1968 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 80-82
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 693,485, Avg. 9,906
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Larry Shepard (80-82)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1968 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1968 season with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.
The Pirates scored 583 runs and allowed 532 runs. Willie Stargell led Pittsburgh with 24 home runs, while Roberto Clemente and Donn Clendenon walloped 20 or more also. Donn Clendenon accounted for 87 RBI. Matty Alou paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .332 clip. Steve Blass topped the team with 18 wins, and Bob Veale earned a 2.05 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Larry Shepard 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 |
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Steve Blass | 18 | 6 | .750 | 2.12 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 220.3 | 191 | 64 | 52 | 13 | 57 | 5 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 885 |
Bob Veale | 13 | 14 | .481 | 2.05 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 245.3 | 187 | 67 | 56 | 13 | 94 | 5 | 171 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 997 |
Ron Kline | 12 | 5 | .706 | 1.68 | 56 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 112.7 | 94 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 449 |
Al McBean | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.58 | 36 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 198.3 | 204 | 88 | 79 | 10 | 63 | 5 | 100 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 839 |
Bob Moose | 8 | 12 | .400 | 2.73 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 171.3 | 136 | 61 | 52 | 5 | 41 | 7 | 126 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 685 |
Dock Ellis | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.51 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 82 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 426 |
Tommie Sisk | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.28 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96.0 | 101 | 40 | 35 | 3 | 35 | 8 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 404 |
Jim Bunning | 4 | 14 | .222 | 3.88 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 160.0 | 168 | 75 | 69 | 14 | 48 | 6 | 95 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 684 |
Roy Face | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.60 | 43 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 52.0 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 206 |
Dave Wickersham | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.48 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.7 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
Bruce Dal Canton | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
Juan Pizarro | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.27 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 |
Bill Henry | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 81 | |
Luke Walker | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.04 | 39 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61.7 | 42 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 264 |
Totals | 80 | 82 | .494 | 2.74 | 407 | 163 | 121 | 42 | 17 | 30 | 1487.0 | 1322 | 532 | 453 | 73 | 485 | 61 | 897 | 36 | 4 | 51 | 6140 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matty Alou | 146 | 598 | 558 | 59 | 185 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 26 | .332 | .362 | .396 | .758 | 221 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
Maury Wills | 153 | 685 | 627 | 76 | 174 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 52 | 21 | 45 | 57 | .278 | .326 | .316 | .642 | 198 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
Donn Clendenon | 158 | 645 | 584 | 63 | 150 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 87 | 10 | 3 | 47 | 163 | .257 | .309 | .399 | .708 | 233 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
Roberto Clemente | 132 | 557 | 502 | 74 | 146 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 77 | .291 | .355 | .482 | .838 | 242 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
Bill Mazeroski | 143 | 556 | 506 | 36 | 127 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 38 | .251 | .304 | .312 | .616 | 158 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Gene Alley | 133 | 530 | 474 | 48 | 116 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 78 | .245 | .307 | .321 | .628 | 152 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
Willie Stargell | 128 | 496 | 435 | 57 | 103 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 105 | .237 | .315 | .441 | .757 | 192 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
Manny Mota | 111 | 366 | 331 | 35 | 93 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 19 | .281 | .320 | .332 | .653 | 110 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
Jerry May | 137 | 467 | 416 | 26 | 91 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 80 | .219 | .293 | .272 | .564 | 113 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
Freddie Patek | 61 | 234 | 208 | 31 | 53 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 37 | .255 | .298 | .322 | .620 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
Jose Pagan | 80 | 184 | 163 | 24 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 32 | .221 | .278 | .350 | .627 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Gary Kolb | 74 | 132 | 119 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | .218 | .285 | .319 | .604 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Manny Jimenez | 66 | 77 | 66 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .303 | .403 | .394 | .797 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carl Taylor | 44 | 82 | 71 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .211 | .309 | .225 | .534 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Chris Cannizzaro | 25 | 70 | 58 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .241 | .343 | .397 | .740 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Al McBean | 43 | 70 | 67 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .194 | .206 | .239 | .445 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Blass | 35 | 88 | 80 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | .138 | .155 | .150 | .305 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Bob Veale | 36 | 86 | 82 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | .110 | .131 | .122 | .253 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Hiller | 11 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .462 | .846 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Bunning | 27 | 53 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .098 | .098 | .118 | .216 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Moose | 38 | 57 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .093 | .109 | .093 | .202 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tommie Sisk | 33 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dock Ellis | 27 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .069 | .069 | .103 | .172 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Virdon | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | 1.333 | 1.667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Wickersham | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Al Oliver | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Luke Walker | 39 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Dal Canton | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Juan Pizarro | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Face | 43 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Richie Hebner | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Henry | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Kline | 56 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .059 | .000 | .059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2032 | 6163 | 5569 | 583 | 1404 | 180 | 44 | 80 | 538 | 130 | 59 | 422 | 953 | .252 | .306 | .343 | .650 | 1912 | 133 | 33 | 96 | 43 | 93 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donn Clendenon | 1B | 155 | 152 | 1388.3 | 1587 | 128 | 17 | 134 | .990 | 11.118 | 11.065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Stargell | 1B | 13 | 11 | 98.0 | 110 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 1.745 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jose Pagan | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Mazeroski | 2B | 142 | 138 | 1255.7 | 319 | 467 | 15 | 107 | .981 | 5.634 | 5.535 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Alley | 2B | 24 | 23 | 206.3 | 47 | 81 | 1 | 11 | .992 | 5.583 | 5.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chuck Hiller | 2B | 2 | 1 | 9.3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 5.786 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Manny Mota | 2B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.143 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Kolb | 2B | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jose Pagan | 2B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 3.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Maury Wills | 3B | 141 | 140 | 1249.0 | 105 | 276 | 17 | 27 | .957 | 2.745 | 2.702 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jose Pagan | 3B | 30 | 19 | 202.3 | 16 | 45 | 5 | 3 | .924 | 2.713 | 2.033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Kolb | 3B | 4 | 3 | 27.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 2.667 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Freddie Patek | 3B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Manny Mota | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jerry May | C | 135 | 128 | 1120.3 | 752 | 70 | 10 | 10 | .988 | 6.603 | 6.089 | 7 | 30 | 41 | 35 | 46.1 |
Chris Cannizzaro | C | 25 | 18 | 168.0 | 111 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 6.482 | 4.840 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 71.4 |
Carl Taylor | C | 29 | 15 | 165.3 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .979 | 5.008 | 3.172 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 20.0 |
Gary Kolb | C | 10 | 2 | 33.7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.347 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 |
Matty Alou | OF | 144 | 134 | 1238.0 | 298 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .984 | 2.225 | 2.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roberto Clemente | OF | 131 | 128 | 1159.0 | 297 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .984 | 2.376 | 2.336 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Stargell | OF | 113 | 108 | 953.7 | 144 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .945 | 1.472 | 1.381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Manny Mota | OF | 92 | 77 | 732.7 | 149 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .981 | 1.892 | 1.674 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Kolb | OF | 25 | 16 | 159.0 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .900 | 2.038 | 1.440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jose Pagan | OF | 19 | 14 | 123.0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.317 | .947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Freddie Patek | OF | 5 | 4 | 38.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.132 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Manny Jimenez | OF | 5 | 5 | 36.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Oliver | OF | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carl Taylor | OF | 2 | 2 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.421 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Virdon | OF | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Blass | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Veale | P | 36 | 33 | 245.3 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 1.504 | 1.139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Blass | P | 33 | 31 | 220.3 | 22 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.002 | 1.485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al McBean | P | 36 | 28 | 198.3 | 16 | 54 | 3 | 3 | .959 | 3.176 | 1.944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Moose | P | 38 | 22 | 170.7 | 13 | 36 | 3 | 4 | .942 | 2.584 | 1.289 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Bunning | P | 27 | 26 | 160.0 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.294 | .852 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Kline | P | 56 | 0 | 112.7 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.518 | .339 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dock Ellis | P | 26 | 10 | 104.3 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.984 | .885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommie Sisk | P | 33 | 11 | 96.0 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 3 | .900 | 2.531 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Luke Walker | P | 39 | 2 | 62.3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.166 | .385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roy Face | P | 43 | 0 | 52.0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.558 | .209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Wickersham | P | 11 | 0 | 20.7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.742 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Dal Canton | P | 7 | 0 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .529 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Henry | P | 10 | 0 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Juan Pizarro | P | 12 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .818 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Alley | SS | 109 | 101 | 918.0 | 162 | 394 | 15 | 86 | .974 | 5.451 | 5.101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Freddie Patek | SS | 52 | 49 | 432.0 | 80 | 164 | 6 | 23 | .976 | 5.083 | 4.692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Maury Wills | SS | 10 | 9 | 88.3 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 5 | .977 | 4.279 | 4.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jose Pagan | SS | 8 | 4 | 49.0 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .960 | 4.408 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1845 | 1467 | 13386.0 | 4462 | 2000 | 139 | 445 | .979 | 4.345 | 3.502 | 11 | 40 | 56 | 44 | 44.0 |
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