St. Louis Browns 1953
54–100record
.351win pct
555runs
778allowed
-223run diff
112home runs
38players
The three rarest things in 1953
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | No-Hitter With Five Walks | BHBobo Holloman | 1953-05-06 | 1 in 5,452 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | BHBobo Holloman | 1953-05-06 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | Three Straight Home Runs | St. Louis Browns | 1953-07-16 | 1 in 639 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (38)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JGJohnny Groth | 141 | 610 | 557 | 65 | 141 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 57 | 42 | 51 | 5 | 6 | .253 | .308 | .370 | .678 |
| BHBilly Hunter | 154 | 604 | 567 | 50 | 124 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 24 | 45 | 3 | 1 | .219 | .253 | .259 | .512 |
| BYBobby Young | 148 | 593 | 537 | 48 | 137 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 41 | 41 | 2 | 1 | .255 | .309 | .326 | .635 |
| VWVic Wertz | 128 | 519 | 440 | 61 | 118 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 70 | 73 | 43 | 1 | 4 | .268 | .377 | .466 | .843 |
| CCClint Courtney | 106 | 383 | 355 | 28 | 89 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | .251 | .300 | .330 | .630 |
| JDJim Dyck | 112 | 381 | 334 | 38 | 71 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 40 | 3 | 3 | .213 | .299 | .344 | .643 |
| DKDick Kryhoski | 104 | 369 | 338 | 35 | 94 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 50 | 26 | 33 | 0 | 5 | .278 | .333 | .497 | .830 |
| DKDick Kokos | 107 | 357 | 299 | 41 | 72 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 38 | 56 | 53 | 0 | 5 | .241 | .361 | .411 | .772 |
| DLDon Lenhardt | 97 | 347 | 303 | 37 | 96 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 42 | 1 | 3 | .317 | .400 | .465 | .865 |
| RSRoy Sievers | 92 | 322 | 285 | 37 | 77 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 47 | 0 | 1 | .270 | .342 | .407 | .749 |
| LMLes Moss | 78 | 260 | 239 | 21 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 1 | .276 | .332 | .368 | .700 |
| BEBob Elliott | 48 | 192 | 160 | 19 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .372 | .400 | .772 |
| VSVern Stephens | 46 | 186 | 165 | 16 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .388 | .442 | .830 |
| HEHank Edwards | 65 | 119 | 106 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .198 | .286 | .226 | .512 |
| NBNeil Berry | 57 | 111 | 99 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .283 | .343 | .333 | .676 |
| DLDon Larsen | 50 | 85 | 81 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .318 | .457 | .774 |
| DPDuane Pillette | 31 | 60 | 53 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .207 | .208 | .414 |
| DLDick Littlefield | 38 | 49 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .227 | .190 | .418 |
| HBHarry Brecheen | 27 | 42 | 39 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .200 | .179 | .379 |
| BCBob Cain | 34 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .226 | .267 | .492 |
| 57 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .069 | .069 | .069 | .138 | |
| VTVirgil Trucks | 16 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .200 | .360 |
| LKLou Kretlow | 22 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| MBMike Blyzka | 33 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .042 | .000 | .042 |
| MSMarlin Stuart | 60 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .231 | .423 |
| BHBobo Holloman | 22 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 |
| 10 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .316 | .444 | .760 | |
| EMEd Mickelson | 7 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .235 | .200 | .435 |
| JPJim Pisoni | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .333 | .417 |
| JLJohnny Lipon | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 |
| DUDixie Upright | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .625 | .958 |
| 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| WMWillie Miranda | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 |
| MLMax Lanier | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 |
| FKFrank Kellert | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| BMBabe Martin | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 |
| HWHal White | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
| BHBob Habenicht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (15)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DLDon Larsen | 38 | 7–12 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 201 | 99 | 89 | 64 | 96 | 11 | 192.2 | 4.16 | 1.38 |
| DPDuane Pillette | 31 | 7–13 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 181 | 90 | 83 | 62 | 57 | 16 | 166.2 | 4.48 | 1.46 |
| DLDick Littlefield | 36 | 7–12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 92 | 87 | 85 | 104 | 17 | 152.1 | 5.14 | 1.56 |
| HBHarry Brecheen | 26 | 5–13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 122 | 51 | 40 | 31 | 44 | 7 | 117.1 | 3.07 | 1.30 |
| 57 | 3–9 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 114 | 52 | 47 | 39 | 51 | 12 | 117.1 | 3.61 | 1.30 | |
| MSMarlin Stuart | 60 | 8–2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 136 | 62 | 50 | 44 | 46 | 6 | 114.1 | 3.94 | 1.57 |
| BCBob Cain | 32 | 4–10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 74 | 69 | 45 | 35 | 8 | 99.2 | 6.23 | 1.75 |
| MBMike Blyzka | 33 | 2–6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 23 | 6 | 94.1 | 6.39 | 1.76 |
| VTVirgil Trucks | 16 | 5–4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 83 | 37 | 30 | 32 | 47 | 4 | 88.0 | 3.07 | 1.31 |
| LKLou Kretlow | 22 | 1–5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 56 | 47 | 52 | 37 | 5 | 81.0 | 5.22 | 1.80 |
| BHBobo Holloman | 22 | 3–7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 41 | 38 | 50 | 25 | 2 | 65.1 | 5.23 | 1.82 |
| 10 | 2–6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 24 | 22 | 44 | 61 | 4 | 60.1 | 3.28 | 1.36 | |
| MLMax Lanier | 10 | 0–1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 22.1 | 7.25 | 2.10 |
| HWHal White | 10 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10.1 | 2.61 | 1.06 |
| BHBob Habenicht | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.40 | 1.20 |