1954 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 93-69
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 887
Runs Allowed: 795
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 2,068,670
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 6th in the NL
AA: 71-66, 3rd in the NL
A: 70-67, 6th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 3-4 to St. Louis Cardinals
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF  Roy Sievers 27 156 601 103 176 39 1 20 76 0 0 87 96 .293 .382 .461 .843 99.9 18.9 1.6
1B  Joe Adcock 26 158 609 107 189 29 0 44 144 0 0 59 93 .310 .370 .575 .945 115.8 23.9 2.3
SS  Willie Jones 28 154 587 86 154 20 2 21 90 4 1 73 36 .262 .345 .411 .755 83.7 13.3 7.5
RF  Gus Zernial 31 158 582 99 158 15 2 40 122 0 0 76 126 .271 .352 .510 .863 105.6 19.5 1.8
C  Stan Lopata 28 142 481 84 114 33 3 24 88 0 0 111 126 .237 .377 .468 .845 90.2 16.8 4.9
1B  Eddie Yost 27 130 439 107 120 20 1 30 77 0 0 126 90 .273 .437 .528 .965 101.7 21.9 3.5
CF  Bob Cerv 28 139 472 74 132 16 4 17 51 1 2 50 72 .280 .350 .439 .789 72.3 12.8 1.7
SS  Jack Lohrke 30 125 381 55 85 17 1 11 50 1 0 68 28 .223 .338 .360 .697 51.8 7.1 4.8
RF  Andy Pafko 33 124 306 38 75 6 0 11 37 0 3 31 31 .245 .319 .373 .691 36.8 4.2 1.4
LF *Don Mueller 27 81 204 22 52 3 1 6 24 0 0 2 7 .255 .260 .368 .627 17.6 1.0 0.5
2B #Red Schoendienst 31 86 148 24 52 13 0 1 20 0 0 15 5 .351 .409 .459 .868 24.8 5.3 1.3
P  Ray Herbert 24 44 119 6 18 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 44 .151 .165 .176 .342 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Friend 23 44 122 7 16 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 39 .131 .131 .172 .303 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Sullivan 24 38 96 4 15 4 0 0 9 0 0 3 35 .156 .182 .198 .380 1.6 0.0 0.0
SS  Bob Kennedy 33 54 100 16 24 1 2 3 16 0 0 11 8 .240 .315 .380 .695 11.8 1.4 0.5
C  Sam Calderone 28 34 94 11 25 3 1 1 14 0 0 2 2 .266 .278 .351 .629 7.7 0.3 0.8
P #Russ Meyer 30 33 77 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 26 .078 .101 .078 .179 -2.6 0.0 0.0
CF  Rip Repulski 26 31 73 12 23 3 1 1 10 0 0 8 7 .315 .390 .425 .815 10.3 2.0 0.8
C  Ray Lamanno 34 28 65 5 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 8 .200 .257 .215 .473 2.6 0.0 0.4
SS  Creepy Crespi 36 27 48 4 9 1 1 0 6 0 0 3 13 .188 .235 .250 .485 2.7 0.0 1.0
CF *Jim Rivera 31 67 18 17 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 .278 .278 .278 .556 1.5 0.2 0.1
P  Saul Rogovin 30 46 8 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.8 0.1 0.0
1B *Bob Boyd 28 5 7 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .714 1.286 2.0 0.5 0.0
3B *Fred Hatfield 29 5 6 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 1.167 1.833 2.6 0.8 0.2
P *Lou Brissie 30 48 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Clem Labine 27 68 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.7 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 2025 5651 887 1472 232 21 231 858 9 7 735 899 .260 .345 .432 .777 841.6 150.3 35.0
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 3 5 8 1 2 7 2 1 6 4 3 2 2 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Bob Friend 23 21 16 .568 44 44 0 346.7 403 153 17 80 132 3.97 24.3
 Ray Herbert 24 19 15 .559 44 44 0 344.7 403 178 29 87 101 4.65 17.9
 Frank Sullivan 24 11 16 .407 38 38 0 290.7 301 142 35 90 156 4.40 16.5
