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1969 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 70-92
Finish: 5th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 655
Runs Allowed: 750
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,005,736
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-80, 10th in the National League
AA: 80-57, 1st in the National League
A: 87-50, 1st in the National League
 
 
 
 
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  Cleon Jones 26 154 604 80 171 24 5 9 59 6 7 35 99 .283 .325 .384 .709 68.6 10.6 3.6
CF  Earl Robinson 32 159 565 94 162 43 4 20 74 3 0 75 93 .287 .369 .483 .852 94.4 20.3 0.1
RF  Bobby Bonds 23 154 549 67 137 27 5 19 87 13 7 63 141 .250 .327 .421 .748 77.7 13.4 2.4
2B  Felix Millan 25 153 564 54 141 18 2 8 51 0 2 35 11 .250 .299 .332 .631 56.1 6.0 4.5
C  Johnny Bench 21 151 517 62 111 25 2 18 58 1 0 40 119 .215 .272 .375 .647 51.0 4.5 5.7
CF  Amos Otis 22 151 489 53 104 25 4 8 48 5 2 44 108 .213 .277 .329 .606 46.8 4.1 5.6
1B *Willie Smith 30 151 476 53 132 24 2 8 70 4 3 36 100 .277 .331 .387 .717 60.3 10.3 1.4
2B  Nelson Mathews 27 142 460 57 106 16 4 17 62 0 2 37 96 .230 .287 .393 .680 49.3 5.5 5.3
3B  Mike Shannon 29 96 364 42 108 13 2 7 48 1 1 21 44 .297 .332 .401 .733 45.7 7.5 5.2
LF  Brant Alyea 28 89 238 23 51 10 1 10 37 1 0 14 55 .214 .257 .391 .648 22.1 1.6 1.3
SS  George Banks 30 50 113 12 17 3 1 5 10 0 1 25 31 .150 .298 .327 .625 14.1 1.2 2.0
2B  George Williams 29 60 116 7 15 3 0 0 3 0 0 11 18 .129 .217 .155 .372 1.9 0.0 1.5
2B  Leo Burke 35 44 110 10 17 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 30 .155 .177 .191 .368 0.8 0.0 1.7
C *John Stephenson 28 42 102 8 17 4 0 1 9 0 0 8 7 .167 .227 .235 .463 3.5 0.0 0.8
CF  Billy Cowan 30 50 91 9 20 3 1 0 4 0 0 3 25 .220 .245 .275 .519 5.3 0.0 0.4
CF  Charlie James 31 27 68 9 16 2 0 2 4 0 0 4 10 .235 .288 .353 .641 5.8 0.3 0.5
C *John Sullivan 28 16 44 4 9 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 8 .205 .255 .273 .528 2.5 0.0 0.4
SS  Jerry Kindall 34 20 25 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .200 .259 .240 .499 1.2 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 28.2 1709 5495 647 1339 242 33 134 631 34 25 459 1002 .244 .303 .373 .676 606.8 85.0 42.7
  Rank among 10 NL teams 9 9 10 6 5 5 8 10 2 8 9 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 28 10 18 .357 34 34 0 268.3 297 129 29 92 160 4.33 14.1
 Fergie Jenkins 26 12 15 .444 32 32 0 257.3 259 112 30 91 155 3.92 16.4
 Nolan Ryan 22 12 13 .480 36 36 0 251.3 193 105 26 130 301 3.76 18.0
 Phil Niekro 30 10 19 .345 33 33 0 248.0 283 138 21 82 159 5.01 7.6
 Bob Gibson 33 11 12 .478 27 27 0 206.7 203 115 31 98 130 5.01 7.6
 George Culver 25 8 6 .571 53 0 8 84.3 86 40 10 34 40 4.27 7.5
 Jim McAndrew 25 7 8 .467 52 0 10 84.0 91 34 10 21 51 3.64 9.0
 Bob Heffner 30 0 1 .000 20 0 0 26.7 22 11 5 10 20 3.71 1.3
 Cisco Carlos 28 0 0 .000 9 0 0 12.0 11 4 1 5 4 3.00 0.9
Team Totals 27.4 70 92 .432 296 162 18 1438.6 1445 688 163 563 1020 4.30 82.3
Rank among 10 NL teams 9 9 10 9 10 3 8 6 9 2 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 .990 34.0
J.Bench 1166.3 129 144 884 53 8 1 .992 37.3
J.Stephenson 185.0 22 25 104 6 3 0 .973 23.8
J.Sullivan 87.3 11 13 64 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1438.7 162 182 1052 59 11 1 .990 33.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.18
W.Smith 1125.3 128 137 1123 94 9 120 .993 9.73
C.Jones 163.0 20 21 161 16 1 14 .994 9.77
B.Cowan 130.3 13 19 135 8 0 14 1.000 9.87
J.Sullivan 16.0 1 4 15 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
M.Shannon 1.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 13.85
J.Stephenson 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
G.Banks 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1438.0 162 184 1439 120 10 149 .994 9.76
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
F.Millan 1268.0 147 150 274 462 11 106 .985 5.22
G.Williams 114.7 11 24 26 36 3 10 .954 4.87
J.Kindall 38.0 3 9 5 12 0 1 1.000 4.03
L.Burke 10.0 1 3 5 2 0 0 1.000 6.30
N.Mathews 8.0 0 1 2 7 0 0 1.000 10.13
Team Total 1438.7 162 187 312 519 14 117 .983 5.20
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.87
N.Mathews 1175.7 136 140 81 247 14 26 .959 2.51
G.Banks 158.3 17 26 11 33 2 2 .957 2.50
J.Stephenson 57.7 4 15 2 11 0 3 1.000 2.03
L.Burke 30.0 4 4 4 5 0 1 1.000 2.70
J.Kindall 14.0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.64
