1953_Chicago_White_Sox_season Knowpia

1953 Chicago White Sox
1953 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Owners	Grace Comiskey
General managers	Frank Lane
Managers	Paul Richards
Television	WGN-TV; (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Radio	WCFL; (Bob Elson, Don Wells)

The 1953 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 53rd season in the major leagues, and its 54th season overall. They finished with a record of 89–65, good enough for third place in the American League, 11.5 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason edit

October 16, 1952: Hank Edwards and Willy Miranda were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Joe DeMaestri and Tommy Byrne.^[1]
January 27, 1953: Joe DeMaestri, Ed McGhee and Eddie Robinson were traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ferris Fain and Bob Wilson (minors).^[1]

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	52	0.656	—	50–27	49–25
Cleveland Indians	92	62	0.597	8½	53–24	39–38
Chicago White Sox	89	65	0.578	11½	41–36	48–29
Boston Red Sox	84	69	0.549	16	38–38	46–31
Washington Senators	76	76	0.500	23½	39–36	37–40
Detroit Tigers	60	94	0.390	40½	30–47	30–47
Philadelphia Athletics	59	95	0.383	41½	27–50	32–45
St. Louis Browns	54	100	0.351	46½	23–54	31–46

Record vs. opponents edit

1953 American League record v t e 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	—

Opening Day lineup edit

Notable transactions edit

September 1, 1953: Neil Berry was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.^[2]

Roster edit

1953 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

22 Paul Richards

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Neil Berry, 2B	5	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.125	0
Bob Boyd, 1B,OF	55	165	20	49	6	2	3	23	13	11	.279	1
Chico Carrasquel, SS	149	552	72	154	30	4	2	47	38	47	.279	5
Allie Clark, 1B,LF	9	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.067	0
Sam Dente, SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Bob Elliott, 3B	67	208	24	54	11	1	4	32	31	21	.260	1
Ferris Fain, 1B	128	446	73	114	18	2	6	52	108	28	.256	3
Nellie Fox, 2B	154	624	92	178	31	8	3	72	49	18	.285	4
Rocky Krsnich, 3B	64	129	9	26	8	0	1	14	12	11	.202	0
Sherm Lollar, C	113	334	46	96	19	0	8	54	47	29	.287	1
Fred Marsh, 3B,SS,1B,2B	67	95	22	19	1	0	2	2	13	26	.200	0
Sam Mele, RF	140	481	64	132	26	8	12	82	58	47	.274	3
Minnie Miñoso, LF,RF,3B	151	556	104	174	24	8	15	104	74	43	.313	25
Jim Rivera, CF	156	567	79	147	26	16	11	78	53	70	.259	22
Connie Ryan, 3B	17	54	6	12	1	0	0	6	9	12	.222	2
Bud Sheely, C	31	46	4	10	1	0	0	2	9	8	.217	0
Vern Stephens, 3B	44	129	14	24	6	0	1	14	13	18	.186	2
Bud Stewart, LF,RF	53	59	16	16	2	0	2	13	14	3	.271	1
Bill Wilson, CF	9	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	.059	0
Red Wilson, C	71	164	21	41	6	1	0	10	26	12	.250	2
Tom Wright, RF,LF	77	132	14	33	5	3	2	25	12	21	.250	0

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luis Aloma, P	24	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0
Gene Bearden, P	31	21	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	4	.190	0
Tommy Byrne, P	18	18	2	3	0	0	1	5	2	6	.167	0
Sandy Consuegra, P	29	35	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	7	.057	0
Joe Dobson, P	23	29	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	11	.069	0
Fritz Dorish, P	55	41	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	5	.171	0
Mike Fornieles, P	39	41	2	4	1	0	0	5	1	5	.098	0
Earl Harrist, P	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Connie Johnson, P	15	20	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	.050	0
Bob Keegan, P	22	28	4	9	0	0	0	5	1	5	.321	0
Lou Kretlow, P	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	0
Billy Pierce, P	42	87	4	11	0	0	0	4	4	16	.126	0
Saul Rogovin, P	22	37	5	5	0	0	0	3	7	9	.135	1
Virgil Trucks, P	24	63	6	15	3	0	1	6	0	10	.238	0
Team Totals	156	5212	716	1345	226	53	74	669	600	529	.258	73

Pitching edit

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Luis Aloma	2	0	4.70	24	0	2	38.1	41	20	20	7	23	23
Gene Bearden	3	3	2.93	25	3	0	58.1	48	27	19	8	33	24
Tommy Byrne	2	0	10.13	6	6	0	16.0	18	18	18	0	26	4
Sandy Consuegra	7	5	2.54	29	13	3	124.0	122	39	35	9	28	30
Joe Dobson	5	5	3.67	23	15	1	100.2	96	46	41	10	37	50
Fritz Dorish	10	6	3.40	55	6	18	145.2	140	59	55	9	52	69
Mike Fornieles	8	7	3.59	39	16	3	153.0	160	68	61	8	61	72
Earl Harrist	1	0	7.56	7	0	0	8.1	9	7	7	1	5	1
Hal Hudson	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Connie Johnson	4	4	3.56	14	10	0	60.2	55	27	24	4	38	44
Bob Keegan	7	5	2.74	22	11	1	98.2	80	34	30	4	33	32
Lou Kretlow	0	0	3.48	9	3	0	20.2	12	11	8	2	30	15
Billy Pierce	18	12	2.72	40	33	3	271.1	216	94	82	20	102	186
Saul Rogovin	7	12	5.22	22	19	1	131.0	151	82	76	17	48	62
Virgil Trucks	15	6	2.86	24	21	1	176.1	151	60	56	14	67	102
Team Totals	89	65	3.41	156	156	33	1403.2	1299	592	532	113	583	714

Farm system edit

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charleston Senators	American Association	Joe Becker
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern Association	Luke Appling
A	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Western League	Don Gutteridge
B	Waterloo White Hawks	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Zack Taylor
C	Topeka Owls	Western Association	Ira Hutchinson
D	Madisonville Miners	KITTY League	Franklin Robinson
D	Danville Dans	Mississippi–Ohio Valley League	Virl Minnis
D	Wisconsin Rapids White Sox	Wisconsin State League	Wally Millies

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b Joe DeMaestri at Baseball-Reference
^ Neil Berry at Baseball-Reference

References edit

1953 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.