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1954 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953/1955) 53-101, Finished 8th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 557 runs, Allowed 845 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 49-105 Managed by Fred Haney Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 475,494 (8th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 101   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 Stats (1953/1955) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Toby Atwell         30   96  287   36   83   8  4   3   26  43   21  .289  .384  .376   2   3  11   3   4   3      102
1B *Bob Skinner         22  132  470   67  117  15  9   8   46  47   59  .249  .316  .370   4   0  11   0  11   2       80
2B  Curt Roberts        24  134  496   47  115  18  7   1   36  55   49  .232  .309  .302   6   3   6   2   9   3       62
3B  Dick Cole           28  138  486   40  131  22  5   1   40  41   48  .270  .323  .342   0   0  20   0   8   6       76
SS  Gair Allie          22  121  418   38   83   8  6   3   30  56   84  .199  .294  .268   1   1   3   2   3   3       50
OF  Frank Thomas        25  153  577   81  172  32  7  23   94  51   74  .298  .359  .497   3   2  10  10   4  11      123
OF  Dick Hall           23  112  310   38   74   8  4   2   27  33   46  .239  .304  .310   3   0  14   0   1   9       62
OF *Jerry Lynch         23   98  284   27   68   4  5   8   36  20   43  .239  .290  .373   2   2   9   1   1   2       73
    Sid Gordon          36  131  363   38  111  12  0  12   49  67   24  .306  .405  .438   0   0  10   0   8   9      123
   *Preston Ward        26  117  360   37   97  16  2   7   48  39   61  .269  .337  .383   0   0   5   0   3   4       90
    Jack Shepard        22   82  227   24   69   8  2   3   22  26   33  .304  .370  .396   0   0  10   0   8   4      102
    Eddie Pellagrini    36   73  125   12   27   6  0   0   16   9   21  .216  .288  .264   0   0   1   4   3   1       47
   *Hal Rice            30   28   81   10   14   4  1   1    9  14   24  .173  .295  .284   0   2   2   0   1   0       54
    Vic Janowicz        24   41   73   10   11   3  0   0    2   7   23  .151  .235  .192   0   0   0   1   3   0       14
   *Cal Abrams          30   17   42    6    6   1  1   0    2  10    9  .143  .308  .214   0   0   2   0   0   0       41
    Dick Smith          26   12   31    2    3   1  1   0    0   6    5  .097  .243  .194   0   0   1   0   0   0       17
   *Gail Henley         25   14   30    7    9   1  0   1    2   4    4  .300  .382  .433   0   0   0   0   1   0      115
    Jim Mangan          24   14   26    2    5   0  0   0    2   4    9  .192  .300  .192   0   0   0   0   0   0       33
    Walker Cooper       39   14   15    0    3   2  0   0    1   2    1  .200  .294  .333   0   0   1   0   0   0       65
    Nick Koback         18    4   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    8  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Luis Marquez        28   14    9    3    1   0  0   0    0   4    0  .111  .385  .111   0   0   0   0   1   0       39
   *Bill Hall           25    5    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
   #Sam Jethroe         36    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100

