1957 Pittsburgh Pirates
62 - 92
1956 / 1958 (Organization)
7th place in the NL (33 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		36 - 41 (.468)
26 - 51 (.338)		 -4.4 wins
-10.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 586 / 662 ( -76 )
Allowed/Expected: 696 / 655 ( -41 )
Pyth Record: 65 - 89 (-3)
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Forbes Field
Attendance: 850,732 Avg Att: 11,048 (0.78)
Att Rank: 6 / 8 Lg Avg: 14,248
       
Park Factor: 0.97    
HR Factor: 0.84 R/L HR: 0.82 / 0.86
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Frank Thomas
1B
28.1
2.5
15.5
3.7
7
Y
7
23
1947
 Free Agency (Amateur)
2 Bob Friend
SP
26.6
3.2
15.6
6.3
7
Y
1
1
1949
 Free Agency (Amateur)
3 Vern Law
SP
27.3
2.4
11.8
5.9
6
Y
1
1
1948
 Free Agency (Amateur)
4 Dick Hall
RP
26.8
-0.6
0.0
-0.4
6
Y
9
1
1951
 Free Agency (Amateur)
5 Nellie King
RP
29.3
-0.0
1.9
-0.4
4
N
1
1
1948
 Unknown SLN NL
6 Bob Purkey
SP
28.0
1.3
9.2
2.7
4
Y
1
1
1948
 Free Agency (Amateur)
7 Ron Kline
SP
25.3
-0.1
7.7
0.7
4
Y
1
1
1950
 Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Dick Groat
SS
26.7
4.4
16.1
3.8
4
Y
6
16
1952
 Free Agency (Amateur)
9 Roy Face
RP
29.4
1.1
7.4
3.3
4
N
12
1
1952
 Draft (Rule 5) BRO NL
10 Eddie O'Brien
SP
26.6
0.3
1.3
0.8
4
Y
3
19
1953
 Free Agency (Bonus Baby)
11 Johnny O'Brien
RP
26.6
-0.2
0.9
-1.0
4
Y
3
19
1953
 Free Agency (Bonus Baby)
12 Laurin Pepper
SW
26.5
-0.3
0.0
-0.3
4
Y
6
14
1954
 Free Agency (Bonus Baby)
13 John Powers
LF
28.0
0.6
1.8
1.0
3
N
1
1
1950
 Unknown BOS AL
14 Lee Walls
LF
24.5
0.1
0.2
-0.2
3
Y
1
1
1951
 Free Agency (Amateur)
15 Bob Skinner
LF
25.7
3.6
13.3
5.6
3
Y
1
1
1951
 Free Agency (Amateur)
16 Dale Long
1B
31.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.4
3
N
12
5
1951
 Purchased SLA AL
17 Gene Freese
3B
23.5
1.5
7.6
0.3
3
Y
3
25
1953
 Free Agency (Amateur)
18 Roberto Clemente
RF
22.9
1.4
5.3
-3.3
3
N
11
22
1954
 Draft (Rule 5) BRO NL
19 Red Swanson
SW
20.7
0.3
3.5
0.7
3
Y
8
27
1955
 Free Agency (Bonus Baby)
20 Danny Kravitz
C
26.5
-0.4
0.4
-0.5
2
Y
1
1
1949
 Free Agency (Amateur)
21 Paul Smith
RF
26.3
-0.1
1.5
-1.3
2
Y
1
1
1950
 Free Agency (Amateur)
22 Hardy Peterson
C
27.7
0.6
2.2
0.1
2
Y
1
1
1950
 Free Agency (Amateur)
23 Roman Mejias
RF
26.9
0.7
2.8
0.1
2
Y
1
1
1953
 Free Agency (Amateur)
24 Bill Mazeroski
2B
20.8
3.3
13.4
0.9
2
Y
1
1
1954
 Free Agency (Amateur)
25 Luis Arroyo
SW
30.4
-0.8
2.7
-2.4
2
N
5
7
1956
 Trade SLN NL
26 Hank Foiles
C
28.1
1.9
8.7
0.7
2
N
5
15
1956
 Trade CLE AL
27 Bill Virdon
CF
26.1
2.0
11.3
-1.2
2
N
5
