1953 Pittsburgh Pirates 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)
General managers	Branch Rickey
Managers	Fred Haney
Radio	WWSW Rosey Rowswell, Bob Prince
←  1952 Seasons 1954  →

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

Offseason

• October 14, 1952: Gus Bell was traded by the Pirates to the Cincinnati Reds for Cal Abrams, Joe Rossi, and Gail 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

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	105	49	0.682	—	60–17	45–32
Milwaukee Braves	92	62	0.597	13	45–31	47–31
Philadelphia Phillies	83	71	0.539	22	48–29	35–42
St. Louis Cardinals	83	71	0.539	22	48–30	35–41
New York Giants	70	84	0.455	35	38–39	32–45
Cincinnati Redlegs	68	86	0.442	37	38–39	30–47
Chicago Cubs	65	89	0.422	40	43–34	22–55
Pittsburgh Pirates	50	104	0.325	55	26–51	24–53

Record vs. opponents

1953 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BR	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

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

• June 4, 1953: Ralph Kiner, Joe Garagiola, Catfish Metkovich, and Howie Pollet were traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Toby 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 the St. Louis Cardinals for Hal Rice. ^[8]

Roster

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

Player stats

Batting

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
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

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

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
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

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

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Danny Murtaugh
A	Charleston Rebels	Sally League	Frank Oceak, Norm Shope and Larry 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 and Frank Oceak
D	Brunswick Pirates	Georgia–Florida League	Jack Paepke
D	Batavia Clippers	PONY League	George Kinnamon

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hutchinson, Brunswick
Waco franchise transferred to Longview, May 22, 1953

References

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

External links

• 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac