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Record: 66-88 .429.... 7th in National League
Stadium: Forbes Field
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 949,878

Manager - Bobby Bragan

Team Leaders

HR: Long [27]
RBI: Long [91]
2B: Clemente [30]
SB: Virdon, Clemente [6]
W: Friend [17]
SV: Face [6]
SO: Friend [166]

Oldest Player: Red Munger [37]
Youngest Player: Red Swanson [19]
Longest Tenure: Bob Friend, Frank Thomas [6]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Danny Kravitz (Apr 17) Bill Mazeroski (Jul 7)
Pitchers: Bob Garber (May 13) Jack McMahan (Apr 18) Cholly Naranjo (Jul 8)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Jack Shepard	24	100	256	24	62	11	2	7	30	1	1	25	37	0	5	8	1	8	.242	.309	.383	692
1B	Dale Long	30	148	517	64	136	20	7	27	91	1	0	54	85	0	11	0	11	10	.263	.326	.485	811
2B	Bill Mazeroski	19	81	255	30	62	8	1	3	14	0	0	18	24	0	1	4	0	4	.243	.293	.318	611
3B	Frank Thomas	27	157	588	69	166	24	3	25	80	0	5	36	61	5	5	2	6	22	.282	.326	.461	787
SS	Dick Groat	25	142	520	40	142	19	3	0	37	0	3	35	25	0	3	17	3	14	.273	.317	.321	638
OF	Roberto Clemente	21	147	543	66	169	30	7	7	60	6	6	13	58	4	2	8	4	14	.311	.330	.431	761
OF	Lee Walls	23	143	474	72	130	20	11	11	54	3	5	50	83	2	0	9	2	11	.274	.345	.432	777
OF	Bill Virdon	25	133	509	67	170	21	10	8	37	6	6	33	63	1	7	2	2	12	.334	.374	.462	836

OF	Bob Skinner	24	113	233	29	47	8	3	5	29	1	1	26	50	1	1	0	2	6	.202	.282	.326	608
P	Bob Friend	25	49	97	7	16	2	0	1	8	0	0	1	19	0	0	11	0	1	.165	.173	.216	389
C	Hank Foiles	27	79	222	24	47	10	2	7	25	0	1	17	56	0	4	4	2	5	.212	.266	.369	635
P	Ron Kline	24	44	79	2	10	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	26	0	0	5	1	0	.127	.167	.127	294
3B-2B	Gene Freese	22	65	207	17	43	9	0	3	14	2	1	16	45	3	3	3	1	0	.208	.273	.295	568
P	Vern Law	26	39	57	3	10	1	0	1	8	0	0	4	16	0	0	3	1	1	.175	.226	.246	472
2B	Johnny O'Brien	25	73	104	13	18	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	7	0	0	4	1	2	.173	.209	.183	392
P	Dick Hall	25	33	29	5	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	1	.345	.441	.345	786
3B	Dick Cole	30	72	99	7	21	2	1	0	9	0	0	11	9	0	0	0	0	5	.212	.291	.253	544
P	Roy Face	28	69	26	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.192	.192	.192	384
C	Danny Kravitz	25	32	68	6	18	2	2	2	10	1	1	5	9	0	1	0	1	2	.265	.311	.441	752
P	Fred Waters	29	23	20	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.050	.050	.150	200
2B	Curt Roberts	26	31	62	6	11	5	2	0	4	1	0	5	12	0	0	1	0	1	.177	.239	.323	562
P	Nellie King	28	38	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
SS	Eddie O'Brien	25	63	53	17	14	2	0	0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	.264	.291	.302	593
P	Laurin Pepper	25	11	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143
2B	Spook Jacobs	30	11	37	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	1	0	1	0	0	.162	.225	.216	441
P	Dick Littlefield	30	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
OF-3B	Preston Ward	28	16	30	3	10	0	1	1	11	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.432	.500	932
P	Lino Donoso	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Red Munger	37	35	28	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	1	0	2	0	0	.107	.194	.143	337
P	Bob Purkey	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	John Powers	26	11	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	.048	.091	.048	139
P	Max Surkont	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Bobby Del Greco	23	14	20	4	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	.200	.304	.500	804
P	Red Swanson	19	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Jerry Lynch	25	19	19	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.200	.263	463
C	Toby Atwell	32	12	18	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	2	.111	.158	.111	269
P	Cholly Naranjo	21	17	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.125	.286	411
P	Luis Arroyo	29	18	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000
C	Bill Hall	27	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Jack McMahan	23	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Howie Pollet	35	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500
P	Bob Garber	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			154	5221	588	1340	199	57	110	546	24	33	383	752	18	43	95	40	124	.257	.307	.380	687