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1952 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951/1953) 42-112, Finished 8th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 515 runs, Allowed 793 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 48-106 Managed by Billy Meyer Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 686,673 (6th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 107   (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 105   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 Stats (1951/1953) / Schedule / Transactions

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Joe Garagiola       26  118  344   35   94  15  4   8   54  50   24  .273  .369  .410   0   1   7   2   0          114
1B *Tony Bartirome      20  124  355   32   78  10  3   0   16  26   37  .220  .273  .265   3   3   0   0   5           48
2B  Jack Merson         30  111  398   41   98  20  2   5   38  22   38  .246  .287  .344   1   1  11   1   3           73
3B  Pete Castiglione    31   67  214   27   57   9  1   4   18  17    8  .266  .323  .374   3   3   2   1   3           91
SS  Dick Groat          21   95  384   38  109   6  1   1   29  19   27  .284  .319  .313   2   4  18   1  11           74
OF  Ralph Kiner         29  149  516   90  126  17  2  37   87 110   77  .244  .384  .500   3   0   6   7   0          141
OF *Gus Bell            23  131  468   53  117  21  5  16   59  36   72  .250  .306  .419   1   4   6   2   4           98
OF  Bobby Del Greco     19   99  341   34   74  14  2   1   20  38   70  .217  .301  .279   6   5   9   3   3           60
   *Catfish Metkovich   31  125  373   41  101  18  3   7   41  32   29  .271  .335  .391   5   2   9   4   5           99
    Clem Koshorek       27   98  322   27   84  17  0   0   15  26   39  .261  .320  .314   4   7   3   2   6           75
    George Strickland   26   76  232   17   41   6  2   5   22  21   45  .177  .248  .284   4   2   5   1   2           46
    Clyde McCullough    35   66  172   10   40   5  1   1   15  10   18  .233  .283  .291   0   1   3   2   5           58
    Sonny Senerchia     21   29  100    5   22   5  0   3   11   4   21  .220  .250  .360   0   3   0   0   0           66
    Brandy Davis        24   55   95   14   17   1  1   0    1  11   28  .179  .264  .211   9   2   0   0   2           32
    Dick Hall           21   26   80    6   11   1  0   0    2   2   17  .138  .159  .150   0   1   0   0   1          -15
    Lee Walls           19   32   80    6   15   0  1   2    5   8   22  .188  .261  .288   0   0   1   0   0           51
    Ed Fitz Gerald      28   51   73    4   17   1  0   1    7   7   15  .233  .300  .288   0   2   4   0   0           62
    Dick Smith          24   29   66    8    7   1  0   0    5   9    3  .106  .213  .121   0   0   1   0   0           -6
    Johnny Berardino    35   19   56    2    8   4  0   0    4   4    6  .143  .200  .214   0   0   1   0   0           14
   *Ted Beard           31   15   44    5    8   2  1   0    3   7    9  .182  .294  .273   2   0   1   0   1           57
    Erv Dusak           31   20   27    1    6   0  0   1    3   2    8  .222  .276  .333   0   0   2   0   0           67
   *Bill Howerton       30   13   25    3    8   1  1   0    4   6    5  .320  .452  .440   0   0   1   0   0          146
    Frank Thomas        23    6   21    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    1  .095  .136  .095   0   0   2   0   0          -35
    Jim Mangan          22   11   13    1    2   0  0   0    2   1    3  .154  .214  .154   0   0   0   0   0            3
    Jack Phillips       30    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

