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1952 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953)
42-112, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 515 runs, Allowed 793 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 48-106
Manager: Billy Meyer (42-112)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 686,673 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 107;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 105
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1951 / 1953 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Tony Bartirome 20 L L 5' 10" 155 May 9, 1932 1st 124 124 124 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Beard 31 L L 5' 8" 165 Jan 7, 1921 5 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 13
Bill Bell 18 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 24, 1933 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gus Bell 23 L R 6' 2" 196 Nov 15, 1928 3 131 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 123
Johnny Berardino 35 R R 6' 0" 180 May 1, 1917 11 19 19 19 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Carlsen 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Oct 15, 1926 3 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Castiglione 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 13, 1921 6 67 67 67 0 0 1 0 57 0 1 0 0 1
Brandy Davis 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 10, 1927 1st 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 12 29
Bobby Del Greco 19 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 7, 1933 1st 99 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 88 4 93
Murry Dickson 35 R R 157 Aug 21, 1916 11 47 47 47 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Dunn 21 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 25, 1931 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erv Dusak 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1920 9 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 11
Harry Fisher 26 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 3, 1926 2 15 15 15 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Fitz Gerald 28 R R May 21, 1924 5 51 51 51 0 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Friend 21 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1930 2 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Garagiola 26 L R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1926 7 118 118 118 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Groat 21 R R 180 Nov 4, 1930 1st 95 95 95 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0
Dick Hall 21 R R 6' 6" 200 Sep 27, 1930 1st 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 12 2 14
Cal Hogue 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 24, 1927 1st 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Howerton 30 L R 5' 11" 185 Dec 12, 1921 4 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 5
Ralph Kiner HOF 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 27, 1922 7 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 149 All-Star
Ron Kline 20 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 9, 1932 1st 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clem Koshorek 27 R R 165 Jun 20, 1925 1st 98 98 98 0 0 0 27 26 33 0 0 0 0
Paul LaPalme 28 L L 5' 10" 184 Dec 14, 1923 2 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woody Main 30 R R 195 Feb 12, 1922 3 48 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Mangan 22 R R 5' 10" 190 Sep 24, 1929 1st 11 11 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clyde McCullough 35 R R 180 Mar 4, 1917 11 66 66 66 0 61 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Merson 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 17, 1922 2 111 111 111 0 0 0 81 27 0 0 0 0 0
Catfish Metkovich 31 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 8, 1920 8 125 125 125 0 0 72 0 0 0 5 21 8 33
Joe Muir 29 L L 6' 1" 172 Nov 26, 1922 2 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Munger 33 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1918 9 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Necciai 20 R R 6' 5" 185 Jun 18, 1932 1st 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Phillips 30 R R 6' 4" 193 Sep 6, 1921 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Howie Pollet 31 L L 175 Jun 26, 1921 10 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mel Queen 34 R R 6' 0" 204 Mar 4, 1918 8 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sonny Senerchia 21 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 6, 1931 1st 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Smith 24 R R 5' 8" 160 Jul 21, 1927 2 29 29 29 0 0 0 4 16 4 0 0 0 0
George Strickland 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 10, 1926 3 76 76 76 0 0 1 45 1 28 0 0 0 0
Jim Suchecki 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Aug 25, 1926 3 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Thomas 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 11, 1929 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
Lee Walls 19 R R 6' 3" 205 Jan 6, 1933 1st 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 0 19
Jim Waugh 18 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 25, 1933 1st 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Werle 31 L L 182 Dec 21, 1920 4 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Wilks 36 R R 178 Nov 13, 1915 9 44 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Wolfe 23 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 2, 1929 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1951 / 1953 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played