1952 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics

1951 Season 1953 Season

Record: 42-112-1, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Billy Meyer (42-112-1)

General Manager: Branch Rickey

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 686,673 (6th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 106
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 48-106, 515 Runs, 793 Runs Allowed

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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	Joe Garagiola*	26	118	396	344	35	94	15	4	8	54	0	1	50	24	.273	.369	.410	.779	114	141	7	2	0		8
2	1B	Tony Bartirome*	20	124	386	355	32	78	10	3	0	16	3	3	26	37	.220	.273	.265	.538	48	94	0	0	5		2
3	2B	Jack Merson	30	111	424	398	41	98	20	2	5	38	1	1	22	38	.246	.287	.344	.632	73	137	11	1	3		3
4	SS	Dick Groat	21	95	415	384	38	109	6	1	1	29	2	4	19	27	.284	.319	.313	.632	74	120	18	1	11		0
5	3B	Pete Castiglione	31	67	235	214	27	57	9	1	4	18	3	3	17	8	.266	.323	.374	.697	91	80	2	1	3		0
6	OF	Bobby Del Greco	19	99	385	341	34	74	14	2	1	20	6	5	38	70	.217	.301	.279	.580	60	95	9	3	3		0
7	OF	Gus Bell*	23	131	510	468	53	117	21	5	16	59	1	4	36	72	.250	.306	.419	.725	98	196	6	2	4		4
8	OF	Ralph Kiner	29	149	633	516	90	126	17	2	37	87	3	0	110	77	.244	.384	.500	.884	141	258	6	7	0		13
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	George Metkovich*	31	125	415	373	41	101	18	3	7	41	5	2	32	29	.271	.335	.391	.726	99	146	9	4	5		1
10	IF	Clem Koshorek	27	98	356	322	27	84	17	0	0	15	4	7	26	39	.261	.320	.314	.634	75	101	3	2	6		0
11	MI	George Strickland	26	76	257	232	17	41	6	2	5	22	4	2	21	45	.177	.248	.284	.533	46	66	5	1	2		2
12	C	Clyde McCullough	35	66	189	172	10	40	5	1	1	15	0	1	10	18	.233	.283	.291	.573	58	50	3	2	5		1
13	OF	Brandy Davis	24	55	108	95	14	17	1	1	0	1	9	2	11	28	.179	.264	.211	.475	32	20	0	0	2		0
14	3B	Sonny Senerchia	23	29	104	100	5	22	5	0	3	11	0	3	4	21	.220	.250	.360	.610	66	36	0	0	0		0
15	OF	Lee Walls	19	32	88	80	6	15	0	1	2	5	0	0	8	22	.188	.261	.288	.549	51	23	1	0	0		0
16	UT	Dick Hall	21	26	83	80	6	11	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	17	.138	.159	.150	.309	-15	12	0	0	1		0
17	UT	Ed FitzGerald	28	51	80	73	4	17	1	0	1	7	0	2	7	15	.233	.300	.288	.588	62	21	4	0	0		0
18	IF	Dick Smith	25	29	75	66	8	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	9	3	.106	.213	.121	.335	-6	8	1	0	0		0
19	2B	Johnny Berardino	35	19	60	56	2	8	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	6	.143	.200	.214	.414	14	12	1	0	0		0
20	OF	Ted Beard*	31	15	52	44	5	8	2	1	0	3	2	0	7	9	.182	.294	.273	.567	57	12	1	0	1		0
21	UT	Bill Howerton*	30	13	31	25	3	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	6	5	.320	.452	.440	.892	146	11	1	0	0		0
22	OF	Erv Dusak	31	20	29	27	1	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	8	.222	.276	.333	.609	67	9	2	0	0		0
23	OF	Frank Thomas	23	6	22	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.095	.136	.095	.232	-35	2	2	0	0		1
24	C	Jim Mangan	22	11	14	13	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.154	.214	.154	.368	3	2	0	0	0		0
25	1B	Jack Phillips	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
26	P	Murry Dickson	35	47	110	107	4	24	4	0	0	6	0	0	1	10	.224	.231	.262	.493	35	28	5	0	2		0
27	P	Howie Pollet*	31	31	78	68	4	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	17	.191	.276	.191	.467	31	13	2	0	2		0
28	P	Bob Friend	21	35	62	52	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	20	.058	.093	.058	.150	-58	3	1	0	7		0
29	P	Woody Main	30	48	40	37	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.054	.054	.054	.108	-70	2	1	0	3		0
30	P	Cal Hogue	24	19	26	24	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	6	.250	.280	.292	.572	57	7	1	0	1		0
31	P	Ron Kline	20	27	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
32	P	Ron Necciai	20	12	18	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.059	.111	.059	.170	-52	1	0	0	0		0
33	P	Harry Fisher*	26	15	15	15	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.400	.733	101	6	1	0	0		0
34	P	Jim Waugh	18	17	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.100	.250	.100	.350	0	1	1	0	1		0
35	P	Paul LaPalme*	28	31	11	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.200	.300	-19	2	0	0	1		0
36	P	Joe Muir*	29	12	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-12	1	0	0	0		0
37	P	Ted Wilks	36	44	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	1	0	0	1		0
38	P	Red Munger	33	5	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
39	P	Bill Bell	18	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
40	P	Don Carlsen	25	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	84	1	0	0	0		0
41	P	Jim Suchecki	24	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-1	0	0	0	0		0
42	P	Jim Dunn	21	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
43	P	Bill Werle*	31	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
44	P	Mel Queen	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
45	P	Ed Wolfe	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	26.2	155	5778	5193	515	1201	181	30	92	478	43	41	486	724	.231	.300	.331	.631	73	1718	104	26	70		35
		Rank in 8 NL teams				8	8	8	8	8	8		5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8		8		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.0	155	5348	4800	501	1142	174	30	92	461	43	41	469	622	.238	.309	.344	.653	79	1652	92	26	51		35
		Pitcher Totals	28.3	155	430	393	14	59	7	0	0	17	0	0	17	102	.150	.185	.168	.353	-2	66	12	0	19		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