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1954 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Toby Atwell* 30 96 340 287 36 83 8 4 3 26 2 3 43 21 .289 .384 .376 .760 102 108 11 3 4 3
2 1B Bob Skinner* 22 132 530 470 67 117 15 9 8 46 4 0 47 59 .249 .316 .370 .686 80 174 11 0 11 2
3 2B Curt Roberts 24 134 565 496 47 115 18 7 1 36 6 3 55 49 .232 .309 .302 .612 62 150 6 2 9 3
4 SS Gair Allie 22 121 482 418 38 83 8 6 3 30 1 1 56 84 .199 .294 .268 .562 50 112 3 2 3 3
5 3B Dick Cole 28 138 541 486 40 131 22 5 1 40 0 0 41 48 .270 .323 .342 .664 75 166 20 0 8 6
6 LF Jerry Lynch* 23 98 308 284 27 68 4 5 8 36 2 2 20 43 .239 .290 .373 .663 73 106 9 1 1 2
7 CF Frank Thomas 25 153 653 577 81 172 32 7 23 94 3 2 51 74 .298 .359 .497 .856 123 287 10 10 4 11
8 RF Sid Gordon 36 131 447 363 38 111 12 0 12 49 0 0 67 24 .306 .405 .438 .843 123 159 10 0 8 9
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 Preston Ward* 26 117 406 360 37 97 16 2 7 48 0 0 39 61 .269 .337 .383 .721 90 138 5 0 3 4
10 OF Dick Hall 23 112 353 310 38 74 8 4 2 27 3 0 33 46 .239 .304 .310 .614 62 96 14 0 1 9
11 C Jack Shepard 23 82 265 227 24 69 8 2 3 22 0 0 26 33 .304 .370 .396 .766 102 90 10 0 8 4
12 3B Eddie Pellagrini 36 73 142 125 12 27 6 0 0 16 0 0 9 21 .216 .288 .264 .552 47 33 1 4 3 1
13 LF Hal Rice* 30 28 96 81 10 14 4 1 1 9 0 2 14 24 .173 .295 .284 .579 54 23 2 0 1 0
14 3B Vic Janowicz 24 41 84 73 10 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 23 .151 .235 .192 .426 14 14 0 1 3 0
15 OF Cal Abrams* 30 17 52 42 6 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 10 9 .143 .308 .214 .522 41 9 2 0 0 0
16 3B Dick Smith 26 12 37 31 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 .097 .243 .194 .437 17 6 1 0 0 0
17 OF Gail Henley* 25 14 35 30 7 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 4 .300 .382 .433 .816 115 13 0 0 1 0
18 C Jim Mangan 24 14 30 26 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 9 .192 .300 .192 .492 33 5 0 0 0 0
19 C Walker Cooper 39 14 17 15 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .200 .294 .333 .627 65 5 1 0 0 0
20 OF Luis Marquez 28 14 14 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .111 .385 .111 .496 39 1 0 0 1 0
21 C Nick Koback 18 4 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
22 C Bill Hall* 25 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
23 RF Sam Jethroe# 37 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
24 P Max Surkont 32 33 76 60 3 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 19 .167 .239 .183 .422 13 11 2 0 9 1
25 P Vern Law 24 50 64 52 10 12 5 0 1 13 0 0 5 8 .231 .310 .385 .695 82 20 4 1 6 0
26 P Bob Friend 23 35 57 51 6 14 1 1 1 7 0 0 5 8 .275 .339 .392 .731 92 20 2 0 1 0
27 P Dick Littlefield* 28 23 55 49 4 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 13 .163 .196 .245 .441 16 12 1 0 4 0
28 P Jake Thies 28 33 40 33 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 11 .030 .158 .030 .188 -47 1 0 0 2 0
29 P Paul LaPalme* 30 33 39 35 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 .143 .167 .229 .395 3 8 0 1 3 0
30 P Bob Purkey 24 36 33 26 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 12 .077 .200 .115 .315 -14 3 0 0 3 0
31 P George O'Donnell 25 21 24 23 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 10 .087 .125 .217 .342 -12 5 0 0 0 0
32 P Laurin Pepper 23 14 17 17 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .235 .235 .294 .529 39 5 0 0 0 0
