1953 National League (NL) Statistics and Awards

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1953 National League Previous Year / Next Year

Expanded Standings

Team W L WL% GB Brooklyn BRO 105 49 .682 -- Milwkee MLN 92 62 .597 13.0 Phildlpa PHI 83 71 .539 22.0 St.Louis STL 83 71 .539 22.0 NewYorkG NYG 70 84 .455 35.0 Cincnnti CIN 68 86 .442 37.0 ChicagoC CHC 65 89 .422 40.0 Pittsbgh PIT 50 104 .325 55.0

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1953 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BRO  6.16   955  155  5373  1529  274  59  208  655   686  .285  .362  .474   90   47 125  6.63  5.69
 NYG  4.95   768  155  5362  1452  195  45  176  499   608  .271  .333  .422   31   21 102  5.13  4.78
 STL  4.89   768  157  5397  1474  281  56  140  574   617  .273  .343  .424   18   22 107  5.36  4.43
 MLN  4.70   738  157  5349  1422  227  52  156  439   637  .266  .322  .415   46   27 103  4.20  5.21
 CIN  4.61   714  155  5343  1396  190  34  166  485   701  .261  .323  .403   25   20  93  4.71  4.51
 PHI  4.59   716  156  5290  1400  228  62  115  530   597  .265  .332  .396   42   21  98  4.65  4.53
 CHC  4.08   633  155  5272  1372  204  57  137  514   746  .260  .326  .399   49   21  93  4.56  3.62
 PIT  4.04   622  154  5253  1297  178  49   99  524   715  .247  .315  .356   41   39  81  4.23  3.84
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.75  5914 1244 42639 11342 1777 414 1197 4220  5307  .266  .335  .411  342  218

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 MLN  3.75   589  157  3.30  1387  1282   8.2   539  3.4  107   738   72    14     0  15 119  3.29  4.22
 PHI  4.27   666  156  3.80  1369  1410   9.0   410  2.6  138   637   76    12     0  15 111  3.90  4.64
 BRO  4.45   689  155  4.10  1380  1337   8.6   509  3.3  169   817   51     9     0  29 104  4.27  4.62
 STL  4.54   713  157  4.23  1386  1406   9.0   533  3.4  139   732   51    10     0  36 100  4.14  4.94
 NYG  4.82   747  155  4.25  1365  1403   9.1   610  3.9  146   647   46     9     0  20 102  4.48  5.15
 CIN  5.08   788  155  4.64  1365  1484   9.6   488  3.1  179   506   47     7     0  15  94  5.01  5.16
 CHC  5.39   835  155  4.79  1359  1491   9.6   554  3.6  151   623   38     3     0  22  93  5.42  5.36
 PIT  5.76   887  154  5.22  1358  1529   9.9   577  3.7  168   607   49     4     0  10  85  6.13  5.39
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.75  5914 1244  4.29 10969 11342   9.3  4220  3.5 1197  5307  430          73 162

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 BRO  118  161  .980   .713  1,163,419  14,916   99-55  60-17 45-32 102 100 29.0 27.4   4   6  18 Dressen
 MLN  143  169  .976   .715  1,826,397  23,119   93-61  45-31 47-31  94  92 27.3 28.1   2   3  15 Grimm
 PHI  147  161  .975   .703    853,644  10,944   82-72  48-29 35-42  99  98 27.8 28.3   2   4  17 O'Neill
 STL  138  161  .977   .703    880,242  11,285   82-72  48-30 35-41 100  99 29.2 28.3   3   6  16 Stanky
 NYG  150  151  .975   .704    811,518  10,539   79-75  38-39 32-45 102 101 28.2 30.4   2   3  21 Durocher
 CIN  129  176  .978   .705    548,086   7,027   70-84  38-39 30-47 100 101 27.1 28.2   0   2  16 Hornsby and Mills
 CHC  193  141  .967   .688    763,658   9,918   58-96  43-34 22-55 102 104 29.4 28.9   2   2  11 Cavarretta
 PIT  163  139  .973   .687    572,757   7,438   53-101 26-51 24-53  99 104 27.0 28.6   1   1   9 Haney
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Roy Campanella
BRO .312/.395/.611

