1953 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954

50-104, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Haney (50-104)
Scored 622 runs, Allowed 887 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-101

Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 572,757 (7th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 106

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1952 / 1954 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	Mike Sandlock#	37	64	202	186	10	43	5	0	0	12	0	0	12	19	.231	.281	.258	.539	42	48	3	1	3
2	1B	Preston Ward*	25	88	331	281	35	59	7	1	8	27	1	3	44	39	.210	.319	.327	.646	70	92	6	1	5
3	2B	Johnny O'Brien	22	89	312	279	28	69	13	2	2	22	1	1	21	36	.247	.309	.330	.639	67	92	9	4	8
4	SS	Eddie O'Brien	22	89	282	261	21	62	5	3	0	14	6	1	17	30	.238	.289	.280	.569	50	73	4	2	2
5	3B	Danny O'Connell	26	149	654	588	88	173	26	8	7	55	3	4	57	42	.294	.361	.401	.762	99	236	13	4	5
6	OF	Cal Abrams*	29	119	512	448	66	128	10	6	15	43	4	4	58	70	.286	.368	.435	.803	109	195	2	0	6
7	OF	Frank Thomas	24	128	510	455	68	116	22	1	30	102	1	2	50	93	.255	.331	.505	.837	115	230	12	2	3
8	OF	Carlos Bernier	26	105	366	310	48	66	7	8	3	31	15	14	51	53	.213	.332	.316	.648	71	98	11	4	1
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	Paul Smith*	22	118	427	389	41	110	12	7	4	44	3	0	24	23	.283	.329	.380	.710	85	148	8	3	11
10	OF	Hal Rice*	29	78	305	286	39	89	16	1	4	42	0	1	17	22	.311	.350	.416	.766	100	119	5	0	2
11	SS	Dick Cole	27	97	280	235	29	64	13	1	0	23	2	2	38	26	.272	.374	.336	.710	88	79	6	0	7
12	2B	Eddie Pellagrini	35	78	189	174	16	44	3	2	4	19	1	1	14	20	.253	.309	.362	.671	75	63	1	0	1
13	OF	Ralph Kiner	30	41	175	148	27	40	6	1	7	29	1	0	25	21	.270	.383	.466	.849	121	69	1	2	0
14	3B	Pete Castiglione	32	45	172	159	14	33	2	1	4	21	1	1	5	14	.208	.236	.308	.545	41	49	4	1	7
15	C	Toby Atwell*	29	53	164	139	11	34	6	0	0	17	0	0	20	12	.245	.352	.288	.640	70	40	8	3	2
16	C	Vic Janowicz	23	42	131	123	10	31	3	1	2	8	0	1	5	31	.252	.287	.341	.628	64	42	3	1	2
17	C	Joe Garagiola*	27	27	86	73	9	17	5	0	2	14	1	0	10	11	.233	.341	.384	.725	89	28	2	2	1
18	OF	Gene Hermanski*	33	41	71	62	7	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	8	14	.177	.282	.226	.507	35	14	2	1	0
19	OF	Felipe Montemayor*	25	28	62	55	5	6	4	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.109	.210	.182	.391	4	10	1	3	0
20	SS	Dick Smith	25	13	49	43	4	7	0	1	0	2	0	1	6	6	.163	.265	.209	.475	26	9	1	0	0
21	UT	George Metkovich*	32	26	47	41	5	6	0	1	1	7	0	0	6	3	.146	.255	.268	.524	37	11	0	0	0
22	OF	Brandy Davis	25	12	39	39	5	8	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	.205	.205	.256	.462	20	10	0	0	0
23	2B	Dick Hall	22	7	25	24	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	.167	.200	.167	.367	-3	4	0	0	0
24	C	Nick Koback	17	7	18	16	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.176	.250	.426	10	4	2	0	1
25	C	Ed Fitz Gerald	29	6	17	17	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.118	.118	.176	.294	-24	3	0	0	0
26	C	Pete Naton	21	6	14	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	22	2	0	0	0
27	C	Jack Shepard	22	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	1	0	0	0
28		Bob Addis*	27	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
29		Clem Koshorek	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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
30	P	Johnny Lindell	36	58	109	91	11	26	6	1	4	15	0	0	16	15	.286	.404	.505	.909	136	46	6	2	0
31	P	Murry Dickson	36	45	67	61	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.115	.143	.115	.258	-31	7	2	0	4
32	P	Paul LaPalme*	29	35	63	59	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.085	.100	.085	.185	-51	5	2	0	3
33	P	Bob Friend	22	32	56	52	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	16	.135	.151	.154	.305	-20	8	1	0	3
34	P	Bob Hall	29	37	41	38	1	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	19	.158	.200	.263	.463	20	10	0	0	1
35	P	Roy Face	25	43	34	30	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.133	.133	.167	.300	-22	5	0	0	4
36	P	Johnny Hetki	31	54	26	24	2	5	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	.208	.240	.417	.657	68	10	1	0	1
37	P	Jim Waugh	19	29	24	22	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.227	.261	.227	.488	29	5	1	0	1
38	P	Paul Pettit*	21	11	11	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	75	2	0	0	1
39	P	Roger Bowman	25	30	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.286	.375	.286	.661	76	2	0	0	0
40	P	Cal Hogue	25	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1
41	P	Bob Schultz	29	11	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0	0	0	1
42	P	Howie Pollet*	32	5	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	75	1	0	0	1
43	P	Bill Macdonald	24	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1
44	P	Woody Main	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.9	154	5902	5253	622	1297	178	49	99	571	41	39	524	715	.247	.319	.356	.675	77	1870	117	36	89
		Rank in 8 NL teams				8	8	8	8	6	8		5	2	4	2	8	8	8	8		8		2
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.

