1953 Cleveland Indians season
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| Owner(s) | Myron H. Wilson | |
| General manager(s) | Hank Greenberg | |
| Manager(s) | Al Lopez | |
| Local television | WXEL (Bob Neal, Red Jones) |
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| Local radio | WERE (1300 AM) (Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley) |
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The 1953 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 92-62, 8½ games behind the New York Yankees.
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Offseason [edit]
- December 11, 1952: Earl Averill, Jr. was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.[1]
Regular season [edit]
Al Rosen became the first third baseman in the history of the American League to win the MVP Award.[2]
Season standings [edit]
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| New York Yankees | 99 | 52 | .656 | -- |
| Cleveland Indians | 92 | 62 | .604 | 8.5 |
| Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | .578 | 11.5 |
| Boston Red Sox | 84 | 69 | .549 | 16 |
| Washington Senators | 76 | 76 | .500 | 23.5 |
| Detroit Tigers | 60 | 94 | .325 | 40.5 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 59 | 95 | .383 | 41.5 |
| St. Louis Browns | 54 | 100 | .351 | 46.5 |
Notable transactions [edit]
- May, 1953: Brooks Lawrence was acquired from the Indians by the Cincinnati Reds.[3]
- June 15, 1953: Ray Boone, Al Aber, Steve Gromek, and Dick Weik were traded by the Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight, and Joe Ginsberg.[4]
Roster [edit]
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Player stats [edit]
Batting [edit]
Starters by position [edit]
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 |
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| 3B | Al Rosen | 155 | 599 | 201 | .336 | 43 | 145 |
Other batters [edit]
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 |
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| Ray Boone | 34 | 112 | 27 | .241 | 4 | 21 |
Pitching [edit]
Starting pitchers [edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Other pitchers [edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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Relief pitchers [edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Al Aber | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.50 | 4 |
Awards and records [edit]
- Al Rosen, American League MVP
Farm system [edit]
See also: Minor League Baseball
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fargo-Moorhead, Daytona Beach, Green Bay[5]
- On May 6, 1953, the Fargo-Moorhead Twins defeated Sioux Falls in their Opening Day game by a score of 12-3. A record crowd of 10,123 fans came to Barnett Field. In the game, Roger Maris got his first professional baseball hit.[6] That season, Twins player Frank Gravino would hit 52 home runs.[7] The Twins would host the Northern League All-Star game and defeat the Northern League All-Stars by a score of 8-4.[8] The Twins finished with a record of 86-39 (improving from their record of 44-80 in 1952[8]) and bested Duluth to win the Northern League championship.[9] Roger Maris was selected as the 1953 Northern League Rookie of the Year.[9]
Notes [edit]
- ^ Earl Averill, Jr. page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Brooks Lawrence page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ray Boone page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ^ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 54, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
- ^ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 55
- ^ a b Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 56
- ^ a b Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 58
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