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1952 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953

42-112, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Meyer (42-112)
Scored 515 runs, Allowed 793 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 48-106

Ballparks: Forbes Field · 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 - 98, Pitching - 104

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1951 / 1953 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Tony Bartirome 20 L L 5' 10" 155 May 9, 1932 1st 124 93 124 118 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 -1.7 $
Ted Beard 31 L L 5' 8" 165 Jan 7, 1921 5 15 11 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 13 2 0 0.0 $
Bill Bell 18 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 24, 1933 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Gus Bell 23 L R 6' 1" 190 Nov 15, 1928 3 131 118 131 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 123 9 0 0.0 $
Johnny Berardino 35 R R 5' 11" 175 May 1, 1917 11 19 16 19 18 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.4 $
Don Carlsen 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Oct 15, 1926 3 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Pete Castiglione 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 13, 1921 6 67 53 67 59 0 0 1 0 57 0 1 0 0 1 9 0 0.5 $
Brandy Davis 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 10, 1927 1st 55 21 55 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 12 29 15 13 -0.5 $
Bobby Del Greco 19 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 7, 1933 1st 99 91 99 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 90 2 93 6 0 -0.8 $
Murry Dickson 35 R R 5' 10" 157 Aug 21, 1916 11 47 34 47 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4.3 $
Jim Dunn 21 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 25, 1931 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Erv Dusak 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1920 9 20 4 20 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 9 13 0 -0.3 $
Harry Fisher 26 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 3, 1926 2 15 3 15 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.1 $
Ed Fitz Gerald 28 R R 6' 0" 170 May 21, 1924 5 51 9 51 20 0 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 1 -0.3 $
Bob Friend 21 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1930 2 35 23 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Joe Garagiola 26 L R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1926 7 118 94 118 105 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 2.2 $
Dick Groat 21 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 4, 1930 1st 95 94 95 94 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Dick Hall 21 R R 6' 6" 200 Sep 27, 1930 1st 26 19 26 19 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 12 2 14 5 2 -0.9 $
Cal Hogue 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 24, 1927 1st 19 12 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bill Howerton 30 L R 5' 11" 185 Dec 12, 1921 4 13 6 13 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 5 7 0 0.2 $
Ralph Kiner HOF 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 27, 1922 7 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 149 0 0 4.1 $90,000 All-Star
Ron Kline 20 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 9, 1932 1st 27 11 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Clem Koshorek 27 R R 5' 4" 165 Jun 20, 1925 1st 98 82 98 86 0 0 0 26 27 33 0 0 0 0 9 4 0.1 $
Paul LaPalme 28 L L 5' 10" 175 Dec 14, 1923 2 31 2 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Woody Main 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 12, 1922 3 48 11 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Jim Mangan 22 R R 5' 10" 190 Sep 24, 1929 1st 11 1 11 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.2 $
Clyde McCullough 35 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1917 11 66 53 66 62 0 61 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.2 $
Jack Merson 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 17, 1922 2 111 105 111 107 0 0 0 77 32 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.2 $
George Metkovich 31 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 8, 1920 8 125 91 125 105 0 0 72 0 0 0 5 21 8 33 24 1 0.7 $
Joe Muir 29 L L 6' 1" 172 Nov 26, 1922 2 12 5 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Red Munger 33 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1918 9 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Ron Necciai 20 R R 6' 5" 185 Jun 18, 1932 1st 12 9 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
Jack Phillips 30 R R 6' 4" 193 Sep 6, 1921 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Howie Pollet 31 L L 6' 1" 175 Jun 26, 1921 10 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Mel Queen 34 R R 6' 0" 204 Mar 4, 1918 8 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Sonny Senerchia 21 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 6, 1931 1st 29 26 29 28 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.6 $
Dick Smith 24 R R 5' 8" 160 Jul 21, 1927 2 29 15 29 22 0 0 0 4 16 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 -0.5 $
George Strickland 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 10, 1926 3 76 66 76 73 0 0 1 44 1 29 0 0 0 0 1 2 -0.5 $
Jim Suchecki 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 25, 1927 3 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Frank Thomas 23 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 11, 1929 2 6 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 1 0 -0.3 $
Lee Walls 19 R R 6' 3" 205 Jan 6, 1933 1st 32 18 32 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 19 13 0 -0.2 $
Jim Waugh 18 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 25, 1933 1st 17 7 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Bill Werle 31 L L 6' 2" 182 Dec 21, 1920 4 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Ted Wilks 36 R R 5' 9" 178 Nov 13, 1915 9 44 0 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Ed Wolfe 23 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 2, 1929 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Joe Garagiola
Clyde McCullough
Ralph Kiner
Tony Bartirome
Jack Phillips
Dick Smith
Lee Walls
Gus Bell
Dick Hall
Bobby Del Greco
Bill Howerton
Ed Fitz Gerald

Jack Merson
Howie Pollet
Johnny Berardino
Bobby Del Greco
Sonny Senerchia
George Strickland
Erv Dusak
Pete Castiglione
Brandy Davis
Gus Bell

Harry Fisher
Red Munger
Jim Dunn
Ron Kline
Bill Werle
Ted Beard
Ron Necciai
Murry Dickson
Bill Werle
Jim Waugh
Don Carlsen
Dick Groat
Bob Friend
Clem Koshorek

Jim Suchecki
Frank Thomas
Ted Wilks
Jim Mangan
Bill Bell
Joe Muir
Dick Smith
Paul LaPalme
Dick Smith
Ed Wolfe
Woody Main

Cal Hogue
Mel Queen
George Metkovich

1951 / 1953 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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