1954_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1954 Pittsburgh Pirates
1954 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson, Branch Rickey (minority shareholders)
General managers	Branch Rickey
Managers	Fred Haney
Radio	WWSW; Rosey Rowswell, Bob Prince

1954 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Major League Baseball team 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.

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Regular season

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

Game log

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1954 Game Log: 53–101 (Home: 31–46; Away: 22–55)

April: 6–10 (Home: 4–4; Away: 2–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 13	Phillies	4–2	Law (1–0)	Roberts	Hetki (1)	32,294	1–0
2	April 14	Phillies	0–6	Simmons	LaPalme (0–1)	—	5,853	1–1
3	April 15	@ Dodgers	4–7	Meyer	Surkont (0–1)	Hughes	13,496	1–2
4	April 18	@ Phillies	0–6	Roberts	Friend (0–1)	—		1–3
5	April 18	@ Phillies	1–7	Simmons	Law (1–1)	—	9,975	1–4
6	April 19	@ Giants	7–5	Hetki (1–0)	Hearn	—	6,380	2–4
7	April 20	@ Giants	2–6	Antonelli	LaPalme (0–2)	—	6,865	2–5
8	April 21	Giants	5–4	Surkont (1–1)	Liddle	Hetki (2)	13,552	3–5
9	April 22	Giants	7–4	O'Donnell (1–0)	Gomez	—	3,296	4–5
10	April 23	Dodgers	5–6 (13)	Milliken	Purkey (0–1)	—	10,574	4–6
11	April 24	Dodgers	0–3	Erskine	Hogue (0–1)	—	8,671	4–7
12	April 25	Dodgers	9–3	Law (2–1)	Newcombe	—	8,671	5–7
13	April 25	Dodgers	2–4	Podres	LaPalme (0–3)	—	23,714	5–8
14	April 27	@ Redlegs	7–8	Valentine	Surkont (1–2)	Smith	3,634	5–9
15	April 28	@ Redlegs	4–8	Collum	Friend (0–2)	—	1,206	5–10
16	April 29	@ Cardinals	4–3	Purkey (1–1)	Haddix	Hetki (3)	7,603	6–10

May: 8–23 (Home: 6–12; Away: 2–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
17	May 1	@ Cardinals	4–5 (10)	Lint	O'Donnell (1–1)	—	6,745	6–11
18	May 2	@ Cubs	3–5	Minner	Law (2–2)	—	17,472	6–12
19	May 2	@ Cubs	18–10 (8)	Friend (1–2)	Church	Hetki (4)	7,636	7–12
20	May 4	@ Braves	1–6	Spahn	Surkont (1–3)	—	12,383	7–13
21	May 5	@ Braves	1–4	Conley	Purkey (1–2)	—	13,194	7–14
22	May 6	@ Braves	0–3	Burdette	O'Donnell (1–2)	—	11,856	7–15
23	May 8	Giants	1–2	Antonelli	Law (2–3)	—	7,147	7–16
24	May 9	Giants	1–5	Maglie	Surkont (1–4)	—	4,577	7–17
25	May 12	Cardinals	5–13	Haddix	O'Donnell (1–3)	Brazle	1,559	7–18
26	May 13	Braves	2–4	Nichols	Purkey (1–3)	—	6,090	7–19
27	May 14	Braves	3–2 (10)	Surkont (2–4)	Spahn	—	8,225	8–19
28	May 15	Braves	6–1	Law (3–3)	Buhl	—	3,366	9–19
29	May 16	Cubs	3–12	Minner	Friend (1–3)	—	8,225	9–20
30	May 16	Cubs	5–1	Thies (1–0)	Willis	—	32,807	10–20
31	May 17	Cubs	6–10	Pollet	Purkey (1–4)	Davis	1,420	10–21
32	May 18	Redlegs	5–6	Collum	LaPalme (0–4)	Smith	5,696	10–22
33	May 19	Redlegs	3–2	Surkont (3–4)	Valentine	—	4,476	11–22
34	May 20	Cardinals	4–17	Poholsky	Purkey (1–5)	—	4,902	11–23
35	May 21	@ Dodgers	2–3	Labine	Law (3–4)	Hughes	7,202	11–24
36	May 22	@ Dodgers	1–3	Palica	Thies (1–1)	Hughes	7,061	11–25
37	May 23	@ Dodgers	4–5	Roe	Friend (1–4)	—	7,061	11–26
38	May 23	@ Dodgers	2–6	Loes	O'Donnell (1–4)	Milliken	18,409	11–27
39	May 24	@ Dodgers	5–2	Surkont (4–4)	Erskine	—	9,386	12–27
40	May 25	@ Giants	4–21	Antonelli	Purkey (1–6)	—	7,206	12–28
41	May 26	@ Giants	1–2	Gomez	Law (3–5)	—	2,849	12–29
42	May 28	Phillies	0–4 (6)	Dickson	Surkont (4–5)	—	5,521	12–30
43	May 29	Phillies	3–2	O'Donnell (2–4)	Ridzik	—	2,525	13–30
44	May 30	Phillies	0–8	Roberts	Littlefield (0–1)	—	2,525	13–31
45	May 30	Phillies	7–10	Drews	Friend (1–5)	Konstanty	9,651	13–32
46	May 31	Giants	0–4	Gomez	Yochim (0–1)	—		13–33
47	May 31	Giants	4–3	Law (4–5)	Wilhelm	—	10,506	14–33

