1972 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 96-59 .619
Result: 1st in National League - East Division
Manager(s): Bill Virdon
General Manager: Joe Brown
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium
Attendance: 1,427,460
Playoffs: Lost NLCS (Reds)

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Roberto Clemente (37)
Youngest Player: Bob Johnson (12)
Longest Tenure: Roberto Clemente (18)
Top Hitter: Willie Stargell (5)
Top Pitcher: Dock Ellis (15)
Top Draft Pick: Dwayne Peltier (#23)

Roster Continuity: 94.50%

National League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Pittsburgh	96	59	.619	--
Chi Cubs	85	70	.548	11.0
NY Mets	83	73	.532	13.5
St. Louis	75	81	.481	21.5
Montreal	70	86	.449	26.5
Philadelphia	59	97	.378	37.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
16	Al Oliver	of-1b	21	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	140	565	88	176	27	4	12	89	2	4	34	44	5	4	1	7	13	.312	.352	.437	789	247	612	414	95	6.2	.318
35	Manny Sanguillen	c	39	28	UDFA: 1965	MLB	136	520	55	155	18	8	7	71	1	2	21	38	0	11	0	6	10	.298	.322	.404	726	210	547	383	74	5.2	.308
8	Willie Stargell	of-1b	5	32	UDFA: 1959	MLB	138	495	75	145	28	2	33	112	1	1	65	129	2	15	0	7	7	.293	.373	.558	930	276	569	365	105	7.8	.329
3	Richie Hebner	3b-1b	25	24	1966-1-15	MLB	124	427	63	128	24	4	19	72	0	0	52	54	6	7	0	7	8	.300	.378	.508	886	217	492	314	91	7.8	.302
30	Dave Cash	2b	-	24	1966-5-95	MLB	99	425	58	120	22	4	3	30	9	9	22	31	0	1	3	2	7	.282	.316	.374	690	159	452	326	55	4.6	.298
21	Roberto Clemente	of	60	37	UDFA: 1954	MLB	102	378	68	118	19	7	10	60	0	0	29	49	0	7	0	6	15	.312	.356	.479	835	181	413	281	67	6.4	.332
6	Rennie Stennett	2b	-	21	UDFA: 1969	MLB	109	370	43	106	14	5	3	30	4	3	9	43	2	1	0	0	16	.286	.307	.376	683	139	381	283	41	3.9	.318
18	Vic Davalillo	of	80	35	UDFA: 1958	MLB	117	368	59	117	19	2	4	28	14	1	26	44	3	6	5	1	3	.318	.367	.413	780	152	403	261	63	6.5	.352
14	Gene Alley	ss	70	31	UDFA: 1959	MLB	119	347	30	86	12	2	3	36	4	3	38	52	0	10	3	1	6	.248	.321	.320	641	111	389	274	37	3.6	.283
15	Gene Clines	of	84	25	1966-6-115	MLB	107	311	52	104	15	6	0	17	12	6	16	47	2	1	3	2	7	.334	.369	.421	790	131	334	225	50	6.0	.391
7	Bob Robertson	1b	-	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	115	306	25	59	11	0	12	41	1	1	41	84	3	2	0	4	4	.193	.291	.346	637	106	354	256	30	3.2	.220
2	Jackie Hernandez	ss	-	31	UDFA: 1961	MLB	72	176	12	33	7	1	1	14	0	0	9	43	0	1	1	0	4	.187	.227	.256	483	45	186	148	6	1.1	.242
29	Milt May	c	-	21	1968-11-237	MLB	57	139	12	39	10	0	0	14	0	0	10	13	0	2	0	2	3	.281	.325	.353	677	49	151	105	18	4.6	.305
11	Jose Pagan	ss-3b	-	37	UDFA: 1955	MLB	53	127	11	32	9	0	3	8	0	0	5	17	1	0	3	1	1	.252	.284	.394	677	50	137	100	16	4.4	.269
28	Steve Blass	p	53	30	UDFA: 1960	MLB	35	82	8	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	22	0	0	12	0	1	.183	.202	.207	410	17	96	80	1	0.3	.250
38	Bob Moose	p	-	24	1965-18-342	MLB	32	71	7	12	0	1	0	6	1	0	7	25	1	0	6	1	0	.169	.250	.197	447	14	86	66	2	0.7	.255
34	Nelson Briles	p	-	28	UDFA: 1964	MLB	28	70	6	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	32	0	0	5	1	0	.157	.178	.171	350	12	78	65	-2	-0.9	.282
9	Bill Mazeroski	2b	-	35	-	MLB	34	64	3	12	4	0	0	3	0	0	3	5	0	1	3	2	2	.187	.217	.250	467	16	72	59	3	1.5	.197
17	Dock Ellis	p	-	27	UDFA: 1964	MLB	36	59	6	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	22	0	0	1	0	0	.153	.167	.153	319	9	61	51	-2	-1.1	.243
25	Bruce Kison	p	-	22	1968-14-309	MLB	32	53	3	10	4	1	0	9	0	0	1	27	0	0	2	0	0	.189	.204	.302	506	16	56	45	1	0.8	.385
22	Richie Zisk	of	-	23	1967-3-56	MLB	17	37	4	7	3	0	0	4	0	0	7	10	0	0	0	0	1	.189	.318	.270	588	10	44	31	3	2.8	.259
27	Bob Johnson	p	-	29	1966-37-699	MLB	31	35	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	0	0	1	0	1	.143	.167	.171	338	6	37	32	-2	-1.3	.263
23	Luke Walker	p	-	28	UDFA: 1963	MLB	26	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.120	.083	203	2	26	23	-2	-2.5	.167
36	Ramon Hernandez	p	-	31	UDFA: 1959	MLB	53	12	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.250	417	3	12	10	0	0.7	.222
31	Dave Giusti	p	-	32	UDFA: 1961	MLB	54	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	11	11	-	-	.000
12	Chuck Goggin	2b-of	-	26	UDFA: 1964	MLB	5	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	661	2	8	5	1	4.6	.333
32	Bob Miller	p	-	33	UDFA: 1958	MLB	36	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
10	Frank Taveras	ss	-	22	UDFA: 1968	MLB	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	250	0	4	4	-	-	.000
37	Fernando Gonzalez	2b-3b	-	22	UDFA: 1969	MLB	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
4	Charlie Sands	c	-	24	1965-21-417	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
12	Gene Garber	p	-	24	1965-20-382	MLB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
39	Bob Veale	p	-	36	UDFA: 1958	MLB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (32 players)							155	5490	691	1505	251	47	110	654	49	30	404	871	25	69	52	50	110	.274	.324	.397	721	2180	6021	4227	745	4.8	.306

