1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 60-94
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 467,333, Avg. 7,538
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Fred Haney (60-94)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1955 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1955 season with a record of 60 wins and 94 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

The Pirates scored 560 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 767 runs, most in the circuit. Frank Thomas led Pittsburgh with 25 home runs, and Dale Long walloped 20 or more as well. Dale Long recorded 79 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .291 clip. Bob Friend paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.83 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Fred Haney coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Bob Friend149.6092.83442011922200.317880631852498200813
Vern Law1010.5003.81432413811200.722198851961782105865
Max Surkont714.3335.5735227502166.31941091032378484306745
Dick Hall66.5003.911513240194.3924341828446200401
Ron Kline613.3164.15361912212136.716178631353548522611
Roy Face57.4173.58421021405125.712858501040484003524
Dick Littlefield512.2945.1235175410130.014891741568870215598
Lino Donoso46.4005.312591030195.010658561635338101418
Bob Purkey27.2225.321410320167.7774740525124201298
Nelson King13.2502.98174700054.3602418214321200232
Bill Bell000.001010001.000001000004
Fred Waters003.602020005.0722120000024
Al Grunwald004.703010007.7744170200036
Red Swanson0018.001010002.0244130000010
Ben Wade01.0003.21111700128.026121031447100123
Jake Thies01.0004.911100003.7552031010020
Laurin Pepper01.00010.35141600020.030242352507202111
Paul Martin01.00014.147130007.01312110170311149
Roger Bowman03.0008.6472100016.72518162102810485
Totals6094.3904.39353154113415161362.0148076766514253650622264305967

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Dick Groat15157252145139282451023826.267.317.351.66918320111111
Frank Thomas142581510721251622572206076.245.324.431.7552201323610
Dale Long1314784195912219131679014872.291.362.513.875215141646
Roberto Clemente124501474481212311547251860.255.284.382.666181142433
Gene Freese134510455691152181444513457.253.310.426.7361941041614
Johnny O'Brien843042782283152125112019.299.346.378.72310571321
Jerry Lynch883082824380186528222233.284.331.443.77412570044
Jack Shepard943012642463102223103325.239.321.314.6358380223
Eddie O'Brien7526123626553108451813.233.290.254.5446021600
Dick Cole77260239165483021001822.226.285.285.5696852011
George Freese51202179174682322111718.257.327.374.7016772312
Toby Atwell71253207214480118014016.213.337.266.6035541149
Preston Ward84208179163874525002228.212.296.380.6756830524
Roman Mejias7117616714368132113913.216.256.329.5855530000
Hardy Peterson329281720601100077.247.311.358.6692931211
Felipe Montemayor361149510201328101824.211.342.347.6893321002
Tom Saffell7313211321191013101522.168.266.204.4692310403
Vern Law446963816301810416.254.299.349.6482200200
Bob Friend447061310100400315.164.203.180.3831100600
Sid Gordon1649472810010026.170.204.191.396930000
Dick Hall2147403710130065.175.283.275.5581130100
Max Surkont35595057100200413.140.218.160.378801400
Bob Purkey1422191600140004.316.316.474.789900300
Dick Littlefield35393416100300415.176.263.206.469700100
Lino Donoso2530272500010008.185.185.185.370520300
Ron Kline37403815000000121.132.154.132.285500100
Roy Face4330261310010014.115.148.154.302400300
Al Grunwald3440200000001.500.500.5001.000200000
Nick Koback5770200000001.286.286.286.571200000
Curt Roberts619171210000021.118.211.176.387300000
Roger Bowman7320100000000.500.500.5001.000100100
John Powers2440100000000.250.250.250.500100000
Earl Smith521161100000042.063.286.063.348101000
Ben Wade11540000000013.000.200.000.200000000
Fred Waters2110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Laurin Pepper14220000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Nelson King1714120000000005.000.000.000.000010200
Dick Smith41010000000101.000000000
Paul Martin7000000000000000000
Jake Thies11000000000101.000000000
Bill Bell1000000000000000000
Red Swanson1000000000000000000
Totals191857905173560126221060915322222471652.244.308.361.668186513221933264


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Dale Long1B119116995.79689713114.9889.6278.9500000
Preston Ward1B4838366.338435141.9981.2948.7290000
Johnny O'Brien2B7875672.71852201353.9695.4195.1920000
Gene Freese2B5752456.01281731141.9655.9415.2810000
Dick Cole2B2422189.36067413.9696.0375.2920000
Curt Roberts2B6544.071424.9134.2953.5000000
Gene Freese3B6564563.7551271116.9432.9062.8000000
George Freese3B5049431.0508293.9362.7562.6400000
Dick Cole3B3329262.0256167.9352.9542.6060000
Sid Gordon3B8865.3521041.0003.5823.2500000
Eddie O'Brien3B7440.08720.8823.3752.1430000
Ron Kline3B100.00000.0000000
Jack ShepardC7771594.02883466.9824.8794.182136121250.0
Toby AtwellC6758524.73342433.9926.1415.3435819726.9
Hardy PetersonC3122214.31172154.9655.7954.452108952.9
Jerry LynchC2218.082001.0005.0005.0000001100.0
Nick KobackC2111.041001.0004.0912.5000200
Frank ThomasOF1391361205.0307853.9842.3532.2660000
Roberto ClementeOF118107964.02531865.9782.5302.2970000
Jerry LynchOF7164560.01041163.9501.8481.6200000
Eddie O'BrienOF5656462.7132811.9932.7232.5000000
Roman MejiasOF4439327.067862.9262.0641.7050000
Tom SaffellOF4722248.778230.9642.8951.7020000
Felipe MontemayorOF2824208.344020.9571.9011.5710000
Earl SmithOF5543.0110001.0002.3022.2000000
Sid GordonOF4430.07010.8752.1001.7500000
Dick HallOF3217.330001.0001.5581.0000000
John PowersOF2213.040001.0002.7692.0000000
Preston WardOF117.00000.000.0000000
Vern LawP4324200.7143543.9252.1981.1400000
Bob FriendP4420200.075026.9662.5651.2950000
Max SurkontP3522166.382120.9351.569.8290000
Ron KlineP3619136.7203022.9623.2931.3890000
Dick LittlefieldP3517130.071231.8641.315.5430000
Roy FaceP4210125.7141311.9641.934.6430000
Lino DonosoP25995.061821.9232.274.9600000
Dick HallP151394.366001.0001.145.8000000
Bob PurkeyP141067.721610.9472.3941.2860000
Nelson KingP17454.376011.0002.153.7650000
Ben WadeP11128.043001.0002.250.6360000
Laurin PepperP14120.012011.0001.350.2140000
Roger BowmanP7216.715001.0003.240.8570000
Al GrunwaldP307.720001.0002.348.6670000
Paul MartinP717.301001.0001.227.1430000
Fred WatersP205.001001.0001.800.5000000
Jake ThiesP113.70000.000.0000000
Red SwansonP102.00000.000.0000000
Bill BellP101.00000.000.0000000
Dick GroatSS1491481287.733045032107.9615.4525.2350000
Dick ColeSS12458.31830051.0007.4064.0000000
Eddie O'BrienSS4215.04410.8894.8002.0000000
Dick SmithSS101.00000.000.0000000
Totals1712138612258.040871744166451.9724.2813.4061916392942.6




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