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1953 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954) 50-104, Finished 8th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 622 runs, Allowed 887 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-101 Managed by Fred Haney Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 572,757 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 104   (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 106   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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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  #Mike Sandlock       37   64  186   10   43   5  0   0   12  12   19  .231  .281  .258   0   0   3   1   3           42
1B *Preston Ward        25   88  281   35   59   7  1   8   27  44   39  .210  .319  .327   1   3   6   1   5           70
2B  Johnny O'Brien      22   89  279   28   69  13  2   2   22  21   36  .247  .309  .330   1   1   9   4   8           67
3B  Danny O'Connell     26  149  588   88  173  26  8   7   55  57   42  .294  .361  .401   3   4  13   4   5           99
SS  Eddie O'Brien       22   89  261   21   62   5  3   0   14  17   30  .238  .289  .280   6   1   4   2   2           50
OF  Frank Thomas        24  128  455   68  116  22  1  30  102  50   93  .255  .331  .505   1   2  12   2   3          115
OF *Cal Abrams          29  119  448   66  128  10  6  15   43  58   70  .286  .368  .435   4   4   2   0   6          109
OF  Carlos Bernier      26  105  310   48   66   7  8   3   31  51   53  .213  .332  .316  15  14  11   4   1           71
   *Paul Smith          22  118  389   41  110  12  7   4   44  24   23  .283  .329  .380   3   0   8   3  11           85
   *Hal Rice            29   78  286   39   89  16  1   4   42  17   22  .311  .350  .416   0   1   5   0   2          100
    Dick Cole           27   97  235   29   64  13  1   0   23  38   26  .272  .374  .336   2   2   6   0   7           88
    Eddie Pellagrini    35   78  174   16   44   3  2   4   19  14   20  .253  .309  .362   1   1   1   0   1           75
    Pete Castiglione    32   45  159   14   33   2  1   4   21   5   14  .208  .236  .308   1   1   4   1   7           41
    Ralph Kiner         30   41  148   27   40   6  1   7   29  25   21  .270  .383  .466   1   0   1   2   0          121
   *Toby Atwell         29   53  139   11   34   6  0   0   17  20   12  .245  .352  .288   0   0   8   3   2           70
    Vic Janowicz        23   42  123   10   31   3  1   2    8   5   31  .252  .287  .341   0   1   3   1   2           64
   *Joe Garagiola       27   27   73    9   17   5  0   2   14  10   11  .233  .341  .384   1   0   2   2   1           89
   *Gene Hermanski      33   41   62    7   11   0  0   1    4   8   14  .177  .282  .226   0   0   2   1   0           35
   *Felipe Montemayor   25   28   55    5    6   4  0   0    2   4   13  .109  .210  .182   0   0   1   3   0            4
    Dick Smith          25   13   43    4    7   0  1   0    2   6    6  .163  .265  .209   0   1   1   0   0           26
   *Catfish Metkovich   32   26   41    5    6   0  1   1    7   6    3  .146  .255  .268   0   0   0   0   0           37
    Brandy Davis        25   12   39    5    8   2  0   0    2   0    3  .205  .205  .256   0   2   0   0   0           20
    Dick Hall           22    7   24    2    4   0  0   0    1   1    3  .167  .200  .167   1   1   0   0   0           -3
    Ed Fitz Gerald      29    6   17    2    2   1  0   0    1   0    2  .118  .118  .176   0   0   0   0   0          -24
    Nick Koback         17    7   16    1    2   0  1   0    0   1    4  .125  .176  .250   0   0   2   0   1           10
    Pete Naton          21    6   12    2    2   0  0   0    1   2    1  .167  .286  .167   0   0   0   0   0           22
    Jack Shepard        21    2    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           31
   *Bob Addis           27    4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Clem Koshorek       28    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

