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1953 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 47-115
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 614
Runs Allowed: 940
Exp W-L: 51-111
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,388,635
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 82-55, 1st in the AL
AA: 74-63, 2nd in the AL
A: 87-50, 1st in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
SS  Cass Michaels 27 158 585 85 179 36 6 14 72 4 3 50 54 .306 .361 .460 .821 88.2 16.0 3.4
CF  Jim Busby 26 141 576 63 155 24 2 10 58 4 5 21 48 .269 .295 .370 .665 57.7 6.5 2.2
3B  Ray Jablonski 26 154 558 69 153 38 3 25 87 0 0 28 71 .274 .307 .487 .795 80.9 12.8 2.3
C *Yogi Berra 28 145 532 77 135 30 3 24 82 0 0 35 50 .254 .300 .457 .757 69.6 10.2 6.5
LF  Johnny Blatnik 32 145 515 49 133 39 4 8 61 0 0 35 73 .258 .305 .396 .701 55.8 7.2 1.1
LF  Dick Gernert 24 150 480 54 115 25 3 19 73 0 0 56 104 .240 .320 .423 .743 64.4 9.0 2.2
CF  Leon Culberson 33 148 508 57 116 32 8 2 39 0 3 24 73 .228 .264 .335 .599 40.1 1.8 1.3
3B  Joe Orengo 38 107 313 25 45 7 1 0 15 0 0 31 84 .144 .220 .173 .392 8.1 0.0 2.3
1B  Connie Ryan 33 101 238 17 44 5 1 2 21 2 1 31 44 .185 .277 .239 .516 15.6 0.0 0.9
C *Toby Atwell 29 96 165 7 33 3 0 0 13 0 0 28 11 .200 .314 .218 .533 12.9 0.2 2.3
CF  Bill Tuttle 23 90 131 19 30 7 0 0 9 0 0 18 13 .229 .322 .282 .605 12.0 0.9 0.3
CF  Al Kaline 18 25 98 9 24 1 1 0 5 1 1 5 12 .245 .279 .276 .554 5.8 0.0 0.1
SS *Wally Flager 31 62 87 16 25 2 0 1 6 0 0 12 10 .287 .374 .345 .719 12.3 2.1 0.9
C  Gus Triandos 22 23 80 10 17 2 0 3 7 0 0 6 14 .213 .267 .350 .617 6.9 0.3 1.5
P *Johnny Rutherford 28 28 69 5 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 21 .174 .213 .188 .402 3.3 0.0 0.0
RF  Junior Wooten 29 44 78 16 21 5 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 .269 .296 .359 .655 8.0 1.0 0.2
P *Hal Newhouser 32 34 56 2 11 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 9 .196 .207 .232 .439 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Don Larsen 23 23 55 7 14 3 0 0 5 0 1 2 10 .255 .281 .309 .590 4.6 0.1 0.0
SS  Tony Roig 25 22 55 5 7 0 0 1 2 2 0 10 13 .127 .262 .182 .443 3.0 0.0 0.6
1B *Joe Lafata 31 37 45 7 13 1 0 2 8 0 0 6 6 .289 .373 .444 .817 7.0 1.3 0.2
P  Bill Macdonald 24 22 42 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .095 .095 .119 .214 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Vinegar Bend Mizell 22 19 39 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .077 .095 .128 .223 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Buhl 24 18 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -3.0 0.0 0.0
C  Al Lakeman 34 25 34 2 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .265 .265 .382 .647 3.0 0.2 0.1
P *Joe Nuxhall 24 7 17 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .176 .222 .235 .458 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Bud Byerly 32 44 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .143 .214 -0.2 0.0 0.0
SS  Vic Barnhart 30 6 15 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .333 .600 0.9 0.0 0.1
P  Dale Matthewson 30 56 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Carl Erskine 26 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Red Webb 28 36 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Paul Lapalme 29 58 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P #Cal McLish 27 66 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.8 2095 5459 606 1310 268 34 112 584 13 14 407 777 .240 .292 .363 .656 558.3 69.5 28.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 4 5 8 8 7 4 8 7 8 8 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Johnny Rutherford 28 8 15 .348 28 28 0 220.3 260 138 30 83 66 5.64 5.7
