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1953 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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Major League Baseball team season

1953 Pittsburgh Pirates

League

National League

Ballpark

Forbes Field

City

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1]

Owners

John W. Galbreath(majority shareholder);Bing Crosby,Thomas P. Johnson,Branch Rickey(minority shareholders)

Radio

WWSW
Rosey Rowswell,Bob Prince

← 1952

Seasons

1954 →

The1953Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 72nd in franchise history. In April 1953, theNew York Yankees visitedForbes Field and played two preseason games against the Pirates.Mickey Mantle hit a 500-foot home run that landed on the roof.^[2]

Offseason

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October 14, 1952:Gus Bell was traded by the Pirates to theCincinnati Reds forCal Abrams,Joe Rossi, andGail Henley.^[3]
Prior to 1953 season:Don Williams was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[4]
March 19, 1953:Johnny O'Brien was signed by the Pirates as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).^[5]
March 19, 1953:Eddie O'Brien was signed by the Pirates as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).^[6]

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	105	49	.682	—	60‍–‍17	45‍–‍32
Milwaukee Braves	92	62	.597	13	45‍–‍31	47‍–‍31
Philadelphia Phillies	83	71	.539	22	48‍–‍29	35‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals	83	71	.539	22	48‍–‍30	35‍–‍41
New York Giants	70	84	.455	35	38‍–‍39	32‍–‍45
Cincinnati Redlegs	68	86	.442	37	38‍–‍39	30‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs	65	89	.422	40	43‍–‍34	22‍–‍55
Pittsburgh Pirates	50	104	.325	55	26‍–‍51	24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

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1953 National League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Team	BRO	CHC	CIN	MIL	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Brooklyn	—	13–9–1	15–7	13–9	15–7	14–8	20–2	15–7
Chicago	9–13–1	—	12–10	8–14	9–13	5–17	11–11	11–11
Cincinnati	7–15	10–12	—	8–14	9–13	12–10	15–7	7–15–1
Milwaukee	9–13	14–8	14–8	—	14–8–1	13–9–1	15–7	13–9–1
New York	7–15	13–9	13–9	8–14–1	—	9–13	11–11	9–13
Philadelphia	8–14	17–5	10–12	9–13–1	13–9	—	15–7	11–11–1
Pittsburgh	2–20	11–11	7–15	7–15	11–11	7–15	—	5–17
St. Louis	7–15	11–11	15–7–1	9–13–1	13–9	11–11–1	17–5	—

Game log

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1953 Game Log: 50–104 (Home: 26–51; Away: 24–53)

April: 5–9 (Home: 5–3; Away: 0–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 14	@Dodgers	5–8	Black	Dickson (0–1)	—	12,433	0–1
2	April 15	@Dodgers	2–4	Meyer	Lindell (0–1)	—	3,149	0–2
3	April 16	Phillies	14–12	Dickson (1–1)	Hansen	—	16,220	1–2
4	April 19	Dodgers	4–12	Erskine	Dickson (1–2)	—	8,801	1–3
5	April 21	Giants	5–4	Friend (1–0)	Maglie	—		2–3
6	April 22	Giants	2–4	Hearn	LaPalme (0–1)	Wilhelm	10,603	2–4
7	April 23	Giants	6–5	Pollet (1–0)	Koslo	Hetki (1)	4,372	3–4
8	April 24	@Phillies	3–5	Konstanty	Hall (0–1)	—	6,506	3–5
9	April 25	@Phillies	6–7	Simmons	Lindell (0–2)	Hansen	6,265	3–6
10	April 26	@Phillies	5–7	Roberts	Friend (1–1)	—		3–7
11	April 26	@Phillies	1–8	Drews	Macdonald (0–1)	—	18,490	3–8
12	April 28	Cubs	3–5	Rush	LaPalme (0–2)	Leonard	5,870	3–9
13	April 29	Cubs	4–3	Dickson (2–2)	Hacker	—	8,744	4–9
14	April 30	Cubs	4–2	Face (1–0)	Minner	—	2,930	5–9

