1953 St. Louis Cardinals season
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
---|---|---|
|
The 1953
Prior to the start of the season,
Offseason
- December 3, 1952: Grant Dunlap was purchased by the Cardinals from the Shreveport Sports.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W
|
L
|
Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brooklyn Dodgers | 105 | 49 | 0.682 | — | 60–17 | 45–32 |
Milwaukee Braves | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 13 | 45–31 | 47–31 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 22 | 48–29 | 35–42 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 22 | 48–30 | 35–41 |
New York Giants | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 35 | 38–39 | 32–45 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 37 | 38–39 | 30–47 |
Chicago Cubs | 65 | 89 | 0.422 | 40 | 43–34 | 22–55 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 104 | 0.325 | 55 | 26–51 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | BR | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Brooklyn | — | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 20–2 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 9–13–1 | — | 12–10 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 11–11 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 7–15–1 | |||||
Milwaukee | 9–13 | 14–8 | 14–8 | — | 14–8–1 | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | |||||
New York | 7–15 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–14–1 | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 9–13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | — | 15–7 | 11–11–1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 2–20 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 7–15 | — | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 11–11 | 15–7–1 | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 17–5 | — |
Notable transactions
- May 18, 1953: Billy Johnson was released by the Cardinals.[2]
- May 23, 1953: Jackie Collum was traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Eddie Erautt.[3]
- June 14, 1953: Hal Rice was traded by the Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Pete Castiglione.[4]
Roster
1953 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Del Rice | 135 | 419 | 99 | .236 | 6 | 37 |
1B | Steve Bilko | 154 | 570 | 143 | .251 | 21 | 84 |
2B | Red Schoendienst | 146 | 564 | 193 | .342 | 15 | 79 |
SS | Solly Hemus | 154 | 585 | 163 | .279 | 14 | 61 |
3B | Ray Jablonski | 157 | 604 | 162 | .268 | 21 | 112 |
OF | Stan Musial | 157 | 593 | 200 | .337 | 30 | 113 |
OF | Enos Slaughter | 143 | 492 | 143 | .291 | 6 | 89 |
OF | Rip Repulski | 153 | 567 | 156 | .275 | 15 | 66 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peanuts Lowrey | 104 | 182 | 49 | .269 | 5 | 27 |
Harry Elliott | 24 | 59 | 15 | .254 | 1 | 6 |
Sal Yvars | 30 | 57 | 14 | .246 | 1 | 6 |
Pete Castiglione | 67 | 52 | 9 | .173 | 0 | 3 |
Dick Sisler | 32 | 43 | 11 | .256 | 0 | 4 |
Ducky Schofield | 33 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 2 | 4 |
Ferrell Anderson | 18 | 35 | 10 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
Dick Rand | 9 | 31 | 9 | .290 | 0 | 1 |
Eddie Stanky | 17 | 30 | 8 | .267 | 0 | 1 |
Grant Dunlap | 16 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 1 | 3 |
Les Fusselman | 11 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Rice | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Johnson | 11 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Vern Benson | 13 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Phillips | 9 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Fred Marolewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harvey Haddix | 36 | 253.0 | 20 | 9 | 3.06 | 163 |
Gerry Staley | 40 | 230.0 | 18 | 9 | 3.99 | 88 |
Vinegar Bend Mizell |
33 | 224.1 | 13 | 11 | 3.49 | 173 |
Joe Presko | 34 | 161.2 | 6 | 13 | 5.01 | 56 |
John Romonosky | 2 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stu Miller | 40 | 137.2 | 7 | 8 | 5.56 | 79 |
Cliff Chambers | 32 | 79.2 | 3 | 6 | 4.86 | 26 |
Willard Schmidt | 6 | 17.2 | 0 | 2 | 9.17 | 11 |
Jack Faszholz | 4 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 7 |
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 Brazle | 60 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 4.21 | 57 |
Hal White | 49 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2.99 | 32 |
Mike Clark | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.79 | 17 |
Eddie Erautt | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.31 | 15 |
Jackie Collum | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 5 |
Dick Bokelmann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |
Eddie Yuhas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Dothan, Hazlehurst-Baxley, Paducah