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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Al Kaline           1953-1974 2834 10116 1622 3007 498  75 399 1583 1277 1020  .297  .376  .480  137  65 Jun 25 18.188
 Ernie Banks         1953-1971 2528  9421 1305 2583 407  90 512 1636  763 1236  .274  .330  .500   50  53 Sep 17 22.229
 Jim Gilliam         1953-1966 1956  7119 1163 1889 304  71  65  558 1036  416  .265  .360  .355  203 111 Apr 14 24.179
 Bill Bruton         1953-1964 1610  6056  937 1651 241 102  94  545  482  793  .273  .328  .393  207  89 Apr 13 27.155
 Al Smith            1953-1964 1517  5357  843 1458 258  46 164  676  674  768  .272  .358  .429   67  43 Jul 10 25.153
 Dick Schofield      1953-1971 1321  3083  394  699 113  20  21  211  390  526  .227  .317  .297   12  29 Jul  3 18.177
 Ed Bailey           1953-1966 1212  3581  432  915 128  15 155  540  545  577  .256  .355  .429   17  18 Sep 26 22.164
 Gus Triandos        1953-1965 1206  3907  389  954 147   6 167  608  440  636  .244  .322  .413    1   0 Aug 13 23.014
 Rip Repulski        1953-1961  928  3088  407  830 153  23 106  416  207  433  .269  .319  .436   25  29 Apr 14 24.192
 Roy Face            1953-1969  853   194    9   31   3   0   0    7    2   47  .160  .168  .175    0   0 Apr 16 25.055
 Ray Jablonski       1953-1960  808  2562  297  687 126  11  83  438  196  330  .268  .320  .423   16  13 Apr 14 26.118
 Gene Baker          1953-1961  630  2230  265  590 109  21  39  227  184  219  .265  .321  .385   21  17 Sep 20 28.097
 Billy Hunter        1953-1958  630  1875  166  410  58  18  16  144  111  192  .219  .264  .294   23  12 Apr 14 24.314
 Reno Bertoia        1953-1962  612  1745  204  425  60  10  27  171  142  252  .244  .303  .336   16  15 Sep 22 18.257
 Hank Foiles         1953-1964  608  1455  171  353  59  10  46  166  170  295  .243  .321  .392    3   7 Apr 21 23.315
 Billy Consolo       1953-1962  603  1178  158  260  31  11   9   83  161  297  .221  .315  .289    9  10 Apr 20 18.245
 Al Worthington      1953-1969  602   255   22   35   7   0   1   15    8   85  .137  .165  .176    0   0 Jul  6 24.151
 Don Larsen          1953-1967  480   596   65  144  25   5  14   72   43  138  .242  .291  .371    0   3 Apr 18 23.254
 Johnny Podres       1953-1969  462   762   61  145  19   1   2   50   32  108  .190  .224  .226    1   2 Apr 17 20.199
 Bob Buhl            1953-1967  457   857   31   76   2   0   0   26   38  389  .089  .129  .091    2   2 Apr 17 24.248
 Don Elston          1953-1964  450   124    6   19   0   0   0    3    0   30  .153  .160  .153    0   0 Sep 17 24.164
 Jim Pendleton       1953-1962  444   941  120  240  30   8  19   97   43  151  .255  .290  .365   11   6 Apr 17 29.100
 Ted Kazanski        1953-1958  417  1329  118  288  49   9  14  116   90  163  .217  .269  .299    4   8 Jun 25 19.151
 Ruben Gomez         1953-1967  381   477   58   95  11   1   3   22   14   61  .199  .224  .245    2   2 Apr 17 25.278
 Bill Renna          1953-1959  370   918  123  219  36  10  28  119   99  166  .239  .315  .391    2   7 Apr 14 28.182
 Tom Umphlett        1953-1955  361  1160  108  285  45   8   6  111   75  107  .246  .292  .314    7   5 Apr 16 22.339
 Frank Sullivan      1953-1963  351   529   36   76   9   1   0   22   30  160  .144  .189  .164    0   0 Jul 31 23.189
 Johnny O'Brien      1953-1959  339   815   90  204  35   5   4   59   59   82  .250  .306  .320    2   2 Apr 19 22.129
