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1952 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Joe Garagiola* 26 118 396 344 35 94 15 4 8 54 0 1 50 24 .273 .369 .410 .779 114 141 7 2 0
2 1B Tony Bartirome* 20 124 386 355 32 78 10 3 0 16 3 3 26 37 .220 .273 .265 .538 48 94 0 0 5
3 2B Jack Merson 30 111 424 398 41 98 20 2 5 38 1 1 22 38 .246 .287 .344 .632 73 137 11 1 3
4 SS Dick Groat 21 95 415 384 38 109 6 1 1 29 2 4 19 27 .284 .319 .313 .632 74 120 18 1 11
5 3B Pete Castiglione 31 67 235 214 27 57 9 1 4 18 3 3 17 8 .266 .323 .374 .697 91 80 2 1 3
6 OF Bobby Del Greco 19 99 385 341 34 74 14 2 1 20 6 5 38 70 .217 .301 .279 .580 60 95 9 3 3
7 OF Gus Bell* 23 131 510 468 53 117 21 5 16 59 1 4 36 72 .250 .306 .419 .725 98 196 6 2 4
8 OF Ralph Kiner 29 149 633 516 90 126 17 2 37 87 3 0 110 77 .244 .384 .500 .884 141 258 6 7 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Catfish Metkovich* 31 125 414 373 41 101 18 3 7 41 5 2 32 29 .271 .335 .391 .726 99 146 9 4 5
10 IF Clem Koshorek 27 98 356 322 27 84 17 0 0 15 4 7 26 39 .261 .320 .314 .634 75 101 3 2 6
11 MI George Strickland 26 76 256 232 17 41 6 2 5 22 4 2 21 45 .177 .248 .284 .533 46 66 5 1 2
12 C Clyde McCullough 35 66 189 172 10 40 5 1 1 15 0 1 10 18 .233 .283 .291 .573 58 50 3 2 5
13 OF Brandy Davis 24 55 108 95 14 17 1 1 0 1 9 2 11 28 .179 .264 .211 .475 32 20 0 0 2
14 3B Sonny Senerchia 21 29 104 100 5 22 5 0 3 11 0 3 4 21 .220 .250 .360 .610 66 36 0 0 0
15 OF Lee Walls 19 32 88 80 6 15 0 1 2 5 0 0 8 22 .188 .261 .288 .549 51 23 1 0 0
16 UT Dick Hall 21 26 83 80 6 11 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 17 .138 .159 .150 .309 -15 12 0 0 1
17 C Ed Fitz Gerald 28 51 80 73 4 17 1 0 1 7 0 2 7 15 .233 .300 .288 .588 62 21 4 0 0
18 3B Dick Smith 24 29 75 66 8 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 9 3 .106 .213 .121 .335 -6 8 1 0 0
19 2B Johnny Berardino 35 19 60 56 2 8 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 6 .143 .200 .214 .414 14 12 1 0 0
20 OF Ted Beard* 31 15 52 44 5 8 2 1 0 3 2 0 7 9 .182 .294 .273 .567 57 12 1 0 1
21 UT Bill Howerton* 30 13 31 25 3 8 1 1 0 4 0 0 6 5 .320 .452 .440 .892 146 11 1 0 0
22 OF Erv Dusak 31 20 29 27 1 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 8 .222 .276 .333 .609 67 9 2 0 0
23 OF Frank Thomas 23 6 22 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .095 .136 .095 .232 -35 2 2 0 0
24 C Jim Mangan 22 11 14 13 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .154 .214 .154 .368 3 2 0 0 0
25 1B Jack Phillips 30 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
26 P Murry Dickson 35 47 110 107 4 24 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 10 .224 .231 .262 .493 35 28 5 0 2
27 P Howie Pollet* 31 31 78 68 4 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 17 .191 .276 .191 .467 31 13 2 0 2
28 P Bob Friend 21 35 61 52 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .058 .093 .058 .150 -58 3 1 0 7
29 P Woody Main 30 48 40 37 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .054 .054 .054 .108 -70 2 1 0 3
30 P Cal Hogue 24 19 26 24 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 6 .250 .280 .292 .572 57 7 1 0 1
31 P Ron Kline 20 27 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Ron Necciai 20 12 18 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .059 .111 .059 .170 -52 1 0 0 0
33 P Harry Fisher* 26 15 15 15 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .400 .733 101 6 1 0 0
34 P Jim Waugh 18 17 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .100 .250 .100 .350 -0 1 1 0 1
35 P Paul LaPalme* 28 31 11 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .200 .300 -19 2 0 0 1
36 P Joe Muir* 29 12 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 -12 1 0 0 0
37 P Ted Wilks 36 44 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 0 0 1
38 P Red Munger 33 5 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
39 P Bill Bell 18 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
40 P Don Carlsen 25 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 84 1 0 0 0
41 P Jim Suchecki 25 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -1 0 0 0 0
42 P Jim Dunn 21 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
43 P Bill Werle* 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 P Mel Queen 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 P Ed Wolfe 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.1 155 5775 5193 515 1201 181 30 92 478 43 41 486 724 .231 .300 .331 .631 73 1718 104 26 70 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 3 5 1 8 8 8 8 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Murry Dickson 35 14 21 .400 3.57 43 34 8 21 2 2 277.2 278 128 110 26 76 112 1 0 0 1157 112 1.275 9.0 0.8 2.5 3.6 1.47
2 SP Howie Pollet* 31 7 16 .304 4.12 31 30 1 9 1 0 214.0 217 111 98 22 71 90 3 0 1 904 97 1.346 9.1 0.9 3.0 3.8 1.27
3 SP Bob Friend 21 7 17 .292 4.18 35 23 4 6 1 0 185.0 186 96 86 15 84 75 3 1 7 820 95 1.459 9.0 0.7 4.1 3.6 0.89
4 SP Cal Hogue 24 1 8 .111 4.84 19 12 5 3 0 0 83.2 79 56 45 7 68 34 4 0 1 385 82 1.757 8.5 0.8 7.3 3.7 0.50
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 RP Woody Main 30 2 12 .143 4.46 48 11 19 2 0 2 153.1 149 78 76 14 52 79 0 1 2 652 90 1.311 8.7 0.8 3.1 4.6 1.52
6 RP Ron Kline 20 0 7 .000 5.49 27 11 5 0 0 0 78.2 74 55 48 3 66 27 6 3 4 368 73 1.780 8.5 0.3 7.6 3.1 0.41
7 RP Ted Wilks 36 5 5 .500 3.61 44 0 34 0 0 4 72.1 65 32 29 9 31 24 2 0 1 305 111 1.327 8.1 1.1 3.9 3.0 0.77
8 RP Paul LaPalme* 28 1 2 .333 3.92 31 2 16 0 0 0 59.2 56 33 26 6 37 25 1 0 5 265 102 1.559 8.4 0.9 5.6 3.8 0.68
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
9 Ron Necciai 20 1 6 .143 7.08 12 9 2 0 0 0 54.2 63 45 43 5 32 31 1 0 3 248 56 1.738 10.4 0.8 5.3 5.1 0.97
10 Jim Waugh 18 1 6 .143 6.36 17 7 6 1 0 0 52.1 61 43 37 4 32 18 2 0 0 252 63 1.777 10.5 0.7 5.5 3.1 0.56
11 Joe Muir* 29 2 3 .400 6.31 12 5 0 1 0 0 35.2 42 28 25 3 18 17 0 0 0 164 63 1.682 10.6 0.8 4.5 4.3 0.94
12 Red Munger 33 0 3 .000 7.18 5 4 0 0 0 0 26.1 30 21 21 6 10 8 0 0 0 118 56 1.519 10.3 2.1 3.4 2.7 0.80
13 Harry Fisher 26 1 2 .333 6.87 8 3 4 0 0 0 18.1 17 14 14 4 13 5 2 0 1 83 58 1.636 8.3 2.0 6.4 2.5 0.38
14 Bill Bell 18 0 1 .000 4.60 4 1 2 0 0 0 15.2 16 11 8 3 13 4 0 0 1 77 87 1.851 9.2 1.7 7.5 2.3 0.31
15 Don Carlsen 25 0 1 .000 10.80 5 1 1 0 0 0 10.0 20 13 12 1 5 2 0 0 1 53 37 2.500 18.0 0.9 4.5 1.8 0.40
16 Jim Suchecki 25 0 0 5.40 5 0 3 0 0 0 10.0 14 7 6 1 4 6 1 0 0 49 74 1.800 12.6 0.9 3.6 5.4 1.50
17 Jim Dunn 21 0 0 3.38 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 4 2 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 24 118 1.313 6.8 0.0 5.1 3.4 0.67
