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    1960   1 95 59     1963   8 74 88   1967   6 81 81           Decade  
    1961   6 75 79     1964   6 80 82   1968   6 80 82           Click  
    1962   4 93 68     1965   3 90 72   1969   3 88 74           on Logo  
                  1966   3 92 70                          
                                                       
                                                             
   
  Titles: Top Pirates Players of the Sixties  
  1960 - World Champs (Beat Yankees)  
    Pitchers:  
  Ballpark: Bob Friend (25.93) -   62  
  Forbes Field   Bob Veale (25.31) -   60  
    ElRoy Face (10.07) -   46  
  Team Name: Alvin O'Neal McBean (14) -   43  
  Pirates Vernon Law (11.57) -   43  
    Steve Blass (1.45) -   28  
  Owners:  Joe Gibbon (8.55) -   18  
  John Galbreath Don Cardwell (3.16) -   16  
    Harvey Haddix (5.21) -   15  
  General Managers: Bob Moose  ( 3.12) -   11  
  Joe Brown   Tommie Sisk  (2.38) -   11  
    Vinegar Bend Mizell (2.4) -   9  
  Managers: Jim Bunning (-0.85) -   6  
  Danny Murtaugh (1960-1964,1967) Earl Francis (3.57) -    5  
  Harry Walker (1965-1967) Don Schwall (2.08) -    5  
  Larry Shepard (1968-1969) Pete Mikkelsen (1.69) -   5  
  Alex Grammas (1969) Dennis Ribant (0.8) -   4  
    Tom Sturdivant (3.42) -   3  
  Hall of Famers: Clem Labine (2.41) -   3  
  Roberto Clemente Juan Pizarro (-1.42) -   3  
  Bill Mazeroski Diomedes Olivo (2.49) -    2  
  Jim Bunning  Billy O'Dell (-0.33) -   1  
  Willie Stargell Bobby Shantz (1.63) -   0  
  Maury Wills (Pending) Wilbur Wood (0.75) -   0  
    Bob Priddy (0.14) -   0  
  Rookie of the Year:  Virgil Trucks (0) -   0  
  None Bo Belinsky (-0.04) -    0  
    Bill Henry (-0.05) -    0  
  MVP Pedro Ramos (-0.05) -    0  
  Dick Groat (1960) Jim Umbricht (-0.24) -   0  
  Roberto Clemente (1966)    
    Catchers:  
  Cy Young: Smokey Burgess (11.64) -   37  
  Vernon Law (1960) Jim Pagliaroni (10.26) -   26  
    Manny Sanguillen (3.64) -    10  
  No Hitters: Jerry May (3.85) -   9  
  Bob Moose (1969) Carl Taylor (2.51) -    4  
    Hal W Smith (1.65) -  3  
  Notable Events: Del Crandall (0.57) -   1  
    Don Leppert (0.65) -   0  
  1960 - The Pirates win their first World Title since 1925, beating the Yankees Ron Brand (0.48) -    0  
   with a dramatic bottom of the ninth of game seven home run by Bill  Chris Cannizzaro (0.41) -   0  
  Mazeroski. The Pirates have the MVP (Dick Groat) and Cy Young (Vernon  Ozzie Virgil (0.07) -    0  
  Law). The Bucs gained 17 games in the standings from the previous year. Hal R Smith (-0.07) -    0  
  The team, itself, was virtually identical to 1959 and most of the team  Danny Kravitz (-0.1) -   0  
  performed pretty much the same as they did in 1959. There were five  Bob Oldis (-0.13) -   0  
  players who accounted for the upturn. Cy Young winner Vernon Law was  Cal Neeman (-0.14) -    0  
  not one of them. He performed at an extremely high level both seasons. Jesse Gonder (-0.36) -    0  
  MVP shortstop Dick Groat went from .275 to a league leading .325 batting Elmo Plaskett (-0.43) -    0  
  average. Rightfielder Roberto Clemente had a big power upsurge from four Orlando MacFarlane (-0.48) -    0  
  to sixteen homers and also moved to an over .300 batting average. Utility    
  man / catcher Hal Smith, picked up from Kansas City, added an excellent First Basemen:  
  bat coming off the bench. On the mound, veteran righty Bob Friend improved Donn Clendenon (17.61) -   51  
  from 8-19 to 18-12. Veteran lefty Vinegar Bend Mizell was obtained from the  Dick Stuart (3.08) -   20  
  Cards and went 13-5 Mickey Vernon (-0.03) -   0  
       
