1955 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 94-68
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 848
Runs Allowed: 741
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 2,349,259
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 4th in the NL
AA: 74-63, 2nd in the NL
A: 71-66, 5th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 1-4 to St. Louis Cardinals
 
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  Roy Sievers 28 156 604 121 193 36 5 32 102 0 0 84 76 .320 .403 .555 .958 121.2 27.2 3.2
1B  Eddie Yost 28 157 510 97 127 16 4 26 77 0 0 153 98 .249 .423 .449 .872 104.3 20.9 3.8
1B  Joe Adcock 27 154 575 102 178 32 1 43 131 1 0 78 93 .310 .391 .593 .984 118.3 26.0 2.2
RF  Gus Zernial 32 152 562 77 159 24 2 30 103 0 0 62 107 .283 .353 .493 .846 92.1 17.1 2.9
C  Stan Lopata 29 141 487 102 122 39 4 26 82 0 0 95 146 .251 .373 .507 .880 90.8 18.5 2.2
SS  Jack Lohrke 31 131 430 58 116 18 3 6 44 1 2 55 37 .270 .351 .367 .718 54.3 7.1 9.2
CF  Bob Cerv 29 124 381 54 100 22 0 16 57 0 2 36 64 .262 .325 .446 .771 53.8 8.2 2.5
SS  Willie Jones 29 103 357 49 99 17 3 20 70 3 0 54 25 .277 .369 .510 .879 66.8 13.0 3.3
2B #Red Schoendienst 32 103 279 32 68 13 0 2 24 0 0 19 4 .244 .291 .312 .603 24.2 1.3 3.2
1B *Bob Boyd 29 95 269 35 85 15 2 5 38 0 0 20 9 .316 .363 .442 .805 40.7 7.7 1.3
C  Sam Calderone 29 60 182 21 67 11 0 1 24 0 0 9 7 .368 .394 .445 .839 29.6 6.7 0.7
LF *Eddie Waitkus 35 85 159 25 46 8 2 0 14 0 0 11 5 .289 .333 .365 .698 18.3 2.5 0.7
CF  Rip Repulski 27 71 151 11 32 3 1 5 20 0 0 6 22 .212 .247 .344 .591 12.4 0.2 0.6
P  Bob Friend 24 44 130 8 12 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 41 .092 .092 .162 .253 -2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Herbert 25 43 113 3 26 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 22 .230 .243 .257 .500 6.3 0.0 0.0
3B  Milt Bolling 24 56 115 12 27 5 3 2 14 0 0 7 18 .235 .279 .383 .661 11.0 0.8 1.2
P  Mike Garcia 31 27 73 3 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 17 .164 .173 .192 .365 2.0 0.0 0.0
P #Russ Meyer 31 37 69 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 .101 .114 .101 .216 -2.0 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Sullivan 25 10 24 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .042 .042 .083 .125 -1.2 0.0 0.0
CF *Jim Rivera 32 54 19 20 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 .105 .105 .158 .263 -0.3 0.0 0.2
P  Tex Clevenger 22 11 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .154 .154 .154 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0
3B *Fred Hatfield 30 8 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .083 .214 .083 .298 -0.6 0.0 0.2
C  Ray Lamanno 35 8 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .182 .250 .182 .432 0.5 0.0 0.0
LF *Don Mueller 28 10 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.4 0.0 0.0
1B  Jim Mallory 36 7 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .273 .200 .473 0.6 0.1 0.1
P  Saul Rogovin 31 32 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Drews 35 66 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Clem Labine 28 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Hooks Iott 35 40 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Hoyt Wilhelm 32 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 2043 5561 848 1488 268 32 215 825 9 6 699 851 .268 .349 .443 .792 840.1 157.2 37.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 3 2 4 2 4 8 1 3 6 3 3 2 2 2  
* - 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
 Bob Friend 24 27 14 .659 44 44 0 361.3 361 136 22 101 123 3.39 29.1