    Max Surkont         32   33   60    3   10   1  0   0    5   6   19  .167  .239  .183   0   0   2   0   9   1       13
    Vern Law            24   50   52   10   12   5  0   1   13   5    8  .231  .310  .385   0   0   4   1   6   0       82
    Bob Friend          23   35   51    6   14   1  1   1    7   5    8  .275  .339  .392   0   0   2   0   1   0       92
   *Dick Littlefield    28   23   49    4    8   2  1   0    2   2   13  .163  .196  .245   0   0   1   0   4   0       16
   *Paul LaPalme        30   33   35    2    5   1  1   0    1   0    6  .143  .167  .229   0   0   0   1   3   0        3
    Jake Thies          28   33   33    2    1   0  0   0    2   5   11  .030  .158  .030   0   0   0   0   2   0      -47
    Bob Purkey          24   36   26    2    2   1  0   0    4   4   12  .077  .200  .115   0   0   0   0   3   0      -14
    George O'Donnell    25   21   23    1    2   0  0   1    2   1   10  .087  .125  .217   0   0   0   0   0   0      -12
    Laurin Pepper       23   14   17    1    4   1  0   0    1   0    2  .235  .235  .294   0   0   0   0   0   0       39
    Johnny Hetki        32   58    9    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    0  .222  .222  .222   0   0   0   0   1   0       18
    Cal Hogue           26    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0     -100
   *Len Yochim          25   10    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0      165
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.1  154 5088  557 1260 181 57  76  526 566  737  .248  .323  .350  21  13 125  25  99  58       81
    Rank among 8 NL teams          8    8    8   8  3   8        4    1     8     8     8   8   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Max Surkont         32  33   4.41   9  18  0  29   2  11   0  208.3  216  124  102  25   78   78  916   4   4  0      95
SP *Dick Littlefield    28  23   3.60  10  11  0  21   1   7   1  155.0  140   78   62  10   85   92  686   2   2  0     117
SP  Bob Friend          23  35   5.07   7  12  2  20   8   4   2  170.3  204  106   96  16   58   73  758   1   1  2      83
SP  Jake Thies          28  33   3.87   3   9  0  18   7   3   1  130.3  120   70   56  13   49   57  559   2   3  0     108
SP  Laurin Pepper       23  14   7.99   1   5  0   8   4   0   0   50.7   63   53   45   4   43   17  254   4   0  1      52

CL  Johnny Hetki        32  58   4.99   4   4  9   1  46   0   0   83.0  102   53   46  11   30   27  384   2   0  0      84
RP  Bob Purkey          24  36   5.07   3   8  0  11   7   0   0  131.3  145   78   74   3   62   38  581   1   7  1      83
RP  Vern Law            24  39   5.51   9  13  3  18  17   7   0  161.7  201  109   99  20   56   57  728   6   3  0      76
RP *Paul LaPalme        30  33   5.52   4  10  0  15   7   2   0  120.7  147   79   74  15   54   57  552   8   0  1      76
RP  George O'Donnell    25  21   4.53   3   9  1  10   6   3   0   87.3  105   50   44   4   21    8  373   2   2  0      93

