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1953 Philadelphia Phillies

1953 > Class Major League > 1953 National League
Overall: 83-71
Scored 716 runs, Allowed 666 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Steve O'Neill
Represented: Philadelphia, PA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1952 / 1954

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Richie Ashburn* 26 156 702 622 110 205 25 9 2 57 14 6 61 35 .330 .394 .408 .802 254 3 5 14
2 Smoky Burgess* 26 102 351 312 31 91 17 5 4 36 3 2 37 17 .292 .370 .417 .787 130 11 2 0
3 Mel Clark 26 60 212 198 31 59 10 4 0 19 1 0 11 17 .298 .338 .389 .727 77 10 1 2
4 Karl Drews 33 47 64 59 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 20 .119 .175 .119 .293 7 0 0 1
5 Del Ennis 28 152 643 578 79 165 22 3 29 125 1 3 57 53 .285 .355 .484 .839 280 14 5 3
6 Tommy Glaviano 29 53 102 74 17 15 1 2 3 5 2 0 24 20 .203 .410 .392 .802 29 4 2 2
7 Granny Hamner 26 154 646 609 90 168 30 8 21 92 2 1 32 28 .276 .313 .455 .768 277 17 1 4
8 Andy Hansen 28 30 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 0
9 Willie Jones 27 149 571 481 61 108 16 2 19 70 1 1 85 45 .225 .342 .385 .727 185 10 1 4
10 Ted Kazanski 19 95 392 360 39 78 17 5 2 27 1 1 26 53 .217 .275 .308 .583 111 7 3 3
11 Thornton Kipper 24 20 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 0 0 2
12 Jim Konstanty 36 48 53 50 3 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .220 .220 .220 .440 11 0 0 3
13 Jack Lohrke 29 12 14 13 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 2 0 0 0
14 Stan Lopata 27 81 266 234 34 56 12 3 8 31 3 1 28 39 .239 .321 .419 .739 98 0 0 4
15 Jackie Mayo* 27 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
16 Bob Miller 27 35 56 55 5 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 .182 .182 .200 .382 11 1 0 1
17 Bill Nicholson* 38 38 74 62 12 13 5 1 2 16 0 0 12 20 .210 .338 .419 .757 26 2 0 0
18 Stan Palys 23 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0
19 Kent Peterson 27 15 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 0 0
20 Steve Ridzik 24 42 40 36 3 7 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 9 .194 .237 .361 .598 13 1 0 2
21 Robin Roberts# 26 44 140 123 14 22 5 1 1 7 0 0 7 29 .179 .229 .260 .489 32 4 1 9
22 Connie Ryan 33 90 281 247 47 73 14 6 5 26 5 1 30 35 .296 .372 .462 .833 114 4 0 4
23 Curt Simmons* 24 32 100 93 6 13 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 15 .140 .167 .172 .339 16 0 1 4
24 Earl Torgeson* 29 111 437 379 58 104 25 8 11 64 7 1 53 57 .274 .366 .470 .836 178 7 2 3
25 Eddie Waitkus* 33 81 262 247 24 72 9 2 1 16 1 1 13 23 .291 .330 .356 .686 88 3 1 1
26 Johnny Wyrostek* 33 125 452 409 42 111 14 2 6 47 0 3 38 43 .271 .339 .359 .699 147 9 4 1
26 Players 27.7 156 5916 5290 716 1400 228 62 115 657 42 21 530 597 .265 .335 .396 .731 2097 109 29 67
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Karl Drews 33 9 10 .474 4.52 47 27 7 6 0 3 185.1 218 116 93 26 50 72 10 0 1 816 1.446 10.6 1.3 2.4 3.5 1.44
2 Andy Hansen 28 0 2 .000 4.03 30 1 14 0 0 3 51.1 60 30 23 6 24 17 1 0 0 231 1.636 10.5 1.1 4.2 3.0 0.71
3 Thornton Kipper 24 3 3 .500 4.73 20 3 12 0 0 0 45.2 59 26 24 8 12 15 0 1 1 202 1.555 11.6 1.6 2.4 3.0 1.25
4 Jim Konstanty 36 14 10 .583 4.43 48 19 20 7 0 5 170.2 198 90 84 18 42 45 3 0 1 735 1.406 10.4 0.9 2.2 2.4 1.07
5 Bob Miller 27 8 9 .471 4.00 35 20 6 8 3 2 157.1 169 76 70 14 42 63 2 0 7 677 1.341 9.7 0.8 2.4 3.6 1.50
6 Kent Peterson* 27 0 1 .000 6.67 15 0 4 0 0 0 27.0 26 20 20 3 21 20 1 0 1 128 1.741 8.7 1.0 7.0 6.7 0.95
7 Tom Qualters 18 0 0 162.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 4 6 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 15.000 108.0 27.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
8 Steve Ridzik 24 9 6 .600 3.77 42 12 13 1 0 0 124.0 119 61 52 15 48 53 5 0 1 526 1.347 8.6 1.1 3.5 3.8 1.10
9 Robin Roberts 26 23 16 .590 2.75 44 41 2 33 5 2 346.2 324 119 106 30 61 198 2 0 3 1412 1.111 8.4 0.8 1.6 5.1 3.25
10 Curt Simmons* 24 16 13 .552 3.21 32 30 1 19 4 0 238.0 211 102 85 17 82 138 3 0 0 993 1.231 8.0 0.6 3.1 5.2 1.68
11 Paul Stuffel 26 0 0 inf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
11 Players 28.3 83 71 .539 3.80 156 156 80 76 13 15 1369.2 1410 666 578 138 410 637 28 1 19 5843 1.329 9.3 0.9 2.7 4.2 1.55