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	36	10	19	.345	4.53	45	26	13	10	1	4	200.2	240	121	101	27	58		88	3	0	4	877	98	1.485	10.8	1.2	2.6	3.9	1.52
2	SP	Paul LaPalme*	29	8	16	.333	4.59	35	24	7	7	1	2	176.1	191	107	90	20	64		86	0	0	9	777	97	1.446	9.7	1.0	3.3	4.4	1.34
3	SP	Johnny Lindell	36	5	16	.238	4.71	27	23	3	13	1	0	175.2	173	106	92	17	116		102	6	0	8	798	95	1.645	8.9	0.9	5.9	5.2	0.88
4	SP	Bob Friend	22	8	11	.421	4.90	32	24	2	8	0	0	170.2	193	103	93	18	57		66	3	1	2	747	91	1.465	10.2	0.9	3.0	3.5	1.16
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	Bob Hall	29	3	12	.200	5.39	37	17	8	6	1	1	152.0	172	99	91	17	72		68	1	0	7	684	83	1.605	10.2	1.0	4.3	4.0	0.94
6	RP	Roy Face	25	6	8	.429	6.58	41	13	13	2	0	0	119.0	145	90	87	19	30		56	2	1	3	524	68	1.471	11.0	1.4	2.3	4.2	1.87
7	RP	Johnny Hetki	31	3	6	.333	3.95	54	2	31	0	0	3	118.1	120	60	52	9	33		37	1	1	3	498	113	1.293	9.1	0.7	2.5	2.8	1.12
8	RP	Roger Bowman*	25	0	4	.000	4.82	30	2	15	0	0	0	65.1	65	42	35	9	29		36	1	0	3	288	92	1.439	9.0	1.2	4.0	5.0	1.24
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		Jim Waugh	19	4	5	.444	6.48	29	11	3	1	0	0	90.1	108	70	65	21	56		23	0	1	3	425	69	1.815	10.8	2.1	5.6	2.3	0.41
10		Paul Pettit*	21	1	2	.333	7.71	10	5	4	0	0	0	28.0	33	27	24	1	20		14	0	0	0	131	58	1.893	10.6	0.3	6.4	4.5	0.70
11		Cal Hogue	25	1	1	.500	5.21	3	2	0	2	0	0	19.0	19	13	11	4	16		10	1	0	1	93	86	1.842	9.0	1.9	7.6	4.7	0.63
12		Bob Schultz*	29	0	2	.000	8.20	11	2	3	0	0	0	18.2	26	19	17	3	10		5	2	0	1	93	54	1.929	12.5	1.4	4.8	2.4	0.50
13		Howie Pollet*	32	1	1	.500	10.66	5	2	1	0	0	0	12.2	27	15	15	2	6		8	0	0	0	66	42	2.605	19.2	1.4	4.3	5.7	1.33
14		Bill Macdonald	24	0	1	.000	12.27	4	1	1	0	0	0	7.1	12	10	10	0	8		4	1	0	0	39	36	2.727	14.7	0.0	9.8	4.9	0.50
15		Woody Main	31	0	0		11.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	5	5	1	2		4	0	0	0	19	40	1.750	11.3	2.3	4.5	9.0	2.00
		Team Totals	28.8	50	104	.325	5.22	154	154	105	49	4	10	1358.0	1529	887	788	168	577		607	21	4	44	6059	85	1.551	10.1	1.1	3.8	4.0	1.05
		Rank in 8 NL teams		8	1		8				5	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	7		5308
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

