1957 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 62-92
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 850,732, Avg. 13,088
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Bobby Bragan (36-67)
Manager: Danny Murtaugh (26-25)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1957 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1957 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1957 season with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Pirates plated 586 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 696 runs. Frank Thomas paced Pittsburgh with 23 home runs and drove in 89 runs. Dick Groat led all regular batters by connecting at a .315 clip. Bob Friend topped the team with 14 wins, while Vern Law earned a 2.87 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Bobby Bragan and Danny Murtaugh coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Bob Friend1418.4383.38403811730277.0273121104286881431131148
Bob Purkey1114.4403.86482111612179.719484771038951702761
Vern Law108.5562.8731255931172.717272551832855202716
Ron Kline916.3604.04403121120205.0214107922861688102871
Roy Face46.4003.0759132001093.7974132924553102395
Whammy Douglas33.5003.26118100047.0482317530228300213
Red Swanson33.5003.72328810072.7683530931329101309
Luis Arroyo311.2144.68541015001130.7151766819319101706585
Nelson King21.6674.503601900152.0692726716623201229
Bob Smith24.3333.11204420055.0482219225335102237
Eddie O'Brien101.0002.1931010012.311332301000051
Chuck Churn004.325030008.3944141400134
Bob Kuzava009.004010002.0322030100012
Dick Hall0010.8080000010.0171212451710053
Bennie Daniels01.0001.291100007.0521030200028
Laurin Pepper01.0008.005110009.01188152400043
Red Witt01.00040.501100001.3466150100013
Joe Trimble02.0008.2454000019.72319187131910295
Johnny O'Brien03.0006.08161500040.0463227724219102188
Totals6292.4033.88419155108479151395.0146369660115842166663291265981

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Frank Thomas151658594721723012389314466.290.335.460.7952731635129
Dick Groat12555150158158305754012728.315.350.437.7872191631461
Bill Mazeroski14856852659149277854332749.283.318.407.725214611132
Bill Virdon144605561591412811850333369.251.291.383.67521580835
Bob Skinner1264313875811812613451043850.305.370.468.83818122406
Roberto Clemente11147545142114177430042345.253.288.348.637157130011
Dee Fondy95357323421011322351152559.313.360.384.74412451440
Gene Freese1143723464498182631941742.283.319.399.71813842520
Gene Baker1114073653697194236322929.266.318.356.67413081845
Hank Foiles1093222813276104936133753.270.352.431.78312150135
Roman Mejias5815314212397421522613.275.309.423.7316031401
Paul Smith81167150123840311021217.253.313.340.6535151401
Dick Rand601221057232119001124.219.288.286.5743000421
Hardy Peterson30857310222121101910.301.378.438.8163250302
Jim Pendleton467259918110900914.305.394.356.7502121121
Bob Friend4010087516200400622.184.234.207.4411800610
Vern Law346963312110600111.190.215.238.4531501400
Johnny O'Brien34393571121010014.314.368.429.7971512100
John Powers20443571030280059.286.409.543.9521903010
Danny Kravitz19434126100400210.146.186.171.357700000
Luis Arroyo5634321500000019.156.182.156.338510100
Bob Purkey48524535020600322.111.180.200.380901210
Dale Long7272204100500410.182.296.227.524510010
Lee Walls824223410001025.182.250.227.477500000
Ron Kline40706604000000124.061.075.061.135420300
Roy Face5917161200010004.125.125.125.250200100
Joe Trimble5771100000001.143.143.143.286110000
Buddy Pritchard2312111100000004.091.091.091.182100100
Bob Smith2014130100000009.077.077.077.154100100
Whammy Douglas11161601000000010.063.063.063.125130000
Bennie Daniels1220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Chuck Churn5110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Red Swanson3214130000000016.000.071.000.071000000
Dick Hall10110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Ken Hamlin2110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Nelson King36650000010002.000.000.000.000000100
Eddie O'Brien3440000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Laurin Pepper7000000000000000000
Bob Kuzava4000000000000000000
Red Witt1000000000000000000
Totals203459425402586144723160925514635374733.268.315.384.699207410723974640


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Dee Fondy1B7371651.0698541463.9821.3961.3010000
Frank Thomas1B7170619.0597521553.9779.4369.1410000
Bob Skinner1B9872.060617.9858.2507.3330000
Dale Long1B7651.0545061.0001.4128.4290000
Paul Smith1B102.010001.0004.5001.0000000
Bill Mazeroski2B1441411238.33084431796.9785.4585.2150000
Gene Baker2B131093.7302626.9665.3814.3080000
Gene Freese2B10452.01316041.0005.0192.9000000
Buddy Pritchard2B305.001001.0001.800.3330000
Johnny O'Brien2B205.010001.0001.800.5000000
Gene Freese3B7469606.3621321616.9242.8802.6220000
Gene Baker3B6057513.061108812.9552.9652.8170000
Frank Thomas3B3124232.7275374.9203.0952.5810000
Dick Groat3B2219.00510.8332.3682.5000000
Jim Pendleton3B2218.02210.8002.0002.0000000
Bob Skinner3B116.002001.0003.0002.0000000
Hank FoilesC10990788.04363292.9815.3454.294915181035.7
Dick RandC5734320.31721155.9735.1423.2113310428.6
Hardy PetersonC3025212.71161423.9855.5024.333207750.0
Danny KravitzC15674.0459011.0006.5683.600025116.7
Bill VirdonOF1411381242.04031362.9863.0142.9500000
Roberto ClementeOF109107945.3272961.9792.6752.5780000
Bob SkinnerOF9383743.7172972.9632.1901.9460000
Frank ThomasOF5957501.31051433.9752.1362.0170000
Roman MejiasOF4230290.0606001.0002.0481.5710000
Paul SmithOF3324219.3522001.0002.2161.6360000
Jim PendletonOF9767.010110.9171.4781.2220000
John PowersOF9666.3141001.0002.0351.6670000
Gene FreeseOF10763.019120.9092.8572.0000000
Lee WallsOF7647.0131001.0002.6812.0000000
Bob FriendP4038277.0183813.9821.8191.4000000
Ron KlineP4031205.0182712.9781.9761.1250000
Bob PurkeyP4821179.7133033.9352.154.8960000
Vern LawP3125173.7132322.9471.8661.1610000
Luis ArroyoP5410130.741210.9411.102.2960000
Roy FaceP59193.749001.0001.249.2200000
Red SwansonP32872.748011.0001.486.3750000
Bob SmithP20455.03510.8891.309.4000000
Nelson KingP36052.066001.0002.077.3330000
Whammy DouglasP11846.04610.9091.957.9090000
Johnny O'BrienP16140.02410.8571.350.3750000
Joe TrimbleP5419.71511.8572.7461.2000000
Eddie O'BrienP3112.302011.0001.459.6670000
Dick HallP8010.00000.000.0000000
Laurin PepperP519.010001.0001.000.2000000
Chuck ChurnP508.324011.0006.4801.2000000
Bennie DanielsP117.01410.8336.4295.0000000
Bob KuzavaP402.00000.000.0000000
Red WittP111.30000.000.0000000
Dick GroatSS1231221080.02263802074.9685.0504.9270000
Gene BakerSS2824227.038851017.9254.8774.3930000
Johnny O'BrienSS8757.0111232.8853.6322.8750000
Buddy PritchardSS10229.011713.9475.5861.8000000
Jim PendletonSS101.00000.000.0000000
Ken HamlinSS101.020001.00018.0002.0000000
Totals1816139512554.041851695170396.9724.2153.2381420402235.5




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