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Smoky Burgess 95 395 23 3 8 .993 4.40 10 22 10 31%
Stan Lopata 80 344 27 5 2 .987 4.64 4 18 7 28%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Earl Torgeson 105 916 65 13 83 .987 9.34
Eddie Waitkus 59 480 37 6 65 .989 8.76
Connie Ryan 2 4 2 0 0 1.000 3.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Granny Hamner 93 194 290 15 65 .970 5.20
Connie Ryan 65 134 166 13 39 .958 4.62
Tommy Glaviano 12 17 19 2 3 .947 3.00
Jack Lohrke 2 0 3 1 0 .750 1.50

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Willie Jones 147 176 253 11 36 .975 2.92
Tommy Glaviano 14 14 19 4 2 .892 2.36
Jack Lohrke 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ted Kazanski 95 185 239 23 53 .949 4.46
Granny Hamner 71 91 169 22 40 .922 3.66
Jack Lohrke 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.00
Tommy Glaviano 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Del Ennis 150 0.00
Johnny Wyrostek 8 0.00
Mel Clark 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Richie Ashburn 156 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Johnny Wyrostek 102 0.00
Mel Clark 51 0.00
Bill Nicholson 12 0.00
Jackie Mayo 1 0.00
Stan Palys 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Richie Ashburn 156 496 18 5 4 .990 3.29
Del Ennis 150 284 14 6 4 .980 1.99
Johnny Wyrostek 110 192 11 8 2 .962 1.85
Mel Clark 51 104 2 1 0 .991 2.08
Bill Nicholson 12 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
Jackie Mayo 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Stan Palys 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jim Konstanty 48 6 33 0 5 1.000 0.81
Karl Drews 47 13 38 1 3 .981 1.09
Robin Roberts 44 16 51 3 7 .957 1.52
Steve Ridzik 42 7 17 0 4 1.000 0.57
Bob Miller 35 8 24 0 3 1.000 0.91
Curt Simmons 32 3 30 2 2 .943 1.03
Andy Hansen 30 4 11 1 2 .938 0.50
Thornton Kipper 20 6 5 0 1 1.000 0.55
Kent Peterson 15 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.27
Paul Stuffel 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Tom Qualters 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Richie Ashburn 26 L R 5' 10.0" 170 Mar 19, 1927 Tilden, NE, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27
Smoky Burgess 26 L R 5' 8.0" 185 Feb 6, 1927 Caroleen, NC, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27
Mel Clark 26 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Jul 7, 1926 Letart, WV, US 1953-04-16 1953-07-31
Karl Drews 33 R R 6' 4.0" 192 Feb 22, 1920 Staten Island, NY, US 1953-04-16 1953-09-27
Del Ennis 28 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Jun 8, 1925 Philadelphia, PA, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27
Tommy Glaviano 29 R R 5' 9.0" 175 Oct 26, 1923 Sacramento, CA, US 1953-04-28 1953-09-26
Granny Hamner 26 R R 5' 10.0" 163 Apr 26, 1927 Richmond, VA, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27
Andy Hansen 28 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Nov 12, 1924 Lake Worth, FL, US 1953-04-16 1953-09-13
Willie Jones 27 R R 6' 1.0" 188 Aug 16, 1925 Dillon, SC, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27
Ted Kazanski 19 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Jan 25, 1934 Hamtramck, MI, US 1953-06-25 1953-09-27
Thornton Kipper 24 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Sep 27, 1928 Bagley, WI, US 1953-06-07 1953-09-13
Jim Konstanty 36 R R 6' 1.0" 202 Mar 2, 1917 Strykersville, NY, US 1953-04-24 1953-09-20
Johnny Lindell 36 R R 6' 4.0" 217 Aug 30, 1916 Greeley, CO, US 1953-09-02 1953-09-27
Jack Lohrke 29 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Feb 25, 1924 Los Angeles, CA, US 1953-04-28 1953-06-10
Stan Lopata 27 R R 6' 2.0" 210 Sep 12, 1925 Delray, MI, US 1953-04-15 1953-09-26
Jackie Mayo 27 L R 6' 1.0" 190 Jul 26, 1925 Litchfield, IL, US 1953-04-16 1953-09-27
Bob Miller 27 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Jun 16, 1926 Detroit, MI, US 1953-04-16 1953-09-25
Bill Nicholson 38 L R 6' 0.0" 205 Dec 11, 1914 Chestertown, MD, US 1953-04-16 1953-09-19
Stan Palys 23 R R 6' 2.0" 190 May 1, 1930 Blakely, PA, US 1953-09-20 1953-09-26
Kent Peterson 27 R L 5' 10.0" 170 Dec 21, 1925 Goshen, UT, US 1953-04-28 1953-07-18
Tom Qualters 18 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Apr 1, 1935 McKeesport, PA, US 1953-09-13 1953-09-13
Steve Ridzik 24 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Apr 29, 1929 Yonkers, NY, US 1953-04-16 1953-09-20
Robin Roberts 26 S R 6' 0.0" 190 Sep 30, 1926 Springfield, IL, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27
Connie Ryan 33 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Feb 27, 1920 New Orleans, LA, US 1953-04-14 1953-08-22
Curt Simmons 24 L L 5' 11.0" 175 May 19, 1929 Egypt, PA, US 1953-04-15 1953-09-26
Paul Stuffel 26 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Mar 22, 1927 Canton, OH, US 1953-04-16 1953-05-24
Earl Torgeson 29 L L 6' 3.0" 180 Jan 1, 1924 Snohomish, WA, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27
Eddie Waitkus 33 L L 6' 0.0" 170 Sep 4, 1919 Cambridge, MA, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-16
Johnny Wyrostek 33 L R 6' 2.0" 180 Jul 12, 1919 Fairmont City, IL, US 1953-04-14 1953-09-27

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