1953 St. Louis Browns Statistics

1952 Season 1954 Season

Record: 54-100-0, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Marty Marion (54-100)

General Manager: Bill Veeck

Ballpark: Busch Stadium I

Attendance: 297,238 (8th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 105
One-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 111

Pythagorean W-L: 54-100, 555 Runs, 778 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	Clint Courtney*	26	106	384	355	28	89	12	2	4	19	0	1	25	20	.251	.302	.330	.631	69	117	14	1	3		2
2	1B	Dick Kryhoski*	28	104	369	338	35	94	18	4	16	50	0	5	26	33	.278	.333	.497	.830	120	168	10	2	3		4
3	2B	Bobby Young*	28	148	593	537	48	137	22	2	4	25	2	1	41	40	.255	.309	.326	.635	70	175	12	1	14		4
4	SS	Billy Hunter	25	154	604	567	50	124	18	1	1	37	3	1	24	45	.219	.253	.259	.512	37	147	12	2	11		4
5	3B	Jim Dyck	31	112	381	334	38	71	15	1	9	27	3	2	38	40	.213	.299	.344	.643	72	115	15	3	6		1
6	OF	Vic Wertz*	28	128	519	440	61	118	18	6	19	70	1	4	72	44	.268	.376	.466	.842	124	205	13	4	2		4
7	OF	Dick Kokos*	25	107	357	299	41	72	12	0	13	38	0	5	56	53	.241	.361	.411	.772	106	123	4	0	2		0
8	OF	Johnny Groth	26	141	610	557	65	141	27	4	10	57	5	6	42	53	.253	.308	.370	.678	81	206	14	2	9		3
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	OF	Don Lenhardt	30	97	347	303	37	96	15	0	10	35	1	2	41	41	.317	.400	.465	.865	131	141	8	1	2		1
10	1B	Roy Sievers	26	92	323	285	37	77	15	0	8	35	0	1	32	47	.270	.344	.407	.751	100	116	9	0	6		0
11	C	Les Moss	28	78	260	239	21	66	14	1	2	28	0	1	18	31	.276	.329	.368	.698	87	88	10	1	1		1
12	3B	Bob Elliott	36	48	192	160	19	40	7	1	5	29	0	1	30	18	.250	.368	.400	.768	106	64	4	0	1		0
13	3B	Vern Stephens	32	46	186	165	16	53	8	0	4	17	0	0	18	24	.321	.388	.442	.830	122	73	7	0	3		1
14	OF	Hank Edwards*	34	65	119	106	6	21	3	0	0	9	0	1	13	10	.198	.286	.226	.512	39	24	1	0	0		0
15	IF	Neil Berry	31	57	111	99	14	28	1	2	0	11	1	2	9	10	.283	.343	.333	.676	82	33	4	0	3		0
16	1B	Ed Mickelson	26	7	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.133	.235	.200	.435	18	3	1	0	0		0
17	OF	Jim Pisoni	23	3	12	12	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.083	.083	.333	.417	7	4	0	0	0		0
18		Dixie Upright*	27	9	9	8	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	.250	.333	.625	.958	152	5	0	0	0		0
19	IF	Johnny Lipon	30	7	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	19	2	0	0	0		0
20	IF	Willy Miranda#	27	17	7	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	24	1	0	0	0		0
21	3B	Marty Marion	36	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
22	1B	Frank Kellert	28	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
23	C	Babe Martin	33	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-4	0	0	0	0		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
24	P	Don Larsen	23	50	85	81	11	23	3	1	3	10	0	0	4	14	.284	.318	.457	.774	105	37	1	0	0		0
25	P	Duane Pillette	30	31	60	53	4	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	5	16	.132	.207	.208	.414	11	11	1	0	2		0
26	P	Dick Littlefield*	27	38	49	42	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	.190	.227	.190	.418	13	8	1	0	5		0
27	P	Harry Brecheen*	38	27	42	39	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.179	.200	.179	.379	2	7	1	0	2		0
28	P	Bob Cain*	28	34	31	30	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.200	.226	.267	.492	31	8	1	0	0		0
29	P	Satchel Paige	46	57	30	29	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.069	.069	.069	.138	-63	2	0	0	1		0
30	P	Virgil Trucks	36	16	29	25	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.160	.160	.200	.360	-4	5	0	0	4		0
