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1953 Detroit Tigers
Record: 87-75
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 781
Runs Allowed: 674
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,107,164
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 6th in the AL
AA: 57-80, 8th in the AL
A: 50-87, 8th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
LF *Irv Noren 28 156 602 104 182 50 7 11 77 5 2 73 66 .302 .374 .463 .837 98.5 16.6 5.6
RF *Ted Williams 34 158 534 123 191 52 4 36 122 0 0 145 71 .358 .495 .672 1.167 157.1 35.4 6.6
2B  Billy Cox 33 153 594 80 162 31 4 7 76 0 0 58 21 .273 .335 .374 .709 69.7 8.1 9.0
1B *Cliff Mapes 31 141 471 64 130 23 4 13 77 4 3 63 86 .276 .360 .425 .785 70.7 10.3 5.9
3B  Frankie Zak 31 136 425 55 107 12 1 3 54 6 1 40 52 .252 .315 .306 .621 42.9 3.6 3.7
SS *Merl Combs 33 123 376 41 77 9 0 2 36 0 0 60 39 .205 .314 .245 .558 32.4 0.6 6.4
3B *Joe Garagiola 27 117 389 49 106 16 7 5 43 0 1 53 58 .272 .360 .388 .749 54.0 7.9 1.1
LF *Johnny Wyrostek 33 77 325 56 96 21 3 2 24 3 4 45 26 .295 .380 .397 .777 47.4 7.4 1.2
2B  Billy Johnson 34 74 262 33 76 15 2 6 40 0 1 25 6 .290 .351 .431 .782 37.2 5.3 3.3
LF *Bill Howerton 31 67 224 35 63 16 2 9 52 0 0 25 43 .281 .353 .491 .844 36.4 6.2 0.7
C *Butch Nieman 35 64 214 41 59 6 1 13 53 2 3 26 15 .276 .351 .495 .847 35.7 5.4 0.3
C  Andy Seminick 32 65 189 24 46 9 3 9 39 1 0 25 48 .243 .329 .466 .794 29.4 4.2 0.1
CF  Peanuts Lowrey 35 75 194 18 44 7 0 1 13 2 4 5 18 .227 .245 .278 .523 8.8 0.0 2.0
P *Warren Spahn 32 43 152 10 22 1 0 0 10 0 0 3 32 .145 .160 .151 .312 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Walt Masterson 33 41 107 9 17 2 0 0 5 0 1 2 29 .159 .174 .178 .352 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Shantz 27 41 105 3 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 .143 .143 .162 .305 -0.4 0.0 0.0
1B  Jim Mallory 34 59 99 13 26 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 16 .263 .302 .273 .575 7.6 0.2 1.2
C  Eddie Malone 33 47 70 11 15 2 1 0 5 1 0 8 7 .214 .291 .271 .563 5.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jack Harshman 25 49 69 3 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 18 .188 .188 .217 .406 2.0 0.0 0.0
CF *Willard Marshall 32 33 54 5 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 6 .167 .274 .204 .478 3.2 0.0 0.7
1B  Bob Repass 35 14 33 3 11 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .515 .848 5.1 1.0 0.5
P  Bob Porterfield 29 19 14 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .357 .400 .357 .757 2.1 0.3 0.0
P  Bob Harris 36 42 12 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .333 .357 .333 .690 2.1 0.3 0.0
P  Jim Hughes 30 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Moe Burtschy 31 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Werle 32 54 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.8 1899 5528 781 1476 282 39 118 756 24 20 672 682 .267 .345 .396 .741 748.0 112.8 48.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 4 4 3 2 7 4 4 5 2 3 4 2 4 4 4  
* - 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
*Warren Spahn 32 27 12 .692 43 43 0 378.7 246 87 9 105 322 2.07 40.0
 Walt Masterson 33 13 18 .419 41 41 0 307.3 309 134 34 93 154 3.92 15.7
*Bobby Shantz 27 19 15 .559 41 41 0 291.7 298 144 30 112 130 4.44 12.9
*Jack Harshman 25 14 10 .583 49 25 1 210.3 190 87 22 110 126 3.72 14.3
 Bob Harris 36 4 9 .308 42 4 4 71.3 87 38 12 24 37 4.79 1.9
*Bill Werle 32 2 2 .500 54 1 17 63.0 36 14 4 14 27 2.00 14.2
