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1977 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 90-71
Finish: 1st in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 715
Runs Allowed: 698
Exp W-L: 82-79
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,755,044
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 10th in the National League
AA: 70-67, 6th in the National League
A: 75-62, 4th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 0-4 to Colorado Rockies
 
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
SS  Don Money 30 155 607 80 166 30 5 11 68 1 1 45 79 .273 .325 .394 .718 73.1 14.6 5.5
3B *Dan Driessen 25 155 583 80 158 32 2 9 60 6 1 63 51 .271 .339 .379 .718 74.0 14.3 6.3
DH #Eddie Murray 21 156 580 70 163 35 3 18 91 2 0 54 81 .281 .341 .445 .785 82.4 19.0 3.3
DH  Andre Dawson 22 154 565 75 145 30 5 12 75 12 6 44 68 .257 .309 .391 .700 73.2 13.3 0.0
CF  Dan Ford 25 149 552 71 146 22 6 14 77 7 7 40 69 .264 .317 .402 .719 67.8 12.2 3.8
LF  George Hendrick 27 147 534 55 126 25 2 18 75 2 2 49 69 .236 .297 .391 .688 61.0 8.8 2.9
2B  Joel Youngblood 25 152 494 72 145 30 2 10 63 1 3 39 87 .294 .349 .423 .772 68.0 15.8 4.0
RF  Ellis Valentine 22 142 503 50 120 28 1 13 51 0 1 31 81 .239 .283 .376 .658 49.7 6.6 3.2
C *Paul Ratliff 33 140 391 64 90 18 2 18 66 1 0 62 81 .230 .354 .425 .779 60.4 13.2 8.4
RF *Dave Marshall 34 116 233 35 71 6 0 6 33 1 1 15 25 .305 .345 .408 .753 31.2 6.5 0.9
C  Joe Torre 36 52 144 13 32 5 1 1 10 0 0 8 32 .222 .268 .292 .560 8.8 0.0 2.2
1B  Billy Conigliaro 29 62 135 19 33 3 1 2 10 6 0 8 14 .244 .287 .326 .613 13.0 1.8 1.0
3B  Doug Decinces 26 56 110 8 11 5 0 1 8 0 1 7 25 .100 .160 .173 .332 0.1 0.0 1.4
3B  Syd O'Brien 32 69 69 18 16 2 1 2 6 0 1 5 11 .232 .293 .377 .670 7.4 1.1 0.7
3B *Graig Nettles 32 20 27 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .111 .143 .148 .291 -0.5 0.0 0.1
RF  Mike Vail 25 20 17 4 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 .353 .389 .529 .918 2.8 0.7 0.1
  Team Totals 27.8 1745 5544 715 1431 273 32 135 698 39 24 472 781 .258 .318 .392 .710 672.3 127.9 43.9
  Rank among 12 NL teams 7 8 7 2 6 5 8 7 5 10 8 7 9 5 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
 Milt Wilcox 27 20 10 .667 36 36 0 295.3 266 88 14 80 179 2.68 30.5
 John Montefusco 27 20 11 .645 34 34 0 256.3 238 108 27 75 135 3.79 18.4
 Fernando Arroyo 25 13 13 .500 30 30 0 253.0 268 99 18 39 84 3.52 18.0
 Dennis Eckersley 22 13 14 .481 35 35 0 248.3 253 121 30 60 152 4.39 11.7
 Pete Vuckovich 24 13 8 .619 26 26 0 205.7 217 95 15 78 103 4.16 11.4
 Doug Bird 27 4 7 .364 42 0 7 71.0 76 42 8 22 36 5.32 3.1
 Eric Rasmussen 25 3 3 .500 46 0 13 66.7 91 31 3 18 18 4.19 5.1
*Doug Rau 28 4 5 .444 36 0 5 47.0 62 32 6 24 17 6.13 0.0
 Catfish Hunter 31 0 0 .000 11 0 0 12.0 25 14 4 3 1 10.50 0.0
Team Totals 26.2 90 71 .559 296 161 25 1455.3 1496 630 125 399 725 3.90 98.2
Rank among 12 NL teams 3 3 4 3 2 6 9 6 2 6 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 .989 35.3
P.Ratliff 1071.3 115 132 591 56 3 2 .995 37.2
J.Torre 375.0 45 49 175 17 4 0 .980 37.0
E.Murray 9.0 1 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1455.3 161 182 774 73 7 2 .992 37.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.01
E.Murray 1308.3 143 155 1631 134 14 138 .992 12.14
B.Conigliaro 105.0 13 18 137 13 0 15 1.000 12.86
P.Ratliff 28.0 3 4 38 4 0 5 1.000 13.50
J.Torre 14.0 2 3 22 0 0 3 1.000 14.14
Team Total 1455.3 161 180 1828 151 14 161 .993 12.24
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 6.23
J.Youngblood 1299.0 150 151 281 580 26 129 .971 5.97
S.O'Brien 154.3 11 40 36 80 5 12 .959 6.76
G.Nettles 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1455.3 161 192 317 661 31 141 .969 6.05
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.92
D.Driessen 1314.0 147 153 90 328 21 33 .952 2.86
D.Decinces 108.7 12 23 12 22 0 2 1.000 2.82
S.O'Brien 17.0 1 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.59