   *Len Yochim          25  10   7.32   0   1  0   1   5   0   0   19.7   30   17   16   2    8    7   95   5   0  0      57
    Cal Hogue           26   3   4.91   0   1  0   2   0   0   0   11.0   11    6    6   1   12    7   52   0   0  0      85
   *Joe Page            36   7  11.17   0   0  0   0   4   0   0    9.7   16   17   12   4    7    4   54   0   1  0      38
    Nellie King         26   4   5.14   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    7.0   10    5    4   0    1    3   31   0   0  0      82
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3 154   4.92  53 101 15 154 117  37   4 1346.0 1510  845  736 128  564  525 6023  37  23  5      85
    Rank among 8 NL teams           8   8   1  7           7   8      8    8    8        3    6    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- TAtwell 88 360 39 4 4 .990 5 JShepard 67 257 46 7 5 .977 4 JMangan 7 24 3 0 1 1.000 0 NKoback 4 14 0 0 0 1.000 0 WCooper 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 BHall 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 665 88 11 10 .986 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSkinner 118 1026 84 16 87 .986 9.41 PWard 48 338 41 6 31 .984 7.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1364 125 22 118 .985 9.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CRoberts 131 357 394 24 82 .969 5.73 DCole 17 43 46 3 5 .967 5.24 EPellagrini 7 24 17 0 5 1.000 5.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 424 457 27 92 .970 5.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .952 2.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DCole 55 48 112 10 7 .941 2.91 SGordon 40 28 71 8 5 .925 2.48 EPellagrini 31 18 43 2 5 .968 1.97 GAllie 19 19 35 3 0 .947 2.84 VJanowicz 18 15 32 5 3 .904 2.61 PWard 11 7 20 3 0 .900 2.45 DSmith 9 7 21 2 3 .933 3.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 142 334 33 23 .935 3.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GAllie 95 192 260 23 59 .952 4.76 DCole 66 101 178 15 29 .949 4.23 EPellagrini 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 293 438 38 88 .951 4.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .975 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- FThomas 153 418 14 5 2 .989 2.82 48 109 0 DHall 102 235 5 11 1 .956 2.35 42 44 18 JLynch 83 127 10 5 2 .965 1.65 46 4 36 SGordon 73 121 9 3 1 .977 1.78 8 0 66 PWard 42 74 8 6 3 .932 1.95 0 0 42 HRice 24 55 3 0 2 1.000 2.42 24 0 2 CAbrams 13 23 2 0 0 1.000 1.92 5 3 5 GHenley 9 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.56 1 0 8 LMarquez 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 2 BSkinner 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 2 VJanowicz 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 0 SJethroe 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 VLaw 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1073 52 30 11 .974 2.51 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MSurkont 33 8 40 1 1 .980 2.07 BFriend 35 7 27 1 1 .971 1.80 VLaw 39 11 23 1 2 .971 1.89 DLittlefiel 23 5 14 3 0 .864 1.10 BPurkey 36 16 40 0 6 1.000 3.84 JThies 33 8 24 4 2 .889 2.21 PLaPalme 33 7 19 0 1 1.000 1.94 GO'Donnell 21 7 19 0 1 1.000 2.68 JHetki 58 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.52 LPepper 14 1 17 1 0 .947 3.20 LYochim 10 4 6 1 0 .909 4.57 CHogue 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64 JPage 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86 NKing 4 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 77 247 12 15 .964 2.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Thomas .298 On-base % Thomas .359 Slugging % Thomas .497 OPS Thomas .856 Games Thomas 153 At Bats Thomas 577 Plate Appearances (approx.) Thomas 653 Runs Thomas 81 Hits Thomas 172 Total Bases Thomas 287 Doubles Thomas 32 Triples Skinner 9 Home Runs Thomas 23 RBI Thomas 94 Bases on Balls Gordon 67 Strikeouts Allie 84 Stolen Bases Roberts 6 Singles Thomas 110 Adjusted OPS+ Thomas 123 Runs Created Thomas 102 Adjusted Batting Runs Thomas 20 Batting Wins Thomas 1.9 Extra-Base Hits Thomas 62 Times on Base Thomas 233 Offensive Win% Thomas .625 Hit By Pitch Thomas 10 Sac. Hits Skinner 11 Sac. Flies Thomas 11 Grounded into Double Plays Cole 20 Caught Stealing Atwell and Roberts 3 Power/Speed Number Skinner and Thomas 5.3 At Bats per Strikeout Cole and Roberts 10.1 At Bats per Home Run Thomas 25.1 Outs Thomas 432

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Littlefield 3.60 Wins Littlefield 10 Won-Loss % Littlefield .476 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Surkont 1.411 Hits Allowed/9IP Littlefield 8.13 Bases on Balls/9IP Friend 3.06 Strikeouts/9IP Littlefield 5.34 Games Hetki 58 Saves Hetki 9 Innings Surkont 208.3 Strikeouts Littlefield 92 Games Started Surkont 29 Comp. Games Surkont 11 Shutouts Friend 2 Home Runs Allow. Surkont 25 Bases On Balls Allow. Littlefield 85 Hits Allowed Surkont 216 SO to Walk Friend 1.26 Losses Surkont 18 Earned Runs Allow. Surkont 102 Wild Pitches LaPalme 8 Hit Batsmen Purkey 7 Batters Faced Surkont 916 Games Finished Hetki 46 Adjusted ERA+ Littlefield 117

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