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1959 National League
Team Record GB
Los Angeles Dodgers 88 - 68
Milwaukee Braves 86 - 70 2.0
San Francisco Giants 83 - 71 4.0
Pittsburgh Pirates 78 - 76 9.0
Chicago Cubs 74 - 80 13.0
Cincinnati Redlegs 74 - 80 13.0
St. Louis Cardinals 71 - 83 16.0
Philadelphia Phillies 64 - 90 23.0

4th (NL)
Runs Scored: 651
Runs Allowed: 680
Attendance: 1,359,917

1959 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
Smoky Burgess C 32 114 377 41 112 28 5 11 59 31 9 16 0 0 2 2 10 .297 .349 .485 .834
Dick Stuart 1B 26 118 397 64 118 15 2 27 78 42 7 86 1 1 2 2 11 .297 .362 .549 .911
Bill Mazeroski 2B 22 135 493 50 119 15 6 7 59 29 1 54 1 3 10 1 16 .241 .283 .339 .622
Don Hoak 3B 31 155 564 60 166 29 3 8 65 71 4 75 9 2 6 4 18 .294 .374 .399 .773
Dick Groat SS 28 147 593 74 163 22 7 5 51 32 2 35 0 2 9 2 21 .275 .312 .361 .673
Bob Skinner LF 27 143 547 78 153 18 4 13 61 67 8 65 10 7 1 0 6 .280 .357 .399 .756
Bill Virdon CF 28 144 519 67 132 24 2 8 41 55 11 65 7 4 5 2 7 .254 .327 .355 .682
Roberto Clemente RF 24 105 432 60 128 17 7 4 50 15 2 51 2 3 3 3 10 .296 .322 .396 .718

1959 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
Rocky Nelson 34 98 175 31 51 11 0 6 32 23 4 19 0 0 1 3 2 .291 .379 .457 .836
Roman Mejias 28 96 276 28 65 6 1 7 28 21 7 48 1 2 3 5 4 .236 .298 .341 .639
Dick Schofield 24 81 145 21 34 10 1 1 9 16 0 22 1 1 2 0 2 .234 .311 .338 .649
Ted Kluszewski 34 60 122 11 32 10 1 2 17 5 1 14 0 0 0 0 3 .262 .291 .410 .701
Hank Foiles 30 53 80 10 18 3 0 3 4 7 2 16 0 0 1 0 2 .225 .287 .375 .662
Danny Kravitz 28 52 162 18 41 9 1 3 21 5 1 14 0 1 1 0 2 .253 .274 .377 .651
Harry Bright 29 40 48 4 12 1 0 3 8 5 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .321 .458 .779
Joe Christopher 23 15 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .077 .000 .077
Harry Simpson 33 9 15 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .400 .667
Ken Hamlin 24 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .300 .125 .425
R.C. Stevens 24 3 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .714 1.000
Hardy Peterson 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1959 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 29 38 96 6 16 2 0 1 8 3 0 20 0 0 7 0 4 .167 .192 .219 .411
Harvey Haddix P 33 31 83 3 12 4 0 0 5 3 0 17 0 0 1 0 2 .145 .174 .193 .367
Bob Friend P 28 35 73 4 12 2 0 0 7 2 0 25 0 0 12 0 0 .164 .187 .192 .379
Ron Kline P 27 38 59 4 8 0 0 0 6 1 0 23 0 0 5 0 1 .136 .150 .136 .286
Bennie Daniels P 27 36 29 4 9 2 1 1 3 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 .310 .412 .552 .964
Roy Face P 31 58 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .231 .231 .231 .462
George Witt P 25 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .077 .000 .077
Fred Green P 25 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ron Blackburn P 24 26 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .800 1.000
Al Jackson P 23 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Bob Porterfield P 35 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jim Umbricht P 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Don Williams P 27 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333
Don Gross P 28 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dick Hall P 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bob Smith P 28 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1959 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
Bob Friend 28 35 35 8 19 .296 4.03 234.2 129 105 267 19 52 104 .279 7 5 7 2 0 3.92
Vern Law 29 34 33 18 9 .667 2.98 266.0 91 88 245 25 53 110 .239 2 5 20 2 1 4.02
Harvey Haddix 33 31 29 12 12 .500 3.13 224.1 88 78 189 26 49 149 .223 2 4 14 2 0 3.86
Ron Kline 27 33 29 11 13 .458 4.26 186.0 95 88 186 23 70 91 .257 2 9 7 0 0 4.79
George Witt 25 15 11 0 7 .000 6.93 50.2 43 39 58 7 32 30 .289 1 0 0 0 0 5.57
Jim Umbricht 28 1 1 0 0 .000 6.43 7.0 5 5 7 3 4 3 .259 0 0 0 0 0 9.43

1959 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
Roy Face 31 57 0 18 1 .947 2.70 93.1 29 28 91 5 25 69 .257 1 4 0 0 10 3.05
Bennie Daniels 27 34 12 7 9 .438 5.45 100.2 69 61 115 9 39 67 .280 2 5 0 0 1 4.05
Bob Porterfield 35 30 0 1 2 .333 4.75 36.0 20 19 45 2 17 18 .315 0 5 0 0 1 4.14
Ron Blackburn 24 26 0 1 1 .500 3.65 44.1 21 18 50 5 15 19 .275 2 0 0 0 1 4.76
Don Gross 28 21 0 1 1 .500 3.55 33.0 16 13 28 3 10 15 .224 1 0 0 0 2 4.27
Bob Smith 28 20 0 0 0 .000 3.49 28.1 16 11 32 1 17 12 .283 0 0 0 0 0 4.41
Fred Green 25 17 1 1 2 .333 3.13 37.1 16 13 37 2 15 20 .253 0 2 0 0 1 3.83
Al Jackson 23 8 3 0 0 .000 6.50 18.0 14 13 30 1 8 13 .395 0 2 0 0 0 3.61
Don Williams 27 6 0 0 0 .000 6.75 12.0 9 9 17 1 3 3 .340 0 1 0 0 0 4.33
Paul Giel 27 4 0 0 0 .000 14.09 7.2 12 12 17 0 6 3 .436 0 1 0 0 0 4.57
Dick Hall 28 2 1 0 0 .000 3.12 8.2 5 3 12 1 1 3 .316 0 0 0 0 0 4.15