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1972 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1971)  (1973) 95-67, 1st in NL Eastern Division Scored 736 runs, Allowed 604 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-65 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .709 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 93-79   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 96-59 Manager(s): Dave Jackson (29-27), Darren Dawson (66-40) Lost to San Francisco Giants in Championship Series, 3 games to 2.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Willie Stargell      32  160  557  100  173  31   1  34  117   1   0   63  137  .311  .382  .553  121   8.3  4(-4)e12    4  
 3B *Richie Hebner        24  150  495   83  158  20   5  26   99   0   1   51   76  .319  .390  .537  106   8.1  3e15       42  
 OF *Al Oliver            25  162  632   94  198  31   5  14   73   1   2   43   42  .313  .364  .445  103   6.2  3(0)e6     20  
 C   Manny Sanguillen     28  156  579   67  157  29   6  11   67   0   2   21   64  .271  .294  .399   64   3.9  1(-2)e6   -33  
 1B *Tommy McCraw         31  130  415   59  117  16   9   7   41   2   3   34   44  .282  .336  .414   56   4.9  2e13       47  
 SS  Freddie Patek        27  146  574   80  131  45   3   0   27  30   4   36   66  .228  .275  .317   55   3.0  2e26       36  
 OF  Roberto Clemente     37  143  434   58  127  18   3   8   64   0   0   22   50  .293  .323  .403   52   4.3  1(-5)e0  -109  
 2B  Dave Cash            24  144  492   58  131  21   4   4   47  16   5   21   45  .266  .295  .350   49   3.4  2e8       -46  
 1B  Bob Robertson        25  100  241   25   57  14   0   4   32   1   1   40   70  .237  .345  .344   32   4.5  2e11       52  
 OF  Leroy Stanton        26   84  216   23   46  18   1   3   20   2   0   18   74  .213  .272  .347   19   2.9  2(-3)e5   -69  
 2B  Rennie Stennett      21   96  213   20   60   2   3   1   18   2   2    6   33  .282  .305  .333   19   3.2  4e23      -45  
 3B *Bernie Allen         33   66  159   16   33   5   0   5   24   0   0   14   29  .208  .267  .333   14   3.1  4e29      -86  
 C  *Milt May             21   72  104    9   30   8   0   0    5   0   0    7    6  .288  .330  .365   12   4.2  2(+1)e9    19  
 SS  Gene Alley           31   45   94   14   25   3   3   0    8   0   0    7   18  .266  .314  .362   11   4.2  3e24       34  
 OF  Buddy Bradford       27   20   50    6   11   3   1   3    9   2   0    0    9  .220  .231  .500    6   4.2  2(-2)e3   -46  
 PH  Winston Llenas       28    4    6    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .667  .667  .833    3  45.0            898  
 OF  Jose Pagan           37   26   44    5    8   3   0   1    7   0   0    2    4  .182  .234  .318    3   2.3  4(+2)e6  -125  
 PH  Richie Zisk          23    2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0  13.5            412  
 OF  George Hendrick      22    6    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3(0)e4   -511  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           731                   -6

