1957 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1957 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas Johnson, Branch Rickey (minority shareholders)
General manager(s)	Joe L. Brown
Manager(s)	Bobby Bragan, Danny Murtaugh
Local television	KDKA-TV Bob Prince, Paul Long
Local radio	KDKA Bob Prince, Dick Bingham
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The 1957 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 76th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 71st in the National League. The Pirates finished tied with the Chicago Cubs for eighth and last in the league standings with a record of 62–92.

Regular season

The Pittsburgh Pirates played the Brooklyn Dodgers in the final game at Ebbets Field. The game was contested on September 24, 1957, and Brooklyn pitcher Danny McDevitt pitched a complete game. He had nine strikeouts while allowing just five hits.^[2]

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Braves	95	59	0.617	—	45–32	50–27
St. Louis Cardinals	87	67	0.565	8	42–35	45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers	84	70	0.545	11	43–34	41–36
Cincinnati Redlegs	80	74	0.519	15	45–32	35–42
Philadelphia Phillies	77	77	0.500	18	38–39	39–38
New York Giants	69	85	0.448	26	37–40	32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	92	0.403	33	36–41	26–51
Chicago Cubs	62	92	0.403	33	31–46	31–46

Record vs. opponents

1957 National League Records Sources:
Team	BR	CHC	CIN	MIL	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Brooklyn	—	17–5	12–10	10–12	12–10	9–13	12–10	12–10
Chicago	5–17	—	7–15	9–13	9–13	8–14–1	12–10–1	12–10
Cincinnati	10–12	15–7	—	4–18	12–10	16–6	14–8	9–13
Milwaukee	12–10	13–9	18–4	—	13–9	12–10–1	16–6	11–11
New York	10–12	13–9	10–12	9–13	—	10–12	9–13	8–14
Philadelphia	13–9	14–8–1	6–16	10–12–1	12–10	—	13–9	9–13
Pittsburgh	10–12	10–12–1	8–14	6–16	13–9	9–13	—	6–16
St. Louis	10–12	10–12	13–9	11–11	14–8	13–9	16–6	—

Game log

1957 Game Log: 62–92 (Home: 36–41; Away: 26–51)

April: 4–8 (Home: 3–2; Away: 1–6)

May: 7–19 (Home: 4–13; Away: 3–6)

June: 15–19 (Home: 10–8; Away: 5–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
39	June 1	Giants	2–3	Worthington	Friend (3–5)	—	5,301	11–28
40	June 2	Giants	3–2	Kline (1–7)	Barclay	Arroyo (1)		12–28
41	June 2	Giants	2–0	Purkey (4–3)	Burnside	—	12,792	13–28
42	June 3	Giants	6–5	King (1–0)	Margoneri	Face (3)	7,504	14–28
43	June 4	Cardinals	5–4	Arroyo (2–5)	Wilhelm	Face (4)	12,178	15–28
44	June 5	Cardinals	1–5	McDaniel	Friend (3–6)	—	12,570	15–29
45	June 6	Cardinals	0–6	Dickson	Kline (1–8)	—	4,017	15–30
46	June 7	Braves	0–5	Spahn	Purkey (4–4)	—	21,762	15–31
47	June 9	Braves	1–2 (11)	Trowbridge	Friend (3–7)	Johnson		15–32
48	June 9	Braves	5–3	Kline (2–8)	Pizarro	Face (5)	21,888	16–32
49	June 10	Redlegs	5–2	Law (3–2)	Nuxhall	—	11,471	17–32
50	June 11	Redlegs	8–1	Purkey (5–4)	Gross	—	10,653	18–32
51	June 12	Redlegs	4–3 (10)	Face (3–4)	Acker	—	14,920	19–32
52	June 13	Redlegs	3–2	Friend (4–7)	Jeffcoat	—	7,346	20–32
53	June 14	Cubs	5–11	Drott	Kline (2–9)	Elston	17,088	20–33
54	June 15	Cubs	1–5	Drabowsky	Law (3–3)	—	7,495	20–34
55	June 16	Cubs	1–4	Kaiser	Arroyo (2–6)	Lown		20–35
56	June 16	Cubs	5–4	Law (4–3)	Brosnan	—	18,525	21–35
57	June 17	@ Braves	7–5	Purkey (6–4)	Jolly	Law (1)	26,664	22–35
58	June 18	@ Cardinals	8–1	Swanson (1–0)	Jackson	—	17,694	23–35
59	June 19	@ Cardinals	2–5	Jones	Kline (2–10)	—		23–36
60	June 19	@ Cardinals	1–5	McDaniel	Purkey (6–5)	Wilhelm	25,880	23–37
61	June 20	@ Cardinals	4–7	Dickson	Arroyo (2–7)	Merritt	11,223	23–38
62	June 21	@ Redlegs	3–2 (11)	Purkey (7–5)	Jeffcoat	—	19,648	24–38
63	June 22	@ Redlegs	3–6 (11)	Lawrence	Purkey (7–6)	—	9,299	24–39
64	June 23	@ Redlegs	3–5	Jeffcoat	Swanson (1–1)	—		24–40
65	June 23	@ Redlegs	2–5	Acker	Kline (2–11)	Sanchez	22,188	24–41
66	June 25	@ Cubs	3–5	Hillman	Friend (4–8)	Lown	5,002	24–42
67	June 26	@ Cubs	15–5	Law (5–3)	Poholsky	—		25–42
68	June 26	@ Cubs	5–5 (11)			—	7,460	25–42
69	June 27	@ Cubs	5–4 (10)	King (2–0)	Lown	—	4,900	26–42
70	June 28	@ Braves	2–4	Spahn	Friend (4–9)	—	27,087	26–43
71	June 29	@ Braves	6–13	Pizarro	O'Brien (0–1)	—	22,383	26–44
72	June 30	@ Braves	4–7	Johnson	Law (5–4)	—		26–45
73	June 30	@ Braves	5–6 (13)	Jolly	Arroyo (2–8)	—	36,283	26–46