 Ray Herbert 25 21 13 .618 43 43 0 324.7 313 137 37 83 104 3.80 23.7
 Russ Meyer 31 14 12 .538 37 31 0 221.7 251 148 28 92 105 6.01 0.8
 Mike Garcia 31 13 7 .650 27 27 0 217.7 204 87 20 82 135 3.60 16.6
 Frank Sullivan 25 2 6 .250 10 10 0 75.3 86 53 11 30 32 6.33 0.0
 Karl Drews 35 4 8 .333 66 0 2 70.0 62 33 10 34 28 4.24 4.4
 Hoyt Wilhelm 32 4 4 .500 43 0 25 47.3 44 13 3 15 34 2.47 10.8
 Saul Rogovin 31 3 1 .750 32 1 0 43.0 41 24 4 22 25 5.02 1.8
 Tex Clevenger 22 3 1 .750 11 6 0 38.3 43 31 5 19 16 7.28 0.0
*Hooks Iott 35 2 1 .667 33 0 0 35.7 34 26 4 24 35 6.56 0.0
 Clem Labine 28 1 1 .500 15 0 0 20.3 23 18 5 13 8 7.97 0.0
Team Totals 29.0 94 68 .580 361 162 27 1455.3 1462 706 149 515 645 4.37 87.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 6 2 2 6 3 5 2 7 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 .995 29.9
S.Lopata 1104.3 121 136 506 39 8 0 .986 23.2
S.Calderone 329.0 39 40 160 14 2 0 .989 38.5
R.Lamanno 22.0 2 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1455.3 162 181 676 53 10 0 .986 26.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.55
J.Adcock 1285.0 144 146 1757 131 11 152 .994 13.22
R.Schoendienst 85.0 9 13 120 8 1 8 .992 13.55
R.Repulski 51.0 6 6 66 10 0 13 1.000 13.41
E.Waitkus 28.0 3 5 33 1 0 4 1.000 10.93
D.Mueller 3.0 0 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 15.00
E.Yost 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
H.Iott 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Boyd 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
R.Lamanno 0.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 27.27
Team Total 1455.3 162 175 1984 153 12 177 .994 13.22
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.75
W.Jones 863.0 98 99 212 352 10 80 .983 5.88
R.Schoendienst 423.7 48 53 105 221 5 51 .985 6.93
M.Bolling 106.7 9 24 24 49 1 10 .986 6.16
J.Lohrke 39.0 5 5 6 18 0 1 1.000 5.54
J.Mallory 12.0 1 3 3 4 0 1 1.000 5.25
F.Hatfield 11.0 1 2 1 6 0 1 1.000 5.73
Team Total 1455.3 162 186 351 650 16 144 .984 6.19
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.85
E.Yost 1167.0 131 134 61 308 27 25 .932 2.85
R.Repulski 157.3 18 22 7 41 1 3 .980 2.75
R.Schoendienst 60.0 6 10 3 12 1 0 .938 2.25
M.Bolling 50.3 5 10 3 13 1 2 .941 2.86
J.Mallory 16.0 2 2 2 3 0 2 1.000 2.81
J.Lohrke 2.7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 10.15
W.Jones 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Boyd 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 181 76 380 30 32 .938 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.06
J.Lohrke 1071.7 124 125 164 567 13 101 .983 6.14
E.Yost 137.7 15 18 21 66 1 11 .989 5.69
M.Bolling 116.0 12 19 13 48 3 9 .953 4.73
R.Schoendienst 91.0 8 18 11 46 0 4 1.000 5.64
F.Hatfield 29.0 3 5 6 9 0 2 1.000 4.66
J.Mallory 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Rivera 3.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
W.Jones 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1455.3 162 189 216 739 17 128 .983 5.91
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.96
R.Sievers 826.7 93 97 170 5 3 3 .983 1.91
B.Boyd 521.3 63 63 110 2 0 0 1.000 1.93
R.Repulski 38.0 3 10 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.71
B.Cerv 27.3 0 15 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
E.Waitkus 27.0 3 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.33
G.Zernial 8.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Adcock 6.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Schoendienst 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 199 304 8 3 3 .990 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.51
