1954 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1953 Season 1955 Season

Record: 53-101-0, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Fred Haney (53-101)

General Manager: Branch Rickey

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 49-105, 557 Runs, 845 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	6
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	0
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	1
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	0
5	3B	Dick Cole	28	138	542	486	40	131	22	5	1	40	0	0	41	48	.270	.323	.342	.664	76	166	20	0	8	6	0
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	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	4
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	4
Rk	Pos	Name	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	407	360	37	97	16	2	7	48	0	0	39	61	.269	.337	.383	.721	90	138	5	0	3	4	2
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	8
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	0
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	0
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	1
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	1
15	OF	Cal Abrams*	30	17	53	42	6	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	10	9	.143	.308	.214	.522	41	9	2	0	0	0	0
16	3B	Dick Smith	27	12	37	31	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	5	.097	.243	.194	.437	17	6	1	0	0	0	0
17	OF	Gail Henley*	25	14	36	30	7	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	4	.300	.382	.433	.816	115	13	0	0	1	0	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	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	0
20	OF	Luis Márquez	28	14	14	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.111	.385	.111	.496	39	1	0	0	1	0	0
21	C	Nick Koback	18	4	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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	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	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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	0
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	0
32	P	Laurin Pepper	23	14	18	17	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.235	.235	.294	.529	39	5	0	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	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	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	0
36	P	Nelson 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	26.2	154	5842	5088	557	1260	181	57	76	526	21	13	566	737	.248	.323	.350	.673	78	1783	125	25	99	58	29
		Rank in 8 NL teams				8	8	8	8	3	8		8	1	4	8	8	8	8	8		8		7		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.1	154	5420	4728	525	1199	169	54	73	488	21	13	538	646	.254	.329	.359	.688	81	1695	116	23	69	57	29
		Pitcher Totals	27.0	154	422	360	32	61	12	3	3	38	0	0	28	91	.169	.233	.244	.477	26	88	9	2	30	1	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Max Surkont	32	9	18	.333	4.41	33	29	2	11	0	0	208.1	216	124	102	25	78	7	78	4	0	4	916	94	4.39	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	6	73	1	2	1	758	82	3.80	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	1	92	2	0	2	686	116	3.73	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	2	57	3	0	2	559	108	4.02	1.297	8.3	0.9	3.4	3.9	1.16
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Johnny Hetki	32	4	4	.500	4.99	58	1	46	0	0	8	83.0	102	53	46	11	30	0	27	0	0	2	384	84	4.55	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	4	57	3	0	6	728	76	4.40	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	5	38	7	1	1	581	82	3.69	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	2	57	0	1	8	552	75	4.41	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	2	87.1	105	50	44	4	21	3	8	2	0	2	373	92	3.60	1.443	10.8	0.4	2.2	0.8	0.38
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Laurin Pepper	23	1	5	.167	7.99	14	8	4	0	0	0	50.2	63	53	45	4	43	0	17	0	1	4	254	52	5.30	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	0	7	0	0	5	95	58	4.23	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	0	7	0	0	0	52	87	5.58	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	1	4	1	0	0	54	39	9.43	2.379	14.9	3.7	6.5	3.7	0.57
14		Nelson King	26	0	0		5.14	4	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	10	5	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	31	85	1.97	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	31	525	23	5	37	6023	85	4.16	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	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W