1953 Washington Senators season
1953 Washington Senators | |
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Owner(s) | Clark Griffith (majority owner) |
Manager(s) | Bucky Harris |
Local television | WTTG |
Local radio | WWDC (FM) (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff, Bailey Goss) |
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The 1953 Washington Senators won 76 games, lost 76, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium. This was their last winning season until 1962.
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
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 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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 | — |
Roster[]
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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 |
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C | Ed Fitz Gerald | 88 | 288 | 72 | .250 | 3 | 39 |
1B | Mickey Vernon | 152 | 608 | 205 | .337 | 15 | 115 |
2B | Wayne Terwilliger | 134 | 464 | 117 | .252 | 4 | 46 |
SS | Pete Runnels | 137 | 486 | 125 | .257 | 2 | 50 |
3B | Eddie Yost | 152 | 577 | 157 | .272 | 9 | 45 |
OF | Jim Busby | 150 | 586 | 183 | .312 | 6 | 82 |
OF | Jackie Jensen | 147 | 582 | 147 | .266 | 10 | 84 |
OF | Clyde Vollmer | 118 | 408 | 106 | .260 | 11 | 74 |
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 |
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Mickey Grasso | 61 | 196 | 41 | .209 | 2 | 22 |
Gil Coan | 68 | 168 | 33 | .196 | 2 | 17 |
Jerry Snyder | 29 | 62 | 21 | .339 | 0 | 4 |
Kite Thomas | 38 | 58 | 17 | .293 | 1 | 12 |
Yo-Yo Davalillo | 19 | 58 | 17 | .293 | 0 | 2 |
Mel Hoderlein | 23 | 47 | 9 | .191 | 0 | 5 |
Ken Wood | 12 | 33 | 7 | .212 | 0 | 3 |
Les Peden | 9 | 28 | 7 | .250 | 1 | 1 |
Carmen Mauro | 17 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 2 |
Gene Verble | 13 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 2 |
Frank Sacka | 7 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 3 |
Bob Oldis | 7 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
Frank Campos | 10 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 2 |
Tony Roig | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Floyd Baker | 9 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Barmes | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 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 |
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Bob Porterfield | 34 | 255 | 22 | 10 | 3.35 | 77 |
Walt Masterson | 29 | 166.1 | 10 | 12 | 3.63 | 95 |
Spec Shea | 23 | 164.2 | 12 | 7 | 3.94 | 38 |
Chuck Stobbs | 27 | 153 | 11 | 8 | 3.29 | 67 |
Connie Marrero | 22 | 145.2 | 8 | 7 | 3.03 | 65 |
Tommy Byrne | 6 | 33.2 | 0 | 5 | 4.28 | 22 |
Bunky Stewart | 2 | 15.1 | 0 | 2 | 4.70 | 3 |
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 |
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Sonny Dixon | 43 | 120 | 5 | 8 | 3.75 | 40 |
Johnny Schmitz | 24 | 107.2 | 2 | 7 | 3.68 | 39 |
Julio Moreno | 12 | 35.1 | 3 | 1 | 2.80 | 13 |
Jim Pearce | 4 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 0 |
Dean Stone | 3 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 8.31 | 5 |
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 |
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Al Sima | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.42 | 25 |
Jerry Lane | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.92 | 26 |
Sandy Consuegra | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 0 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Cal Ermer |
A | Scranton Miners | Eastern League | Morrie Aderholt |
B | Charlotte Hornets | Tri-State League | Pete Appleton |
D | Bluefield Blue-Grays | Appalachian League | |
D | Orlando Senators | Florida State League | and Les Filkins |
D | Fulton Lookouts | KITTY League |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte
References[]
External links[]
- Minnesota Twins seasons
- 1953 Major League Baseball season
- 1953 in sports in Washington, D.C.