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1953 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954)
50-104, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 622 runs, Allowed 887 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-101
Manager: Fred Haney (50-104)
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 Catfish 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 21 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 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 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 8 8 8 6 8 5 2 4 2 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 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 94 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 85 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 5 7 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 7
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
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
Catfish 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 21 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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