1953 St. Louis Browns

54-100 • 0.351 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

54 Wins
100 Losses
0.351 Win %
8th Rank
555 R 778 RA
Diff -223

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555 Runs Scored
778 Runs Allowed
-223 Run Diff
308K Attendance

📈 vs. 1953 AL Average

Batting Avg .248 5% below the 1953 league average (.262)
OBP .314 5% below the 1953 league average (.332)
SLG .312 4% below the 1953 league average (.324)
Team ERA 4.48 12% worse than the 1953 league average (3.99)
Runs Scored 555 19% below the 1953 league average (689 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSportsman's Park IV
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 308,678
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Avg per Game 4,008

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Vern Stephens 0.321 2 Don Lenhardt 0.317 3 Don Larsen 0.284 4 Neil Berry 0.283 5 Dick Kryhoski 0.278

Home Runs

1 Vic Wertz 19 2 Dick Kryhoski 16 3 Dick Kokos 13 4 Johnny Groth 10 5 Don Lenhardt 10

RBI

1 Vic Wertz 70 2 Johnny Groth 57 3 Dick Kryhoski 50 4 Dick Kokos 38 5 Billy Hunter 37
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Billy Hunter 154 567 50 124 0 0 1 37 24 45 3 0.219
Johnny Groth 141 557 65 141 0 0 10 57 42 53 5 0.253
Bobby Young 148 537 48 137 0 0 4 25 41 40 2 0.255
Vic Wertz 128 440 61 118 0 0 19 70 72 44 1 0.268
Clint Courtney 106 355 28 89 0 0 4 19 25 20 0 0.251
Dick Kryhoski 104 338 35 94 0 0 16 50 26 33 0 0.278
Jim Dyck 112 334 38 71 0 0 9 27 38 40 3 0.213
Don Lenhardt 97 303 37 96 0 0 10 35 41 41 1 0.317
Dick Kokos 107 299 41 72 0 0 13 38 56 53 0 0.241
Roy Sievers 92 285 37 77 0 0 8 35 32 47 0 0.270
Les Moss 78 239 21 66 0 0 2 28 18 31 0 0.276
Vern Stephens 46 165 16 53 0 0 4 17 18 24 0 0.321
Bob Elliott 48 160 19 40 0 0 5 29 30 18 0 0.250
Hank Edwards 65 106 6 21 0 0 0 9 13 10 0 0.198
Neil Berry 57 99 14 28 0 0 0 11 9 10 1 0.283
Don Larsen 50 81 11 23 0 0 3 10 4 14 0 0.284
Duane Pillette 31 53 4 7 0 0 1 4 5 16 0 0.132
Dick Littlefield 38 42 4 8 0 0 0 2 2 17 0 0.190
Harry Brecheen 27 39 1 7 0 0 0 2 1 10 0 0.179
Bob Cain 34 30 3 6 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.200
Satchel Paige 57 29 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0.069
Marlin Stuart 60 26 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 0.192
Lou Kretlow 22 25 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0.200
Virgil Trucks 16 25 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.160
Mike Blyzka 33 23 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0.000
Bobo Holloman 22 19 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0.105
Bob Turley 10 18 2 5 0 0 1 1 1 6 0 0.278
Ed Mickelson 7 15 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.133
Jim Pisoni 3 12 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0.083
Johnny Lipon 7 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.222
Dixie Upright 9 8 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0.250
Marty Marion 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Max Lanier 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Willy Miranda 17 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.167
Frank Kellert 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Babe Martin 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Hal White 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Bob Habenicht 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Harry Brecheen 3.07 2 Virgil Trucks 3.07 3 Bob Turley 3.28 4 Satchel Paige 3.53 5 Marlin Stuart 3.94

Wins

1 Marlin Stuart 8 2 Don Larsen 7 3 Dick Littlefield 7 4 Duane Pillette 7 5 Harry Brecheen 5

Strikeouts

1 Dick Littlefield 104 2 Don Larsen 96 3 Bob Turley 61 4 Duane Pillette 58 5 Satchel Paige 51
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Don Larsen 7 12 4.16 38 22 2 192.2 64 96
Duane Pillette 7 13 4.48 31 25 0 166.2 62 58
Dick Littlefield 7 12 5.08 36 22 0 152.1 84 104
Harry Brecheen 5 13 3.07 26 16 1 117.1 31 44
Satchel Paige 3 9 3.53 57 4 11 117.1 39 51
Marlin Stuart 8 2 3.94 60 2 7 114.1 44 46
Bob Cain 4 10 6.23 32 13 1 99.2 45 36
Mike Blyzka 2 6 6.39 33 9 0 94.1 56 23
Virgil Trucks 5 4 3.07 16 12 2 88.0 32 47
Lou Kretlow 1 5 5.11 22 11 0 81.0 52 37
Bobo Holloman 3 7 5.23 22 10 0 65.1 50 25
Bob Turley 2 6 3.28 10 7 0 60.1 44 61
Max Lanier 0 1 7.25 10 1 0 22.1 19 8
Hal White 0 0 2.61 10 0 0 10.1 3 2
Bob Habenicht 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 1.2 1 1

👥 Roster (38)

Neil Berry Mike Blyzka Harry Brecheen Bob Cain Clint Courtney Jim Dyck Hank Edwards Bob Elliott Johnny Groth Bob Habenicht Bobo Holloman Billy Hunter +26 more

38 players

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