  1961 - Twenty three year old righthander Alvin O'Neal McBean is a rookie. Second Basemen:  
  He was signed in 1958 Bill Mazeroski (27.63) -   36  
  Dick Schofield (7.71) -   5  
  1961 - Twenty five year old first baseman / outfielder Donn Clendenon is a    
  rookie. He was signed in 1957. ShortStop:  
    Gene Alley (21.04) -   35  
  1961 - Pittsburgh crashes. They drop twenty games in the standings to  Dick Groat (10.97) -   24  
  sixth place and a below .500 record. It was hard to say who the real Pirates Fred Patek (1.8) -   5  
  were in this period. Over the nine year stretch from 1958 to 1966, the Bucs Jose Pagan (2.64) -    4  
  finished well above .500 five times and below .500 four times, pretty much Andre Rodgers (0.82) -    0  
  alternating from one extreme to the other in successive seasons. I have no Don Money (0) -   0  
  explanation for this. The 1961 team was pretty much the same players as Coot Veal (-0.03) -    0  
  the 1960 championship club. The big problem in 1961 was that the starting Julio Gotay (-0.09) -    0  
  pitching collapsed. Law got hurt and dropped from twenty wins to three. Johnny Logan (-0.35) -    0  
  Friend regressed to 14-19. Mizell's ERA ballooned to 5.04. Face went from Gene Michael (-0.46) -    0  
  bullpen ace to a reliever with a 3.82 ERA. Too bad because some of the     
  Pirate hitters had huge years. Clemente batted .351 with twenty three home Third Base:  
  runs. Dick Stuart hit 35 homers and batted over .300.  Bob Bailey (9.73) -   22  
    Maury Wills (7.77) -   17  
  1962 - Lefthander Bob Veale is a 26 year old rookie. He was signed in 1958 Don Hoak (10.05) -   16  
       
  1962 - Bob Bailey, 19 year old third baseman is a rookie. He was signed in '61 Outfield:  
    Roberto Clemente (66.44) -   104  
  1962 - Willie Stargell, 22, future Hall of Fame outfielder / firstbaseman, is a Willie Stargell (18.46) -   55  
  rookie  He hits 475 home runs in a 21 year Pittsburgh career Matty Alou (17.24) -   48  
  He was signed in 1958 Bill Virdon (8.68) -   36  
    Bob Skinner (6.83) -   23  
  1963 - Catcher Jim Pagliaroni, 25, and pitcher Don Schwall, 27, are  Manny Mota (6.56) -   22  
  obtained from Boston for Dick Stuart. Gino Cimoli (-0.51) -   2  
    Manny Jimenez (0.64) -   0  
  1963 - Shortstop Gene Alley, 23, is a rookie. He was signed in 1959. Walt Moryn (-0.29) -    0  
    Ron Davis (-0.65) -    0  
  1964 - righthander Steve Blass is a twenty two year old rookie.  Ted Savage (-0.67) -    0  
   He was signed in 1960.  
    Notable Events:  
  1966 - Outfielder Matty Alou, 27, is obtained from the Giants for pitcher    
  Joe Gibbon   1968 - Righthander Dock Ellis is a twenty three year old rookie.  
    He was signed in 1964  
  1967 - First baseman Bob Robertson, 20, is a rookie     
  He was signed in 1964 1968 - Twenty three year old shortstop Fred Patek is a rookie. With Gene  
    Alley around, the Bucs trade away Patek  
  1967 - Twenty three year old catcher Manny Sanguillen is a rookie. He  He was selected in the 22nd round of the 1965 draft  
  develops into one of the top hitting catchers in the league.    
  He was signed in 1964 1968 - Righthander Dock Ellis is a twenty three year old rookie.  
    He was signed in 1964  
  1968 - Twenty two year old Al Oliver comes up to the big club. The    
  first baseman / outfielder will become one of the best hitters in the majors 1969 - Dave Cash, twenty one year old second baseman is a rookie  
  He was signed in 1964 He was a fifth round pick in the 1966 amateur draft  
       
  1968 - Richie Hebner, twenty year old third baseman, is brought up to the  1969 - The Pirates boomerang up again to 88 wins after a couple of sub  
  Bucs. He was a first round pick in the 1966 draft. .500 seasons, following their decade-long pattern. However, this time their  
    upswing will be sustained in the next decade as GM Joe Brown has  
  1968 - Twenty three year old shortstop Fred Patek is a rookie. With Gene been amassing a cadre of superb young hitters.  
  Alley around, the Bucs trade away Patek    
  He was selected in the 22nd round of the 1965 draft