1953 Chicago White Sox Statistics

1952 Season 1954 Season

Record: 89-65-2, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Paul Richards (89-65-2)

General Manager: Frank Lane

Ballpark: Comiskey Park I

Attendance: 1,191,353 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 103

Pythagorean W-L: 90-64, 716 Runs, 592 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Sherm Lollar	28	113	397	334	46	96	19	0	8	54	1	0	47	29	.287	.388	.416	.804	115	139	7	8	7		3
2	1B	Ferris Fain*	32	128	564	446	73	114	18	2	6	52	3	2	108	28	.256	.405	.345	.750	102	154	11	4	6		2
3	2B	Nellie Fox*	25	154	692	624	92	178	31	8	3	72	4	5	49	18	.285	.344	.375	.719	92	234	15	7	12		0
4	SS	Chico Carrasquel	27	149	604	552	72	154	30	4	2	47	5	3	38	47	.279	.330	.359	.689	84	198	15	4	10		7
5	3B	Bob Elliott	36	67	241	208	24	54	11	1	4	32	1	1	31	21	.260	.358	.380	.738	97	79	3	1	1		3
6	OF	Jim Rivera*	31	156	639	567	79	147	26	16	11	78	22	15	53	70	.259	.329	.420	.749	99	238	15	6	13		3
7	OF	Sam Mele	31	140	544	481	64	132	26	8	12	82	3	1	58	47	.274	.353	.437	.789	109	210	14	0	5		8
8	OF	Minnie Miñoso	29	151	657	556	104	174	24	8	15	104	25	16	74	43	.313	.410	.466	.875	133	259	23	17	8		7
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	Red Wilson	24	71	193	164	21	41	6	1	0	10	2	3	26	12	.250	.353	.299	.651	75	49	8	0	3		4
10	1B	Bob Boyd*	33	55	182	165	20	49	6	2	3	23	1	4	13	11	.297	.352	.412	.764	103	68	3	1	3		0
11	OF	Tom Wright*	29	77	147	132	14	33	5	3	2	25	0	0	12	21	.250	.322	.379	.701	86	50	1	2	1		0
12	3B	Rocky Krsnich	25	64	143	129	9	26	8	0	1	14	0	2	12	11	.202	.270	.287	.556	48	37	2	0	2		0
13	3B	Vern Stephens	32	44	143	129	14	24	6	0	1	14	2	0	13	18	.186	.261	.256	.516	38	33	3	0	1		1
14	IF	Fred Marsh	29	67	111	95	22	19	1	0	2	2	0	3	13	26	.200	.303	.274	.576	55	26	2	1	2		0
15	OF	Bud Stewart*	37	53	73	59	16	16	2	0	2	13	1	0	14	3	.271	.411	.407	.818	119	24	1	0	0		0
16	3B	Connie Ryan	33	17	63	54	6	12	1	0	0	6	2	0	9	12	.222	.333	.241	.574	55	13	4	0	0		2
17	C	Bud Sheely*	32	31	56	46	4	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	9	8	.217	.345	.239	.585	58	11	1	0	1		0
18	OF	Bill Wilson	24	9	18	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.059	.111	.059	.170	-54	1	1	1	0		0
19	UT	Allie Clark	30	9	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.067	.067	.067	.133	-64	1	3	0	0		0
20	2B	Neil Berry	31	5	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	-5	1	1	0	0		1
21	SS	Sam Dente	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
22	P	Billy Pierce*	26	42	102	87	4	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	16	.126	.174	.126	.300	-19	11	3	1	10		0
23	P	Virgil Trucks	36	24	73	63	6	15	3	0	1	6	0	0	0	10	.238	.250	.333	.583	54	21	1	1	9		0
24	P	Mike Fornieles	21	39	51	41	2	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	5	.098	.119	.122	.241	-36	5	1	0	9		0
25	P	Saul Rogovin	31	22	46	37	5	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	7	9	.135	.273	.135	.408	12	5	2	0	2		0
26	P	Fritz Dorish	31	55	44	41	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.171	.171	.171	.341	-9	7	1	0	3		0
27	P	Sandy Consuegra	32	29	42	35	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.057	.083	.057	.140	-62	2	0	0	6		0
28	P	Joe Dobson	36	23	31	29	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.069	.100	.103	.203	-46	3	1	0	1		0
