Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help

1953 AL Statistics & Leaders

AL | NL : Stats & Leaders - Batting Register - Pitching Register - Fielding Register - Win Shares - Positional Leaderboards - Rookies - Drafted Players

League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
American Team W L WPct GB Tampa Bay 101 61 .623 -- Seattle 94 68 .580 7 Minnesota 93 69 .574 8 Detroit 87 75 .537 14 Cleveland 81 81 .500 20 Oakland 69 93 .426 32 New York (A) 61 101 .377 40 Boston (A) 47 115 .290 54

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	Montreal Expos over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
AL League Series (4-0)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays over Seattle Mariners

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
MIN	5.5	894	162	5644	1562	298	41	178	549	707	.277	.341	.439	.780
TAM	5.4	869	162	5589	1513	245	36	164	729	697	.271	.355	.415	.770
SEM	5.2	837	162	5611	1507	304	38	194	577	641	.269	.337	.440	.777
DET	4.8	781	162	5528	1476	282	39	118	672	682	.267	.346	.396	.743
CLE	4.6	744	162	5579	1413	248	31	127	644	679	.253	.331	.377	.708
OAK	4.2	679	162	5535	1418	226	33	121	527	778	.256	.321	.375	.695
NYA	4.1	670	162	5476	1361	250	34	137	538	712	.249	.316	.382	.697
BOS	3.8	614	162	5549	1329	269	35	112	409	793	.240	.292	.361	.653
Totals	4.7	6088	1296	44511	11579	2122	287	1151	4645	5689	.260	.330	.398	.728
Average		761	162	5564	1447	265	36	144	581	711

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
DET	4.2	674	162	3.73	1448.0	1312	8.1	544	3.4	859	5.3	25
TAM	4.3	689	162	3.78	1468.3	1415	8.7	490	3.0	881	5.4	39
MIN	4.4	706	162	3.91	1448.7	1394	8.6	510	3.1	683	4.2	38
SEM	4.6	743	162	4.33	1444.0	1553	9.6	375	2.3	532	3.3	21
CLE	4.7	764	162	4.31	1456.3	1439	8.9	666	4.1	718	4.4	31
OAK	4.9	790	162	4.54	1441.0	1453	9.0	582	3.6	743	4.6	19
NYA	5.4	880	162	5.05	1427.0	1667	10.3	551	3.4	721	4.5	25
BOS	5.8	940	162	5.34	1447.3	1583	9.8	753	4.6	592	3.7	15
Totals	4.8	6186	1296	4.37	11580.6	11816	9.1	4471	3.4	5729	4.4	213
Average		773	162		1448	1477		559		716		27

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
TAM	98	64	3	8	19	0	0	2	19	0.94	0.93	2,391,815		Ricky Sanford
CLE	79	83	2	3	8	2	0	0	13	1.03	1.03	1,121,193		Jason Morton
MIN	98	64	-5	3	13	7	4	3	22	1.02	1.00	2,427,643		Joe Kuhel
NYA	61	101	0	3	10	0	0	2	21	1.07	1.00	926,926		Jason Spiegel
SEM	90	72	4	3	17	0	1	2	35	1.00	1.00	2,319,453		Peter Fletcher
DET	92	70	-5	2	11	10	10	2	8	1.00	0.93	2,107,164		Pie Traynor
OAK	70	92	-1	2	11	0	6	2	16	1.01	0.90	1,668,079		Marwan Najdawi
BOS	51	111	-4	1	6	0	0	3	8	0.97	0.94	1,388,635		Brian Rodgers

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
TAM	303	152.81	104.76	45.40	5.02	6.66	12.20	7.37	6.74	7.43
SEM	282	143.08	96.01	42.88	5.83	2.88	6.91	5.12	9.99	12.17
MIN	279	141.47	95.61	41.89	6.07	2.06	7.54	4.40	6.88	14.94
DET	261	112.82	99.97	48.18	0.35	0.58	9.98	5.08	9.35	22.85
CLE	243	106.09	90.27	46.61	11.14	5.70	2.62	5.05	7.02	15.08
OAK	207	86.57	79.22	41.17	10.22	2.18	5.43	4.72	7.20	11.45
NYA	183	82.86	67.26	32.86	9.95	2.62	6.25	4.21	3.82	6.01
BOS	141	69.50	43.01	28.46	10.01	2.66	1.88	2.56	5.62	5.74

