1953 Chicago White Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 89-65
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 1,191,353, Avg. 19,199
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Paul Richards (89-65)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1953 Chicago White Sox Roster
1953 Chicago White Sox Results

The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1953 season with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the AL.

The White Sox plated 716 runs and allowed 592 runs. Minnie Minoso paced Chicago with 15 home runs and drove in 104 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .313. Billy Pierce topped the team with 18 wins, and Virgil Trucks, too added 15 or more wins, too Sandy Consuegra registered a 2.54 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Paul Richards coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Billy Pierce	18	12	.600	2.72	40	33	6	19	7	3	271.3	216	94	82	20	102	186	3	0	5	1113
Virgil Trucks	15	6	.714	2.86	24	21	1	13	3	1	176.3	151	60	56	14	67	102	3	1	4	727
Fritz Dorish	10	6	.625	3.40	55	6	37	2	0	18	145.7	140	59	55	9	52	69	6	1	5	622
Mike Fornieles	8	7	.533	3.59	39	16	7	5	0	3	153.0	160	68	61	8	61	72	2	1	2	664
Sandy Consuegra	7	5	.583	2.54	29	13	8	5	1	3	124.0	122	39	35	9	28	30	2	0	1	508
Bob Keegan	7	5	.583	2.74	22	11	6	4	2	1	98.7	80	34	30	4	33	32	2	0	0	398
Saul Rogovin	7	12	.368	5.22	22	19	1	4	1	1	131.0	151	82	76	17	48	62	2	1	5	583
Joe Dobson	5	5	.500	3.67	23	15	6	3	1	1	100.7	96	46	41	10	37	50	0	0	3	425
Connie Johnson	4	4	.500	3.56	14	10	3	2	1	0	60.7	55	27	24	4	38	44	2	0	4	272
Gene Bearden	3	3	.500	2.93	25	3	9	0	0	0	58.3	48	27	19	8	33	24	0	0	3	250
Luis Aloma	2	0	1.000	4.70	24	0	8	0	0	2	38.3	41	20	20	7	23	23	0	1	2	173
Tommy Byrne	2	0	1.000	10.13	6	6	0	0	0	0	16.0	18	18	18	0	26	4	0	0	0	89
Earl Harrist	1	0	1.000	7.56	7	0	3	0	0	0	8.3	9	7	7	1	5	1	0	0	1	36
Hal Hudson	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Lou Kretlow	0	0		3.48	9	3	3	0	0	0	20.7	12	11	8	2	30	15	1	0	2	102
Totals	89	65	.578	3.41	340	156	99	57	16	33	1403.7	1299	592	532	113	583	714	23	5	37	5963

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Nellie Fox	154	692	624	92	178	31	8	3	72	4	5	49	18	.285	.344	.375	.719	234	15	7	12
Minnie Minoso	151	655	556	104	174	24	8	15	104	25	16	74	43	.313	.410	.466	.875	259	23	17	8
Chico Carrasquel	149	604	552	72	154	30	4	2	47	5	3	38	47	.279	.330	.359	.689	198	15	4	10
Jim Rivera	156	639	567	79	147	26	16	11	78	22	15	53	70	.259	.329	.420	.749	238	15	6	13
Sam Mele	140	544	481	64	132	26	8	12	82	3	1	58	47	.274	.353	.437	.789	210	14	0	5
Ferris Fain	128	564	446	73	114	18	2	6	52	3	2	108	28	.256	.405	.345	.750	154	11	4	6
Sherm Lollar	113	396	334	46	96	19	0	8	54	1	0	47	29	.287	.388	.416	.804	139	7	8	7
Bob Elliott	67	241	208	24	54	11	1	4	32	1	1	31	21	.260	.358	.380	.738	79	3	1	1
Bob Boyd	55	182	165	20	49	6	2	3	23	1	4	13	11	.297	.352	.412	.764	68	3	1	3
Red Wilson	71	193	164	21	41	6	1	0	10	2	3	26	12	.250	.353	.299	.651	49	8	0	3
Tom Wright	77	147	132	14	33	5	3	2	25	0	0	12	21	.250	.322	.379	.701	50	1	2	1
Rocky Krsnich	64	143	129	9	26	8	0	1	14	0	2	12	11	.202	.270	.287	.556	37	2	0	2
Vern Stephens	44	143	129	14	24	6	0	1	14	2	0	13	18	.186	.261	.256	.516	33	3	0	1
Fred Marsh	67	111	95	22	19	1	0	2	2	0	3	13	26	.200	.303	.274	.576	26	2	1	2
Bud Stewart	53	73	59	16	16	2	0	2	13	1	0	14	3	.271	.411	.407	.818	24	1	0	0
Virgil Trucks	24	73	63	6	15	3	0	1	6	0	0	0	10	.238	.250	.333	.583	21	1	1	9
Connie Ryan	17	63	54	6	12	1	0	0	6	2	0	9	12	.222	.333	.241	.574	13	4	0	0
Billy Pierce	42	102	87	4	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	16	.126	.174	.126	.300	11	3	1	10
Bud Sheely	31	56	46	4	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	9	8	.217	.345	.239	.585	11	1	0	1
Bob Keegan	22	31	28	4	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	5	.321	.345	.321	.666	9	2	0	2
Fritz Dorish	55	44	41	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.171	.171	.171	.341	7	1	0	3
Saul Rogovin	22	46	37	5	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	7	9	.135	.273	.135	.408	5	2	0	2
Gene Bearden	31	23	21	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.190	.190	.190	.381	4	1	0	2
Mike Fornieles	39	51	41	2	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	5	.098	.119	.122	.241	5	1	0	9
Tommy Byrne	18	20	18	2	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	6	.167	.250	.333	.583	6	0	0	0
Joe Dobson	23	31	29	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.069	.100	.103	.203	3	1	0	1
Sandy Consuegra	29	42	35	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.057	.083	.057	.140	2	0	0	6
Neil Berry	5	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	1	0	0
Allie Clark	9	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.067	.067	.067	.133	1	3	0	0
Bill Wilson	9	18	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.059	.111	.059	.170	1	1	1	0
Connie Johnson	15	23	20	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.050	.136	.050	.186	1	1	0	1
Lou Kretlow	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0
Earl Harrist	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Luis Aloma	24	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Sam Dente	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Hal Hudson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1923	5986	5212	716	1345	226	53	74	669	73	55	600	529	.258	.341	.364	.705	1899	146	54	120

