1953 Washington Senators season

1953  Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	Griffith Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Record	76–76 (.500)
League place	5th
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.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	52	.656	—	50‍–‍27	49‍–‍25
Cleveland Indians	92	62	.597	8½	53‍–‍24	39‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	11½	41‍–‍36	48‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox	84	69	.549	16	38‍–‍38	46‍–‍31
Washington Senators	76	76	.500	23½	39‍–‍36	37‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers	60	94	.390	40½	30‍–‍47	30‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics	59	95	.383	41½	27‍–‍50	32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	54	100	.351	46½	23‍–‍54	31‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1953 American League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Roster

1953 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 27,30 Tommy Byrne 30 Sandy Consuegra 16 Sonny Dixon 25 Jerry Lane 22 Connie Marrero 20 Walt Masterson 23 Julio Moreno 49 Jim Pearce 19 Bob Porterfield 35,31 Johnny Schmitz 17 Spec Shea 36 Al Sima 38,23 Bunky Stewart 18 Chuck Stobbs 31,32 Dean Stone		Catchers 37 Ed Fitz Gerald 11 Mickey Grasso 10 Bob Oldis  8 Les Peden 10 Frank Sacka Infielders  4 Floyd Baker 15 Yo-Yo Davalillo 28 Mel Hoderlein 29 Tony Roig 35 Pete Runnels  6 Jerry Snyder 12 Wayne Terwilliger 15 Gene Verble  3 Mickey Vernon  1 Eddie Yost		Outfielders 30 Bruce Barmes  7 Jim Busby  2 Gil Coan  4 Jackie Jensen  6 Carmen Mauro 26 Kite Thomas 24 Clyde Vollmer 26 Ken Wood Other batters 25 Frank Campos		Manager 50 Bucky Harris Coaches 54 Nick Altrock 52 Joe Fitzgerald 55 Joe Haynes 51 Heinie Manush 53 George Myatt

Player stats

Batting

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader

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
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
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
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

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
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

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
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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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	Ivan Kuester
D	Orlando Senators	Florida State League	Donald Ford and Leslie Filkins
D	Fulton Lookouts	KITTY League	Sam Lamitina

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

External links

• 1953 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1953 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com