1953 American League (AL) Statistics and Awards

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1953 American League Previous Year / Next Year

Expanded Standings

Team W L WL% GB NewYorkY NYY 99 52 .656 -- Clvlnd CLE 92 62 .597 8.5 ChicagoW CHW 89 65 .578 11.5 BostonRS BOS 84 69 .549 16.0 Washngtn WSH 76 76 .500 23.5 Detroit DET 60 94 .390 40.5 Phildlpa PHA 59 95 .383 41.5 St.Louis SLB 54 100 .351 46.5

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1953 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  5.30   801  151  5194  1420  226  52  139  656   644  .273  .355  .417   34   44 119  4.51  6.14
 CLE  4.97   770  155  5285  1426  201  29  160  609   683  .270  .345  .410   33   29 111  4.86  5.08
 CHW  4.59   716  156  5212  1345  226  53   74  601   530  .258  .335  .364   73   55  96  4.47  4.71
 WSH  4.52   687  152  5149  1354  230  53   69  596   604  .263  .339  .368   65   36 100  4.07  4.96
 DET  4.40   695  158  5553  1479  259  44  108  506   603  .266  .328  .387   30   35 100  4.67  4.13
 BOS  4.29   656  153  5246  1385  255  37  101  496   601  .264  .328  .384   33   45  93  4.41  4.17
 PHA  4.03   632  157  5455  1398  205  38  116  498   602  .256  .318  .372   41   24  90  3.83  4.22
 SLB  3.60   555  154  5264  1310  214  25  112  507   644  .249  .315  .363   17   34  87  3.65  3.56
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.46  5512 1236 42358 11117 1816 331  879 4469  4911  .262  .336  .383  326  302

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  3.62   547  151  3.20  1358  1286   8.5   500  3.3   94   604   50    16     0  39 116  3.31  3.95
 CHW  3.79   592  156  3.41  1403  1299   8.3   583  3.7  113   714   57    16     0  33 118  4.21  3.38
 BOS  4.13   632  153  3.58  1373  1333   8.7   584  3.8   92   642   41    14     0  37 117  4.66  3.61
 CLE  4.05   627  155  3.64  1373  1311   8.5   519  3.3   92   586   81    11     0  15 103  3.49  4.61
 WSH  4.04   614  152  3.66  1344  1313   8.6   478  3.1  112   515   76    16     0  10 107  3.77  4.30
 SLB  5.05   778  154  4.48  1383  1467   9.5   626  4.1  101   639   28     7     0  24  94  5.81  4.30
 PHA  5.09   799  157  4.67  1409  1475   9.4   594  3.8  121   566   51     6     0  11  92  5.73  4.46
 DET  5.84   923  158  5.25  1415  1633  10.3   585  3.7  154   645   50     2     0  16  78  5.85  5.84
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.46  5512 1236  3.99 11058 11117   9.0  4469  3.6  879  4911  434          96 185

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 NYY  126  182  .979   .716  1,537,811  19,972  101-50  50-27 49-25  97  93 28.4 31.0   5   7  24 Stengel
 CLE  126  197  .979   .715  1,069,176  13,707   91-63  53-24 39-38  98  94 29.6 30.6   4   4  23 Lopez
 CHW  125  144  .980   .720  1,191,353  15,274   90-64  41-36 48-29 103 101 28.9 30.0   1   5  20 Richards
 BOS  147  173  .976   .708  1,026,133  13,502   79-74  38-38 46-31 105 105 26.4 29.6   2   4  14 Boudreau
 WSH  120  173  .979   .719    595,594   7,941   84-68  39-36 37-40  98  98 28.6 30.8   0   1  14 Harris
 DET  131  149  .979   .683    884,658  11,198   57-97  30-47 30-47  99 102 28.4 26.6   2   1  18 Hutchinson
 PHA  136  161  .978   .702    362,113   4,642   61-93  27-50 32-45 104 107 30.2 29.0   0   2   9 Dykes
 SLB  152  165  .974   .689    297,238   3,860   54-100 23-54 31-46 102 105 28.3 31.0   1   2  11 Marion
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Al Rosen
CLE .336/.422/.613