*Hal Newhouser 32 5 19 .208 34 28 0 196.0 189 126 30 121 100 5.79 2.0
 Don Larsen 23 7 13 .350 23 23 0 181.0 179 83 22 59 91 4.13 13.1
 Bill Macdonald 24 5 14 .263 22 22 0 146.7 155 105 19 107 47 6.44 0.0
*Vinegar Bend Mizell 22 3 13 .188 19 19 0 131.0 140 75 19 64 76 5.15 3.5
 Bob Buhl 24 3 10 .231 18 18 0 119.0 122 60 9 69 57 4.54 3.6
 Dale Matthewson 30 1 4 .200 56 4 1 90.0 120 65 11 68 29 6.50 0.0
 Cal McLish 27 4 3 .571 66 1 2 79.7 101 46 9 22 23 5.20 3.7
 Bud Byerly 32 4 10 .286 44 7 8 79.0 105 44 7 44 24 5.01 3.4
*Paul Lapalme 29 1 6 .143 58 0 4 77.7 85 46 10 40 29 5.33 2.6
*Joe Nuxhall 24 2 3 .400 7 4 0 52.0 53 30 9 30 26 5.19 1.9
 Red Webb 28 2 3 .400 36 0 0 45.7 48 25 7 24 11 4.93 2.4
 Carl Erskine 26 2 2 .500 5 5 0 30.3 26 15 0 22 13 4.45 1.3
Team Totals 26.8 47 115 .290 416 159 15 1448.3 1583 858 182 753 592 5.33 43.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 8 5 7 8 8 8 7 8  
* - 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
Y.Berra 941.0 105 106 388 43 3 0 .993 43.6
T.Atwell 306.0 34 35 125 20 1 0 .993 63.2
G.Triandos 189.3 22 22 108 6 2 2 .983 33.3
A.Lakeman 9.7 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
C.Ryan 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1448.0 162 166 623 69 6 2 .991 46.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.24
D.Gernert 1176.0 137 144 1509 142 14 149 .992 12.64
C.Ryan 182.0 19 32 240 19 1 30 .996 12.81
J.Lafata 41.7 2 16 47 5 1 9 .981 11.23
A.Lakeman 37.7 3 9 55 0 0 6 1.000 13.14
J.Orengo 11.0 1 2 17 1 0 3 1.000 14.73
Team Total 1448.3 162 203 1868 167 16 197 .992 12.65
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 6.19
C.Michaels 780.0 87 89 207 396 8 93 .987 6.96
C.Ryan 311.3 36 38 77 140 4 26 .982 6.27
J.Orengo 136.7 14 22 33 64 5 16 .951 6.39
V.Barnhart 8.0 1 1 2 9 0 1 1.000 12.38
R.Jablonski 6.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1242.0 138 151 320 609 17 136 .982 6.73
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.87
R.Jablonski 1281.3 146 149 90 335 24 34 .947 2.99
J.Orengo 92.7 10 12 7 20 1 0 .964 2.62
C.Ryan 54.3 5 10 0 18 0 2 1.000 2.98
C.Michaels 10.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
V.Barnhart 10.0 1 2 0 3 1 0 .750 2.70
Team Total 1448.3 162 177 98 378 26 36 .948 2.96
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.31
C.Michaels 533.3 59 64 102 262 23 50 .941 6.14
J.Orengo 528.0 64 66 102 217 10 50 .970 5.44
W.Flager 192.0 16 40 42 101 11 21 .929 6.70
T.Roig 168.3 21 22 23 81 6 13 .945 5.56
V.Barnhart 18.0 2 3 1 7 2 1 .800 4.00
B.Tuttle 2.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1442.3 162 196 270 669 52 135 .948 5.86
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.93
J.Blatnik 1160.3 130 133 226 1 15 1 .938 1.76
Y.Berra 174.3 20 21 44 3 0 2 1.000 2.43
J.Lafata 69.7 7 13 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.58
J.Orengo 31.0 4 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.87
D.Gernert 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Jablonski 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Culberson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
T.Atwell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 175 296 4 15 3 .952 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.47
J.Busby 1210.3 137 141 342 8 4 1 .989 2.60