 Paul Foytack        1953-1964  314   461   34   82   7   0   1   35   25  126  .178  .222  .200    1   1 Apr 21 22.156
 Joey Jay            1953-1966  310   483   17   55   7   0   2   19   28  206  .114  .164  .141    0   0 Jul 21 17.340
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Jack Shepard        1953-1956  278   751   72  195  29   6  12   75   84   97  .260  .331  .362    2   1 Jun 19 21.037
 Eddie O'Brien       1953-1958  231   554   64  131  10   4   0   25   37   45  .236  .288  .269   11   7 Apr 25 22.135
 Mel Roach           1953-1962  227   499   42  119  25   0   7   43   24   75  .238  .275  .331    1   0 Jul 31 20.187
 Paul Smith          1953-1958  223   562   54  152  16   7   7   56   42   44  .270  .326  .361    3   2 Apr 14 22.026
 Dean Stone          1953-1963  216   170    9   15   3   1   1   12   15   93  .088  .175  .135    0   0 Sep 13 23.012
 Harry Hanebrink     1953-1959  177   317   32   71   7   2   6   25   22   31  .224  .279  .315    1   1 May  3 25.172
 Art Schult          1953-1960  164   421   58  111  24   0   6   56   23   50  .264  .306  .363    0   1 May 17 24.331
 Dave Jolly          1953-1957  160    48    8   14   2   0   1    7    3   13  .292  .333  .396    0   0 May  9 28.207
 Stan Palys          1953-1956  138   333   42   79  17   0  10   43   26   54  .237  .293  .378    2   1 Sep 20 23.142
 Bob Keegan          1953-1958  136   196   14   32   2   1   0   19   14   31  .163  .218  .184    0   0 May 24 32.293
 Bob Oldis           1953-1963  135   236   20   56   6   0   1   22   20   22  .237  .297  .275    0   1 Apr 28 25.113
 Connie Johnson      1953-1958  126   237   20   40   4   0   0   17   10   48  .169  .201  .186    2   0 Apr 17 30.111
 Frank Kellert       1953-1956  122   247   25   57   9   3   8   37   26   36  .231  .301  .389    0   1 Apr 18 28.286
 Bob Talbot          1953-1954  122   433   50  107  15   5   1   19   16   29  .247  .278  .312    4   6 Sep 16 26.102
 Don Liddle          1953-1956  119   112    9   17   0   0   0    5   18   29  .152  .273  .152    0   0 Apr 17 27.327
 Dick Tomanek        1953-1959  108    50    5    9   3   0   1    2    1   11  .180  .212  .300    0   0 Sep 25 22.262
 Carlos Bernier      1953-1953  105   310   48   66   7   8   3   31   51   53  .213  .332  .316   15  14 Apr 22 26.084
 Jim Pisoni          1953-1960  103   189   26   40   3   3   6   20   16   47  .212  .278  .354    0   0 Sep 25 24.042
 Sonny Dixon         1953-1956  102    61    3   11   3   0   0    2    6   21  .180  .254  .230    0   0 Apr 20 28.166
 Harry Elliott       1953-1955   92   176   15   45  10   1   2   18   14   17  .256  .314  .358    0   2 Aug  1 29.214
 Bob Miller          1953-1962   90    41    3    6   2   0   0    2    1    7  .146  .167  .195    0   0 Jun 25 17.345
 Vic Janowicz        1953-1954   83   196   20   42   6   1   2   10   12   54  .214  .267  .286    0   1 May 31 23.094
 Tony Roig           1953-1956   76   184   14   39   7   3   0   11   22   45  .212  .295  .283    2   0 Sep 13 25.264
 Dick Rand           1953-1957   72   146   11   35   3   1   2   13   14   31  .240  .302  .315    0   1 Sep 16 22.193
 Mike Blyzka         1953-1954   70    38    2    2   0   0   0    1    1   15  .053  .077  .053    0   0 Apr 21 24.117
 Felipe Montemayor   1953-1955   64   150   15   26   5   3   2   10   22   37  .173  .295  .287    1   0 Apr 14 25.066
 Fred Baczewski      1953-1955   63    89    5   12   0   0   1    2    2   34  .135  .154  .169    0   0 Apr 26 26.346
