1954 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 53-101 .344
Result: 8th in National League
Manager(s): Fred Haney
General Manager: Branch Rickey
Stadium: Forbes Field
Attendance: 475,494
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Walker Cooper (39)
Youngest Player: Nick Koback (18)
Longest Tenure: Bob Friend, Frank Thomas, Dick Smith, Paul LaPalme (4)
Top Hitter: Frank Thomas (9)
Top Pitcher: Dick Littlefield (19)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 40.55%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Giants	97	57	.630	--
Brooklyn	92	62	.597	5.0
Milwaukee	89	65	.578	8.0
Philadelphia	75	79	.487	22.0
Cincinnati	74	80	.481	23.0
St. Louis	72	82	.468	25.0
Chi Cubs	64	90	.416	33.0
Pittsburgh	53	101	.344	44.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
15	Frank Thomas	of-3b	9	25	-	MLB	153	577	81	172	32	7	23	94	3	2	51	74	10		4	11	10	.298	.359	.497	856	287	653	432	-	-	.303
7	Curt Roberts	2b	35	24	-	MLB	134	496	47	115	18	7	1	36	6	3	55	49	2		9	3	6	.232	.309	.302	612	150	565	402	-	-	.254
12	Dick Cole	ss-3b	67	28	-	MLB	138	486	40	131	22	5	1	40	0	0	41	48	0		8	6	20	.270	.323	.342	664	166	541	389	-	-	.293
3	Bob Skinner	of	37	22	-	MLB	132	470	67	117	15	9	8	46	4	0	47	59	0		11	2	11	.249	.316	.370	686	174	530	377	-	-	.269
8	Gair Allie	ss	45	22	-	MLB	121	418	38	83	8	6	3	30	1	1	56	84	2		3	3	3	.199	.294	.268	562	112	482	345	-	-	.240
4	Sid Gordon	of-3b	43	36	-	MLB	131	363	38	111	12	0	12	49	0	0	67	24	0		8	9	10	.306	.405	.438	843	159	447	279	-	-	.295
5	Preston Ward	1b-of	59	26	-	MLB	117	360	37	97	16	2	7	48	0	0	39	61	0		3	4	5	.269	.337	.383	721	138	406	275	-	-	.304
17	Dick Hall	p	48	23	-	MLB	112	310	38	74	8	4	2	27	3	0	33	46	0		1	9	14	.239	.304	.310	614	96	353	260	-	-	.266
11	Toby Atwell	c	-	30	-	MLB	96	287	36	83	8	4	3	26	2	3	43	21	3		4	3	11	.289	.384	.376	760	108	340	225	-	-	.301
14	Jerry Lynch	of	-	23	-	MLB	98	284	27	68	4	5	8	36	2	2	20	43	1		1	2	9	.239	.290	.373	663	106	308	230	-	-	.255
10	Jack Shepard	c	64	22	-	MLB	82	227	24	69	8	2	3	22	0	0	26	33	0		8	4	10	.304	.370	.396	766	90	265	180	-	-	.338
13	Eddie Pellagrini	ss-2b	60	36	-	MLB	73	125	12	27	6	0	0	16	0	0	9	21	4		3	1	1	.216	.288	.264	552	33	142	103	-	-	.257
44	Hal Rice	of	-	30	-	MLB	28	81	10	14	4	1	1	9	0	2	14	24	0		1	0	2	.173	.295	.284	579	23	96	72	-	-	.232
31	Vic Janowicz	c-3b	-	24	-	MLB	41	73	10	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	23	1		3	0	0	.151	.235	.192	426	14	84	65	-	-	.220
35	Max Surkont	p	58	32	-	MLB	33	60	3	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	6	19	0		9	1	2	.167	.239	.183	422	11	76	62	-	-	.238
32	Vern Law	p	-	24	-	MLB	50	52	10	12	5	0	1	13	0	0	5	8	1		6	0	4	.231	.310	.385	695	20	64	50	-	-	.256
19	Bob Friend	p	-	23	-	MLB	35	51	6	14	1	1	1	7	0	0	5	8	0		1	0	2	.275	.339	.392	731	20	57	40	-	-	.310
27	Dick Littlefield	p	-	28	-	MLB	23	49	4	8	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	13	0		4	0	1	.163	.196	.245	441	12	55	46	-	-	.222
18	Cal Abrams	of	-	30	-	MLB	17	42	6	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	10	9	0		0	0	2	.143	.308	.214	522	9	52	38	-	-	.182
24	Paul LaPalme	p	-	30	-	MLB	33	35	2	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	1		3	0	0	.143	.167	.229	395	8	39	33	-	-	.172