    Johnny Lindell      36   58   91   11   26   6  1   4   15  16   15  .286  .404  .505   0   0   6   2   0          136
    Murry Dickson       36   45   61    0    7   0  0   0    2   2   11  .115  .143  .115   0   0   2   0   4          -31
   *Paul LaPalme        29   35   59    6    5   0  0   0    1   1   13  .085  .100  .085   0   0   2   0   3          -51
    Bob Friend          22   32   52    4    7   1  0   0    1   1   16  .135  .151  .154   0   0   1   0   3          -20
    Bob Hall            29   37   38    1    6   1  0   1    2   2   19  .158  .200  .263   0   0   0   0   1           20
    Roy Face            25   43   30    1    4   1  0   0    2   0   10  .133  .133  .167   0   0   0   0   4          -22
    Johnny Hetki        31   54   24    2    5   1  2   0    2   1    1  .208  .240  .417   0   0   1   0   1           68
    Jim Waugh           19   29   22    2    5   0  0   0    1   1    5  .227  .261  .227   0   0   1   0   1           29
   *Paul Pettit         21   11    8    0    2   0  0   0    0   2    2  .250  .400  .250   0   0   0   0   1           75
    Roger Bowman        25   30    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    4  .286  .375  .286   0   0   0   0   0           76
    Cal Hogue           25    3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
   *Howie Pollet        32    5    3    1    1   0  0   0    2   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   1           75
    Bob Schultz         29   11    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   1           -3
    Bill MacDonald      24    4    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1             
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.0  154 5253  622 1297 178 49  99  571 524  715  .247  .315  .356  41  39 117  36  89           81
    Rank among 8 NL teams          8    8    8   8  6   8        4    2     8     8     8   5   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Murry Dickson       36  45   4.53  10  19  4  26  13  10   1  200.7  240  121  101  27   58   88  877   4   3  0      98
SP  Bob Friend          22  32   4.90   8  11  0  24   2   8   0  170.7  193  103   93  18   57   66  747   2   3  1      91
SP *Paul LaPalme        29  35   4.59   8  16  2  24   7   7   1  176.3  191  107   90  20   64   86  777   9   0  0      97
SP  Johnny Lindell      36  27   4.71   5  16  0  23   3  13   1  175.7  173  106   92  17  116  102  798   8   6  0      94

RP  Johnny Hetki        31  54   3.95   3   6  3   2  31   0   0  118.3  120   60   52   9   33   37  498   3   1  1     113
RP *Roger Bowman        25  30   4.82   0   4  0   2  15   0   0   65.3   65   42   35   9   29   36  288   3   1  0      92
RP  Roy Face            25  41   6.58   6   8  0  13  13   2   0  119.0  145   90   87  19   30   56  524   3   2  1      68
RP  Bob Hall            29  37   5.39   3  12  1  17   8   6   1  152.0  172   99   91  17   72   68  684   7   1  0      83

    Jim Waugh           19  29   6.48   4   5  0  11   3   1   0   90.3  108   70   65  21   56   23  425   3   0  1      69
   *Paul Pettit         21  10   7.71   1   2  0   5   4   0   0   28.0   33   27   24   1   20   14  131   0   0  0      58
    Cal Hogue           25   3   5.21   1   1  0   2   0   2   0   19.0   19   13   11   4   16   10   93   1   1  0      85
   *Bob Schultz         29  11   8.20   0   2  0   2   3   0   0   18.7   26   19   17   3   10    5   93   1   2  0      54
   *Howie Pollet        32   5  10.66   1   1  0   2   1   0   0   12.7   27   15   15   2    6    8   66   0   0  0      42
    Bill MacDonald      24   4  12.27   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    7.3   12   10   10   0    8    4   39   0   1  0      36
    Woody Main          31   2  11.25   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    5    5    5   1    2    4   19   0   0  0      40
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6 154   5.22  50 104 10 154 105  49   4 1358.0 1529  887  788 168  577  607 6059  44  21  4      85
    Rank among 8 NL teams           8   8   1  8           5   7      8    8    8        6    7    7