 Bob Porterfield 29 4 4 .500 19 4 2 56.7 62 37 8 31 19 5.88 1.0
 Jim Hughes 30 4 3 .571 35 2 0 51.3 66 46 12 37 31 8.07 0.0
 Moe Burtschy 31 0 2 .000 16 0 1 18.7 18 13 3 18 13 6.27 0.0
Team Totals 30.6 87 75 .537 340 161 25 1449.0 1312 600 134 544 859 3.73 100.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 5 4 4 1 3 1 4 2 1  
* - 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
J.Garagiola 494.3 55 58 308 14 3 1 .991 17.9
B.Nieman 433.2 46 51 266 14 3 0 .989 5.6
A.Seminick 406.9 46 50 245 16 3 1 .989 6.3
E.Malone 131.0 15 17 73 6 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1465.4 162 176 892 50 9 2 .991 12.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.24
J.Wyrostek 468.5 43 46 575 43 9 55 .986 11.87
B.Howerton 342.7 31 31 395 30 9 38 .979 11.16
J.Garagiola 190.3 21 21 248 13 2 24 .992 12.34
C.Mapes 61.3 6 10 75 7 0 8 1.000 12.03
B.Johnson 30.0 2 4 40 5 1 4 .978 13.50
A.Seminick 27.3 4 4 33 4 1 1 .974 12.20
J.Mallory 25.0 3 4 22 3 0 3 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1145.2 110 120 1388 105 22 133 .985 11.73
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 6.19
B.Cox 931.0 103 107 204 431 13 97 .980 6.14
B.Johnson 278.2 27 28 52 139 1 29 .995 6.18
F.Zak 51.0 6 7 13 23 1 4 .973 6.35
J.Mallory 45.0 5 6 13 17 1 3 .968 6.00
M.Combs 34.7 4 5 9 13 2 4 .917 5.71
B.Repass 25.0 3 3 6 9 0 2 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1364.9 148 156 297 632 18 139 .981 6.13
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.87
F.Zak 934.3 106 107 63 233 10 23 .967 2.85
B.Johnson 243.1 23 26 15 57 4 9 .947 2.67
J.Garagiola 209.0 23 26 20 53 1 4 .986 3.14
B.Repass 26.3 3 4 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.05
J.Mallory 25.3 3 6 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.49
P.Lowrey 10.0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Cox 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.1 158 173 99 359 15 36 .968 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.31
M.Combs 981.0 118 118 136 388 12 79 .978 4.81
B.Cox 364.0 41 43 53 145 11 32 .947 4.90
J.Mallory 46.7 1 21 6 17 0 4 1.000 4.44
B.Johnson 34.4 3 4 5 17 1 3 .957 5.76
B.Repass 29.7 2 8 6 14 1 4 .952 6.07
F.Zak 25.0 0 12 4 6 0 2 1.000 3.60
E.Malone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1481.7 165 207 210 587 25 124 .970 4.84
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.93
I.Noren 1306.7 147 151 267 7 7 4 .975 1.89
J.Wyrostek 150.7 15 16 21 0 2 0 .913 1.25
P.Lowrey 73.0 8 10 17 0 1 0 .944 2.10
B.Howerton 57.3 6 6 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.67
J.Mallory 15.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
B.Nieman 8.8 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.02
T.Williams 8.3 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.16
W.Marshall 7.1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.27
Team Total 1626.9 179 196 326 9 10 5 .971 1.85
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.47
C.Mapes 1075.7 124 126 276 5 11 3 .962 2.35
P.Lowrey 214.7 24 29 56 1 0 0 1.000 2.39
W.Marshall 113.3 24 27 30 1 1 0 .969 2.46
J.Wyrostek 78.6 6 12 27 0 0 0 1.000 3.09
J.Mallory 49.3 5 8 19 0 1 0 .950 3.47
B.Howerton 41.7 3 7 5 1 1 0 .857 1.29
B.Nieman 33.3 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
I.Noren 13.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
F.Zak 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Johnson 0.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86
Team Total 1622.3 190 219 425 8 14 3 .969 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.97