    Murry Dickson       35   47  107    4   24   4  0   0    6   1   10  .224  .231  .262   0   0   5   0   2           35
   *Howie Pollet        31   31   68    4   13   0  0   0    4   8   17  .191  .276  .191   0   0   2   0   2           31
    Bob Friend          21   35   52    2    3   0  0   0    0   2   20  .058  .093  .058   0   0   1   0   7          -58
    Woody Main          30   48   37    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    9  .054  .054  .054   0   0   1   0   3          -70
    Cal Hogue           24   19   24    1    6   1  0   0    5   1    6  .250  .280  .292   0   0   1   0   1           57
    Ron Kline           20   27   19    0    0   0  0   0    0   0   11  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Ron Necciai         20   12   17    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    9  .059  .111  .059   0   0   0   0   0          -52
   *Harry Fisher        26   15   15    0    5   1  0   0    1   0    3  .333  .333  .400   0   0   1   0   0          101
   *Paul LaPalme        28   31   10    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    2  .100  .100  .200   0   0   0   0   1          -19
    Jim Waugh           18   17   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    5  .100  .250  .100   0   0   1   0   1            0
   *Joe Muir            29   12    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .111  .200  .111   0   0   0   0   0          -12
    Ted Wilks           36   44    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   1          -31
    Red Munger          33    5    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
    Bill Bell           18    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Don Carlsen         25    5    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           84
    Jim Suchecki        25    5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0           -1
    Jim Dunn            21    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.1  155 5193  515 1201 181 30  92  478 486  724  .231  .297  .331  43  41 104  26  70           79
    Rank among 8 NL teams          8    8    8   8  8   8        5    1     8     8     8   5   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Murry Dickson       35  43   3.57  14  21  2  34   8  21   2  277.7  278  128  110  26   76  112 1157   0   1  0     112
SP *Howie Pollet        31  31   4.12   7  16  0  30   1   9   1  214.0  217  111   98  22   71   90  904   1   3  0      97
SP  Bob Friend          21  35   4.18   7  17  0  23   4   6   1  185.0  186   96   86  15   84   75  820   7   3  1      95
SP  Cal Hogue           24  19   4.84   1   8  0  12   5   3   0   83.7   79   56   45   7   68   34  385   1   4  0      82
SP  Ron Necciai         20  12   7.08   1   6  0   9   2   0   0   54.7   63   45   43   5   32   31  248   3   1  0      56

RP  Ted Wilks           36  44   3.61   5   5  4   0  34   0   0   72.3   65   32   29   9   31   24  305   1   2  0     111
RP  Woody Main          30  48   4.46   2  12  2  11  19   2   0  153.3  149   78   76  14   52   79  652   2   0  1      90
RP *Paul LaPalme        28  31   3.92   1   2  0   2  16   0   0   59.7   56   33   26   6   37   25  265   5   1  0     102
RP  Ron Kline           20  27   5.49   0   7  0  11   5   0   0   78.7   74   55   48   3   66   27  368   4   6  3      73