 Russ Meyer 30 13 9 .591 33 33 0 238.0 229 110 23 115 128 4.16 14.5
 Clem Labine 27 8 4 .667 68 0 10 76.7 72 46 7 46 27 5.40 6.5
 Saul Rogovin 30 6 1 .857 46 2 3 62.7 86 34 9 36 43 4.88 4.2
*Lou Brissie 30 6 5 .545 48 1 1 61.3 60 33 8 40 25 4.84 3.4
 Karl Drews 34 8 3 .727 54 0 5 56.3 57 27 4 30 30 4.31 6.5
 Ray Lamanno 34 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.0
 Bob Chakales 26 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 2 4 1 2 1 109.09 0.0
Team Totals 28.2 93 69 .574 377 162 19 1479.3 1613 727 133 528 643 4.42 93.7
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 7 1 1 8 1 3 2 8 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 30.5
S.Lopata 1216.0 131 139 563 44 6 2 .990 24.6
S.Calderone 186.3 22 23 91 7 0 0 1.000 25.0
R.Lamanno 77.0 9 9 29 4 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1479.3 162 171 683 55 6 2 .992 25.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.43
J.Adcock 1317.7 148 152 1717 133 9 158 .995 12.64
R.Schoendienst 80.0 6 16 109 10 1 7 .992 13.39
R.Lamanno 60.0 7 11 72 10 0 11 1.000 12.30
B.Boyd 9.0 1 2 14 3 0 1 1.000 17.00
D.Mueller 4.0 0 2 7 0 0 1 1.000 15.75
J.Lohrke 4.0 0 2 5 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
R.Repulski 2.7 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.15
E.Yost 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1479.3 162 188 1931 157 10 179 .995 12.70
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.96
W.Jones 1300.3 145 151 339 604 7 124 .993 6.53
C.Crespi 122.0 13 22 33 75 2 13 .982 7.97
R.Schoendienst 49.0 4 10 11 24 0 5 1.000 6.43
F.Hatfield 5.0 0 2 1 5 0 2 1.000 10.80
J.Lohrke 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1479.3 162 186 385 709 9 144 .992 6.66
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.85
E.Yost 938.0 103 104 54 254 23 19 .931 2.96
A.Pafko 298.0 31 47 20 77 8 6 .924 2.93
R.Repulski 152.0 19 19 11 48 1 3 .983 3.49
B.Kennedy 71.0 8 13 2 13 3 2 .833 1.90
F.Hatfield 13.0 1 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.15
C.Crespi 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Lohrke 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Jones 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1479.3 162 189 88 398 35 30 .933 2.96
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.24
J.Lohrke 1019.0 115 118 179 486 20 83 .971 5.87
R.Schoendienst 182.0 18 32 34 88 6 19 .953 6.03
E.Yost 160.3 17 20 30 62 3 15 .968 5.16
B.Kennedy 113.3 12 19 19 38 3 9 .950 4.53
W.Jones 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Crespi 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1479.3 162 192 262 674 32 126 .967 5.69
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.97
R.Sievers 1320.0 147 150 257 9 6 4 .978 1.81
A.Pafko 86.0 8 12 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
D.Mueller 39.0 5 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
R.Schoendienst 25.3 2 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.71
B.Cerv 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Zernial 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Kennedy 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Adcock 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1479.3 162 181 289 9 6 4 .980 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.51
B.Cerv 988.3 105 126 248 10 3 3 .989 2.35
