1956 Pittsburgh Pirates

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Season Record: 66-88
Attendance: 949,878
1956 NL Final Standings

1956 Team Batting Statistics
PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOAvgOBPSLGOPS
Thomas, Frank 157 588 69 166 24 3 25 80 0 5 36 61 .282 .326 .461 .787
Clemente, Roberto 147 543 66 169 30 7 7 60 6 6 13 58 .311 .330 .431 .761
Groat, Dick 142 520 40 142 19 3 0 37 0 3 35 25 .273 .317 .321 .638
Long, Dale 148 517 64 136 20 7 27 91 1 0 54 85 .263 .326 .485 .812
Virdon, Bill 133 509 67 170 21 10 8 37 6 6 33 63 .334 .374 .462 .836
Walls, Lee 143 474 72 130 20 11 11 54 3 5 50 83 .274 .345 .432 .777
Shepard, Jack 100 256 24 62 11 2 7 30 1 1 25 37 .242 .309 .383 .691
Mazeroski, Bill 81 255 30 62 8 1 3 14 0 0 18 24 .243 .293 .318 .611
Skinner, Bob 113 233 29 47 8 3 5 29 1 1 26 50 .202 .282 .326 .609
Foiles, Hank 79 222 24 47 10 2 7 25 0 1 17 56 .212 .266 .369 .635
Freese, Gene 65 207 17 43 9 0 3 14 2 1 16 45 .208 .273 .295 .568
O'Brien, Johnny 73 104 13 18 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 7 .173 .209 .183 .392
Cole, Dick 72 99 7 21 2 1 0 9 0 0 11 9 .212 .291 .253 .543
Friend, Bob 49 97 7 16 2 0 1 8 0 0 1 19 .165 .173 .216 .390
Kline, Ron 44 79 2 10 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 26 .127 .167 .127 .293
Kravitz, Danny 32 68 6 18 2 2 2 10 1 1 5 9 .265 .311 .441 .752
Roberts, Curt 31 62 6 11 5 2 0 4 1 0 5 12 .177 .239 .323 .561
Law, Vern 39 57 3 10 1 0 1 8 0 0 4 16 .175 .226 .246 .471
O'Brien, Eddie 63 53 17 14 2 0 0 3 1 1 2 2 .264 .291 .302 .593
Jacobs, Spook 11 37 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 5 .162 .225 .216 .441
Ward, Preston 16 30 3 10 0 1 1 11 0 0 6 4 .333 .432 .500 .932
Hall, Dick 33 29 5 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 .345 .441 .345 .786
Munger, Red 35 28 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .107 .194 .143 .336
Face, Roy 69 26 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .192 .192 .192 .385
Powers, John 11 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .048 .091 .048 .139
Waters, Fred 23 20 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 .050 .050 .150 .200
Del Greco, Bobby 14 20 4 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 3 .200 .304 .500 .804
Lynch, Jerry 19 19 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .158 .200 .263 .463
Atwell, Toby 12 18 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .111 .158 .111 .269
Naranjo, Cholly 17 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .125 .286 .411
Pepper, Laurin 11 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143
King, Nelson 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Arroyo, Luis 18 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Hall, Bill 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Littlefield, Dick 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pollet, Howie 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
McMahan, Jack 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000

1956 Team Pitching Statistics
PlayerWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHRERERAWHIPHRBBSO
Friend, Bob 17 17 49 42 19 4 3 314.1 310 137 121 3.46 1.26 25 85 166
Kline, Ron 14 18 44 39 9 2 2 264.0 263 110 99 3.38 1.30 26 81 125
Law, Vern 8 16 39 32 6 0 2 195.2 218 110 94 4.32 1.36 24 49 60
Face, Roy 12 13 68 3 0 0 6 135.1 131 57 53 3.52 1.28 16 42 96
Munger, Red 3 4 35 13 0 0 2 107.0 126 56 48 4.04 1.56 8 41 45
Hall, Dick 0 7 19 9 1 0 1 62.1 64 36 33 4.76 1.36 8 21 27
King, Nelson 4 1 38 0 0 0 5 60.0 54 24 21 3.15 1.22 8 19 25
Waters, Fred 2 2 23 5 1 0 0 51.0 48 18 16 2.82 1.53 3 30 14
Naranjo, Cholly 1 2 17 3 0 0 0 34.1 37 22 17 4.46 1.57 7 17 26
Pepper, Laurin 1 1 11 7 0 0 0 30.0 30 17 10 3.00 1.83 1 25 12
Arroyo, Luis 3 3 18 2 1 0 0 28.2 36 17 15 4.71 1.67 5 12 17
Pollet, Howie 0 4 19 0 0 0 3 23.1 18 10 8 3.09 1.11 3 8 10
O'Brien, Johnny 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 19.0 8 6 6 2.84 0.89 2 9 9
McMahan, Jack 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 13.1 18 9 9 6.08 2.02 1 9 9
Littlefield, Dick 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 12.2 14 8 6 4.26 1.58 2 6 10
Swanson, Red 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 11.2 21 13 13 10.03 2.49 1 8 5
Garber, Bob 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 2.25 1.50 1 3 3
Purkey, Bob 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 2.25 0.50 1 0 1
O'Brien, Eddie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0.00 0.50 0 0 0
Surkont, Max 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 4.50 2.50 0 3 1
Donoso, Lino 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 1 1