1953 St. Louis Browns Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 54-100
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 297,238, Avg. 4,979
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Marty Marion (54-100)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1953 St. Louis Browns Roster
1953 St. Louis Browns Results

The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1953 season with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

The Browns scored 555 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 778 runs. Vic Wertz paced St. Louis with 19 home runs, and Dick Kryhoski walloped 20 or more, too. Vic Wertz recorded 70 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .268. Marlin Stuart led the team with 8 wins, while Don Larsen recorded a 4.16 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Marty Marion 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
Marlin Stuart	8	2	.800	3.94	60	2	30	0	0	7	114.3	136	62	50	6	44	46	1	0	3	509
Don Larsen	7	12	.368	4.16	38	22	14	7	2	2	192.7	201	99	89	11	64	96	4	0	3	828
Dick Littlefield	7	12	.368	5.08	36	22	6	2	0	0	152.3	153	93	86	17	84	104	4	0	5	680
Duane Pillette	7	13	.350	4.48	31	25	2	5	1	0	166.7	181	90	83	16	62	58	2	0	1	728
Virgil Trucks	5	4	.556	3.07	16	12	2	4	2	2	88.0	83	37	30	4	32	47	4	0	3	374
Harry Brecheen	5	13	.278	3.07	26	16	7	3	0	1	117.3	122	51	40	7	31	44	3	1	1	494
Bob Cain	4	10	.286	6.23	32	13	7	1	0	1	99.7	129	74	69	8	45	36	1	0	1	465
Bobo Holloman	3	7	.300	5.23	22	10	1	1	1	0	65.3	69	41	38	2	50	25	1	1	2	305
Satchel Paige	3	9	.250	3.53	57	4	34	0	0	11	117.3	114	51	46	12	39	51	1	1	2	489
Bob Turley	2	6	.250	3.28	10	7	3	3	1	0	60.3	39	24	22	4	44	61	2	0	2	259
Mike Blyzka	2	6	.250	6.39	33	9	8	2	0	0	94.3	110	78	67	6	56	23	0	0	7	440
Lou Kretlow	1	5	.167	5.11	22	11	6	0	0	0	81.0	93	56	46	5	52	37	0	0	3	380
Hal White	0	0		2.61	10	0	3	0	0	0	10.3	8	3	3	1	3	2	1	0	0	45
Bob Habenicht	0	0		5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.7	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	8
Max Lanier	0	1	.000	7.25	10	1	2	0	0	0	22.3	28	18	18	2	19	8	0	0	0	109
Totals	54	100	.351	4.48	404	154	126	28	7	24	1383.7	1467	778	688	101	626	639	25	3	33	6113

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Johnny Groth	141	610	557	65	141	27	4	10	57	5	6	42	53	.253	.308	.370	.678	206	14	2	9
Bobby Young	148	593	537	48	137	22	2	4	25	2	1	41	40	.255	.309	.326	.635	175	12	1	14
Billy Hunter	154	604	567	50	124	18	1	1	37	3	1	24	45	.219	.253	.259	.512	147	12	2	11
Vic Wertz	128	518	440	61	118	18	6	19	70	1	4	72	44	.268	.376	.466	.842	205	13	4	2
Don Lenhardt	97	347	303	37	96	15	0	10	35	1	2	41	41	.317	.400	.465	.865	141	8	1	2
Dick Kryhoski	104	369	338	35	94	18	4	16	50	0	5	26	33	.278	.333	.497	.830	168	10	2	3
Clint Courtney	106	384	355	28	89	12	2	4	19	0	1	25	20	.251	.302	.330	.631	117	14	1	3
Roy Sievers	92	323	285	37	77	15	0	8	35	0	1	32	47	.270	.344	.407	.751	116	9	0	6
Dick Kokos	107	357	299	41	72	12	0	13	38	0	5	56	53	.241	.361	.411	.772	123	4	0	2
Jim Dyck	112	381	334	38	71	15	1	9	27	3	2	38	40	.213	.299	.344	.643	115	15	3	6
Les Moss	78	259	239	21	66	14	1	2	28	0	1	18	31	.276	.329	.368	.698	88	10	1	1
Vern Stephens	46	186	165	16	53	8	0	4	17	0	0	18	24	.321	.388	.442	.830	73	7	0	3
Bob Elliott	48	191	160	19	40	7	1	5	29	0	1	30	18	.250	.368	.400	.768	64	4	0	1
Neil Berry	57	111	99	14	28	1	2	0	11	1	2	9	10	.283	.343	.333	.676	33	4	0	3
Don Larsen	50	85	81	11	23	3	1	3	10	0	0	4	14	.284	.318	.457	.774	37	1	0	0
Hank Edwards	65	119	106	6	21	3	0	0	9	0	1	13	10	.198	.286	.226	.512	24	1	0	0
Dick Littlefield	38	49	42	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	.190	.227	.190	.418	8	1	0	5
Harry Brecheen	27	42	39	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.179	.200	.179	.379	7	1	0	2
Duane Pillette	31	60	53	4	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	5	16	.132	.207	.208	.414	11	1	0	2
Bob Cain	34	31	30	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.200	.226	.267	.492	8	1	0	0
Bob Turley	10	21	18	2	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	.278	.316	.444	.760	8	0	0	2
Lou Kretlow	22	27	25	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	0	0	2
Marlin Stuart	60	26	26	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.192	.192	.231	.423	6	1	0	0
Virgil Trucks	16	29	25	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.160	.160	.200	.360	5	0	0	4
Dixie Upright	9	9	8	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	.250	.333	.625	.958	5	0	0	0
Johnny Lipon	7	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0
Ed Mickelson	7	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.133	.235	.200	.435	3	1	0	0
Bobo Holloman	22	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.105	.105	.105	.211	2	0	0	3
Satchel Paige	57	30	29	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.069	.069	.069	.138	2	0	0	1
Max Lanier	10	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0
Willy Miranda	17	7	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	0
Jim Pisoni	3	12	12	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.083	.083	.333	.417	4	0	0	0
Babe Martin	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Marty Marion	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Frank Kellert	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Mike Blyzka	33	26	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.000	.042	.000	.042	0	0	0	2
Hal White	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0
Bob Habenicht	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1956	5876	5264	555	1310	214	25	112	522	17	34	506	644	.249	.317	.363	.680	1910	144	17	89

