1953 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 88-74
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 871
Runs Allowed: 765
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,546,519
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 4th in the NL
AA: 70-67, 3rd in the NL
A: 68-69, 5th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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 26 153 621 114 203 31 6 24 88 0 0 73 81 .327 .395 .512 .907 122.8 25.6 2.2
1B  Eddie Yost 26 154 528 84 126 24 3 19 83 1 0 121 114 .239 .383 .403 .786 86.2 13.8 4.3
SS  Willie Jones 27 151 543 83 142 24 4 26 88 1 0 67 28 .262 .340 .464 .804 86.7 13.5 7.2
SS  Jack Lohrke 29 150 535 80 140 30 5 12 68 3 1 73 41 .262 .349 .404 .753 76.6 12.0 3.7
1B  Joe Adcock 25 143 537 101 155 19 3 48 132 0 0 60 75 .289 .357 .603 .960 107.7 20.7 3.0
C  Stan Lopata 27 139 458 76 106 33 4 26 93 0 0 108 131 .231 .378 .491 .869 86.6 15.7 2.9
RF  Gus Zernial 30 133 489 83 132 11 0 31 81 0 0 59 114 .270 .348 .483 .830 81.6 13.5 2.1
CF  Bob Cerv 27 117 394 75 113 12 5 22 57 6 1 43 62 .287 .355 .510 .866 70.0 12.8 2.2
RF  Andy Pafko 32 112 361 44 104 9 2 12 55 1 2 29 30 .288 .341 .424 .765 48.6 7.3 1.9
SS  Bob Kennedy 32 95 213 27 55 9 2 4 30 1 1 15 12 .258 .307 .376 .683 22.1 2.3 1.7
C  Ray Lamanno 33 91 192 24 57 3 1 3 18 0 1 8 36 .297 .323 .370 .693 20.9 2.3 0.9
P  Bob Friend 22 44 122 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 37 .074 .089 .090 .179 -4.7 0.0 0.0
3B  Luis Olmo 33 80 117 17 29 3 0 6 19 0 2 5 10 .248 .280 .427 .707 12.8 0.8 1.0
P  Ray Herbert 23 41 102 9 19 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 24 .186 .198 .225 .424 4.3 0.0 0.0
P  Kent Peterson 27 44 98 4 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 27 .061 .069 .061 .131 -4.5 0.0 0.0
P  Saul Rogovin 29 32 83 4 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 21 .120 .151 .120 .272 -0.9 0.0 0.0
1B *Bob Boyd 27 30 80 9 21 3 0 0 9 0 1 6 2 .263 .310 .300 .610 7.2 0.3 0.5
P #Russ Meyer 29 88 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Sam Calderone 27 20 21 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .364 .381 .745 2.4 0.4 0.1
RF  Bill Burgo 33 13 19 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .316 .350 .421 .771 1.9 0.2 0.1
CF *Jim Rivera 30 55 13 22 4 0 1 0 2 8 2 1 0 .308 .357 .462 .819 2.9 0.5 0.1
2B #Red Schoendienst 30 5 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Lou Brissie 29 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Clem Labine 26 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Lou Sleater 26 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.2 1971 5558 871 1448 218 37 233 844 21 11 678 853 .261 .340 .439 .779 830.9 141.6 33.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 3 4 6 2 1 3 8 1 3 6 4 4 1 3 3  
* - 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 22 22 15 .595 44 44 0 352.3 377 137 17 92 127 3.50 27.5
*Kent Peterson 27 15 12 .556 44 44 0 297.7 238 109 12 148 265 3.30 24.8
 Ray Herbert 23 17 14 .548 41 36 0 293.3 319 140 20 82 97 4.30 17.9
 Saul Rogovin 29 13 13 .500 32 32 0 238.7 256 131 36 86 128 4.94 8.7
 Russ Meyer 29 9 9 .500 88 6 11 126.7 134 77 20 67 80 5.47 5.4
 Karl Drews 33 5 8 .385 52 0 10 56.3 73 43 8 22 29 6.87 0.6
 Clem Labine 26 3 2 .600 43 0 1 44.3 53 41 3 36 19 8.32 0.0
*Lou Brissie 29 4 0 1.000 26 0 0 29.7 23 11 1 9 12 3.34 3.6
*Lou Sleater 26 0 1 .000 12 0 0 14.3 13 11 1 19 5 6.91 0.0
Team Totals 27.1 88 74 .543 382 162 22 1453.3 1486 700 118 561 762 4.33 88.5
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 6 4 6 6 1 4 2 6 5  
* - 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 30.8
S.Lopata 1174.7 130 137 628 41 4 1 .994 13.1
R.Lamanno 265.7 31 33 134 12 0 0 1.000 33.3
S.Calderone 13.0 1 4 10 1 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1453.3 162 174 772 54 4 1 .995 17.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.51
J.Adcock 1119.0 128 129 1391 122 14 119 .991 12.17
B.Boyd 199.7 23 28 242 22 1 21 .996 11.90
R.Lamanno 90.0 7 18 112 9 0 13 1.000 12.10
E.Yost 26.0 3 3 29 3 0 3 1.000 11.08
R.Schoendienst 7.0 1 2 10 0 0 1 1.000 12.86
J.Rivera 5.0 0 1 7 1 0 1 1.000 14.40
L.Olmo 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
A.Pafko 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Sievers 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1453.3 162 184 1797 157 15 159 .992 12.10
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.90
W.Jones 1318.7 148 148 313 599 17 115 .982 6.22
L.Olmo 134.7 14 20 31 64 0 9 1.000 6.35
