1952 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 42-112
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 686,673, Avg. 10,249
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Billy Meyer (42-112)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1952 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1952 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1952 season with a record of 42 wins and 112 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

The Pirates scored 515 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 793 runs, most in the circuit. Ralph Kiner walloped 37 home runs for Pittsburgh, and Gus Bell added 20 or more as well. Ralph Kiner drove in 87 runs. Gus Bell topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .250 clip. Murry Dickson led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.57 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Billy Meyer coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Murry Dickson	14	21	.400	3.57	43	34	8	21	2	2	277.7	278	128	110	26	76	112	1	0	0	1157
Howie Pollet	7	16	.304	4.12	31	30	1	9	1	0	214.0	217	111	98	22	71	90	3	0	1	904
Bob Friend	7	17	.292	4.18	35	23	4	6	1	0	185.0	186	96	86	15	84	75	3	1	7	820
Ted Wilks	5	5	.500	3.61	44	0	34	0	0	4	72.3	65	32	29	9	31	24	2	0	1	305
Joe Muir	2	3	.400	6.31	12	5	0	1	0	0	35.7	42	28	25	3	18	17	0	0	0	164
Woody Main	2	12	.143	4.46	48	11	19	2	0	2	153.3	149	78	76	14	52	79	0	1	2	652
Paul LaPalme	1	2	.333	3.92	31	2	16	0	0	0	59.7	56	33	26	6	37	25	1	0	5	265
Harry Fisher	1	2	.333	6.87	8	3	4	0	0	0	18.3	17	14	14	4	13	5	2	0	1	83
Jim Waugh	1	6	.143	6.36	17	7	6	1	0	0	52.3	61	43	37	4	32	18	2	0	0	252
Ron Necciai	1	6	.143	7.08	12	9	2	0	0	0	54.7	63	45	43	5	32	31	1	0	3	248
Cal Hogue	1	8	.111	4.84	19	12	5	3	0	0	83.7	79	56	45	7	68	34	4	0	1	385
Jim Dunn	0	0		3.38	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.3	4	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	1	24
Jim Suchecki	0	0		5.40	5	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	14	7	6	1	4	6	1	0	0	49
Ed Wolfe	0	0		7.36	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.7	7	3	3	1	5	1	1	0	0	21
Bill Werle	0	0		9.00	5	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	22
Bill Bell	0	1	.000	4.60	4	1	2	0	0	0	15.7	16	11	8	3	13	4	0	0	1	77
Don Carlsen	0	1	.000	10.80	5	1	1	0	0	0	10.0	20	13	12	1	5	2	0	0	1	53
Mel Queen	0	2	.000	29.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.3	8	12	11	2	4	3	0	0	2	25
Red Munger	0	3	.000	7.18	5	4	0	0	0	0	26.3	30	21	21	6	10	8	0	0	0	118
Ron Kline	0	7	.000	5.49	27	11	5	0	0	0	78.7	74	55	48	3	66	27	6	3	4	368
Totals	42	112	.273	4.65	359	155	112	43	4	8	1363.7	1395	793	704	133	625	564	27	5	30	5992

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Ralph Kiner	149	633	516	90	126	17	2	37	87	3	0	110	77	.244	.384	.500	.884	258	6	7	0
Gus Bell	131	510	468	53	117	21	5	16	59	1	4	36	72	.250	.306	.419	.725	196	6	2	4
Dick Groat	95	415	384	38	109	6	1	1	29	2	4	19	27	.284	.319	.313	.632	120	18	1	11
George Metkovich	125	414	373	41	101	18	3	7	41	5	2	32	29	.271	.335	.391	.726	146	9	4	5
Jack Merson	111	424	398	41	98	20	2	5	38	1	1	22	38	.246	.287	.344	.632	137	11	1	3
Joe Garagiola	118	396	344	35	94	15	4	8	54	0	1	50	24	.273	.369	.410	.779	141	7	2	0
Clem Koshorek	98	356	322	27	84	17	0	0	15	4	7	26	39	.261	.320	.314	.634	101	3	2	6
Tony Bartirome	124	386	355	32	78	10	3	0	16	3	3	26	37	.220	.273	.265	.538	94	0	0	5
Bobby Del Greco	99	385	341	34	74	14	2	1	20	6	5	38	70	.217	.301	.279	.580	95	9	3	3
Pete Castiglione	67	235	214	27	57	9	1	4	18	3	3	17	8	.266	.323	.374	.697	80	2	1	3
George Strickland	76	256	232	17	41	6	2	5	22	4	2	21	45	.177	.248	.284	.533	66	5	1	2
Clyde McCullough	66	189	172	10	40	5	1	1	15	0	1	10	18	.233	.283	.291	.573	50	3	2	5
Murry Dickson	47	110	107	4	24	4	0	0	6	0	0	1	10	.224	.231	.262	.493	28	5	0	2
Sonny Senerchia	29	104	100	5	22	5	0	3	11	0	3	4	21	.220	.250	.360	.610	36	0	0	0
Ed FitzGerald	51	80	73	4	17	1	0	1	7	0	2	7	15	.233	.300	.288	.588	21	4	0	0
Brandy Davis	55	108	95	14	17	1	1	0	1	9	2	11	28	.179	.264	.211	.475	20	0	0	2
Lee Walls	32	88	80	6	15	0	1	2	5	0	0	8	22	.188	.261	.288	.549	23	1	0	0
Howie Pollet	31	78	68	4	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	17	.191	.276	.191	.467	13	2	0	2
Dick Hall	26	83	80	6	11	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	17	.138	.159	.150	.309	12	0	0	1
Bill Howerton	13	31	25	3	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	6	5	.320	.452	.440	.892	11	1	0	0
Ted Beard	15	52	44	5	8	2	1	0	3	2	0	7	9	.182	.294	.273	.567	12	1	0	1
Johnny Berardino	19	60	56	2	8	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	6	.143	.200	.214	.414	12	1	0	0
Dick Smith	29	75	66	8	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	9	3	.106	.213	.121	.335	8	1	0	0
Cal Hogue	19	26	24	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	6	.250	.280	.292	.572	7	1	0	1
Erv Dusak	20	29	27	1	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	8	.222	.276	.333	.609	9	2	0	0
Harry Fisher	15	15	15	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.400	.733	6	1	0	0
Bob Friend	35	61	52	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	20	.058	.093	.058	.150	3	1	0	7
Jim Mangan	11	14	13	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	6	22	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.095	.136	.095	.232	2	2	0	0
Woody Main	48	40	37	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.054	.054	.054	.108	2	1	0	3
Don Carlsen	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Ted Wilks	44	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	1
Joe Muir	12	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0	0	0
Paul LaPalme	31	11	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.200	.300	2	0	0	1
Jim Waugh	17	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.100	.250	.100	.350	1	1	0	1
Ron Necciai	12	18	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.059	.111	.059	.170	1	0	0	0
Red Munger	5	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Bill Bell	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jim Suchecki	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Jim Dunn	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ron Kline	27	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jack Phillips	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Mel Queen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bill Werle	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Ed Wolfe	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1936	5775	5193	515	1201	181	30	92	478	43	41	486	724	.231	.300	.331	.631	1718	104	26	70

