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1961 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1960)  (1962) 71-83, 5th in National League Scored 701 runs, Allowed 831 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .690 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 69-85   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 75-79 Manager(s): Dennis Van Langen

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Roberto Clemente     26  149  595  101  215  32   9  20   97   2   0   38   49  .361  .399  .546  122   8.0  2(-6)e11   -4  
 OF *Leon Wagner          27  126  400   73  119  18   3  32   82   5   1   57   57  .298  .384  .598   95   8.8  4(-2)e9   117  
 1B  Joe Adcock           33  148  537   67  149  27   0  29   97   1   0   61  103  .277  .357  .490   91   5.9  4e12      -14  
 C   John Romano          26  141  496   60  150  23   0  13   74   0   2   56   58  .302  .380  .427   78   5.7  3(0)e5    -53  
 OF *Joe Cunningham       29  117  324   61   90   9   3   7   32   6   0   55   36  .278  .401  .389   58   6.6  4(-1)e13  -11  
 2B  Bill Mazeroski       24  136  502   39  124  16   2  10   51   1   2   27   47  .247  .290  .347   49   3.4  1e24      -42  
 3B  Steve Boros          24  111  364   58   86  18   1   3   29   2   3   55   46  .236  .348  .316   43   4.0  4e23      -82  
 UT  Don Zimmer           30   78  253   40   72  11   7  13   33   0   1   10   35  .285  .313  .538   39   5.6            157  
 OF  Don Demeter          26  103  224   27   62  24   1   6   42   0   0   11   39  .277  .312  .473   31   5.0  2(-2)e4    21  
 OF *Bill Virdon          30   92  238   39   53   7   3   4   16   2   5   29   16  .223  .306  .328   24   3.5  1(-2)e7   -48  
 SS  Chico Fernandez      29  132  415   40   80  11   3   3   38   5   3   32   43  .193  .250  .255   24   1.8  3e33     -122  
 UT  Bobby Malkmus        30   84  215   27   47   6   1   7   32   0   4   14   37  .219  .264  .353   17   2.5             14  
 OF *Bob Skinner          29   80  124   11   25  10   1   1    9   0   1   12   17  .202  .283  .323   10   2.6  4(+2)e10 -113  
 PH  Donn Clendenon       25   49   34   13   14   0   1   0    2   0   0    5   13  .412  .487  .471    8  11.2            158  
 1B *Rocky Nelson         36   63   44    6    8   2   1   2    5   0   0    8    4  .182  .321  .409    6   4.5  3e7        58  
 UT  Harry Bright         31   33   50    4   11   2   0   1    4   0   0    4    4  .220  .278  .320    4   2.7            -51  
 C   Hal Smith            30   16   44    2    8   4   0   0    5   0   1    4   12  .182  .250  .273    2   1.9  4(-1)e2   -66  
 3B  Ken Walters          27   11   29    4    7   3   0   0    1   1   1    0    4  .241  .241  .345    1   2.0  3e37        7  
 OF *Tony Curry           23    2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   2.2  4(+1)e25   34  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           709                  -14

