1953 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1952 Season 1954 Season

Record: 50-104-0, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Fred Haney (50-104)

General Manager: Branch Rickey

Ballpark: Forbes Field

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

Pythagorean W-L: 53-101, 622 Runs, 887 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	43	48	3	1	3		1
2	1B	Preston Ward*	25	88	332	281	35	59	7	1	8	27	1	3	44	39	.210	.319	.327	.646	70	92	6	1	5		3
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		0
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		1
5	3B	Danny O'Connell	24	149	654	588	88	173	26	8	7	55	3	4	57	42	.294	.361	.401	.762	99	236	13	4	5		0
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		1
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		4
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		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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		1
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		1
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		2
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		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		2
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		0
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		3
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		0
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		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		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		1
20	SS	Dick Smith	26	13	49	43	4	7	0	1	0	2	0	1	6	6	.163	.265	.209	.475	26	9	1	0	0		1
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		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		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		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		0
25	C	Ed FitzGerald	29	6	17	17	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.118	.118	.176	.294	-24	3	0	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		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		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		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		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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		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		0
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		0
33	P	Bob Friend	22	32	57	52	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	16	.135	.151	.154	.305	-20	8	1	0	3		0
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		0
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		0
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		0
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		0
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		0
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		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		0
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		0
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		0
43	P	Bill Macdonald	24	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1		0
44	P	Woody Main	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	26.7	154	5904	5253	622	1297	178	49	99	571	41	39	524	715	.247	.319	.356	.675	77	1870	117	36	89		23
		Rank in 8 NL teams				8	8	8	8	6	8		5	7	4	7	8	8	8	8		8		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.5	154	5449	4851	593	1227	168	46	94	543	41	39	496	616	.253	.327	.365	.691	81	1769	104	34	67		23
		Pitcher Totals	29.8	154	455	402	29	70	10	3	5	28	0	0	28	99	.174	.231	.251	.483	26	101	13	2	22		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Murry Dickson	36	10	19	.345	4.53	45	26	13	10	1	4	200.2	240	121	101	27	58	5	88	3	0	4	877	99	4.38	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	1	86	0	0	9	777	97	4.18	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	4	102	6	0	8	798	95	4.77	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	1	66	3	1	2	747	91	4.25	1.465	10.2	0.9	3.0	3.5	1.16
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	RP	Bob Hall	29	3	12	.200	5.39	37	17	8	6	1	1	152.0	172	99	91	17	72	2	68	1	0	7	684	83	4.59	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	4	56	2	1	3	524	68	4.53	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	4	37	1	1	3	498	113	3.82	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	3	36	1	0	3	288	93	4.66	1.439	9.0	1.2	4.0	5.0	1.24
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
9		Jim Waugh	19	4	5	.444	6.48	29	11	3	1	0	0	90.1	108	70	65	21	56	1	23	0	1	3	425	69	6.97	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	1	14	0	0	0	131	58	4.20	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	0	10	1	0	1	93	87	6.96	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	1	5	2	0	1	93	55	6.08	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	0	8	0	0	0	66	43	4.80	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	1	4	1	0	0	39	38	5.18	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	0	4	0	0	0	19	43	5.34	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	28	607	21	4	44	6059	86	4.63	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		7
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W