June: 9–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
48	June 4	@ Braves	4–1	Surkont (5–5)	Nichols	—	21,582	15–33
49	June 5	@ Braves	0–7	Spahn	O'Donnell (2–5)	—	19,415	15–34
50	June 6	@ Braves	0–5	Wilson	Law (4–6)	—		15–35
51	June 6	@ Braves	6–4	Littlefield (1–1)	Gorin	—	34,095	16–35
52	June 8	@ Redlegs	0–5	Valentine	O'Donnell (2–6)	—	4,342	16–36
53	June 9	@ Redlegs	3–4	Nuxhall	Surkont (5–6)	—	4,813	16–37
54	June 10	@ Redlegs	0–6	Baczewski	Thies (1–2)	—	1,900	16–38
55	June 11	@ Cardinals	8–5	Law (5–6)	Presko	Hetki (5)	9,820	17–38
56	June 12	@ Cardinals	4–2	Littlefield (2–1)	Staley	—	11,365	18–38
57	June 13	@ Cardinals	0–5	Haddix	O'Donnell (2–7)	—	11,365	18–39
58	June 13	@ Cardinals	3–5	Miller	LaPalme (0–5)	—	16,648	18–40
59	June 14	Cubs	5–6	Davis	Surkont (5–7)	Minner	6,462	18–41
60	June 18	Braves	2–1	Law (6–6)	Spahn	—	8,859	19–41
61	June 19	Braves	2–11	Jolly	Littlefield (2–2)	—	3,961	19–42
62	June 20	Braves	2–1 (10)	Surkont (6–7)	Burdette	—	8,859	20–42
63	June 20	Braves	6–3	Friend (2–5)	Buhl	Law (1)	10,236	21–42
64	June 23	Cardinals	1–7	Haddix	Littlefield (2–3)	—	9,301	21–43
65	June 24	Cardinals	1–5	Lawrence	Law (6–7)	—	2,637	21–44
66	June 25	Redlegs	4–8	Fowler	Surkont (6–8)	Smith	6,327	21–45
67	June 26	Redlegs	4–3	Friend (3–5)	Baczewski	—	2,551	22–45
68	June 27	Redlegs	0–9	Valentine	Law (6–8)	—		22–46
69	June 27	Redlegs	4–3	Hetki (2–0)	Podbielan	—	7,717	23–46
70	June 29	Phillies	0–4	Wehmeier	Surkont (6–9)	—	5,088	23–47
71	June 30	Phillies	0–8	Roberts	Law (6–9)	—	4,209	23–48

