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1954 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955)
53-101, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 557 runs, Allowed 845 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 49-105
Manager: Fred Haney (53-101)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Cal Abrams 30 L L 6' 0" 185 Mar 2, 1924 6 17 11 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 5 13 4 1
Gair Allie 22 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 28, 1931 1st 121 110 121 121 0 0 0 0 19 95 0 0 0 0 7 4
Toby Atwell 30 L R 185 Mar 8, 1924 3 96 83 96 96 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Dick Cole 28 R R 6' 2" 175 May 6, 1926 3 138 130 138 138 0 0 0 17 55 66 0 0 0 0 7 0
Walker Cooper 39 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 15 14 1 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 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
Sid Gordon 36 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 13, 1917 12 131 102 131 131 0 0 0 0 40 0 8 0 66 73 28 0
Bill Hall 25 L R 5' 11" 165 Jul 30, 1928 1st 5 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Dick Hall 23 R R 6' 6" 200 Sep 27, 1930 3 112 84 112 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 44 18 102 16 5
Gail Henley 25 L R 5' 9" 180 Oct 15, 1928 1st 14 7 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 5 0
Johnny Hetki 32 R R 6' 1" 205 May 12, 1922 8 58 1 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Vic Janowicz 24 R R 5' 9" 185 Feb 26, 1930 2 41 19 41 41 0 0 0 0 18 0 1 0 0 1 12 10
Sam Jethroe 36 B R 6' 1" 178 Jan 20, 1918 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 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
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
Paul LaPalme 30 L L 5' 10" 184 Dec 14, 1923 4 33 15 33 33 33 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 50 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 7
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
Jerry Lynch 23 L R 6' 1" 189 Jul 17, 1930 1st 98 73 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 4 36 83 18 3
Jim Mangan 24 R R 5' 10" 190 Sep 24, 1929 2 14 5 14 14 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Luis Marquez 28 R R 174 Oct 28, 1925 2 14 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 8 5
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
Joe Page 36 L L 6' 2" 205 Oct 28, 1917 8 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Pellagrini 36 R R 5' 9" 165 Mar 13, 1918 8 73 19 73 73 0 0 0 7 31 1 0 0 0 0 39 2
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
Bob Purkey 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 14, 1929 1st 36 11 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Rice 30 L R 6' 1" 195 Feb 11, 1924 7 28 22 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 2 24 5 0
Curt Roberts 24 R R 5' 8" 165 Aug 16, 1929 1st 134 131 134 134 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jack Shepard 22 R R 6' 2" 195 May 13, 1932 2 82 62 82 82 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Bob Skinner 22 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 3, 1931 1st 132 118 132 132 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12 0
Dick Smith 26 R R 5' 8" 160 Jul 21, 1927 4 12 7 12 12 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Max Surkont 32 R R 6' 0" 205 Jun 16, 1922 6 33 29 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Frank Thomas 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 11, 1929 4 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 109 0 153 1 0 All-Star
Preston Ward 26 L R 6' 3" 198 Jul 24, 1927 4 117 91 117 117 0 0 48 0 11 0 0 0 42 42 21 1
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
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1953 / 1955 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played