D.Mueller 261.7 32 33 55 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
A.Pafko 203.0 24 29 51 1 0 1 1.000 2.31
J.Rivera 22.3 1 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
R.Sievers 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
R.Repulski 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1479.3 162 198 363 12 3 4 .992 2.28
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
G.Zernial 1310.3 144 147 273 11 6 3 .979 1.95
A.Pafko 88.3 9 12 17 0 1 0 .944 1.73
D.Mueller 43.0 6 6 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.56
B.Kennedy 14.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Rivera 13.7 0 7 5 0 1 0 .833 3.29
R.Repulski 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
R.Sievers 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1479.3 162 176 316 11 8 3 .976 1.99
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.19
B.Friend 346.7 44 44 15 65 3 5 .964 2.08
R.Herbert 344.7 44 44 26 76 3 10 .971 2.66
F.Sullivan 290.7 38 38 21 71 1 4 .989 2.85
R.Meyer 238.0 33 33 24 40 5 5 .928 2.42
C.Labine 76.7 0 68 4 9 1 3 .929 1.53
S.Rogovin 62.7 2 46 2 15 0 0 1.000 2.44
L.Brissie 61.3 1 48 4 15 0 0 1.000 2.79
K.Drews 56.3 0 54 5 19 0 1 1.000 3.83
R.Lamanno 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Chakales 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1479.3 162 377 101 310 13 28 .969 2.50
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Adcock .310
On-Base Pct Yost .437
Slugging Pct Adcock .575
OPS Yost .965
XR Adcock 115.8
Games Zernial, Adcock 158
At-Bats Adcock 609
Runs Adcock, Yost 107
Hits Adcock 189
Total Bases Adcock 350
Singles Adcock, Sievers 116
Doubles Sievers 39
Triples Cerv 4
Homeruns Adcock 44
RBIs Adcock 144
Stolen Bases Jones 4
Caught Stealing Pafko 3
Walks Yost 126
Strikeouts Zernial, Lopata 126
ERA Friend 3.97
Wins Friend 21
Losses Friend, Sullivan 16
Winning Pct Meyer .591
Saves Labine 10
Games Pitched Labine 68
Games Started Friend, Herbert 44
Complete Games Friend 15
Shutouts Friend 3
Innings Pitched Friend 346.7
Hits Allowed Friend, Herbert 403
Homeruns Allowed Sullivan 35
Strikeouts Sullivan 156
Walks Allowed Meyer 115
Walks per 9IP Friend 2.1
Hits per 9IP Meyer 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Meyer 4.8
WHiP Sullivan 1.35
OAVG Meyer .256
OOBP Sullivan .320
OSLG Meyer .384
OOPS Friend .713
Team All-Stars
Joe Adcock
Ray Herbert
Roy Sievers
Eddie Yost
Gus Zernial
Player Salaries
Russ Meyer $ 5,280,000
Joe Adcock $ 5,007,143
Roy Sievers $ 4,278,571
Bob Friend $ 4,164,286
Gus Zernial $ 4,150,000
Andy Pafko $ 4,000,000
Eddie Yost $ 3,907,143
Bob Cerv $ 3,078,571
Saul Rogovin $ 2,811,429
Stan Lopata $ 2,807,143
Willie Jones $ 2,760,000
Jack Lohrke $ 2,564,286
Lou Brissie $ 2,285,714
Bob Kennedy $ 1,880,000
Karl Drews $ 1,400,000
Damon Phillips $ 400,000
Clem Labine $ 350,000
Ray Lamanno $ 300,300
Don Mueller $ 300,000
Ray Herbert $ 300,000
Fred Hatfield $ 300,000
Rip Repulski $ 300,000
Jim Rivera $ 300,000
Tex Clevenger $ 300,000
Bob Chakales $ 300,000
Red Schoendienst $ 300,000
Sam Calderone $ 300,000
Bill Burgo $ 300,000
Frank Sullivan $ 300,000
Bob Boyd $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Kent Peterson New York (N) Frank Sullivan
Rip Repulski
$2,000,000
2/10 Signed     Damon Phillips
2/10 Signed     Creepy Crespi
7/31 Traded Jack Banta New York (N) Lennie Merullo
$4,000,000
10/21 Released Creepy Crespi