1953 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

1952 Season 1954 Season

Record: 83-71-3, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Eddie Stanky (83-71-3)

Ballpark: Busch Stadium I

Attendance: 880,242 (3rd)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 82-72, 768 Runs, 713 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	Del Rice	30	135	480	419	32	99	22	1	6	37	0	0	48	49	.236	.323	.337	.660	72	141	13	6	7		13
2	1B	Steve Bilko	24	154	642	570	72	143	23	3	21	84	0	1	70	125	.251	.334	.412	.746	93	235	17	1	0		7
3	2B	Red Schoendienst#	30	146	627	564	107	193	35	5	15	79	3	3	60	23	.342	.405	.502	.907	135	283	19	0	3		0
4	SS	Solly Hemus*	30	154	691	585	110	163	32	11	14	61	2	1	86	40	.279	.382	.443	.825	114	259	10	12	7		0
5	3B	Ray Jablonski	26	157	640	604	64	162	23	5	21	112	2	2	34	61	.268	.308	.427	.735	89	258	15	1	1		2
6	OF	Stan Musial*	32	157	698	593	127	200	53	9	30	113	3	4	105	32	.337	.437	.609	1.046	169	361	10	0	0		12
7	OF	Enos Slaughter*	37	143	579	492	64	143	34	9	6	89	4	4	80	28	.291	.395	.433	.828	116	213	10	5	1		12
8	OF	Rip Repulski	24	153	614	567	75	156	25	4	15	66	3	6	33	71	.275	.325	.413	.738	91	234	14	9	5		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	Peanuts Lowrey	35	104	198	182	26	49	9	2	5	27	1	0	15	21	.269	.325	.423	.748	93	77	8	0	1		1
10	OF	Harry Elliott	29	24	63	59	6	15	6	1	1	6	0	0	3	8	.254	.302	.441	.742	91	26	3	1	0		0
11	C	Sal Yvars	29	30	62	57	4	14	2	0	1	6	0	1	4	6	.246	.306	.333	.640	67	19	4	1	0		0
12	IF	Pete Castiglione	32	67	55	52	9	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	.173	.204	.212	.415	9	11	3	0	1		0
13	1B	Dick Sisler*	32	32	44	43	3	11	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	4	.256	.273	.326	.598	55	14	1	0	0		1
14	SS	Dick Schofield#	18	33	41	39	9	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	11	.179	.220	.333	.553	42	13	0	0	0		0
15	2B	Eddie Stanky	37	17	40	30	5	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	4	.267	.405	.267	.672	80	8	0	1	3		0
16	C	Ferrell Anderson	35	18	35	35	1	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.343	.629	63	12	0	0	0		0
17	C	Dick Rand	22	9	34	31	3	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.290	.333	.323	.656	72	10	0	0	1		0
18	OF	Grant Dunlap	29	16	17	17	2	6	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	2	.353	.353	.647	1.000	154	11	1	0	0		0
19	C	Les Fusselman	32	11	9	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	60	3	1	0	1		0
20		Hal Rice*	29	8	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	2	0	0	0		0
21	3B	Billy Johnson	34	11	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.400	.733	90	2	0	0	0		0
22		Vern Benson*	28	13	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0	0	0		0
23		Virgil Stallcup	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
24		Eddie Phillips#	22	9	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
25	1B	Fred Marolewski	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
26	P	Harvey Haddix*	27	48	107	97	21	28	3	3	1	11	0	0	5	19	.289	.337	.412	.749	94	40	2	2	3		0
27	P	Gerry Staley	32	40	90	78	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	21	.103	.146	.103	.249	-34	8	3	0	7		0
28	P	Vinegar Bend Mizell	22	33	89	83	4	7	1	1	1	8	0	0	3	42	.084	.116	.157	.273	-30	13	0	0	3		0
29	P	Joe Presko	24	35	67	59	6	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	.220	.270	.237	.507	34	14	3	0	4		0
30	P	Stu Miller	25	42	50	43	4	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.186	.239	.233	.472	24	10	2	0	4		0
31	P	Cliff Chambers*	31	32	17	17	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.118	.118	.176	.294	-25	3	0	0	0		0