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Billy Pierce	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Sam Mele	1B	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Fred Marsh	1B	5	23	2	1	0	.962	5.000	0
Sherm Lollar	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Ferris Fain	1B	127	1108	106	13	98	.989	9.559	0
Allie Clark	1B	1	5	0	0	2	1.000	5.000	0
Bob Boyd	1B	29	275	16	0	25	1.000	1.034	0
Fred Marsh	2B	2	4	3	0	2	1.000	3.500	0
Nellie Fox	2B	154	451	426	15	101	.983	5.695	0
Neil Berry	2B	3	5	10	0	1	1.000	5.000	0
Vern Stephens	3B	38	30	67	1	7	.990	2.553	0
Connie Ryan	3B	16	20	31	4	1	.927	3.188	0
Minnie Minoso	3B	10	3	14	2	0	.895	1.700	0
Fred Marsh	3B	32	17	30	3	5	.940	1.469	0
Rocky Krsnich	3B	57	31	100	10	7	.929	2.298	0
Bob Elliott	3B	58	54	104	6	9	.963	2.724	0
Red Wilson	C	63	282	24	6	1	.981	4.857	1
Bud Sheely	C	17	60	2	0	1	1.000	3.647	0
Sherm Lollar	C	107	470	51	3	2	.994	4.869	3
Tom Wright	OF	33	44	1	1	0	.978	1.364	0
Bill Wilson	OF	3	9	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Bud Stewart	OF	16	12	0	0	0	1.000	.750	0
Jim Rivera	OF	156	385	15	10	5	.976	2.564	0
Minnie Minoso	OF	147	279	15	10	3	.967	2.000	0
Sam Mele	OF	138	213	14	1	1	.996	1.645	0
Bob Elliott	OF	2	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	0
Allie Clark	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Bob Boyd	OF	16	26	0	1	0	.963	1.625	0
Virgil Trucks	P	24	11	29	0	2	1.000	1.667	0
Saul Rogovin	P	22	10	20	3	1	.909	1.364	0
Billy Pierce	P	40	10	33	4	1	.915	1.075	0
Lou Kretlow	P	9	3	6	1	1	.900	1.000	0
Bob Keegan	P	22	7	20	0	2	1.000	1.227	0
Connie Johnson	P	14	1	6	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Hal Hudson	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Earl Harrist	P	7	1	1	1	0	.667	.286	0
Mike Fornieles	P	39	16	30	2	2	.958	1.179	0
Fritz Dorish	P	55	15	31	0	0	1.000	.836	0
Joe Dobson	P	23	6	14	2	0	.909	.870	0
Sandy Consuegra	P	29	11	34	1	1	.978	1.552	0
Tommy Byrne	P	6	3	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Gene Bearden	P	25	2	11	3	0	.813	.520	0
Luis Aloma	P	24	3	5	0	1	1.000	.333	0
Vern Stephens	SS	3	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.333	0
Fred Marsh	SS	17	17	36	2	5	.964	3.118	0
Sam Dente	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Chico Carrasquel	SS	149	278	462	18	87	.976	4.966	0
Totals		1745	4209	1776	125	374	.980	3.430	4

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