1953 Washington Senators season

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1953  Washington Senators
League American League
Ballpark Griffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
Owners Clark Griffith (majority owner)
Managers Bucky Harris
Television WTTG
Radio WWDC (FM)
(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff, Bailey Goss)
  1952 Seasons 1954  

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.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 99520.65650–2749–25
Cleveland Indians 92620.59753–2439–38
Chicago White Sox 89650.57811½41–3648–29
Boston Red Sox 84690.5491638–3846–31
Washington Senators 76760.50023½39–3637–40
Detroit Tigers 60940.39040½30–4730–47
Philadelphia Athletics 59950.38341½27–5032–45
St. Louis Browns 541000.35146½23–5431–46

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 6–1613–913–910–1115–717–510–12
Chicago 16–611–11–114–8–19–1310–1217–512–10
Cleveland 9–1311–11–114–811–1119–317–511–11
Detroit 9–138–14–18–146–1611–11–37–1511–11
New York 11–1013–911–1116–617–517–514–6
Philadelphia 7–1512–103–1911–11–35–1713–98–14
St. Louis 5–175–175–1715–75–179–1310–12
Washington 12–1010–1211–1111–116–1414–812–10

Roster

1953 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Ed Fitz Gerald 8828872.250339
1B Mickey Vernon 152608205.33715115
2B Wayne Terwilliger 134464117.252446
SS Pete Runnels 137486125.257250
3B Eddie Yost 152577157.272945
OF Jim Busby 150586183.312682
OF Jackie Jensen 147582147.2661084
OF Clyde Vollmer 118408106.2601174

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mickey Grasso 6119641.209222
Gil Coan 6816833.196217
Jerry Snyder 296221.33904
Kite Thomas 385817.293112
Yo-Yo Davalillo 195817.29302
Mel Hoderlein 23479.19105
Ken Wood 12337.21203
Les Peden 9287.25011
Carmen Mauro 17234.17402
Gene Verble 13214.19002
Frank Sacka 7185.27803
Bob Oldis 7164.25003
Frank Campos 1091.11102
Tony Roig 381.12500
Floyd Baker 970.00000
Bruce Barmes 551.20000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bob Porterfield 34255.022103.3577
Walt Masterson 29166.110123.6395
Spec Shea 23164.21273.9438
Chuck Stobbs 27153.01183.2967
Connie Marrero 22145.2873.0365
Tommy Byrne 633.2054.2822
Bunky Stewart 215.1024.703

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sonny Dixon 43120.0583.7540
Johnny Schmitz 24107.2273.6839
Julio Moreno 1235.1312.8013
Jim Pearce 49.1017.710
Dean Stone 38.2018.315

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Al Sima 312313.4225
Jerry Lane 201404.9226
Sandy Consuegra 400010.800

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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