1953 Seattle Mariners
Record: 94-68
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 837
Runs Allowed: 743
Exp W-L: 90-72
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 2,319,453
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 3rd in the AL
AA: 72-65, 3rd in the AL
A: 62-75, 5th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 0-4 to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 
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
3B  Bill Serena 28 156 579 129 165 36 5 35 87 0 0 117 116 .285 .403 .546 .949 124.0 27.6 6.1
RF *Phil Cavarretta 36 152 630 104 196 49 2 17 72 15 4 37 27 .311 .351 .476 .827 93.2 18.2 3.4
1B *Vic Wertz 28 153 590 104 165 21 1 36 108 0 0 57 60 .280 .340 .502 .842 95.2 17.0 2.9
SS  Vern Stephens 32 152 555 83 164 35 4 14 76 0 0 74 67 .295 .377 .449 .825 90.3 17.9 4.6
SS  Danny O'Connell 26 157 538 58 138 23 4 5 52 0 0 40 38 .257 .308 .342 .650 53.4 5.2 9.3
1B *Ted Kluszewski 28 129 494 90 137 33 2 30 109 0 0 57 34 .277 .351 .534 .885 89.8 17.9 2.2
CF *Stan Musial 32 139 421 58 113 35 6 21 84 0 0 40 40 .268 .329 .530 .859 69.7 13.3 3.3
C *Smoky Burgess 26 95 314 38 78 15 1 6 41 0 0 30 22 .248 .312 .360 .672 33.3 3.4 2.8
C  Ed Fitz Gerald 29 70 262 22 76 9 4 0 24 0 0 21 16 .290 .345 .355 .700 31.7 4.7 2.5
LF  Dino Restelli 28 85 238 38 58 6 0 19 45 0 0 35 41 .244 .341 .508 .849 41.2 7.2 1.6
P  Warren Hacker 28 44 120 8 16 2 1 0 8 0 0 1 23 .133 .139 .167 .306 0.8 0.0 0.0
RF  Wally Post 23 40 112 10 21 8 1 0 16 0 0 9 19 .188 .244 .277 .521 7.5 0.0 0.6
1B *Eddie Lukon 32 37 100 13 24 5 1 4 14 0 0 18 16 .240 .353 .430 .783 15.1 2.3 0.5
P *Fred Hutchinson 33 37 100 11 25 4 1 0 14 0 0 4 3 .250 .276 .310 .586 9.3 0.4 0.0
P *Dick Donovan 25 37 97 7 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 37 .144 .153 .155 .308 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Granny Hamner 26 47 78 8 17 4 0 2 11 0 0 7 19 .218 .276 .346 .622 7.6 0.3 1.0
CF *Cal Abrams 29 53 77 13 27 6 2 3 19 0 0 9 11 .351 .419 .597 1.016 16.1 4.0 0.5
3B *Bobby Young 28 31 68 15 19 5 0 0 4 0 0 12 10 .279 .388 .353 .740 9.9 1.9 1.0
P  Joe Haynes 35 20 63 5 16 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 14 .254 .266 .254 .520 3.8 0.0 0.0
P  Lew Burdette 26 53 55 5 8 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 .145 .158 .200 .358 1.3 0.0 0.0
C *Joe Ginsberg 26 17 49 5 14 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 .286 .327 .388 .715 5.1 0.7 0.5
1B *George Vico 29 36 48 10 10 5 0 2 9 0 0 3 2 .208 .250 .438 .688 5.6 0.4 0.1
P  Al Javery 35 19 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .429 .500 .429 .929 1.6 0.4 0.0
P  Vic Raschi 34 28 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Klippstein 25 36 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Larry Jansen 32 45 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 1868 5611 837 1507 304 38 194 809 15 4 577 641 .269 .336 .440 .776 805.8 143.1 42.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 3 3 1 3 1 3 6 2 4 1 3 4 1 2 3  
* - 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 Hacker 28 21 17 .553 44 44 0 358.0 375 168 41 70 156 4.22 21.4
 Dick Donovan 25 17 14 .548 37 37 0 284.0 309 123 33 66 102 3.90 18.4