July: 10–20 (Home: 4–10; Away: 6–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
74	July 1	Phillies	4–5	Hearn	Smith (0–2)	Morehead	14,680	26–47
75	July 4	@ Dodgers	5–1	Friend (5–9)	Erskine	—		27–47
76	July 4	@ Dodgers	2–8	Newcombe	Purkey (7–7)	—	20,664	27–48
77	July 5	@ Giants	6–11	Antonelli	Trimble (0–1)	Grissom	4,998	27–49
78	July 6	@ Giants	3–2 (13)	Purkey (8–7)	Miller	—	5,334	28–49
79	July 7	@ Giants	10–6	Swanson (2–1)	Worthington	King (1)		29–49
80	July 7	@ Giants	8–1	Friend (6–9)	Gomez	—	10,825	30–49
81	July 10	Braves	5–2	Purkey (9–7)	Buhl	—	18,731	31–49
82	July 11	Braves	2–7	Trowbridge	Friend (6–10)	—	17,278	31–50
83	July 12	Braves	4–5	Spahn	Face (3–5)	McMahon	20,078	31–51
84	July 13	Braves	3–4	Burdette	Kline (2–12)	—	9,330	31–52
85	July 14	Redlegs	6–9	Freeman	Friend (6–11)	—		31–53
86	July 14	Redlegs	4–12	Nuxhall	Trimble (0–2)	—	24,540	31–54
87	July 16	Cubs	5–3	Friend (7–11)	Rush	—	11,300	32–54
88	July 17	Cubs	3–4	Drabowsky	Kline (2–13)	Littlefield	8,534	32–55
89	July 18	Cubs	6–5	Arroyo (3–8)	Lown	—	3,877	33–55
90	July 19	Cardinals	7–0	Law (6–4)	McDaniel	—	25,774	34–55
91	July 20	Cardinals	4–9	Dickson	Friend (7–12)	Merritt	9,230	34–56
92	July 21	Cardinals	3–7 (10)	Schmidt	Arroyo (3–9)	Wilhelm		34–57
93	July 21	Cardinals	2–11	McDaniel	Purkey (9–8)	—	20,280	34–58
94	July 23	@ Redlegs	6–3 (15)	Law (7–4)	Lawrence	Purkey (1)	17,551	35–58
95	July 24	@ Redlegs	0–2	Nuxhall	Friend (7–13)	—	11,961	35–59
96	July 25	@ Redlegs	1–9	Fowler	Kline (2–14)	—	10,997	35–60
97	July 26	@ Cardinals	3–4 (10)	Schmidt	Kline (2–15)	—	15,352	35–61
98	July 27	@ Cardinals	4–2	Purkey (10–8)	Dickson	—	9,633	36–61
99	July 28	@ Cardinals	0–4	McDaniel	Law (7–5)	—		36–62
100	July 28	@ Cardinals	8–9 (11)	Wilhelm	King (2–1)	—	21,319	36–63
101	July 29	@ Cardinals	0–4	Mizell	Douglas (0–1)	—	10,302	36–64
102	July 30	@ Braves	2–5	Burdette	Swanson (2–2)	—	23,670	36–65
103	July 31	@ Braves	2–4	Buhl	Purkey (10–9)	—	24,522	36–66