B.Tuttle 199.3 23 28 50 3 1 1 .981 2.39
L.Culberson 23.3 1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.47
J.Wooten 10.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Orengo 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Kaline 1.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1448.3 162 184 405 12 5 2 .988 2.59
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.97
L.Culberson 1052.0 123 127 209 5 0 1 1.000 1.83
A.Kaline 204.3 24 24 23 2 0 0 1.000 1.10
J.Wooten 145.7 13 29 27 2 2 0 .935 1.79
Y.Berra 26.3 0 12 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
J.Orengo 17.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
B.Tuttle 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 195 269 9 2 1 .993 1.73
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.35
J.Rutherford 220.3 28 28 16 46 1 4 .984 2.53
H.Newhouser 196.0 28 34 21 39 1 4 .984 2.76
D.Larsen 181.0 23 23 19 42 3 3 .953 3.03
B.Macdonald 146.7 22 22 11 35 0 4 1.000 2.82
V.Mizell 131.0 19 19 4 25 2 1 .935 1.99
B.Buhl 119.0 18 18 15 29 1 0 .978 3.33
D.Matthewson 90.0 4 56 3 14 0 2 1.000 1.70
C.McLish 79.7 1 66 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.47
B.Byerly 79.0 7 44 3 16 0 3 1.000 2.16
P.Lapalme 77.7 0 58 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.97
J.Nuxhall 52.0 4 7 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.56
R.Webb 45.7 0 36 3 6 0 2 1.000 1.77
C.Erskine 30.3 5 5 3 4 1 0 .875 2.08
Team Total 1448.3 159 416 112 281 9 24 .978 2.44
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Michaels .306
On-Base Pct Michaels .361
Slugging Pct Jablonski .487
OPS Michaels .821
XR Michaels 88.2
Games Michaels 158
At-Bats Michaels 585
Runs Michaels 85
Hits Michaels 179
Total Bases Jablonski 272
Singles Michaels 123
Doubles Blatnik 39
Triples Culberson 8
Homeruns Jablonski 25
RBIs Jablonski 87
Stolen Bases Busby, Michaels 4
Caught Stealing Busby 5
Walks Gernert 56
Strikeouts Gernert 104
ERA Larsen 4.13
Wins Rutherford 8
Losses Newhouser 19
Winning Pct Larsen .350
Saves Byerly 8
Games Pitched McLish 66
Games Started Newhouser, Rutherford 28
Complete Games Rutherford 13
Shutouts Larsen 2
Innings Pitched Rutherford 220.3
Hits Allowed Rutherford 260
Homeruns Allowed Newhouser, Rutherford 30
Strikeouts Newhouser 100
Walks Allowed Newhouser 121
Walks per 9IP Larsen 2.9
Hits per 9IP Newhouser 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Newhouser 4.6
WHiP Larsen 1.31
OAVG Newhouser .251
OOBP Larsen .315
OSLG Newhouser .405
OOPS Larsen .736
Team All-Stars
Yogi Berra
Player Salaries
Yogi Berra $ 7,750,000
Bud Byerly $ 6,410,000
Joe Orengo $ 4,260,000
Connie Ryan $ 4,000,000
Cass Michaels $ 2,750,000
Vic Barnhart $ 558,000
Carl Erskine $ 500,000
Joe Nuxhall $ 500,000
Hal Newhouser $ 370,000
Al Lakeman $ 350,000
Cal McLish $ 350,000
Leon Culberson $ 350,000
Jim Busby $ 300,000
Al Kaline $ 300,000
Bob Buhl $ 300,000
Johnny Blatnik $ 300,000
Wally Flager $ 300,000
Dick Gernert $ 300,000
Ray Jablonski $ 300,000
Joe Lafata $ 300,000
Toby Atwell $ 300,000
Don Larsen $ 300,000
Junior Wooten $ 300,000
Bill Macdonald $ 300,000
Dale Matthewson $ 300,000
Vinegar Bend Mizell $ 300,000
Tony Roig $ 300,000
Johnny Rutherford $ 300,000
Gus Triandos $ 300,000
Bill Tuttle $ 300,000
Red Webb $ 300,000
Paul Lapalme $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Hal Newhouser
2/5 Signed     Carl Erskine
7/14 Released Dutch Meyer    
7/31 Traded Ben Cardoni
$12,000,000		 St. Louis Joe Nuxhall
 
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