17
1956
 Trade SLN NL
28 Chuck Churn
RP
27.4
0.1
0.3
-0.1
1
Y
1
1
1949
 Free Agency (Amateur)
29 Bennie Daniels
SP
25.0
0.2
0.6
0.3
1
Y
7
1
1951
 Free Agency (Amateur)
30 Whammy Douglas
SP
22.4
-0.2
2.6
1.0
1
Y
1
1
1953
 Free Agency (Amateur)
31 George Witt
SP
23.6
-0.3
0.0
-0.0
1
N
11
30
1954
 Draft (Minor League) BRO NL
32 Joe Trimble
SP
26.7
-0.8
0.0
-0.7
1
N
5
11
1955
 Returned to Original Tm after Draft BOS AL
33 Dick Rand
C
26.3
-0.2
1.5
-1.6
1
N
10
12
1956
 Trade SLN NL
34 Bob Kuzava
RP
34.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
1
N
1
1
1957
 Obtained through Minor Lg Agreement Columbus (International
35 Buddy Pritchard
SS
21.4
-0.4
0.2
-0.1
1
Y
2
6
1957
 Free Agency (Bonus Baby)
36 Jim Pendleton
RF
33.5
0.1
1.4
0.2
1
N
4
3
1957
 Trade ML1 NL
37 Dee Fondy
1B
32.7
1.1
6.9
0.8
1
N
5
1
1957
 Trade CHN NL
38 Gene Baker
3B
32.0
0.2
7.1
-1.4
1
N
5
1
1957
 Trade CHN NL
39 Bob Smith
SW
26.4
0.7
3.3
1.2
1
N
5
14
1957
 Purchased SLN NL
40 Ken Hamlin
SS
22.1
-0.0
0.0
0.0
1
Y
6
3
1957
 Free Agency (Amateur)
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Luis Arroyo SW Penuelas (P.R.)
Gene Baker 3B Davenport, IA (US)
Chuck Churn RP Eastville, VA (US)
Roberto Clemente RF Carolina (PR)
Bennie Daniels SP Compton, CA (US)
Whammy Douglas SP Carrboro, NC (USA)
Roy Face RP Averill Park, NY (US)
Hank Foiles C Norfolk, VA (US)
Dee Fondy 1B San Bernardino, CA (US)
Gene Freese 3B Wheeling, WV (US)
Bob Friend SP West Lafayette, IN (US)
Dick Groat SS Swissvale, PA (US)
Dick Hall RP St. Louis, MO (USA)
Ken Hamlin SS Detroit, MI (USA)
Nellie King RP Hershey, PA (US)
Ron Kline SP Callery, PA (US)
Danny Kravitz C Laporte, PA (US)
Bob Kuzava RP Wyandotte, MI (USA)
Vern Law SP Meridan, ID (US)
Dale Long 1B Adams, MA (US)
Bill Mazeroski 2B Tiltonsville, OH (US)
Roman Mejias RF Abreus (Cuba)
Eddie O'Brien SP South Amboy, NJ (US)
Johnny O'Brien RP South Amboy, NJ (US)
Jim Pendleton RF St. Charles, MO (USA)
Laurin Pepper SW Vaughan, MS (USA)
Hardy Peterson C Perth Amboy, NJ (USA)
John Powers LF Birmingham, AL (USA)
Buddy Pritchard SS Bell, CA (US)
Bob Purkey SP Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Dick Rand C South Gate, CA (USA)
Bob Skinner LF La Jolla, CA (US)
Bob Smith SW Woodsville, NH (USA)
Paul Smith RF New Castle, PA (USA)
Red Swanson SW Baton Rouge, LA (USA)
Frank Thomas 1B Niagara Falls, ON (CA)
Joe Trimble SP Providence, RI (US)
Bill Virdon CF West Plains, MO (US)
Lee Walls LF Pasadena, CA (US)
George Witt SP Compton, CA (US)

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