 Fred Hutchinson 33 19 11 .633 37 37 0 275.0 280 126 39 46 90 4.12 20.0
 Lew Burdette 26 15 9 .625 53 18 6 193.0 195 80 10 54 50 3.73 17.1
 Joe Haynes 35 13 3 .813 20 20 0 166.7 176 61 2 27 39 3.29 16.2
 Larry Jansen 32 3 3 .500 45 0 8 46.7 52 29 5 25 26 5.59 2.4
 Johnny Klippstein 25 3 4 .429 36 1 4 45.0 52 28 9 22 28 5.60 0.5
 Vic Raschi 34 1 5 .167 28 4 1 42.7 63 46 7 40 22 9.70 0.0
 Al Javery 35 2 2 .500 19 2 2 34.0 51 33 7 25 19 8.74 0.0
Team Totals 30.3 94 68 .580 319 163 21 1445.0 1553 694 153 375 532 4.32 96.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 6 2 6 6 5 4 1 8 5  
* - 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
S.Burgess 744.3 83 91 298 26 8 1 .976 29.3
E.Fitz Gerald 587.7 67 70 205 24 0 2 1.000 35.0
J.Ginsberg 113.0 12 15 61 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1445.0 162 176 564 51 8 3 .987 29.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.24
T.Kluszewski 1112.7 124 127 1550 107 7 129 .996 13.40
V.Wertz 221.3 25 25 330 32 1 29 .997 14.72
G.Vico 61.0 7 9 90 6 0 5 1.000 14.16
W.Post 22.0 3 4 33 5 0 1 1.000 15.55
E.Lukon 10.6 1 4 15 1 0 1 1.000 13.58
P.Cavarretta 10.0 1 2 12 3 0 1 1.000 13.50
S.Musial 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
B.Young 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.6 161 173 2033 154 8 166 .996 13.66
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 6.19
B.Serena 1301.3 147 150 295 627 13 115 .986 6.38
B.Young 84.7 11 11 27 45 0 7 1.000 7.65
G.Hamner 49.3 4 7 14 23 1 4 .974 6.75
V.Stephens 8.7 0 1 0 6 0 1 1.000 6.24
D.O'Connell 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.0 162 170 336 702 14 127 .987 6.47
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.87
V.Stephens 1279.3 144 148 77 343 14 21 .968 2.95
B.Young 83.0 9 13 5 27 1 2 .970 3.47
G.Hamner 67.0 8 10 7 16 0 2 1.000 3.09
B.Serena 14.7 1 3 0 5 1 1 .833 3.07
E.Lukon 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.2 162 174 89 391 16 26 .968 2.99
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.31
D.O'Connell 1334.7 154 156 215 671 20 104 .978 5.97
G.Hamner 82.7 5 31 12 39 2 5 .962 5.55
V.Stephens 19.0 2 3 1 10 0 2 1.000 5.21
B.Serena 8.7 1 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.16
Team Total 1445.0 162 192 228 724 22 111 .977 5.93
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.93
V.Wertz 1095.0 123 123 199 11 2 1 .991 1.73
P.Cavarretta 109.0 12 12 18 4 0 1 1.000 1.82
E.Lukon 38.6 5 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
W.Post 23.0 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
S.Musial 14.7 1 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Abrams 14.1 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
D.Restelli 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1295.4 147 154 230 15 2 2 .992 1.70
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.47
S.Musial 865.3 97 101 242 10 1 1 .996 2.62
D.Restelli 532.0 63 64 146 1 8 0 .948 2.49
E.Lukon 7.3 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.70
C.Abrams 5.2 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
W.Post 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1410.8 161 173 393 11 9 1 .978 2.58
