1972 Pittsburgh Pirates
96 - 59
1971 / 1973 (Organization)
1st place in the NL East
Home Record:
Away Record: 		49 - 29 (.628)
47 - 30 (.610)		 +7.7 wins
+10.7 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 691 / 591 ( +100 )
Allowed/Expected: 512 / 599 ( +87 )
Pyth Record: 98 - 57 (-2)
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Three Rivers Stadium
Attendance: 1,427,460 Avg Att: 18,301 (1.10)
Att Rank: 5 / 12 Lg Avg: 16,699
       
Park Factor: 0.98    
HR Factor: 0.88 R/L HR: 0.84 / 0.91
Notes:
- East Division Champions
- Lost to Cincinnati Reds in the NLCS

Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Al Oliver
CF
138
1,223.3
 
-8.6
-7.0
-7.0
-1.6
 
-6.8
-4.6
-2.2
2 Manny Sanguillen
C
127
1,129.3
 
3.2
2.9
1.8
1.4
 
-2.7
-4.0
1.7
-2.3
-0.4
3 Richie Hebner
3B
121
1,041.0
 
-4.1
-4.0
-4.1
 
-2.6
-2.6
4 Gene Alley
SS
114
887.7
 
0.5
0.5
0.5
 
6.6
6.6
5 Dave Cash
2B
97
873.0
 
2.4
2.7
2.4
 
15.5
15.5
6 Willie Stargell
1B
101
832.0
 
-4.6
-5.5
-4.6
 
-2.5
-2.5
7 Roberto Clemente
RF
94
812.3
 
11.2
13.7
11.2
-0.1
 
13.0
14.4
-1.4
8 Bob Robertson
1B
89
531.3
 
1.4
2.6
1.4
 
5.9
5.9
9 Jackie Hernandez
SS
68
496.3
 
2.0
4.0
2.0
 
-0.6
-0.6
10 Vic Davalillo
LF
63
495.3
 
2.7
5.4
3.2
-0.5
 
4.0
5.1
-1.1
11 Rennie Stennett
2B
49
425.3
 
3.3
7.7
3.3
 
5.1
5.1
12 Gene Clines
RF
40
317.0
 
0.4
1.4
-0.9
1.4
 
0.7
0.0
0.7
13 Milt May
C
33
285.0
 
-0.2
-0.6
0.7
-0.9
 
3.2
1.2
1.6
2.8
0.4
14 Willie Stargell
LF
32
267.3
 
-2.8
-10.3
-2.8
0.1
 
-5.1
-4.5
-0.6
15 Jose Pagan
3B
32
250.7
 
-2.9
-11.6
-2.9
 
-6.7
-6.7
16 Vic Davalillo
RF
31
229.0
 
2.4
10.4
2.7
-0.3
 
3.1
3.1
-0.0
17 Gene Clines
LF
38
195.3
 
-1.1
-5.7
-0.9
-0.2
 
-0.4
-0.1
-0.3
18 Rennie Stennett
LF
31
187.0
 
0.9
4.9
0.8
0.1
 
2.3
1.9
0.3
19 Bob Robertson
LF
23
168.0
 
-0.1
-0.5
-0.2
0.1
 
0.2
-0.2
0.4
20 Gene Clines
CF
16
114.0
 
-0.3
-2.3
-0.6
0.3
 
-2.9
-3.6
0.8
21 Bill Mazeroski
2B
15
107.0
 
0.7
6.4
0.7
 
0.4
0.4
22 Bob Robertson
3B
11
95.0
 
-0.4
-4.0
-0.4
 
0.1
0.1
23 Richie Zisk
LF
12
81.3
 
-0.2
-2.2
-0.2
0.0
 
-1.5
-1.7
0.2
24 Rennie Stennett
RF
10
53.0
 
-0.1
-2.7
-0.1
-0.1
 
-0.8
-0.5
-0.3
25 Rennie Stennett
CF
5
40.0
 
0.0
0.7
0.0
-0.0
 
0.2
0.4
-0.2
26 Vic Davalillo
CF
8
37.0
 
-0.2
-5.1
-0.2
0.1
 
0.6
0.7
-0.1
27 Vic Davalillo
1B
8
29.0
 
0.1
4.9
0.1
 
-1.8
-1.8
28 Al Oliver
1B
3
22.0
 
-0.1
-3.6
-0.1
 
-1.0
-1.0
29 Rennie Stennett
SS
6
20.3
 
-0.0
-0.2
-0.0
 
0.7
0.7
30 Manny Sanguillen
LF
2
14.0
 
-0.0
-0.2
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
31 Bill Mazeroski
3B
3
13.0
 
-0.1
-5.1
-0.1
 
0.6
0.6
32 Frank Taveras
SS
4
10.0
 
-0.1
-10.9
-0.1
 
-0.7
-0.7
33 Gene Alley
3B
4
9.0
 
-0.1
-6.3
-0.1
 
-0.4
-0.4
34 Chuck Goggin
2B
1
9.0
 
0.0
0.3
0.0
 
0.4
0.4
35 Jose Pagan
LF
2
6.0
 
0.0
0.2
0.0
-0.0
 
0.4
0.4
-0.0
36 Jackie Hernandez
3B
4
4.7
 
0.1
13.9
0.1
 
0.5
0.5
37 Richie Zisk
RF
1
3.0
 
0.0
3.0
0.0
-0.0
 
0.7
0.7
-0.0
38 Fernando Gonzalez
3B
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
 
0.4
0.4
  19        
5.5
0.5
3.1
-0.7
2.5
0.5
  
27.9
31.3
-3.9
-2.8
3.3
0.5
-0.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James