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1953 NL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
National Team W L WPct GB Montreal 105 57 .648 -- St. Louis 97 65 .599 8 Boston (N) 93 69 .574 12 Pittsburgh 88 74 .543 17 Brooklyn 81 81 .500 24 San Diego 74 88 .457 31 Cincinnati 71 91 .438 34 New York (N) 54 108 .333 51

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	Montreal Expos over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
NL League Series (4-2)	Montreal Expos over St. Louis Cardinals

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
MON	5.7	916	162	5593	1510	263	38	180	723	738	.270	.354	.427	.781
STL	5.6	910	162	5665	1560	291	33	180	716	743	.275	.357	.434	.790
PIT	5.4	871	162	5558	1448	218	37	233	678	853	.261	.341	.439	.780
BSN	5.0	810	162	5607	1528	244	31	140	588	725	.273	.342	.402	.744
CIN	4.7	763	162	5528	1417	222	32	191	562	790	.256	.325	.412	.737
BRK	4.6	743	162	5527	1423	176	28	195	610	870	.257	.331	.405	.737
NYG	4.2	684	162	5677	1392	256	26	139	500	984	.245	.306	.373	.679
SDP	3.5	559	162	5333	1278	198	34	79	536	842	.240	.309	.334	.643
Totals	4.8	6256	1296	44488	11556	1868	259	1337	4913	6545	.260	.333	.404	.737
Average		782	162	5561	1444	234	32	167	614	818

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SDP	4.1	663	162	3.77	1436.3	1397	8.6	416	2.6	724	4.5	17
MON	4.3	700	162	3.85	1464.7	1306	8.1	701	4.3	970	6.0	38
STL	4.5	730	162	4.06	1471.3	1330	8.2	706	4.4	939	5.8	31
PIT	4.7	765	162	4.33	1453.3	1486	9.2	561	3.5	762	4.7	22
BSN	4.8	777	162	4.33	1458.3	1358	8.4	704	4.3	868	5.4	30
BRK	4.9	786	162	4.44	1459.0	1540	9.5	562	3.5	590	3.6	32
CIN	5.0	814	162	4.62	1446.3	1407	8.7	705	4.4	799	4.9	27
NYG	5.7	923	162	5.19	1462.0	1495	9.2	732	4.5	853	5.3	19
Totals	4.8	6158	1296	4.32	11651.3	11319	8.7	5087	3.9	6505	5.0	216
Average		770	162		1456	1415		636		813		27

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
STL	97	65	0	7	15	2	2	3	23	0.99	0.95	2,130,021		Joel Roltgen
MON	101	61	4	6	10	2	2	1	15	0.94	0.92	2,426,830		Hyram the Camel Jockey
PIT	91	71	-3	3	12	1	1	2	25	1.01	1.01	1,546,519		Jay Zorn
BSN	84	78	9	2	16	0	1	1	17	0.97	1.11	1,477,828		Ben Thompson
CIN	76	86	-5	2	20	2	0	1	17	0.99	1.12	1,309,373		Freddy Wills
NYG	59	103	-5	2	9	0	0	1	2	1.18	1.36	1,694,596		Matt Ida
SDP	68	94	6	2	12	0	9	2	25	0.95	0.79	2,240,922		Jamie D'Agostini
BRK	77	85	4	1	8	9	0	0	16	0.95	0.97	719,868		Ty Kubick

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
MON	315	171.39	100.22	43.35	11.39	4.06	6.60	3.91	6.26	11.13
STL	291	155.39	92.79	42.79	10.76	3.21	6.55	3.83	6.13	12.32
BSN	279	146.70	89.05	43.22	8.58	4.55	3.16	4.61	10.13	12.20
PIT	264	141.57	88.55	33.85	3.68	3.63	7.95	5.28	4.17	9.16
BRK	243	119.94	82.83	40.20	9.60	2.72	6.02	4.51	7.07	10.29
SDP	222	59.22	114.09	48.67	2.64	1.42	8.92	7.39	9.12	19.20
CIN	213	109.36	66.20	37.40	6.63	2.60	6.62	5.28	6.97	9.30
NYG	162	67.74	59.34	34.89	5.92	2.13	5.58	4.48	7.82	8.96

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Mickey Mantle	BRK	.300, 52 HR, 132 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Chuck Stobbs	SDP	26-9, 1.91, 349.0 IP, 204 K
Bronze Rookie:	Connie Johnson	STL	15-5, 3.68, 156.7 IP, 107 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Ray Herbert	PIT	.990, 24 PO, 80 A, 1 E
C	Del Rice	STL	.994, 713 PO, 53 A, 5 E 40.0% (22-55) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Randy Jackson	BRK	.994, 1598 PO, 139 A, 10 E
2B	Willie Jones	PIT	.982, 313 PO, 599 A, 17 E
3B	Al Rosen	MON	.966, 85 PO, 311 A, 14 E
SS	Steve Mesner	BRK	.984, 205 PO, 572 A, 13 E
LF	Bob Nieman	BSN	.980, 284 PO, 5 A, 6 E
CF	Sam Mele	STL	1.000, 356 PO, 5 A, 0 E
RF	Dick Kokos	BSN	.984, 297 PO, 2 A, 5 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

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

Batting Average Edwards   .337 Sievers PIT .327 Reese MON .326 Hofman BRK .323 Nieman BSN .321	On-Base Pct Mantle BRK .440 Torgeson STL .423 Reese MON .416 Fain MON .400 Sievers PIT .395	Slugging Pct Mantle BRK .655 Adcock PIT .603 Edwards   .562 Mays CIN .554 Nieman BSN .536	OPS Mantle BRK 1.095 Adcock PIT .960 Torgeson STL .957 Edwards   .946 Mays CIN .938
XR Mantle BRK 142.5 Sievers PIT 122.8 Torgeson STL 117.2 Mays CIN 113.2 Irvin MON 109.0	Games Bilko NYG 158 Wakefield MON 158 Hermanski NYG 156 Mantle BRK 156 Irvin MON 155	At-Bats Sievers PIT 621 Mele STL 602 Bilko NYG 590 Mays CIN 585 Westlake SDP 583	Runs Mantle BRK 126 Mays CIN 122 Reese MON 119 Torgeson STL 117 Irvin MON 114
Hits Sievers PIT 203 Mele STL 192 Reese MON 189 Nieman BSN 187 Mays CIN 183	Total Bases Mantle BRK 338 Adcock PIT 324 Mays CIN 324 Sievers PIT 318 Bilko NYG 314	Singles Reese MON 154 Ashburn BSN 150 Sievers PIT 142 Mele STL 139 Hofman BRK 133	Doubles Kell STL 45 Fain MON 44 Ross NYG 41 Nieman BSN 38 Rosen MON 38
Triples Kell STL 9 Wakefield MON 8 Irvin MON 7 Case NYG 6 Sievers PIT 6	Homeruns Mantle BRK 52 Adcock PIT 48 Bilko NYG 47 Mays CIN 36 Lenhardt BRK 33	RBIs Adcock PIT 132 Mantle BRK 132 Wakefield MON 123 Bilko NYG 119 Sawatski BSN 114	Stolen Bases Mays CIN 30 Rizzuto BSN 27 Reese MON 20 Irvin MON 19 Maxwell CIN 18
Caught Stealing Hopp BRK 17 Mays CIN 14 Maxwell CIN 11 Pope NYG 10 Reese MON 10	Walks Mantle BRK 132 Torgeson STL 132 Yost PIT 121 Kiner STL 113 Lenhardt BRK 113	Strikeouts Bilko NYG 149 Lopata PIT 131 Ross NYG 128 Clary SDP 116 Kokos BSN 115

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Stobbs SDP 1.91 Hughes BSN 3.05 Johnson MON 3.10 Peterson PIT 3.30 Simmons STL 3.43	Wins Stobbs SDP 26 Friend PIT 22 Wight MON 22 Simmons STL 21 Hughes BSN 20	Losses Sain NYG 23 Haddix BSN 22 Hoeft SDP 22 Scarborough NYG 21 Ford CIN 19	Winning Pct Gray MON .792 Johnson   .750 Stobbs SDP .743 Morgan BRK .727 Hughes BSN .714
Saves Littlefield MON 22 Bokelmann CIN 20 Albosta STL 19 Tiefenauer BRK 16 Voiselle BSN 13	Games Pitched Meyer PIT 88 Littlefield MON 84 Voiselle BSN 82 Tiefenauer BRK 81 McDermott STL 77	Games Started Friend PIT 44 Miller STL 44 Peterson PIT 44 Pollet STL 44 Haddix BSN 43	Complete Games Stobbs SDP 26 Friend PIT 18 Simmons STL 18 Haddix BSN 17 Hoeft SDP 17
Shutouts Stobbs SDP 5 Overmire BSN 4 Friend PIT 3 Garcia BRK 3 Hoeft SDP 3	Innings Pitched Friend PIT 352.3 Stobbs SDP 349.0 Haddix BSN 330.3 Fannin SDP 322.0 Wight MON 316.3	Hits Allowed Friend PIT 377 Fannin SDP 338 Haddix BSN 338 Herbert PIT 319 Overmire BSN 315	Homeruns Allowed Embree CIN 50 Haddix BSN 47 Sain NYG 46 Ford CIN 43 Hoeft SDP 41
Strikeouts Gray MON 314 Pollet STL 310 Peterson PIT 265 Hughes BSN 235 Stobbs SDP 204	Walks Allowed Pollet STL 177 Hughes BSN 172 Gray MON 162 Sain NYG 160 Peterson PIT 148	Walks per 9IP Stobbs SDP 0.7 Fannin SDP 1.8 Morgan BRK 2.2 Friend PIT 2.4 Garcia BRK 2.5	Hits per 9IP Hughes BSN 6.5 Gray MON 6.7 Pollet STL 6.9 Peterson PIT 7.2 Stobbs SDP 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Gray MON 9.4 Pollet STL 9.3 Peterson PIT 8.0 Hughes BSN 6.8 Antonelli NYG 6.6	WHiP Stobbs SDP 0.91 Johnson MON 1.18 Simmons STL 1.24 Fannin SDP 1.25 Hughes BSN 1.28	OAVG Hughes BSN .203 Gray MON .207 Pollet STL .211 Peterson PIT .219 Stobbs SDP .221	OOBP Stobbs SDP .237 Johnson MON .295 Simmons STL .301 Fannin SDP .307 Hughes BSN .308
OSLG Stobbs SDP .285 Hughes BSN .290 Peterson PIT .305 Pollet STL .318 Johnson MON .332	OOPS Stobbs SDP .523 Hughes BSN .598 Peterson PIT .619 Johnson MON .627 Pollet STL .637

League All-Stars
Buddy Blattner	Dick Bokelmann	Hank Edwards
Ferris Fain	Bob Friend	Ted Gray
Tommy Hughes	Monte Irvin	George Kell
Jack Kramer	Stan Lopata	Mickey Mantle
Ray Moore	Bob Nieman	Willard Nixon
Howie Pollet	Pee Wee Reese	Del Rice
Al Rosen	Chet Ross	Roy Sievers
Curt Simmons	Chuck Stobbs	Earl Torgeson
Dick Wakefield

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Kent Peterson	PIT	$ 18,000,000
2.	Whitey Kurowski	BRK	$ 13,500,000
3.	Dave Koslo	CIN	$ 11,500,000
4.	Lou Boudreau	SDP	$ 10,100,000
5.	Earl Johnson	MON	$ 9,500,000
6.	Buddy Blattner	STL	$ 9,180,000
7.	Howie Pollet	STL	$ 8,500,000
8.	Monte Irvin	MON	$ 8,300,000
9.	Cliff Fannin	SDP	$ 7,000,000
	Johnny Sain	NYG	$ 7,000,000
11.	Chuck Stobbs	SDP	$ 6,990,000
12.	Pee Wee Reese	MON	$ 6,650,000
13.	Robin Roberts	SDP	$ 6,535,714
14.	Sherry Robertson	MON	$ 6,500,000
15.	Johnny Vander Meer	BSN	$ 6,000,000
	Joe Schultz	CIN	$ 6,000,000
17.	Ferris Fain	MON	$ 5,900,000
18.	Charlie Keller	SDP	$ 5,500,000
	Stubby Overmire	BSN	$ 5,500,000
20.	Johnny Hopp	BRK	$ 5,350,000
21.	Ralph Kiner	STL	$ 5,300,000
22.	Earl Torgeson	STL	$ 5,292,857
23.	Russ Meyer	PIT	$ 5,280,000
24.	Bill Wight	MON	$ 5,228,571
25.	Hank Edwards	STL	$ 5,000,000

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