1979 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 98-64-1, Finished 1st in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Postseason:
Won World Series (4-3) over Baltimore Orioles
Won NL Championship Series (3-0) over Cincinnati Reds

Manager: Chuck Tanner (98-64-1)

General Manager: Harding Peterson

Scouting Director: Murray Cook

Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium

Attendance: 1,435,454 (10th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104
One-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 95-67, 775 Runs, 643 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Ed Ott*	27	117	439	403	49	110	20	2	7	51	0	1	26	62	.273	.314	.385	.699	86	155	8	0	6	4	8
2	1B	Willie Stargell*	39	126	480	424	60	119	19	0	32	82	0	1	47	105	.281	.352	.552	.904	139	234	10	3	0	6	12
3	2B	Rennie Stennett	30	108	348	319	31	76	13	2	0	24	1	4	24	25	.238	.289	.292	.581	56	93	11	0	2	3	6
4	SS	Tim Foli	28	133	587	525	70	153	23	1	1	65	6	5	28	14	.291	.335	.345	.679	83	181	7	9	19	6	0
5	3B	Bill Madlock	28	85	353	311	48	102	17	3	7	44	21	8	34	22	.328	.390	.469	.860	130	146	14	1	2	5	8
6	LF	Bill Robinson	36	148	455	421	59	111	17	6	24	75	13	2	24	81	.264	.302	.504	.805	112	212	13	1	4	5	11
7	CF	Omar Moreno*	26	162	757	695	110	196	21	12	8	69	77	21	51	104	.282	.333	.381	.714	91	265	7	3	6	2	9
8	RF	Dave Parker*	28	158	707	622	109	193	45	7	25	94	20	4	67	101	.310	.380	.526	.906	141	327	7	9	0	9	14
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	IF	Phil Garner	30	150	612	549	76	161	32	8	11	59	17	8	55	74	.293	.359	.441	.800	113	242	6	3	2	3	15
10	UT	John Milner*	29	128	386	326	52	90	9	4	16	60	3	5	53	37	.276	.373	.475	.849	126	155	5	1	0	6	6
11	C	Steve Nicosia	23	70	215	191	22	55	16	0	4	13	0	2	23	17	.288	.364	.435	.799	113	83	5	0	1	0	7
12	LF	Lee Lacy	31	84	208	182	17	45	9	3	5	15	6	1	22	36	.247	.327	.412	.739	97	75	1	1	0	3	2
13	IF	Dale Berra	22	44	140	123	11	26	5	0	3	15	0	0	11	17	.211	.272	.325	.597	60	40	5	0	2	2	2
14	UT	Manny Sanguillén	35	56	80	74	8	17	5	2	0	4	0	0	2	5	.230	.247	.351	.598	59	26	3	0	3	1	2
15	OF	Mike Easler*	28	55	62	54	8	15	1	1	2	11	0	1	8	13	.278	.371	.444	.815	118	24	0	0	0	0	0
16	SS	Frank Taveras	29	11	45	45	4	11	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	.244	.244	.311	.556	48	14	2	0	0	0	0
17	UT	Matt Alexander#	32	44	13	13	16	7	0	1	0	1	13	1	0	0	.538	.538	.692	1.231	228	9	0	0	0	0	0
18		Doe Boyland*	24	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
19		Alberto Lois	23	11	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
20		Gary Hargis	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
21	P	Bert Blyleven	28	38	85	70	1	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	.129	.129	.143	.271	-27	10	2	0	15	0	0
22	P	John Candelaria*	25	33	77	68	0	9	4	0	0	6	0	0	1	18	.132	.145	.191	.336	-11	13	4	0	8	0	0
23	P	Bruce Kison	29	37	63	55	6	8	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	19	.145	.161	.236	.397	5	13	2	0	7	0	0
24	P	Don Robinson	22	29	56	49	4	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	.204	.250	.204	.454	23	10	0	0	4	0	0
25	P	Jim Bibby	34	34	52	45	3	8	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	25	.178	.196	.333	.529	39	15	0	1	6	0	0
26	P	Jim Rooker	36	19	36	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.121	.147	.121	.268	-27	4	1	0	2	0	0