    Jim Waugh           18  17   6.36   1   6  0   7   6   1   0   52.3   61   43   37   4   32   18  252   0   2  0      63
   *Joe Muir            29  12   6.31   2   3  0   5   0   1   0   35.7   42   28   25   3   18   17  164   0   0  0      63
    Red Munger          33   5   7.18   0   3  0   4   0   0   0   26.3   30   21   21   6   10    8  118   0   0  0      56
    Harry Fisher        26   8   6.87   1   2  0   3   4   0   0   18.3   17   14   14   4   13    5   83   1   2  0      58
    Bill Bell           18   4   4.60   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   15.7   16   11    8   3   13    4   77   1   0  0      87
    Don Carlsen         25   5  10.80   0   1  0   1   1   0   0   10.0   20   13   12   1    5    2   53   1   0  0      37
    Jim Suchecki        25   5   5.40   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   10.0   14    7    6   1    4    6   49   0   1  0      74
    Jim Dunn            21   3   3.38   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.3    4    2    2   0    3    2   24   1   0  0     118
   *Bill Werle          31   5   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    9    5    4   1    1    1   22   0   0  0      44
    Ed Wolfe            23   3   7.36   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.7    7    3    3   1    5    1   21   0   1  0      54
    Mel Queen           34   2  29.70   0   2  0   2   0   0   0    3.3    8   12   11   2    4    3   25   2   0  0      13
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8 155   4.65  42 112  8 155 112  43   5 1363.0 1395  793  704 133  615  564 5992  30  27  5      86
    Rank among 8 NL teams           8   8   1  8           8   8      6    8    8        8    8    8
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JGaragiola 105 418 63 11 9 .978 2 CMcCullough 61 227 38 5 4 .981 1 EFitz Geral 18 49 4 0 0 1.000 1 JMangan 4 3 2 1 0 .833 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 697 107 17 13 .979 4 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TBartirome 118 909 72 11 91 .989 8.31 CMetkovich 72 530 33 7 59 .988 7.82 PCastiglion 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 CMcCullough 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JPhillips 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 2.00 GStrickland 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1444 105 18 151 .989 10.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .975 4.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMerson 81 190 214 9 59 .978 4.99 GStrickland 45 95 127 11 30 .953 4.93 CKoshorek 27 54 72 5 11 .962 4.67 JBerardino 18 37 58 4 13 .960 5.28 DSmith 4 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 379 477 29 114 .967 5.65 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .954 2.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PCastiglion 57 67 129 10 7 .951 3.44 SSenerchia 28 30 31 3 3 .953 2.18 JMerson 27 30 52 3 3 .965 3.04 CKoshorek 26 26 41 3 5 .957 2.58 DSmith 16 16 30 2 3 .958 2.88 DHall 5 10 10 0 0 1.000 4.00 EFitz Geral 2 6 1 1 0 .875 3.50 BHowerton 1 0 1 2 0 .333 1.00 GStrickland 1 5 1 0 2 1.000 6.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 190 296 24 23 .953 3.21 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .960 4.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGroat 94 229 272 25 61 .952 5.33 CKoshorek 33 69 119 10 31 .949 5.70 GStrickland 28 47 90 8 24 .945 4.89 DSmith 4 5 14 1 4 .950 4.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 350 495 44 120 .951 5.58 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.10 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RKiner 149 250 9 8 0 .970 1.74 149 0 0 GBell 123 202 8 6 2 .972 1.71 0 0 123 BDel Greco 93 246 11 6 3 .977 2.76 1 88 4 CMetkovich 33 72 1 0 0 1.000 2.21 5 21 8 BDavis 29 53 2 4 0 .932 1.90 9 9 12 LWalls 19 44 2 0 1 1.000 2.42 1 18 0 DHall 14 34 1 1 0 .972 2.50 0 12 2 TBeard 13 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.15 0 3 10 EDusak 11 7 2 2 1 .818 0.82 2 4 3 BHowerton 5 9 0 1 0 .900 1.80 0 2 3 FThomas 5 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 5 0 PCastiglion 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 952 38 28 7 .972 2.18 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .953 2.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MDickson 43 29 62 4 7 .958 2.95 HPollet 31 7 48 3 2 .948 2.31 BFriend 35 10 37 2 3 .959 2.29 WMain 48 8 15 4 0 .852 1.35 CHogue 19 4 9 2 1 .867 1.40 RKline 27 3 8 0 2 1.000 1.26 TWilks 44 3 9 1 1 .923 1.49 PLaPalme 31 1 15 1 1 .941 2.41 RNecciai 12 4 7 2 2 .846 1.81 JWaugh 17 0 11 1 1 .917 1.89 JMuir 12 4 5 1 1 .900 2.27 RMunger 5 1 9 0 3 1.000 3.42 HFisher 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.98 BBell 4 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.87 DCarlsen 5 0 6 0 1 1.000 5.40 JSuchecki 5 0 2 1 0 .667 1.80 JDunn 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.40 BWerle 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 EWolfe 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.86 MQueen 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 79 251 22 27 .938 2.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Bell .250 On-base % Kiner .384 Slugging % Kiner .500 OPS Kiner .884 Games Kiner 149 At Bats Kiner 516 Plate Appearances (approx.) Kiner 633 Runs Kiner 90 Hits Kiner 126 Total Bases Kiner 258 Doubles Bell 21 Triples Bell 5 Home Runs Kiner 37 RBI Kiner 87 Bases on Balls Kiner 110 Strikeouts Kiner 77 Stolen Bases Davis 9 Singles Groat 101 Adjusted OPS+ Kiner 141 Runs Created Kiner 98 Adjusted Batting Runs Kiner 32 Batting Wins Kiner 3.3 Extra-Base Hits Kiner 56 Times on Base Kiner 243 Offensive Win% Kiner .702 Hit By Pitch Kiner 7 Sac. Hits Groat 11 Grounded into Double Plays Groat 18 Caught Stealing Koshorek 7 Power/Speed Number Metkovich 5.8 At Bats per Strikeout Kiner 6.7 At Bats per Home Run Kiner 13.9 Outs Kiner 396

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Dickson 3.57 Wins Dickson 14 Won-Loss % Dickson .400 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Dickson 1.275 Hits Allowed/9IP Dickson 9.01 Bases on Balls/9IP Dickson 2.46 Strikeouts/9IP Pollet 3.79 Games Main 48 Saves Wilks 4 Innings Dickson 277.7 Strikeouts Dickson 112 Games Started Dickson 34 Comp. Games Dickson 21 Shutouts Dickson 2 Home Runs Allow. Dickson 26 Bases On Balls Allow. Friend 84 Hits Allowed Dickson 278 SO to Walk Dickson 1.47 Losses Dickson 21 Earned Runs Allow. Dickson 110 Wild Pitches Friend 7 Hit Batsmen Kline 6 Batters Faced Dickson 1157 Games Finished Wilks 34 Adjusted ERA+ Dickson 112

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