1953 Washington Senators season

1953 Washington Senators
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Ballpark	Griffith Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Clark Griffith (majority owner)
Managers	Bucky Harris
Television	WTTG
Radio	WWDC (FM) (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff, Bailey Goss)
Seasons

The 1953 Washington Senators won 76 games, lost 76, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium. This was their last winning season until 1962.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	52	.656	—	50‍–‍27	49‍–‍25
Cleveland Indians	92	62	.597	8½	53‍–‍24	39‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	11½	41‍–‍36	48‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox	84	69	.549	16	38‍–‍38	46‍–‍31
Washington Senators	76	76	.500	23½	39‍–‍36	37‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers	60	94	.390	40½	30‍–‍47	30‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics	59	95	.383	41½	27‍–‍50	32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	54	100	.351	46½	23‍–‍54	31‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1953 American League record 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	—

Roster

1953 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 27,30 Tommy Byrne 30 Sandy Consuegra 16 Sonny Dixon 25 Jerry Lane 22 Connie Marrero 20 Walt Masterson 23 Julio Moreno 49 Jim Pearce 19 Bob Porterfield 35,31 Johnny Schmitz 17 Spec Shea 36 Al Sima 38,23 Bunky Stewart 18 Chuck Stobbs 31,32 Dean Stone		Catchers 37 Ed Fitz Gerald 11 Mickey Grasso 10 Bob Oldis  8 Les Peden 10 Frank Sacka Infielders  4 Floyd Baker 15 Yo-Yo Davalillo 28 Mel Hoderlein 29 Tony Roig 35 Pete Runnels  6 Jerry Snyder 12 Wayne Terwilliger 15 Gene Verble  3 Mickey Vernon  1 Eddie Yost		Outfielders 30 Bruce Barmes  7 Jim Busby  2 Gil Coan  4 Jackie Jensen  6 Carmen Mauro 26 Kite Thomas 24 Clyde Vollmer 26 Ken Wood Other batters 25 Frank Campos		Manager 50 Bucky Harris Coaches 54 Nick Altrock 52 Joe Fitzgerald 55 Joe Haynes 51 Heinie Manush 53 George Myatt

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Ed Fitz Gerald	88	288	72	.250	3	39
1B	Mickey Vernon	152	608	205	.337	15	115

Other batters

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
Yo-Yo Davalillo	19	58	17	.293	0	2
Ken Wood	12	33	7	.212	0	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tommy Byrne	6	33.2	0	5	4.28	22

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Sonny Dixon	43	120	5	8	3.75	40
Julio Moreno	12	35.1	3	1	2.80	13
Jim Pearce	4	9.1	0	1	7.71	0

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jerry Lane	20	1	4	0	4.92	26
Sandy Consuegra	4	0	0	0	10.80	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	Cal Ermer
A	Scranton Miners	Eastern League	Morrie Aderholt
B	Charlotte Hornets	Tri-State League	Pete Appleton
D	Bluefield Blue-Grays	Appalachian League	Ivan Kuester
D	Orlando Senators	Florida State League	Donald Ford and Les Filkins
D	Fulton Lookouts	KITTY League	Sam Lamitina

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

References

• 1953 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1953 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 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.