July: 10–21 (Home: 4–8; Away: 6–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
72	July 2	Giants	5–9	Wilhelm	Friend (3–6)	Maglie	9,603	23–49
73	July 3	Giants	6–4	Littlefield (3–3)	Hearn	O'Donnell (1)	3,488	24–49
74	July 4	Giants	2–9	Liddle	Surkont (6–10)	McCall	3,488	24–50
75	July 4	Giants	7–6	LaPalme (1–5)	Grissom	Hetki (6)	12,818	25–50
76	July 5	Dodgers	6–8	Wade	Law (6–10)	Hughes	9,603	25–51
77	July 5	Dodgers	2–7	Loes	Thies (1–3)	—	16,905	25–52
78	July 6	@ Phillies	0–3	Simmons	Friend (3–7)	—	3,967	25–53
79	July 9	@ Giants	3–6	Antonelli	LaPalme (1–6)	—	12,423	25–54
80	July 10	@ Giants	10–7	O'Donnell (3–7)	Wilhelm	—	9,744	26–54
81	July 11	@ Giants	7–13	Maglie	Law (6–11)	Grissom	9,744	26–55
82	July 11	@ Giants	5–1	Littlefield (4–3)	Hearn	—	21,504	27–55
83	July 15	@ Cubs	2–9	Minner	Surkont (6–11)	—	5,900	27–56
84	July 15	@ Cubs	0–3	Hacker	O'Donnell (3–8)	Tremel	10,855	27–57
85	July 16	@ Cubs	2–3	Rush	Hetki (2–1)	—	4,586	27–58
86	July 17	@ Cubs	3–11	Davis	Law (6–12)	Tremel	4,586	27–59
87	July 17	@ Cubs	6–2	Purkey (2–6)	Klippstein	O'Donnell (2)	10,842	28–59
88	July 18	@ Braves	1–4	Spahn	Littlefield (4–4)	Johnson	25,074	28–60
89	July 18	@ Braves	7–5	Friend (4–7)	Nichols	—	29,371	29–60
90	July 19	@ Braves	1–4	Wilson	Surkont (6–12)	—	23,281	29–61
91	July 21	@ Cardinals	12–13	Lawrence	O'Donnell (3–9)	Haddix	6,623	29–62
92	July 22	@ Cardinals	2–3 (14)	Staley	Friend (4–8)	—	7,059	29–63
93	July 23	@ Redlegs	7–4	Littlefield (5–4)	Nuxhall	—	7,682	30–63
94	July 24	@ Redlegs	3–5	Fowler	Surkont (6–13)	Smith	3,383	30–64
95	July 25	@ Redlegs	4–2	LaPalme (2–6)	Perkowski	—		31–64
96	July 25	@ Redlegs	2–3	Judson	Friend (4–9)	Smith	13,514	31–65
97	July 26	Braves	1–3	Conley	Purkey (2–7)	—	6,850	31–66
98	July 28	Braves	4–6	Burdette	Littlefield (5–5)	Jolly	6,728	31–67
99	July 29	Braves	3–5 (10)	Nichols	Hetki (2–2)	—	2,259	31–68
100	July 30	Cubs	8–6	Purkey (3–7)	Minner	Hetki (7)	6,728	32–68
101	July 30	Cubs	5–8	Pollet	Surkont (6–14)	Jeffcoat	7,754	32–69
102	July 31	Cubs	5–3	LaPalme (3–6)	Hacker	Friend (1)	2,688	33–69

