most ip pirates pitcher 1882 to 1956 and ip less than 977

Between the 1882 and 1956 seasons, Earl Hamilton pitched the most innings for the Pirates when pitching fewer than 977 innings, with 970.2 innings.

	NAME	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Earl Hamilton E. Hamilton	970.2	169	55	55	.500	107	3.35	268	53	5	7	1,005	361	433	22	271	17	47		4,115	19	2.48	2.51	0.99	0.20	6.5	6.6	1.31	.278	4.01	95	3.46	97	9.32	12.7
2	Cy Blanton C. Blanton	955.1	155	58	51	.532	129	3.28	508	63	13	4	945	348	432	43	246	13	15		4,014	22	4.79	2.32	2.07	0.41	12.7	6.1	1.25	.282	4.07	83	3.41	84	8.90	71.2
3	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	938.2	122	70	38	.648	104	2.89	349	92	17	3	888	301	407	12	252	58	16		3,875	20	3.35	2.42	1.38	0.12	9.0	6.5	1.21	.273	3.90	86	3.24	96	8.51	9.6
4	Mark Baldwin M. Baldwin	880.1	110	47	55	.461	105	3.14	354	93	2	1	838	307	554	21	422	45	5		3,941	41	3.62	4.31	0.84	0.21	9.0	10.7	1.43	.264	5.66	96	3.58	108	8.57	-31.2
5	Mace Brown M. Brown	852.2	262	55	45	.550	55	3.67	343	18	2	29	941	348	425	33	267	6	128		3,705	19	3.62	2.82	1.28	0.35	9.3	7.2	1.42	.297	4.49	94	3.67	90	9.93	36.9
6	Burleigh Grimes B. Grimes	830.1	132	48	42	.533	92	3.26	260	58	7	5	818	301	398	28	237	20	34		3,517	10	2.82	2.57	1.10	0.30	7.4	6.7	1.27	.266	4.31	88	3.54	94	8.87	31.3
7	Hal Carlson H. Carlson	829.1	172	42	55	.433	92	3.64	289	41	5	12	861	335	386	23	239	21	61		3,474	8	3.14	2.59	1.21	0.25	8.3	6.9	1.33	.289	4.19	108	3.30	98	9.34	3.2
8	Vern Law V. Law	800.0	176	40	57	.412	105	4.56	297	28	3	8	886	405	466	83	266	20	51	17	3,505	23	3.34	2.99	1.12	0.93	8.5	7.6	1.44	.283	5.24	113	4.10	100	9.97	2.1
9	Fritz Ostermueller F. Ostermueller	796.0	118	49	42	.538	106	3.48	275	56	9	1	792	308	361	49	267	8	5		3,415	16	3.11	3.02	1.03	0.55	8.1	7.8	1.33	.264	4.08	89	3.66	94	8.95	21
10	Erv Brame E. Brame	791.2	142	52	37	.584	91	4.76	188	62	3	0	946	419	492	62	232	6	34		3,504	9	2.14	2.64	0.81	0.70	5.4	6.6	1.49	.293	5.59	108	4.66	104	10.75	-14.9
11	Bob Harmon B. Harmon	769.2	121	39	52	.429	88	2.60	216	59	9	4	719	222	298	17	168	11	22		3,107	8	2.53	1.96	1.29	0.20	7.0	5.4	1.15	.260	3.48	97	2.80	102	8.41	-5
12	Frank Miller F. Miller	769.0	123	41	49	.456	97	2.75	286	54	12	2	673	235	292	12	180	24	21		3,111	12	3.35	2.11	1.59	0.14	9.2	5.8	1.11	.253	3.42	99	2.58	94	7.88	15
13	Nick Strincevich N. Strincevich	741.0	162	42	40	.512	88	3.64	215	41	4	5	783	300	350	34	191	15	30		3,166	5	2.61	2.32	1.13	0.41	6.8	6.0	1.31	.276	4.25	96	3.35	88	9.51	35.9
14	Carmen Hill C. Hill	735.1	132	47	31	.603	78	3.26	249	47	5	8	714	266	332	33	241	13	32		3,104	11	3.05	2.95	1.03	0.40	8.0	7.8	1.30	.265	4.06	82	3.84	96	8.74	14.9
15	Al Mamaux A. Mamaux	713.1	113	49	36	.576	86	2.61	369	52	11	2	581	207	272	8	308	23	23		2,950	10	4.66	3.89	1.20	0.10	12.5	10.4	1.25	.256	3.43	98	2.86	106	7.33	-13.6
16	Ken Heintzelman K. Heintzelman	699.1	154	37	43	.463	86	4.14	273	31	10	4	758	322	369	35	327	6	37		3,116	20	3.51	4.21	0.83	0.45	8.8	10.5	1.55	.292	4.75	113	3.91	105	9.76	-11.8
17	Harry Staley H. Staley	699.0	83	37	43	.463	78	3.21	273	76	3	1	695	249	407	21	180	17	5		2,950	45	3.52	2.32	1.52	0.27	9.3	6.1	1.25	.274	5.24	98	3.29	99	8.95	-9.6
18	Red Lucas R. Lucas	684.1	109	47	32	.595	96	3.77	165	45	4	0	752	287	321	48	128	9	10		2,900	4	2.17	1.68	1.29	0.63	5.7	4.4	1.29	.276	4.22	95	4.14	101	9.89	-2.4
19	Claude Hendrix C. Hendrix	648.1	103	42	30	.583	69	2.71	371	48	7	5	557	195	257	10	247	15	28		2,646	18	5.15	3.43	1.50	0.14	14.0	9.3	1.24	.273	3.57	84	2.99	91	7.73	19.4
20	Vic Aldridge V. Aldridge	642.2	95	40	30	.571	86	3.99	235	43	3	2	670	285	322	38	221	14	7		2,772	4	3.29	3.09	1.06	0.53	8.5	8.0	1.39	.279	4.51	97	4.16	100	9.38	1.7
21	Preacher Roe P. Roe	634.1	131	34	47	.420	88	3.73	323	27	5	6	649	263	302	42	193	5	25		2,679	4	4.58	2.74	1.67	0.60	12.1	7.2	1.33	.287	4.28	96	3.29	85	9.21	39.3
22	Joe Bowman J. Bowman	629.2	134	33	38	.465	78	4.35	200	28	2	6	732	304	353	41	192	16	38		2,799	6	2.86	2.74	1.04	0.59	7.1	6.9	1.47	.294	5.05	113	4.11	103	10.46	-9.6
23	Emil Yde E. Yde	618.0	112	42	22	.656	74	3.84	137	39	5	0	651	264	327	18	233	12	25		2,663	11	2.00	3.39	0.59	0.26	5.1	8.7	1.43	.280	4.76	94	4.15	100	9.48	0.1
24	Waite Hoyt W. Hoyt	616.1	156	35	31	.530	45	3.08	270	23	4	18	635	211	250	25	115	7	69		2,561	4	3.94	1.68	2.35	0.37	10.5	4.5	1.22	.285	3.65	79	3.31	82	9.27	49.4
25	Nick Maddox N. Maddox	605.1	93	43	20	.683	72	2.29	193	47	9	1	487	154	209	7	170	35	18		2,368	8	2.87	2.53	1.14	0.10	8.2	7.2	1.09	.245	3.11	90	2.71	104	7.24	-6.7