August: 12–13 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 2	@ Cubs	4–6	Hillman	Law (7–6)	—	5,414	36–67
105	August 4	@ Cubs	0–6	Drabowsky	Friend (7–14)	—		36–68
106	August 4	@ Cubs	2–3 (11)	Hillman	Arroyo (3–10)	—	14,757	36–69
107	August 6	Phillies	5–3	Kline (3–15)	Sanford	—	11,136	37–69
108	August 8	Phillies	3–6	Simmons	Law (7–7)	Miller	5,238	37–70
109	August 9	Dodgers	2–4	McDevitt	Friend (7–15)	Labine	14,100	37–71
110	August 10	Dodgers	0–3	Drysdale	Purkey (10–10)	—	7,751	37–72
111	August 11	Dodgers	4–3 (10)	Law (8–7)	Labine	—		38–72
112	August 11	Dodgers	6–2	Douglas (1–1)	Craig	Face (6)	18,350	39–72
113	August 13	@ Phillies	6–0	Friend (8–15)	Hacker	—	14,129	40–72
114	August 14	@ Phillies	10–3	Law (9–7)	Simmons	—	8,641	41–72
115	August 16	@ Dodgers	1–4	Podres	Purkey (10–11)	Roebuck	9,592	41–73
116	August 17	@ Dodgers	7–3	Kline (4–15)	Koufax	—	6,830	42–73
117	August 18	@ Dodgers	1–2	Maglie	Friend (8–16)	—	14,416	42–74
118	August 18	@ Dodgers	8–6	Face (4–5)	Labine	Purkey (2)	14,416	43–74
119	August 20	Braves	1–3	Spahn	Arroyo (3–11)	—	21,328	43–75
120	August 22	Redlegs	8–3	Friend (9–16)	Gross	—	10,027	44–75
121	August 23	Redlegs	0–6	Nuxhall	Purkey (10–12)	—	13,223	44–76
122	August 24	Redlegs	4–1	Kline (5–15)	Lawrence	—	7,037	45–76
123	August 25	Cubs	3–0	Law (10–7)	Drabowsky	—		46–76
124	August 25	Cubs	2–8	Elston	Douglas (1–2)	Lown	11,770	46–77
125	August 27	Cardinals	2–1	Friend (10–16)	McDaniel	—	12,845	47–77
126	August 28	Cardinals	2–0	Kline (6–15)	Jackson	—	10,367	48–77
127	August 30	@ Phillies	3–4	Sanford	Law (10–8)	—	8,157	48–78
128	August 31	@ Phillies	1–7	Cardwell	Friend (10–17)	—	5,141	48–79

September: 14–13 (Home: 7–2; Away: 7–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
129	September 1	@ Phillies	3–11	Roberts	Purkey (10–13)	—		48–80
130	September 1	@ Phillies	6–3	Douglas (2–2)	Simmons	Face (7)	11,294	49–80
131	September 2	@ Giants	5–11	Monzant	Face (4–6)	—		49–81
132	September 2	@ Giants	3–4	Antonelli	O'Brien (0–2)	Grissom	10,310	49–82
133	September 3	@ Giants	5–6 (12)	Miller	Smith (0–3)	—		49–83
134	September 4	Giants	2–0	Friend (11–17)	McCormick	—	8,909	50–83
135	September 5	Giants	4–2	Douglas (3–2)	Worthington	Face (8)	5,189	51–83
136	September 6	Phillies	3–2	Kline (7–15)	Haddix	—	6,915	52–83
137	September 7	Phillies	6–3	Swanson (3–2)	Sanford	Face (9)	4,612	53–83
138	September 8	Phillies	4–7	Farrell	Purkey (10–14)	Roberts		53–84
139	September 8	Phillies	6–2	Smith (1–3)	Hacker	—	12,021	54–84
140	September 10	@ Braves	3–4	Burdette	Douglas (3–3)	—	22,257	54–85
141	September 11	@ Braves	2–1	Kline (8–15)	Spahn	—	14,713	55–85
142	September 13	@ Cubs	4–1	Friend (12–17)	Elston	—		56–85
143	September 13	@ Cubs	2–1	Smith (2–3)	Drabowsky	Face (10)	2,197	57–85
144	September 14	@ Cubs	3–1	O'Brien (1–2)	Brosnan	—		58–85
145	September 14	@ Cubs	3–7	Brosnan	O'Brien (1–3)	Lown	6,170	58–86
146	September 15	@ Cardinals	6–9	Wehmeier	Kline (8–16)	Muffett		58–87
147	September 15	@ Cardinals	3–11	Jones	Swanson (3–3)	Muffett	24,577	58–88
148	September 17	@ Redlegs	5–9	Nuxhall	Friend (12–18)	Kennedy	3,676	58–89
149	September 18	@ Redlegs	1–2	Lawrence	Smith (2–4)	—	3,607	58–90
150	September 21	Giants	5–4	Purkey (11–14)	Worthington	—		59–90
151	September 21	Giants	5–9	Gomez	Witt (0–1)	Grissom	8,110	59–91
152	September 22	Giants	5–1	Friend (13–18)	Monzant	—	19,574	60–91
153	September 24	@ Dodgers	0–2	McDevitt	Daniels (0–1)	—	6,702	60–92
154	September 28	@ Giants	1–0	Kline (9–16)	Gomez	—		61–92
155	September 29	@ Giants	9–1	Friend (14–18)	Antonelli	—	11,606	62–92