32	P	Hal White	34	49	17	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.059	.000	.059	-83	0	1	0	0		0
33	P	Al Brazle*	39	61	17	15	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.400	.733	90	6	0	0	2		0
34	P	Eddie Erautt	28	20	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	-13	1	0	0	1		0
35	P	Mike Clark	31	23	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0		0
36	P	Willard Schmidt	25	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
37	P	Jackie Collum*	26	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-28	0	0	0	0		0
38	P	Jack Faszholz	26	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
39	P	John Romonosky	23	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
40	P	Dick Bokelmann	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
41	P	Eddie Yuhas	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.2	157	6069	5397	768	1474	281	56	140	722	18	22	574	617	.273	.347	.424	.771	100	2287	141	39	55		51
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	2	2	1	4	5		8	5	2	3	2	2	2	2		2		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.4	157	5589	4965	726	1402	272	52	138	698	18	22	553	506	.282	.359	.441	.800	107	2192	129	37	31		51
		Pitcher Totals	27.2	157	480	432	42	72	9	4	2	24	0	0	21	111	.167	.209	.220	.429	12	95	12	2	24		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	Harvey Haddix*	27	20	9	.690	3.06	36	33	2	19	6	1	253.0	220	97	86	24	69	1	163	4	0	9	1031	139	3.40	1.142	7.8	0.9	2.5	5.8	2.36
2	SP	Gerry Staley	32	18	9	.667	3.99	40	32	6	10	1	4	230.0	243	118	102	31	54	8	88	17	1	1	980	106	4.51	1.291	9.5	1.2	2.1	3.4	1.63
3	SP	Vinegar Bend Mizell*	22	13	11	.542	3.49	33	33	0	10	1	0	224.1	193	93	87	12	114	6	173	4	2	4	980	122	3.32	1.368	7.7	0.5	4.6	6.9	1.52
4	SP	Joe Presko	24	6	13	.316	5.01	34	25	3	4	0	1	161.2	165	95	90	19	65	5	56	5	0	4	707	85	4.73	1.423	9.2	1.1	3.6	3.1	0.86
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
5	CL	Al Brazle*	39	6	7	.462	4.19	61	0	35	0	0	18	92.1	101	47	43	8	43	10	57	2	0	0	418	102	3.95	1.560	9.8	0.8	4.2	5.6	1.33
6	RP	Stu Miller	25	7	8	.467	5.56	40	18	10	8	2	4	137.2	161	86	85	19	47	3	79	2	0	2	608	77	4.31	1.511	10.5	1.2	3.1	5.2	1.68
7	RP	Hal White	34	6	5	.545	2.99	49	0	23	0	0	7	84.1	84	32	28	5	39	7	32	0	1	2	357	143	3.99	1.458	9.0	0.5	4.2	3.4	0.82
8	RP	Cliff Chambers*	31	3	6	.333	4.86	32	8	8	0	0	0	79.2	82	50	43	7	43	4	26	1	1	3	362	88	4.74	1.569	9.3	0.8	4.9	2.9	0.60
9	RP	Mike Clark	31	1	0	1.000	4.79	23	2	8	0	0	1	35.2	46	21	19	2	21	1	17	2	0	1	171	89	4.30	1.879	11.6	0.5	5.3	4.3	0.81
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
10		Eddie Erautt	28	3	1	.750	6.31	20	1	7	0	0	0	35.2	43	25	25	6	16	3	15	2	1	0	162	68	5.45	1.654	10.9	1.5	4.0	3.8	0.94
11		Willard Schmidt	25	0	2	.000	9.17	6	2	1	0	0	0	17.2	21	20	18	1	13	0	11	1	0	0	89	47	4.46	1.925	10.7	0.5	6.6	5.6	0.85
12		Jack Faszholz	26	0	0		6.94	4	1	1	0	0	0	11.2	16	9	9	3	1	0	7	1	0	0	51	63	5.25	1.457	12.3	2.3	0.8	5.4	7.00
13		Jackie Collum*	26	0	0		6.35	7	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	15	10	8	1	4	1	5	0	0	2	52	69	3.92	1.676	11.9	0.8	3.2	4.0	1.25
14		John Romonosky	23	0	0		4.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	9	6	4	1	4	0	3	1	0	1	37	95	5.46	1.696	10.6	1.2	4.7	3.5	0.75
15		Dick Bokelmann	26	0	0		6.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	79	2.59	1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
16		Eddie Yuhas	28	0	0		18.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	32	2.59	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	28.0	83	71	.539	4.23	157	157	106	51	10	36	1386.2	1406	713	651	139	533	49	732	42	6	30	6024	101	4.08	1.398	9.1	0.9	3.5	4.8	1.37
		Rank in 8 NL teams		3	5		4				3	3	1	2	4	4	5	3	4		3
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