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1972 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971/1973)
96-59, Finished 1st in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 691 runs, Allowed 512 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-57
Managed by Bill Virdon

Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,427,460 (5th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 97
  (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost NL Championship Series (3-2) to Cincinnati Reds

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Manny Sanguillen    28  136  520   55  155  18  8   7   71  21   38  .298  .322  .404   1   2  10   0   0   6  11  107
1B *Willie Stargell     32  138  495   75  145  28  2  33  112  65  129  .293  .373  .558   1   1   7   2   0   7  15  163
2B  Dave Cash           24   99  425   58  120  22  4   3   30  22   31  .282  .316  .374   9   9   7   0   3   2   1   97
3B *Richie Hebner       24  124  427   63  128  24  4  19   72  52   54  .300  .378  .508   0   0   8   6   0   7   7  152
SS  Gene Alley          31  119  347   30   86  12  2   3   36  38   52  .248  .321  .320   4   3   6   0   3   1  10   84
LF *Vic Davalillo       35  117  368   59  117  19  2   4   28  26   44  .318  .367  .413  14   1   3   3   5   1   6  123
CF *Al Oliver           25  140  565   88  176  27  4  12   89  34   44  .312  .352  .437   2   4  13   5   1   7   4  125
RF  Roberto Clemente    37  102  378   68  118  19  7  10   60  29   49  .312  .356  .479   0   0  15   0   0   6   7  137
    Rennie Stennett     21  109  370   43  106  14  5   3   30   9   43  .286  .307  .376   4   3  16   2   0   0   1   95
    Gene Clines         25  107  311   52  104  15  6   0   17  16   47  .334  .369  .421  12   6   7   2   3   2   1  126
    Bob Robertson       25  115  306   25   59  11  0  12   41  41   84  .193  .291  .346   1   1   4   3   0   4   2   82
    Jackie Hernandez    31   72  176   12   33   7  1   1   14   9   43  .188  .227  .256   0   0   4   0   1   0   1   38
   *Milt May            21   57  139   12   39  10  0   0   14  10   13  .281  .325  .353   0   0   3   0   0   2   2   94
    Jose Pagan          37   53  127   11   32   9  0   3    8   5   17  .252  .284  .394   0   0   1   1   3   1   0   92
    Bill Mazeroski      35   34   64    3   12   4  0   0    3   3    5  .188  .217  .250   0   0   2   0   3   2   1   33
    Richie Zisk         23   17   37    4    7   3  0   0    4   7   10  .189  .318  .270   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   70
   #Chuck Goggin        26    5    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    1  .286  .375  .286   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   92
    Frank Taveras       22    4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .250  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -23
    Fernando Gonzalez   22    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Charlie Sands       24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Steve Blass         30   35   82    8   15   2  0   0    3   2   22  .183  .202  .207   0   0   1   0  12   0   0   18
    Bob Moose           24   32   71    7   12   0  1   0    6   7   25  .169  .250  .197   1   0   0   1   6   1   0   30
    Nelson Briles       28   28   70    6   11   1  0   0    4   2   32  .157  .178  .171   0   0   0   0   5   1   0    1
   #Dock Ellis          27   36   59    6    9   0  0   0    1   1   22  .153  .167  .153   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   -8
    Bruce Kison         22   32   53    3   10   4  1   0    9   1   27  .189  .204  .302   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   43
   *Bob Johnson         29   31   35    2    5   1  0   0    2   1   16  .143  .167  .171   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   -3
   *Luke Walker         28   26   24    0    2   0  0   0    0   1   12  .083  .120  .083   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -41
   #Ramon Hernandez     31   53   12    1    2   1  0   0    0   0    3  .167  .167  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   18
    Dave Giusti         32   54   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Bob Miller          33   36    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Gene Garber         24    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Bob Veale           36    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1  155 5490  691 1505 251 47 110  654 404  871  .274  .324  .397  49  30 110  25  52  50  69  113
    Rank among 12 NL teams         1    3    1   1  1   6       12    7     1     5     1   9  12                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Steve Blass         30  33   2.49  19   8  0  32   0  11   2  249.7  227   80   69  18   84  117 1024   6   4  1   8 135
SP  Bob Moose           24  31   2.91  13  10  1  30   1   6   3  226.0  213   84   73  11   47  144  927   6   4  1   9 115
SP  Nelson Briles       28  28   3.08  14  11  0  27   1   9   2  195.7  185   83   67  14   43  120  802   2   1  0   8 109
SP  Dock Ellis          27  25   2.70  15   7  0  25   0   4   1  163.3  156   60   49   6   33   96  663   2   3  0   4 124
SP  Bruce Kison         22  32   3.26   9   7  3  18   5   6   1  152.0  123   61   55  11   69  102  641   8   9  1   2 103

