1961 Pittsburgh Pirates
75 - 79
1960 / 1962 (Organization)
6th place in the NL (18 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record:
38 - 39 (.494)
37 - 40 (.481)
-4.4 wins
+2.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 694 / 689 ( +5 )
Allowed/Expected: 675 / 688 ( +13 )
Pyth Record: 79 - 75 (-4)
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Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,199,128 Avg Att: 15,573 (1.10)
Att Rank: 3 / 8 Lg Avg: 14,106
       
Park Factor: 0.99    
HR Factor: 0.88 R/L HR: 0.88 / 0.88
Notes:


Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
  Acquired Via M D Y
1
LF
21.3
57.3
367.4
204.9
 
0.1
-0.3
1.3
3.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
8
7
1958
2
3B
18.7
28.6
186.6
49.3
 
-0.0
2.7
2.5
1.6
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1961
3
SS
21.0
24.3
113.7
13.4
 
-0.1
0.8
4.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1959
4
SP
25.7
22.1
127.1
61.3
 
0.3
3.3
5.8
3.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1958
5
1B
26.0
19.8
136.8
45.5
 
0.4
1.6
2.3
2.1
3.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1957
6
RP
23.1
15.1
81.7
38.8
 
1.2
2.4
2.3
3.1
3.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1958
7
RP
23.6
8.7
52.4
28.6
 
4.0
4.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1956
8
SP
19.2
7.6
84.1
30.3
 
0.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1960
9
RP
20.8
6.4
40.1
19.1
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1959
10
SP
25.5
5.8
58.6
11.2
 
0.3
2.2
0.7
0.7
0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1955
11
C
17.5
5.3
39.4
-2.7
 
-0.2
0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1961
12
SP
26.0
3.8
19.9
5.1
 
0.2
4.1
-0.5
-0.3
-0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1954
13
SP
19.9
2.4
18.5
2.8
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1960
14
RP
23.2
1.5
6.0
2.0
 
0.2
0.0
1.5
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1957
15
RP
22.9
1.5
12.0
3.6
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1957
16
RP
21.6
1.1
22.6
-0.3
 
0.1
0.1
0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1959
17
CF
23.3
1.0
12.3
2.7
 
0.1
-0.1
1.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1958
18
SP
19.2
0.6
36.3
2.0
 
0.2
1.2
-1.4
0.5
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
21
1960
19
2B
18.9
0.6
4.1
-0.4
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1960
20
RP
25.2
0.5
2.1
-0.3
 
0.5
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1954
21
C
21.5
0.3
20.7
-13.8
 
0.5
-0.7
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1958
22
SS
23.1
0.2
50.2
-23.1
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1959
23
RF
25.6
0.1
38.1
3.0
 
-0.6
0.1
-0.9
2.7
-0.6
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1955
24
RP
21.0
0.1
1.6
-0.3
 
0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1960
25
SP
25.2
-0.0
0.5
-0.5
 
-0.1
0.1
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1955
26
CF
23.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.2
 
-0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1959
27
C
19.1
-0.1
0.5
-0.3
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
9
3
1960
28
LF
20.4
-0.2
0.1
-0.4
 
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1961
29
RF
21.2
-0.4
1.4
-1.7
 
 
Unknown
1
1
1959
30
C
23.0
-0.4
7.7
0.3
 
-0.5
0.0
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1958
31
C
23.0
-0.4
0.7
-0.1
 
-0.1
-0.3
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1957
32
SP
21.8
-0.7
2.0
-2.2
 
-0.3
0.1
-0.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1957
33
RP
24.7
-0.7
30.6
1.9
 
0.7
1.6
-1.7
-1.0
 
Free Agency
1
27
1957
34
C
19.7
-0.9
12.8
-2.9
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1960
35
RP
23.2
-1.0
3.7
-3.5
 
-0.6
-0.1
0.5
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1958
36
SS
24.2
-1.2
30.4
-15.4
 
-0.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1960
37
CF
19.0
-1.7
2.6
-4.7
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
1
1960
38
SS
18.4
-1.8
7.5
-6.6
 
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
24
1960
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James