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1953 Minnesota Twins
Record: 93-69
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 894
Runs Allowed: 706
Exp W-L: 98-64
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 2,427,643
Manager: Joe Kuhel

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 8th in the AL
AA: 79-58, 1st in the AL
A: 64-73, 4th 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
1B *Al Gionfriddo 31 153 562 115 160 28 8 6 57 33 15 97 47 .285 .391 .395 .786 93.1 16.5 4.2
RF *Duke Snider 26 156 561 111 165 32 7 43 113 0 0 104 166 .294 .404 .606 1.010 128.8 27.3 2.6
LF  Del Ennis 28 154 589 120 175 28 2 42 137 0 0 55 40 .297 .356 .565 .921 110.2 20.4 4.0
3B  Bobby Thomson 29 156 561 103 171 33 1 23 105 1 2 65 55 .305 .374 .490 .864 98.2 18.2 4.1
C  Gil Hodges 29 144 508 101 135 30 3 31 109 0 2 72 74 .266 .356 .520 .876 93.3 17.0 4.7
3B *Johnny Pesky 33 147 507 87 168 32 6 5 69 7 4 36 15 .331 .375 .448 .823 78.5 14.7 5.0
CF  Joe Dimaggio 38 111 418 48 110 23 3 9 61 0 0 27 38 .263 .308 .397 .705 49.3 6.6 3.6
SS  Alvin Dark 31 134 408 52 119 26 3 7 62 3 4 22 34 .292 .328 .422 .750 49.9 7.3 4.5
SS  Lou Klein 34 130 404 49 119 26 3 4 56 3 1 16 47 .295 .322 .403 .726 46.4 6.6 4.2
RF *Paul Lehner 32 117 304 39 83 21 3 1 36 1 0 29 24 .273 .334 .372 .706 35.8 4.9 1.5
P  Ernie White 36 42 101 10 20 3 0 0 7 2 0 1 11 .198 .204 .228 .432 5.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Rush 27 36 106 8 17 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 42 .160 .176 .160 .336 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Miller 27 44 100 4 16 3 1 1 9 0 0 0 26 .160 .160 .240 .400 2.6 0.0 0.0
2B  Roy Hartsfield 27 98 105 14 24 2 0 2 16 4 1 5 12 .229 .264 .305 .568 8.8 0.3 0.7
C  Ferrell Anderson 35 35 98 6 24 3 0 0 8 0 0 8 16 .245 .306 .276 .581 7.9 0.2 1.2
P *Bob Chipman 34 32 80 2 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 26 .075 .108 .100 .208 -2.4 0.0 0.0
RF  Stan Rojek 34 35 73 7 18 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 5 .247 .276 .274 .550 5.5 0.2 0.6
SS  Irv Hall 34 17 50 6 10 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 8 .200 .231 .240 .471 1.8 0.0 0.5
RF *Ray Coleman 31 22 47 6 11 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 7 .234 .250 .362 .612 3.7 0.1 0.4
3B  Jim Tabor 36 20 21 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .143 .143 .238 .381 -0.8 0.0 0.1
P  Eddie Erautt 28 80 17 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .059 .111 .235 .346 0.3 0.0 0.0
C  Dixie Howell 33 6 15 3 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .400 .438 .733 1.171 3.9 1.1 0.2
P  Ken Holcombe 34 62 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Morrie Martin 30 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bob Lemon 32 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Kennedy 32 55 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.6 2044 5644 894 1562 298 41 178 872 54 30 549 707 .277 .341 .439 .779 820.2 141.5 41.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 6 5 5 1 3 2 1 2  
* - 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
 Bob Miller 27 17 11 .607 44 44 0 299.7 322 130 11 58 84 3.90 17.6
*Ernie White 36 19 12 .613 42 42 0 298.3 281 140 40 129 189 4.22 16.5
 Bob Rush 27 17 11 .607 36 36 0 293.3 251 82 8 60 153 2.52 26.6
*Bob Chipman 34 15 9 .625 32 32 0 235.7 246 108 24 61 105 4.12 12.7
 Eddie Erautt 28 14 10 .583 80 7 8 122.0 106 66 13 86 60 4.87 8.2
 Ken Holcombe 34 5 3 .625 62 0 7 67.3 53 30 10 34 24 4.01 6.8
*Bill Kennedy 32 3 9 .250 55 1 12 62.0 73 33 6 43 33 4.79 2.2
*Morrie Martin 30 0 3 .000 38 0 11 44.3 32 22 10 28 20 4.47 3.5
 Bob Lemon 32 3 1 .750 20 0 0 24.7 26 13 2 10 14 4.74 1.4
 George Spencer 26 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.0 3 3 1 0 0 13.50 0.0
 Erv Palica 25 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 2 1 1 1 18.00 0.0
Team Totals 30.1 93 69 .574 412 162 38 1450.3 1394 629 126 510 683 3.90 95.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 6 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 .990 32.9
G.Hodges 1172.0 131 134 567 39 12 2 .981 31.3
F.Anderson 241.0 27 28 134 9 1 0 .993 44.4
D.Howell 37.3 4 5 18 3 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1450.3 162 167 719 51 13 2 .983 35.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.24
D.Snider 1068.3 120 120 1353 100 29 138 .980 12.24
P.Lehner 349.0 39 43 462 37 1 32 .998 12.87
L.Klein 18.0 2 2 23 2 0 1 1.000 12.50
J.Pesky 9.0 1 1 18 1 1 2 .950 19.00
J.Dimaggio 5.0 0 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Thomson 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 168 1859 143 31 173 .985 12.42
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 6.19
L.Klein 842.3 97 111 182 371 11 81 .980 5.91
A.Dark 439.0 52 53 89 212 1 50 .997 6.17
