1954 Pittsburgh Pirates

53-101 • 0.344 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

53 Wins
101 Losses
0.344 Win %
8th Rank
557 R 845 RA
Diff -288

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557 Runs Scored
845 Runs Allowed
-288 Run Diff
475K Attendance

📈 vs. 1954 NL Average

Batting Avg .247 7% below the 1954 league average (.265)
OBP .322 4% below the 1954 league average (.334)
SLG .292 15% below the 1954 league average (.344)
Team ERA 4.92 21% worse than the 1954 league average (4.08)
Runs Scored 557 21% below the 1954 league average (703 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 475,154
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Avg per Game 6,170

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Sid Gordon 0.306 2 Jack Shepard 0.304 3 Frank Thomas 0.298 4 Toby Atwell 0.289 5 Bob Friend 0.275

Home Runs

1 Frank Thomas 23 2 Sid Gordon 12 3 Jerry Lynch 8 4 Bob Skinner 8 5 Preston Ward 7

RBI

1 Frank Thomas 94 2 Sid Gordon 49 3 Preston Ward 48 4 Bob Skinner 46 5 Dick Cole 40
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Frank Thomas 153 577 81 172 0 0 23 94 51 74 3 0.298
Curtis Roberts 134 496 47 115 0 0 1 36 55 49 6 0.232
Dick Cole 138 486 40 131 0 0 1 40 41 48 0 0.270
Bob Skinner 132 470 67 117 0 0 8 46 47 59 4 0.249
Gair Allie 121 418 38 83 0 0 3 30 56 84 1 0.199
Sid Gordon 131 363 38 111 0 0 12 49 67 24 0 0.306
Preston Ward 117 360 37 97 0 0 7 48 39 61 0 0.269
Dick Hall 112 310 38 74 0 0 2 27 33 46 3 0.239
Toby Atwell 96 287 36 83 0 0 3 26 43 21 2 0.289
Jerry Lynch 98 284 27 68 0 0 8 36 20 43 2 0.239
Jack Shepard 82 227 24 69 0 0 3 22 26 33 0 0.304
Eddie Pellagrini 73 125 12 27 0 0 0 16 9 21 0 0.216
Hal Rice 28 81 10 14 0 0 1 9 14 24 0 0.173
Vic Janowicz 41 73 10 11 0 0 0 2 7 23 0 0.151
Max Surkont 33 60 3 10 0 0 0 5 6 19 0 0.167
Vern Law 50 52 10 12 0 0 1 13 5 8 0 0.231
Bob Friend 35 51 6 14 0 0 1 7 5 8 0 0.275
Dick Littlefield 23 49 4 8 0 0 0 2 2 13 0 0.163
Cal Abrams 17 42 6 6 0 0 0 2 10 9 0 0.143
Paul LaPalme 33 35 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.143
Jake Thies 33 33 2 1 0 0 0 2 5 11 0 0.030
Dick Smith 12 31 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0.097
Gail Henley 14 30 7 9 0 0 1 2 4 4 0 0.300
Jim Mangan 14 26 2 5 0 0 0 2 4 9 0 0.192
Bob Purkey 36 26 2 2 0 0 0 4 4 12 0 0.077
George O'Donnell 21 23 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 10 0 0.087
Laurin Pepper 14 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.235
Walker Cooper 14 15 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.200
Nick Koback 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.000
Johnny Hetki 58 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.222
Luis Márquez 14 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0.111
Bill Hall 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cal Hogue 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Len Yochim 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Sam Jethroe 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nelson King 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Page 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dick Littlefield 3.60 2 Jake Thies 3.87 3 Max Surkont 4.41 4 George O'Donnell 4.53 5 Johnny Hetki 4.99

Wins

1 Dick Littlefield 10 2 Vern Law 9 3 Max Surkont 9 4 Bob Friend 7 5 Johnny Hetki 4

Strikeouts

1 Dick Littlefield 92 2 Max Surkont 78 3 Bob Friend 73 4 Paul LaPalme 57 5 Vern Law 57
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Max Surkont 9 18 4.41 33 29 0 208.1 78 78
Bob Friend 7 12 5.07 35 20 2 170.1 58 73
Vern Law 9 13 5.51 39 18 3 161.2 56 57
Dick Littlefield 10 11 3.60 23 21 0 155.0 85 92
Bob Purkey 3 8 5.07 36 11 0 131.1 62 38
Jake Thies 3 9 3.87 33 18 0 130.1 49 57
Paul LaPalme 4 10 5.52 33 15 0 120.2 54 57
George O'Donnell 3 9 4.53 21 10 1 87.1 21 8
Johnny Hetki 4 4 4.99 58 1 9 83.0 30 27
Laurin Pepper 1 5 7.99 14 8 0 50.2 43 17
Len Yochim 0 1 7.32 10 1 0 19.2 8 7
Cal Hogue 0 1 4.91 3 2 0 11.0 12 7
Joe Page 0 0 11.17 7 0 0 9.2 7 4
Nelson King 0 0 5.14 4 0 0 7.0 1 3

👥 Roster (37)

Cal Abrams Gair Allie Toby Atwell Dick Cole Walker Cooper Bob Friend Sid Gordon Bill Hall Dick Hall Gail Henley Johnny Hetki Cal Hogue +25 more

37 players

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