1953 Chicago White Sox

89-65 • 0.578 Win% • 3rd in AL

📊 Season Record

89 Wins
65 Losses
0.578 Win %
3rd Rank
716 R 592 RA
Diff +124

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⚡ Quick Stats

716 Runs Scored
592 Runs Allowed
+124 Run Diff
1,209K Attendance

📈 vs. 1953 AL Average

Batting Avg .258 2% below the 1953 league average (.262)
OBP .334 1% above the 1953 league average (.332)
SLG .300 7% below the 1953 league average (.324)
Team ERA 3.41 15% better than the 1953 league average (3.99)
Runs Scored 716 4% above the 1953 league average (689 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 1,209,553
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Avg per Game 15,507

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Minnie Miñoso 0.313 2 Bob Boyd 0.297 3 Sherm Lollar 0.287 4 Nellie Fox 0.285 5 Chico Carrasquel 0.279

Home Runs

1 Minnie Miñoso 15 2 Sam Mele 12 3 Jim Rivera 11 4 Sherm Lollar 8 5 Ferris Fain 6

RBI

1 Minnie Miñoso 104 2 Sam Mele 82 3 Jim Rivera 78 4 Nellie Fox 72 5 Sherm Lollar 54
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Nellie Fox 154 624 92 178 0 0 3 72 49 18 4 0.285
Jim Rivera 156 567 79 147 0 0 11 78 53 70 22 0.259
Minnie Miñoso 151 556 104 174 0 0 15 104 74 43 25 0.313
Chico Carrasquel 149 552 72 154 0 0 2 47 38 47 5 0.279
Sam Mele 140 481 64 132 0 0 12 82 58 47 3 0.274
Ferris Fain 128 446 73 114 0 0 6 52 108 28 3 0.256
Sherm Lollar 113 334 46 96 0 0 8 54 47 29 1 0.287
Bob Elliott 67 208 24 54 0 0 4 32 31 21 1 0.260
Bob Boyd 55 165 20 49 0 0 3 23 13 11 1 0.297
Red Wilson 71 164 21 41 0 0 0 10 26 12 2 0.250
Tom Wright 77 132 14 33 0 0 2 25 12 21 0 0.250
Rocky Krsnich 64 129 9 26 0 0 1 14 12 11 0 0.202
Vern Stephens 44 129 14 24 0 0 1 14 13 18 2 0.186
Fred Marsh 67 95 22 19 0 0 2 2 13 26 0 0.200
Billy Pierce 42 87 4 11 0 0 0 4 4 16 0 0.126
Virgil Trucks 24 63 6 15 0 0 1 6 0 10 0 0.238
Bud Stewart 53 59 16 16 0 0 2 13 14 3 1 0.271
Connie Ryan 17 54 6 12 0 0 0 6 9 12 2 0.222
Bud Sheely 31 46 4 10 0 0 0 2 9 8 0 0.217
Fritz Dorish 55 41 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.171
Mike Fornieles 39 41 2 4 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 0.098
Saul Rogovin 22 37 5 5 0 0 0 3 7 9 1 0.135
Sandy Consuegra 29 35 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 7 0 0.057
Joe Dobson 23 29 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 11 0 0.069
Bob Keegan 22 28 4 9 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 0.321
Gene Bearden 31 21 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0.190
Connie Johnson 15 20 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 0.050
Tommy Byrne 18 18 2 3 0 0 1 5 2 6 0 0.167
Bill Wilson 9 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.059
Allie Clark 9 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.067
Neil Berry 5 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.125
Luis Aloma 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Lou Kretlow 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Earl Harrist 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sam Dente 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hal Hudson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Sandy Consuegra 2.54 2 Billy Pierce 2.72 3 Bob Keegan 2.74 4 Virgil Trucks 2.86 5 Gene Bearden 2.93

Wins

1 Billy Pierce 18 2 Virgil Trucks 15 3 Fritz Dorish 10 4 Mike Fornieles 8 5 Sandy Consuegra 7

Strikeouts

1 Billy Pierce 186 2 Virgil Trucks 102 3 Mike Fornieles 72 4 Fritz Dorish 69 5 Saul Rogovin 62
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Billy Pierce 18 12 2.72 40 33 3 271.1 102 186
Virgil Trucks 15 6 2.86 24 21 1 176.1 67 102
Mike Fornieles 8 7 3.59 39 16 3 153.0 61 72
Fritz Dorish 10 6 3.40 55 6 18 145.2 52 69
Saul Rogovin 7 12 5.22 22 19 1 131.0 48 62
Sandy Consuegra 7 5 2.54 29 13 3 124.0 28 30
Joe Dobson 5 5 3.67 23 15 1 100.2 37 50
Bob Keegan 7 5 2.74 22 11 1 98.2 33 32
Connie Johnson 4 4 3.56 14 10 0 60.2 38 44
Gene Bearden 3 3 2.93 25 3 0 58.1 33 24
Luis Aloma 2 0 4.70 24 0 2 38.1 23 23
Lou Kretlow 0 0 3.48 9 3 0 20.2 30 15
Tommy Byrne 2 0 10.13 6 6 0 16.0 26 4
Earl Harrist 1 0 7.56 7 0 0 8.1 5 1
Hal Hudson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 0 0

👥 Roster (36)

Luis Aloma Gene Bearden Neil Berry Bob Boyd Tommy Byrne Chico Carrasquel Allie Clark Sandy Consuegra Sam Dente Joe Dobson Fritz Dorish Bob Elliott +24 more

36 players

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