B.Cerv 839.3 95 97 204 1 0 0 1.000 2.20
R.Sievers 474.7 53 58 102 6 5 2 .956 2.05
E.Waitkus 104.0 13 14 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.34
R.Repulski 17.3 1 6 4 0 1 0 .800 2.08
J.Rivera 14.0 0 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Mueller 6.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1455.3 162 187 343 7 6 2 .983 2.16
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.92
G.Zernial 1274.7 145 148 256 4 3 1 .989 1.84
E.Waitkus 109.0 12 15 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
R.Repulski 41.0 4 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
J.Rivera 15.7 1 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.60
R.Sievers 8.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Adcock 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Boyd 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 180 292 4 3 1 .990 1.83
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.25
B.Friend 361.3 44 44 25 81 3 6 .972 2.64
R.Herbert 324.7 43 43 30 72 1 2 .990 2.83
R.Meyer 221.7 31 37 21 43 0 2 1.000 2.60
M.Garcia 217.7 27 27 12 56 3 5 .958 2.81
F.Sullivan 75.3 10 10 3 16 0 0 1.000 2.27
K.Drews 70.0 0 66 6 15 0 2 1.000 2.70
H.Wilhelm 47.3 0 43 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.28
S.Rogovin 43.0 1 32 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.67
T.Clevenger 38.3 6 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 2.58
H.Iott 35.7 0 33 3 3 1 0 .857 1.51
C.Labine 20.3 0 15 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.21
Team Total 1455.3 162 361 111 311 8 18 .981 2.61
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Sievers .320
On-Base Pct Yost .423
Slugging Pct Adcock .593
OPS Adcock .984
XR Sievers 121.2
Games Yost 157
At-Bats Sievers 604
Runs Sievers 121
Hits Sievers 193
Total Bases Adcock 341
Singles Sievers 120
Doubles Lopata 39
Triples Sievers 5
Homeruns Adcock 43
RBIs Adcock 131
Stolen Bases Rivera 4
Caught Stealing Cerv, Lohrke, Rivera 2
Walks Yost 153
Strikeouts Lopata 146
ERA Friend 3.39
Wins Friend 27
Losses Friend 14
Winning Pct Friend .659
Saves Wilhelm 25
Games Pitched Drews 66
Games Started Friend 44
Complete Games Friend 20
Shutouts Friend 4
Innings Pitched Friend 361.3
Hits Allowed Friend 361
Homeruns Allowed Herbert 37
Strikeouts Garcia 135
Walks Allowed Friend 101
Walks per 9IP Herbert 2.3
Hits per 9IP Garcia 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Garcia 5.6
WHiP Herbert 1.22
OAVG Garcia .250
OOBP Herbert .301
OSLG Garcia .372
OOPS Friend .683
Team All-Stars
Bob Friend
Ray Herbert
Willie Jones
Roy Sievers
Hoyt Wilhelm
Gus Zernial
Player Salaries
Eddie Yost $ 14,000,000
Roy Sievers $ 5,410,000
Gus Zernial $ 5,300,000
Russ Meyer $ 5,280,000
Joe Adcock $ 5,007,143
Mike Garcia $ 5,000,000
Bob Friend $ 4,164,286
Stan Lopata $ 3,250,000
Bob Cerv $ 3,078,571
Saul Rogovin $ 2,811,429
Willie Jones $ 2,760,000
Hooks Iott $ 2,680,000
Jack Lohrke $ 2,564,286
Ray Herbert $ 2,078,571
Karl Drews $ 910,000
Rex Barney $ 750,000
Eddie Waitkus $ 600,000
Clem Labine $ 350,000
Ray Lamanno $ 300,300
Jim Mallory $ 300,000
Fred Hatfield $ 300,000
Don Mueller $ 300,000
Rip Repulski $ 300,000
Jim Rivera $ 300,000
Tex Clevenger $ 300,000
Red Schoendienst $ 300,000
Sam Calderone $ 300,000
Bob Boyd $ 300,000
Milt Bolling $ 300,000
Hoyt Wilhelm $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Eddie Waitkus
2/5 Signed     Jim Mallory
2/9 Signed     Hooks Iott
2/12 Signed     Rex Barney
3/3 Traded Rocky Krsnich
Lee Walls
Tampa Bay Hoyt Wilhelm
6/1 Traded Frank Sullivan Brooklyn Mike Garcia