Rookie of the Year Jim Gilliam
BRO .278/.383/.415

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting Average

Furillo-BRO .344

Schoendienst-STL .342

Musial-STL .337

Snider-BRO .336

Mueller-NYG .333

On-base %

Musial-STL .437

Robinson-BRO .425

Snider-BRO .419

Irvin-NYG .406

Mathews-MLN .406

Slugging %

Snider-BRO .627

Mathews-MLN .627

Campanella-BRO .611

Musial-STL .609

Furillo-BRO .580

OPS

Snider-BRO 1.046

Musial-STL 1.046

Mathews-MLN 1.033

Campanella-BRO 1.006

Furillo-BRO .973

Games

Kiner-TOT 158

Adcock-MLN 157

Jablonski-STL 157

Mathews-MLN 157

Musial-STL 157

At Bats

Dark-NYG 647

Ashburn-PHI 622

Bruton-MLN 613

Logan-MLN 611

Bell-CIN 610

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Gilliam-BRO 710

Ashburn-PHI 702

Musial-STL 698

Dark-NYG 693

Hemus-STL 690

Runs

Snider-BRO 132

Musial-STL 127

Dark-NYG 126

Gilliam-BRO 125

Ashburn-PHI 110

Hemus-STL 110

Mathews-MLN 110

Hits

Ashburn-PHI 205

Musial-STL 200

Snider-BRO 198

Dark-NYG 194

Schoendienst-STL 193

Total Bases

Snider-BRO 370

Mathews-MLN 363

Musial-STL 361

Kluszewski-CIN 325

Bell-CIN 320

Doubles

Musial-STL 53

Dark-NYG 41

Furillo-BRO 38

Snider-BRO 38

Bell-CIN 37

Triples

Gilliam-BRO 17

Bruton-MLN 14

Fondy-CHC 11

Hemus-STL 11

Ashburn-PHI 9

Musial-STL 9

Slaughter-STL 9

Home Runs

Mathews-MLN 47

Snider-BRO 42

Campanella-BRO 41

Kluszewski-CIN 40

Kiner-TOT 35

RBI

Campanella-BRO 142

Mathews-MLN 135

Snider-BRO 126

Ennis-PHI 125

Hodges-BRO 122

Bases on Balls

Musial-STL 105

Gilliam-BRO 100

Kiner-TOT 100

Mathews-MLN 99

Hemus-STL 86

Strikeouts

Bilko-STL 125

Fondy-CHC 106

Bruton-MLN 100

Thomas-PIT 93

Snider-BRO 90

Stolen Bases

Bruton-MLN 26

Reese-BRO 22

Gilliam-BRO 21

Robinson-BRO 17

Snider-BRO 16

Singles

Ashburn-PHI 169

Lockman-NYG 144

Mueller-NYG 140

Adams-CIN 139

Schoendienst-STL 138

Adjusted OPS+

Mathews-MLN 171

Musial-STL 169

Snider-BRO 166

Campanella-BRO 155

Furillo-BRO 147

Runs Created

Musial-STL 156

Snider-BRO 154

Mathews-MLN 145

Campanella-BRO 124

Kluszewski-CIN 123

Adjusted Batting Runs

Musial-STL 65

Mathews-MLN 62

Snider-BRO 59

Campanella-BRO 42

Kluszewski-CIN 35

Batting Wins

Musial-STL 6.1

Mathews-MLN 5.8

Snider-BRO 5.5

Campanella-BRO 4.0

Kluszewski-CIN 3.4

Extra-Base Hits

Musial-STL 92

Mathews-MLN 86

Snider-BRO 84

Bell-CIN 72

Campanella-BRO 70

Dark-NYG 70

Times on Base

Musial-STL 305

Snider-BRO 283

Mathews-MLN 276

Ashburn-PHI 271

