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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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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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

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