1953 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 50-104
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 572,757, Avg. 8,580
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Fred Haney (50-104)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1953 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1953 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1953 season with a record of 50 wins and 104 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

The Pirates scored 622 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 887 runs, most in the circuit. Frank Thomas walloped 30 home runs for Pittsburgh, while Cal Abrams swatted 20 or more, too. Frank Thomas drove in 102 runs. Danny O'Connell paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .294 clip. Murry Dickson topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 4.53 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Fred Haney coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Murry Dickson	10	19	.345	4.53	45	26	13	10	1	4	200.7	240	121	101	27	58	88	3	0	4	877
Bob Friend	8	11	.421	4.90	32	24	2	8	0	0	170.7	193	103	93	18	57	66	3	1	2	747
Paul LaPalme	8	16	.333	4.59	35	24	7	7	1	2	176.3	191	107	90	20	64	86	0	0	9	777
Roy Face	6	8	.429	6.58	41	13	13	2	0	0	119.0	145	90	87	19	30	56	2	1	3	524
Johnny Lindell	5	16	.238	4.71	27	23	3	13	1	0	175.7	173	106	92	17	116	102	6	0	8	798
Jim Waugh	4	5	.444	6.48	29	11	3	1	0	0	90.3	108	70	65	21	56	23	0	1	3	425
Johnny Hetki	3	6	.333	3.95	54	2	31	0	0	3	118.3	120	60	52	9	33	37	1	1	3	498
Bob Hall	3	12	.200	5.39	37	17	8	6	1	1	152.0	172	99	91	17	72	68	1	0	7	684
Cal Hogue	1	1	.500	5.21	3	2	0	2	0	0	19.0	19	13	11	4	16	10	1	0	1	93
Howie Pollet	1	1	.500	10.66	5	2	1	0	0	0	12.7	27	15	15	2	6	8	0	0	0	66
Paul Pettit	1	2	.333	7.71	10	5	4	0	0	0	28.0	33	27	24	1	20	14	0	0	0	131
Woody Main	0	0		11.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	5	5	1	2	4	0	0	0	19
Bill Macdonald	0	1	.000	12.27	4	1	1	0	0	0	7.3	12	10	10	0	8	4	1	0	0	39
Bob Schultz	0	2	.000	8.20	11	2	3	0	0	0	18.7	26	19	17	3	10	5	2	0	1	93
Roger Bowman	0	4	.000	4.82	30	2	15	0	0	0	65.3	65	42	35	9	29	36	1	0	3	288
Totals	50	104	.325	5.22	365	154	105	49	4	10	1358.0	1529	887	788	168	577	607	21	4	44	6059

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Danny O'Connell	149	654	588	88	173	26	8	7	55	3	4	57	42	.294	.361	.401	.762	236	13	4	5
Cal Abrams	119	512	448	66	128	10	6	15	43	4	4	58	70	.286	.368	.435	.803	195	2	0	6
Frank Thomas	128	510	455	68	116	22	1	30	102	1	2	50	93	.255	.331	.505	.837	230	12	2	3
Paul Smith	118	427	389	41	110	12	7	4	44	3	0	24	23	.283	.329	.380	.710	148	8	3	11
Hal Rice	78	305	286	39	89	16	1	4	42	0	1	17	22	.311	.350	.416	.766	119	5	0	2
Johnny O'Brien	89	312	279	28	69	13	2	2	22	1	1	21	36	.247	.309	.330	.639	92	9	4	8
Carlos Bernier	105	366	310	48	66	7	8	3	31	15	14	51	53	.213	.332	.316	.648	98	11	4	1
Dick Cole	97	280	235	29	64	13	1	0	23	2	2	38	26	.272	.374	.336	.710	79	6	0	7
Eddie O'Brien	89	282	261	21	62	5	3	0	14	6	1	17	30	.238	.289	.280	.569	73	4	2	2
Preston Ward	88	331	281	35	59	7	1	8	27	1	3	44	39	.210	.319	.327	.646	92	6	1	5
Eddie Pellagrini	78	189	174	16	44	3	2	4	19	1	1	14	20	.253	.309	.362	.671	63	1	0	1
Mike Sandlock	64	202	186	10	43	5	0	0	12	0	0	12	19	.231	.281	.258	.539	48	3	1	3
Ralph Kiner	41	175	148	27	40	6	1	7	29	1	0	25	21	.270	.383	.466	.849	69	1	2	0
Toby Atwell	53	164	139	11	34	6	0	0	17	0	0	20	12	.245	.352	.288	.640	40	8	3	2
Pete Castiglione	45	172	159	14	33	2	1	4	21	1	1	5	14	.208	.236	.308	.545	49	4	1	7
Vic Janowicz	42	131	123	10	31	3	1	2	8	0	1	5	31	.252	.287	.341	.628	42	3	1	2
Johnny Lindell	58	109	91	11	26	6	1	4	15	0	0	16	15	.286	.404	.505	.909	46	6	2	0
Joe Garagiola	27	86	73	9	17	5	0	2	14	1	0	10	11	.233	.341	.384	.725	28	2	2	1
Gene Hermanski	41	71	62	7	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	8	14	.177	.282	.226	.507	14	2	1	0
Brandy Davis	12	39	39	5	8	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	.205	.205	.256	.462	10	0	0	0
Dick Smith	13	49	43	4	7	0	1	0	2	0	1	6	6	.163	.265	.209	.475	9	1	0	0
Bob Friend	32	56	52	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	16	.135	.151	.154	.305	8	1	0	3
Murry Dickson	45	67	61	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.115	.143	.115	.258	7	2	0	4
Bob Hall	37	41	38	1	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	19	.158	.200	.263	.463	10	0	0	1
George Metkovich	26	47	41	5	6	0	1	1	7	0	0	6	3	.146	.255	.268	.524	11	0	0	0
Felipe Montemayor	28	62	55	5	6	4	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.109	.210	.182	.391	10	1	3	0
Jim Waugh	29	24	22	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.227	.261	.227	.488	5	1	0	1
Johnny Hetki	54	26	24	2	5	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	.208	.240	.417	.657	10	1	0	1
Paul LaPalme	35	63	59	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.085	.100	.085	.185	5	2	0	3
Dick Hall	7	25	24	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	.167	.200	.167	.367	4	0	0	0
Roy Face	43	34	30	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.133	.133	.167	.300	5	0	0	4
Roger Bowman	30	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	0	0
Paul Pettit	11	11	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	2	0	0	1
Pete Naton	6	14	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	2	0	0	0
Nick Koback	7	18	16	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.176	.250	.426	4	2	0	1
Ed FitzGerald	6	17	17	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.118	.118	.176	.294	3	0	0	0
Howie Pollet	5	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1
Jack Shepard	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Bob Schultz	11	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1
Clem Koshorek	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Cal Hogue	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Bob Addis	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bill Macdonald	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1
Woody Main	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1962	5902	5253	622	1297	178	49	99	571	41	39	524	715	.247	.319	.356	.675	1870	117	36	89