May: 8–19 (Home: 6–8; Away: 2–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
15	May 1	Reds	8–3	Pettit (1–0)	Perkowski	Dickson (1)	14,826	6–9
16	May 2	Reds	12–4	LaPalme (1–2)	Podbielan	—	7,437	7–9
17	May 3	Cardinals	8–2	Lindell (1–2)	Haddix	—	26,001	8–9
18	May 4	Cardinals	0–5	Mizell	Dickson (2–3)	—	18,778	8–10
19	May 9	@Giants	2–0	Lindell (2–2)	Jansen	—		9–10
20	May 9	@Giants	4–6	Wilhelm	Pettit (1–1)	—	9,889	9–11
21	May 10	@Giants	0–4	Maglie	Dickson (2–4)	—		9–12
22	May 10	@Giants	2–3	Hiller	Pollet (1–1)	—	17,940	9–13
23	May 14	@Braves	2–3	Wilson	Lindell (2–3)	—	15,438	9–14
24	May 15	@Braves	3–4	Surkont	Friend (1–2)	—	8,744	9–15
25	May 16	@Cubs	3–2	Dickson (3–4)	Rush	Hetki (2)	9,728	10–15
26	May 17	@Cubs	2–6	Minner	LaPalme (1–3)	—		10–16
27	May 17	@Cubs	3–7(7)	Klippstein	Pettit (1–2)	Hacker	7,745	10–17
28	May 19	@Cardinals	1–2	Staley	Lindell (2–4)	Miller	7,607	10–18
29	May 20	@Cardinals	6–11	Presko	Friend (1–3)	Brazle	5,715	10–19
30	May 21	Phillies	7–2	Dickson (4–4)	Drews	—	7,507	11–19
31	May 23	Giants	8–4	LaPalme (2–3)	Gomez	—	7,444	12–19
32	May 24	Giants	3–11	Jansen	Lindell (2–5)	Wilhelm	20,966	12–20
33	May 25	Giants	3–6	Hiller	Friend (1–4)	—	2,369	12–21
34	May 27	Phillies	2–14	Roberts	Dickson (4–5)	—		12–22
35	May 27	Phillies	8–6	Face (2–0)	Drews	Dickson (2)	16,935	13–22
36	May 28	Phillies	8–9	Konstanty	LaPalme (2–4)	—	2,437	13–23
37	May 29	Dodgers	4–7	Meyer	Lindell (2–6)	Hughes	3,902	13–24
38	May 30	Dodgers	4–7	Wade	Dickson (4–6)	—		13–25
39	May 30	Dodgers	1–4	Podres	Friend (1–5)	Erskine	31,029	13–26
40	May 31	@Dodgers	3–4	Loes	LaPalme (2–5)	Hughes	25,277	13–27
41	May 31	@Dodgers	1–4(7)	Milliken	Hetki (0–1)	—	25,277	13–28

