1953 Washington Senators season

1953 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith (majority owner)
ManagersBucky Harris
TelevisionWTTG
RadioWWDC (FM)
(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff, Bailey Goss)
← 1952 Seasons 1954 →

The 1953 Washington Senators won 76 games, lost 76, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium. This was their last winning season until 1962.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1953 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Roster

1953 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C Ed Fitz Gerald 88 288 72 .250 3 39
1B Mickey Vernon 152 608 205 .337 15 115
2B Wayne Terwilliger 134 464 117 .252 4 46
SS Pete Runnels 137 486 125 .257 2 50
3B Eddie Yost 152 577 157 .272 9 45
OF Jim Busby 150 586 183 .312 6 82
OF Jackie Jensen 147 582 147 .266 10 84
OF Clyde Vollmer 118 408 106 .260 11 74

Other batters

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
Mickey Grasso 61 196 41 .209 2 22
Gil Coan 68 168 33 .196 2 17
Jerry Snyder 29 62 21 .339 0 4
Kite Thomas 38 58 17 .293 1 12
Yo-Yo Davalillo 19 58 17 .293 0 2
Mel Hoderlein 23 47 9 .191 0 5
Ken Wood 12 33 7 .212 0 3
Les Peden 9 28 7 .250 1 1
Carmen Mauro 17 23 4 .174 0 2
Gene Verble 13 21 4 .190 0 2
Frank Sacka 7 18 5 .278 0 3
Bob Oldis 7 16 4 .250 0 3
Frank Campos 10 9 1 .111 0 2
Tony Roig 3 8 1 .125 0 0
Floyd Baker 9 7 0 .000 0 0
Bruce Barmes 5 5 1 .200 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Porterfield 34 255.0 22 10 3.35 77
Walt Masterson 29 166.1 10 12 3.63 95
Spec Shea 23 164.2 12 7 3.94 38
Chuck Stobbs 27 153.0 11 8 3.29 67
Connie Marrero 22 145.2 8 7 3.03 65
Tommy Byrne 6 33.2 0 5 4.28 22
Bunky Stewart 2 15.1 0 2 4.70 3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sonny Dixon 43 120.0 5 8 3.75 40
Johnny Schmitz 24 107.2 2 7 3.68 39
Julio Moreno 12 35.1 3 1 2.80 13
Jim Pearce 4 9.1 0 1 7.71 0
Dean Stone 3 8.2 0 1 8.31 5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Al Sima 31 2 3 1 3.42 25
Jerry Lane 20 1 4 0 4.92 26
Sandy Consuegra 4 0 0 0 10.80 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Cal Ermer
A Scranton Miners Eastern League Morrie Aderholt
B Charlotte Hornets Tri-State League Pete Appleton
D Bluefield Blue-Grays Appalachian League Ivan Kuester
D Orlando Senators Florida State League Donald Ford and Leslie Filkins
D Fulton Lookouts KITTY League Sam Lamitina

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

References