1973 Pittsburgh Pirates
80 - 82
1972 / 1974 (Organization)
3rd place in the NL East (2.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		41 - 40 (.506)
39 - 42 (.481)		 -2.0 wins
+1.0 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 704 / 640 ( +64 )
Allowed/Expected: 693 / 640 ( -53 )
Pyth Record: 82 - 80 (-2)
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Attendance: 1,319,913 Avg Att: 16,295 (0.95)
Att Rank: 8 / 12 Lg Avg: 17,173
       
Park Factor: 0.96    
HR Factor: 0.88 R/L HR: 0.86 / 0.90
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Willie Stargell
LF
33.3
7.2
36.0
24.8
12
Y
8
7
1958
 Free Agency (Amateur)
2 Gene Alley
SS
33.0
-0.2
2.4
-1.8
11
Y
1
1
1959
 Free Agency (Amateur)
3 Steve Blass
SP
31.2
-3.4
1.2
-1.9
9
Y
1
1
1960
 Free Agency (Amateur)
4 Luke Walker
SP
29.8
-1.4
1.6
-2.8
8
N
12
2
1963
 Draft (First Year) BOS AL
5 Bob Moose
SP
25.7
2.2
8.7
1.8
7
Y
6
8
1965
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 18
6 Dock Ellis
SP
28.3
1.8
8.9
2.4
6
Y
1
14
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
7 Bob Robertson
1B
26.7
0.7
10.3
2.3
6
Y
6
10
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Al Oliver
CF
26.7
1.3
22.0
8.3
6
Y
6
13
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
9 Manny Sanguillen
C
29.3
2.9
15.0
1.8
6
Y
10
2
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
10 Richie Hebner
3B
25.6
2.6
21.1
9.4
6
Y
6
7
1966
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 15)
11 Dave Cash
2B
25.1
1.8
11.9
1.7
5
Y
6
7
1966
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 5
12 Gene Clines
CF
26.7
0.1
5.2
-1.3
4
Y
6
7
1966
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 6
13 Milt May
C
22.9
0.6
8.5
1.0
4
Y
6
7
1968
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 11
14 Dave Giusti
RP
33.6
2.8
10.9
6.1
4
N
10
21
1969
 Trade SLN NL
15 John Lamb
RP
26.9
-0.9
0.0
-1.4
3
Y
1
1
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
16 Richie Zisk
RF
24.4
2.3
16.0
9.5
3
Y
6
6
1967
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
17 Bruce Kison
SP
23.4
0.6
2.5
1.0
3
Y
6
7
1968
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 14
18 Rennie Stennett
2B
22.2
-0.7
9.6
-1.1
3
Y
2
12
1969
 Free Agency (Amateur)
19 Jackie Hernandez
SS
32.8
-0.3
1.5
-0.5
3
N
12
2
1970
 Trade KCA AL
20 Bob Johnson
RP
30.2
0.3
4.0
-0.2
3
N
12
2
1970
 Trade KCA AL
21 Vic Davalillo
1B
36.9
-0.8
0.3
-1.1
3
N
1
29
1971
 Trade SLN NL
22 Nelson Briles
SP
29.9
4.0
11.8
4.4
3
N
1
29
1971
 Trade SLN NL
23 Ramon Hernandez
RP
32.8
2.0
8.5
4.2
3
N
2
10
1971
 Trade Mexico City Re (Mexican)
24 Jim McKee
RP
26.4
-0.6
0.0
-1.2
2
Y
6
5
1969
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 4
25 Chuck Goggin
C
28.0
0.1
0.2
0.2
2
N
8
15
1969
 Trade LAN NL
26 Fernando Gonzalez
3B
23.0
-0.2
0.3
-0.5
2
N
1
7
1971
 Free Agency
27 Tom Dettore
RP
25.6
-0.6
0.0
-1.0
1
Y
1
27
1968
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 3
28 Dave Augustine
LF
23.6
-0.1
0.1
-0.1
1
Y
1
1
1969
 Free Agency (Amateur)
29 John Morlan
SP
25.6
0.5
1.5
0.1
1
Y
2
1
1969
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 5)
30 Dave Parker
RF
22.1
1.1
4.6
1.9
1
Y
6
4
1970
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 14
31 Jim Campanis
-
29.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
1
N
12
2
1970
 Trade KCA AL
32 Jim Rooker
SP
30.8
3.9
11.3
5.0
1
N
10
25
1972
 Trade KCA AL
33 Jim Foor
RP
24.5
0.1
0.1
0.1
1
N
11
30
1972
 Trade DET AL
34 Chris Zachary
RP
29.4
0.1
0.8
0.2
1
N
4
2
1973
 Trade DET AL
35 Jerry McNertney
C
36.9
-0.0
0.1
-0.1
1
N
5
4
1973
 Purchased OAK AL
36 Dal Maxvill
SS
34.4
0.4
3.1
-2.9
1
N
7
7
1973
 Purchased OAK AL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Gene Alley SS Richmond, VA (US)
Dave Augustine LF Follansbee, WV (USA)
Steve Blass SP Housatonic, CT (US)
Nelson Briles SP Chico, CA (US)
Jim Campanis - Fullerton, CA (US)
Dave Cash 2B Utica, NY (US)
Gene Clines CF Richmond, CA (US)
Vic Davalillo 1B Cabimas (Venezuela)
Tom Dettore RP Canonsburg, PA (US)
Dock Ellis SP Gardena, CA (US)
Jim Foor RP Florissant, MO (US)
Dave Giusti RP Syracuse, NY (US)
Chuck Goggin C Pompano Beach, FL (US)
Fernando Gonzalez 3B Arecibo (P.R.)
Richie Hebner 3B Norwood, MA (US)
Jackie Hernandez SS Central Tinguaro (Cuba)
Ramon Hernandez RP Carolina (P.R.)
Bob Johnson RP Aurora, IL (USA)
Bruce Kison SP Pasco, WA (US)
John Lamb RP Housatonic, CT (US)
Dal Maxvill SS Granite City, IL (US)
Milt May C St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Jim McKee RP Columbus, OH (USA)
Jerry McNertney C Gilbert, IA (US)
Bob Moose SP Murrysville, PA (US)
John Morlan SP Columbus, OH (US)
Al Oliver CF Portsmouth, OH (US)
Dave Parker RF Cincinnati, OH (US)
Bob Robertson 1B Mount Savage, MD (US)
Jim Rooker SP Lakeview, OR (USA)
Manny Sanguillen C Colon (Panama)
Willie Stargell LF Alameda, CA (US)
Rennie Stennett 2B Colon (Panama)
Luke Walker SP DeKalb, TX (US)
Chris Zachary RP Knoxville, TN (US)
Richie Zisk RF Parsippany, NJ (US)

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