August: 13–17 (Home: 7–6; Away: 6–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
103	August 1	Cubs	2–0	Littlefield (6–5)	Davis	—	2,688	34–69
104	August 1	Cubs	2–12	Cole	Pepper (0–1)	—	7,281	34–70
105	August 3	Redlegs	2–7	Nuxhall	Friend (4–10)	—	4,671	34–71
106	August 4	Redlegs	4–3	Law (7–12)	Smith	—	3,778	35–71
107	August 6	Cardinals	7–3	Littlefield (7–5)	Poholsky	—	2,688	36–71
108	August 6	Cardinals	6–5	Hetki (3–2)	Lawrence	—	8,624	37–71
109	August 7	Cardinals	6–8	Presko	Purkey (3–8)	Brazle	3,846	37–72
110	August 8	Cardinals	12–4	LaPalme (4–6)	Haddix	—	8,624	38–72
111	August 8	Cardinals	5–3	Surkont (7–14)	Staley	—	10,790	39–72
112	August 10	Giants	1–2	Antonelli	Littlefield (7–6)	Grissom	9,945	39–73
113	August 13	@ Phillies	9–5	Friend (5–10)	Roberts	—	24,536	40–73
114	August 13	@ Phillies	5–0	Thies (2–3)	Wehmeier	—	8,804	41–73
115	August 14	@ Phillies	8–4	Law (8–12)	Simmons	—	2,865	42–73
116	August 15	@ Phillies	9–6	Littlefield (8–6)	Dickson	Hetki (8)	2,865	43–73
117	August 15	@ Phillies	6–7	Roberts	Hetki (3–3)	—	4,773	43–74
118	August 17	Dodgers	4–2	Surkont (8–14)	Podres	—	20,102	44–74
119	August 18	Dodgers	2–3	Erskine	Thies (2–4)	Hughes	18,797	44–75
120	August 19	Dodgers	5–7	Newcombe	Law (8–13)	Hughes	9,299	44–76
121	August 20	@ Giants	0–4	Liddle	Littlefield (8–7)	—	8,985	44–77
122	August 22	@ Giants	4–5	McCall	LaPalme (4–7)	—		44–78
123	August 22	@ Giants	3–5	Wilhelm	Surkont (8–15)	—	22,702	44–79
124	August 24	@ Cardinals	8–7	Littlefield (9–7)	Haddix	Law (2)	8,718	45–79
125	August 25	@ Cardinals	0–13	Jones	Thies (2–5)	—	6,826	45–80
126	August 26	@ Cardinals	2–1	Pepper (1–1)	Beard	Law (3)	7,094	46–80
127	August 27	@ Redlegs	2–3	Nuxhall	Surkont (8–16)	—	5,227	46–81
128	August 28	@ Redlegs	1–2	Valentine	LaPalme (4–8)	—	2,995	46–82
129	August 29	@ Cubs	4–7	Jeffcoat	Littlefield (9–8)	—	5,790	46–83
130	August 29	@ Cubs	1–4	Davis	Hetki (3–4)	—	15,318	46–84
131	August 31	@ Cubs	2–14	Pollet	Pepper (1–2)	—	15,318	46–85
132	August 31	@ Cubs	3–7	Rush	Thies (2–6)	Jeffcoat	18,217	46–86

September: 7–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 2–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
133	September 1	@ Braves	1–3	Spahn	Surkont (8–17)	—	40,494	46–87
134	September 3	Phillies	1–7	Simmons	Friend (5–11)	—	10,790	46–88
135	September 3	Phillies	2–10	Ridzik	Littlefield (9–9)	—	5,302	46–89
136	September 5	Phillies	5–12	Wehmeier	Pepper (1–3)	—	4,645	46–90
137	September 6	@ Dodgers	9–6 (12)	Law (9–13)	Loes	—	26,349	47–90
138	September 6	@ Dodgers	9–7	Thies (3–6)	Newcombe	Friend (2)	21,561	48–90
139	September 8	Braves	2–5	Spahn	Littlefield (9–10)	—	2,516	48–91
140	September 10	Cardinals	3–2	Hetki (4–4)	Staley	—	2,615	49–91
141	September 11	Cardinals	2–7	Poholsky	Pepper (1–4)	—	1,851	49–92
142	September 12	Redlegs	5–11	Nuxhall	LaPalme (4–9)	—		49–93
143	September 12	Redlegs	2–13	Lane	Thies (3–7)	Ross	5,672	49–94
144	September 13	Redlegs	6–5	Littlefield (10–10)	Judson	—	1,148	50–94
145	September 14	Cubs	2–9	Rush	Thies (3–8)	—	1,851	50–95
146	September 14	Cubs	4–0	Friend (6–11)	Minner	—	2,361	51–95
147	September 17	Dodgers	9–1	Surkont (9–17)	Loes	—	6,198	52–95
148	September 19	Dodgers	1–0	Friend (7–11)	Meyer	—	21,308	53–95
149	September 22	@ Phillies	1–12	Simmons	Pepper (1–5)	—	5,157	53–96
150	September 22	@ Phillies	1–5	Roberts	Littlefield (10–11)	—	2,837	53–97
151	September 23	@ Phillies	2–4	Wehmeier	LaPalme (4–10)	—	936	53–98
152	September 24	@ Dodgers	5–6	Erskine	Surkont (9–18)	Hughes	751	53–99
153	September 25	@ Dodgers	5–10	Meyer	Friend (7–12)	Labine	4,597	53–100
154	September 26	@ Dodgers	0–1	Spooner	Thies (3–9)	—	9,344	53–101

