1955 Pittsburgh Pirates

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W-L Record: 60-94 -- 8th in National League - Manager: Fred Haney Location: Pittsburgh,PA Baseball Stadium: Forbes Field Top Draft Pick: Attendance: 469,397 Youngest Player: Red Swanson (18) Oldest Player: Sid Gordon (37) Longest Tenure: Dick Smith, Frank Thomas, Bob Friend (5)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
11	Toby Atwell	C	31	L	R	5-9	185	3/8/1924	Leesburg,Virginia	MLB	1952-1956
20,57	Bill Bell	P	21	R	R	6-3	200	10/24/1933	Goldsboro,North Carolina	MLB	1952-1955
31	Roger Bowman	P	27	R	L	6-0	175	8/18/1927	Amsterdam,New York	MLB	1949-1955
13,21	Roberto Clemente	OF	20	R	R	5-11	175	8/18/1934	Carolina,Puerto Rico	MLB	1955-1972
12	Dick Cole	SS-3B	29	R	R	6-2	175	5/6/1926	Long Beach,California	MLB	1951-1957
31	Lino Donoso	P	32	L	L	5-11	160	9/23/1922	Havana,Cuba	MLB	1955-1956
26	Roy Face	P	27	R	R	5-8	155	2/20/1928	Stephentown,New York	MLB	1953-1969
8	Gene Freese	3B	21	R	R	5-11	175	1/8/1934	Wheeling,West Virginia	MLB	1955-1966
3	George Freese	3B	28	R	R	6-0	190	9/12/1926	Wheeling,West Virginia	MLB	1953-1961
19	Bob Friend	P	24	R	R	6-0	190	11/24/1930	Lafayette,Indiana	MLB	1951-1966
4	Sid Gordon	OF-3B	37	R	R	5-10	185	8/13/1917	Brooklyn,New York	MLB	1941-1955
24	Dick Groat	SS	24	R	R		180	11/4/1930	Wilkinsburg,Pennsylvania	MLB	1952-1967
37	Al Grunwald	P	25	L	L	6-4	210	2/13/1930	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1955-1959
30	Dick Hall	P	24	R	R	6-6	200	9/27/1930	St. Louis,Missouri	MLB	1952-1971
30	Nellie King	P	27	R	R	6-6	185	3/15/1928	Shenandoah,Pennsylvania	MLB	1954-1957
22	Ron Kline	P	23	R	R	6-3	205	3/9/1932	Callery,Pennsylvania	MLB	1952-1970
9	Nick Koback	C	19	R	R	6-0	187	7/19/1935	Hartford,Connecticut	MLB	1953-1955
32	Vern Law	P	25	R	R	6-2	195	3/12/1930	Meridian,Idaho	MLB	1950-1967
27	Dick Littlefield	P	29	L	L	6-0	180	3/18/1926	Detroit,Michigan	MLB	1950-1958
29	Dale Long	1B	29	L	L	6-4	210	2/6/1926	Springfield,Missouri	MLB	1951-1963
18	Jerry Lynch	OF	24	L	R	6-1	189	7/17/1930	Bay City,Michigan	MLB	1954-1966
28	Paul Martin	P	23	R	R	6-6	235	3/10/1932	Brownstown,Pennsylvania	MLB	1955-1955
25	Roman Mejias	OF	24	R	R	6-0	175	8/9/1930	Abreus,Cuba	MLB	1955-1964
14	Felipe Montemayor	OF	25	L	L	6-2	185	2/7/1930	Monterrey,Mexico	MLB	1953-1955
7	Eddie O'Brien	SS-OF	24	R	R	5-9	165	12/11/1930	South Amboy,New Jersey	MLB	1953-1958
6	Johnny O'Brien	2B	24	R	R	5-9	170	12/11/1930	South Amboy,New Jersey	MLB	1953-1959
23	Laurin Pepper	P	24	R	R	5-11	190	1/18/1931	Vaughan,Mississippi	MLB	1954-1957
17	Hardy Peterson	C	25	R	R	6-0	205	10/17/1929	Perth Amboy,New Jersey	MLB	1955-1959
14	John Powers	OF	25	L	R	6-0	190	7/8/1929	Birmingham,Alabama	MLB	1955-1960
34	Bob Purkey	P	25	R	R	6-2	195	7/14/1929	Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania	MLB	1954-1966
7	Curt Roberts	2B	25	R	R	5-8	165	8/16/1929	Pineland,Texas	MLB	1954-1956
16	Tom Saffell	OF	33	L	R	5-11	170	7/26/1921	Etowah,Tennessee	MLB	1949-1955
10	Jack Shepard	C	23	R	R	6-2	195	5/13/1932	Clovis,California	MLB	1953-1956
21	Dick Smith	3B-SS	27	R	R	5-8	160	7/21/1927	Blandburg,Pennsylvania	MLB	1951-1955
6	Earl Smith	OF	27	R	R	6-0	185	3/14/1928	Sunnyside,Washington	MLB	1955-1955
35	Max Surkont	P	33	R	R	6-0	205	6/16/1922	Central Falls,Rhode Island	MLB	1949-1957
20	Red Swanson	P	18	R	R	6-1	175	10/15/1936	Baton Rouge,Louisiana	MLB	1955-1957
39	Jake Thies	P	29	R	R	5-11	170	4/1/1926	St. Louis,Missouri	MLB	1954-1955
15	Frank Thomas	OF-3B	26	R	R	6-3	205	6/11/1929	Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania	MLB	1951-1966
28	Ben Wade	P	32	R	R	6-3	205	11/26/1922	Morehead City,North Carolina	MLB	1948-1955
5	Preston Ward	1B-OF	27	L	R	6-3	198	7/24/1927	Columbia,Missouri	MLB	1948-1959
34	Fred Waters	P	28	L	L	5-11	185	2/2/1927	Benton,Mississippi	MLB	1955-1956

Team Personnel

John Fitzpatrick (Assistant Coach)
Fred Haney (Manager)
Sam Narron (Bullpen Coach)
Bob Prince (Broadcaster)
Branch Rickey (General Manager)
Clyde Sukeforth (First Base Coach)
Honus Wagner (Assistant Coach)

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