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1953 National League Team Record GB Brooklyn Dodgers 105 - 49 — Milwaukee Braves 92 - 62 13.0 Philadelphia Phillies 83 - 71 22.0 St. Louis Cardinals 83 - 71 22.0 New York Giants 70 - 84 35.0 Cincinnati Reds 68 - 86 37.0 Chicago Cubs 65 - 89 40.0 Pittsburgh Pirates 50 - 104 55.0	8th (NL) Runs Scored: 622 Runs Allowed: 887 Attendance: 572,757
1953 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Starters) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Mike Sandlock C 37 64 186 10 43 5 0 0 12 12 0 19 0 0 3 1 3 .231 .281 .258 .539 Preston Ward 1B 25 88 281 35 59 7 1 8 27 44 0 39 1 3 5 1 6 .210 .319 .327 .646 Johnny O'Brien 2B 22 89 279 28 69 13 2 2 22 21 0 36 1 1 8 4 9 .247 .309 .330 .639 Danny O'Connell 3B 26 149 588 88 173 26 8 7 55 57 0 42 3 4 5 4 13 .294 .361 .401 .762 Eddie O'Brien SS 22 89 261 21 62 5 3 0 14 17 0 30 6 1 2 2 4 .238 .289 .280 .569 Hal Rice LF 29 78 286 39 89 16 1 4 42 17 0 22 0 1 2 0 5 .311 .350 .416 .766 Frank Thomas CF 24 128 455 68 116 22 1 30 102 50 0 93 1 2 3 2 12 .255 .331 .505 .836 Cal Abrams RF 29 119 448 66 128 10 6 15 43 58 0 70 4 4 6 0 2 .286 .368 .435 .803
1953 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Bench) Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Paul Smith 22 118 389 41 110 12 7 4 44 24 0 23 3 0 11 3 8 .283 .329 .380 .709 Carlos Bernier 26 105 310 48 66 7 8 3 31 51 0 53 15 14 1 4 11 .213 .332 .316 .648 Dick Cole 27 97 235 29 64 13 1 0 23 38 0 26 2 2 7 0 6 .272 .374 .336 .710 Eddie Pellagrini 35 78 174 16 44 3 2 4 19 14 0 20 1 1 1 0 1 .253 .309 .362 .671 Johnny Lindell 36 58 91 11 26 6 1 4 15 16 0 15 0 0 0 2 6 .286 .404 .505 .909 Toby Atwell 29 53 139 11 34 6 0 0 17 20 0 12 0 0 2 3 8 .245 .352 .288 .640 Pete Castiglione 32 45 159 14 33 2 1 4 21 5 0 14 1 1 7 1 4 .208 .236 .308 .544 Vic Janowicz 23 42 123 10 31 3 1 2 8 5 0 31 0 1 2 1 3 .252 .287 .341 .628 Ralph Kiner 30 41 148 27 40 6 1 7 29 25 0 21 1 0 0 2 1 .270 .383 .466 .849 Gene Hermanski 33 41 62 7 11 0 0 1 4 8 0 14 0 0 0 1 2 .177 .282 .226 .508 Felipe Montemayor 25 28 55 5 6 4 0 0 2 4 0 13 0 0 0 3 1 .109 .210 .182 .392 Joe Garagiola 27 27 73 9 17 5 0 2 14 10 0 11 1 0 1 2 2 .233 .341 .384 .725 Catfish Metkovich 32 26 41 5 6 0 1 1 7 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .146 .255 .268 .523 Dick Smith 25 13 43 4 7 0 1 0 2 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 .163 .265 .209 .474 Brandy Davis 25 12 39 5 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 .205 .205 .256 .461 Dick Hall 22 7 24 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 .167 .200 .167 .367 Nick Koback 17 7 16 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 .125 .176 .250 .426 Ed Fitz Gerald 29 6 17 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .118 .118 .176 .294 Pete Naton 21 6 12 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .453 Bob Addis 27 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jack Shepard 21 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 Clem Koshorek 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1953 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Pitchers) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Murry Dickson P 36 45 61 0 7 0 0 0 2 2 0 11 0 0 4 0 2 .115 .143 .115 .258 Paul LaPalme P 29 35 59 6 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 0 0 3 0 2 .085 .100 .085 .185 Bob Friend P 22 32 52 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 0 0 3 0 1 .135 .151 .154 .305 Bob Hall P 29 37 38 1 6 1 0 1 2 2 0 19 0 0 1 0 0 .158 .200 .263 .463 Roy Face P 25 43 30 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 4 0 0 .133 .133 .167 .300 Johnny Hetki P 31 54 24 2 5 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .208 .240 .417 .657 Jim Waugh P 19 29 22 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 .227 .261 .227 .488 Paul Pettit P 21 11 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 Roger Bowman P 25 30 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 Cal Hogue P 25 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Howie Pollet P 32 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .666 Bob Schultz P 29 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1953 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching (Starters) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Murry Dickson 36 45 26 10 19 .345 4.53 200.2 121 101 240 27 58 88 .294 3 4 10 1 4 4.78 Bob Friend 22 32 24 8 11 .421 4.90 170.2 103 93 193 18 57 66 .281 3 2 8 0 0 4.65 Paul LaPalme 29 35 24 8 16 .333 4.59 176.1 107 90 191 20 64 86 .268 0 9 7 1 2 4.59 Johnny Lindell 36 27 23 5 16 .238 4.71 175.2 106 92 173 17 116 102 .256 6 8 13 1 0 5.18 Cal Hogue 25 3 2 1 1 .500 5.21 19.0 13 11 19 4 16 10 .250 1 1 2 0 0 7.37
1953 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching (Bullpen) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Johnny Hetki 31 54 2 3 6 .333 3.95 118.1 60 52 120 9 33 37 .259 1 3 0 0 3 4.23 Roy Face 25 41 13 6 8 .429 6.58 119.0 90 87 145 19 30 56 .295 2 3 2 0 0 4.94 Bob Hall 29 37 17 3 12 .200 5.39 152.0 99 91 172 17 72 68 .282 1 7 6 1 1 5.00 Roger Bowman 25 30 2 0 4 .000 4.82 65.1 42 35 65 9 29 36 .252 1 3 0 0 0 5.07 Jim Waugh 19 29 11 4 5 .444 6.48 90.1 70 65 108 21 56 23 .293 0 3 1 0 0 7.37 Bob Schultz 29 11 2 0 2 .000 8.20 18.2 19 17 26 3 10 5 .321 2 1 0 0 0 6.48 Paul Pettit 21 10 5 1 2 .333 7.71 28.0 27 24 33 1 20 14 .297 0 0 0 0 0 4.61 Howie Pollet 32 5 2 1 1 .500 10.66 12.2 15 15 27 2 6 8 .450 0 0 0 0 0 5.21 Bill MacDonald 24 4 1 0 1 .000 12.27 7.1 10 10 12 0 8 4 .400 1 0 0 0 0 5.59 Woody Main 31 2 0 0 0 .000 11.25 4.0 5 5 5 1 2 4 .294 0 0 0 0 0 5.75