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
George Strickland	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Jack Phillips	1B	1	2	0	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
George Metkovich	1B	72	530	33	7	59	.988	7.819	0
Clyde McCullough	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Pete Castiglione	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Tony Bartirome	1B	118	909	72	11	91	.989	8.314	0
George Strickland	2B	45	95	127	11	30	.953	4.933	0
Dick Smith	2B	4	3	6	0	1	1.000	2.250	0
Jack Merson	2B	81	190	214	9	59	.978	4.988	0
Clem Koshorek	2B	27	54	72	5	11	.962	4.667	0
Johnny Berardino	2B	18	37	58	4	13	.960	5.278	0
George Strickland	3B	1	5	1	0	2	1.000	6.000	0
Dick Smith	3B	16	16	30	2	3	.958	2.875	0
Sonny Senerchia	3B	28	30	31	3	3	.953	2.179	0
Jack Merson	3B	27	30	52	3	3	.965	3.037	0
Clem Koshorek	3B	26	26	41	3	5	.957	2.577	0
Bill Howerton	3B	1	0	1	2	0	.333	1.000	0
Dick Hall	3B	5	10	10	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Ed FitzGerald	3B	2	6	1	1	0	.875	3.500	0
Pete Castiglione	3B	57	67	129	10	7	.951	3.439	0
Clyde McCullough	C	61	227	38	5	4	.981	4.344	1
Jim Mangan	C	4	3	2	1	0	.833	1.250	0
Joe Garagiola	C	105	418	63	11	9	.978	4.581	2
Ed FitzGerald	C	18	49	4	0	0	1.000	2.944	1
Lee Walls	OF	19	44	2	0	1	1.000	2.421	0
Frank Thomas	OF	5	8	1	0	0	1.000	1.800	0
George Metkovich	OF	33	72	1	0	0	1.000	2.212	0
Ralph Kiner	OF	149	250	9	8	0	.970	1.738	0
Bill Howerton	OF	5	9	0	1	0	.900	1.800	0
Dick Hall	OF	14	34	1	1	0	.972	2.500	0
Erv Dusak	OF	11	7	2	2	1	.818	.818	0
Bobby Del Greco	OF	93	246	11	6	3	.977	2.763	0
Brandy Davis	OF	29	53	2	4	0	.932	1.897	0
Pete Castiglione	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Gus Bell	OF	123	202	8	6	2	.972	1.707	0
Ted Beard	OF	13	27	1	0	0	1.000	2.154	0
Ed Wolfe	P	3	1	1	0	1	1.000	.667	0
Ted Wilks	P	44	3	9	1	1	.923	.273	0
Bill Werle	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400	0
Jim Waugh	P	17	0	11	1	1	.917	.647	0
Jim Suchecki	P	5	0	2	1	0	.667	.400	0
Mel Queen	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Howie Pollet	P	31	7	48	3	2	.948	1.774	0
Ron Necciai	P	12	4	7	2	2	.846	.917	0
Red Munger	P	5	1	9	0	3	1.000	2.000	0
Joe Muir	P	12	4	5	1	1	.900	.750	0
Woody Main	P	48	8	15	4	0	.852	.479	0
Paul LaPalme	P	31	1	15	1	1	.941	.516	0
Ron Kline	P	27	3	8	0	2	1.000	.407	0
Cal Hogue	P	19	4	9	2	1	.867	.684	0
Bob Friend	P	35	10	37	2	3	.959	1.343	0
Harry Fisher	P	8	1	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Jim Dunn	P	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Murry Dickson	P	43	29	62	4	7	.958	2.116	0
Don Carlsen	P	5	0	6	0	1	1.000	1.200	0
Bill Bell	P	4	1	4	0	1	1.000	1.250	0
George Strickland	SS	28	47	90	8	24	.945	4.893	0
Dick Smith	SS	4	5	14	1	4	.950	4.750	0
Clem Koshorek	SS	33	69	119	10	31	.949	5.697	0
Dick Groat	SS	94	229	272	25	61	.952	5.330	0
Totals		1733	4091	1769	182	455	.970	3.381	4

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