The 1957 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 76th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 71st in the

National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team ...

. The Pirates finished tied with the Chicago Cubs for eighth and last in the league standings with a record of 62–92. The first season to be broadcast on television, the games were aired on

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, making them the last of the original MLB teams to debut television broadcasts of its home and away games.

Regular season

The Pittsburgh Pirates played the Brooklyn Dodgers in the final game at

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. The game was contested on September 24, 1957, and Brooklyn pitcher Danny McDevitt pitched a complete game shutout, winning 2-0. He had nine strikeouts while allowing just five hits.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

, - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 1 , , April 16 , ,

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Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn ...

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Redlegs Redleg is a term used to refer to poor whites that live or at one time lived on Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada and a few other Caribbean islands. Their forebears were sent from Ireland, Scotland and Continental Europe as indentured servants, forc ...

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, , 5–9 , , Gomez , , Witt (0–1) , , Grissom , , 8,110 , , 59–91 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 152 , , September 22 , ,

, , 5–1 , , Friend (13–18) , , Monzant , , — , , 19,574 , , 60–91 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 153 , , September 24 , , @

, , 0–2 , , McDevitt , , Daniels (0–1) , , — , , 6,702 , , 60–92 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 154 , , September 28 , , @

, , 1–0 , , Kline (9–16) , , Gomez , , — , , , , 61–92 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 155 , , September 29 , , @

, , 9–1 , , Friend (14–18) , , Antonelli , , — , , 11,606 , , 62–92 , - , - , ''Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member''

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

* May 1, 1957:

Dale Long Richard Dale Long (February 6, 1926 – January 27, 1991) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees and Washington Senators between ...

and

Lee Walls Raymond Lee Walls Jr. (January 6, 1933 – October 11, 1993) was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder who appeared in Major League Baseball (MLB) between and as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds ...

were traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for

Dee Fondy Dee Virgil Fondy (October 31, 1924August 19, 1999) was an American professional baseball player who played first base in the Major Leagues from 1951 to 1958. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago Cubs. Fondy was ...

and

Gene Baker Eugene Walter Baker (June 15, 1925 – December 1, 1999) was an American Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates during eight seasons between 1953 and 1961, and was selected for the National League t ...

. * May 14, 1957: Bob Smith was purchased by the Pirates from the

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals ha ...

.Bob Smith
at ''Baseball Reference''

Roster

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''

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lincoln
Jamestown club folded, June 25, 1957

Notes

References

1957 Pittsburgh Pirates
at ''Baseball Reference''
1957 Pittsburgh Pirates
at ''Baseball Almanac'' * {{Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates seasons Pittsburgh Pirates season Pittsburgh Pirates