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1953 St. Louis Browns (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954) 54-100, Finished 8th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 555 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 54-100 Managed by Marty Marion Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com) Attendance: 297,238 (8th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 105   (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 110   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 Stats (1952/1954) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Clint Courtney      26  106  355   28   89  12  2   4   19  25   20  .251  .302  .330   0   1  14   1   3           69
1B *Dick Kryhoski       28  104  338   35   94  18  4  16   50  26   33  .278  .333  .497   0   5  10   2   3          120
2B *Bobby Young         28  148  537   48  137  22  2   4   25  41   40  .255  .309  .326   2   1  12   1  14           70
3B  Jim Dyck            31  112  334   38   71  15  1   9   27  38   40  .213  .299  .344   3   2  15   3   6           72
SS  Billy Hunter        25  154  567   50  124  18  1   1   37  24   45  .219  .253  .259   3   1  12   2  11           37
OF  Johnny Groth        26  141  557   65  141  27  4  10   57  42   53  .253  .308  .370   5   6  14   2   9           81
OF *Vic Wertz           28  128  440   61  118  18  6  19   70  72   44  .268  .376  .466   1   4  13   4   2          124
OF *Dick Kokos          25  107  299   41   72  12  0  13   38  56   53  .241  .361  .411   0   5   4   0   2          106
    Don Lenhardt        30   97  303   37   96  15  0  10   35  41   41  .317  .400  .465   1   2   8   1   2          131
    Roy Sievers         26   92  285   37   77  15  0   8   35  32   47  .270  .344  .407   0   1   9   0   6          100
    Les Moss            28   78  239   21   66  14  1   2   28  18   31  .276  .329  .368   0   1  10   1   1           87
    Vern Stephens       32   46  165   16   53   8  0   4   17  18   24  .321  .388  .442   0   0   7   0   3          122
    Bob Elliott         36   48  160   19   40   7  1   5   29  30   18  .250  .368  .400   0   1   4   0   1          106
   *Hank Edwards        34   65  106    6   21   3  0   0    9  13   10  .198  .286  .226   0   1   1   0   0           39
    Neil Berry          31   57   99   14   28   1  2   0   11   9   10  .283  .343  .333   1   2   4   0   3           82
    Ed Mickelson        26    7   15    1    2   1  0   0    2   2    6  .133  .235  .200   0   0   1   0   0           18
    Jim Pisoni          23    3   12    1    1   0  0   1    1   0    5  .083  .083  .333   0   0   0   0   0            7
    Johnny Lipon        30    7    9    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    1  .222  .222  .222   0   0   0   0   0           19
   *Dixie Upright       27    9    8    3    2   0  0   1    1   1    3  .250  .333  .625   0   0   0   0   0          152
    Marty Marion        35    3    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   #Willy Miranda       27   17    6    2    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .167  .286  .167   1   1   0   0   0           24
    Frank Kellert       28    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Babe Martin         33    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0           -4

    Don Larsen          23   50   81   11   23   3  1   3   10   4   14  .284  .318  .457   0   0   1   0   0          105
    Duane Pillette      30   31   53    4    7   1  0   1    4   5   16  .132  .207  .208   0   0   1   0   2           11
   *Dick Littlefield    27   38   42    4    8   0  0   0    2   2   17  .190  .227  .190   0   0   1   0   5           13
   *Harry Brecheen      38   27   39    1    7   0  0   0    2   1   10  .179  .200  .179   0   0   1   0   2            2
   *Bob Cain            28   34   30    3    6   2  0   0    2   1    3  .200  .226  .267   0   0   1   0   0           31
    Satchel Paige       46   57   29    1    2   0  0   0    2   0    9  .069  .069  .069   0   0   0   0   1          -63
   *Marlin Stuart       34   60   26    3    5   1  0   0    1   0   11  .192  .192  .231   0   0   1   0   0           13
    Lou Kretlow         32   22   25    2    5   0  0   0    1   0   14  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   2            7
    Virgil Trucks       36   16   25    0    4   1  0   0    1   0    3  .160  .160  .200   0   0   0   0   4           -4
    Mike Blyzka         24   33   23    1    0   0  0   0    1   1    9  .000  .042  .000   0   0   0   0   2          -88
    Bobo Holloman       30   22   19    0    2   0  0   0    3   0    6  .105  .105  .105   0   0   0   0   3          -43
    Bob Turley          22   10   18    2    5   0  0   1    1   1    6  .278  .316  .444   0   0   0   0   2          102
    Max Lanier          37   10    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0          -11
    Hal White           34   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0           43
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3  154 5264  555 1310 214 25 112  522 507  644  .249  .315  .363  17  34 144  17  89           87
    Rank among 8 AL teams          4    8    8   6  8   4        5    2     8     8     8   8   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Duane Pillette      30  31   4.48   7  13  0  25   2   5   1  166.7  181   90   83  16   62   58  728   1   2  0      94
SP  Don Larsen          23  38   4.16   7  12  2  22  14   7   2  192.7  201   99   89  11   64   96  828   3   4  0     101
SP *Dick Littlefield    27  36   5.08   7  12  0  22   6   2   0  152.3  153   93   86  17   84  104  680   5   4  0      83
SP *Harry Brecheen      38  26   3.07   5  13  1  16   7   3   0  117.3  122   51   40   7   31   44  494   1   3  1     137
SP  Virgil Trucks       36  16   3.07   5   4  2  12   2   4   2   88.0   83   37   30   4   32   47  374   3   4  0     137
SP  Bob Turley          22  10   3.28   2   6  0   7   3   3   1   60.3   39   24   22   4   44   61  259   2   2  0     128