33 P Johnny Hetki 32 58 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 18 2 0 0 1 0
34 P Cal Hogue 26 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0
35 P Len Yochim* 25 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 165 1 0 0 0 0
36 P Nellie King 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Joe Page* 36 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.1 154 5836 5088 557 1260 181 57 76 526 21 13 566 737 .248 .323 .350 .673 78 1783 125 25 99 58
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 8 8 8 3 8 8 8 4 1 8 8 8 8 8 7 3
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
* - 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 Max Surkont 32 9 18 .333 4.41 33 29 2 11 0 0 208.1 216 124 102 25 78 78 4 0 4 916 94 1.411 9.3 1.1 3.4 3.4 1.00
2 SP Bob Friend 23 7 12 .368 5.07 35 20 8 4 2 2 170.1 204 106 96 16 58 73 1 2 1 758 82 1.538 10.8 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.26
3 SP Dick Littlefield* 28 10 11 .476 3.60 23 21 1 7 1 0 155.0 140 78 62 10 85 92 2 0 2 686 116 1.452 8.1 0.6 4.9 5.3 1.08
4 SP Jake Thies 28 3 9 .250 3.87 33 18 7 3 1 0 130.1 120 70 56 13 49 57 3 0 2 559 108 1.297 8.3 0.9 3.4 3.9 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 CL Johnny Hetki 32 4 4 .500 4.99 58 1 46 0 0 9 83.0 102 53 46 11 30 27 0 0 2 384 84 1.590 11.1 1.2 3.3 2.9 0.90
6 RP Vern Law 24 9 13 .409 5.51 39 18 17 7 0 3 161.2 201 109 99 20 56 57 3 0 6 728 76 1.590 11.2 1.1 3.1 3.2 1.02
7 RP Bob Purkey 24 3 8 .273 5.07 36 11 7 0 0 0 131.1 145 78 74 3 62 38 7 1 1 581 82 1.576 9.9 0.2 4.2 2.6 0.61
8 RP Paul LaPalme* 30 4 10 .286 5.52 33 15 7 2 0 0 120.2 147 79 74 15 54 57 0 1 8 552 75 1.666 11.0 1.1 4.0 4.3 1.06
9 RP George O'Donnell 25 3 9 .250 4.53 21 10 6 3 0 1 87.1 105 50 44 4 21 8 2 0 2 373 92 1.443 10.8 0.4 2.2 0.8 0.38
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
10 Laurin Pepper 23 1 5 .167 7.99 14 8 4 0 0 0 50.2 63 53 45 4 43 17 0 1 4 254 52 2.092 11.2 0.7 7.6 3.0 0.40
11 Len Yochim* 25 0 1 .000 7.32 10 1 5 0 0 0 19.2 30 17 16 2 8 7 0 0 5 95 58 1.932 13.7 0.9 3.7 3.2 0.88
12 Cal Hogue 26 0 1 .000 4.91 3 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 11 6 6 1 12 7 0 0 0 52 87 2.091 9.0 0.8 9.8 5.7 0.58
13 Joe Page* 36 0 0 11.17 7 0 4 0 0 0 9.2 16 17 12 4 7 4 1 0 0 54 39 2.379 14.9 3.7 6.5 3.7 0.57
14 Nellie King 26 0 0 5.14 4 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 10 5 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 31 85 1.571 12.9 0.0 1.3 3.9 3.00
Team Totals 27.1 53 101 .344 4.92 154 154 117 37 4 15 1346.0 1510 845 736 128 564 525 23 5 37 6023 85 1.541 10.1 0.9 3.8 3.5 0.93
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 1 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 3 6 8
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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Cal Abrams 30 13 11 9 97.2 20 18 2 0 0 1.000 1 6 1.84 1.54 RF-LF
Gair Allie 22 114 110 103 951.2 532 211 295 26 59 .951 -5 -7 4.79 4.44 SS-3B
Toby Atwell 30 88 83 77 719.1 403 360 39 4 4 .990 -2 -3 4.99 4.53 5 6 43 20 32% 0 C
Dick Cole 28 134 130 123 1138.1 556 192 336 28 41 .950 -8 -8 4.17 3.83 SS-3B-2B
Walker Cooper 39 2 1 1 11.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.91 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 C
Bob Friend 23 35 20 4 170.1 35 7 27 1 1 .971 1.80 0.97 18 7 28% 0 P
Sid Gordon 36 110 102 83 882.2 237 147 79 11 6 .954 -5 -7 2.30 1.98 RF-3B-LF