Gilliam-BRO 271

Offensive Win%

Musial-STL .795

Snider-BRO .786

Mathews-MLN .767

Campanella-BRO .751

Furillo-BRO .743

Hit By Pitch

Hemus-STL 12

Repulski-STL 9

Logan-MLN 7

Robinson-BRO 7

Bruton-MLN 6

Dark-NYG 6

Rice-STL 6

Sac. Hits

Reese-BRO 15

Ashburn-PHI 14

Miksis-CHC 13

Adams-CIN 12

Dark-NYG 12

Pafko-MLN 12

Grounded into Double Plays

Adcock-MLN 22

Irvin-NYG 20

Jackson-CHC 20

Dark-NYG 19

Schoendienst-STL 19

Caught Stealing

Bernier-PIT 14

Gilliam-BRO 14

Bruton-MLN 11

Fondy-CHC 7

Snider-BRO 7

Power/Speed Number

Snider-BRO 23.2

Reese-BRO 16.3

Robinson-BRO 14.1

Fondy-CHC 12.9

Jackson-CHC 11.3

At Bats per Strikeout

Mueller-NYG 36.9

Schoendienst-STL 24.5

Hamner-PHI 21.8

Dark-NYG 19.0

Musial-STL 18.5

At Bats per Home Run

Mathews-MLN 12.3

Campanella-BRO 12.7

Snider-BRO 14.0

Kluszewski-CIN 14.3

Thomas-PIT 15.2

Outs

Dark-NYG 486

Bruton-MLN 485

Logan-MLN 468

Miksis-CHC 467

Hamner-PHI 463

ERA

Spahn-MLN 2.10

Roberts-PHI 2.75

Buhl-MLN 2.97

Haddix-STL 3.06

Antonelli-MLN 3.18

Wins

Roberts-PHI 23

Spahn-MLN 23

Erskine-BRO 20

Haddix-STL 20

Staley-STL 18

Won-Loss %

Roe-BRO .786

Erskine-BRO .769

Spahn-MLN .767

Burdette-MLN .750

Meyer-BRO .750

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Spahn-MLN 1.058

Roberts-PHI 1.111

Haddix-STL 1.142

Simmons-PHI 1.231

Erskine-BRO 1.249

Hits Allowed/9IP

Spahn-MLN 7.15

Gomez-NYG 7.32

Mizell-STL 7.74

Buhl-MLN 7.76

Erskine-BRO 7.77

Bases on Balls/9IP

Roberts-PHI 1.58

Raffensberger-CIN 1.71

Minner-CHC 1.79

Staley-STL 2.11

Hacker-CHC 2.19

Strikeouts/9IP

Mizell-STL 6.94

Erskine-BRO 6.82

Antonelli-MLN 6.72

Klippstein-CHC 6.07

Haddix-STL 5.80

Games

Wilhelm-NYG 68

Brazle-STL 60

Hetki-PIT 54

Smith-CIN 50

Lown-CHC 49

White-STL 49

Saves

Brazle-STL 18

Wilhelm-NYG 15

Hughes-BRO 9

Burdette-MLN 8

Leonard-CHC 8

Innings

Roberts-PHI 346.7

Spahn-MLN 265.7

Haddix-STL 253.0

Erskine-BRO 246.7

Simmons-PHI 238.0

Strikeouts

Roberts-PHI 198

Erskine-BRO 187

Mizell-STL 173

Haddix-STL 163

Spahn-MLN 148

Games Started

Roberts-PHI 41

Erskine-BRO 33

Haddix-STL 33

Mizell-STL 33

Hacker-CHC 32

Hearn-NYG 32

Meyer-BRO 32

Spahn-MLN 32

Staley-STL 32

Comp. Games

Roberts-PHI 33

Spahn-MLN 24

Haddix-STL 19

Simmons-PHI 19

Erskine-BRO 16

Shutouts

Haddix-STL 6

Roberts-PHI 5

Spahn-MLN 5

Erskine-BRO 4

Simmons-PHI 4

Home Runs Allow.

Hacker-CHC 35

Staley-STL 31

Roberts-PHI 30

Dickson-PIT 27

Roe-BRO 27

Bases On Balls Allow.