G.Nettles 10.7 1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Youngblood 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Ratliff 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Money 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.3 161 189 105 354 21 35 .956 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.58
D.Money 1299.7 148 151 219 540 18 97 .977 5.26
D.Decinces 142.0 12 29 31 69 3 15 .971 6.34
S.O'Brien 12.7 1 5 0 5 1 0 .833 3.55
G.Nettles 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.3 161 186 250 614 22 112 .975 5.34
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.84
G.Hendrick 1204.0 137 143 245 6 5 2 .980 1.88
D.Marshall 134.7 12 28 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.54
B.Conigliaro 55.0 6 11 9 0 1 0 .900 1.47
G.Nettles 30.7 3 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.59
S.O'Brien 20.0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
M.Vail 11.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
Team Total 1455.3 161 196 282 7 6 2 .980 1.79
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
D.Ford 1229.7 138 143 312 12 14 5 .959 2.37
D.Marshall 153.0 16 23 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.35
B.Conigliaro 69.7 7 11 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.58
M.Vail 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1455.3 161 178 373 13 14 5 .965 2.39
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.02
E.Valentine 1186.3 138 142 264 12 11 5 .962 2.09
D.Marshall 109.7 8 34 17 0 1 0 .944 1.40
B.Conigliaro 109.0 13 18 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
M.Vail 25.3 0 11 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.49
G.Hendrick 14.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
A.Dawson 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Ford 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1455.3 161 212 328 12 12 5 .966 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.03
M.Wilcox 295.3 36 36 25 46 3 4 .959 2.16
J.Montefusco 256.3 34 34 20 48 1 4 .986 2.39
F.Arroyo 253.0 30 30 14 43 3 3 .950 2.03
D.Eckersley 248.3 35 35 14 52 1 5 .985 2.39
P.Vuckovich 205.7 26 26 10 36 2 4 .958 2.01
D.Bird 71.0 0 42 3 9 1 0 .923 1.52
E.Rasmussen 66.7 0 46 8 16 0 0 1.000 3.24
D.Rau 47.0 0 36 5 9 1 0 .933 2.68
C.Hunter 12.0 0 11 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1455.3 161 296 100 261 12 20 .968 2.23
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Youngblood .294
On-Base Pct Youngblood .349
Slugging Pct Murray .445
OPS Murray .785
XR Murray 82.4
Games Murray 156
At-Bats Money 607
Runs Driessen, Money 80
Hits Money 166
Total Bases Murray 258
Singles Money 120
Doubles Murray 35
Triples Ford 6
Homeruns Hendrick, Murray, Ratliff 18
RBIs Murray 91
Stolen Bases Dawson 12
Caught Stealing Ford 7
Walks Driessen 63
Strikeouts Youngblood 87
ERA Wilcox 2.68
Wins Montefusco, Wilcox 20
Losses Eckersley 14
Winning Pct Wilcox .667
Saves Rasmussen 13
Games Pitched Rasmussen 46
Games Started Wilcox 36
Complete Games Arroyo 18
Shutouts Montefusco 4
Innings Pitched Wilcox 295.3
Hits Allowed Arroyo 268
Homeruns Allowed Eckersley 30
Strikeouts Wilcox 179
Walks Allowed Wilcox 80
Walks per 9IP Arroyo 1.4
Hits per 9IP Wilcox 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Eckersley 5.5
WHiP Wilcox 1.17
OAVG Wilcox .239
OOBP Wilcox .291
OSLG Wilcox .339
OOPS Wilcox .630
Team All-Stars
John Montefusco
Player Salaries
Joe Torre $ 6,000,000
Catfish Hunter $ 4,750,000
Milt Wilcox $ 4,500,000
Graig Nettles $ 3,090,000
Paul Ratliff $ 2,600,000
George Hendrick $ 1,621,429
Dave Marshall $ 1,208,571
Don Money $ 1,207,143
Doug Rau $ 914,286
Chuck Harrison $ 798,000
Billy Conigliaro $ 464,286
Tony Muser $ 350,000
Syd O'Brien $ 350,000
Bill Robinson $ 350,000
Doug Bird $ 350,000
Dan Driessen $ 300,000
Dennis Eckersley $ 300,000
Dan Ford $ 300,000
Andre Dawson $ 300,000
Doug Decinces $ 300,000
Fernando Arroyo $ 300,000
Eddie Murray $ 300,000
Joel Youngblood $ 300,000
Eric Rasmussen $ 300,000
Mike Vail $ 300,000
Ellis Valentine $ 300,000
Pete Vuckovich $ 300,000
John Montefusco $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Paul Ratliff
 
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