Bill Hall 25 1 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 4.00 0 1 1 0 0% 0 C
Dick Hall 23 102 84 82 774.1 241 226 4 11 1 .954 1 2 2.67 2.19 CF-LF-RF
Gail Henley 25 9 7 6 67.1 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -12 1.87 1.56 RF-LF
Johnny Hetki 32 58 1 0 83.0 14 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.52 0.24 1 0 0% 0 P
Cal Hogue 26 3 2 0 11.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.67 0 2 100% 0 P
Vic Janowicz 24 19 19 14 148.0 53 16 32 5 3 .906 -1 -4 2.92 2.53 3B-LF
Sam Jethroe 37 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -180 4.50 1.00 RF
Nellie King 26 4 0 0 7.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.86 0.75 1 0 0% 0 P
Nick Koback 18 4 2 2 21.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.00 3.50 0 1 0 0 0 C
Paul LaPalme 30 33 15 2 120.2 26 7 19 0 1 1.000 1.94 0.79 3 4 57% 1 P
Vern Law 24 40 19 7 162.2 36 12 23 1 2 .972 0 0 1.94 0.88 6 5 45% 0 P-RF
Dick Littlefield 28 23 21 7 155.0 22 5 14 3 0 .864 1.10 0.83 4 3 43% 0 P
Jerry Lynch 23 83 73 55 617.0 132 117 10 5 2 .962 -10 -18 1.85 1.48 LF-RF
Jim Mangan 24 7 5 5 47.1 27 24 3 0 1 1.000 1 25 5.13 3.86 0 0 1 2 67% 0 C
Luis Marquez 28 4 1 1 13.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.77 1.00 CF-RF-LF
George O'Donnell 25 21 10 3 87.1 26 7 19 0 1 1.000 2.68 1.24 5 5 50% 0 P
Joe Page 36 7 0 0 9.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86 0.29 3 0 0% 0 P
Eddie Pellagrini 36 39 19 17 215.2 104 42 60 2 10 .981 -1 -6 4.26 2.62 3B-2B-SS
Laurin Pepper 23 14 8 0 50.2 19 1 17 1 0 .947 3.20 1.29 2 3 60% 0 P
Bob Purkey 24 36 11 0 131.1 56 16 40 0 6 1.000 3.84 1.56 6 2 25% 0 P
Hal Rice 30 24 22 17 192.2 59 56 3 0 2 1.000 1 8 2.76 2.27 LF-RF
Curt Roberts 24 131 131 126 1126.0 775 357 394 24 82 .969 2 3 6.00 5.73 2B
Jack Shepard 23 67 62 54 539.1 310 257 46 7 5 .977 2 4 5.06 4.52 4 18 34 23 40% 2 C
Bob Skinner 22 120 118 108 1021.1 1126 1026 84 16 87 .986 -7 -8 9.78 9.25 1B-RF
Dick Smith 26 9 7 6 67.0 30 7 21 2 3 .933 3 52 3.76 3.11 3B
Max Surkont 32 33 29 11 208.1 49 8 40 1 1 .980 2.07 1.45 5 4 44% 1 P
Jake Thies 28 33 18 3 130.1 36 8 24 4 2 .889 2.21 0.97 4 3 43% 1 P
Frank Thomas 25 153 152 147 1328.0 416 397 14 5 2 .988 -3 -3 2.79 2.62 CF-LF
Preston Ward 26 98 91 75 778.1 498 416 68 14 34 .972 -5 -8 5.60 4.79 RF-1B-3B
Len Yochim 25 10 1 0 19.2 11 4 6 1 0 .909 4.58 1.00 3 0 0% 2 P
Team Totals 26.4 154 1386 1149 12114.0 5952 4038 1741 173 357 .971 -36 -4 4.29 3.42 9 26 79 45 37% 7
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 7 8
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Cal Abrams* 30 53 -4 0 0 -1 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Traded /97
Gair Allie 22 482 -30 0 0 0 -5 6 17 -12 -1.3 -7 -0.7 -0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent 65
Toby Atwell* 30 340 2 1 -2 0 -2 3 12 14 1.4 16 1.6 -0.2 $ Traded 2
Dick Cole 28 542 -17 0 1 -1 -8 5 19 -2 -0.3 7 0.7 -1.0 $ Traded 654
Walker Cooper 39 17 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /2
Bob Friend 23 57 -1 -1 1 0 0 5 2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Sid Gordon 36 447 14 -2 2 0 -5 -3 15 22 2.3 26 2.6 -0.3 $ Traded 95/7
Bill Hall* 25 7 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /2
Dick Hall 23 351 -16 0 0 -1 1 -3 12 -6 -0.6 -8 -0.8 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 879
Gail Henley* 25 36 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Traded /97
