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

Pitching

Filters
Role
Throws
#
R
H
K
1 Steve Blass
SP
30.2
249.7
22.6
-9.6
1.7
-1.8
-2.7
-36.7
-41.9
-0.7
0.7
2.3
-0.4
33.9
-2.9
9.1
2 Ramon Hernandez*
RP
31.8
70.0
16.8
5.3
22.2
12.4
6.0
4.4
13.5
1.6
-1.2
1.9
-1.0
2.5
3 Dave Giusti
RP
32.6
74.7
15.1
9.1
24.7
5.5
9.0
10.0
23.7
1.8
1.9
2.7
-16.3
-0.4
4 Bob Moose
SP
24.7
226.0
8.6
17.5
23.1
-9.3
27.1
5.6
56.2
4.7
0.3
-2.2
0.8
26.5
17.2
0.3
5 Bob Johnson
SP
29.2
115.7
7.0
-9.9
0.0
8.2
-6.8
6.9
-5.6
-5.9
-1.7
-2.0
-0.8
-21.3
-64.3
-1.8
6 Dock Ellis
SP
27.3
163.3
6.7
13.9
15.3
-10.3
19.9
-3.1
34.1
5.2
0.0
-2.9
-0.9
28.2
22.8
-1.5
7 Bob Miller
RP
33.4
54.3
4.2
-2.9
-3.9
-2.3
-0.9
-17.7
-19.0
0.8
0.5
18.2
9.9
3.4
8 Jim McKee
RP
25.4
5.0
2.2
1.1
3.9
1.9
0.8
1.3
2.5
0.3
0.1
-0.1
-3.9
0.2
9 Bruce Kison
SP
22.4
152.0
1.1
-7.0
-7.5
18.1
-17.7
6.3
-26.8
-0.2
-6.1
1.1
-0.3
-30.3
34.6
5.9
10 Gene Garber
RP
24.6
6.3
-2.3
-4.0
-1.2
-0.7
-0.2
-1.3
-1.6
-2.5
0.2
-1.2
1.1
0.4
11 Nelson Briles
SP
28.9
195.7
-3.0
7.5
19.4
-8.7
21.0
0.2
39.5
-0.5
2.7
1.7
-0.0
23.1
-29.2
-0.5
12 Bob Veale*
RP
36.7
9.0
-3.1
-0.0
-4.6
-0.8
-2.9
-0.3
-4.7
0.7
0.3
-1.7
4.1
0.8
13 Luke Walker*
SP
28.8
92.7
-3.3
1.1
-13.9
-10.4
-1.8
-11.7
-15.1
2.7
1.9
-1.3
-0.9
14.5
80.3
4.8
1414.3
72.6
22.1
79.2
1.8
50.7
-36.1
54.8
7.9
-0.4
-3.3
-2.6
94.4
52.4
23.1

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James