Rookie of the Year Harvey Kuenn
DET .308/.356/.386

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average

Vernon-WSH .337

Rosen-CLE .336

Goodman-BOS .313

Minoso-CHW .313

Busby-WSH .312

On-base %

Woodling-NYY **.429

Rosen-CLE .422

Minoso-CHW .410

Fain-CHW .405

Yost-WSH .403

Slugging %

Rosen-CLE .613

Zernial-PHA .559

Berra-NYY .523

Boone-TOT .519

Vernon-WSH .518

OPS

Rosen-CLE 1.034

Vernon-WSH .921

Zernial-PHA .914

Boone-TOT .909

Mantle-NYY .895

Games

Philley-PHA 157

Rivera-CHW 156

Robinson-PHA 156

Kuenn-DET 155

Rosen-CLE 155

At Bats

Kuenn-DET 679

Fox-CHW 624

Philley-PHA 620

Robinson-PHA 615

Vernon-WSH 608

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Kuenn-DET 731

Yost-WSH 713

Fox-CHW 692

Rosen-CLE 688

Robinson-PHA 685

Runs

Rosen-CLE 115

Yost-WSH 107

Mantle-NYY 105

Minoso-CHW 104

Vernon-WSH 101

Hits

Kuenn-DET 209

Vernon-WSH 205

Rosen-CLE 201

Philley-PHA 188

Busby-WSH 183

Total Bases

Rosen-CLE 367

Vernon-WSH 315

Zernial-PHA 311

Berra-NYY 263

Philley-PHA 263

Doubles

Vernon-WSH 43

Kell-BOS 41

White-BOS 34

Goodman-BOS 33

Kuenn-DET 33

Triples

Rivera-CHW 16

Vernon-WSH 11

Philley-PHA 9

Piersall-BOS 9

Boone-TOT 8

Fox-CHW 8

Jensen-WSH 8

Mele-CHW 8

Minoso-CHW 8

Home Runs

Rosen-CLE 43

Zernial-PHA 42

Doby-CLE 29

Berra-NYY 27

Boone-TOT 26

RBI

Rosen-CLE 145

Vernon-WSH 115

Boone-TOT 114

Berra-NYY 108

Zernial-PHA 108

Bases on Balls

Yost-WSH 123

Fain-CHW 108

Doby-CLE 96

Gernert-BOS 88

Rosen-CLE 85

Strikeouts

Doby-CLE 121

Mantle-NYY 90

Gernert-BOS 82

Zernial-PHA 79

Rivera-CHW 70

Stolen Bases

Minoso-CHW 25

Rivera-CHW 22

Jensen-WSH 18

Busby-WSH 13

Philley-PHA 13

Singles

Kuenn-DET 167

Busby-WSH 142

Philley-PHA 140

Fox-CHW 136

Vernon-WSH 136

Adjusted OPS+

Rosen-CLE 179

Vernon-WSH 149

Woodling-NYY 145

Boone-TOT 145

Mantle-NYY 143

Runs Created

Rosen-CLE 151

Vernon-WSH 124

Zernial-PHA 110

Minoso-CHW 100

Boone-TOT 99

Adjusted Batting Runs

Rosen-CLE 66

Vernon-WSH 42

Boone-TOT 31

Woodling-NYY 30

Mantle-NYY 30

Batting Wins

Rosen-CLE 6.4

Vernon-WSH 4.2

Boone-TOT 3.1

Mantle-NYY 3.0

Woodling-NYY 3.0

Extra-Base Hits

Rosen-CLE 75

Vernon-WSH 69

Zernial-PHA 66

Berra-NYY 55

Kell-BOS 55

Times on Base

Rosen-CLE 290

Yost-WSH 284

Vernon-WSH 272

Minoso-CHW 265

Kuenn-DET 260

Offensive Win%

Rosen-CLE .801

Vernon-WSH .735