Team Total 1453.3 162 168 344 663 17 124 .983 6.24
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.87
E.Yost 1242.3 141 142 78 321 24 25 .943 2.89
B.Kennedy 152.7 17 25 17 51 2 4 .971 4.01
A.Pafko 34.0 4 5 2 6 2 1 .800 2.12
L.Olmo 21.3 0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Lohrke 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.3 162 181 98 385 28 30 .945 2.99
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
J.Lohrke 1284.7 148 149 203 521 20 97 .973 5.07
B.Kennedy 108.0 12 14 17 40 2 10 .966 4.75
L.Olmo 38.3 2 15 3 11 0 1 1.000 3.29
E.Yost 11.0 0 6 2 7 0 2 1.000 7.36
R.Schoendienst 6.3 0 1 3 3 1 0 .857 8.53
W.Jones 5.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1453.3 162 187 228 585 23 110 .972 5.03
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.95
R.Sievers 1269.3 145 146 251 3 3 0 .988 1.80
A.Pafko 75.0 8 11 15 0 2 0 .882 1.80
B.Kennedy 59.0 7 7 19 1 0 0 1.000 3.05
G.Zernial 24.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Cerv 18.0 1 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
J.Adcock 4.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Olmo 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Burgo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.3 162 187 289 4 5 0 .983 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.56
B.Cerv 831.3 92 104 232 2 0 1 1.000 2.53
A.Pafko 571.0 67 70 160 5 4 1 .976 2.60
B.Burgo 25.0 3 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.24
L.Olmo 16.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56
R.Sievers 7.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Rivera 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1453.3 162 189 405 7 4 2 .990 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.97
G.Zernial 1081.7 124 125 229 9 3 3 .988 1.98
A.Pafko 126.7 12 17 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.71
J.Adcock 92.0 10 11 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
B.Kennedy 86.0 10 13 23 1 1 0 .960 2.51
R.Sievers 27.0 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Rivera 19.3 1 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
B.Burgo 11.7 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
B.Cerv 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.3 162 183 312 11 4 3 .988 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.19
B.Friend 352.3 44 44 25 71 1 6 .990 2.45
K.Peterson 297.7 44 44 18 53 1 3 .986 2.15
R.Herbert 293.3 36 41 24 80 1 8 .990 3.19
S.Rogovin 238.7 32 32 18 29 3 0 .940 1.77
R.Meyer 126.7 6 88 6 23 2 0 .935 2.06
K.Drews 56.3 0 52 2 12 1 1 .933 2.24
C.Labine 44.3 0 43 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.62
L.Brissie 29.7 0 26 3 4 0 1 1.000 2.12
L.Sleater 14.3 0 12 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.88
Team Total 1453.3 162 382 98 281 9 19 .977 2.35
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Sievers .327
On-Base Pct Sievers .395
Slugging Pct Adcock .603
OPS Adcock .960
XR Sievers 122.8
Games Yost 154
At-Bats Sievers 621
Runs Sievers 114
Hits Sievers 203
Total Bases Adcock 324
Singles Sievers 142
Doubles Lopata 33
Triples Sievers 6
Homeruns Adcock 48
RBIs Adcock 132
Stolen Bases Rivera 8
Caught Stealing Olmo, Pafko, Rivera 2
Walks Yost 121
Strikeouts Lopata 131
ERA Peterson 3.30
Wins Friend 22
Losses Friend 15
Winning Pct Friend .595
Saves Meyer 11
Games Pitched Meyer 88
Games Started Friend, Peterson 44
Complete Games Friend 18
Shutouts Friend 3
Innings Pitched Friend 352.3
Hits Allowed Friend 377
Homeruns Allowed Rogovin 36
Strikeouts Peterson 265
Walks Allowed Peterson 148
Walks per 9IP Friend 2.4
Hits per 9IP Peterson 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 8.0
WHiP Peterson 1.30
OAVG Peterson .219
OOBP Peterson .315
OSLG Peterson .305
OOPS Peterson .619
Team All-Stars
Bob Friend
Stan Lopata
Roy Sievers
Player Salaries
Kent Peterson $ 18,000,000
Russ Meyer $ 5,280,000
Gus Zernial $ 4,150,000
Andy Pafko $ 4,000,000
Eddie Yost $ 3,907,143
Roy Sievers $ 3,364,286
Saul Rogovin $ 2,811,429
Willie Jones $ 2,760,000
Luis Olmo $ 2,500,000
Lou Brissie $ 2,285,714
Bob Kennedy $ 1,880,000
Karl Drews $ 1,400,000
Roy Bruner $ 1,100,000
Jack Banta $ 350,000
Bill Burgo $ 350,000
Ray Lamanno $ 300,300
Joe Adcock $ 300,000
Ray Herbert $ 300,000
Bob Friend $ 300,000
Jack Lohrke $ 300,000
Bob Cerv $ 300,000
Sam Calderone $ 300,000
Stan Lopata $ 300,000
Jim Rivera $ 300,000
Red Schoendienst $ 300,000
Bob Boyd $ 300,000
Lou Sleater $ 300,000
Clem Labine $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Preston Ward New York (A) Bob Cerv