Lindell-TOT 139

Mizell-STL 114

Klippstein-CHC 107

Gomez-NYG 101

Erskine-BRO 95

Hits Allowed

Roberts-PHI 324

Staley-STL 243

Dickson-PIT 240

Minner-CHC 227

Hacker-CHC 225

SO to Walk

Roberts-PHI 3.25

Haddix-STL 2.36

Roe-BRO 2.13

Spahn-MLN 2.11

Erskine-BRO 1.97

Losses

Dickson-PIT 19

Hacker-CHC 19

Lindell-TOT 17

Jansen-NYG 16

LaPalme-PIT 16

Podbielan-CIN 16

Roberts-PHI 16

Earned Runs Allow.

Hacker-CHC 108

Roberts-PHI 106

Lindell-TOT 103

Staley-STL 102

Dickson-PIT 101

Wild Pitches

Lindell-TOT 11

Hearn-NYG 10

Klippstein-CHC 10

Haddix-STL 9

LaPalme-PIT 9

Wilhelm-NYG 9

Hit Batsmen

Staley-STL 17

Drews-PHI 10

Klippstein-CHC 8

Nuxhall-CIN 8

Podbielan-CIN 8

Batters Faced

Roberts-PHI 1412

Spahn-MLN 1055

Haddix-STL 1031

Erskine-BRO 1030

Simmons-PHI 993

Games Finished

Wilhelm-NYG 39

Brazle-STL 33

Hetki-PIT 31

Leonard-CHC 27

Smith-CIN 27

Adjusted ERA+

Spahn-MLN 188

Roberts-PHI 152

Haddix-STL 139

Buhl-MLN 132

Simmons-PHI 131

Oldest Player

Leonard-CHC 1909-03-25 (44)

Brazle-STL 1913-10-19 (39)

Nicholson-PHI 1914-12-11 (38)

Cooper-MLN 1915-01-08 (38)

Roe-BRO 1915-02-26 (38)

Youngest Player

Jay-MLN 1935-08-15 (17)

Koback-PIT 1935-07-19 (17)

Qualters-PHI 1935-04-01 (18)

Schofield-STL 1935-01-07 (18)

Kazanski-PHI 1934-01-25 (19)

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All Stars (* - indicates they played)
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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters
P. Robin Roberts (PHI)
C. Roy Campanella (BRO)
1B. Ted Kluszewski (CIN)
2B. Red Schoendienst (STL)
3B. Eddie Mathews (MLN)
SS. Pee Wee Reese (BRO)
LF. Stan Musial (STL)
CF. Gus Bell (CIN)
RF. Enos Slaughter (STL)


Richie Ashburn* (PHI)
Del Crandall (MLN)
Murry Dickson* (PIT)
Carl Furillo (BRO)
Harvey Haddix (STL)
Granny Hamner* (PHI)
Gil Hodges* (BRO)
Ralph Kiner* (CHC)
Clyde McCullough (CHC)

Del Rice (STL)
Jackie Robinson* (BRO)
Curt Simmons* (PHI)
Duke Snider* (BRO)
Warren Spahn* (MLN)
Jerry Staley (STL)
Wes Westrum (NYG)
Hoyt Wilhelm (NYG)
Davey Williams* (NYG)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Robin Roberts (PHI) C. Roy Campanella (BRO) 1B. Ted Kluszewski (CIN) 2B. Red Schoendienst (STL) 3B. Eddie Mathews (MLN) SS. Pee Wee Reese (BRO) LF. Stan Musial (STL) CF. Gus Bell (CIN) RF. Enos Slaughter (STL)		Richie Ashburn* (PHI) Del Crandall (MLN) Murry Dickson* (PIT) Carl Furillo (BRO) Harvey Haddix (STL) Granny Hamner* (PHI) Gil Hodges* (BRO) Ralph Kiner* (CHC) Clyde McCullough (CHC)		Del Rice (STL) Jackie Robinson* (BRO) Curt Simmons* (PHI) Duke Snider* (BRO) Warren Spahn* (MLN) Jerry Staley (STL) Wes Westrum (NYG) Hoyt Wilhelm (NYG) Davey Williams* (NYG)