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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
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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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
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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