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1953 American League Team Record GB New York Yankees 99 - 52 — Cleveland Indians 92 - 62 8.5 Chicago White Sox 89 - 65 11.5 Boston Red Sox 84 - 69 16.0 Washington Senators 76 - 76 23.5 Detroit Tigers 60 - 94 40.5 Philadelphia Athletics 59 - 95 41.5 St. Louis Browns 54 - 100 46.5	6th (AL) Runs Scored: 695 Runs Allowed: 923 Attendance: 884,658
1953 Detroit Tigers Batting (Starters) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Matt Batts C 31 116 374 38 104 24 3 6 43 24 0 36 2 3 1 0 9 .278 .322 .406 .728 Walt Dropo 1B 30 152 606 61 150 30 3 13 96 29 0 69 2 0 4 6 22 .248 .289 .371 .660 Johnny Pesky 2B 33 103 308 43 90 22 1 2 24 27 0 10 3 7 5 2 4 .292 .353 .390 .743 Ray Boone 3B 29 101 385 73 120 16 6 22 93 48 0 47 2 1 5 5 6 .312 .395 .556 .951 Harvey Kuenn SS 22 155 679 94 209 33 7 2 48 50 0 31 6 5 1 1 10 .308 .356 .386 .742 Bob Nieman LF 26 142 508 72 143 32 5 15 69 57 0 57 0 3 3 0 13 .281 .354 .453 .807 Jim Delsing CF 27 138 479 77 138 26 6 11 62 66 0 39 1 3 2 5 8 .288 .380 .436 .816 Don Lund RF 30 131 421 51 108 21 4 9 47 39 0 65 3 3 8 2 11 .257 .323 .390 .713
1953 Detroit Tigers Batting (Bench) Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Fred Hatfield 28 109 311 41 79 11 1 3 19 40 0 34 3 5 6 1 7 .254 .341 .325 .666 Steve Souchock 34 89 278 29 84 13 3 11 46 8 0 35 5 1 2 2 10 .302 .326 .489 .815 Pat Mullin 35 79 97 11 26 1 0 4 17 14 0 15 0 1 0 0 3 .268 .360 .402 .762 Jerry Priddy 33 65 196 14 46 6 2 1 24 17 0 19 1 1 2 1 6 .235 .299 .301 .600 Johnny Bucha 28 60 158 17 35 9 0 1 14 20 0 14 1 1 2 0 3 .222 .309 .297 .606 Owen Friend 26 31 96 10 17 4 0 3 10 6 0 9 0 1 1 1 5 .177 .233 .313 .546 Al Kaline 18 30 28 9 7 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .300 .357 .657 Russ Sullivan 30 23 72 7 18 5 1 1 6 13 0 5 0 0 1 2 4 .250 .379 .389 .768 Billy Hitchcock 36 22 38 8 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 .211 .268 .211 .479 Joe Ginsberg 26 18 53 6 16 2 0 0 3 10 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .302 .422 .340 .762 Frank Carswell 33 16 15 2 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .389 .267 .656 John Baumgartner 22 7 27 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .185 .185 .185 .370 Bob Swift 38 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .600 .667 1.267 Reno Bertoia 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 George Freese 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1953 Detroit Tigers Batting (Pitchers) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Ned Garver P 27 30 72 3 11 0 0 1 6 6 0 12 0 0 4 0 4 .153 .218 .194 .412 Billy Hoeft P 21 30 64 8 11 1 0 0 4 9 0 17 0 0 3 0 1 .172 .274 .188 .462 Ted Gray P 28 32 61 5 14 0 1 0 7 6 0 14 0 0 1 0 1 .230 .299 .262 .561 Steve Gromek P 33 19 41 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 .073 .073 .073 .146 Ralph Branca P 27 17 34 3 4 0 1 0 4 2 0 14 0 0 1 0 2 .118 .167 .176 .343 Dick Marlowe P 24 42 32 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 0 0 1 0 1 .219 .219 .219 .438 Al Aber P 25 17 23 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 .130 .167 .130 .297 Ray Herbert P 23 43 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 .158 .238 .158 .396 Art Houtteman P 25 16 19 4 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 .158 .158 .368 .526 Dave Madison P 32 32 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .091 .182 Hal Newhouser P 32 7 8 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056 Bob Miller P 17 13 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 Bill Wight P 31 13 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .858 Fred Hutchinson P 33 4 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .667 .834 Hal Erickson P 33 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Earl Harrist P 33 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 Milt Jordan P 26 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Ray Scarborough P 35 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dick Weik P 25 12 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 Paul Foytack P 22 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1953 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Starters) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Ted Gray 28 30 28 10 15 .400 4.60 176.0 102 90 166 25 76 115 .247 7 1 8 0 0 4.95 Billy Hoeft 21 29 27 9 14 .391 4.83 197.2 113 106 223 24 58 90 .278 4 2 9 0 2 4.61 Ned Garver 27 30 26 11 11 .500 4.45 198.1 107 98 228 16 66 69 .285 2 4 13 0 1 4.38 Steve Gromek 33 19 17 6 8 .429 4.51 125.2 70 63 138 17 36 59 .274 8 0 6 1 1 4.87 Ralph Branca 27 17 14 4 7 .364 4.15 102.0 55 47 98 7 31 50 .244 2 5 7 0 1 3.88 Al Aber 25 17 10 4 3 .571 4.46 66.2 35 33 63 3 41 34 .253 0 4 2 0 0 4.41 Art Houtteman 25 16 9 2 6 .250 5.90 68.2 50 45 87 11 29 28 .307 4 2 3 1 1 5.71 Hal Newhouser 32 7 4 0 1 .000 7.06 21.2 22 17 31 4 8 6 .337 2 1 0 0 1 6.23
1953 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Bullpen) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Ray Herbert 23 43 3 4 6 .400 5.24 87.2 58 51 109 5 46 37 .303 0 6 0 0 6 4.47 Dick Marlowe 24 42 11 6 7 .462 5.26 119.2 74 70 152 13 42 52 .309 2 4 2 0 0 4.65 Dave Madison 32 32 1 3 4 .429 6.82 62.0 55 47 76 7 44 27 .292 3 3 0 0 0 5.87 Hal Erickson 33 18 0 0 1 .000 4.73 32.1 23 17 43 4 10 19 .316 2 0 0 0 1 4.55 Bob Miller 17 13 1 1 2 .333 5.94 36.1 25 24 43 2 21 9 .289 1 3 0 0 0 5.04 Ray Scarborough 35 13 0 0 2 .000 8.27 20.2 24 19 34 3 11 12 .351 3 0 0 0 2 5.76 Bill Wight 31 13 4 0 3 .000 8.88 25.1 33 25 35 4 14 10 .315 0 4 0 0 0 5.92 Dick Weik 25 12 1 0 1 .000 13.97 19.1 30 30 32 3 23 6 .372 0 3 0 0 0 7.97 Earl Harrist 33 8 1 0 2 .000 8.68 18.2 19 18 25 2 15 7 .313 0 1 0 0 0 6.05 Milt Jordan 26 8 1 0 1 .000 5.82 17.0 13 11 26 3 5 4 .356 0 0 0 0 0 5.71 Paul Foytack 22 6 0 0 0 .000 11.17 9.2 12 12 15 1 9 7 .366 1 0 0 0 0 6.00 Fred Hutchinson 33 3 0 0 0 .000 2.79 9.2 3 3 9 0 0 4 .243 0 0 0 0 0 2.17