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1955 National League
Team Record GB
Brooklyn Dodgers 98 - 55
Milwaukee Braves 85 - 69 13.5
New York Giants 80 - 74 18.5
Philadelphia Phillies 77 - 77 21.5
Cincinnati Redlegs 75 - 79 23.5
Chicago Cubs 72 - 81 26.0
St. Louis Cardinals 68 - 86 30.5
Pittsburgh Pirates 60 - 94 38.5

8th (NL)
Runs Scored: 560
Runs Allowed: 767
Attendance: 469,397

1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jack Shepard C 23 94 264 24 63 10 2 2 23 33 3 25 1 0 2 0 8 .239 .321 .314 .635
Dale Long 1B 29 131 419 59 122 19 13 16 79 48 6 72 0 1 6 1 14 .291 .362 .513 .875
Johnny O'Brien 2B 24 84 278 22 83 15 2 1 25 20 1 19 1 1 3 1 7 .299 .346 .378 .724
Gene Freese 3B 21 134 455 69 115 21 8 14 44 34 4 57 5 1 16 4 10 .253 .310 .426 .736
Dick Groat SS 24 151 521 45 139 28 2 4 51 38 11 26 0 2 11 1 20 .267 .317 .351 .668
Frank Thomas LF 26 142 510 72 125 16 2 25 72 60 10 76 2 0 3 2 13 .245 .324 .431 .755
Eddie O'Brien CF 24 75 236 26 55 3 1 0 8 18 0 13 4 5 6 1 2 .233 .290 .254 .544
Roberto Clemente RF 20 124 474 48 121 23 11 5 47 18 3 60 2 5 4 2 14 .255 .284 .382 .666

1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jerry Lynch 24 88 282 43 80 18 6 5 28 22 4 33 2 2 0 0 7 .284 .331 .443 .774
Preston Ward 27 84 179 16 38 7 4 5 25 22 4 28 0 0 5 0 3 .212 .296 .380 .676
Dick Cole 29 77 239 16 54 8 3 0 21 18 1 22 0 0 0 2 5 .226 .285 .285 .570
Tom Saffell 33 73 113 21 19 1 0 1 3 15 3 22 1 0 4 0 1 .168 .266 .204 .470
Toby Atwell 31 71 207 21 44 8 0 1 18 40 9 16 0 1 1 1 4 .213 .337 .266 .603
Roman Mejias 24 71 167 14 36 8 1 3 21 9 0 13 1 3 0 0 3 .216 .256 .329 .585
George Freese 28 51 179 17 46 8 2 3 22 17 2 18 1 1 3 2 7 .257 .327 .374 .701
Felipe Montemayor 27 36 95 10 20 1 3 2 8 18 2 24 1 0 0 1 2 .211 .342 .347 .689
Hardy Peterson 25 32 81 7 20 6 0 1 10 7 1 7 0 0 2 1 3 .247 .311 .358 .669
Sid Gordon 37 16 47 2 8 1 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 3 .170 .204 .191 .395
Curt Roberts 25 6 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .118 .211 .176 .387
Nick Koback 19 5 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .572
Earl Smith 27 5 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .063 .286 .063 .349
Dick Smith 27 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Al Grunwald 25 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
John Powers 25 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500

1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Vern Law P 25 44 63 8 16 3 0 1 8 4 0 16 1 0 2 0 0 .254 .299 .349 .648
Bob Friend P 24 44 61 3 10 1 0 0 4 3 0 15 0 0 6 0 0 .164 .203 .180 .383
Max Surkont P 33 35 50 5 7 1 0 0 2 4 0 13 0 0 4 1 0 .140 .218 .160 .378
Dick Hall P 24 21 40 3 7 1 0 1 3 6 0 5 0 0 1 0 3 .175 .283 .275 .558
Ron Kline P 23 37 38 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 0 0 1 0 0 .132 .154 .132 .286
Dick Littlefield P 29 35 34 1 6 1 0 0 3 4 0 15 0 0 1 0 0 .176 .263 .206 .469
Lino Donoso P 32 25 27 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 0 2 .185 .185 .185 .370
Roy Face P 27 43 26 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 .115 .148 .154 .302
Bob Purkey P 25 14 19 1 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 .316 .316 .474 .790
Nellie King P 27 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ben Wade P 32 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Roger Bowman P 27 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Laurin Pepper P 24 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jake Thies P 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Fred Waters P 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Vern Law 25 43 24 10 10 .500 3.81 200.2 98 85 221 19 61 82 .275 1 5 8 1 1 4.34
Max Surkont 33 35 22 7 14 .333 5.57 166.1 109 103 194 23 78 84 .292 3 6 5 0 2 5.25
Ron Kline 23 36 19 6 13 .316 4.15 136.2 78 63 161 13 53 48 .291 5 2 2 1 2 4.81
Dick Hall 24 15 13 6 6 .500 3.91 94.1 43 41 92 8 28 46 .248 2 0 4 0 1 4.08
Bob Purkey 25 14 10 2 7 .222 5.32 67.2 47 40 77 5 25 24 .284 2 1 2 0 1 4.45
Jake Thies 29 1 1 0 1 .000 4.91 3.2 5 2 5 0 3 0 .313 1 0 0 0 0 6.27

1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Bob Friend 24 44 20 14 9 .609 2.83 200.1 80 63 178 18 52 98 .235 2 0 9 2 2 4.00
Roy Face 27 42 10 5 7 .417 3.58 125.2 58 50 128 10 40 84 .264 0 3 4 0 5 3.65
Dick Littlefield 29 35 17 5 12 .294 5.12 130.0 91 74 148 15 68 70 .280 2 5 4 1 0 5.04
Lino Donoso 32 25 9 4 6 .400 5.31 95.0 58 56 106 16 35 38 .277 1 1 3 0 1 5.53
Nellie King 27 17 4 1 3 .250 2.98 54.1 24 18 60 2 14 21 .278 2 0 0 0 0 3.59
Laurin Pepper 24 14 1 0 1 .000 10.35 20.0 24 23 30 5 25 7 .357 2 2 0 0 0 9.60
Ben Wade 32 11 1 0 1 .000 3.21 28.0 12 10 26 3 14 7 .241 1 0 0 0 1 5.50
Roger Bowman 27 7 2 0 3 .000 8.64 16.2 18 16 25 2 10 8 .338 1 4 0 0 0 5.58
Paul Martin 23 7 1 0 1 .000 14.14 7.0 12 11 13 0 17 3 .419 1 1 0 0 0 9.86
Al Grunwald 25 3 0 0 0 .000 4.70 7.2 4 4 7 1 7 2 .241 0 0 0 0 0 6.91
Fred Waters 28 2 0 0 0 .000 3.60 5.0 2 2 7 1 2 0 .318 0 0 0 0 0 6.80
Bill Bell 21 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 6.00
Red Swanson 18 1 0 0 0 .000 18.00 2.0 4 4 2 1 3 0 .286 0 0 0 0 0 14.00