Mantle-NYY .715

Zernial-PHA .706

Boone-TOT .705

Hit By Pitch

Minoso-CHW 17

Piersall-BOS 9

Lollar-CHW 8

Fox-CHW 7

Bauer-NYY 6

Doby-CLE 6

Dropo-DET 6

Martin-NYY 6

Rivera-CHW 6

Sac. Hits

Piersall-BOS 19

Rizzuto-NYY 18

Avila-CLE 14

Glynn-CLE 14

Young-SLB 14

Grounded into Double Plays

Minoso-CHW 23

Dropo-DET 22

Philley-PHA 22

Jensen-WSH 19

Martin-NYY 19

Rosen-CLE 19

Caught Stealing

Minoso-CHW 16

Rivera-CHW 15

Piersall-BOS 10

Avila-CLE 8

Jensen-WSH 8

Power/Speed Number

Minoso-CHW 18.8

Rivera-CHW 14.7

Rosen-CLE 13.5

Jensen-WSH 12.9

Mantle-NYY 11.6

At Bats per Strikeout

Goodman-BOS 46.7

Fox-CHW 34.7

Mitchell-CLE 25.0

Kuenn-DET 21.9

Kell-BOS 20.9

At Bats per Home Run

Zernial-PHA 13.2

Rosen-CLE 13.9

Doby-CLE 17.7

Berra-NYY 18.6

Boone-TOT 19.1

Outs

Kuenn-DET 486

Dropo-DET 482

Robinson-PHA 480

Fox-CHW 478

Martin-NYY 471

ERA

Lopat-NYY 2.42

Pierce-CHW 2.72

Trucks-TOT 2.93

Ford-NYY 3.00

Sain-NYY 3.00

Wins

Porterfield-WSH 22

Lemon-CLE 21

Parnell-BOS 21

Trucks-TOT 20

Ford-NYY 18

Garcia-CLE 18

McDermott-BOS 18

Pierce-CHW 18

Won-Loss %

Lopat-NYY .800

Ford-NYY .750

Parnell-BOS .724

Porterfield-WSH .688

Raschi-NYY .684

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Lopat-NYY 1.127

Raschi-NYY 1.133

Pierce-CHW 1.172

Sain-NYY 1.238

Porterfield-WSH 1.239

Hits Allowed/9IP

Pierce-CHW 7.16

McDermott-BOS 7.37

Raschi-NYY 7.46

Masterson-WSH 7.85

Trucks-TOT 7.97

Bases on Balls/9IP

Lopat-NYY 1.61

Sain-NYY 2.14

Kellner-PHA 2.28

Porterfield-WSH 2.58

Hoeft-DET 2.64

Strikeouts/9IP

Pierce-CHW 6.17

Gray-DET 5.88

Masterson-WSH 5.14

Parnell-BOS 5.08

Trucks-TOT 5.07

Games

Kinder-BOS 69

Stuart-SLB 60

Martin-PHA 58

Paige-SLB 57

Dorish-CHW 55

Saves

Kinder-BOS 27

Dorish-CHW 18

Reynolds-NYY 13

Paige-SLB 11

Sain-NYY 9

Innings

Lemon-CLE 286.7

Garcia-CLE 271.7

Pierce-CHW 271.3

Trucks-TOT 264.3

Porterfield-WSH 255.0

Strikeouts

Pierce-CHW 186

Trucks-TOT 149

Wynn-CLE 138

Parnell-BOS 136

Garcia-CLE 134

Games Started

Byrd-PHA 37

Lemon-CLE 36

Garcia-CLE 35

Parnell-BOS 34

Wynn-CLE 34

Comp. Games

Porterfield-WSH 24

Lemon-CLE 23

Garcia-CLE 21

Pierce-CHW 19

Trucks-TOT 17

Shutouts

Porterfield-WSH 9

Pierce-CHW 7

Lemon-CLE 5

Parnell-BOS 5

Trucks-TOT 5

Home Runs Allow.

Gray-DET 25

Hoeft-DET 24

Byrd-PHA 23

Fricano-PHA 21

Pierce-CHW 20

Bases On Balls Allow.