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

May 1, 1957: Dale Long and Lee Walls were traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Dee Fondy and Gene Baker.^[3]
May 14, 1957: Bob Smith was purchased by the Pirates from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[4]

Roster

1957 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

39 Luis Arroyo

28 Chuck Churn

30 Bennie Daniels

31 Whammy Douglas

26 Roy Face

19 Bob Friend

30 Dick Hall

29 Nellie King

22 Ron Kline

37 Bob Kuzava

32 Vern Law

16 Eddie O'Brien

6 Johnny O'Brien

31 Laurin Pepper

34 Bob Purkey

37 Bob Smith

35 Red Swanson

36 Joe Trimble

38,52 George Witt

Catchers

20 Hank Foiles

17,28 Danny Kravitz

17 Hardy Peterson

10 Dick Rand

Infielders

23 Gene Baker

3 Dee Fondy

8 Gene Freese

24 Dick Groat

31 Ken Hamlin

3 Dale Long

9 Bill Mazeroski

5 Buddy Pritchard

15 Frank Thomas

Outfielders

21 Roberto Clemente

25 Román Mejías

12 Jim Pendleton

14 John Powers

4 Bob Skinner

11 Paul Smith

18 Bill Virdon

16 Lee Walls

Manager

2 Bobby Bragan

40 Danny Murtaugh

Coaches

42 Lenny Levy

40 Danny Murtaugh

43 Sam Narron

41 Clyde Sukeforth

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
1B	Fondy, DeeDee Fondy	95	323	101	.313	2	35

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas	151	594	172	.290	23	89
Baker, GeneGene Baker	111	365	97	.266	2	36
Smith, PaulPaul Smith	81	150	38	.253	3	11
Rand, DickDick Rand	60	105	23	.219	1	9
Peterson, HardyHardy Peterson	30	73	22	.301	2	11
O'Brien, JohnnyJohnny O'Brien	34	35	11	.314	0	1
Powers, JohnJohn Powers	20	35	10	.286	2	8
Long, DaleDale Long	7	22	4	.182	0	5
Walls, LeeLee Walls	8	22	4	.182	0	0
Hamlin, KenKen Hamlin	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Friend, BobBob Friend	40	277	14	18	3.38	143
Douglas, WhammyWhammy Douglas	11	47	3	3	3.26	28
Daniels, BennieBennie Daniels	1	7	0	1	1.29	101

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Arroyo, LuisLuis Arroyo	54	130.2	3	11	4.68	2
Swanson, RedRed Swanson	32	72.2	3	3	3.72	29

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Face, RoyRoy Face	59	4	6	10	3.07	53
Smith, BobBob Smith	20	2	4	0	3.11	35
O'Brien, JohnnyJohnny O'Brien	16	0	3	0	6.08	19
Churn, ChuckChuck Churn	5	0	0	0	4.32	4

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
Open	Hollywood Stars	Pacific Coast League	Clyde King
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Frank Oceak
A	Lincoln Chiefs	Western League	Larry Shepard
B	Beaumont Pirates	Big State League	Monty Basgall
C	Douglas Copper Kings	Arizona–Mexico League	Bob Clear
C	San Jose JoSox	California League	Dick Whitman
C	Grand Forks Chiefs	Northern League	Al Kubski and Jack Paepke
D	Salem Rebels	Appalachian League	Larry Dorton
D	Clinton Pirates	Midwest League	Stan Wentzel
D	Jamestown Falcons	New York–Penn League	Jack Paepke

Notes

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Sports Illustrated, December 6, 2010, Volume 113, Number 21, p.24, Published by Time Inc.
↑ Dee Fondy at Baseball Reference
↑ Bob Smith at Baseball Reference

References

1957 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1957 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

1957 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington

National League	Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1957 All-Star Game 1957 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

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