CL  Satchel Paige       46  57   3.53   3   9 11   4  34   0   0  117.3  114   51   46  12   39   51  489   2   1  1     119
RP  Marlin Stuart       34  60   3.94   8   2  7   2  30   0   0  114.3  136   62   50   6   44   46  509   3   1  0     107
RP  Mike Blyzka         24  33   6.39   2   6  0   9   8   2   0   94.3  110   78   67   6   56   23  440   7   0  0      66
RP *Bob Cain            28  32   6.23   4  10  1  13   7   1   0   99.7  129   74   69   8   45   36  465   1   1  0      67
RP  Bobo Holloman       30  22   5.23   3   7  0  10   1   1   1   65.3   69   41   38   2   50   25  305   2   1  1      80

    Lou Kretlow         32  22   5.11   1   5  0  11   6   0   0   81.0   93   56   46   5   52   37  380   3   0  0      82
   *Max Lanier          37  10   7.25   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   22.3   28   18   18   2   19    8  109   0   0  0      58
    Hal White           34  10   2.61   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   10.3    8    3    3   1    3    2   45   0   1  0     161
    Bob Habenicht       27   1   5.40   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.7    1    1    1   0    1    1    8   0   1  0      78
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.0 154   4.48  54 100 24 154 126  28  10 1383.0 1467  778  688 101  626  639 6113  33  25  3      94
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   8   1  4           8   6      4    6    6        4    8    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CCourtney 103 436 47 10 7 .980 4 LMoss 71 296 21 7 4 .978 4 BMartin 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 732 68 17 11 .979 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 8.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DKryhoski 88 685 66 6 77 .992 8.53 RSievers 76 604 31 5 64 .992 8.36 EMickelson 3 20 2 0 2 1.000 7.33 FKellert 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1317 99 11 143 .992 9.21 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .979 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BYoung 148 397 363 18 120 .977 5.14 NBerry 15 26 27 2 8 .964 3.53 JLipon 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 427 390 20 128 .976 5.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .957 2.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDyck 51 62 101 13 12 .926 3.20 VStephens 46 54 91 7 9 .954 3.15 BElliott 45 51 93 7 12 .954 3.20 NBerry 18 15 18 7 1 .825 1.83 DLenhardt 6 5 8 1 0 .929 2.17 JLipon 6 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.67 WMiranda 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 MMarion 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 189 317 35 34 .935 3.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .966 4.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHunter 152 284 512 25 99 .970 5.24 WMiranda 8 8 6 1 1 .933 1.75 NBerry 6 4 14 1 1 .947 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 296 532 27 101 .968 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JGroth 141 425 18 4 5 .991 3.14 0 141 0 VWertz 121 243 15 7 4 .974 2.13 0 1 120 DKokos 83 152 5 6 1 .963 1.89 61 0 22 DLenhardt 77 148 8 5 1 .969 2.03 72 0 5 JDyck 55 100 5 2 1 .981 1.91 32 19 8 HEdwards 21 36 2 0 0 1.000 1.81 11 4 7 JPisoni 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 0 2 1 DLarsen 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1111 53 24 12 .980 2.52 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .957 1.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLarsen 38 8 29 2 1 .949 1.73 DPillette 31 14 20 2 3 .944 1.84 DLittlefiel 36 9 19 0 0 1.000 1.65 HBrecheen 26 5 29 0 2 1.000 2.61 SPaige 57 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.15 MStuart 60 9 15 1 2 .960 1.89 BCain 32 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.17 MBlyzka 33 6 13 0 1 1.000 1.81 VTrucks 16 3 13 6 1 .727 1.64 LKretlow 22 3 7 3 0 .769 1.11 BHolloman 22 8 9 3 1 .850 2.34 BTurley 10 4 3 0 2 1.000 1.04 MLanier 10 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.61 HWhite 10 1 4 1 0 .833 4.37 BHabenicht 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 78 185 18 16 .936 1.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Wertz .268 On-base % Wertz .376 Slugging % Wertz .466 OPS Wertz .842 Games Hunter 154 At Bats Hunter 567 Plate Appearances (approx.) Groth 610 Runs Groth 65 Hits Groth 141 Total Bases Groth 206 Doubles Groth 27 Triples Wertz 6 Home Runs Wertz 19 RBI Wertz 70 Bases on Balls Wertz 72 Strikeouts Groth and Kokos 53 Stolen Bases Groth 5 Singles Young 109 Adjusted OPS+ Wertz 124 Runs Created Wertz 75 Adjusted Batting Runs Wertz 16 Batting Wins Wertz 1.6 Extra-Base Hits Wertz 43 Times on Base Wertz 194 Offensive Win% Wertz .625 Hit By Pitch Wertz 4 Sac. Hits Young 14 Grounded into Double Plays Dyck 15 Caught Stealing Groth 6 Power/Speed Number Groth 6.7 At Bats per Strikeout Young 13.4 At Bats per Home Run Wertz 23.2 Outs Hunter 467

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Larsen 4.16 Wins Stuart 8 Won-Loss % Larsen and Littlefield .368 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Larsen 1.375 Hits Allowed/9IP Larsen 9.39 Bases on Balls/9IP Larsen 2.99 Strikeouts/9IP Larsen 4.48 Games Stuart 60 Saves Paige 11 Innings Larsen 192.7 Strikeouts Littlefield 104 Games Started Pillette 25 Comp. Games Larsen 7 Shutouts Larsen and Trucks 2 Home Runs Allow. Littlefield 17 Bases On Balls Allow. Littlefield 84 Hits Allowed Larsen 201 SO to Walk Larsen 1.50 Losses Brecheen and Pillette 13 Earned Runs Allow. Larsen 89 Wild Pitches Blyzka 7 Hit Batsmen Larsen, Littlefield, and Trucks 4 Batters Faced Larsen 828 Games Finished Paige 34 Adjusted ERA+ Larsen 101

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