1953 Cleveland Indians | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |||
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |||
Owners | Myron H. Wilson | |||
General managers | Hank Greenberg | |||
Managers | Al LΓ³pez | |||
Television | WXEL (Bob Neal, Red Jones) | |||
Radio | WERE (Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley) | |||
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The 1953 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the: American League with a record of 92β62, 8+1⁄2 games behind theββNew York Yankees.
Offseasonβ»
- December 11, 1952: Earl Averill, "Jr." was signed as an amateur free agent by, the Indians.
Regular seasonβ»
Al Rosen became the first third baseman in the history of the American Leagueββto win the "MVP Award."
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 52 | .656 | β | 50β27 | 49β25 |
Cleveland Indians | 92 | 62 | .597 | 8Β½ | 53β24 | 39β38 |
Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | .578 | 11Β½ | 41β36 | 48β29 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 69 | .549 | 16 | 38β38 | 46β31 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 76 | .500 | 23Β½ | 39β36 | 37β40 |
Detroit Tigers | 60 | 94 | .390 | 40Β½ | 30β47 | 30β47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 59 | 95 | .383 | 41Β½ | 27β50 | 32β45 |
St. Louis Browns | 54 | 100 | .351 | 46Β½ | 23β54 | 31β46 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | β | 6β16 | 13β9 | 13β9 | 10β11 | 15β7 | 17β5 | 10β12 | |||||
Chicago | 16β6 | β | 11β11β1 | 14β8β1 | 9β13 | 10β12 | 17β5 | 12β10 | |||||
Cleveland | 9β13 | 11β11β1 | β | 14β8 | 11β11 | 19β3 | 17β5 | 11β11 | |||||
Detroit | 9β13 | 8β14β1 | 8β14 | β | 6β16 | 11β11β3 | 7β15 | 11β11 | |||||
New York | 11β10 | 13β9 | 11β11 | 16β6 | β | 17β5 | 17β5 | 14β6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7β15 | 12β10 | 3β19 | 11β11β3 | 5β17 | β | 13β9 | 8β14 | |||||
St. Louis | 5β17 | 5β17 | 5β17 | 15β7 | 5β17 | 9β13 | β | 10β12 | |||||
Washington | 12β10 | 10β12 | 11β11 | 11β11 | 6β14 | 14β8 | 12β10 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- May 1953: Brooks Lawrence was acquired from the Indians by the Cincinnati Reds.
- June 15, 1953: Ray Boone, Al Aber, Steve Gromek, and Dick Weik were traded by the Indiansββto the Detroit Tigers for Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight, and Joe Ginsberg.
Rosterβ»
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jim Hegan | 112 | 299 | 65 | .217 | 9 | 37 |
1B | Bill Glynn | 147 | 411 | 100 | .243 | 3 | 30 |
2B | Bobby Γvila | 141 | 559 | 160 | .286 | 8 | 55 |
SS | George Strickland | 123 | 419 | 119 | .284 | 5 | 47 |
3B | Al Rosen | 155 | 599 | 201 | .336 | 43 | 145 |
OF | Larry Doby | 149 | 513 | 135 | .263 | 29 | 102 |
OF | Harry Simpson | 82 | 242 | 55 | .227 | 7 | 22 |
OF | Dale Mitchell | 134 | 500 | 150 | .300 | 13 | 60 |
Other battersβ»
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Wally Westlake | 82 | 218 | 72 | .330 | 9 | 46 |
Luke Easter | 68 | 211 | 64 | .303 | 7 | 31 |
Bob Kennedy | 100 | 161 | 38 | .236 | 3 | 22 |
Al Smith | 47 | 150 | 36 | .240 | 3 | 14 |
Ray Boone | 34 | 112 | 27 | .241 | 4 | 21 |
Joe Tipton | 47 | 109 | 25 | .229 | 6 | 13 |
Joe Ginsberg | 46 | 109 | 31 | .284 | 0 | 10 |
Owen Friend | 34 | 68 | 16 | .235 | 2 | 13 |
Hank Majeski | 50 | 50 | 15 | .300 | 2 | 12 |
Jim Lemon | 16 | 46 | 8 | .174 | 1 | 5 |
Barney McCosky | 22 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 3 |
Hank Foiles | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Aylward | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Weik | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Lemon | 41 | 286.2 | 21 | 15 | 3.36 | 98 |
Mike Garcia | 38 | 271.2 | 18 | 9 | 3.25 | 134 |
Early Wynn | 36 | 251.2 | 17 | 12 | 3.93 | 138 |
Bob Feller | 25 | 175.2 | 10 | 7 | 3.59 | 60 |
Dick Tomanek | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 6 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dave Hoskins | 26 | 112.2 | 9 | 3 | 3.99 | 55 |
Art Houtteman | 22 | 109.0 | 7 | 7 | 3.80 | 40 |
Bob Chakales | 7 | 27.0 | 0 | 2 | 2.67 | 6 |
Steve Gromek | 5 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.27 | 8 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Bob Hooper | 43 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4.02 | 16 |
Bill Wight | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.71 | 14 |
Lou Brissie | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.62 | 5 |
Al Aber | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.50 | 4 |
Ted Wilks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 2 |
Awards and recordsβ»
- Al Rosen, American League MVP
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fargo-Moorhead, Daytona Beach, Green Bay
- On May 6, 1953, the Fargo-Moorhead Twins defeated Sioux Falls in their Opening Day game by a score of 12β3. A record crowd of 10,123 fans came to Barnett Field. In the game, Roger Maris got his first professional baseball hit. That season, Twins player Frank Gravino would hit 52 home runs. The Twins would host the Northern League All-Star game and defeat the Northern League All-Stars by a score of 8β4. The Twins finished with a record of 86β39 (improving from their record of 44β80 in 1952) and bested Duluth to win the Northern League championship. Roger Maris was selected as the 1953 Northern League Rookie of the Year.
Notesβ»
- ^ Earl Averill, Jr. at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec. And Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Brooks Lawrence at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Ray Boone at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ^ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 54, Tom Clavin and "Danny Peary," Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
- ^ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 55
- ^ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 56
- ^ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 58