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MSandlock 64 290 49 3 4 .991 15 TAtwell 45 187 20 7 2 .967 6 VJanowicz 35 104 15 8 2 .937 7 JGaragiola 22 82 10 1 0 .989 0 NKoback 6 8 2 0 0 1.000 2 EFitz Geral 5 13 3 0 0 1.000 0 PNaton 4 13 0 0 0 1.000 2 JShepard 2 6 0 2 0 .750 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 703 99 21 8 .974 32 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PWard 78 693 64 7 65 .991 9.71 PSmith 74 622 52 10 53 .985 9.11 CMetkovich 5 47 0 0 2 1.000 9.40 JLindell 2 12 0 1 0 .923 6.00 DCole 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1375 116 18 120 .988 9.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .972 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JO'Brien 77 172 210 7 48 .982 4.96 DO'Connell 47 107 149 8 27 .970 5.45 EPellagrini 31 69 72 4 12 .972 4.55 DCole 7 16 11 0 2 1.000 3.86 DHall 7 21 23 1 6 .978 6.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 385 465 20 95 .977 5.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 2.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DO'Connell 104 119 221 15 16 .958 3.27 PCastiglion 43 44 88 3 6 .978 3.07 EPellagrini 12 6 23 2 1 .935 2.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 169 332 20 23 .962 3.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .958 4.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EO'Brien 81 122 207 23 39 .935 4.06 DCole 77 139 192 12 40 .965 4.30 DSmith 13 18 56 3 10 .961 5.69 EPellagrini 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.33 JO'Brien 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 280 458 38 89 .951 4.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.11 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- FThomas 118 306 17 8 1 .976 2.74 6 96 16 CAbrams 112 205 13 6 3 .973 1.95 0 0 112 CBernier 86 220 8 7 1 .970 2.65 11 57 18 HRice 70 167 14 5 2 .973 2.59 68 0 2 RKiner 41 71 5 0 1 1.000 1.85 41 0 0 PSmith 19 31 2 1 0 .971 1.74 19 0 0 GHermanski 13 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 5 0 8 FMontemayor 12 29 2 0 0 1.000 2.58 1 11 0 BDavis 9 21 0 1 0 .955 2.33 9 0 0 CMetkovich 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 3 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1083 62 28 8 .976 2.53 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 2.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MDickson 45 14 34 4 2 .923 2.15 PLaPalme 35 5 23 4 1 .875 1.43 JLindell 27 8 42 2 2 .962 2.56 BFriend 32 7 36 3 2 .935 2.27 BHall 37 10 23 4 2 .892 1.95 RFace 41 11 12 0 1 1.000 1.74 JHetki 54 9 20 0 1 1.000 2.21 JWaugh 29 5 13 1 1 .947 1.79 RBowman 30 6 11 0 0 1.000 2.34 PPettit 10 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.57 CHogue 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.89 BSchultz 11 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.44 HPollet 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.71 BMacDonald 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23 WMain 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 79 227 18 13 .944 2.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average O'Connell .294 On-base % Abrams .368 Slugging % Thomas .505 OPS Thomas .836 Games O'Connell 149 At Bats O'Connell 588 Plate Appearances (approx.) O'Connell 654 Runs O'Connell 88 Hits O'Connell 173 Total Bases O'Connell 236 Doubles O'Connell 26 Triples Bernier and O'Connell 8 Home Runs Thomas 30 RBI Thomas 102 Bases on Balls Abrams 58 Strikeouts Thomas 93 Stolen Bases Bernier 15 Singles O'Connell 132 Adjusted OPS+ Thomas 115 Runs Created O'Connell 83 Adjusted Batting Runs Thomas 9 Batting Wins Thomas 0.9 Extra-Base Hits Thomas 53 Times on Base O'Connell 234 Offensive Win% Abrams .572 Hit By Pitch Bernier, O'Brien, and O'Connell 4 Sac. Hits Smith 11 Grounded into Double Plays O'Connell 13 Caught Stealing Bernier 14 Power/Speed Number Abrams 6.3 At Bats per Strikeout O'Connell 14.0 At Bats per Home Run Thomas 15.2 Outs O'Connell 437

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Dickson 4.53 Wins Dickson 10 Won-Loss % Face .429 BB + H per IP (WHIP) LaPalme 1.446 Hits Allowed/9IP Lindell 8.86 Bases on Balls/9IP Dickson 2.60 Strikeouts/9IP Lindell 5.23 Games Hetki 54 Saves Dickson 4 Innings Dickson 200.7 Strikeouts Lindell 102 Games Started Dickson 26 Comp. Games Lindell 13 Shutouts Dickson, Hall, LaPalme, and Lindell 1 Home Runs Allow. Dickson 27 Bases On Balls Allow. Lindell 116 Hits Allowed Dickson 240 SO to Walk Dickson 1.52 Losses Dickson 19 Earned Runs Allow. Dickson 101 Wild Pitches LaPalme 9 Hit Batsmen Lindell 6 Batters Faced Dickson 877 Games Finished Hetki 31 Adjusted ERA+ Dickson 98

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