CL  Dave Giusti         32  54   1.93   7   4 22   0  44   0   0   74.7   59   18   16   3   20   54  295   3   0  0   6 174
RP *Ramon Hernandez     31  53   1.67   5   0 14   0  31   0   0   70.0   50   14   13   3   22   47  285   1   3  0   2 201
RP  Bob Miller          33  36   2.65   5   2  3   0  18   0   0   54.3   54   19   16   3   24   18  237   0   1  0   7 127
RP  Bob Johnson         29  31   2.96   4   4  3  11   6   1   0  115.7   98   40   38  14   46   79  483   3   4  0   8 113
RP *Luke Walker         28  26   3.40   4   6  2  12   5   2   0   92.7   98   41   35   4   34   48  399   2   0  0   4  99

   *Bob Veale           36   5   6.00   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    9.0   10    7    6   0    7    6   42   1   0  0   2  56
    Gene Garber         24   4   7.11   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.3    7    5    5   3    3    3   29   0   0  0   0  47
    Jim McKee           25   2   0.00   1   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.0    2    0    0   0    1    4   18   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9 155   2.81  96  59 48 155 116  39  15 1414.0 1282  512  441  90  433  838 5845  34  29  3  60 119
    Rank among 12 NL teams          2   1  11  2           7   4      1    4    1        3    3    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MSanguillen 1129 122 127 721 50 9 4 .988 5 26 42 29 MMay 285 33 33 179 21 3 2 .985 1 8 12 12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1414 155 155 900 71 12 6 .988 6 34 54 41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WStargell 832 99 101 881 40 15 96 .984 9.96 BRobertson 531 51 89 502 60 4 57 .993 9.52 VDavalillo 29 3 8 19 2 0 2 1.000 6.52 AOliver 22 2 3 21 0 0 3 1.000 8.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 155 155 1423 102 19 158 .988 9.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DCash 873 95 97 260 342 5 81 .992 6.21 RStennett 425 47 49 129 162 7 42 .977 6.16 BMazeroski 107 12 15 29 39 1 7 .986 5.72 CGoggin 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 155 155 418 547 13 130 .987 6.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .945 *2.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHebner 1041 117 121 76 210 9 17 .969 2.47 JPagan 250 27 32 25 37 7 3 .899 2.23 BRobertson 95 10 11 6 20 2 2 .929 2.46 BMazeroski 13 1 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.77 GAlley 9 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 JHernandez 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.83 FGonzalez 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 155 155 107 275 19 22 .953 2.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *5.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GAlley 887 98 114 181 339 16 88 .970 5.27 JHernandez 496 57 68 110 180 22 34 .929 5.26 RStennett 20 0 6 5 9 1 2 .933 6.21 FTaveras 10 0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 155 155 298 530 39 125 .955 5.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VDavalillo 495 53 63 114 2 2 0 .983 2.11 WStargell 267 32 32 48 1 2 0 .961 1.65 GClines 195 17 38 41 1 1 0 .977 1.94 RStennett 187 21 31 43 2 2 1 .957 2.17 BRobertson 168 22 23 35 2 1 0 .974 1.98 RZisk 81 8 12 14 1 1 0 .937 1.66 MSanguillen 14 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 JPagan 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 155 155 300 9 9 1 .972 1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AOliver 1223 136 138 333 4 5 1 .985 2.48 GClines 114 12 16 24 2 2 0 .929 2.05 RStennett 40 4 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 VDavalillo 37 3 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 155 155 381 6 7 1 .982 2.46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RClemente 812 88 94 198 5 0 2 1.000 2.25 GClines 317 37 40 66 4 3 0 .959 1.99 VDavalillo 229 25 31 54 2 2 0 .966 2.20 RStennett 53 5 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 RZisk 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 155 155 330 11 5 2 .986 2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.18 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- AOliver 1223 136 138 332 4 5 1 .985 2.47 RClemente 812 88 94 199 5 0 2 1.000 2.26 VDavalillo 761 81 97 181 4 4 0 .979 2.19 GClines 626 66 83 131 7 6 0 .958 1.98 RStennett 280 30 41 63 2 2 1 .970 2.09 WStargell 267 32 32 50 1 2 0 .962 1.72 BRobertson 168 22 23 35 2 1 0 .974 1.98 RZisk 84 8 12 14 1 1 0 .937 1.60 MSanguillen 14 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 JPagan 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1414 155 155 1010 26 21 4 .980 2.20 155 155 155 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SBlass 249 32 33 15 46 2 6 .968 2.20 BMoose 226 30 31 20 33 2 1 .964 2.11 NBriles 195 27 28 11 26 1 1 .974 1.70 DEllis 163 25 25 16 15 0 2 1.000 1.71 BKison 152 18 32 9 15 1 2 .960 1.42 BJohnson 115 11 31 6 7 1 1 .929 1.01 LWalker 92 12 26 3 13 3 3 .842 1.55 DGiusti 74 0 54 1 15 1 0 .941 1.93 RHernandez 70 0 53 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.80 BMiller 54 0 36 2 8 1 1 .909 1.66 BVeale 9 0 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 GGarber 6 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.86 JMcKee 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 155 155 87 190 13 17 .955 1.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Oliver .312