27	P	Ed Whitson	24	19	18	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.071	.000	.071	-79	0	0	0	4	0	0
28	P	Kent Tekulve	32	94	17	15	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.133	.188	.133	.321	-12	2	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Enrique Romo	31	84	16	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	2	0	0	4	0	0
30	P	Grant Jackson#	36	72	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Dave Roberts*	34	21	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	P	Joe Coleman	32	10	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.400	.600	57	2	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Rick Rhoden	26	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	438	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Dock Ellis#	34	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.5	163	6332	5661	775	1541	264	52	148	710	180	66	483	855	.272	.330	.416	.746	99	2353	113	32	98	56	102
		Rank in 12 NL teams				2	1	2	4	4	2		2	7	8	9	2	5	1	1		1		4		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.6	163	5890	5280	756	1487	255	52	145	683	180	66	475	717	.282	.341	.432	.773	106	2281	104	31	47	55	102
		Pitcher Totals	28.6	163	442	381	19	54	9	0	3	27	0	0	8	138	.142	.161	.189	.350	-6	72	9	1	51	1	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Bert Blyleven	28	12	5	.706	3.60	37	37	0	4	0	0	237.1	238	102	95	21	92	8	172	6	0	9	1018	108	3.67	1.390	9.0	0.8	3.5	6.5	1.87
2	SP	John Candelaria*	25	14	9	.609	3.22	33	30	2	8	0	0	207.0	201	83	74	25	41	6	101	3	0	2	850	121	3.96	1.169	8.7	1.1	1.8	4.4	2.46
3	SP	Bruce Kison	29	13	7	.650	3.19	33	25	2	3	1	0	172.1	157	70	61	13	45	5	105	4	0	5	704	122	3.35	1.172	8.2	0.7	2.4	5.5	2.33
4	SP	Don Robinson	22	8	8	.500	3.87	29	25	1	4	0	0	160.2	171	74	69	12	52	5	96	4	1	6	684	101	3.55	1.388	9.6	0.7	2.9	5.4	1.85
5	SP	Jim Rooker*	36	4	7	.364	4.60	19	17	0	1	0	0	103.2	106	58	53	11	39	5	44	0	0	6	444	85	4.39	1.399	9.2	1.0	3.4	3.8	1.13
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Kent Tekulve	32	10	8	.556	2.75	94	0	67	0	0	31	134.1	109	46	41	5	49	20	75	2	0	4	550	142	3.24	1.176	7.3	0.3	3.3	5.0	1.53
7	RP	Jim Bibby	34	12	4	.750	2.81	34	17	2	4	1	0	137.2	110	51	43	9	47	6	103	4	0	5	562	139	3.20	1.140	7.2	0.6	3.1	6.7	2.19
8	RP	Enrique Romo	31	10	5	.667	2.99	84	0	25	0	0	5	129.1	122	50	43	11	43	9	106	3	6	6	537	130	3.27	1.276	8.5	0.8	3.0	7.4	2.47
9	RP	Grant Jackson*	36	8	5	.615	2.96	72	0	29	0	0	14	82.0	67	32	27	9	35	5	39	2	1	3	339	132	4.56	1.244	7.4	1.0	3.8	4.3	1.11
10	RP	Dave Roberts*	34	5	2	.714	3.26	21	3	5	0	0	1	38.2	47	18	14	1	12	4	15	1	0	0	170	121	3.30	1.526	10.9	0.2	2.8	3.5	1.25
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Ed Whitson	24	2	3	.400	4.37	19	7	4	0	0	1	57.2	53	36	28	6	36	3	31	1	1	2	263	90	4.93	1.543	8.3	0.9	5.6	4.8	0.86
12		Joe Coleman	32	0	0		6.10	10	0	2	0	0	0	20.2	29	17	14	1	9	1	14	1	0	3	101	65	3.46	1.839	12.6	0.4	3.9	6.1	1.56
13		Dock Ellis	34	0	0		2.57	3	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	29	160	5.16	1.571	11.6	1.3	2.6	1.3	0.50
14		Rick Rhoden	26	0	1	.000	7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	21	58	3.13	1.400	9.0	0.0	3.6	3.6	1.00
		Team Totals	29.3	98	64	.605	3.41	163	163	139	24	2	52	1493.1	1424	643	566	125	504	77	904	31	9	52	6272	114	3.68	1.291	8.6	0.8	3.0	5.4	1.79
		Rank in 12 NL teams		1	12		3				10	8	1	1	4	3	3	7	6		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W