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1954 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955

53-101, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Haney (53-101)
Scored 557 runs, Allowed 845 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 49-105

Ballparks: Forbes Field · Attendance: 475,494 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 101

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1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Cal Abrams 30 L L 6' 0" 185 Mar 2, 1924 6 17 11 17 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 13 4 1 -0.2
Gair Allie 22 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 28, 1931 1st 121 110 121 114 0 0 0 0 19 95 0 0 0 0 7 4 -1.3
Toby Atwell 30 L R 5' 9" 185 Mar 8, 1924 3 96 83 96 88 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 1.4
Dick Cole 28 R R 6' 2" 175 May 6, 1926 3 138 130 138 134 0 0 0 19 51 68 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.3
Walker Cooper 39 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 15 14 1 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.0
Bob Friend 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1930 4 35 20 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Sid Gordon 36 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 13, 1917 12 131 102 131 110 0 0 0 0 39 0 7 0 67 74 28 0 2.3
Bill Hall 25 L R 5' 11" 165 Jul 30, 1928 1st 5 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -0.2
Dick Hall 23 R R 6' 6" 200 Sep 27, 1930 3 112 84 112 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 46 16 102 13 5 -0.6
Gail Henley 25 L R 5' 9" 180 Oct 15, 1928 1st 14 7 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 5 0 0.1
Johnny Hetki 32 R R 6' 1" 202 May 12, 1922 8 58 1 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Cal Hogue 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 24, 1927 3 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vic Janowicz 24 R R 5' 9" 185 Feb 26, 1930 2 41 19 41 19 0 0 0 0 18 0 1 0 0 1 12 10 -0.5
Sam Jethroe 37 B R 6' 1" 178 Jan 23, 1917 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.0
Nellie King 26 R R 6' 6" 185 Mar 15, 1928 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nick Koback 18 R R 6' 0" 187 Jul 19, 1935 2 4 2 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3
Paul LaPalme 30 L L 5' 10" 175 Dec 14, 1923 4 33 15 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vern Law 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 12, 1930 3 50 19 50 40 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 7 0.8
Dick Littlefield 28 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1926 5 23 21 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8
Jerry Lynch 23 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 17, 1930 1st 98 73 98 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 37 83 18 3 -1.9
Jim Mangan 24 R R 5' 10" 190 Sep 24, 1929 2 14 5 14 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.1
Luis Marquez 28 R R 5' 10" 174 Oct 28, 1925 2 14 1 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 8 5 -0.1
George O'Donnell 25 R R 6' 3" 175 May 27, 1929 1st 21 10 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Joe Page 36 L L 6' 3" 200 Oct 28, 1917 8 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Eddie Pellagrini 36 R R 5' 9" 160 Mar 13, 1918 8 73 19 73 39 0 0 0 9 30 1 0 0 0 0 39 2 -0.5
Laurin Pepper 23 R R 5' 11" 190 Jan 18, 1931 1st 14 8 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4
Bob Purkey 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Jul 14, 1929 1st 36 11 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Hal Rice 30 L R 6' 1" 195 Feb 11, 1924 7 28 22 28 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 3 24 5 0 -0.2
Curt Roberts 24 R R 5' 8" 165 Aug 16, 1929 1st 134 131 134 131 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.3
Jack Shepard 23 R R 6' 2" 195 May 13, 1931 2 82 62 82 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1.2
Bob Skinner 22 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1931 1st 132 118 132 120 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12 0 -0.6
Dick Smith 26 R R 5' 8" 160 Jul 21, 1927 4 12 7 12 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0
Max Surkont 32 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 16, 1922 6 33 29 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
Jake Thies 28 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 1, 1926 1st 33 18 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Frank Thomas 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 11, 1929 4 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 112 0 153 1 0 3.6 All-Star
Preston Ward 26 L R 6' 4" 190 Jul 24, 1927 4 117 91 117 98 0 0 47 0 12 0 0 0 42 42 21 1 -0.2
Len Yochim 25 L L 6' 2" 200 Oct 16, 1928 2 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Joe Page
Bob Skinner
Sid Gordon
Preston Ward
Dick Smith
Curt Roberts
Gair Allie
Nick Koback

Jack Shepard
Toby Atwell
Dick Cole
Eddie Pellagrini
Jerry Lynch
Frank Thomas
Dick Hall
Cal Abrams
Laurin Pepper

Bob Friend
Sam Jethroe
Jim Mangan
George O'Donnell
Paul LaPalme
Cal Hogue
Gail Henley
Dick Littlefield
Walker Cooper

Johnny Hetki
Nellie King
Vic Janowicz
Vern Law
Bob Purkey
Max Surkont
Len Yochim
Jake Thies

Luis Marquez
Hal Rice
Bill Hall

1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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