31	P	Lou Kretlow	32	22	27	25	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	5	0	0	2		0
32	P	Mike Blyzka	24	33	26	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.000	.042	.000	.042	-88	0	0	0	2		0
33	P	Marlin Stuart*	34	60	26	26	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.192	.192	.231	.423	13	6	1	0	0		0
34	P	Bobo Holloman	30	22	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.105	.105	.105	.211	-43	2	0	0	3		0
35	P	Bob Turley	22	10	21	18	2	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	.278	.316	.444	.760	102	8	0	0	2		0
36	P	Max Lanier	37	10	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-11	1	0	0	0		0
37	P	Hal White	34	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	43	0	0	0	0		0
38	P	Bob Habenicht	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.2	154	5879	5264	555	1310	214	25	112	522	17	34	506	644	.249	.317	.363	.680	82	1910	144	17	89		25
		Rank in 8 AL teams				4	8	8	6	8	4		8	3	5	6	8	8	8	8		6		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.0	154	5423	4847	523	1235	206	24	107	492	17	34	490	525	.255	.325	.373	.699	87	1810	138	17	66		25
		Pitcher Totals	30.2	154	456	417	32	75	8	1	5	30	0	0	16	119	.180	.210	.240	.450	20	100	6	0	23		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	Don Larsen	23	7	12	.368	4.16	38	22	14	7	2	2	192.2	201	99	89	11	64	5	96	4	0	3	828	101	3.40	1.375	9.4	0.5	3.0	4.5	1.50
2	SP	Duane Pillette	30	7	13	.350	4.48	31	25	2	5	1	0	166.2	181	90	83	16	62	2	58	2	0	1	728	94	4.30	1.458	9.8	0.9	3.3	3.1	0.94
3	SP	Dick Littlefield*	27	7	12	.368	5.08	36	22	6	2	0	0	152.1	153	93	86	17	84	5	104	4	0	5	680	83	4.41	1.556	9.0	1.0	5.0	6.1	1.24
4	SP	Harry Brecheen*	38	5	13	.278	3.07	26	16	7	3	0	1	117.1	122	51	40	7	31	4	44	3	1	1	494	137	3.49	1.304	9.4	0.5	2.4	3.4	1.42
5	SP	Virgil Trucks	36	5	4	.556	3.07	16	12	2	4	2	2	88.0	83	37	30	4	32	0	47	4	0	3	374	137	3.34	1.307	8.5	0.4	3.3	4.8	1.47
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	Satchel Paige	46	3	9	.250	3.53	57	4	34	0	0	11	117.1	114	51	46	12	39	7	51	1	1	2	489	119	4.08	1.304	8.7	0.9	3.0	3.9	1.31
7	RP	Marlin Stuart	34	8	2	.800	3.94	60	2	30	0	0	6	114.1	136	62	50	6	44	1	46	1	0	3	509	107	3.65	1.574	10.7	0.5	3.5	3.6	1.05
8	RP	Bob Cain*	28	4	10	.286	6.23	32	13	7	1	0	1	99.2	129	74	69	8	45	4	36	1	0	1	465	68	4.30	1.746	11.6	0.7	4.1	3.3	0.80
9	RP	Mike Blyzka	24	2	6	.250	6.39	33	9	8	2	0	0	94.1	110	78	67	6	56	0	23	0	0	7	440	66	4.71	1.760	10.5	0.6	5.3	2.2	0.41
10	RP	Lou Kretlow	32	1	5	.167	5.11	22	11	6	0	0	0	81.0	93	56	46	5	52	0	37	0	0	3	380	82	4.41	1.790	10.3	0.6	5.8	4.1	0.71
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		Bobo Holloman	30	3	7	.300	5.23	22	10	1	1	1	0	65.1	69	41	38	2	50	1	25	1	1	2	305	81	4.57	1.821	9.5	0.3	6.9	3.4	0.50
12		Bob Turley	22	2	6	.250	3.28	10	7	3	3	1	0	60.1	39	24	22	4	44	2	61	2	0	2	259	129	3.72	1.376	5.8	0.6	6.6	9.1	1.39
13		Max Lanier*	37	0	1	.000	7.25	10	1	2	0	0	0	22.1	28	18	18	2	19	0	8	0	0	0	109	59	5.59	2.104	11.3	0.8	7.7	3.2	0.42
14		Hal White	34	0	0		2.61	10	0	3	0	0	0	10.1	8	3	3	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	45	166	4.63	1.065	7.0	0.9	2.6	1.7	0.67
15		Bob Habenicht	27	0	0		5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	8	95	4.99	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
		Team Totals	30.8	54	100	.351	4.48	154	154	126	28	7	23	1383.2	1467	778	688	101	626	31	639	25	3	33	6113	94	4.03	1.513	9.5	0.7	4.1	4.2	1.02
		Rank in 8 AL teams		8	1		6				8	6	4	4	6	6	6	4	8		4
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