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
Cal Abrams	29	112	0	0	112	224	205	13	6	3	.973	1.95		OF
Toby Atwell	29	45				214	187	20	7	2	.967	4.60	6	C
Carlos Bernier	26	86	11	57	18	235	220	8	7	1	.970	2.65		OF
Roger Bowman	25	30				17	6	11	0	0	1.000	0.57		P
Pete Castiglione	32	43				135	44	88	3	6	.978	3.07		3B
Dick Cole	27	85				371	156	203	12	42	.968	4.22		SS-2B-1B
Brandy Davis	25	9	9	0	0	22	21	0	1	0	.955	2.33		OF
Murry Dickson	36	45				52	14	34	4	2	.923	1.07		P
Roy Face	25	41				23	11	12	0	1	1.000	0.56		P
Ed Fitz Gerald	29	5				16	13	3	0	0	1.000	3.20	0	C
Bob Friend	22	32				46	7	36	3	2	.935	1.34		P
Joe Garagiola	27	22				93	82	10	1	0	.989	4.18	0	C
Bob Hall	29	37				37	10	23	4	2	.892	0.89		P
Dick Hall	22	7				45	21	23	1	6	.978	6.29		2B
Gene Hermanski	33	13	5	0	8	26	26	0	0	0	1.000	2.00		OF
Johnny Hetki	31	54				29	9	20	0	1	1.000	0.54		P
Cal Hogue	25	3				4	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.33		P
Vic Janowicz	23	35				127	104	15	8	2	.937	3.40	7	C
Ralph Kiner	30	41	41	0	0	76	71	5	0	1	1.000	1.85		OF
Nick Koback	17	6				10	8	2	0	0	1.000	1.67	2	C
Paul LaPalme	29	35				32	5	23	4	1	.875	0.80		P
Johnny Lindell	36	29				65	20	42	3	2	.954	2.14		P-1B
Bill Macdonald	24	4				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.25		P
Woody Main	31	2				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
George Metkovich	32	9	0	3	1	55	54	1	0	2	1.000	6.11		1B-OF
Felipe Montemayor	25	12	1	11	0	31	29	2	0	0	1.000	2.58		OF
Pete Naton	21	4				13	13	0	0	0	1.000	3.25	2	C
Eddie O'Brien	22	81				352	122	207	23	39	.935	4.06		SS
Johnny O'Brien	22	78				389	172	210	7	48	.982	4.90		2B-SS
Danny O'Connell	26	151				619	226	370	23	43	.963	3.95		3B-2B
Eddie Pellagrini	35	46				180	76	98	6	13	.967	3.78		2B-3B-SS
Paul Pettit	21	10				8	2	6	0	0	1.000	0.80		P
Howie Pollet	32	5				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.20		P
Hal Rice	29	70	68	0	2	186	167	14	5	2	.973	2.59		OF
Mike Sandlock	37	64				342	290	49	3	4	.991	5.30	15	C
Bob Schultz	29	11				3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.27		P
Jack Shepard	22	2				8	6	0	2	0	.750	3.00	0	C
Dick Smith	25	13				77	18	56	3	10	.961	5.69		SS
Paul Smith	22	93	19	0	0	718	653	54	11	53	.985	7.60		1B-OF
Frank Thomas	24	118	6	96	16	331	306	17	8	1	.976	2.74		OF
Preston Ward	25	78				764	693	64	7	65	.991	9.71		1B
Jim Waugh	19	29				19	5	13	1	1	.947	0.62		P
Team Totals	27.0	154				5996	4074	1759	163	356	.973	3.44	32
Rank in 8 NL teams									2	8	7
	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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