1954 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 73rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 68th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth and last in the league standings with a record of 53–101.

1954 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersJohn W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson, Branch Rickey (minority shareholders)
General managersBranch Rickey
ManagersFred Haney
Local televisionnone
Local radioWWSW
Rosey Rowswell, Bob Prince
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Offseason

Regular season

During the season, Curt Roberts became the first black player in the history of the Pirates.[3]

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9757 0.630 53–23 44–34
Brooklyn Dodgers 9262 0.597 5 45–32 47–30
Milwaukee Braves 8965 0.578 8 43–34 46–31
Philadelphia Phillies 7579 0.487 22 39–39 36–40
Cincinnati Redlegs 7480 0.481 23 41–36 33–44
St. Louis Cardinals 7282 0.468 25 33–44 39–38
Chicago Cubs 6490 0.416 33 40–37 24–53
Pittsburgh Pirates 53101 0.344 44 31–46 22–55

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BKN CHC CIN MIL NYG PHP PIT STL
Brooklyn 15–716–610–129–1313–915–714–8
Chicago 7–158–146–167–157–1515–714–8
Cincinnati 6–1614–810–127–1514–815–78–14
Milwaukee 12–1016–612–1010–1213–914–812–10
New York 13–915–715–712–1016–614–812–10
Philadelphia 9–1315–78–149–136–1616–612–10
Pittsburgh 7–157–157–158–148–146–1610–12
St. Louis 8–148–1414–810–1210–1210–1212–10