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
28	Steve Blass	19	30	UDFA: 1960	MLB	19	8	2.49	33	32	11	2	0	0	249.2	227	80	69	18	84	117	6	1	1.25	8.18	0.65	3.03	4.22	0.72	.265	1.04
38	Bob Moose	18	24	1965-18-342	MLB	13	10	2.91	31	30	6	3	1	1	226.0	213	84	73	11	47	144	6	1	1.15	8.48	0.44	1.87	5.73	0.33	.287	1.16
34	Nelson Briles	39	28	UDFA: 1964	MLB	14	11	3.08	28	27	9	2	1	0	195.2	185	83	67	14	43	120	2	0	1.17	8.51	0.64	1.98	5.52	0.36	.282	0.97
17	Dock Ellis	15	27	UDFA: 1964	MLB	15	7	2.70	25	25	4	1	0	0	163.1	156	60	49	6	33	96	2	0	1.16	8.60	0.33	1.82	5.29	0.34	.292	1.16
25	Bruce Kison	-	22	1968-14-309	MLB	9	7	3.26	32	18	6	1	5	3	152.0	123	61	55	11	69	102	8	1	1.26	7.28	0.65	4.09	6.04	0.68	.251	1.34
27	Bob Johnson	-	29	1966-37-699	MLB	4	4	2.96	31	11	1	0	6	3	115.2	98	40	38	14	46	79	3	0	1.24	7.63	1.09	3.58	6.15	0.58	.253	0.69
23	Luke Walker	-	28	UDFA: 1963	MLB	4	6	3.40	26	12	2	0	5	2	92.2	98	41	35	4	34	48	2	0	1.42	9.52	0.39	3.30	4.66	0.71	.313	2.17
31	Dave Giusti	29	32	UDFA: 1961	MLB	7	4	1.93	54	0	0	0	44	22	74.2	59	18	16	3	20	54	3	0	1.06	7.11	0.36	2.41	6.51	0.37	.264	0.96
36	Ramon Hernandez	36	31	UDFA: 1959	MLB	5	0	1.67	53	0	0	0	31	14	70.0	50	14	13	3	22	47	1	0	1.03	6.43	0.39	2.83	6.04	0.47	.226	1.13
32	Bob Miller	-	33	UDFA: 1958	MLB	5	2	2.65	36	0	0	0	18	3	54.1	54	19	16	3	24	18	0	0	1.44	8.94	0.50	3.98	2.98	1.33	.277	1.29
39	Bob Veale	-	36	UDFA: 1958	MLB	0	0	6.00	5	0	0	0	3	0	9.0	10	7	6	0	7	6	1	0	1.89	10.00	0.00	7.00	6.00	1.17	--	1.86
12	Gene Garber	-	24	1965-20-382	MLB	0	0	7.11	4	0	0	0	1	0	6.1	7	5	5	3	3	3	0	0	1.58	9.95	4.26	4.26	4.26	1.00	.200	1.29
39	Jim McKee	-	25	1969-4-80	MLB	1	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.60	3.60	0.00	1.80	7.20	0.25	.167	0.57
Totals: (32 players)						96	59	2.81	155	155	39	9	116	48	1,414	1282	512	442	110	433	838	34	3	1.35	8.16	0.57	2.76	5.33	0.52	.272

