1953 St. Louis Browns | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 54–100 (.351) | |
League place | 8th | |
Owners | Bill Veeck | |
General managers | Bill Veeck | |
Managers | Marty Marion | |
Radio |
KMOX ( Buddy Blattner, Bill Durney, Milo Hamilton) | |
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The 1953 St. Louis Browns season was the 53rd season in Browns history and their final in St. Louis. It involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses, 46+1⁄2 games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. After the season, the Browns moved to Baltimore, where they are now known as the Baltimore Orioles.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 52 | 0.656 | — | 50–27 | 49–25 |
Cleveland Indians | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 8½ | 53–24 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 11½ | 41–36 | 48–29 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 16 | 38–38 | 46–31 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 23½ | 39–36 | 37–40 |
Detroit Tigers | 60 | 94 | 0.390 | 40½ | 30–47 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 59 | 95 | 0.383 | 41½ | 27–50 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 46½ | 23–54 | 31–46 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 10–11 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | — | 11–11–1 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Cleveland | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 19–3 | 17–5 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 11–11–3 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 11–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 14–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7–15 | 12–10 | 3–19 | 11–11–3 | 5–17 | — | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 5–17 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 10–12 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 6–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | — |
1953 St. Louis Browns | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Clint Courtney | 106 | 355 | 89 | .251 | 4 | 19 |
1B | Dick Kryhoski | 104 | 338 | 94 | .278 | 16 | 50 |
2B | Bobby Young | 148 | 537 | 137 | .255 | 4 | 25 |
SS | Billy Hunter | 154 | 567 | 124 | .219 | 1 | 37 |
3B | Jim Dyck | 112 | 334 | 71 | .213 | 9 | 27 |
OF | Vic Wertz | 128 | 440 | 118 | .268 | 19 | 70 |
OF | Dick Kokos | 107 | 299 | 72 | .241 | 13 | 38 |
OF | Johnny Groth | 141 | 557 | 141 | .253 | 10 | 57 |
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 |
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Don Lenhardt | 97 | 303 | 96 | .317 | 10 | 35 |
Roy Sievers | 92 | 285 | 77 | .270 | 8 | 35 |
Les Moss | 78 | 239 | 66 | .276 | 2 | 28 |
Vern Stephens | 46 | 165 | 53 | .321 | 4 | 17 |
Bob Elliott | 48 | 160 | 40 | .250 | 5 | 29 |
Hank Edwards | 65 | 106 | 21 | .198 | 0 | 9 |
Neil Berry | 57 | 99 | 28 | .283 | 0 | 11 |
Ed Mickelson | 7 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Pisoni | 3 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 1 | 1 |
Johnny Lipon | 7 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Dixie Upright | 9 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 1 | 1 |
Marty Marion | 3 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Willy Miranda | 17 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Kellert | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Babe Martin | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Don Larsen | 38 | 192.2 | 7 | 12 | 4.16 | 96 |
Duane Pillette | 31 | 166.2 | 7 | 13 | 4.48 | 58 |
Virgil Trucks | 16 | 88.0 | 5 | 4 | 3.07 | 47 |
Bob Turley | 10 | 60.1 | 2 | 6 | 3.28 | 61 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dick Littlefield | 36 | 152.1 | 7 | 12 | 5.08 | 104 |
Harry Brecheen | 26 | 117.1 | 5 | 13 | 3.07 | 44 |
Bob Cain | 32 | 99.2 | 4 | 10 | 6.23 | 36 |
Mike Blyzka | 33 | 94.1 | 2 | 6 | 6.39 | 23 |
Lou Kretlow | 22 | 81.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.11 | 37 |
Bobo Holloman | 22 | 65.1 | 3 | 7 | 5.23 | 25 |
Max Lanier | 10 | 22.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.25 | 8 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Marlin Stuart | 60 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3.94 | 46 |
Satchel Paige | 57 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3.53 | 51 |
Hal White | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 2 |
Bob Habenicht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 |
1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Casey Stengel kept to his word and named Paige to the 1953 All-Star team despite Paige not having a very good year. He got in the game in the eighth inning. First Paige got Gil Hodges to line out, then after Roy Campanella singled up the middle, Eddie Mathews popped out. He then walked Duke Snider and Enos Slaughter lined a hit to center to score Campanella. National League pitcher Murry Dickson drove in Snider, but was thrown out at second base trying to stretch the hit into a double. Paige ended the year with a disappointing 3–9 record, but a respectable 3.53 ERA. Paige was released after the season when Veeck once again had to sell the team.