June: 12–22 (Home: 6–11; Away: 6–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
42	June 2	Cubs	4–3(11)	Hetki (1–1)	Klippstein	—	8,158	14–28
43	June 3	Cubs	1–0	LaPalme (3–5)	Hacker	—	8,165	15–28
44	June 4	Cubs	6–1	Hall (1–1)	Minner	—	3,182	16–28
45	June 5	Reds	4–7	Wehmeier	Bowman (0–1)	—	12,229	16–29
46	June 6	Reds	7–15	Smith	Friend (1–6)	Collum	6,685	16–30
47	June 7	Reds	1–6	Podbielan	Schultz (0–1)	—		16–31
48	June 7	Reds	6–11	Nuxhall	Lindell (2–7)	Perkowski	9,021	16–32
49	June 8	Cardinals	3–5(12)	Brazle	Hetki (1–2)	Miller	7,643	16–33
50	June 9	Cardinals	7–4	Hall (2–1)	Haddix	—	1,894	17–33
51	June 10	Cardinals	1–5	Presko	Friend (1–7)	White	8,937	17–34
52	June 11	Cardinals	3–5	Miller	Lindell (2–8)	White	2,178	17–35
53	June 12	Braves	4–2	Dickson (5–6)	Antonelli	—		18–35
54	June 12	Braves	2–11	Surkont	Schultz (0–2)	—	17,344	18–36
55	June 13	Braves	4–5	Burdette	LaPalme (3–6)	—	5,134	18–37
56	June 14	Braves	3–7	Liddle	Hall (2–2)	—		18–38
57	June 14	Braves	0–8	Buhl	Bowman (0–2)	—	15,083	18–39
58	June 15	Braves	3–2(10)	Friend (2–7)	Wilson	—	6,548	19–39
59	June 16	@Cubs	6–5	Lindell (3–8)	Minner	—		20–39
60	June 16	@Cubs	2–3	Pollet	Dickson (5–7)	Klippstein	11,427	20–40
61	June 17	@Cubs	4–5(16)	Lown	Hetki (1–3)	—	5,422	20–41
62	June 18	@Cubs	4–8	Rush	Hall (2–3)	Leonard	3,969	20–42
63	June 19	@Cardinals	2–10	Mizell	LaPalme (3–7)	—	7,552	20–43
64	June 20	@Cardinals	1–2	Presko	Friend (2–8)	—	9,019	20–44
65	June 21	@Cardinals	5–2	Dickson (6–7)	Miller	—	10,451	21–44
66	June 22	@Cardinals	3–6	Staley	Lindell (3–9)	—	5,625	21–45
67	June 23	@Braves	1–0	Hall (3–3)	Spahn	—	26,299	22–45
68	June 24	@Braves	10–1	Face (3–0)	Bickford	—	21,438	23–45
69	June 25	@Braves	6–4(12)	Hetki (2–3)	Buhl	—	14,841	24–45
70	June 26	@Reds	4–8	Nuxhall	Dickson (6–8)	King		24–46
71	June 26	@Reds	1–4	Collum	LaPalme (3–8)	—	7,758	24–47
72	June 27	@Reds	5–15	Perkowski	Face (3–1)	—	2,599	24–48
73	June 28	@Reds	1–4	Baczewski	Hall (3–4)	—		24–49
74	June 28	@Reds	2–9	Raffensberger	Bowman (0–3)	—	10,432	24–50
75	June 30	@Giants	3–1	Dickson (7–8)	Gomez	—	13,805	25–50

July: 8–23 (Home: 5–15; Away: 3–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
76	July 1	@Giants	5–3(11)	Hetki (3–3)	Wilhelm	—	4,429	26–50
77	July 4	@Dodgers	5–6	Hughes	Hall (3–5)	Wade	30,029	26–51
78	July 4	@Dodgers	5–2	Friend (3–8)	Loes	—	30,029	27–51
79	July 5	Phillies	0–2(10)	Roberts	Dickson (7–9)	—		27–52
80	July 5	Phillies	7–4	Waugh (1–0)	Ridzik	LaPalme (1)	11,404	28–52
81	July 6	Dodgers	2–14	Meyer	LaPalme (3–9)	Hughes	13,497	28–53
82	July 7	Dodgers	4–5	Erskine	Lindell (3–10)	Wade		28–54
83	July 7	Dodgers	5–9	Roe	Hall (3–6)	Milliken	9,687	28–55
84	July 8	Giants	7–10(11)	Jansen	Hetki (3–4)	Koslo	7,095	28–56
85	July 9	Giants	0–4	Gomez	Face (3–2)	—	3,391	28–57
86	July 10	@Phillies	3–13	Simmons	Dickson (7–10)	—	6,466	28–58
87	July 11	@Phillies	4–8	Ridzik	Dickson (7–11)	—	3,608	28–59
88	July 12	@Phillies	4–6	Roberts	Face (3–3)	—		28–60
89	July 12	@Phillies	5–6	Ridzik	LaPalme (3–10)	—	10,806	28–61
90	July 16	Braves	5–2	Friend (4–8)	Antonelli	—	11,775	29–61
91	July 17	Braves	2–8	Spahn	Hall (3–7)	—	11,565	29–62
92	July 18	Braves	3–4	Liddle	Waugh (1–1)	Burdette	4,674	29–63
93	July 19	Cardinals	2–8	Haddix	Dickson (7–12)	—		29–64
94	July 19	Cardinals	6–4	LaPalme (4–10)	Mizell	—	9,045	30–64
95	July 20	Cardinals	4–9	Chambers	Friend (4–9)	White	9,045	30–65
96	July 21	Reds	2–7	Raffensberger	Waugh (1–2)	—	7,594	30–66
97	July 22	Reds	3–2	LaPalme (5–10)	Collum	—	1,567	31–66
98	July 23	Reds	0–7	Perkowski	Dickson (7–13)	—	1,807	31–67
99	July 24	Cubs	1–7	Minner	Hall (3–8)	—	10,406	31–68
100	July 25	Cubs	4–5	Lown	Lindell (3–11)	Leonard	4,217	31–69
101	July 26	Cubs	3–2	Face (4–3)	Leonard	—		32–69
102	July 26	Cubs	3–7	Hacker	Waugh (1–3)	Klippstein	11,358	32–70
103	July 28	@Cardinals	4–6	Chambers	LaPalme (5–11)	Presko	7,973	32–71
104	July 29	@Cardinals	2–8	Haddix	Lindell (3–12)	—	7,418	32–72
105	July 30	@Cardinals	4–10	Erautt	Hetki (3–5)	—	3,402	32–73
106	July 31	@Cubs	4–0	Dickson (8–13)	Minner	—	5,412	33–73