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

Team Pitching   Glossary

     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  Cal McLish           35   9  11  .450  28  28   1   0   0   0   1  166.1  170   97   85  30   43   78  4.60   87   4.7  -36  
  P  Don Schwall          25   9  13  .409  34  33   3   1   0   0   1  185.2  193  123  110  12  139  116  5.33  117   5.6   49  
  P  Roy Face             33   7   3  .700  60   0   0  33  12   1   0   87.1   85   41   35  11   12   47  3.61   34   3.5  -52  
  P  Ed Rakow             26   7   7  .500  43  11   0  10   3   4   0  112.1  125   65   61  12   56   77  4.89   68   5.4  -40  
  P *Pete Burnside        31   6   7  .462  39  16   0   7   2   1   0  109.0  112   70   52  13   55   66  4.29   64   5.2   -3  
  P  Vern Law             31   5   2  .714  10  10   0   0   0   0   0   53.1   55   28   23   7   13   19  3.88   25   4.3 -134  
  P  Earl Francis         25   5   6  .455  26  15   0   8   2   0   0  101.2  110   63   58   6   36   35  5.13   51   4.6  -39  
  P  Al McBean            23   4   3  .571  45   2   0  14   3   2   0   76.1   84   42   31   5   45   52  3.66   45   5.3   20  
  P  Mike Fornieles       29   4   3  .571  35   2   0  12   3   3   0   59.1   79   45   40  10   27   36  6.07   46   6.9   82  
  P *Don Ferrarese        32   4   9  .308  49  14   1  12   2   0   0  137.2  117   75   70  22   57   83  4.58   65   4.2  -28  
  P  Ed Hobaugh           27   3   1  .750   9   6   2   2   1   0   0   50.2   47   25   21   2   29   32  3.73   27   4.8  -68  
  P  Clem Labine          34   3   3  .500  58   1   0  25   7   5   0   76.0   93   44   39   9   29   47  4.62   48   5.7   44  
  P *Jack Curtis          24   2   4  .333   9   9   1   0   0   0   0   43.2   67   37   31   5   19   15  6.39   39   8.1  105  
  P *Ken Lehman           33   2   7  .222  44   2   0  21   4   3   0   57.2   66   47   42  15   18   22  6.55   42   6.4  128  
  P *Ron Moeller          22   1   3  .250   5   5   0   0   0   0   0   29.2   41   27   20   7   17   26  6.07   26   8.0   94  
  P *Fred Green           27   0   1  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0     .2    5    2    2   0    0    0 27.00    3  48.2  964  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      796          3

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- John Romano 1201 137 141 769 44 8 6 .990 29 12 Hal Smith 104 12 14 63 4 0 1 1.000 2 1 Harry Bright 42 5 10 18 5 1 0 .958 3 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Adcock 1197 148 148 1240 107 9 143 .993 10.13 Rocky Nelson 124 6 47 105 14 2 11 .983 8.61 Joe Cunningham 16 0 11 13 2 0 3 1.000 8.44 Don Demeter 7 0 4 7 1 0 1 1.000 10.29 Donn Clendenon 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Ken Walters 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Mazeroski 1123 129 131 353 377 23 120 .969 5.85 Don Zimmer 222 25 29 72 73 4 15 .973 5.89 Bobby Malkmus 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Steve Boros 801 90 99 68 163 13 27 .947 2.59 Don Zimmer 281 33 35 27 63 4 12 .957 2.88 Bobby Malkmus 160 18 24 17 47 2 2 .970 3.60 Ken Walters 69 8 8 9 20 0 1 1.000 3.78 Harry Bright 36 5 6 4 10 0 0 1.000 3.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chico Fernandez 1025 118 129 179 405 24 83 .961 5.13 Bobby Malkmus 322 36 54 49 124 10 28 .945 4.84 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Leon Wagner 760 88 93 160 4 8 0 .953 1.94 Bill Virdon 207 24 26 50 1 2 0 .962 2.21 Don Demeter 195 20 34 42 2 0 1 1.000 2.03 Bob Skinner 178 21 25 31 1 2 0 .941 1.62 Tony Curry 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roberto Clemente 912 107 111 286 8 3 0 .990 2.90 Bill Virdon 282 30 48 83 8 1 0 .989 2.90 Don Demeter 153 17 23 40 2 2 0 .955 2.48 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Cunningham 726 86 88 140 8 8 2 .949 1.83 Roberto Clemente 363 39 56 74 1 2 0 .974 1.86 Leon Wagner 164 19 21 34 1 3 0 .921 1.92 Don Demeter 91 10 12 22 1 1 0 .958 2.27 Don Zimmer 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1961 Draft

Round 1 (#6):	Joe Cunningham
Round 3 (#32):	Don Ferrarese
Round 4 (#46):	Don Demeter
Round 5 (#60):	Cal McLish
Round 6 (#73):	Don Zimmer
Round 7 (#85):	Pete Burnside
Round 8 (#95):	Bobby Malkmus
Round 9 (#104):	Harry Bright
Round 10 (#112):	Ken Lehman
Round 11 (#117):	Ed Rakow
Round 12 (#122):	Jack Curtis
Round 13 (#126):	Tony Curry
Round 14 (#129):	Ken Walters

Transactions

• 1961-01: traded Johnny Logan, PIN#1 to MLN for Joe Adcock
• 1961-09: traded PIN#2 to CIN for Hal Smith
• 1961-10: acquired Ed Hobaugh as a free agent
• 1961-14: acquired Ron Moeller as a free agent
• 1961 postseason: released Steve Boros, Harry Bright

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