1976 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 59-103
Finish: 5th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 618
Runs Allowed: 808
Exp W-L: 62-100
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 927,944
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-83, 9th in the National League
AA: 72-65, 4th in the National League
A: 79-58, 3rd 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
SS  Don Money 29 154 616 62 175 23 1 5 49 0 0 35 69 .284 .324 .349 .673 65.5 9.7 3.9
1B  Billy Conigliaro 28 162 587 49 117 30 4 8 62 0 2 38 111 .199 .248 .305 .553 38.5 0.0 2.1
RF *Dave Marshall 33 154 549 76 159 19 2 5 51 0 1 56 100 .290 .356 .359 .715 69.4 12.0 1.3
3B *Dan Driessen 24 147 518 75 155 36 3 17 73 5 0 62 31 .299 .373 .479 .851 88.1 20.1 4.3
CF  Dan Ford 24 151 552 55 162 34 3 12 67 6 2 25 76 .293 .324 .431 .755 70.3 13.0 1.4
1B  Bill Robinson 33 152 542 54 132 24 5 10 60 1 0 27 102 .244 .279 .362 .641 50.0 5.0 0.0
C  Joe Torre 35 138 505 50 116 16 1 6 49 1 3 26 104 .230 .271 .301 .572 37.8 0.9 6.6
3B  Doug Decinces 25 148 459 41 84 27 1 10 39 0 0 51 108 .183 .266 .312 .577 35.6 0.3 6.5
LF  George Hendrick 26 101 367 41 89 18 3 10 59 0 0 38 54 .243 .312 .390 .702 44.3 6.6 0.8
1B *Pat Bourque 29 81 208 18 42 12 0 3 21 0 0 25 30 .202 .284 .303 .587 17.9 0.8 0.5
3B  Syd O'Brien 31 98 201 28 45 7 0 9 22 0 2 7 28 .224 .254 .393 .647 18.6 1.4 2.3
RF  Buddy Bradford 31 68 171 22 42 8 2 2 16 0 1 12 23 .246 .297 .351 .648 16.6 1.8 0.4
C *Ellie Hendricks 35 29 79 8 18 3 0 1 7 0 0 5 19 .228 .282 .304 .586 7.0 0.5 0.8
SS  Chuck Harrison 35 29 71 10 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 9 .183 .227 .183 .410 1.5 0.0 0.5
3B *Graig Nettles 31 29 54 6 13 3 0 2 13 0 0 8 10 .241 .333 .407 .741 8.0 1.3 0.4
1B *Tony Muser 28 25 58 4 12 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 6 .207 .220 .259 .479 1.7 0.0 0.1
C  Bill Freehan 34 16 44 5 10 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 13 .227 .244 .273 .517 2.0 0.0 0.6
3B *Mike Cubbage 25 42 33 13 9 1 0 0 4 0 3 5 5 .273 .368 .303 .671 2.9 0.1 0.3
2B  Doug Griffin 29 18 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.6 0.1 0.2
  Team Totals 29.7 1742 5624 618 1395 264 26 100 607 13 15 426 898 .248 .302 .358 .659 576.4 73.6 33.0
  Rank among 10 NL teams 6 8 9 4 8 9 8 10 1 9 9 9 10 10 10 9  
* - 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 26 9 17 .346 36 36 0 283.3 270 121 21 100 139 3.84 17.2
 John Montefusco 26 12 15 .444 34 34 0 255.3 245 110 26 105 134 3.88 15.3
*Doug Rau 27 9 18 .333 34 34 0 224.3 255 130 29 96 123 5.22 4.9
 Dennis Eckersley 21 9 16 .360 32 32 0 220.3 266 116 19 46 115 4.74 8.8
 Catfish Hunter 30 6 16 .273 26 26 0 195.7 231 103 30 63 78 4.74 6.3
 Donnie Moore 22 11 16 .407 87 0 13 150.7 152 67 12 41 90 4.00 12.8
 Dyar Miller 30 1 1 .500 20 0 2 40.7 44 13 1 20 12 2.88 3.5
 Roric Harrison 29 2 4 .333 28 0 4 34.3 53 25 3 21 23 6.55 0.0
 Eric Rasmussen 24 0 0 .000 17 0 2 25.0 29 15 2 14 10 5.40 0.7
 Doug Bird 26 0 0 .000 13 0 0 24.7 29 10 1 8 12 3.65 1.0
Team Totals 26.1 59 103 .364 327 162 21 1454.3 1574 710 144 514 736 4.39 70.4
Rank among 10 NL teams 9 9 8 9 4 8 8 6 4 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 .991 31.5
J.Torre 1147.3 129 133 634 65 6 0 .991 36.3
E.Hendricks 191.3 21 26 87 9 2 0 .980 15.8
B.Freehan 89.1 12 13 56 4 0 0 1.000 28.6
Team Total 1427.8 162 172 777 78 8 0 .991 32.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.81
G.Hendrick 815.7 94 96 1051 65 15 115 .987 12.31
P.Bourque 415.7 48 52 491 36 2 41 .996 11.41
T.Muser 105.0 12 20 132 8 2 14 .986 12.00
M.Cubbage 40.0 3 12 48 4 0 4 1.000 11.70
C.Harrison 37.9 4 4 49 2 1 3 .981 12.11
D.Driessen 27.7 0 6 41 3 0 3 1.000 14.32
B.Conigliaro 2.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50
J.Torre 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1445.9 161 193 1817 120 20 180 .990 12.06
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.93
D.Money 1249.7 144 144 314 532 43 134 .952 6.09
S.O'Brien 147.3 15 26 55 64 2 20 .983 7.27
C.Harrison 58.3 7 9 12 25 0 2 1.000 5.71
D.Griffin 30.7 0 14 9 18 0 1 1.000 7.93
Team Total 1486.0 166 193 390 639 45 157 .958 6.23
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 3.08
D.Driessen 1176.0 134 139 85 327 26 35 .941 3.15
S.O'Brien 161.0 18 24 11 40 4 10 .927 2.85
G.Nettles 117.3 18 20 6 30 1 2 .973 2.76
M.Cubbage 41.7 2 11 3 14 1 0 .944 3.67
C.Harrison 27.8 3 5 1 10 0 2 1.000 3.56
D.Money 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Freehan 1.2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 7.50