Game log

1954 Game Log: 53–101 (Home: 31–46; Away: 22–55)
April: 6–10 (Home: 4–4; Away: 2–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 13Phillies4–2Law (1–0)RobertsHetki (1)32,2941–0
2April 14Phillies0–6SimmonsLaPalme (0–1)5,8531–1
3April 15@ Dodgers4–7MeyerSurkont (0–1)Hughes13,4961–2
4April 18@ Phillies0–6RobertsFriend (0–1)1–3
5April 18@ Phillies1–7SimmonsLaw (1–1)9,9751–4
6April 19@ Giants7–5Hetki (1–0)Hearn6,3802–4
7April 20@ Giants2–6AntonelliLaPalme (0–2)6,8652–5
8April 21Giants5–4Surkont (1–1)LiddleHetki (2)13,5523–5
9April 22Giants7–4O'Donnell (1–0)Gomez3,2964–5
10April 23Dodgers5–6 (13)MillikenPurkey (0–1)10,5744–6
11April 24Dodgers0–3ErskineHogue (0–1)8,6714–7
12April 25Dodgers9–3Law (2–1)Newcombe8,6715–7
13April 25Dodgers2–4PodresLaPalme (0–3)23,7145–8
14April 27@ Redlegs7–8ValentineSurkont (1–2)Smith3,6345–9
15April 28@ Redlegs4–8CollumFriend (0–2)1,2065–10
16April 29@ Cardinals4–3Purkey (1–1)HaddixHetki (3)7,6036–10
May: 8–23 (Home: 6–12; Away: 2–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
17May 1@ Cardinals4–5 (10)LintO'Donnell (1–1)6,7456–11
18May 2@ Cubs3–5MinnerLaw (2–2)17,4726–12
19May 2@ Cubs18–10 (8)Friend (1–2)ChurchHetki (4)7,6367–12
20May 4@ Braves1–6SpahnSurkont (1–3)12,3837–13
21May 5@ Braves1–4ConleyPurkey (1–2)13,1947–14
22May 6@ Braves0–3BurdetteO'Donnell (1–2)11,8567–15
23May 8Giants1–2AntonelliLaw (2–3)7,1477–16
24May 9Giants1–5MaglieSurkont (1–4)4,5777–17
25May 12Cardinals5–13HaddixO'Donnell (1–3)Brazle1,5597–18
26May 13Braves2–4NicholsPurkey (1–3)6,0907–19
27May 14Braves3–2 (10)Surkont (2–4)Spahn8,2258–19
28May 15Braves6–1Law (3–3)Buhl3,3669–19
29May 16Cubs3–12MinnerFriend (1–3)8,2259–20
30May 16Cubs5–1Thies (1–0)Willis32,80710–20
31May 17Cubs6–10PolletPurkey (1–4)Davis1,42010–21
32May 18Redlegs5–6CollumLaPalme (0–4)Smith5,69610–22
33May 19Redlegs3–2Surkont (3–4)Valentine4,47611–22
34May 20Cardinals4–17PoholskyPurkey (1–5)4,90211–23
35May 21@ Dodgers2–3LabineLaw (3–4)Hughes7,20211–24
36May 22@ Dodgers1–3PalicaThies (1–1)Hughes7,06111–25
37May 23@ Dodgers4–5RoeFriend (1–4)7,06111–26
38May 23@ Dodgers2–6LoesO'Donnell (1–4)Milliken18,40911–27
39May 24@ Dodgers5–2Surkont (4–4)Erskine9,38612–27
40May 25@ Giants4–21AntonelliPurkey (1–6)7,20612–28
41May 26@ Giants1–2GomezLaw (3–5)2,84912–29
42May 28Phillies0–4 (6)DicksonSurkont (4–5)5,52112–30
43May 29Phillies3–2O'Donnell (2–4)Ridzik2,52513–30
44May 30Phillies0–8RobertsLittlefield (0–1)2,52513–31
45May 30Phillies7–10DrewsFriend (1–5)Konstanty9,65113–32
46May 31Giants0–4GomezYochim (0–1)13–33
47May 31Giants4–3Law (4–5)Wilhelm10,50614–33
June: 9–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
48June 4@ Braves4–1Surkont (5–5)Nichols21,58215–33
49June 5@ Braves0–7SpahnO'Donnell (2–5)19,41515–34
50June 6@ Braves0–5WilsonLaw (4–6)15–35
51June 6@ Braves6–4Littlefield (1–1)Gorin34,09516–35
52June 8@ Redlegs0–5ValentineO'Donnell (2–6)4,34216–36
53June 9@ Redlegs3–4NuxhallSurkont (5–6)4,81316–37
54June 10@ Redlegs0–6BaczewskiThies (1–2)1,90016–38
55June 11@ Cardinals8–5Law (5–6)PreskoHetki (5)9,82017–38
56June 12@ Cardinals4–2Littlefield (2–1)Staley11,36518–38
57June 13@ Cardinals0–5HaddixO'Donnell (2–7)11,36518–39
58June 13@ Cardinals3–5MillerLaPalme (0–5)16,64818–40
59June 14Cubs5–6DavisSurkont (5–7)Minner6,46218–41
60June 18Braves2–1Law (6–6)Spahn8,85919–41
61June 19Braves2–11JollyLittlefield (2–2)3,96119–42
62June 20Braves2–1 (10)Surkont (6–7)Burdette8,85920–42
63June 20Braves6–3Friend (2–5)BuhlLaw (1)10,23621–42
64June 23Cardinals1–7HaddixLittlefield (2–3)9,30121–43
65June 24Cardinals1–5LawrenceLaw (6–7)2,63721–44
66June 25Redlegs4–8FowlerSurkont (6–8)Smith6,32721–45
67June 26Redlegs4–3Friend (3–5)Baczewski2,55122–45
68June 27Redlegs0–9ValentineLaw (6–8)22–46
69June 27Redlegs4–3Hetki (2–0)Podbielan7,71723–46
70June 29Phillies0–4WehmeierSurkont (6–9)5,08823–47
71June 30Phillies0–8RobertsLaw (6–9)4,20923–48
July: 10–21 (Home: 4–8; Away: 6–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
72July 2Giants5–9WilhelmFriend (3–6)Maglie9,60323–49
73July 3Giants6–4Littlefield (3–3)HearnO'Donnell (1)3,48824–49
74July 4Giants2–9LiddleSurkont (6–10)McCall3,48824–50
75July 4Giants7–6LaPalme (1–5)GrissomHetki (6)12,81825–50
76July 5Dodgers6–8WadeLaw (6–10)Hughes9,60325–51
77July 5Dodgers2–7LoesThies (1–3)16,90525–52
78July 6@ Phillies0–3SimmonsFriend (3–7)3,96725–53
79July 9@ Giants3–6AntonelliLaPalme (1–6)12,42325–54
