1954 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1954 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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	76	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	22	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#	36	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	0
37	P	Joe Page*	36	7	0	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	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				8	8	8	8	3	8		8	8	4	1	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

* - 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	115	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	107	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	83	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	75	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	57	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	85	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	37	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	81	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	84	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		5087
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	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Cal Abrams	30	13	11	97.2	25	23	2	0	0	1.000	0.5	6.1	0.5	0.4	0.0	0			2.30	1.92						RF-LF
Gair Allie	22	114	110	951.2	532	211	295	26	59	.951	-5.4	-6.8	-5.4	-1.0	-4.5		0		4.79	4.44						SS-3B
Toby Atwell	30	88	83	719.1	403	360	39	4	4	.990	-2.0	-3.3						-2	4.99	4.53	5	6	32	15	32%	C
Dick Cole	28	138	130	1138.1	556	192	336	28	41	.950	-8.0	-8.4	-7.0	-2.5	-4.4		-1		4.17	3.83						SS-3B-2B
Walker Cooper	39	2	1	11.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	4.91	3.00	0	0	0	0		C
Bob Friend	23	35	20	170.0	35	7	27	1	1	.971									1.80	0.97						P
Sid Gordon	36	114	102	882.2	240	148	81	11	6	.954	-5.0	-6.8	-3.0	1.0	-3.9	-2	0		2.33	2.01						RF-3B-LF
Bill Hall	25	1	1	8.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	4.50	4.00	0	1	1	0	0%	C
Dick Hall	23	105	84	774.1	244	229	4	11	1	.955	1.4	2.2	3.4	2.3	1.1	-2			2.71	2.22						CF-LF-RF
Gail Henley	25	9	7	67.1	14	13	1	0	0	1.000	-0.7	-12.5	-0.7	-0.3	-0.4	0			1.87	1.56						RF-LF
Johnny Hetki	32	58	1	83.0	14	3	11	0	0	1.000									1.52	0.24						P
Cal Hogue	26	3	2	11.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									1.64	0.67						P
Vic Janowicz	24	19	19	148.0	53	16	32	5	3	.906	-0.5	-4.1	-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	0	0		2.92	2.53						3B-LF
Sam Jethroe	36	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.3	-180.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0			4.50	1.00						RF
Nellie King	26	4	0	7.0	3	0	3	0	1	1.000									3.86	0.75						P
Nick Koback	18	4	2	21.0	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	6.00	3.50	0	1	0	0		C
Paul LaPalme	30	33	15	120.2	26	7	19	0	1	1.000									1.94	0.79						P
Vern Law	24	40	19	162.2	36	12	23	1	2	.972	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0			1.94	0.88						P-RF
Dick Littlefield	28	23	21	155.0	22	5	14	3	0	.864									1.10	0.83						P
Jerry Lynch	23	86	73	617.0	142	127	10	5	2	.965	-9.5	-18.5	-7.5	-1.7	-5.8	-2			2.00	1.59						LF-RF
Jim Mangan	24	7	5	47.1	27	24	3	0	1	1.000	1.0	25.4						1	5.13	3.86	0	0	0	1	100%	C
Luis Marquez	28	4	1	13.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0			2.77	1.00						CF-RF-LF
George O'Donnell	25	21	10	87.1	26	7	19	0	1	1.000									2.68	1.24						P
Joe Page	36	7	0	9.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									1.86	0.29						P
Eddie Pellagrini	36	39	19	212.2	104	42	60	2	10	.981	-1.0	-5.6	-1.0	-0.7	-0.3		0		4.32	2.62						3B-2B-SS
Laurin Pepper	23	14	8	50.2	19	1	17	1	0	.947									3.20	1.29						P
Bob Purkey	24	36	11	131.1	56	16	40	0	6	1.000									3.84	1.56						P
Hal Rice	30	26	22	192.2	58	55	3	0	2	1.000	1.3	8.1	1.3	0.8	0.5	0			2.71	2.23						LF-RF
Curt Roberts	24	131	131	1129.0	775	357	394	24	82	.969	2.5	2.7	2.5	2.3	0.2		0		5.99	5.73						2B
Jack Shepard	22	67	62	539.1	310	257	46	7	5	.977	2.0	4.4						2	5.06	4.52	4	15	15	17	53%	C
Bob Skinner	22	120	118	1021.1	1126	1026	84	16	87	.986	-6.8	-8.0	-6.8	-2.1	-4.7	0	0		9.78	9.25						1B-RF
Dick Smith	26	9	7	67.0	30	7	21	2	3	.933	2.9	51.9	2.9	1.7	1.2		0		3.76	3.11						3B
Max Surkont	32	33	29	208.1	49	8	40	1	1	.980									2.07	1.45						P
Jake Thies	28	33	18	130.2	36	8	24	4	2	.889									2.20	0.97						P
Frank Thomas	25	157	152	1328.0	435	416	14	5	2	.989	-2.9	-2.6	0.1	2.1	-2.1	-3			2.91	2.74						CF-LF
Preston Ward	26	101	91	778.1	498	416	68	14	34	.972	-5.2	-8.0	-4.2	-2.3	-1.8	-1	0		5.60	4.79						RF-1B-3B
Len Yochim	25	10	1	19.2	11	4	6	1	0	.909									4.58	1.00						P
Team Totals	26.4	154	1386	12114.0	5952	4038	1741	173	357	.971	-35.7	-3.5	-25.7	-0.1	-25.6	-10	-1	1	4.29	3.42	9	23	48	33	41%
Rank in 8 NL teams								1	7	8
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1953 / 1955 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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