August: 8–22 (Home: 2–11; Away: 6–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
107	August 1	@Cubs	10–3	Lindell (4–12)	Pollet	—	8,017	34–73
108	August 2	@Cubs	6–7(11)	Lown	Dickson (8–14)	—	14,110	34–74
109	August 3	@Reds	0–5	Nuxhall	LaPalme (5–12)	—	3,499	34–75
110	August 4	@Reds	2–1	Face (5–3)	Collum	Dickson (3)	4,463	35–75
111	August 5	@Reds	6–4	Waugh (2–3)	Podbielan	Hetki (3)	1,797	36–75
112	August 6	@Reds	4–3	Lindell (5–12)	King	LaPalme (2)	2,054	37–75
113	August 7	@Braves	2–9	Bickford	Dickson (8–15)	—	26,902	37–76
114	August 8	@Braves	4–7	Burdette	Hall (3–9)	—	17,163	37–77
115	August 9	@Braves	4–7	Johnson	LaPalme (5–13)	Liddle		37–78
116	August 9	@Braves	3–10	Wilson	Face (5–4)	—	33,376	37–79
117	August 11	Phillies	0–3	Simmons	Dickson (8–16)	—	8,985	37–80
118	August 12	Phillies	4–8	Roberts	Lindell (5–13)	—	6,505	37–81
119	August 13	Phillies	4–3	LaPalme (6–13)	Miller	—	2,373	38–81
120	August 15	@Dodgers	6–14	Wade	Face (5–5)	—	12,842	38–82
121	August 16	@Dodgers	1–3	Roe	Hall (3–10)	—	18,550	38–83
122	August 16	@Dodgers	5–9	Erskine	Dickson (8–17)	Labine	18,550	38–84
123	August 17	@Dodgers	2–5(11)	Labine	Lindell (5–14)	—	9,943	38–85
124	August 18	@Phillies	0–1	Ridzik	LaPalme (6–14)	Roberts	3,945	38–86
125	August 19	@Phillies	5–3	Face (6–5)	Simmons	—	4,554	39–86
126	August 20	@Phillies	5–2	Waugh (3–3)	Roberts	—	4,376	40–86
127	August 21	Dodgers	7–1	Dickson (9–17)	Podres	—	12,459	41–86
128	August 22	Dodgers	3–5	Roe	Hall (3–11)	Labine	7,033	41–87
129	August 23	Dodgers	4–10	Meyer	Lindell (5–15)	—	1,848	41–88
130	August 23	Dodgers	7–9	Labine	Friend (4–10)	—	1,848	41–89
131	August 25	Reds	6–8	Collum	Hetki (3–6)	Kelly		41–90
132	August 25	Reds	8–9	Baczewski	Bowman (0–4)	—	8,370	41–91
133	August 28	Cardinals	9–10	White	Hall (3–12)	Staley	7,021	41–92
134	August 29	Cardinals	4–5	Mizell	Dickson (9–18)	Brazle	3,145	41–93
135	August 30	Braves	4–19	Antonelli	Lindell (5–16)	—		41–94
136	August 30	Braves	5–11	Liddle	LaPalme (6–15)	—	9,458	41–95

