Batters Debuting in 1953 Sorted by Games Played Previous Year / Next Year
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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 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
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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