29	P	Bob Keegan	32	22	31	28	4	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	5	.321	.345	.321	.666	79	9	2	0	2		0
30	P	Gene Bearden*	32	31	24	21	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.190	.190	.190	.381	2	4	1	0	2		0
31	P	Connie Johnson	30	15	23	20	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.050	.136	.050	.186	-49	1	1	0	1		0
32	P	Tommy Byrne*	33	18	20	18	2	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	6	.167	.250	.333	.583	54	6	0	0	0		0
33	P	Luis Alomá	30	24	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
34	P	Lou Kretlow	32	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-43	0	0	0	0		0
35	P	Earl Harrist	34	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
36	P	Hal Hudson*	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.5	156	5990	5212	716	1345	226	53	74	669	73	55	600	529	.258	.341	.364	.705	88	1899	146	54	120		41
		Rank in 8 AL teams				6	3	7	4	1	7		1	8	3	1	6	4	7	6		7		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.4	156	5491	4781	682	1282	221	53	72	631	72	55	580	438	.268	.354	.382	.735	96	1825	133	52	75		41
		Pitcher Totals	30.2	156	499	431	34	63	5	0	2	38	1	0	20	91	.146	.188	.172	.359	-4	74	13	2	45		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Billy Pierce*	26	18	12	.600	2.72	40	33	7	19	7	3	271.1	216	94	82	20	102	10	186	3	0	5	1113	147	3.34	1.172	7.2	0.7	3.4	6.2	1.82
2	SP	Virgil Trucks	36	15	6	.714	2.86	24	21	1	13	3	1	176.1	151	60	56	14	67	3	102	3	1	4	727	140	3.66	1.236	7.7	0.7	3.4	5.2	1.52
3	SP	Saul Rogovin	31	7	12	.368	5.22	22	19	1	4	1	1	131.0	151	82	76	17	48	4	62	2	1	5	583	77	4.48	1.519	10.4	1.2	3.3	4.3	1.29
4	SP	Joe Dobson	36	5	5	.500	3.67	23	15	6	3	1	1	100.2	96	46	41	10	37	3	50	0	0	3	425	109	3.99	1.321	8.6	0.9	3.3	4.5	1.35
5	SP	Connie Johnson	30	4	4	.500	3.56	14	10	3	2	1	0	60.2	55	27	24	4	38	1	44	2	0	4	272	113	3.98	1.533	8.2	0.6	5.6	6.5	1.16
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Fritz Dorish	31	10	6	.625	3.40	55	6	36	2	0	17	145.2	140	59	55	9	52	9	69	6	1	5	622	118	3.64	1.318	8.6	0.6	3.2	4.3	1.33
7	RP	Mike Fornieles	21	8	7	.533	3.59	39	16	7	5	0	3	153.0	160	68	61	8	61	4	72	2	1	2	664	112	3.57	1.444	9.4	0.5	3.6	4.2	1.18
8	RP	Sandy Consuegra	32	7	5	.583	2.54	29	13	8	5	1	3	124.0	122	39	35	9	28	6	30	2	0	1	508	158	3.78	1.210	8.9	0.7	2.0	2.2	1.07
9	RP	Gene Bearden*	32	3	3	.500	2.93	25	3	9	0	0	0	58.1	48	27	19	8	33	1	24	0	0	3	250	137	5.25	1.389	7.4	1.2	5.1	3.7	0.73
10	RP	Luis Alomá	30	2	0	1.000	4.70	24	0	8	0	0	2	38.1	41	20	20	7	23	6	23	0	1	2	173	86	5.57	1.670	9.6	1.6	5.4	5.4	1.00
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Bob Keegan	32	7	5	.583	2.74	22	11	6	4	2	1	98.2	80	34	30	4	33	6	32	2	0	0	398	147	3.54	1.145	7.3	0.4	3.0	2.9	0.97
12		Lou Kretlow	32	0	0		3.48	9	3	3	0	0	0	20.2	12	11	8	2	30	0	15	1	0	2	102	117	6.90	2.032	5.2	0.9	13.1	6.5	0.50
13		Tommy Byrne*	33	2	0	1.000	10.13	6	6	0	0	0	0	16.0	18	18	18	0	26	0	4	0	0	0	89	40	6.97	2.750	10.1	0.0	14.6	2.3	0.15
14		Earl Harrist	34	1	0	1.000	7.56	7	0	3	0	0	0	8.1	9	7	7	1	5	0	1	0	0	1	36	55	5.71	1.680	9.7	1.1	5.4	1.1	0.20
15		Hal Hudson*	26	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2.59	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	30.1	89	65	.578	3.41	156	156	99	57	16	32	1403.2	1299	592	532	113	583	53	714	23	5	37	5963	118	3.92	1.341	8.3	0.7	3.7	4.6	1.22
		Rank in 8 AL teams		3	6		2				3	2	3	3	2	2	2	6	4		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W