 George Freese       1953-1961   61   187   17   48   8   2   3   23   18   22  .257  .327  .369    1   1 Apr 29 26.229
 Bob Milliken        1953-1954   61    51    2    7   2   0   0    3    1   12  .137  .154  .176    0   0 Apr 22 26.240
 Bill Harrington     1953-1956   58    24    0    2   0   0   0    0    3    6  .083  .185  .083    0   0 Apr 16 25.195
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Thornton Kipper     1953-1955   55    16    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    9  .125  .125  .125    0   0 Jun  7 24.253
 Dave Hoskins        1953-1954   53    66   12   15   2   0   1    9    4   14  .227  .282  .303    0   0 Apr 18 27.258
 John Romonosky      1953-1959   49    26    7    6   0   2   1    1    0    7  .231  .231  .500    0   0 Sep  6 24.061
 Bill Antonello      1953-1953   40    43    9    7   1   1   1    4    2   11  .163  .200  .302    0   0 Apr 30 25.346
 Bob Marquis         1953-1953   40    44    9   12   1   1   2    3    4   11  .273  .333  .477    0   0 Apr 17 28.115
 Tom Qualters        1953-1958   34     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    2  .000  .500  .000    0   0 Sep 13 18.165
 Jerry Lane          1953-1955   31    13    3    1   1   0   0    0    3    4  .077  .250  .154    0   0 Jul  7 27.150
 Duke Simpson        1953-1953   30     8    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   0 May  6 25.233
 Bob Trice           1953-1955   27    52    8   15   4   0   1    6    3   11  .288  .351  .423    0   0 Sep 13 27.016
 Jim Willis          1953-1954   27    14    1    0   0   0   0    1    1    6  .000  .067  .000    0   0 Apr 22 26.033
 Bobo Holloman       1953-1953   22    19    0    2   0   0   0    3    0    6  .105  .105  .105    0   0 Apr 18 30.042
 Neal Watlington     1953-1953   21    44    4    7   1   0   0    3    3    8  .159  .213  .182    0   1 Jul 10 30.197
 Yo-Yo Davalillo     1953-1953   19    58   10   17   1   0   0    2    1    7  .293  .305  .310    1   0 Aug  1 22.032
 Hal Erickson        1953-1953   18     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 14 33.271
 Frank Baldwin       1953-1953   16    20    0    2   0   0   0    0    1    9  .100  .143  .100    0   0 Apr 22 24.118
 Frank Carswell      1953-1953   16    15    2    4   0   0   0    2    3    1  .267  .389  .267    0   0 Apr 17 33.162
 Grant Dunlap        1953-1953   16    17    2    6   0   1   1    3    0    2  .353  .353  .647    0   0 Apr 21 29.122
 Nick Koback         1953-1955   16    33    1    4   0   1   0    0    1   13  .121  .147  .182    0   0 Jul 29 18.010
 Tommy Giordano      1953-1953   11    40    6    7   2   0   2    5    5    6  .175  .267  .375    0   1 Sep 11 27.337
 John Mackinson      1953-1955   10     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .200  .000    0   0 Apr 16 29.169
 Les Peden           1953-1953    9    28    4    7   1   0   1    1    4    3  .250  .344  .393    0   0 Apr 17 29.212
 Eddie Phillips      1953-1953    9     0    4    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 10 22.064
 Dixie Upright       1953-1953    9     8    3    2   0   0   1    1    1    3  .250  .333  .625    0   0 Apr 18 26.323
 Milt Jordan         1953-1953    8     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0   0 Apr 16 25.327
 John Baumgartner    1953-1953    7    27    3    5   0   0   0    2    0    5  .185  .185  .185    0   0 Apr 14 21.320