R.Hartsfield 116.0 11 26 24 60 2 11 .977 6.52
J.Pesky 40.0 2 13 6 26 3 2 .914 7.20
I.Hall 11.0 0 3 3 4 0 0 1.000 5.73
J.Tabor 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1450.3 162 208 305 673 17 144 .983 6.07
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.87
B.Thomson 1316.7 147 148 80 347 24 31 .947 2.92
I.Hall 64.0 7 8 8 17 2 3 .926 3.52
A.Dark 45.7 5 6 1 11 2 0 .857 2.37
J.Pesky 24.0 3 3 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1450.3 162 165 89 381 28 35 .944 2.92
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.31
J.Pesky 979.3 109 117 164 401 12 92 .979 5.19
A.Dark 426.0 49 52 63 179 5 22 .980 5.11
I.Hall 23.0 3 3 2 10 0 1 1.000 4.70
L.Klein 10.0 0 6 3 5 0 1 1.000 7.20
J.Tabor 10.0 1 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.50
S.Rojek 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1450.3 162 181 233 600 17 117 .980 5.17
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.93
A.Gionfriddo 1226.3 142 146 288 6 9 1 .970 2.16
P.Lehner 139.0 15 19 36 2 3 0 .927 2.46
R.Coleman 46.0 5 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.98
G.Hodges 13.0 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
D.Ennis 13.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
B.Thomson 10.7 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
A.Dark 2.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1450.3 162 193 339 8 12 1 .967 2.15
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.47
J.Dimaggio 933.3 106 109 241 6 7 3 .972 2.38
D.Snider 256.7 29 31 71 1 0 0 1.000 2.52
P.Lehner 120.0 14 17 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
R.Coleman 68.7 6 12 21 1 0 1 1.000 2.88
A.Gionfriddo 36.0 4 4 8 0 1 0 .889 2.00
D.Ennis 34.7 3 5 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.64
B.Thomson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 179 383 8 8 4 .980 2.43
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.97
D.Ennis 1233.3 138 140 263 8 8 2 .971 1.98
S.Rojek 154.0 18 19 36 1 0 1 1.000 2.16
P.Lehner 43.0 4 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.26
I.Hall 17.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
A.Gionfriddo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Snider 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 168 310 9 8 3 .976 1.98
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.35
B.Miller 299.7 44 44 25 77 1 5 .990 3.06
E.White 298.3 42 42 16 43 1 3 .983 1.78
B.Rush 293.3 36 36 24 62 3 4 .966 2.64
B.Chipman 235.7 32 32 16 59 1 7 .987 2.86
E.Erautt 122.0 7 80 7 37 0 3 1.000 3.25
K.Holcombe 67.3 0 62 4 12 1 0 .941 2.14
B.Kennedy 62.0 1 55 4 12 1 2 .941 2.32
M.Martin 44.3 0 38 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.22
B.Lemon 24.7 0 20 1 8 0 3 1.000 3.28
G.Spencer 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Palica 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 412 100 313 8 27 .981 2.56
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pesky .331
On-Base Pct Snider .404
Slugging Pct Snider .606
OPS Snider 1.010
XR Snider 128.8
Games Snider, Thomson 156
At-Bats Ennis 589
Runs Ennis 120
Hits Ennis 175
Total Bases Snider 340
Singles Pesky 125
Doubles Thomson 33
Triples Gionfriddo 8
Homeruns Snider 43
RBIs Ennis 137
Stolen Bases Gionfriddo 33
Caught Stealing Gionfriddo 15
Walks Snider 104
Strikeouts Snider 166
ERA Rush 2.52
Wins White 19
Losses White 12
Winning Pct Chipman .625
Saves Kennedy 12
Games Pitched Erautt 80
Games Started Miller 44
Complete Games Rush 14
Shutouts Rush 2
Innings Pitched Miller 299.7
Hits Allowed Miller 322
Homeruns Allowed White 40
Strikeouts White 189
Walks Allowed White 129
Walks per 9IP Miller 1.7
Hits per 9IP Rush 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP White 5.7
WHiP Rush 1.06
OAVG Rush .229
OOBP Rush .269
OSLG Rush .313
OOPS Rush .582
Team All-Stars
Del Ennis
Duke Snider
Ernie White
Player Salaries
Joe Dimaggio $ 9,000,000
Gil Hodges $ 8,340,000
Duke Snider $ 6,271,429
Bob Rush $ 6,228,571
Del Ennis $ 5,670,000
Ernie White $ 5,280,000
Bob Miller $ 4,771,429
Bobby Thomson $ 3,878,571
Bob Chipman $ 3,750,000
Lou Klein $ 2,950,000
Alvin Dark $ 2,500,000
Al Gionfriddo $ 2,500,000
Johnny Pesky $ 2,250,000
Bill Kennedy $ 1,537,143
Bob Lemon $ 700,007
Eddie Erautt $ 495,000
Paul Lehner $ 350,000
Ferrell Anderson $ 350,000
Roy Hartsfield $ 350,000
Irv Hall $ 350,000
Stan Rojek $ 350,000
Ken Holcombe $ 300,000
Morrie Martin $ 300,000
Erv Palica $ 300,000
George Spencer $ 300,000
Ray Coleman $ 300,000
Jim Tabor $ 300,000
Dixie Howell $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Vic Johnson New York (A) Roy Hartsfield
3/3 Traded Roy Campanella New York (A) Gil Hodges
3/3 Traded Paul Calvert
Ray Scarborough		 New York (N) Bob Lemon
$8,000,000
 
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