September: 9–9 (Home: 2–3; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
137	September 2	Cubs	8–1	Friend (5–10)	Simpson	—	5,659	42–95
138	September 6	Phillies	2–7	Drews	Face (6–6)	—	5,890	42–96
139	September 7	@Giants	9–7	Friend (6–10)	Worthington	—		43–96
140	September 7	@Giants	5–3	LaPalme (7–15)	Hearn	—	6,903	44–96
141	September 9	@Cubs	7–8	Simpson	Face (6–7)	—	2,319	44–97
142	September 11	@Cardinals	3–5	Mizell	Waugh (3–4)	Brazle	4,728	44–98
143	September 12	@Cardinals	8–7(12)	Dickson (10–18)	Chambers	—	4,119	45–98
144	September 13	@Reds	5–4	LaPalme (8–15)	Raffensberger	—		46–98
145	September 13	@Reds	6–8	Smith	Dickson (10–19)	—	7,454	46–99
146	September 15	@Braves	7–5	Friend (7–10)	Burdette	Hall (1)	32,145	47–99
147	September 16	@Braves	3–7	Buhl	Face (6–8)	—	18,912	47–100
148	September 19	@Giants	1–4	Worthington	LaPalme (8–16)	Jansen		47–101
149	September 19	@Giants	6–5	Waugh (4–4)	Hearn	Dickson (4)	2,744	48–101
150	September 20	@Giants	8–4	Friend (8–10)	Gomez	—	4,717	49–101
151	September 22	@Dodgers	4–5	Podres	Hogue (0–1)	Labine	2,365	49–102
152	September 25	Giants	2–6	Worthington	Friend (8–11)	—	3,367	49–103
153	September 26	Giants	3–5	Jansen	Waugh (4–5)	—	1,385	49–104
154	September 27	Giants	6–4	Hogue (1–1)	Corwin	—	17,367	50–104

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

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June 4, 1953:Ralph Kiner,Joe Garagiola,Catfish Metkovich, andHowie Pollet were traded by the Pirates to theChicago Cubs forToby Atwell,Bob Schultz,Preston Ward,George Freese,Bob Addis,Gene Hermanski, and $150,000.^[7]
June 14, 1953:Pete Castiglione was traded by the Pirates to theSt. Louis Cardinals forHal Rice.^[8]

Roster

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1953 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 32Roger Bowman 22Murry Dickson 26Roy Face 19Bob Friend 36Bob Hall 29Johnny Hetki 32Cal Hogue 24Paul LaPalme 28Johnny Lindell 25Bill Macdonald 35Woody Main 20Paul Pettit 11Howie Pollet 37Bob Schultz 23Jim Waugh		Catchers 11Toby Atwell 9Ed Fitz Gerald 3Joe Garagiola 31Vic Janowicz 9Nick Koback 14Pete Naton 6Mike Sandlock 10Jack Shepard Infielders 16Pete Castiglione 12Dick Cole 5Dick Hall 44Catfish Metkovich 27Eddie O'Brien 30Johnny O'Brien 10Danny O'Connell 13Eddie Pellagrini 7Dick Smith 21Paul Smith 5Preston Ward		Outfielders 18Cal Abrams 17Carlos Bernier 16Brandy Davis 7Gene Hermanski 4Ralph Kiner 14Felipe Montemayor 44Hal Rice 15Frank Thomas Other batters 39Bob Addis 37Clem Koshorek		Manager 2Fred Haney Coaches 40John Fitzpatrick 43Sam Narron 42Bill Posedel 41Clyde Sukeforth

1953 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

39Bob Addis
37Clem Koshorek

Manager

2Fred Haney

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mike Sandlock	64	186	43	.231	0	12
1B	Preston Ward	88	281	59	.210	8	27
2B	Johnny O'Brien	89	279	69	.247	2	22
SS	Eddie O'Brien	89	261	62	.238	0	14
3B	Danny O'Connell	149	588	173	.294	7	55
OF	Cal Abrams	119	448	128	.286	15	43
OF	Frank Thomas	128	455	116	.255	30	102
OF	Carlos Bernier	105	310	66	.213	3	31

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Paul Smith	118	389	110	.283	4	44
Hal Rice	78	286	89	.311	4	42
Dick Cole	97	235	64	.272	0	23
Eddie Pellagrini	78	174	44	.253	4	19
Pete Castiglione	45	159	33	.208	4	21
Ralph Kiner	41	148	40	.270	7	29
Toby Atwell	53	139	34	.245	0	17
Vic Janowicz	42	123	31	.252	2	8
Joe Garagiola	27	73	17	.233	2	14
Gene Hermanski	41	62	11	.177	1	4
Felipe Montemayor	28	55	6	.109	0	2
Dick Smith	13	43	7	.163	0	2
Catfish Metkovich	26	41	6	.146	1	7
Brandy Davis	12	39	8	.205	0	2
Dick Hall	7	24	4	.167	0	1
Ed Fitz Gerald	6	17	2	.118	0	1
Nick Koback	7	16	2	.125	0	0
Pete Naton	6	12	2	.167	0	1
Jack Shepard	2	4	1	.250	0	0
Bob Addis	4	3	0	.000	0	0
Clem Koshorek	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Paul LaPalme	35	176.1	8	16	4.59	86
Johnny Lindell	27	175.2	5	16	4.71	102
Bob Friend	32	170.2	8	11	4.90	66

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Murry Dickson	45	200.2	10	19	4.53	88
Bob Hall	37	152.0	3	12	5.39	68
Roy Face	41	119.0	6	8	6.58	56
Jim Waugh	29	90.1	4	5	6.48	23
Paul Pettit	10	28.0	1	2	7.71	14
Cal Hogue	3	19.0	1	1	5.21	10
Howie Pollet	5	12.2	1	1	10.66	8
Bill Macdonald	4	7.1	0	1	12.27	4

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Johnny Hetki	54	3	6	3	3.95	37
Roger Bowman	30	0	4	0	4.82	36
Bob Schultz	11	0	2	0	8.20	5
Woody Main	2	0	0	0	11.25	4

Farm system

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Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Danny Murtaugh
A	Charleston Rebels	Sally League	Frank Oceak,Norm Shope andLarry Shepard
A	Denver Bears	Western League	Andy Cohen
B	Waco/Longview Pirates	Big State League	Buster Chatham
B	Burlington-Graham Pirates	Carolina League	Stan Wentzel
C	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Cliff Dapper
C	St. Jean Canadiens	Provincial League	George Genovese
C	Hutchinson Elks	Western Association	Wes Griffin
D	Bristol Twins	Appalachian League	George Detore
D	Dublin Irish	Georgia State League	John George andFrank Oceak
D	Brunswick Pirates	Georgia–Florida League	Jack Paepke
D	Batavia Clippers	PONY League	George Kinnamon

References

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^From 1882–1906, the team played inAllegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as theNorth Side in 1907.
^The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xx, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007,ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3
^Gus Bell page at Baseball Reference
^Don Williams page at Baseball Reference
^Johnny O'Brien page at Baseball Reference
^Eddie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference
^"Ralph Kiner traded to Cubs".Lodi News-Sentinel. June 4, 1953. RetrievedDecember 1, 2021.
^Hal Rice page at Baseball Reference

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