On-base % Hebner .378

Slugging % Stargell .558

OPS Stargell .931

Games Oliver 140

At Bats Oliver 565

Plate Appearances (approx.) Oliver 612

Runs Oliver 88

Hits Oliver 176

Total Bases Stargell 276

Doubles Stargell 28

Triples Sanguillen 8

Home Runs Stargell 33

RBI Stargell 112

Bases on Balls Stargell 65

Strikeouts Stargell 129

Stolen Bases Davalillo 14

Singles Oliver 133

Adjusted OPS+ Stargell 163

Runs Created Stargell 105

Adjusted Batting Runs Stargell 41

Batting Wins Stargell 4.3

Extra-Base Hits Stargell 63

Times on Base Oliver 215

Offensive Win% Stargell .766

Hit By Pitch Hebner 6

Sac. Hits Blass 12

Sac. Flies Hebner, Oliver, and Stargell 7

Intentional Walks Stargell 15

Grounded into Double Plays Stennett 16

Caught Stealing Cash 9

Power/Speed Number Davalillo 6.2

At Bats per Strikeout Sanguillen 13.7

At Bats per Home Run Stargell 15.0

Outs Oliver 414

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Blass 2.49

Wins Blass 19

Won-Loss % Blass .704

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Moose 1.150

Hits Allowed/9IP Blass 8.18

Bases on Balls/9IP Ellis 1.82

Strikeouts/9IP Moose 5.73

Games Giusti 54

Saves Giusti 22

Innings Blass 249.7

Strikeouts Moose 144

Games Started Blass 32

Comp. Games Blass 11

Shutouts Moose 3

Home Runs Allow. Blass 18

Bases On Balls Allow. Blass 84

Hits Allowed Blass 227

SO to Walk Moose 3.06

Losses Briles 11

Earned Runs Allow. Moose 73

Wild Pitches Kison 8

Hit Batsmen Kison 9

Batters Faced Blass 1024

Games Finished Giusti 44

Adjusted ERA+ Blass 135

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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Steve Blass
Roberto Clemente
Al Oliver
Manny Sanguillen
Willie Stargell (Starting LF)

1971/1973

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