1952 Pittsburgh Pirates

42-112 • 0.273 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

42 Wins
112 Losses
0.273 Win %
8th Rank
515 R 793 RA
Diff -278

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515 Runs Scored
793 Runs Allowed
-278 Run Diff
686K Attendance

📈 vs. 1952 NL Average

Batting Avg .231 8% below the 1952 league average (.252)
OBP .297 7% below the 1952 league average (.320)
SLG .284 10% below the 1952 league average (.317)
Team ERA 4.65 25% worse than the 1952 league average (3.73)
Runs Scored 515 20% below the 1952 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 686,671
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Avg per Game 8,917

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dick Groat 0.284 2 Joe Garagiola 0.273 3 George Metkovich 0.271 4 Pete Castiglione 0.266 5 Clem Koshorek 0.261

Home Runs

1 Ralph Kiner 37 2 Gus Bell 16 3 Joe Garagiola 8 4 George Metkovich 7 5 Jack Merson 5

RBI

1 Ralph Kiner 87 2 Gus Bell 59 3 Joe Garagiola 54 4 George Metkovich 41 5 Jack Merson 38
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ralph Kiner 149 516 90 126 0 0 37 87 110 77 3 0.244
Gus Bell 131 468 53 117 0 0 16 59 36 72 1 0.250
Jack Merson 111 398 41 98 0 0 5 38 22 38 1 0.246
Dick Groat 95 384 38 109 0 0 1 29 19 27 2 0.284
George Metkovich 125 373 41 101 0 0 7 41 32 29 5 0.271
Tony Bartirome 124 355 32 78 0 0 0 16 26 37 3 0.220
Joe Garagiola 118 344 35 94 0 0 8 54 50 24 0 0.273
Bobby Del Greco 99 341 34 74 0 0 1 20 38 70 6 0.217
Clem Koshorek 98 322 27 84 0 0 0 15 26 39 4 0.261
George Strickland 76 232 17 41 0 0 5 22 21 45 4 0.177
Pete Castiglione 67 214 27 57 0 0 4 18 17 8 3 0.266
Clyde McCullough 66 172 10 40 0 0 1 15 10 18 0 0.233
Murry Dickson 47 107 4 24 0 0 0 6 1 10 0 0.224
Sonny Senerchia 29 100 5 22 0 0 3 11 4 21 0 0.220
Brandy Davis 55 95 14 17 0 0 0 1 11 28 9 0.179
Dick Hall 26 80 6 11 0 0 0 2 2 17 0 0.138
Lee Walls 32 80 6 15 0 0 2 5 8 22 0 0.188
Ed FitzGerald 51 73 4 17 0 0 1 7 7 15 0 0.233
Howie Pollet 31 68 4 13 0 0 0 4 8 17 0 0.191
Dick Smith 29 66 8 7 0 0 0 5 9 3 0 0.106
Johnny Berardino 19 56 2 8 0 0 0 4 4 6 0 0.143
Bob Friend 35 52 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 20 0 0.058
Ted Beard 15 44 5 8 0 0 0 3 7 9 2 0.182
Woody Main 48 37 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.054
Erv Dusak 20 27 1 6 0 0 1 3 2 8 0 0.222
Bill Howerton 13 25 3 8 0 0 0 4 6 5 0 0.320
Cal Hogue 19 24 1 6 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 0.250
Frank Thomas 6 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.095
Ron Kline 27 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.000
Ron Necciai 12 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0.059
Harry Fisher 15 15 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.333
Jim Mangan 11 13 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.154
Paul LaPalme 31 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.100
Jim Waugh 17 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.100
Joe Muir 12 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.111
Ted Wilks 44 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.125
Red Munger 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Bill Bell 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Don Carlsen 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Jim Suchecki 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Jim Dunn 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Phillips 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mel Queen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Werle 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Wolfe 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Murry Dickson 3.57 2 Ted Wilks 3.61 3 Paul LaPalme 3.92 4 Howie Pollet 4.12 5 Bob Friend 4.18

Wins

1 Murry Dickson 14 2 Bob Friend 7 3 Howie Pollet 7 4 Ted Wilks 5 5 Woody Main 2

Strikeouts

1 Murry Dickson 112 2 Howie Pollet 90 3 Woody Main 79 4 Bob Friend 75 5 Cal Hogue 34
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Murry Dickson 14 21 3.57 43 34 2 277.2 76 112
Howie Pollet 7 16 4.12 31 30 0 214.0 71 90
Bob Friend 7 17 4.18 35 23 0 185.0 84 75
Woody Main 2 12 4.46 48 11 2 153.1 52 79
Cal Hogue 1 8 4.84 19 12 0 83.2 68 34
Ron Kline 0 7 5.49 27 11 0 78.2 66 27
Ted Wilks 5 5 3.61 44 0 4 72.1 31 24
Paul LaPalme 1 2 3.92 31 2 0 59.2 37 25
Ron Necciai 1 6 7.08 12 9 0 54.2 32 31
Jim Waugh 1 6 6.36 17 7 0 52.1 32 18
Joe Muir 2 3 6.31 12 5 0 35.2 18 17
Red Munger 0 3 7.18 5 4 0 26.1 10 8
Harry Fisher 1 2 6.87 8 3 0 18.1 13 5
Bill Bell 0 1 4.60 4 1 0 15.2 13 4
Don Carlsen 0 1 10.80 5 1 0 10.0 5 2
Jim Suchecki 0 0 5.40 5 0 0 10.0 4 6
Jim Dunn 0 0 3.38 3 0 0 5.1 3 2
Bill Werle 0 0 9.00 5 0 0 4.0 1 1
Ed Wolfe 0 0 7.36 3 0 0 3.2 5 1
Mel Queen 0 2 29.70 2 2 0 3.1 4 3

👥 Roster (45)

Tony Bartirome Ted Beard Bill Bell Gus Bell Johnny Berardino Don Carlsen Pete Castiglione Brandy Davis Bobby Del Greco Murry Dickson Jim Dunn Erv Dusak +33 more

45 players

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