G.Williams 2.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Shannon 0.6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 162 193 98 299 16 32 .961 2.48
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.05
M.Shannon 777.4 91 93 99 310 13 57 .969 4.74
L.Burke 268.7 31 37 44 84 3 15 .977 4.29
G.Williams 197.0 21 35 21 70 4 10 .958 4.16
G.Banks 160.3 17 22 30 64 3 14 .969 5.28
J.Kindall 29.7 3 6 3 11 0 2 1.000 4.25
B.Cowan 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Sullivan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Jones 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.1 163 197 197 539 23 98 .970 4.61
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.93
B.Bonds 1278.7 146 150 270 7 40 2 .874 1.95
B.Alyea 116.0 13 15 20 0 1 0 .952 1.55
B.Cowan 16.0 2 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.James 13.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
E.Robinson 9.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Smith 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1438.7 162 177 298 8 41 2 .882 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.48
A.Otis 1249.3 142 147 399 4 0 4 1.000 2.90
B.Alyea 123.3 14 17 33 4 1 1 .974 2.70
B.Cowan 45.0 5 6 9 2 1 2 .917 2.20
W.Smith 9.0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00
B.Bonds 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
C.James 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Jones 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Robinson 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1438.7 162 177 450 11 2 7 .996 2.88
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.93
C.Jones 1074.7 126 132 258 5 2 2 .992 2.20
C.James 153.3 19 20 34 1 1 0 .972 2.05
B.Alyea 146.3 15 25 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.71
B.Cowan 21.0 2 7 6 0 1 0 .857 2.57
W.Smith 17.3 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
E.Robinson 14.0 0 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
B.Bonds 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Banks 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Shannon 2.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.2 162 205 352 6 4 2 .989 2.24
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 1.91
T.Cloninger 268.3 34 34 19 37 3 0 .949 1.88
F.Jenkins 257.3 32 32 18 29 1 5 .979 1.64
N.Ryan 251.3 36 36 18 31 2 2 .961 1.75
P.Niekro 248.0 33 33 14 29 3 3 .935 1.56
B.Gibson 206.7 27 27 13 23 2 2 .947 1.57
G.Culver 84.3 0 53 8 16 2 3 .923 2.56
J.McAndrew 84.0 0 52 7 8 1 1 .938 1.61
B.Heffner 26.7 0 20 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.35
C.Carlos 12.0 0 9 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1438.6 162 296 100 176 14 16 .952 1.73
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Robinson .287
On-Base Pct Robinson .369
Slugging Pct Robinson .483
OPS Robinson .852
XR Robinson 94.4
Games Robinson 159
At-Bats Jones 604
Runs Robinson 94
Hits Jones 171
Total Bases Robinson 273
Singles Jones 133
Doubles Robinson 43
Triples Bonds, Jones 5
Homeruns Robinson 20
RBIs Bonds 87
Stolen Bases Bonds 13
Caught Stealing Bonds, Jones 7
Walks Robinson 75
Strikeouts Bonds 141
ERA Ryan 3.76
Wins Jenkins, Ryan 12
Losses Niekro 19
Winning Pct Ryan .480
Saves McAndrew 10
Games Pitched Culver 53
Games Started Ryan 36
Complete Games Jenkins 15
Shutouts Cloninger, Niekro 1
Innings Pitched Cloninger 268.3
Hits Allowed Cloninger 297
Homeruns Allowed Gibson 31
Strikeouts Ryan 301
Walks Allowed Ryan 130
Walks per 9IP Niekro 3.0
Hits per 9IP Ryan 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Ryan 10.8
WHiP Ryan 1.29
OAVG Ryan .211
OOBP Ryan .313
OSLG Ryan .365
OOPS Ryan .679
Team All-Stars
Earl Robinson
Mike Shannon
Player Salaries
Earl Robinson $ 15,000,000
Nolan Ryan $ 4,907,143
Phil Niekro $ 4,250,000
Mike Shannon $ 4,100,000
Fergie Jenkins $ 3,514,286
Tony Cloninger $ 2,564,286
Cleon Jones $ 1,707,143
Bob Gibson $ 700,000
Bob Heffner $ 655,714
Brant Alyea $ 378,571
Jerry Kindall $ 350,000
Leo Burke $ 350,000
Billy Cowan $ 350,000
Charlie James $ 350,000
George Williams $ 350,000
Nelson Mathews $ 350,000
John Stephenson $ 300,000
Amos Otis $ 300,000
Felix Millan $ 300,000
George Culver $ 300,000
John Sullivan $ 300,000
Cisco Carlos $ 300,000
Jim McAndrew $ 300,000
Bobby Bonds $ 300,000
Johnny Bench $ 300,000
George Banks $ 300,000
Willie Smith $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Signed     Earl Robinson
6/1 Traded Don Hahn Kansas City Mike Shannon
George Banks
 
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