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Pittsburgh Pirates 12-15-1956
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| Breaking News |  | Saturday, September 29th, 1956: Pirates Sievers Ailing with Illness
Looks like the Pittsburgh Pirates will have to do without left fielder Roy Sievers, who is suffering from bronchitis. He needs rest and medication and should be back at full strength in 1-2 weeks.
So far this year Sievers has hit .263 with 22 home runs, 80 RBIs and scored 72 runs.
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 | Friday, September 14th, 1956: Bobby Brown Will Miss 2-3 Weeks
Bobby Brown of the Pittsburgh Pirates could be headed for the disabled list after suffering back spasms in a game against the Chicago (N) Cubs. He is expected to miss at least 2-3 weeks. The Pittsburgh shortstop was injured colliding with a player at a base. Brown said, "Right now I am pretty sore and I don't feel very good at all."
This year Brown has hit at a .270 clip with 133 hits, 9 home runs, 51 RBIs and 80 runs scored.
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 | Wednesday, September 12th, 1956: St. Louis Blanks Pittsburgh Behind Jackson
Larry Jackson had the Pittsburgh Pirates dancing to his tune today with a sparkling 2-0 shutout performance for the St. Louis Cardinals. He gave up 3 hits and collected 2 walks and 4 strikeouts.
Pittsburgh hitters were bewildered throughout the game by his delivery.
The opposing manager said, "When you face a guy who hides the ball like he does, it takes a couple of at-bats to try to find his release point. We just never figured him out."
This season Jackson has compiled a 18-8 mark with a 3.50 ERA.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 86-68, .558 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 5.0 GB | | Record at home | 42-35, .545 PCT | | Record on the road | 44-33, .571 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 9-14, .391 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 16-24, .400 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 22-18, .550 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 64-50, .561 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 14-13, .519 PCT | | Record in May | 17-12, .586 PCT | | Record in June | 13-13, .500 PCT | | Record in July | 17-11, .607 PCT | | Record in August | 18-11, .621 PCT | | Record in September | 7-8, .467 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .254 - 6th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .336 - 4th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .395 - 6th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .731 - 4th in NL | | Runs Scored | 758 - 4th in NL | | Hits | 1358 - 5th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 375 - 6th in NL | | Home Runs | 169 - 3rd in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 644 - 3rd in NL | | Strikeouts | 742 - 7th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 30 - 6th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.48 - 1st in NL | | Starters' ERA | 3.40 - 1st in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.72 - 1st in NL | | Runs allowed | 640 - 1st in NL | | Hits allowed | 1238 - 1st in NL | | Opponents AVG | .235 - 1st in NL | | BABIP | .258 - 2nd in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 142 - 1st in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 585 - 3rd in NL | | Strikeouts | 869 - 1st in NL |
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