T.Williams 1314.7 146 152 300 6 4 1 .987 2.09
P.Lowrey 82.0 10 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
J.Mallory 26.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
B.Howerton 21.2 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.85
J.Wyrostek 20.5 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
W.Marshall 3.5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
C.Mapes 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Malone 1.3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1471.2 164 173 326 6 5 1 .985 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.35
W.Spahn 378.7 43 43 16 66 2 6 .976 1.95
W.Masterson 307.3 41 41 28 46 8 3 .902 2.17
B.Shantz 291.7 41 41 20 41 0 2 1.000 1.88
J.Harshman 210.3 25 49 12 49 1 4 .984 2.61
B.Harris 71.3 4 42 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.51
B.Werle 63.0 1 54 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.71
B.Porterfield 56.7 4 19 3 10 1 0 .929 2.06
J.Hughes 51.3 2 35 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.10
M.Burtschy 18.7 0 16 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1449.0 161 340 91 240 12 16 .965 2.06
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Williams .358
On-Base Pct Williams .495
Slugging Pct Williams .672
OPS Williams 1.167
XR Williams 157.1
Games Williams 158
At-Bats Noren 602
Runs Williams 123
Hits Williams 191
Total Bases Williams 359
Singles Cox 120
Doubles Williams 52
Triples Garagiola, Noren 7
Homeruns Williams 36
RBIs Williams 122
Stolen Bases Zak 6
Caught Stealing Lowrey, Wyrostek 4
Walks Williams 145
Strikeouts Mapes 86
ERA Spahn 2.07
Wins Spahn 27
Losses Masterson 18
Winning Pct Spahn .692
Saves Werle 17
Games Pitched Werle 54
Games Started Spahn 43
Complete Games Spahn 30
Shutouts Spahn 8
Innings Pitched Spahn 378.7
Hits Allowed Masterson 309
Homeruns Allowed Masterson 34
Strikeouts Spahn 322
Walks Allowed Shantz 112
Walks per 9IP Spahn 2.5
Hits per 9IP Spahn 5.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Spahn 7.7
WHiP Spahn 0.93
OAVG Spahn .182
OOBP Spahn .241
OSLG Spahn .259
OOPS Spahn .500
Team All-Stars
Warren Spahn
Ted Williams
Player Salaries
Warren Spahn $ 29,426,120
Ted Williams $ 15,340,000
Billy Cox $ 5,240,000
Bobby Shantz $ 3,500,000
Bill Werle $ 2,600,000
Andy Seminick $ 2,300,000
Frankie Zak $ 2,290,000
Walt Masterson $ 2,250,000
Bob Harris $ 1,250,000
Joe Garagiola $ 1,240,714
Bob Porterfield $ 914,286
Bill Howerton $ 469,286
Merl Combs $ 350,000
Cliff Mapes $ 350,000
Jim Mallory $ 300,000
Peanuts Lowrey $ 300,000
Jim Hughes $ 300,000
Jack Harshman $ 300,000
Irv Noren $ 300,000
Bob Repass $ 300,000
Eddie Malone $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Snuffy Stirnweiss Tampa Bay Clint Hartung
2/1 Traded Red Embree New York (N) Moe Burtschy
2/1 Traded Joe Garagiola
Walt Masterson
Butch Nieman
Irv Noren
Johnny Wyrostek
$15,000,000		 St. Louis Warren Spahn
3/3 Traded Wally Judnich
Ray Sanders
Jim Hearn		 New York (A) Ted Beard
3/3 Traded Ted Beard New York (N) Jim Mallory
3/3 Traded Howie Pollet St. Louis Joe Garagiola
Walt Masterson
Butch Nieman
Irv Noren
Johnny Wyrostek
$10,000,000
4/2 Signed     Johnny Beazley
4/2 Signed     Peanuts Lowrey
6/1 Traded Willard Marshall
Bob Talbot		 New York (N) Bill Butland
7/1 Traded Butch Nieman
Billy Johnson
Johnny Wyrostek
$2,000,000		 Tampa Bay Andy Seminick
Bob Porterfield
Bill Howerton
7/31 Signed     Bob Repass
10/3 Released Moe Burtschy    
 
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