Parnell-BOS 116

Byrd-PHA 115

Ford-NYY 110

Lemon-CLE 110

McDermott-BOS 109

Hits Allowed

Lemon-CLE 283

Byrd-PHA 279

Garcia-CLE 260

Porterfield-WSH 243

Trucks-TOT 234

Wynn-CLE 234

SO to Walk

Sain-NYY 1.87

Pierce-CHW 1.82

Garcia-CLE 1.65

Kellner-PHA 1.59

Lopat-NYY 1.56

Losses

Byrd-PHA 20

Gray-DET 15

Lemon-CLE 15

Bishop-PHA 14

Hoeft-DET 14

Earned Runs Allow.

Byrd-PHA 145

Wynn-CLE 110

Lemon-CLE 107

Hoeft-DET 106

Bishop-PHA 101

Wild Pitches

Kellner-PHA 10

Lemon-CLE 9

Blyzka-SLB 7

Brown-BOS 7

Fanovich-PHA 7

Martin-PHA 7

Parnell-BOS 7

Trucks-TOT 7

Hit Batsmen

Byrd-PHA 14

Lemon-CLE 11

Gromek-TOT 9

Houtteman-TOT 9

Martin-PHA 8

Batters Faced

Lemon-CLE 1216

Garcia-CLE 1133

Pierce-CHW 1113

Trucks-TOT 1101

Byrd-PHA 1090

Games Finished

Kinder-BOS 51

Martin-PHA 41

Dorish-CHW 37

Paige-SLB 34

Stuart-SLB 30

Adjusted ERA+

Lopat-NYY 153

Pierce-CHW 148

Trucks-TOT 140

McDermott-BOS 139

Parnell-BOS 137

Oldest Player

Paige-SLB 1906-07-07 (46)

Newsom-PHA 1907-08-11 (45)

Marrero-WSH 1911-08-11 (41)

Mize-NYY 1913-01-07 (40)

Kinder-BOS 1914-07-26 (38)

Youngest Player

Miller-DET 1935-07-15 (17)

Bertoia-DET 1935-01-08 (18)

Kaline-DET 1934-12-19 (18)

Consolo-BOS 1934-08-18 (18)

Stephens-BOS 1933-01-20 (20)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All Stars (* - indicates they played)
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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters
P. Billy Pierce (CHW)
C. Yogi Berra (NYY)
1B. Mickey Vernon (WSH)
2B. Billy Goodman (BOS)
3B. Al Rosen (CLE)
SS. Chico Carrasquel (CHW)
LF. Gus Zernial (PHA)
CF. Mickey Mantle (NYY)
RF. Hank Bauer (NYY)

Larry Doby* (CLE)
Ferris Fain* (CHW)
Nellie Fox* (CHW)
Mike Garcia* (CLE)
Billy Hunter* (SLB)
George Kell* (BOS)
Harvey Kuenn* (DET)
Bob Lemon (CLE)
Minnie Minoso* (CHW)

Johnny Mize* (NYY)
Satchel Paige* (SLB)
Allie Reynolds* (NYY)
Phil Rizzuto* (NYY)
Eddie Robinson* (PHA)
Johnny Sain (NYY)
Sammy White (BOS)
Ted Williams (BOS)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Billy Pierce (CHW) C. Yogi Berra (NYY) 1B. Mickey Vernon (WSH) 2B. Billy Goodman (BOS) 3B. Al Rosen (CLE) SS. Chico Carrasquel (CHW) LF. Gus Zernial (PHA) CF. Mickey Mantle (NYY) RF. Hank Bauer (NYY)		Larry Doby* (CLE) Ferris Fain* (CHW) Nellie Fox* (CHW) Mike Garcia* (CLE) Billy Hunter* (SLB) George Kell* (BOS) Harvey Kuenn* (DET) Bob Lemon (CLE) Minnie Minoso* (CHW)		Johnny Mize* (NYY) Satchel Paige* (SLB) Allie Reynolds* (NYY) Phil Rizzuto* (NYY) Eddie Robinson* (PHA) Johnny Sain (NYY) Sammy White (BOS) Ted Williams (BOS)