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1953 Chicago White Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Grace Comiskey | |
General managers | Frank Lane | |
Managers | Paul Richards | |
Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) | |
Radio | WCFL (Bob Elson, Don Wells) | |
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The 1953 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 53rd season in the major leagues, and its 54th season overall. They finished with a record of 89–65, good enough for third place in the American League, 11.5 games behind the first place New York Yankees.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 52 | .656 | — | 50–27 | 49–25 |
Cleveland Indians | 92 | 62 | .597 | 8½ | 53–24 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | .578 | 11½ | 41–36 | 48–29 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 69 | .549 | 16 | 38–38 | 46–31 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 76 | .500 | 23½ | 39–36 | 37–40 |
Detroit Tigers | 60 | 94 | .390 | 40½ | 30–47 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 59 | 95 | .383 | 41½ | 27–50 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 54 | 100 | .351 | 46½ | 23–54 | 31–46 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 10–11 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | — | 11–11–1 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Cleveland | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 19–3 | 17–5 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 11–11–3 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 11–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 14–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7–15 | 12–10 | 3–19 | 11–11–3 | 5–17 | — | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 5–17 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 10–12 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 6–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | — |
1953 Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Neil Berry, 2B | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | 0 |
Bob Boyd, 1B,OF | 55 | 165 | 20 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 11 | .279 | 1 |
Chico Carrasquel, SS | 149 | 552 | 72 | 154 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 38 | 47 | .279 | 5 |
Allie Clark, 1B,LF | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .067 | 0 |
Sam Dente, SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Bob Elliott, 3B | 67 | 208 | 24 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 31 | 21 | .260 | 1 |
Ferris Fain, 1B | 128 | 446 | 73 | 114 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 52 | 108 | 28 | .256 | 3 |
Nellie Fox, 2B | 154 | 624 | 92 | 178 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 72 | 49 | 18 | .285 | 4 |
Rocky Krsnich, 3B | 64 | 129 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 11 | .202 | 0 |
Sherm Lollar, C | 113 | 334 | 46 | 96 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 54 | 47 | 29 | .287 | 1 |
Fred Marsh, 3B,SS,1B,2B | 67 | 95 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 26 | .200 | 0 |
Sam Mele, RF | 140 | 481 | 64 | 132 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 82 | 58 | 47 | .274 | 3 |
Minnie Miñoso, LF,RF,3B | 151 | 556 | 104 | 174 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 104 | 74 | 43 | .313 | 25 |
Jim Rivera, CF | 156 | 567 | 79 | 147 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 78 | 53 | 70 | .259 | 22 |
Connie Ryan, 3B | 17 | 54 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | .222 | 2 |
Bud Sheely, C | 31 | 46 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | .217 | 0 |
Vern Stephens, 3B | 44 | 129 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 18 | .186 | 2 |
Bud Stewart, LF,RF | 53 | 59 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 3 | .271 | 1 |
Bill Wilson, CF | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .059 | 0 |
Red Wilson, C | 71 | 164 | 21 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 12 | .250 | 2 |
Tom Wright, RF,LF | 77 | 132 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 21 | .250 | 0 |
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Luis Aloma, P | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 |
Gene Bearden, P | 31 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .190 | 0 |
Tommy Byrne, P | 18 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .167 | 0 |
Sandy Consuegra, P | 29 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .057 | 0 |
Joe Dobson, P | 23 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | .069 | 0 |
Fritz Dorish, P | 55 | 41 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .171 | 0 |
Mike Fornieles, P | 39 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .098 | 0 |
Earl Harrist, P | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Connie Johnson, P | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .050 | 0 |
Bob Keegan, P | 22 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .321 | 0 |
Lou Kretlow, P | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
Billy Pierce, P | 42 | 87 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | .126 | 0 |
Saul Rogovin, P | 22 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | .135 | 1 |
Virgil Trucks, P | 24 | 63 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | .238 | 0 |
Team Totals
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156 | 5212 | 716 | 1345 | 226 | 53 | 74 | 669 | 600 | 529 | .258 | 73 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
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Luis Aloma | 2 | 0 | 4.70 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 38.1 | 41 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 23 |
Gene Bearden | 3 | 3 | 2.93 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 58.1 | 48 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 33 | 24 |
Tommy Byrne | 2 | 0 | 10.13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16.0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
Sandy Consuegra | 7 | 5 | 2.54 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 124.0 | 122 | 39 | 35 | 9 | 28 | 30 |
Joe Dobson | 5 | 5 | 3.67 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 100.2 | 96 | 46 | 41 | 10 | 37 | 50 |
Fritz Dorish | 10 | 6 | 3.40 | 55 | 6 | 18 | 145.2 | 140 | 59 | 55 | 9 | 52 | 69 |
Mike Fornieles | 8 | 7 | 3.59 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 153.0 | 160 | 68 | 61 | 8 | 61 | 72 |
Earl Harrist | 1 | 0 | 7.56 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Hal Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Connie Johnson | 4 | 4 | 3.56 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 60.2 | 55 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 38 | 44 |
Bob Keegan | 7 | 5 | 2.74 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 98.2 | 80 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 33 | 32 |
Lou Kretlow | 0 | 0 | 3.48 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20.2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 15 |
Billy Pierce | 18 | 12 | 2.72 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 271.1 | 216 | 94 | 82 | 20 | 102 | 186 |
Saul Rogovin | 7 | 12 | 5.22 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 131.0 | 151 | 82 | 76 | 17 | 48 | 62 |
Virgil Trucks | 15 | 6 | 2.86 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 176.1 | 151 | 60 | 56 | 14 | 67 | 102 |
Team Totals
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89 | 65 | 3.41 | 156 | 156 | 33 | 1403.2 | 1299 | 592 | 532 | 113 | 583 | 714 |