 Spider Wilhelm      1953-1953    7     7    1    2   1   0   0    0    0    3  .286  .286  .429    0   0 Sep  6 24.106
 Pete Naton          1953-1953    6    12    2    2   0   0   0    1    2    1  .167  .286  .167    0   0 Jun 16 21.280
 Bruce Barmes        1953-1953    5     5    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .200  .200  .200    0   0 Sep 13 23.325
 Steve Kraly         1953-1953    5     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug  9 24.113
 Joe Szekely         1953-1953    5    13    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    3  .077  .077  .077    0   0 Sep 13 28.223
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Dick Aylward        1953-1953    4     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May  1 27.331
 Jack Faszholz       1953-1953    4     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 25 26.014
 Glenn Mickens       1953-1953    4     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 19 22.358
 Rinty Monahan       1953-1953    4     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug  9 25.103
 Bill Moisan         1953-1953    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 17 28.049
 Paul Schramka       1953-1953    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 14 25.023
 Fred Marolewski     1953-1953    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 19 24.348
 Barney Martin       1953-1953    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 22 30.050
 Dick Teed           1953-1953    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 24 27.138
 Frank Verdi         1953-1953    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 May 10 26.342
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+

100 Players

Pitchers Debuting in 1953 Sorted by Games Played

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 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Bob Buhl            1953-1967 166 132  .557  3.55  457 369 111  20   6 2587.0 2446 1019 238 1105 1268 Apr 17 24.248
 Johnny Podres       1953-1969 148 116  .561  3.68  440 340  77  24  11 2265.0 2239  925 242  743 1435 Apr 17 20.199
 Frank Sullivan      1953-1963  97 100  .492  3.60  351 219  73  15  18 1732.0 1702  692 148  559  959 Jul 31 23.189
 Don Larsen          1953-1967  81  91  .471  3.78  412 171  44  11  26 1548.0 1442  650 130  725  849 Apr 18 23.254
 Joey Jay            1953-1966  99  91  .521  3.77  310 203  63  16   7 1546.3 1460  648 153  607  999 Jul 21 17.340
 Paul Foytack        1953-1964  86  87  .497  4.14  312 193  63   7   7 1498.0 1381  689 176  662  827 Apr 21 22.156
 Ruben Gomez         1953-1967  76  86  .469  4.09  289 205  63  15   5 1454.0 1436  660 154  574  677 Apr 17 25.278
 Roy Face            1953-1969 104  95  .523  3.48  848  27   6   0 193 1375.0 1347  531 141  362  877 Apr 16 25.055
 Al Worthington      1953-1969  75  82  .478  3.39  602  69  11   3 110 1246.7 1130  469 105  527  834 Jul 06 24.151
 Don Elston          1953-1964  49  54  .476  3.69  450  15   2   0  63  755.7  702  310  80  327  519 Sep 17 24.164
 Connie Johnson      1953-1958  40  39  .506  3.44  123 100  34   8   1  716.0  654  274  52  257  497 Apr 17 30.111
 Dean Stone          1953-1963  29  39  .426  4.47  215  85  19   5  12  686.0  705  341  47  373  380 Sep 13 23.012
 Bob Keegan          1953-1958  40  36  .526  3.66  135  87  29   6   5  644.7  668  262  70  233  198 May 24 32.293
 Don Liddle          1953-1956  28  18  .609  3.75  117  54  13   3   4  427.7  397  178  42  203  198 Apr 17 27.327