D.Griffin 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1530.0 175 203 107 425 32 49 .943 3.13
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.33
D.Decinces 1246.3 145 148 194 554 19 90 .975 5.40
S.O'Brien 161.7 14 35 30 80 3 18 .973 6.12
C.Harrison 27.0 2 7 2 13 0 2 1.000 5.00
M.Cubbage 7.0 0 1 4 3 1 1 .875 9.00
D.Money 5.0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.20
D.Griffin 1.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1448.3 161 195 230 655 23 111 .975 5.50
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
D.Marshall 1256.0 145 147 242 1 8 0 .968 1.74
B.Bradford 70.6 7 11 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.66
G.Nettles 17.6 2 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.02
S.O'Brien 16.7 1 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.24
D.Money 13.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
C.Harrison 7.4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Conigliaro 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Robinson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Muser 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Bourque 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Hendrick 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Decinces 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1394.6 156 184 268 1 8 0 .971 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.45
B.Conigliaro 1339.0 152 157 358 4 8 1 .978 2.43
B.Bradford 193.9 23 28 50 0 1 0 .980 2.32
D.Ford 14.3 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
G.Hendrick 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
D.Marshall 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1556.2 175 197 414 4 9 1 .979 2.42
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.91
D.Ford 1204.7 135 141 244 6 6 2 .977 1.87
B.Bradford 105.4 12 16 17 1 3 0 .857 1.54
P.Bourque 64.0 7 9 13 0 1 0 .929 1.83
T.Muser 26.7 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
D.Marshall 5.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1406.1 157 175 281 7 10 2 .966 1.84
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.09
M.Wilcox 283.3 36 36 20 40 0 5 1.000 1.91
J.Montefusco 255.3 34 34 17 56 3 5 .961 2.57
D.Rau 224.3 34 34 13 35 1 1 .980 1.93
D.Eckersley 220.3 32 32 20 45 0 7 1.000 2.66
C.Hunter 195.7 26 26 9 33 0 5 1.000 1.93
D.Moore 150.7 0 87 13 25 0 4 1.000 2.27
D.Miller 40.7 0 20 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.66
R.Harrison 34.3 0 28 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.84
E.Rasmussen 25.0 0 17 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.72
D.Bird 24.7 0 13 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.82
Team Total 1454.3 162 327 96 256 4 28 .989 2.18
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Driessen .299
On-Base Pct Driessen .373
Slugging Pct Driessen .479
OPS Driessen .851
XR Driessen 88.1
Games Conigliaro 162
At-Bats Money 616
Runs Marshall 76
Hits Money 175
Total Bases Driessen 248
Singles Money 146
Doubles Driessen 36
Triples Robinson 5
Homeruns Driessen 17
RBIs Driessen 73
Stolen Bases Ford 6
Caught Stealing Cubbage, Torre 3
Walks Driessen 62
Strikeouts Conigliaro 111
ERA Wilcox 3.84
Wins Montefusco 12
Losses Rau 18
Winning Pct Montefusco .444
Saves Moore 13
Games Pitched Moore 87
Games Started Wilcox 36
Complete Games Wilcox 11
Shutouts Wilcox 1
Innings Pitched Wilcox 283.3
Hits Allowed Wilcox 270
Homeruns Allowed Hunter 30
Strikeouts Wilcox 139
Walks Allowed Montefusco 105
Walks per 9IP Eckersley 1.9
Hits per 9IP Wilcox 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Rau 4.9
WHiP Wilcox 1.31
OAVG Wilcox .249
OOBP Wilcox .312
OSLG Wilcox .354
OOPS Wilcox .665
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Joe Torre $ 6,000,000
Catfish Hunter $ 4,750,000
Bill Freehan $ 3,250,000
Graig Nettles $ 3,090,000
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
Bill Robinson $ 350,000
Doug Bird $ 300,000
Pat Bourque $ 300,000
Mike Cubbage $ 300,000
Doug Decinces $ 300,000
Dan Driessen $ 300,000
Dennis Eckersley $ 300,000
Dan Ford $ 300,000
Ellie Hendricks $ 300,000
Roric Harrison $ 300,000
Syd O'Brien $ 300,000
Jim Bibby $ 300,000
Milt Wilcox $ 300,000
Dyar Miller $ 300,000
John Montefusco $ 300,000
Donnie Moore $ 300,000
Tony Muser $ 300,000
Eric Rasmussen $ 300,000
Doug Griffin $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded George Foster New York (N) Dan Driessen
3/2 Signed     Joe Torre
3/3 Traded Mike Adams San Diego Doug Rau
7/31 Traded Buddy Bradford Oakland Graig Nettles
Chuck Harrison
Bill Freehan