4 13 2 1 .895 2.13
J.Kindall 5.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
G.Williams 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Schaive 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1436.3 162 187 90 310 11 22 .973 2.51
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.87
J.Kindall 1187.7 148 148 161 441 19 66 .969 4.56
F.Throneberry 169.0 11 49 31 67 0 11 1.000 5.22
L.Burke 66.7 3 21 11 20 0 7 1.000 4.19
G.Williams 10.0 0 5 2 2 0 1 1.000 3.60
J.Littrell 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.3 162 225 205 530 19 85 .975 4.61
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.90
W.Davis 1261.0 144 149 251 5 8 1 .970 1.83
C.James 74.0 9 9 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.92
B.Alyea 66.0 7 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
B.Cowan 15.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
J.Caffie 8.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12
G.Green 4.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Anderson 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Burke 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Jones 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.3 162 178 297 5 8 1 .974 1.89
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.39
C.Jones 695.3 82 82 212 3 3 3 .986 2.78
B.Alyea 635.7 73 77 194 2 2 0 .990 2.78
C.James 67.7 6 14 17 0 1 0 .944 2.26
W.Davis 9.7 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.80
J.Caffie 9.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Cowan 7.0 0 4 1 0 1 0 .500 1.29
G.Green 6.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
N.Mathews 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
F.Throneberry 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1436.3 162 185 436 5 7 3 .984 2.76
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 1.86
J.Caffie 689.3 83 88 153 2 2 0 .987 2.02
C.Jones 581.0 64 69 145 6 2 3 .987 2.34
B.Alyea 86.3 6 24 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.36
C.James 76.0 9 12 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.01
H.Anderson 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Kindall 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.3 162 197 327 9 4 3 .988 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
T.Cloninger 287.3 36 36 26 39 0 2 1.000 2.04
N.Ryan 263.7 37 37 9 43 2 0 .963 1.78
F.Jenkins 261.3 35 35 16 49 2 1 .970 2.24
B.Gibson 240.7 32 32 13 36 2 3 .961 1.83
R.Herbert 154.7 22 22 12 39 1 2 .981 2.97
P.Niekro 106.7 0 89 3 14 0 1 1.000 1.43
B.Heffner 52.3 0 39 3 13 0 1 1.000 2.75
A.Earley 46.7 0 39 6 5 0 0 1.000 2.12
B.Tiefenauer 23.0 0 20 0 8 0 0 1.000 3.13
Team Total 1436.3 162 349 88 246 7 10 .979 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Davis .291
On-Base Pct Davis .314
Slugging Pct Davis .406
OPS Davis .719
XR Davis 72.1
Games Anderson, Jones 156
At-Bats Davis, Jones 609
Runs Davis 74
Hits Davis 177
Total Bases Davis 247
Singles Davis 135
Doubles Schaive 28
Triples Davis 8
Homeruns Anderson 20
RBIs Jones 64
Stolen Bases Davis 19
Caught Stealing Davis 12
Walks Mathews 55
Strikeouts Mathews 135
ERA Cloninger 3.85
Wins Cloninger, Ryan 13
Losses Jenkins 21
Winning Pct Cloninger .433
Saves Niekro 15
Games Pitched Niekro 89
Games Started Ryan 37
Complete Games Jenkins 13
Shutouts Cloninger 3
Innings Pitched Cloninger 287.3
Hits Allowed Cloninger 288
Homeruns Allowed Gibson 41
Strikeouts Ryan 295
Walks Allowed Ryan 145
Walks per 9IP Jenkins 2.4
Hits per 9IP Ryan 6.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Ryan 10.1
WHiP Ryan 1.26
OAVG Ryan .201
OOBP Ryan .309
OSLG Ryan .333
OOPS Ryan .642
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Jim Gentile $ 5,000,000
Marshall Bridges $ 4,500,000
Bobby Tiefenauer $ 3,500,000
Joe Caffie $ 2,250,000
Ray Herbert $ 2,000,000
Harry Anderson $ 1,700,000
Bob Gibson $ 700,000
Faye Throneberry $ 650,000
Willie Davis $ 350,000
Jesse Gonder $ 350,000
Gene Green $ 350,000
Jack Littrell $ 350,000
Johnny Schaive $ 350,000
Charlie James $ 300,000
George Williams $ 300,000
Fergie Jenkins $ 300,000
Brant Alyea $ 300,000
Cleon Jones $ 300,000
Jerry Kindall $ 300,000
Nelson Mathews $ 300,000
Billy Cowan $ 300,000
Tony Cloninger $ 300,000
Phil Niekro $ 300,000
Leo Burke $ 300,000
Nolan Ryan $ 300,000
Bob Heffner $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/31 Traded Arnold Earley Oakland Jim Gentile
Marshall Bridges