1957 Pittsburgh Pirates roster

33 players appeared for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1957 MLB season.

1957 Pirates roster: batting

1957 Pittsburgh Pirates batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Frank Thomas1515947217223893.290.335.795
Bill Mazeroski148526591498543.283.318.725
Dick Groat125501581587540.315.350.787
Roberto Clemente111451421144300.253.288.637
Bob Skinner12638758118134510.305.370.838
Gene Freese11434644986319.283.319.718
Hank Foiles10928132769361.270.352.783
Paul Smith8115012383110.253.313.653
Roman Mejias5814212392152.275.309.731
Dick Rand60105723190.219.288.574
Hardy Peterson307310222110.301.378.816
Jim Pendleton4659918090.305.394.750
Danny Kravitz194126040.146.186.357
Johnny O'brien3435711010.314.368.797
John Powers2035710280.286.409.952
Buddy Pritchard231111000.091.091.182
Eddie O'brien3400000.000.000.000
Ken Hamlin2100000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1957 Pirates roster: pitching

1957 Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Bob FriendP403814183.38277.01431.230
Ron KlineP40319164.04205.0881.340
Bob PurkeyP482111143.86179.2511.292
Vern LawP31251082.87172.2551.181
Luis ArroyoP54103114.68130.21011.391
Roy FaceP591463.0793.2531.2910
Red SwansonP328333.7272.2291.360
Nellie KingP360214.5052.0231.631
Whammy DouglasP118333.2647.0281.660
Joe TrimbleP54028.2419.291.830
Dick HallP800010.8010.072.200
Laurin PepperP51018.009.041.780
Chuck ChurnP50004.328.141.560
Bennie DanielsP11011.297.021.140
George WittP110140.501.116.750

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.