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.97
P.Cavarretta 1155.0 132 135 249 10 1 2 .996 2.02
W.Post 194.0 23 24 34 3 0 3 1.000 1.72
E.Lukon 179.0 22 23 37 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
C.Abrams 129.8 25 26 33 1 1 0 .971 2.36
S.Musial 24.0 0 14 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
V.Wertz 8.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
D.Restelli 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1690.5 202 226 360 14 2 5 .995 1.99
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.35
W.Hacker 358.0 44 44 28 80 0 2 1.000 2.72
D.Donovan 284.0 37 37 21 53 4 5 .949 2.35
F.Hutchinson 275.0 37 37 18 47 1 5 .985 2.13
L.Burdette 193.0 18 53 10 38 2 2 .960 2.24
J.Haynes 166.7 20 20 15 46 3 7 .953 3.29
L.Jansen 46.7 0 45 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.70
J.Klippstein 45.0 1 36 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.40
V.Raschi 42.7 4 28 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.11
A.Javery 34.0 2 19 5 9 0 0 1.000 3.71
Team Total 1445.0 163 319 107 299 10 23 .976 2.53
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cavarretta .311
On-Base Pct Serena .403
Slugging Pct Serena .546
OPS Serena .949
XR Serena 124.0
Games O'Connell 157
At-Bats Cavarretta 630
Runs Serena 129
Hits Cavarretta 196
Total Bases Serena 316
Singles Cavarretta 128
Doubles Cavarretta 49
Triples Musial 6
Homeruns Wertz 36
RBIs Kluszewski 109
Stolen Bases Cavarretta 15
Caught Stealing Cavarretta 4
Walks Serena 117
Strikeouts Serena 116
ERA Haynes 3.29
Wins Hacker 21
Losses Hacker 17
Winning Pct Haynes .813
Saves Jansen 8
Games Pitched Burdette 53
Games Started Hacker 44
Complete Games Hacker 20
Shutouts Burdette 2
Innings Pitched Hacker 358.0
Hits Allowed Hacker 375
Homeruns Allowed Hacker 41
Strikeouts Hacker 156
Walks Allowed Hacker 70
Walks per 9IP Haynes 1.5
Hits per 9IP Burdette 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Hacker 3.9
WHiP Hutchinson 1.19
OAVG Hutchinson .262
OOBP Hutchinson .293
OSLG Haynes .356
OOPS Haynes .661
Team All-Stars
Warren Hacker
Fred Hutchinson
Bill Serena
Player Salaries
Stan Musial $ 13,000,000
Phil Cavarretta $ 7,000,000
Vern Stephens $ 6,000,000
Joe Haynes $ 5,800,000
Ted Kluszewski $ 4,742,857
Fred Hutchinson $ 4,400,000
Vic Wertz $ 4,400,000
Smoky Burgess $ 2,692,857
Warren Hacker $ 2,600,000
Larry Jansen $ 2,600,000
Cal Abrams $ 2,385,714
Bobby Young $ 300,000
Danny O'Connell $ 300,000
Wally Post $ 300,000
Granny Hamner $ 300,000
Dino Restelli $ 300,000
Joe Ginsberg $ 300,000
Ed Fitz Gerald $ 300,000
Dick Donovan $ 300,000
Bill Serena $ 300,000
George Vico $ 300,000
Lew Burdette $ 300,000
Johnny Klippstein $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Al Javery
2/4 Signed     Vic Raschi
3/3 Traded Cliff Fannin San Diego Cot Deal
3/3 Traded Joe Schultz Cincinnati Dick Cole
4/2 Released Cot Deal    
6/1 Traded Eddie Lukon Cincinnati Cal Abrams
Johnny Klippstein
10/20 Released Herm Wehmeier    
10/20 Released Al Javery    
10/20 Released Cliff Aberson    
10/20 Released Jack Phillips    
10/20 Released Karl Olson    
10/20 Released Vic Raschi    
10/20 Released Ken Wood    
10/20 Released Putsy Caballero