39	Jake Thies	p	-	28	-	MLB	33	33	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	11	0		2	0	0	.030	.158	.030	188	1	40	34	-	-	.045
6	Dick Smith	3b-ss	-	26	-	MLB	12	31	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	5	0		0	0	1	.097	.243	.194	437	6	37	29	-	-	.115
26	Gail Henley	of	-	25	-	MLB	14	30	7	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	4	0		1	0	0	.300	.382	.433	816	13	35	22	-	-	.320
20	Jim Mangan	c	-	24	-	MLB	14	26	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	9	0		0	0	0	.192	.300	.192	492	5	30	21	-	-	.294
34	Bob Purkey	p	-	24	-	MLB	36	26	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	12	0		3	0	0	.077	.200	.115	315	3	33	27	-	-	.143
23	George O'Donnell	p	-	25	-	MLB	21	23	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	10	0		0	0	0	.087	.125	.217	342	5	24	21	-	-	.083
18	Laurin Pepper	p	-	23	-	MLB	14	17	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0	.235	.235	.294	529	5	17	13	-	-	.267
23,28	Walker Cooper	c	-	39	-	MLB	14	15	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		0	0	1	.200	.294	.333	627	5	17	13	-	-	.214
9	Nick Koback	c	-	18	-	MLB	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0		0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	10	10	-	-	.000
29	Johnny Hetki	p	-	32	-	MLB	58	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	.222	.222	.222	444	2	10	8	-	-	.222
44	Luis Marquez	of	-	28	-	MLB	14	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		1	0	0	.111	.385	.111	496	1	14	9	-	-	.111
46	Bill Hall	c	-	25	-	MLB	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	7	-	-	.000
25	Cal Hogue	p	-	26	-	MLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
38	Len Yochim	p	-	25	-	MLB	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	-	-	1.000
20	Sam Jethroe	of	-	36	-	MLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (35 players)							154	5088	557	1260	181	57	76	526	21	13	566	737	25	0	99	58	125	.248	.323	.350	673	1783	5836	4123	--	--	.273

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
35	Max Surkont	21	32	-	MLB	9	18	4.41	33	29	11	0	2	0	208.1	216	124	102	25	78	78	4	0	1.41	9.33	1.08	3.37	3.37	1.00	--	1.07
19	Bob Friend	29	23	-	MLB	7	12	5.07	35	20	4	2	8	2	170.1	204	106	96	16	58	73	1	2	1.54	10.78	0.85	3.06	3.86	0.79	--	1.28
32	Vern Law	33	24	-	MLB	9	13	5.51	39	18	7	0	17	3	161.2	201	109	99	20	56	57	6	0	1.59	11.19	1.11	3.12	3.17	0.98	--	0.92
27	Dick Littlefield	19	28	-	MLB	10	11	3.60	23	21	7	1	1	0	155.0	140	78	62	10	85	92	2	0	1.45	8.13	0.58	4.94	5.34	0.92	--	0.57
34	Bob Purkey	-	24	-	MLB	3	8	5.07	36	11	0	0	7	0	131.1	145	78	74	3	62	38	1	1	1.58	9.94	0.21	4.25	2.60	1.63	--	1.10
39	Jake Thies	-	28	-	MLB	3	9	3.87	33	18	3	1	7	0	130.1	120	70	56	13	49	57	2	0	1.30	8.29	0.90	3.38	3.94	0.86	--	0.87
24	Paul LaPalme	58	30	-	MLB	4	10	5.52	33	15	2	0	7	0	120.2	147	79	74	15	54	57	8	1	1.67	10.96	1.12	4.03	4.25	0.95	--	1.07
23	George O'Donnell	-	25	-	MLB	3	9	4.53	21	10	3	0	6	1	87.1	105	50	44	4	21	8	2	0	1.44	10.82	0.41	2.16	0.82	2.63	--	0.91
29	Johnny Hetki	24	32	-	MLB	4	4	4.99	58	1	0	0	46	9	83.0	102	53	46	11	30	27	2	0	1.59	11.06	1.19	3.25	2.93	1.11	--	0.71
18	Laurin Pepper	-	23	-	MLB	1	5	7.99	14	8	0	0	4	0	50.2	63	53	45	4	43	17	4	1	2.09	11.19	0.71	7.64	3.02	2.53	--	0.89
