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Positional Players from the 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Type | GP | PA/162 | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | SO | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | F/R/A | Salary | |
| Smoky Burgess | C | F | 114 | 440 | 112 | 11 | 59 | 41 | 0 | 16 | 31 | .297 | .349 | .485 | C/C/C- | $3.18M | |
| Danny Kravitz | C | F | 52 | 178 | 41 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 5 | .253 | .274 | .377 | C+/C/B- | $1.23M | |
| Hank Foiles | C | F | 53 | 93 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 7 | .225 | .287 | .375 | A+/D-/C- | $558K | |
| Dick Stuart | 1B | F | 118 | 474 | 118 | 27 | 78 | 64 | 1 | 86 | 42 | .297 | .362 | .549 | D/D | $3.29M | |
| Rocky Nelson | 1B | F | 98 | 215 | 51 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 23 | .291 | .379 | .457 | A-/D- | $1.25M | |
| Ted Kluszewski | 1B | P | 60 | 134 | 32 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 5 | .262 | .291 | .410 | A+/D- | $530K | |
| Bill Mazeroski | 2B | F | 135 | 565 | 119 | 7 | 59 | 50 | 1 | 54 | 29 | .241 | .283 | .339 | B/C+ | $3.01M | |
| Dick Schofield | 2B | F | 81 | 172 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 16 | .234 | .311 | .338 | B/C+ | $900K | |
| Don Hoak | 3B | F | 155 | 685 | 166 | 8 | 65 | 60 | 9 | 75 | 71 | .294 | .374 | .399 | B/B | $5.06M | |
| Dick Groat | SS | F | 147 | 674 | 163 | 5 | 51 | 74 | 0 | 35 | 32 | .275 | .312 | .361 | B-/A | $4.64M | |
| Bill Virdon | OF | F | 144 | 614 | 132 | 8 | 41 | 67 | 7 | 65 | 55 | .254 | .327 | .355 | C+/A+ | $4.15M | |
| Bob Skinner | OF | F | 143 | 650 | 153 | 13 | 61 | 78 | 10 | 65 | 67 | .280 | .357 | .399 | D+/C+ | $3.86M | |
| Roberto Clemente | OF | F | 105 | 480 | 128 | 4 | 50 | 60 | 2 | 51 | 15 | .296 | .322 | .396 | D/B+ | $2.64M | |
| Roman Mejias | OF | F | 96 | 324 | 65 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 48 | 21 | .236 | .298 | .341 | C/D+ | $1.41M | |
Pitchers from the 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||||
| Player | Role | Type | GP | IP/162 | GS | ERA | OAV | WHIP | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | Salary |
| Vern Law | S | F | 34 | 280.00 | 33 | 2.98 | 0.243 | 1.12 | 2.075 | 3.72 | 1.79 | 0.846 | $7.44M |
| Harvey Haddix | S | F | 31 | 236.00 | 29 | 3.13 | 0.228 | 1.06 | 3.041 | 5.98 | 1.97 | 1.043 | $6.72M |
| Bob Friend | S | F | 35 | 247.00 | 35 | 4.03 | 0.283 | 1.36 | 2.000 | 3.99 | 1.99 | 0.729 | $5.05M |
| Ron Kline | S | F | 33 | 196.00 | 29 | 4.26 | 0.263 | 1.38 | 1.300 | 4.40 | 3.39 | 1.113 | $3.80M |
| George Witt | S | F | 15 | 54.00 | 11 | 6.93 | 0.293 | 1.78 | 0.938 | 5.33 | 5.68 | 1.244 | $611K |
| Roy Face | R | F | 57 | 99.00 | 0 | 2.70 | 0.266 | 1.24 | 2.760 | 6.65 | 2.41 | 0.482 | $2.38M |
| Bennie Daniels | R | F | 34 | 106.00 | 12 | 5.45 | 0.287 | 1.53 | 1.718 | 5.99 | 3.49 | 0.805 | $1.84M |
| Fred Green | R | F | 17 | 40.00 | 1 | 3.13 | 0.259 | 1.39 | 1.333 | 4.82 | 3.62 | 0.482 | $805K |
| Don Gross | R | F | 21 | 35.00 | 0 | 3.55 | 0.228 | 1.15 | 1.500 | 4.09 | 2.73 | 0.818 | $770K |
| Ron Blackburn | R | F | 26 | 47.00 | 0 | 3.65 | 0.286 | 1.47 | 1.267 | 3.86 | 3.05 | 1.015 | $693K |
| Bob Porterfield | R | P | 30 | 44.00 | 0 | 4.75 | 0.317 | 1.72 | 1.059 | 4.50 | 4.25 | 0.500 | $578K |
| Bob Smith | R | P | 20 | 30.00 | 0 | 3.49 | 0.291 | 1.73 | 0.706 | 3.81 | 5.40 | 0.318 | $422K |
The 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates.
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