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Preston Ward	1B	78	693	64	7	65	.991	9.705	0
Paul Smith	1B	74	622	52	10	53	.985	9.108	0
George Metkovich	1B	5	47	0	0	2	1.000	9.400	0
Johnny Lindell	1B	2	12	0	1	0	.923	6.000	0
Dick Cole	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Eddie Pellagrini	2B	31	69	72	4	12	.972	4.548	0
Danny O'Connell	2B	47	107	149	8	27	.970	5.447	0
Johnny O'Brien	2B	77	172	210	7	48	.982	4.961	0
Dick Hall	2B	7	21	23	1	6	.978	6.286	0
Dick Cole	2B	7	16	11	0	2	1.000	3.857	0
Eddie Pellagrini	3B	12	6	23	2	1	.935	2.417	0
Danny O'Connell	3B	104	119	221	15	16	.958	3.269	0
Pete Castiglione	3B	43	44	88	3	6	.978	3.070	0
Jack Shepard	C	2	6	0	2	0	.750	3.000	0
Mike Sandlock	C	64	290	49	3	4	.991	5.297	15
Pete Naton	C	4	13	0	0	0	1.000	3.250	2
Nick Koback	C	6	8	2	0	0	1.000	1.667	2
Vic Janowicz	C	35	104	15	8	2	.937	3.400	7
Joe Garagiola	C	22	82	10	1	0	.989	4.182	0
Ed FitzGerald	C	5	13	3	0	0	1.000	3.200	0
Toby Atwell	C	45	187	20	7	2	.967	4.600	6
Frank Thomas	OF	118	306	17	8	1	.976	2.737	0
Paul Smith	OF	19	31	2	1	0	.971	1.737	0
Hal Rice	OF	70	167	14	5	2	.973	2.586	0
Felipe Montemayor	OF	12	29	2	0	0	1.000	2.583	0
George Metkovich	OF	4	7	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Ralph Kiner	OF	41	71	5	0	1	1.000	1.854	0
Gene Hermanski	OF	13	26	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Brandy Davis	OF	9	21	0	1	0	.955	2.333	0
Carlos Bernier	OF	86	220	8	7	1	.970	2.651	0
Cal Abrams	OF	112	205	13	6	3	.973	1.946	0
Jim Waugh	P	29	5	13	1	1	.947	.621	0
Bob Schultz	P	11	1	2	0	0	1.000	.273	0
Howie Pollet	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200	0
Paul Pettit	P	10	2	6	0	0	1.000	.800	0
Woody Main	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bill Macdonald	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Johnny Lindell	P	27	8	42	2	2	.962	1.852	0
Paul LaPalme	P	35	5	23	4	1	.875	.800	0
Cal Hogue	P	3	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.333	0
Johnny Hetki	P	54	9	20	0	1	1.000	.537	0
Bob Hall	P	37	10	23	4	2	.892	.892	0
Bob Friend	P	32	7	36	3	2	.935	1.344	0
Roy Face	P	41	11	12	0	1	1.000	.561	0
Murry Dickson	P	45	14	34	4	2	.923	1.067	0
Roger Bowman	P	30	6	11	0	0	1.000	.567	0
Dick Smith	SS	13	18	56	3	10	.961	5.692	0
Eddie Pellagrini	SS	3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.333	0
Johnny O'Brien	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Eddie O'Brien	SS	81	122	207	23	39	.935	4.062	0
Dick Cole	SS	77	139	192	12	40	.965	4.299	0
Totals		1695	4074	1759	163	356	.973	3.441	32

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