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1953 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 61-101
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 670
Runs Allowed: 880
Exp W-L: 61-101
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 926,926
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 4th in the AL
AA: 72-65, 4th in the AL
A: 56-81, 6th in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Wally Judnich 36 154 615 71 144 17 4 13 69 0 0 48 95 .234 .287 .338 .626 61.9 4.6 2.1
LF  Frank Thomas 24 157 597 87 171 39 1 26 88 0 0 43 69 .286 .336 .486 .822 89.2 14.4 3.8
RF *Buddy Lewis 36 154 587 88 142 29 4 17 47 4 2 51 77 .242 .302 .392 .694 68.5 7.5 1.8
1B *Ray Sanders 36 159 541 61 147 36 5 7 80 0 0 79 78 .272 .360 .396 .756 76.3 11.0 2.2
C  Roy Campanella 31 145 464 64 117 17 2 22 55 0 0 66 78 .252 .345 .440 .784 70.9 10.6 7.9
SS *Preston Ward 25 134 471 71 120 25 5 14 68 1 1 58 62 .255 .335 .418 .753 62.9 8.5 4.2
1B  Nap Reyes 33 100 397 63 125 23 5 6 49 1 1 25 25 .315 .358 .443 .801 58.1 9.7 2.4
2B  Johnny Temple 25 125 368 37 101 19 2 3 37 7 0 29 15 .274 .327 .361 .689 40.6 4.7 3.0
LF *Rocky Nelson 28 115 338 35 85 18 1 10 45 0 0 43 14 .251 .338 .399 .737 43.0 5.3 1.0
DH *Joe Collins 30 123 263 42 60 9 3 12 50 4 2 40 32 .228 .324 .422 .746 39.3 4.8 1.2
C  Joe Tipton 31 107 249 22 54 9 0 4 27 0 1 36 28 .217 .317 .301 .618 25.2 1.6 2.5
3B  Sid Gordon 35 80 144 6 27 3 1 2 10 0 0 12 29 .188 .248 .264 .512 8.8 0.0 0.6
P  Hersh Freeman 24 40 95 5 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 28 .105 .115 .137 .251 -3.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ben Flowers 26 41 85 6 16 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 27 .188 .207 .212 .419 3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Head 35 42 66 2 19 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .288 .288 .318 .606 5.5 0.3 0.0
P  Joe Landrum 24 39 57 4 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 14 .193 .193 .211 .404 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Connie Johnson 30 21 50 2 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 17 .100 .115 .160 .275 0.2 0.0 0.0
CF *Elmer Valo 32 13 49 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 .102 .170 .102 .272 -1.5 0.0 0.1
P *Chris Van Cuyk 26 50 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Hearn 32 57 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ben Wade 30 78 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Branca 27 65 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1999 5476 670 1361 250 34 137 648 18 7 538 712 .249 .315 .382 .697 647.8 82.9 32.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 7 5 6 4 7 5 3 6 6 7 7 5 6 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Hersh Freeman 24 13 19 .406 40 40 0 280.0 316 138 17 76 88 4.44 16.9
 Ben Flowers 26 12 20 .375 41 41 0 271.3 323 160 30 103 143 5.31 11.0
 Ed Head 35 7 17 .292 42 27 3 192.0 224 135 28 102 119 6.33 1.5
 Joe Landrum 24 8 14 .364 39 27 0 190.7 245 112 25 44 92 5.29 7.6
 Connie Johnson 30 6 6 .500 21 21 0 155.0 155 76 20 56 104 4.41 10.3
 Ben Wade 30 6 3 .667 78 0 8 100.0 106 46 12 45 68 4.14 10.2
*Chris Van Cuyk 26 3 7 .300 50 6 0 91.0 108 49 14 58 55 4.85 3.0
 Jim Hearn 32 3 6 .333 57 0 4 77.0 95 40 3 34 24 4.68 4.0
 Ralph Branca 27 3 9 .250 65 0 10 71.3 95 44 9 33 28 5.55 2.8
Team Totals 28.2 61 101 .377 433 162 25 1428.3 1667 800 158 551 721 5.04 67.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 4 7 8 8 7 7 5 4 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 32.9
R.Campanella 1114.7 126 132 602 51 4 0 .994 33.3
J.Tipton 312.0 36 37 146 19 2 1 .988 50.0
R.Nelson 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1428.3 162 171 748 70 6 1 .993 36.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.24
R.Sanders 781.3 89 93 927 65 5 93 .995 11.43
J.Collins 423.3 48 55 519 43 3 37 .995 11.95
J.Tipton 201.0 24 28 221 19 2 30 .992 10.75
R.Nelson 13.7 0 5 11 3 0 2 1.000 9.22
P.Ward 9.0 1 1 11 1 1 4 .923 12.00
N.Reyes 3.7 0 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 12.16
Team Total 1432.0 162 183 1693 132 11 166 .994 11.47
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 6.19
P.Ward 777.3 90 92 172 339 5 68 .990 5.92
J.Temple 607.7 68 73 148 249 7 59 .983 5.88
N.Reyes 95.6 10 12 19 41 3 6 .952 5.65
J.Tipton 18.3 1 3 2 8 0 2 1.000 4.91
R.Campanella 9.0 1 1 3 2 0 2 1.000 5.00
R.Sanders 8.0 1 1 1 2 1 1 .750 3.38
J.Collins 8.0 1 1 3 3 0 2 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1523.9 172 183 348 644 16 140 .984 5.86
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.87
F.Thomas 1252.0 145 146 80 296 25 29 .938 2.70
S.Gordon 169.0 17 25 15 38 2 2 .964 2.82
B.Lewis 4.3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
P.Ward 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
N.Reyes 2.5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1430.8 162 175 95 337 27 31 .941 2.72
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.31
N.Reyes 730.6 76 79 111 289 11 51 .973 4.93
P.Ward 207.7 23 24 37 88 4 16 .969 5.42
J.Temple 181.3 20 22 41 66 4 19 .964 5.31
R.Sanders 104.7 12 12 23 38 4 13 .938 5.25
F.Thomas 45.7 5 5 9 19 0 4 1.000 5.52
J.Collins 33.0 4 4 9 10 2 5 .905 5.18
R.Campanella 24.0 3 3 5 5 0 1 1.000 3.75
J.Tipton 8.0 1 1 2 3 1 1 .833 5.63
R.Nelson 8.0 1 1 2 4 1 1 .857 6.75
Team Total 1342.9 145 151 239 522 27 111 .966 5.10
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.93
B.Lewis 1122.3 130 131 264 13 1 2 .996 2.22
E.Valo 107.0 13 13 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
S.Gordon 81.0 7 12 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
P.Ward 69.0 7 9 24 0 0 0 1.000 3.13
R.Nelson 28.0 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
F.Thomas 18.0 2 3 5 0 2 0 .714 2.50
J.Tipton 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.3 162 174 337 13 3 2 .992 2.21
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.47
W.Judnich 1331.7 152 152 356 13 5 2 .987 2.49
J.Collins 21.0 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
N.Reyes 20.2 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.34
R.Sanders 18.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
P.Ward 10.0 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 6.30
J.Tipton 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Lewis 8.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
F.Thomas 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Nelson 1.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84
Team Total 1421.5 161 165 383 13 5 2 .988 2.51
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.97
R.Nelson 744.0 88 91 175 5 5 0 .973 2.18
R.Sanders 398.0 46 50 94 2 5 0 .950 2.17
B.Lewis 139.0 15 19 34 2 3 0 .923 2.33
J.Collins 126.7 12 28 35 2 0 0 1.000 2.63
P.Ward 13.7 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.29
J.Temple 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Gordon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.3 162 193 343 11 13 0 .965 2.23
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.35
H.Freeman 280.0 40 40 22 49 1 2 .986 2.28
B.Flowers 271.3 41 41 16 49 3 5 .956 2.16
E.Head 192.0 27 42 15 30 3 1 .938 2.11
J.Landrum 190.7 27 39 11 40 1 6 .981 2.41
C.Johnson 155.0 21 21 10 26 0 1 1.000 2.09
B.Wade 100.0 0 78 6 19 1 1 .962 2.25
C.Van Cuyk 91.0 6 50 5 14 0 1 1.000 1.88
J.Hearn 77.0 0 57 2 11 1 0 .929 1.52
R.Branca 71.3 0 65 6 13 0 0 1.000 2.40
Team Total 1428.3 162 433 93 251 10 17 .972 2.17
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Thomas .286
On-Base Pct Sanders .360
Slugging Pct Thomas .486
OPS Thomas .822
XR Thomas 89.2
Games Sanders 159
At-Bats Judnich 615
Runs Lewis 88
Hits Thomas 171
Total Bases Thomas 290
Singles Judnich 110
Doubles Thomas 39
Triples Reyes, Sanders, Ward 5
Homeruns Thomas 26
RBIs Thomas 88
Stolen Bases Temple 7
Caught Stealing Collins, Lewis 2
Walks Sanders 79
Strikeouts Judnich 95
ERA Freeman 4.44
Wins Freeman 13
Losses Flowers 20
Winning Pct Freeman .406
Saves Branca 10
Games Pitched Wade 78
Games Started Flowers 41
Complete Games Freeman, Johnson 4
Shutouts Freeman 1
Innings Pitched Freeman 280.0
Hits Allowed Flowers 323
Homeruns Allowed Flowers 30
Strikeouts Flowers 143
Walks Allowed Flowers 103
Walks per 9IP Landrum 2.1
Hits per 9IP Freeman 10.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Head 5.6
WHiP Freeman 1.40
OAVG Freeman .287
OOBP Freeman .332
OSLG Freeman .408
OOPS Freeman .741
Team All-Stars
Nap Reyes
Frank Thomas
Ben Wade
Player Salaries
Elmer Valo $ 12,785,000
Buddy Lewis $ 7,800,000
Wally Judnich $ 7,500,000
Sid Gordon $ 6,000,000
Roy Campanella $ 4,650,000
Eddie Robinson $ 3,000,000
Ralph Branca $ 2,100,000
Ray Sanders $ 2,000,000
Jim Hearn $ 1,250,000
Ed Head $ 1,120,000
Joe Landrum $ 350,000
Preston Ward $ 300,000
Johnny Temple $ 300,000
Frank Thomas $ 300,000
Joe Tipton $ 300,000
Chris Van Cuyk $ 300,000
Hersh Freeman $ 300,000
Ben Flowers $ 300,000
Joe Collins $ 300,000
Ben Wade $ 300,000
Rocky Nelson $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Roy Hartsfield Minnesota Vic Johnson
3/3 Traded Gil Hodges Minnesota Roy Campanella
3/3 Traded Pat Seerey
Don Newcombe
Bill Howerton		 Tampa Bay Ralph Branca
Sid Gordon
Jerry Snyder
3/3 Traded Ted Beard Detroit Wally Judnich
Ray Sanders
Jim Hearn
3/3 Traded Bob Cerv Pittsburgh Preston Ward
7/1 Traded Connie Johnson St. Louis Ralph Weigel
7/31 Traded Nap Reyes
Jerry Snyder		 Boston (N) Bob Hall
 
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