1959 Pittsburgh Pirates roster

32 players appeared for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1959 MLB season.

1959 Pirates roster: batting

1959 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.
Dick Groat147593741635510.275.312.673
Don Hoak155564601668659.294.374.773
Bob Skinner14354778153136110.280.357.756
Bill Mazeroski135493501197591.241.283.621
Roberto Clemente105432601284502.296.322.718
Dick Stuart1183976411827781.297.362.911
Smoky Burgess1143774111211590.297.349.834
Roman Mejias9627628657281.236.298.639
Rocky Nelson9817531516320.291.379.836
Danny Kravitz5216218413210.253.274.650
Dick Schofield811452134191.234.311.648
Hank Foiles53801018340.225.287.662
Harry Bright4048412380.250.321.779
Joe Christopher151260000.000.077.077
Ken Hamlin3811000.125.300.425
R c Stevens3722110.286.2861.000
Hardy Peterson2100000.000.000.000

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

1959 Pirates roster: pitching

1959 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.
Vern LawP34331892.98266.01101.121
Bob FriendP35358194.03234.21041.360
Harvey HaddixP312912123.13224.11491.060
Ron KlineP332911134.26186.0911.380
Bennie DanielsP3412795.45100.2671.531
Roy FaceP5701812.7093.1691.2410
George WittP1511076.9350.2301.780
Ron BlackburnP260113.6544.1191.471
Fred GreenP171123.1337.1201.391
Don GrossP210113.5533.0151.152
Al JacksonP83006.5018.0132.110
Don WilliamsP60006.7512.031.670
Dick HallP21003.128.231.500
Paul GielP400014.097.233.000
Jim UmbrichtP11006.437.031.570

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.