Johnny Hetki 32 10 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Cal Hogue 26 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Unknown /1
Vic Janowicz 24 84 -9 1 0 0 -0 0 3 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby 5/7
Sam Jethroe# 37 1 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /9
Nick Koback 18 11 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby /2
Paul LaPalme* 30 39 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ MinorLg Draft 1
Vern Law 24 64 -1 1 1 0 0 5 2 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1/9
Dick Littlefield* 28 55 -6 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jerry Lynch* 23 308 -11 -3 -1 -1 -10 -4 11 -18 -1.9 -9 -0.9 -1.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 79
Jim Mangan 24 29 -2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /2
Luis Marquez 28 14 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /987
George O'Donnell 25 24 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Unknown 1
Eddie Pellagrini 36 142 -9 0 -1 1 -1 0 5 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Waivers 5/46
Laurin Pepper 23 18 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby 1
Bob Purkey 24 32 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Hal Rice* 30 96 -6 0 1 0 1 -1 3 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Traded 7/9
Curt Roberts 24 564 -26 1 1 1 2 6 19 4 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag *4
Jack Shepard 23 265 1 0 -1 -1 2 2 9 12 1.2 10 1.0 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Bob Skinner* 22 530 -14 0 2 0 -7 -5 18 -6 -0.6 1 0.1 -0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent *3/9
Dick Smith 26 37 -4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0.0 -3 -0.3 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent /5
Max Surkont 32 76 -7 -1 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jake Thies 28 40 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Unknown 1
Frank Thomas 25 653 18 -1 3 0 -3 -3 22 36 3.6 39 4.0 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent *87
Preston Ward* 26 407 -6 -2 0 2 -5 -4 14 -2 -0.2 4 0.4 -0.6 $ Traded 395
Len Yochim* 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Team Total 26.1 5837 -163 -6 9 -1 -36 30 198 32 2.9 67 6.8 -3.9 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Bob Friend 23 170.1 20 106 116 -4 .9 10 0.8 $ Amateur Free Agent
Johnny Hetki 32 83.0 1 53 56 -2 .8 3 -0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft
Cal Hogue 26 11.0 2 6 8 0 .8 2 0.1 $ Unknown
Nellie King 26 7.0 0 5 5 0 .4 0 0.0 $ Unknown
Paul LaPalme* 30 120.2 15 79 82 -3 .8 3 0.1 $ MinorLg Draft
Vern Law 24 161.2 18 109 111 -4 .8 2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dick Littlefield* 28 155.0 21 78 102 -4 1.3 24 2.7 $ Traded
George O'Donnell 25 87.1 10 50 60 -2 .8 10 0.8 $ Unknown
Joe Page* 36 9.2 0 17 7 0 .4 -10 -0.8 $ Free Agency
Laurin Pepper 23 50.2 8 53 34 -1 .6 -19 -1.5 $ Amateur Free Agent--bonus baby
Bob Purkey 24 131.1 11 78 90 -3 .8 12 0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Max Surkont 32 208.1 29 124 143 -5 1.0 19 1.8 $ Traded
Jake Thies 28 130.1 18 70 91 -3 .8 21 1.7 $ Unknown
Len Yochim* 25 19.2 1 17 14 -1 .3 -3 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 27.1 1346.0 154 845 919 -32 .9 74 5.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1953 / 1955 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics