1959 Pittsburgh Pirates

78-76 • .506 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
76 Losses
.506 Win %
4th Rank
651 R 680 RA
Diff -29

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⚡ Quick Stats

651 Runs Scored
680 Runs Allowed
-29 Run Diff
1,358K Attendance

📈 vs. 1959 NL Average

Batting Avg .263 1% above the 1959 league average (.260)
OBP .320 2% below the 1959 league average (.324)
SLG .384 4% below the 1959 league average (.399)
Team ERA 3.90 1% better than the 1959 league average (3.95)
Runs Scored 651 5% below the 1959 league average (683 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,358,857
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Avg per Game 17,647

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1959

Batting Avg

1 Dick Stuart 0.297 2 Smoky Burgess 0.297 3 Roberto Clemente 0.296 4 Don Hoak 0.294 5 Rocky Nelson 0.291

Home Runs

1 Dick Stuart 27 2 Bob Skinner 13 3 Smoky Burgess 11 4 Don Hoak 8 5 Bill Virdon 8

RBI

1 Dick Stuart 78 2 Don Hoak 65 3 Bob Skinner 61 4 Smoky Burgess 59 5 Bill Mazeroski 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dick Groat 147 593 74 163 22 7 5 51 32 35 0 0.275
Don Hoak 155 564 60 166 29 3 8 65 71 75 9 0.294
Bob Skinner 143 547 78 153 18 4 13 61 67 65 10 0.280
Bill Virdon 144 519 67 132 24 2 8 41 55 65 7 0.254
Bill Mazeroski 135 493 50 119 15 6 7 59 29 54 1 0.241
Roberto Clemente 105 432 60 128 17 7 4 50 15 51 2 0.296
Dick Stuart 118 397 64 118 15 2 27 78 42 86 1 0.297
Smoky Burgess 114 377 41 112 28 5 11 59 31 16 0 0.297
Roman Mejias 96 276 28 65 6 1 7 28 21 48 1 0.236
Rocky Nelson 98 175 31 51 11 0 6 32 23 19 0 0.291
Danny Kravitz 52 162 18 41 9 1 3 21 5 14 0 0.253
Dick Schofield 81 145 21 34 10 1 1 9 16 22 1 0.234
Ted Kluszewski 60 122 11 32 10 1 2 17 5 14 0 0.262
Vern Law 38 96 6 16 2 0 1 8 3 20 0 0.167
Harvey Haddix 31 83 3 12 4 0 0 5 3 17 0 0.145
Hank Foiles 53 80 10 18 3 0 3 4 7 16 0 0.225
Bob Friend 35 73 4 12 2 0 0 7 2 25 0 0.164
Ron Kline 38 59 4 8 0 0 0 6 1 23 0 0.136
Harry Bright 40 48 4 12 1 0 3 8 5 10 0 0.250
Bennie Daniels 36 29 4 9 2 1 1 3 5 10 0 0.310
Harry Simpson 9 15 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.267
Roy Face 58 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.231
Joe Christopher 15 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Red Witt 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.000
Ken Hamlin 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.125
R C Stevens 3 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.286
Fred Green 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
Ron Blackburn 26 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0.200
Al Jackson 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.200
Jim Umbricht 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Williams 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Don Gross 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dick Hall 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Smith 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Hardy Peterson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Giel 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Porterfield 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1959

ERA

1 Roy Face 2.70 2 Vern Law 2.98 3 Fred Green 3.13 4 Harvey Haddix 3.13 5 Don Gross 3.55

Wins

1 Roy Face 18 2 Vern Law 18 3 Harvey Haddix 12 4 Ron Kline 11 5 Bob Friend 8

Strikeouts

1 Harvey Haddix 149 2 Vern Law 110 3 Bob Friend 104 4 Ron Kline 91 5 Roy Face 69
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Vern Law 18 9 2.98 34 33 1 266.0 245 88 53 110
Bob Friend 8 19 4.03 35 35 0 234.2 267 105 52 104
Harvey Haddix 12 12 3.13 31 29 0 224.1 189 78 49 149
Ron Kline 11 13 4.26 33 29 0 186.0 186 88 70 91
Bennie Daniels 7 9 5.45 34 12 1 100.2 115 61 39 67
Roy Face 18 1 2.70 57 0 10 93.1 91 28 25 69
Red Witt 0 7 6.93 15 11 0 50.2 58 39 32 30
Ron Blackburn 1 1 3.65 26 0 1 44.1 50 18 15 19
Fred Green 1 2 3.13 17 1 1 37.1 37 13 15 20
Don Gross 1 1 3.55 21 0 2 33.0 28 13 10 15
Bob Smith 0 0 3.49 20 0 0 28.1 32 11 17 12
Al Jackson 0 0 6.50 8 3 0 18.0 30 13 8 13
Don Williams 0 0 6.75 6 0 0 12.0 17 9 3 3
Dick Hall 0 0 3.12 2 1 0 8.2 12 3 1 3
Paul Giel 0 0 14.09 4 0 0 7.2 17 12 6 3
Jim Umbricht 0 0 6.43 1 1 0 7.0 7 5 4 3
Bob Porterfield 0 0 1.69 6 0 0 5.1 6 1 2 1

👥 Roster (37)

Ron Blackburn Harry Bright Smoky Burgess Joe Christopher Roberto Clemente Bennie Daniels Roy Face Hank Foiles Bob Friend Paul Giel Fred Green Dick Groat +25 more

37 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 78-76 (.506 win pct).
Who led the 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Dick Stuart led the 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates with 27 home runs.
What was the 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 3.90.
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