1958 Pittsburgh Pirates

84-70 • .545 Win% • 2nd in NL

📊 Season Record

84 Wins
70 Losses
.545 Win %
2nd Rank
662 R 607 RA
Diff +55

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⚡ Quick Stats

662 Runs Scored
607 Runs Allowed
+55 Run Diff
1,310K Attendance

📈 vs. 1958 NL Average

Batting Avg .264 1% above the 1958 league average (.261)
OBP .316 3% below the 1958 league average (.327)
SLG .410 1% above the 1958 league average (.405)
Team ERA 3.56 10% better than the 1958 league average (3.95)
Runs Scored 662 2% below the 1958 league average (677 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,310,565
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Avg per Game 17,020

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1958

Batting Avg

1 Bob Skinner 0.321 2 Dick Groat 0.300 3 Ted Kluszewski 0.292 4 Roberto Clemente 0.289 5 Bill Hall 0.284

Home Runs

1 Frank Thomas 35 2 Bill Mazeroski 19 3 Dick Stuart 16 4 Bob Skinner 13 5 Bill Virdon 9

RBI

1 Frank Thomas 109 2 Bob Skinner 70 3 Bill Mazeroski 68 4 Dick Groat 66 5 Roberto Clemente 50
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bill Virdon 144 604 75 161 24 11 9 46 52 70 5 0.267
Dick Groat 151 584 67 175 36 9 3 66 23 32 2 0.300
Bill Mazeroski 152 567 69 156 24 6 19 68 25 71 1 0.275
Frank Thomas 149 562 89 158 26 4 35 109 42 79 0 0.281
Bob Skinner 144 529 93 170 33 9 13 70 58 55 12 0.321
Roberto Clemente 140 519 69 150 24 10 6 50 31 41 8 0.289
Ted Kluszewski 100 301 29 88 13 4 4 37 26 16 0 0.292
Hank Foiles 104 264 31 54 10 2 8 30 45 53 0 0.205
Dick Stuart 67 254 38 68 12 5 16 48 11 75 0 0.268
Roman Mejias 76 157 17 42 3 2 5 19 2 27 2 0.268
Bill Hall 51 116 15 33 6 0 1 15 15 13 0 0.284
Danny Kravitz 45 100 9 24 3 2 1 5 11 10 0 0.240
Bob Friend 38 94 3 10 2 0 0 6 4 28 0 0.106
R C Stevens 59 90 16 24 3 1 7 18 5 25 0 0.267
John Powers 57 82 6 15 1 0 2 2 8 19 0 0.183
Ron Kline 33 74 2 2 1 0 0 1 4 42 0 0.027
Vern Law 36 62 11 12 3 1 2 12 9 10 0 0.194
Gene Baker 29 56 3 14 2 1 0 7 8 6 0 0.250
Red Witt 18 39 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0.154
Curt Raydon 31 38 2 1 0 0 0 1 6 25 0 0.026
Dick Schofield 26 27 4 4 0 1 0 2 3 6 0 0.148
Harry Bright 15 24 4 6 1 0 1 3 1 6 0 0.250
Bob Porterfield 37 20 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 7 0 0.050
Gene Freese 17 18 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0.167
Don Gross 40 18 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0.056
Bob Smith 35 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.091
Bennie Daniels 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.125
Ron Blackburn 38 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.286
Roy Face 57 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Hardy Peterson 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.333
Jim Pendleton 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Paul Smith 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.333
George Perez 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Johnny O'Brien 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Eddie O'Brien 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Williams 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1958

ERA

1 Red Witt 1.61 2 Roy Face 2.89 3 Bob Porterfield 3.29 4 Ron Blackburn 3.39 5 Ron Kline 3.53

Wins

1 Bob Friend 22 2 Vern Law 14 3 Ron Kline 13 4 Red Witt 9 5 Curt Raydon 8

Strikeouts

1 Bob Friend 135 2 Ron Kline 109 3 Curt Raydon 85 4 Red Witt 81 5 Don Gross 59
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Friend 22 14 3.68 38 38 0 274.0 299 112 61 135
Ron Kline 13 16 3.53 32 32 0 237.1 220 93 92 109
Vern Law 14 12 3.96 35 29 3 202.1 235 89 39 56
Curt Raydon 8 4 3.62 31 20 1 134.1 118 54 61 85
Red Witt 9 2 1.61 18 15 0 106.0 78 19 59 81
Bob Porterfield 4 6 3.29 37 6 5 87.2 78 32 19 39
Roy Face 5 2 2.89 57 0 20 84.0 77 27 22 47
Don Gross 5 7 3.98 40 3 7 74.2 67 33 38 59
Ron Blackburn 2 1 3.39 38 2 3 63.2 61 24 27 31
Bob Smith 2 2 4.43 35 4 1 61.0 61 30 31 24
Bennie Daniels 0 3 5.53 8 5 0 27.2 31 17 15 7
George Perez 0 1 5.40 4 0 1 8.1 9 5 4 2
Don Williams 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 4.0 6 3 1 3
Eddie O'Brien 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 2.0 4 3 1 1

👥 Roster (36)

Gene Baker Ron Blackburn Harry Bright Roberto Clemente Bennie Daniels Roy Face Hank Foiles Gene Freese Bob Friend Dick Groat Don Gross Bill Hall +24 more

36 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1958 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 1958 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 1958 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 84-70 (.545 win pct).
Who led the 1958 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Frank Thomas led the 1958 Pittsburgh Pirates with 35 home runs.
What was the 1958 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 1958 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 3.56.
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