1953 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith (majority owner) | |
Managers | Bucky Harris | |
Television | WTTG | |
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.
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 | — |
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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 | 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 |
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 |
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 | 255.0 | 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 | 153.0 | 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 |
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 | 120.0 | 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 |
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 |
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