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Roy Sievers	1B	76	604	31	5	64	.992	8.355	0
Ed Mickelson	1B	3	20	2	0	2	1.000	7.333	0
Dick Kryhoski	1B	88	685	66	6	77	.992	8.534	0
Frank Kellert	1B	1	8	0	0	0	1.000	8.000	0
Bobby Young	2B	148	397	363	18	120	.977	5.135	0
Johnny Lipon	2B	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Neil Berry	2B	15	26	27	2	8	.964	3.533	0
Vern Stephens	3B	46	54	91	7	9	.954	3.152	0
Willy Miranda	3B	6	1	2	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Marty Marion	3B	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Johnny Lipon	3B	6	0	4	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Don Lenhardt	3B	6	5	8	1	0	.929	2.167	0
Bob Elliott	3B	45	51	93	7	12	.954	3.200	0
Jim Dyck	3B	51	62	101	13	12	.926	3.196	0
Neil Berry	3B	18	15	18	7	1	.825	1.833	0
Les Moss	C	71	296	21	7	4	.978	4.465	4
Babe Martin	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Clint Courtney	C	103	436	47	10	7	.980	4.689	4
Vic Wertz	OF	121	243	15	7	4	.974	2.132	0
Jim Pisoni	OF	3	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.333	0
Don Lenhardt	OF	77	148	8	5	1	.969	2.026	0
Don Larsen	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Dick Kokos	OF	83	152	5	6	1	.963	1.892	0
Johnny Groth	OF	141	425	18	4	5	.991	3.142	0
Hank Edwards	OF	21	36	2	0	0	1.000	1.810	0
Jim Dyck	OF	55	100	5	2	1	.981	1.909	0
Hal White	P	10	1	4	1	0	.833	.500	0
Bob Turley	P	10	4	3	0	2	1.000	.700	0
Virgil Trucks	P	16	3	13	6	1	.727	1.000	0
Marlin Stuart	P	60	9	15	1	2	.960	.400	0
Duane Pillette	P	31	14	20	2	3	.944	1.097	0
Satchel Paige	P	57	3	12	0	1	1.000	.263	0
Dick Littlefield	P	36	9	19	0	0	1.000	.778	0
Don Larsen	P	38	8	29	2	1	.949	.974	0
Max Lanier	P	10	1	3	0	1	1.000	.400	0
Lou Kretlow	P	22	3	7	3	0	.769	.455	0
Bobo Holloman	P	22	8	9	3	1	.850	.773	0
Bob Habenicht	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bob Cain	P	32	4	9	0	1	1.000	.406	0
Harry Brecheen	P	26	5	29	0	2	1.000	1.308	0
Mike Blyzka	P	33	6	13	0	1	1.000	.576	0
Willy Miranda	SS	8	8	6	1	1	.933	1.750	0
Billy Hunter	SS	152	284	512	25	99	.970	5.237	0
Neil Berry	SS	6	4	14	1	1	.947	3.000	0
Totals		1759	4150	1644	152	445	.974	3.294	8

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