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Ted Williams	DET	.358, 36 HR, 122 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Warren Spahn	DET	27-12, 2.07, 378.7 IP, 322 K
Bronze Rookie:	Ray Jablonski	BOS	.274, 25 HR, 87 RBI
Gold Glove Winners
P	Bob Miller	MIN	.990, 25 PO, 77 A, 1 E
C	Bruce Edwards	OAK	.997, 615 PO, 55 A, 2 E 38.8% (19-49) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Ted Kluszewski	SEM	.996, 1550 PO, 107 A, 7 E
2B	Bill Serena	SEM	.986, 295 PO, 627 A, 13 E
3B	Snuffy Stirnweiss	TAM	.994, 76 PO, 284 A, 2 E
SS	Danny O'Connell	SEM	.978, 215 PO, 671 A, 20 E
LF	Buddy Lewis	NYA	.996, 264 PO, 13 A, 1 E
CF	Whitey Lockman	CLE	.995, 373 PO, 10 A, 2 E
RF	Ted Williams	DET	.987, 300 PO, 6 A, 4 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Williams DET .358 McDougald CLE .339 Pesky MIN .331 Lockman CLE .320 Cavarretta SEM .311	On-Base Pct Williams DET .495 McDougald CLE .418 Woodling TAM .418 Snider MIN .404 Serena SEM .403	Slugging Pct Williams DET .672 Snider MIN .606 McDougald CLE .590 Ennis MIN .565 Serena SEM .546	OPS Williams DET 1.167 Snider MIN 1.010 McDougald CLE 1.008 Serena SEM .949 Ennis MIN .921
XR Williams DET 157.1 Snider MIN 128.8 McDougald CLE 124.6 Serena SEM 124.0 Woodling TAM 114.7	Games McDougald CLE 160 Sanders NYA 159 Woodling TAM 159 Jensen CLE 158 Michaels BOS 158	At-Bats Cavarretta SEM 630 Judnich NYA 615 Lockman CLE 603 Noren DET 602 Thomas NYA 597	Runs Serena SEM 129 Williams DET 123 Ennis MIN 120 Gionfriddo MIN 115 McDougald CLE 112
Hits Cavarretta SEM 196 McDougald CLE 194 Lockman CLE 193 Williams DET 191 Noren DET 182	Total Bases Williams DET 359 Snider MIN 340 McDougald CLE 338 Ennis MIN 333 Serena SEM 316	Singles Lockman CLE 149 Cavarretta SEM 128 Dillinger OAK 125 Pesky MIN 125 Michaels BOS 123	Doubles Williams DET 52 Noren DET 50 Cavarretta SEM 49 McDougald CLE 47 Blatnik BOS 39
Triples Reiser TAM 11 Gilliam OAK 9 Culberson BOS 8 Gionfriddo MIN 8 McDougald CLE 8	Homeruns Snider MIN 43 Ennis MIN 42 Wertz SEM 36 Williams DET 36 Serena SEM 35	RBIs Ennis MIN 137 Williams DET 122 Woodling TAM 115 Snider MIN 113 Hodges MIN 109	Stolen Bases Dillinger OAK 49 Stirnweiss TAM 45 Gionfriddo MIN 33 Brideweser OAK 23 Gilliam OAK 21
Caught Stealing Dillinger OAK 16 Gionfriddo MIN 15 Stirnweiss TAM 15 Reiser TAM 13 Gilliam OAK 10	Walks Williams DET 145 Woodling TAM 120 Serena SEM 117 Seerey TAM 109 Snider MIN 104	Strikeouts Snider MIN 166 Seerey TAM 145 Doby OAK 118 Serena SEM 116 Gernert BOS 104

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Spahn DET 2.07 Rush MIN 2.52 Kiely TAM 3.11 Haynes SEM 3.29 Pierce TAM 3.64	Wins Spahn DET 27 Newcombe TAM 26 Hacker SEM 21 Pierce TAM 21 Kiely TAM 20	Losses Scheib OAK 23 Flowers NYA 20 Freeman NYA 19 Newhouser BOS 19 Masterson DET 18	Winning Pct Haynes SEM .813 Newcombe TAM .788 Kiely TAM .714 Spahn DET .692 Collum TAM .667
Saves Wilhelm TAM 27 Werle DET 17 Kennedy MIN 12 Iott CLE 11 Martin MIN 11	Games Pitched Wilhelm TAM 89 Erautt MIN 80 Wade NYA 78 McLish BOS 66 Branca NYA 65	Games Started Hacker SEM 44 Henry CLE 44 Miller MIN 44 Newcombe TAM 44 Munger CLE 43	Complete Games Spahn DET 30 Scheib OAK 24 Hacker SEM 20 Hutchinson SEM 14 Rush MIN 14
Shutouts Spahn DET 8 Burdette SEM 2 Harshman DET 2 Larsen BOS 2 Masterson DET 2	Innings Pitched Spahn DET 378.7 Hacker SEM 358.0 Scheib OAK 332.7 Newcombe TAM 325.0 Schanz CLE 316.0	Hits Allowed Hacker SEM 375 Flowers NYA 323 Miller MIN 322 Freeman NYA 316 Donovan SEM 309	Homeruns Allowed Scheib OAK 44 Hacker SEM 41 White MIN 40 Hutchinson SEM 39 Newcombe TAM 36
Strikeouts Spahn DET 322 Newcombe TAM 245 Pierce TAM 236 Scheib OAK 222 White MIN 189	Walks Allowed Munger CLE 166 Schanz CLE 162 Newcombe TAM 132 White MIN 129 Scheib OAK 127	Walks per 9IP Haynes SEM 1.5 Hutchinson SEM 1.5 Miller MIN 1.7 Hacker SEM 1.8 Rush MIN 1.8	Hits per 9IP Spahn DET 5.8 Pierce TAM 7.3 Scheib OAK 7.7 Rush MIN 7.7 Harshman DET 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Spahn DET 7.7 Pierce TAM 7.0 Newcombe TAM 6.8 Scheib OAK 6.0 Ferriss TAM 5.9	WHiP Spahn DET 0.93 Rush MIN 1.06 Pierce TAM 1.17 Hutchinson SEM 1.19 Kiely TAM 1.21	OAVG Spahn DET .182 Pierce TAM .220 Rush MIN .229 Scheib OAK .230 Harshman DET .242	OOBP Spahn DET .241 Rush MIN .269 Pierce TAM .287 Hutchinson SEM .293 Kiely TAM .300
OSLG Spahn DET .259 Rush MIN .313 Pierce TAM .343 Munger CLE .351 Haynes SEM .356	OOPS Spahn DET .500 Rush MIN .582 Pierce TAM .630 Kiely TAM .658 Haynes SEM .661

League All-Stars
Bobby Avila	Yogi Berra	Larry Doby
Bruce Edwards	Del Ennis	Warren Hacker
Fred Hutchinson	Hooks Iott	Leo Kiely
Whitey Lockman	Gil McDougald	Don Newcombe
Billy Pierce	Pete Reiser	Nap Reyes
Bill Serena	Duke Snider	Warren Spahn
Frank Thomas	Ben Wade	Ernie White
Hoyt Wilhelm	Ted Williams	Gene Woodling
Johnny Wyrostek

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Warren Spahn	DET	$ 29,426,120
2.	Gene Woodling	TAM	$ 15,500,000
3.	Ted Williams	DET	$ 15,340,000
4.	Stan Musial	SEM	$ 13,000,000
5.	Elmer Valo	NYA	$ 12,785,000
6.	Pete Reiser	TAM	$ 11,000,000
7.	Joe Dimaggio	MIN	$ 9,000,000
8.	Gil Hodges	MIN	$ 8,340,000
9.	Grady Hatton	TAM	$ 8,000,000
	Pat Seerey	TAM	$ 8,000,000
11.	Buddy Lewis	NYA	$ 7,800,000
12.	Yogi Berra	BOS	$ 7,750,000
13.	Wally Judnich	NYA	$ 7,500,000
14.	Billy Pierce	TAM	$ 7,100,000
15.	Phil Cavarretta	SEM	$ 7,000,000
16.	Bud Byerly	BOS	$ 6,410,000
17.	Duke Snider	MIN	$ 6,271,429
18.	Bob Rush	MIN	$ 6,228,571
19.	Sid Gordon	NYA	$ 6,000,000
	Vern Stephens	SEM	$ 6,000,000
21.	Joe Haynes	SEM	$ 5,800,000
22.	Del Ennis	MIN	$ 5,670,000
23.	Larry Doby	OAK	$ 5,564,286
24.	Ernie White	MIN	$ 5,280,000
25.	Billy Cox	DET	$ 5,240,000

For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.