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Bold = Pirates team member

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From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

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Sonny Senerchia at Baseball Reference

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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

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Hal Rice at Baseball Reference

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v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	97	57	0.630	—	53–23	44–34
Brooklyn Dodgers	92	62	0.597	5	45–32	47–30
Milwaukee Braves	89	65	0.578	8	43–34	46–31
Philadelphia Phillies	75	79	0.487	22	39–39	36–40
Cincinnati Redlegs	74	80	0.481	23	41–36	33–44
St. Louis Cardinals	72	82	0.468	25	33–44	39–38
Chicago Cubs	64	90	0.416	33	40–37	24–53
Pittsburgh Pirates	53	101	0.344	44	31–46	22–55

1954 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BKN	CHC	CIN	MIL	NYG	PHP	PIT	STL
Brooklyn	—	15–7	16–6	10–12	9–13	13–9	15–7	14–8
Chicago	7–15	—	8–14	6–16	7–15	7–15	15–7	14–8
Cincinnati	6–16	14–8	—	10–12	7–15	14–8	15–7	8–14
Milwaukee	12–10	16–6	12–10	—	10–12	13–9	14–8	12–10
New York	13–9	15–7	15–7	12–10	—	16–6	14–8	12–10
Philadelphia	9–13	15–7	8–14	9–13	6–16	—	16–6	12–10
Pittsburgh	7–15	7–15	7–15	8–14	8–14	6–16	—	10–12
St. Louis	8–14	8–14	14–8	10–12	10–12	10–12	12–10	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Toby Atwell	96	287	83	.289	3	26
1B	Bob Skinner	132	470	117	.249	8	46
2B	Curt Roberts	134	496	115	.232	1	36
SS	Gair Allie	121	418	83	.199	3	30
3B	Dick Cole	138	486	131	.270	1	40
LF	Jerry Lynch	98	284	68	.239	8	36
CF	Frank Thomas	153	577	172	.298	23	94
RF	Sid Gordon	131	363	111	.306	12	49

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Preston Ward	117	360	97	.269	7	48
Dick Hall	112	310	74	.239	2	27
Jack Shepard	82	227	69	.304	3	22
Eddie Pellagrini	73	125	27	.216	0	16
Hal Rice	28	81	14	.173	1	9
Vic Janowicz	41	73	11	.151	0	2
Cal Abrams	17	42	6	.143	0	2
Dick Smith	12	31	3	.097	0	0
Gail Henley	14	30	9	.300	1	2
Jim Mangan	14	26	5	.192	0	2
Walker Cooper	14	15	3	.200	0	1
Nick Koback	4	10	0	.000	0	0
Luis Márquez	14	9	1	.111	0	0
Bill Hall	5	7	0	.000	0	0
Sam Jethroe	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Max Surkont	33	208.1	9	18	4.41	78
Dick Littlefield	23	155.0	10	11	3.60	92

1954_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1954 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

Notes

References

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Friend	35	170.1	7	12	5.07	73
Vern Law	39	161.2	9	13	5.51	57
Bob Purkey	36	131.1	3	8	5.07	38
Jake Thies	33	130.1	3	9	3.87	57
Paul LaPalme	33	120.2	4	10	5.52	57
George O'Donnell	21	87.1	3	9	4.53	8
Laurin Pepper	14	50.2	1	5	7.99	17
Cal Hogue	3	11.0	0	1	4.91	7

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Johnny Hetki	58	4	4	9	4.99	27
Len Yochim	10	0	1	0	7.32	7
Joe Page	7	0	0	0	11.17	4
Nellie King	4	0	0	0	5.14	3

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 Lamar 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