1953 Pittsburgh Pirates

50-104 • 0.325 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

50 Wins
104 Losses
0.325 Win %
8th Rank
622 R 887 RA
Diff -265

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⚡ Quick Stats

622 Runs Scored
887 Runs Allowed
-265 Run Diff
557K Attendance

📈 vs. 1953 NL Average

Batting Avg .246 7% below the 1953 league average (.266)
OBP .315 5% below the 1953 league average (.332)
SLG .303 13% below the 1953 league average (.350)
Team ERA 5.22 22% worse than the 1953 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 622 16% below the 1953 league average (739 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 557,697
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Avg per Game 7,242

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Hal Rice 0.311 2 Danny O'Connell 0.294 3 Cal Abrams 0.286 4 Johnny Lindell 0.286 5 Paul Smith 0.283

Home Runs

1 Frank Thomas 30 2 Cal Abrams 15 3 Preston Ward 8 4 Ralph Kiner 7 5 Danny O'Connell 7

RBI

1 Frank Thomas 102 2 Danny O'Connell 55 3 Paul Smith 44 4 Cal Abrams 43 5 Hal Rice 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Danny O'Connell 149 588 88 173 0 0 7 55 57 42 3 0.294
Frank Thomas 128 455 68 116 0 0 30 102 50 93 1 0.255
Cal Abrams 119 448 66 128 0 0 15 43 58 70 4 0.286
Paul Smith 118 389 41 110 0 0 4 44 24 23 3 0.283
Carlos Bernier 105 310 48 66 0 0 3 31 51 53 15 0.213
Hal Rice 78 286 39 89 0 0 4 42 17 22 0 0.311
Preston Ward 88 281 35 59 0 0 8 27 44 39 1 0.210
Johnny O'Brien 89 279 28 69 0 0 2 22 21 36 1 0.247
Eddie O'Brien 89 261 21 62 0 0 0 14 17 30 6 0.238
Dick Cole 97 235 29 64 0 0 0 23 38 26 2 0.272
Mike Sandlock 64 186 10 43 0 0 0 12 12 19 0 0.231
Eddie Pellagrini 78 174 16 44 0 0 4 19 14 20 1 0.253
Pete Castiglione 45 159 14 33 0 0 4 21 5 14 1 0.208
Ralph Kiner 41 148 27 40 0 0 7 29 25 21 1 0.270
Toby Atwell 53 139 11 34 0 0 0 17 20 12 0 0.245
Vic Janowicz 42 123 10 31 0 0 2 8 5 31 0 0.252
Johnny Lindell 58 91 11 26 0 0 4 15 16 15 0 0.286
Joe Garagiola 27 73 9 17 0 0 2 14 10 11 1 0.233
Gene Hermanski 41 62 7 11 0 0 1 4 8 14 0 0.177
Murry Dickson 45 61 0 7 0 0 0 2 2 11 0 0.115
Paul LaPalme 35 59 6 5 0 0 0 1 1 13 0 0.085
Felipe Montemayor 28 55 5 6 0 0 0 2 4 13 0 0.109
Bob Friend 32 52 4 7 0 0 0 1 1 16 0 0.135
Dick Smith 13 43 4 7 0 0 0 2 6 6 0 0.163
George Metkovich 26 41 5 6 0 0 1 7 6 3 0 0.146
Brandy Davis 12 39 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.205
Bob Hall 37 38 1 6 0 0 1 2 2 19 0 0.158
Roy Face 43 30 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0.133
Dick Hall 7 24 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0.167
Johnny Hetki 54 24 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.208
Jim Waugh 29 22 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.227
Ed FitzGerald 6 17 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.118
Nick Koback 7 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.125
Pete Naton 6 12 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.167
Paul Pettit 11 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.250
Roger Bowman 30 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.286
Cal Hogue 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jack Shepard 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Bob Addis 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Howie Pollet 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.333
Bob Schultz 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Clem Koshorek 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Macdonald 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Woody Main 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Johnny Hetki 3.95 2 Murry Dickson 4.53 3 Paul LaPalme 4.59 4 Johnny Lindell 4.71 5 Roger Bowman 4.82

Wins

1 Murry Dickson 10 2 Bob Friend 8 3 Paul LaPalme 8 4 Roy Face 6 5 Johnny Lindell 5

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Lindell 102 2 Murry Dickson 88 3 Paul LaPalme 86 4 Bob Hall 68 5 Bob Friend 66
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Murry Dickson 10 19 4.53 45 26 4 200.2 58 88
Paul LaPalme 8 16 4.59 35 24 2 176.1 64 86
Johnny Lindell 5 16 4.71 27 23 0 175.2 116 102
Bob Friend 8 11 4.90 32 24 0 170.2 57 66
Bob Hall 3 12 5.39 37 17 1 152.0 72 68
Roy Face 6 8 6.58 41 13 0 119.0 30 56
Johnny Hetki 3 6 3.95 54 2 3 118.1 33 37
Jim Waugh 4 5 6.48 29 11 0 90.1 56 23
Roger Bowman 0 4 4.82 30 2 0 65.1 29 36
Paul Pettit 1 2 7.71 10 5 0 28.0 20 14
Cal Hogue 1 1 5.21 3 2 0 19.0 16 10
Bob Schultz 0 2 8.20 11 2 0 18.2 10 5
Howie Pollet 1 1 10.66 5 2 0 12.2 6 8
Bill Macdonald 0 1 12.27 4 1 0 7.1 8 4
Woody Main 0 0 11.25 2 0 0 4.0 2 4

👥 Roster (44)

Cal Abrams Bob Addis Toby Atwell Carlos Bernier Roger Bowman Pete Castiglione Dick Cole Brandy Davis Murry Dickson Roy Face Ed FitzGerald Bob Friend +32 more

44 players

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