80July 10@ Giants10–7O'Donnell (3–7)Wilhelm9,74426–54
81July 11@ Giants7–13MaglieLaw (6–11)Grissom9,74426–55
82July 11@ Giants5–1Littlefield (4–3)Hearn21,50427–55
83July 15@ Cubs2–9MinnerSurkont (6–11)5,90027–56
84July 15@ Cubs0–3HackerO'Donnell (3–8)Tremel10,85527–57
85July 16@ Cubs2–3RushHetki (2–1)4,58627–58
86July 17@ Cubs3–11DavisLaw (6–12)Tremel4,58627–59
87July 17@ Cubs6–2Purkey (2–6)KlippsteinO'Donnell (2)10,84228–59
88July 18@ Braves1–4SpahnLittlefield (4–4)Johnson25,07428–60
89July 18@ Braves7–5Friend (4–7)Nichols29,37129–60
90July 19@ Braves1–4WilsonSurkont (6–12)23,28129–61
91July 21@ Cardinals12–13LawrenceO'Donnell (3–9)Haddix6,62329–62
92July 22@ Cardinals2–3 (14)StaleyFriend (4–8)7,05929–63
93July 23@ Redlegs7–4Littlefield (5–4)Nuxhall7,68230–63
94July 24@ Redlegs3–5FowlerSurkont (6–13)Smith3,38330–64
95July 25@ Redlegs4–2LaPalme (2–6)Perkowski31–64
96July 25@ Redlegs2–3JudsonFriend (4–9)Smith13,51431–65
97July 26Braves1–3ConleyPurkey (2–7)6,85031–66
98July 28Braves4–6BurdetteLittlefield (5–5)Jolly6,72831–67
99July 29Braves3–5 (10)NicholsHetki (2–2)2,25931–68
100July 30Cubs8–6Purkey (3–7)MinnerHetki (7)6,72832–68
101July 30Cubs5–8PolletSurkont (6–14)Jeffcoat7,75432–69
102July 31Cubs5–3LaPalme (3–6)HackerFriend (1)2,68833–69
August: 13–17 (Home: 7–6; Away: 6–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1Cubs2–0Littlefield (6–5)Davis2,68834–69
104August 1Cubs2–12ColePepper (0–1)7,28134–70
105August 3Redlegs2–7NuxhallFriend (4–10)4,67134–71
106August 4Redlegs4–3Law (7–12)Smith3,77835–71
107August 6Cardinals7–3Littlefield (7–5)Poholsky2,68836–71
108August 6Cardinals6–5Hetki (3–2)Lawrence8,62437–71
109August 7Cardinals6–8PreskoPurkey (3–8)Brazle3,84637–72
110August 8Cardinals12–4LaPalme (4–6)Haddix8,62438–72
111August 8Cardinals5–3Surkont (7–14)Staley10,79039–72
112August 10Giants1–2AntonelliLittlefield (7–6)Grissom9,94539–73
113August 13@ Phillies9–5Friend (5–10)Roberts24,53640–73
114August 13@ Phillies5–0Thies (2–3)Wehmeier8,80441–73
115August 14@ Phillies8–4Law (8–12)Simmons2,86542–73
116August 15@ Phillies9–6Littlefield (8–6)DicksonHetki (8)2,86543–73
117August 15@ Phillies6–7RobertsHetki (3–3)4,77343–74
118August 17Dodgers4–2Surkont (8–14)Podres20,10244–74
119August 18Dodgers2–3ErskineThies (2–4)Hughes18,79744–75
120August 19Dodgers5–7NewcombeLaw (8–13)Hughes9,29944–76
121August 20@ Giants0–4LiddleLittlefield (8–7)8,98544–77
122August 22@ Giants4–5McCallLaPalme (4–7)44–78
123August 22@ Giants3–5WilhelmSurkont (8–15)22,70244–79
124August 24@ Cardinals8–7Littlefield (9–7)HaddixLaw (2)8,71845–79
125August 25@ Cardinals0–13JonesThies (2–5)6,82645–80
126August 26@ Cardinals2–1Pepper (1–1)BeardLaw (3)7,09446–80
127August 27@ Redlegs2–3NuxhallSurkont (8–16)5,22746–81
128August 28@ Redlegs1–2ValentineLaPalme (4–8)2,99546–82
129August 29@ Cubs4–7JeffcoatLittlefield (9–8)5,79046–83
130August 29@ Cubs1–4DavisHetki (3–4)15,31846–84
131August 31@ Cubs2–14PolletPepper (1–2)15,31846–85
132August 31@ Cubs3–7RushThies (2–6)Jeffcoat18,21746–86
September: 7–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 2–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1@ Braves1–3SpahnSurkont (8–17)40,49446–87
134September 3Phillies1–7SimmonsFriend (5–11)10,79046–88
135September 3Phillies2–10RidzikLittlefield (9–9)5,30246–89
136September 5Phillies5–12WehmeierPepper (1–3)4,64546–90
137September 6@ Dodgers9–6 (12)Law (9–13)Loes26,34947–90
138September 6@ Dodgers9–7Thies (3–6)NewcombeFriend (2)21,56148–90
139September 8Braves2–5SpahnLittlefield (9–10)2,51648–91
140September 10Cardinals3–2Hetki (4–4)Staley2,61549–91
141September 11Cardinals2–7PoholskyPepper (1–4)1,85149–92
142September 12Redlegs5–11NuxhallLaPalme (4–9)49–93
143September 12Redlegs2–13LaneThies (3–7)Ross5,67249–94
144September 13Redlegs6–5Littlefield (10–10)Judson1,14850–94
145September 14Cubs2–9RushThies (3–8)1,85150–95
146September 14Cubs4–0Friend (6–11)Minner2,36151–95
147September 17Dodgers9–1Surkont (9–17)Loes6,19852–95
148September 19Dodgers1–0Friend (7–11)Meyer21,30853–95
149September 22@ Phillies1–12SimmonsPepper (1–5)5,15753–96
150September 22@ Phillies1–5RobertsLittlefield (10–11)2,83753–97
151September 23@ Phillies2–4WehmeierLaPalme (4–10)93653–98
152September 24@ Dodgers5–6ErskineSurkont (9–18)Hughes75153–99
153September 25@ Dodgers5–10MeyerFriend (7–12)Labine4,59753–100
154September 26@ Dodgers0–1SpoonerThies (3–9)9,34453–101
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

Roster

1954 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CToby Atwell9628783.289326
1BBob Skinner132470117.249846
2BCurt Roberts134496115.232136
SSGair Allie12141883.199330
3BDick Cole138486131.270140
LFJerry Lynch9828468.239836
CFFrank Thomas153577172.2982394
RFSid Gordon131363111.3061249

Other batters

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
Preston Ward11736097.269748
Dick Hall11231074.239227
Jack Shepard8222769.304322
Eddie Pellagrini7312527.216016
Hal Rice288114.17319
Vic Janowicz417311.15102
Cal Abrams17426.14302
Dick Smith12313.09700
Gail Henley14309.30012
Jim Mangan14265.19202
Walker Cooper14153.20001
Nick Koback4100.00000
Luis Márquez1491.11100
Bill Hall570.00000
Sam Jethroe210.00000

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Max Surkont33208.19184.4178
Dick Littlefield23155.010113.6092

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Friend35170.17125.0773
Vern Law39161.29135.5157
Bob Purkey36131.1385.0738
Jake Thies33130.1393.8757
Paul LaPalme33120.24105.5257
George O'Donnell2187.1394.538
Laurin Pepper1450.2157.9917
Cal Hogue311.0014.917

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Johnny Hetki584494.9927
Len Yochim100107.327
Joe Page700011.174
Nellie King40005.143

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
Open Hollywood Stars Pacific Coast League Bobby Bragan
AA New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Danny Murtaugh
A Williamsport Grays Eastern League Larry Shepard
A Denver Bears Western League Andy Cohen
B Waco Pirates Big State League Jack Paepke
B Burlington-Graham Pirates Carolina League Stan Wentzel
C Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Cliff Dapper
C St. Jean Canadiens Provincial League George Detore and Steve Mizerak
C Hutchinson Elks Western Association George Genovese and Larry Dorton
D Dublin Irish Georgia State League George Kinnamon
D Brunswick Pirates Georgia–Florida League Frank Oceak
D Clinton Pirates Mississippi–Ohio Valley League Robert Clark

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waco

Notes

  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. Sonny Senerchia at Baseball Reference
  3. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  4. Hal Rice at Baseball Reference

References

  • 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
  • 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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