18 Bill Werle* 31 0 0 9.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 22 44 2.500 20.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.00
19 Ed Wolfe 23 0 0 7.36 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 7 3 3 1 5 1 1 0 0 21 54 3.273 17.2 2.5 12.3 2.5 0.20
20 Mel Queen 34 0 2 .000 29.70 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 8 12 11 2 4 3 0 0 2 25 13 3.600 21.6 5.4 10.8 8.1 0.75
Team Totals 28.1 42 112 .273 4.65 155 155 112 43 4 8 1363.2 1395 793 704 133 625 564 27 5 30 5992 86 1.481 9.2 0.9 4.1 3.7 0.90
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 1 8 8 8 8 6 8 8 8 8 8 5241
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Tony Bartirome 20 118 992 909 72 11 91 .989 8.31 1B
Ted Beard 31 13 0 3 10 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.15 OF
Bill Bell 18 4 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.25 P
Gus Bell 23 123 0 0 123 216 202 8 6 2 .972 1.71 OF
Johnny Berardino 35 18 99 37 58 4 13 .960 5.28 2B
Don Carlsen 25 5 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.20 P
Pete Castiglione 31 59 1 0 0 208 69 129 10 7 .952 3.36 3B-OF-1B
Brandy Davis 24 29 9 9 12 59 53 2 4 0 .932 1.90 OF
Bobby Del Greco 19 93 1 88 4 263 246 11 6 3 .977 2.76 OF
Murry Dickson 35 43 95 29 62 4 7 .958 2.12 P
Jim Dunn 21 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Erv Dusak 31 11 2 4 3 11 7 2 2 1 .818 0.82 OF
Harry Fisher 26 8 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Ed Fitz Gerald 28 20 61 55 5 1 0 .984 3.00 1 C-3B
Bob Friend 21 35 49 10 37 2 3 .959 1.34 P
Joe Garagiola 26 105 492 418 63 11 9 .978 4.58 2 C
Dick Groat 21 94 526 229 272 25 61 .952 5.33 SS
Dick Hall 21 19 0 12 2 56 44 11 1 0 .982 2.89 OF-3B
Cal Hogue 24 19 15 4 9 2 1 .867 0.68 P
Bill Howerton 30 6 0 2 3 13 9 1 3 0 .769 1.67 OF-3B
Ralph Kiner 29 149 149 0 0 267 250 9 8 0 .970 1.74 OF
Ron Kline 20 27 11 3 8 0 2 1.000 0.41 P
Clem Koshorek 27 86 399 149 232 18 47 .955 4.43 SS-2B-3B
Paul LaPalme 28 31 17 1 15 1 1 .941 0.52 P
Woody Main 30 48 27 8 15 4 0 .852 0.48 P
Jim Mangan 22 4 6 3 2 1 0 .833 1.25 0 C
Clyde McCullough 35 62 270 227 38 5 4 .981 4.27 1 C-1B
Jack Merson 30 108 498 220 266 12 62 .976 4.50 2B-3B
Catfish Metkovich 31 105 5 21 8 643 602 34 7 59 .989 6.06 1B-OF
Joe Muir 29 12 10 4 5 1 1 .900 0.75 P
Red Munger 33 5 10 1 9 0 3 1.000 2.00 P
Ron Necciai 20 12 13 4 7 2 2 .846 0.92 P
Jack Phillips 30 1 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 2.00 1B
Howie Pollet 31 31 58 7 48 3 2 .948 1.77 P
Mel Queen 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Sonny Senerchia 21 28 64 30 31 3 3 .953 2.18 3B
Dick Smith 24 24 77 24 50 3 8 .961 3.08 3B-2B-SS
George Strickland 26 75 385 148 218 19 56 .951 4.88 2B-SS-3B-1B
Jim Suchecki 25 5 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.40 P
Frank Thomas 23 5 0 5 0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 OF
Lee Walls 19 19 1 18 0 46 44 2 0 1 1.000 2.42 OF
Jim Waugh 18 17 12 0 11 1 1 .917 0.65 P
Bill Werle 31 5 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40 P
Ted Wilks 36 44 13 3 9 1 1 .923 0.27 P
Ed Wolfe 23 3 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.67 P
Team Totals 26.4 155 6042 4091 1769 182 455 .970 3.38 4
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 3 8
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1951 / 1953 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics