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1953 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 97-65
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 910
Runs Allowed: 730
Exp W-L: 97-65
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 2,130,021
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 7th in the NL
AA: 60-77, 7th in the NL
A: 75-62, 3rd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 2-4 to Montreal Expos
 
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
1B *Earl Torgeson 29 155 532 117 149 30 6 31 103 6 5 132 90 .280 .423 .534 .957 117.2 26.0 2.8
LF  Ralph Kiner 30 152 549 92 133 19 4 29 99 0 0 113 92 .242 .370 .450 .820 87.7 14.2 3.3
SS  Buddy Blattner 33 152 558 97 164 34 4 20 89 6 5 85 52 .294 .388 .477 .865 98.3 19.8 6.0
CF  Sam Mele 30 155 602 99 192 22 2 29 100 0 0 39 81 .319 .359 .507 .865 100.1 19.7 4.4
1B *Bobby Brown 28 144 497 99 143 25 0 7 57 9 3 74 12 .288 .378 .380 .758 75.2 13.5 4.0
C  Del Rice 30 133 485 81 133 30 1 22 109 0 1 58 78 .274 .348 .476 .825 78.6 14.0 8.1
2B  Tommy Glaviano 29 141 383 64 94 20 3 10 53 4 0 77 80 .245 .376 .392 .767 60.4 10.4 2.4
SS  George Kell 30 121 429 55 151 45 9 2 73 1 0 20 14 .352 .380 .513 .893 69.2 15.2 3.4
CF  Chuck Diering 30 112 323 30 80 9 2 0 36 0 0 28 44 .248 .306 .288 .594 25.1 0.4 1.9
LF *Hank Edwards 34 92 319 60 108 23 0 16 60 0 0 24 46 .339 .384 .561 .946 61.1 13.7 1.8
C  Matt Batts 31 108 239 34 67 14 1 8 35 0 0 28 31 .280 .351 .448 .798 38.1 6.7 2.6
CF  Johnny Groth 26 65 110 14 24 4 1 2 12 0 0 13 12 .218 .298 .327 .626 11.1 0.8 0.9
P *Howie Pollet 32 44 103 5 15 1 0 0 10 0 1 2 27 .146 .159 .155 .314 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Curt Simmons 24 35 95 8 21 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 22 .221 .229 .284 .513 6.3 0.0 0.0
P  Stu Miller 25 44 102 7 15 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 22 .147 .170 .176 .346 0.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Bob Addis 27 63 97 12 22 6 0 0 8 1 0 6 2 .227 .272 .289 .561 6.7 0.0 0.4
P  Connie Johnson 30 21 57 6 12 2 0 0 8 0 1 1 9 .211 .217 .246 .462 3.4 0.0 0.0
RF *Al Zarilla 34 26 51 5 11 3 0 1 8 0 1 2 8 .216 .245 .333 .579 3.4 0.0 0.2
C  Al Evans 36 23 36 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 .139 .262 .139 .401 1.0 0.0 0.3
P *Mickey McDermott 24 77 39 5 11 0 0 1 7 0 0 1 8 .282 .300 .359 .659 3.5 0.4 0.0
C  Les Moss 28 9 29 5 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 .345 .406 .379 .786 3.8 0.6 0.4
P *Mel Parnell 31 52 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Perkowski 30 64 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Albosta 34 69 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Weik 25 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Nuxhall 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Lehman 25 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 2103 5665 910 1560 291 33 180 882 27 18 716 743 .275 .356 .434 .789 847.8 155.4 42.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 1 1 4 5 2 7 3 2 3 1 1 2 1 1  
* - 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
*Howie Pollet 32 19 9 .679 44 44 0 301.0 231 129 23 177 310 3.86 19.4
 Stu Miller 25 14 12 .538 44 44 0 298.7 284 115 20 120 165 3.47 19.6
*Curt Simmons 24 21 9 .700 35 35 0 289.0 269 110 24 88 100 3.43 24.4
*Mickey McDermott 24 8 8 .500 77 11 4 157.0 152 85 18 96 123 4.87 6.6
 Connie Johnson 30 15 5 .750 21 21 0 156.7 128 64 17 79 107 3.68 12.0
*Mel Parnell 31 8 6 .571 52 7 4 107.0 101 50 13 39 42 4.21 7.3
*Harry Perkowski 30 7 6 .538 64 0 3 76.3 79 51 10 44 34 6.01 1.2
 Ed Albosta 34 0 6 .000 39 0 19 37.3 38 23 5 27 29 5.55 1.2
 Dick Weik 25 3 2 .600 26 0 0 27.3 28 25 8 28 21 8.23 0.0
*Ken Lehman 25 2 2 .500 15 0 1 16.3 19 11 2 6 7 6.06 0.4
*Joe Nuxhall 24 0 0 .000 5 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 2 1 0.00 0.8
Team Totals 27.6 97 65 .599 422 165 31 1471.6 1330 663 140 706 939 4.05 92.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 7 2 3  
* - 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 .993 30.8
D.Rice 1060.3 116 122 713 53 5 0 .994 40.0
M.Batts 332.7 38 43 200 14 1 0 .995 55.6
L.Moss 48.0 5 7 38 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
A.Evans 30.7 3 4 13 2 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1471.7 162 176 964 70 6 0 .994 41.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.51
E.Torgeson 1297.7 142 151 1463 114 10 142 .994 10.94
M.Batts 144.0 17 19 146 18 0 20 1.000 10.25
J.Groth 17.0 2 2 20 0 0 2 1.000 10.59
L.Moss 9.0 1 1 13 0 0 0 1.000 13.00
B.Brown 4.0 0 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1471.7 162 174 1647 133 10 164 .994 10.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.90
B.Brown 730.0 83 89 162 290 9 60 .980 5.57
G.Kell 330.3 36 39 77 130 3 33 .986 5.64
B.Blattner 255.3 27 30 54 127 4 30 .978 6.38
T.Glaviano 85.7 10 11 22 35 1 10 .983 5.99
J.Groth 70.3 6 14 21 29 0 7 1.000 6.40
Team Total 1471.7 162 183 336 611 17 140 .982 5.79
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.87
T.Glaviano 698.7 77 93 49 171 9 18 .961 2.83
G.Kell 583.0 68 72 49 150 9 16 .957 3.07
B.Brown 98.3 10 20 6 17 6 1 .793 2.11
A.Evans 49.0 3 13 2 14 1 2 .941 2.94
D.Rice 42.7 4 8 5 7 0 2 1.000 2.53
Team Total 1471.7 162 206 111 359 25 39 .949 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
B.Blattner 1059.0 117 121 159 440 15 84 .976 5.09
B.Brown 233.3 25 28 36 95 7 22 .949 5.05
T.Glaviano 83.0 9 12 12 24 4 3 .900 3.90
G.Kell 60.3 7 8 12 21 0 7 1.000 4.92
J.Groth 36.0 4 6 3 15 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1471.7 162 175 222 595 26 116 .969 5.00
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.95
R.Kiner 1317.7 148 152 280 10 6 1 .980 1.98
H.Edwards 161.3 19 20 40 1 0 1 1.000 2.29
B.Addis 86.0 10 12 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.36
J.Groth 24.0 2 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
C.Diering 18.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
A.Zarilla 18.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1625.0 181 199 340 12 6 2 .983 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.56
S.Mele 1284.0 147 151 356 5 0 2 1.000 2.53
J.Groth 71.7 7 15 21 1 0 1 1.000 2.76
B.Addis 60.0 7 10 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
C.Diering 15.3 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
T.Glaviano 14.7 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.61
A.Zarilla 12.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Edwards 8.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.03
Team Total 1466.4 162 196 399 6 0 3 1.000 2.49
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.97
C.Diering 721.3 83 85 154 5 1 1 .994 1.98
H.Edwards 514.1 59 63 111 2 1 0 .991 1.98
A.Zarilla 54.3 5 6 12 2 0 1 1.000 2.32
J.Groth 26.0 2 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
B.Addis 23.7 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.90
S.Mele 10.3 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
Team Total 1349.8 151 171 290 9 2 2 .993 1.99
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.19
H.Pollet 301.0 44 44 20 34 3 2 .947 1.61
S.Miller 298.7 44 44 23 52 4 4 .949 2.26
C.Simmons 289.0 35 35 22 39 3 1 .953 1.90
M.McDermott 157.0 11 77 10 25 2 2 .946 2.01
C.Johnson 156.7 21 21 10 26 1 2 .973 2.07
M.Parnell 107.0 7 52 6 13 1 1 .950 1.60
H.Perkowski 76.3 0 64 4 16 2 0 .909 2.36
E.Albosta 37.3 0 39 2 7 0 2 1.000 2.17
D.Weik 27.3 0 26 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.32
K.Lehman 16.3 0 15 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.30
J.Nuxhall 5.0 3 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1471.6 165 422 100 220 16 15 .952 1.96
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mele .319
On-Base Pct Torgeson .423
Slugging Pct Torgeson .534
OPS Torgeson .957
XR Torgeson 117.2
Games Mele, Torgeson 155
At-Bats Mele 602
Runs Torgeson 117
Hits Mele 192
Total Bases Mele 305
Singles Mele 139
Doubles Kell 45
Triples Kell 9
Homeruns Torgeson 31
RBIs Rice 109
Stolen Bases Brown 9
Caught Stealing Blattner, Torgeson 5
Walks Torgeson 132
Strikeouts Kiner 92
ERA Simmons 3.43
Wins Simmons 21
Losses Miller 12
Winning Pct Johnson .750
Saves Albosta 19
Games Pitched McDermott 77
Games Started Miller, Pollet 44
Complete Games Simmons 18
Shutouts Miller 2
Innings Pitched Pollet 301.0
Hits Allowed Miller 284
Homeruns Allowed Simmons 24
Strikeouts Pollet 310
Walks Allowed Pollet 177
Walks per 9IP Simmons 2.7
Hits per 9IP Pollet 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Pollet 9.3
WHiP Simmons 1.24
OAVG Pollet .211
OOBP Simmons .301
OSLG Pollet .318
OOPS Pollet .637
Team All-Stars
Buddy Blattner
Hank Edwards
George Kell
Howie Pollet
Del Rice
Curt Simmons
Earl Torgeson
Player Salaries
Buddy Blattner $ 9,180,000
Howie Pollet $ 8,500,000
Ralph Kiner $ 5,300,000
Earl Torgeson $ 5,292,857
Hank Edwards $ 5,000,000
Curt Simmons $ 4,071,429
Mel Parnell $ 3,828,571
Del Rice $ 3,592,857
Sam Mele $ 3,085,714
Bobby Brown $ 2,928,571
Mickey McDermott $ 1,525,000
George Kell $ 1,500,000
Matt Batts $ 1,068,571
Dick Weik $ 300,000
Bob Addis $ 300,000
Connie Johnson $ 300,000
Johnny Groth $ 300,000
Tommy Glaviano $ 300,000
Stu Miller $ 300,000
Les Moss $ 300,000
Harry Perkowski $ 300,000
Ed Albosta $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Warren Spahn Detroit Joe Garagiola
Walt Masterson
Butch Nieman
Irv Noren
Johnny Wyrostek
$15,000,000
3/3 Traded Joe Garagiola
Walt Masterson
Butch Nieman
Irv Noren
Johnny Wyrostek
$10,000,000		 Detroit Howie Pollet
6/1 Traded Ken Lehman San Diego Hank Edwards
7/1 Traded Ralph Weigel New York (A) Connie Johnson
7/31 Traded Joe Nuxhall Boston (A) Ben Cardoni
$12,000,000
10/3 Released Frank Fanovich    
10/3 Released Al Evans    
10/3 Released Al Zarilla    
10/20 Released Chuck Diering    
 
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