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Steve Blass          30  22   5  .815  38  38   7   0   0   0   5  277.2  251   93   89  22   84  131  2.88  106   3.5  -22  
  P  Bob Moose            24  18   7  .720  38  38   2   0   0   0   2  258.1  252   88   85  18   53  176  2.96  106   3.7    4  
  P  Dock Ellis           27  15  10  .600  27  27   4   0   0   0   2  186.1  174   60   53   6   36  113  2.56   63   3.1  -35  
  P  Bruce Kison          22   9  11  .450  43  19   2   8   0   0   1  155.2  144   84   76  18   75  108  4.39   79   4.6   58  
  P *Ken Reynolds         25   8   6  .571  19  18   1   1   0   0   0  110.0  112   58   55  15   36   72  4.50   61   5.1  -19  
  P *Ramon Hernandez      31   5   3  .625  59   0   0  34  10   8   0   76.2   65   22   18   4   24   49  2.11   26   3.1   27  
  P  Jim Lonborg          30   4   5  .444  16  11   3   2   0   0   0   83.0   84   49   40   8   37   46  4.34   44   4.8   48  
  P *Luke Walker          28   4   6  .400  53   8   0  12   2   1   0   88.1   95   51   40   9   33   52  4.08   45   4.6   19  
  P  Tom Griffin          24   3   1  .750  43   0   0  10   2   0   0   51.0   43   12   12   2   14   49  2.12   15   2.8 -148  
  P  Darrell Brandon      32   3   5  .375  64   1   0  23   1   2   0   81.0   65   30   30   4   30   36  3.33   27   3.1 -150  
  P *Jim Rooker           29   2   3  .400  16   0   0   9   0   0   0   20.0   25   12   10   2    7   16  4.50   13   6.2   66  
  P  Tom Murphy           26   1   0 1.000   5   0   0   1   0   1   0    7.2   15    8    8   0    2    5  9.39    7   8.0  203  
  P  Dave Giusti          32   1   2  .333  48   0   0  42  33   2   0   53.1   46    8    8   1   17   38  1.35   17   3.0   18  
  P  Bill Champion        24   0   3  .000   8   2   1   0   0   1   0   17.2   35   29   27   5   13   12 13.75   30  14.9  368  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      646         -1

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Manny Sanguillen 1347 149 156 917 39 10 7 .990 43 18 Milt May 120 13 21 82 4 0 0 1.000 4 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tommy McCraw 804 89 98 777 88 6 79 .993 9.68 Bob Robertson 622 69 86 565 65 6 75 .991 9.12 Willie Stargell 31 4 6 35 2 1 4 .974 10.63 Al Oliver 9 0 3 8 2 0 1 1.000 10.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Cash 1095 121 138 339 338 4 87 .994 5.56 Rennie Stennett 325 37 44 120 88 5 33 .977 5.75 Bernie Allen 46 4 12 19 14 0 7 1.000 6.46 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Richie Hebner 1159 127 136 112 227 7 31 .980 2.63 Bernie Allen 271 32 32 32 60 4 6 .958 3.06 Gene Alley 30 2 7 2 11 0 0 1.000 3.90 Winston Llenas 7 1 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Freddie Patek 1293 143 143 248 467 17 101 .977 4.98 Gene Alley 172 19 22 33 67 2 12 .980 5.22 Rennie Stennett 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Stargell 1208 142 148 215 9 8 1 .966 1.67 Jose Pagan 81 9 15 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 Rennie Stennett 67 3 24 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 Buddy Bradford 56 6 12 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.96 Leroy Stanton 30 2 10 7 0 1 0 .875 2.10 Tommy McCraw 17 0 11 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 George Hendrick 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Al Oliver 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Oliver 1403 160 162 427 13 5 1 .989 2.82 Leroy Stanton 61 2 25 14 0 1 0 .933 2.07 Tommy McCraw 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Buddy Bradford 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roberto Clemente 937 103 121 195 6 0 1 1.000 1.93 Leroy Stanton 403 45 52 86 3 1 0 .989 1.99 Tommy McCraw 50 6 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 Buddy Bradford 49 6 7 10 2 1 0 .923 2.20 Willie Stargell 26 2 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 Rennie Stennett 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1972 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Jim Lonborg
Round 2 (#30):	Leroy Stanton
Round 3 (#49):	Tommy McCraw
Round 4 (#67):	Tom Murphy
Round 5 (#82):	Bernie Allen
Round 6 (#95):	Ken Reynolds
Round 7 (#107):	Buddy Bradford
Round 8 (#116):	Bill Champion
Round 9 (#124):	Winston Llenas

Transactions

• 1972-04: traded Bill Mazeroski to OAA for George Hendrick
• 1972-18: traded Tom Griffin to KCA for Jim Rooker
• 1972 postseason: released Bernie Allen

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