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Manny Sanguillen	C	128	1129	721	50	9	4	.988	6.15
Milt May	C	33	285	179	21	3	2	.985	6.32
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Willie Stargell	1B	101	832	881	40	15	96	.984	9.96
Bob Robertson	1B	89	531	502	60	4	57	.993	9.52
Vic Davalillo	1B	8	29	19	2	0	2	1.000	6.52
Al Oliver	1B	3	22	21	0	0	3	1.000	8.59
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave Cash	2B	97	873	260	342	5	81	.992	6.21
Rennie Stennett	2B	49	425	129	162	7	42	.977	6.16
Bill Mazeroski	2B	15	107	29	39	1	7	.986	5.72
Chuck Goggin	2B	1	9	0	4	0	0	1.000	4.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Richie Hebner	3B	121	1041	76	210	9	17	.969	2.47
Jose Pagan	3B	32	250	25	37	7	3	.899	2.23
Bob Robertson	3B	11	95	6	20	2	2	.929	2.46
Gene Alley	3B	4	9	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Jackie Hernandez	3B	4	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.29
Bill Mazeroski	3B	3	13	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.77
Fernando Gonzalez	3B	1	1	0	1	1	0	.500	9.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gene Alley	SS	114	887	181	339	16	88	.970	5.28
Jackie Hernandez	SS	68	496	110	180	22	34	.929	5.26
Rennie Stennett	SS	6	20	5	9	1	2	.933	6.27
Frank Taveras	SS	4	10	2	2	0	1	1.000	3.60
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Al Oliver	OF	138	1223	332	4	5	1	.985	2.47
Vic Davalillo	OF	96	761	181	4	4	0	.979	2.19
Roberto Clemente	OF	94	812	199	5	0	2	1.000	2.26
Gene Clines	OF	83	626	131	7	6	0	.958	1.98
Rennie Stennett	OF	41	280	63	2	2	1	.970	2.09
Willie Stargell	OF	32	267	50	1	2	0	.962	1.72
Bob Robertson	OF	23	168	35	2	1	0	.974	1.98
Richie Zisk	OF	12	84	14	1	1	0	.937	1.61
Jose Pagan	OF	2	6	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
Manny Sanguillen	OF	2	14	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.93
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave Giusti	P	54	74	1	15	1	0	.941	1.94
Ramon Hernandez	P	53	70	3	11	0	0	1.000	1.80
Bob Miller	P	36	54	2	8	1	1	.909	1.66
Steve Blass	P	33	249	15	46	2	6	.968	2.20
Bruce Kison	P	32	152	9	15	1	2	.960	1.42
Bob Johnson	P	31	115	6	7	1	1	.929	1.02
Bob Moose	P	31	226	20	33	2	1	.964	2.11
Nelson Briles	P	28	195	11	26	1	1	.974	1.71
Luke Walker	P	26	92	3	13	3	3	.842	1.56
Dock Ellis	P	25	163	16	15	0	2	1.000	1.71
Bob Veale	P	5	9	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Gene Garber	P	4	6	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.95
Jim McKee	P	2	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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