Cleveland Guardians 1953
92–62record
.597win pct
770runs
627allowed
+143run diff
160home runs
36players
The three rarest things in 1953
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1953-04-14 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ | |
| 43 | Five for Five | WWWally Westlake | 1953-07-31 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | 13+ Batters in an Inning | Cleveland Guardians | 1953-05-17 | 1 in 131 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (36)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155 | 688 | 599 | 115 | 201 | 27 | 5 | 43 | 145 | 85 | 48 | 8 | 7 | .336 | .422 | .613 | 1.034 | |
| 141 | 634 | 559 | 85 | 160 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 59 | 27 | 10 | 6 | .286 | .356 | .379 | .736 | |
| 149 | 617 | 513 | 92 | 135 | 18 | 5 | 29 | 103 | 96 | 121 | 3 | 2 | .263 | .385 | .487 | .873 | |
| DMDale Mitchell | 134 | 542 | 500 | 77 | 150 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 60 | 42 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .300 | .354 | .446 | .800 |
| GSGeorge Strickland | 123 | 482 | 419 | 43 | 119 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 51 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .362 | .379 | .741 |
| BGBill Glynn | 147 | 475 | 411 | 59 | 100 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 45 | 66 | 1 | 4 | .243 | .325 | .309 | .634 |
| 112 | 329 | 299 | 37 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 25 | 41 | 1 | 2 | .217 | .280 | .348 | .628 | |
| HSHarry Simpson | 82 | 264 | 242 | 25 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .284 | .335 | .618 |
| WWWally Westlake | 82 | 259 | 218 | 42 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 0 | .330 | .427 | .495 | .923 |
| LELuke Easter | 68 | 230 | 211 | 26 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 2 | .303 | .361 | .445 | .806 |
| BKBob Kennedy | 101 | 180 | 161 | 22 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | .236 | .317 | .323 | .640 |
| ASAl Smith | 47 | 173 | 150 | 28 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .240 | .341 | .360 | .701 |
| 34 | 139 | 112 | 21 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .241 | .375 | .393 | .768 | |
| JTJoe Tipton | 47 | 131 | 109 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .359 | .413 | .772 |
| JGJoe Ginsberg | 46 | 127 | 109 | 10 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .371 | .321 | .692 |
| 51 | 125 | 112 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .232 | .277 | .384 | .661 | |
| MGMike Garcia | 38 | 105 | 96 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .273 | .302 | .575 |
| 37 | 104 | 91 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .327 | .396 | .722 | |
| OFOwen Friend | 34 | 73 | 68 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .288 | .353 | .641 |
| 25 | 71 | 57 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .190 | .123 | .313 | |
| DHDave Hoskins | 38 | 63 | 58 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .306 | .345 | .651 |
| HMHank Majeski | 50 | 55 | 50 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .352 | .440 | .792 |
| 16 | 49 | 46 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .224 | .261 | .485 | |
| AHArt Houtteman | 23 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .171 | .176 | .348 |
| BMBarney McCosky | 22 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .227 | .333 | .561 |
| BHBob Hooper | 43 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 |
| HFHank Foiles | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 |
| BCBob Chakales | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 |
| DTDick Tomanek | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| BWBill Wight | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| DADick Aylward | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| SGSteve Gromek | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| AAAl Aber | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1.000 | – | – |
| LBLou Brissie | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| DWDick Weik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| TWTed Wilks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (14)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 21–15 | 36 | 23 | 1 | 283 | 119 | 107 | 110 | 98 | 16 | 286.2 | 3.36 | 1.37 | |
| MGMike Garcia | 38 | 18–9 | 35 | 21 | 0 | 260 | 106 | 98 | 81 | 134 | 18 | 271.2 | 3.25 | 1.26 |
| 36 | 17–12 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 234 | 121 | 110 | 107 | 138 | 19 | 251.2 | 3.93 | 1.35 | |
| 25 | 10–7 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 163 | 78 | 70 | 60 | 60 | 16 | 175.2 | 3.59 | 1.27 | |
| DHDave Hoskins | 26 | 9–3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 102 | 57 | 50 | 38 | 55 | 9 | 112.2 | 3.99 | 1.24 |
| AHArt Houtteman | 22 | 7–7 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 113 | 56 | 46 | 25 | 41 | 4 | 109.0 | 3.80 | 1.27 |
| BHBob Hooper | 43 | 5–4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 50 | 37 | 31 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 69.1 | 4.02 | 1.27 |
| BCBob Chakales | 7 | 0–2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 27.0 | 2.67 | 1.41 |
| BWBill Wight | 20 | 2–1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 26.2 | 3.71 | 1.69 |
| LBLou Brissie | 16 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 13.0 | 7.62 | 2.62 |
| SGSteve Gromek | 5 | 1–1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 11.0 | 3.27 | 1.27 |
| DTDick Tomanek | 1 | 1–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1.33 |
| AAAl Aber | 6 | 1–1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 7.50 | 2.50 |
| TWTed Wilks | 4 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.2 | 7.36 | 2.18 |