 Dave Jolly          1953-1957  16  14  .533  3.77  159   1   0   0  19  291.3  255  122  27  198  155 May 09 28.207
 Fred Baczewski      1953-1955  17  10  .630  4.45   63  40  14   2   1  279.3  306  138  38  111  104 Apr 26 26.346
 Sonny Dixon         1953-1956  11  18  .379  4.17  102  12   4   0   9  263.0  296  122  25   75   90 Apr 20 28.166
 Dick Tomanek        1953-1959  10  10  .500  4.95  106  11   4   0   7  231.0  231  127  34  112  166 Sep 25 22.262
 Bob Miller          1953-1962   6   8  .429  4.72   86   8   1   0   2  188.7  206   99  15   92   75 Jun 25 17.345
 Mike Blyzka         1953-1954   3  11  .214  5.58   70   9   2   0   1  180.7  193  112   8  107   58 Apr 21 24.117
 Bob Milliken        1953-1954  13   6  .684  3.59   61  13   3   0   4  180.3  152   72  25   60   90 Apr 22 26.240
 Bob Trice           1953-1955   9   9  .500  5.80   26  21   9   1   0  152.0  185   98  22   60   28 Sep 13 27.016
 Dave Hoskins        1953-1954   9   4  .692  3.81   40   8   3   0   1  139.3  131   59  12   48   64 Apr 18 27.258
 Bill Harrington     1953-1956   5   5  .500  5.03   58   2   0   0   3  116.3  114   65   9   67   40 Apr 16 25.195
 John Romonosky      1953-1959   3   4  .429  5.15   32   9   1   0   0  101.3   97   58  11   51   63 Sep 06 24.061
 Thornton Kipper     1953-1955   3   4  .429  5.27   55   3   0   0   1   99.0  128   58  12   46   35 Jun 07 24.253
 Jerry Lane          1953-1955   2   6  .250  4.48   31   2   0   0   1   78.3   84   39   5   25   33 Jul 07 27.150
 Jim Willis          1953-1954   2   2  .500  3.39   27   4   2   0   0   66.3   59   25   2   35   20 Apr 22 26.033
 Bobo Holloman       1953-1953   3   7  .300  5.23   22  10   1   1   0   65.3   69   38   2   50   25 Apr 18 30.042
 Johnny O'Brien      1953-1959   1   3  .250  5.61   25   1   0   0   0   61.0   61   38   9   35   30 Apr 19 22.129
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Tom Qualters        1953-1958   0   0        5.64   34   0   0   0   0   52.7   63   33   2   26   20 Sep 13 18.165
 Duke Simpson        1953-1953   1   2  .333  8.00   30   1   0   0   0   45.0   60   40   8   25   21 May 06 25.233
 Hal Erickson        1953-1953   0   1  .000  4.73   18   0   0   0   1   32.3   43   17   4   10   19 Apr 14 33.271
 Steve Kraly         1953-1953   0   2  .000  3.24    5   3   0   0   1   25.0   19    9   2   16    8 Aug 09 24.113
 John Mackinson      1953-1955   0   1  .000  7.36    9   1   0   0   0   22.0   25   18   3   12    8 Apr 16 29.169
 Milt Jordan         1953-1953   0   1  .000  5.82    8   1   0   0   0   17.0   26   11   3    5    4 Apr 16 25.327
 Eddie O'Brien       1953-1958   1   0 1.000  3.31    5   1   1   0   0   16.3   16    6   3    4   11 Apr 25 22.135
 Jack Faszholz       1953-1953   0   0        6.94    4   1   0   0   0   11.7   16    9   3    1    7 Apr 25 26.014
 Rinty Monahan       1953-1953   0   0        4.22    4   0   0   0   0   10.7   11    5   0    7    2 Aug 09 25.103
 Glenn Mickens       1953-1953   0   1  .000 11.37    4   2   0   0   0    6.3   11    8   2    4    5 Jul 19 22.358
 Bill Moisan         1953-1953   0   0        5.40    3   0   0   0   0    5.0    5    3   0    2    1 Sep 17 28.049
 Barney Martin       1953-1953   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    3    2   0    1    1 Apr 22 30.050
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+

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