38	Len Yochim	-	25	-	MLB	0	1	7.32	10	1	0	0	5	0	19.2	30	17	16	2	8	7	5	0	1.93	13.73	0.92	3.66	3.20	1.14	--	1.75
25	Cal Hogue	-	26	-	MLB	0	1	4.91	3	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	11	6	6	1	12	7	0	0	2.09	9.00	0.82	9.82	5.73	1.71	--	0.59
00	Joe Page	-	36	-	MLB	0	0	11.17	7	0	0	0	4	0	9.2	16	17	12	4	7	4	0	0	2.38	14.90	3.72	6.52	3.72	1.75	--	0.78
30	Nellie King	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	5.14	4	0	0	0	3	0	7.0	10	5	4	0	1	3	0	0	1.57	12.86	0.00	1.29	3.86	0.33	--	2.00
Totals: (35 players)						53	101	4.92	154	154	37	4	117	15	1,346	1510	845	736	76	564	525	37	5	1.36	10.10	0.86	3.77	3.51	1.07	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Toby Atwell	C	88		360	39	4	4	.990	0.00
Jack Shepard	C	67		257	46	7	5	.977	0.00
Jim Mangan	C	7		24	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Nick Koback	C	4		14	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Walker Cooper	C	2		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bill Hall	C	1		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Skinner	1B	118		1026	84	16	87	.986	0.00
Preston Ward	1B	48		338	41	6	31	.984	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Curt Roberts	2B	131		357	394	24	82	.969	0.00
Dick Cole	2B	17		43	46	3	5	.967	0.00
Eddie Pellagrini	2B	7		24	17	0	5	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick Cole	3B	55		48	112	10	7	.941	0.00
Sid Gordon	3B	40		28	71	8	5	.925	0.00
Eddie Pellagrini	3B	31		18	43	2	5	.968	0.00
Gair Allie	3B	19		19	35	3	0	.947	0.00
Vic Janowicz	3B	18		15	32	5	3	.904	0.00
Preston Ward	3B	11		7	20	3	0	.900	0.00
Dick Smith	3B	9		7	21	2	3	.933	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gair Allie	SS	95		192	260	23	59	.952	0.00
Dick Cole	SS	66		101	178	15	29	.949	0.00
Eddie Pellagrini	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank Thomas	OF	153		418	14	5	2	.989	0.00
Dick Hall	OF	102		235	5	11	1	.956	0.00
Jerry Lynch	OF	83		127	10	5	2	.965	0.00
Sid Gordon	OF	73		121	9	3	1	.977	0.00
Preston Ward	OF	42		74	8	6	3	.932	0.00
Hal Rice	OF	24		55	3	0	2	1.000	0.00
Cal Abrams	OF	13		23	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Gail Henley	OF	9		13	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Luis Marquez	OF	4		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bob Skinner	OF	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Vic Janowicz	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Sam Jethroe	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Vern Law	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Johnny Hetki	P	58	83	3	11	0	0	1.000	1.52
Vern Law	P	39	161	11	23	1	2	.971	1.90
Bob Purkey	P	36	131	16	40	0	6	1.000	3.84
Bob Friend	P	35	170	7	27	1	1	.971	1.80
Paul LaPalme	P	33	120	7	19	0	1	1.000	1.95
Max Surkont	P	33	208	8	40	1	1	.980	2.08
Jake Thies	P	33	130	8	24	4	2	.889	2.21
Dick Littlefield	P	23	155	5	14	3	0	.864	1.10
George O'Donnell	P	21	87	7	19	0	1	1.000	2.69
Laurin Pepper	P	14	50	1	17	1	0	.947	3.23
Len Yochim	P	10	19	4	6	1	0	.909	4.69
Joe Page	P	7	9	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.96
Nellie King	P	4	7	0	3	0	1	1.000	3.86
Cal Hogue	P	3	11	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.64

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