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1953 Chicago White Sox Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954)
89-65, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 716 runs, Allowed 592 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-64
Manager: Paul Richards (89-65)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,191,353 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 104
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1952 / 1954 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 89-65, Final Rank:3, GB: 11.5
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind14.5last on Wednesday, Sep 23, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50027last on Sunday, Aug 23
Most Games under .5001last on Friday, Apr 17
Longest Winning Streak8Friday, Jul 10 to Saturday, Jul 18
Longest Losing Streak6Sunday, May 31 to Sunday, Jun 7 and Saturday, Sep 5 to Thursday, Sep 10
Most Runs Allowed18Wednesday, Jun 3
Most Runs Scored17Thursday, Jul 30
Times Shutout by Opponent14 
Times Opponent Shutout17 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 89 65 716 592 .578
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 41 36 349 328 .532
Road 48 29 367 264 .623
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 8 6 52 62 .571
May 17 12 140 124 .586
June 16 11 131 119 .593
July 20 10 173 94 .667
August 17 13 121 95 .567
September 11 13 99 98 .458
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 52 32 425 347 .619
Second Half 37 33 291 245 .529
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 21 22 129 130 .488
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 22 13 245 167 .629
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 16 6 124 67 .727
CLE 11 11 103 97 .500
DET 14 8 120 86 .636
NYY 9 13 80 108 .409
PHA 10 12 100 94 .455
SLB 17 5 109 60 .773
WSH 12 10 80 80 .545

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 14 CHW @ CLE L 0 6 0-1 6 1.0 Lemon 2:23 53,698 -
2 2 Thursday, Apr 16 CHW SLB W 1 0 1-1 4 1.0 Pierce 2:10 11,354 +
3 3 Friday, Apr 17 CHW SLB L 4 6 1-2 6 1.5 Littlefield 2:28 972 -
4 4 Saturday, Apr 18 CHW CLE W 7 6 2-2 3 1.5 Dorish 3:22 4,915 +
5 5 Tuesday, Apr 21 CHW @ DET W 7 5 3-2 3 1.0 Pierce 2:46 2,742 ++
6 6 Wednesday, Apr 22 CHW @ DET W 9 7 4-2 3 1.0 Dobson 2:43 2,345 +++
7 7 Thursday, Apr 23 CHW @ DET L 4 8 4-3 3 2.0 Hoeft 2:11 3,567 -
8 8 Friday, Apr 24 CHW @ SLB W 3 0 5-3 2 2.0 Bearden 2:30 6,947 +
9 9 Saturday, Apr 25 CHW @ SLB W 6 4 6-3 2 2.0 Byrne 2:23 4,546 ++
10 10 Sunday, Apr 26 CHW @ SLB L 2 7 6-4 3 1.5 Littlefield 2:20 5,122 -
11 11 Sunday, Apr 26 CHW @ SLB W 3 0 7-4 3 1.5 Dobson 2:10 5,122 +
12 12 Tuesday, Apr 28 CHW WSH W 5 4 8-4 2 1.5 Fornieles 2:31 2,495 ++
13 13 Wednesday, Apr 29 CHW WSH L 0 3 8-5 3 2.0 Porterfield 1:59 2,879 -
14 14 Thursday, Apr 30 CHW NYY L 1 6 8-6 3 3.0 Ford 2:20 7,656 --
15 15 Friday, May 1 CHW NYY W 6 5 9-6 3 2.0 Pierce 3:10 23,901 +
16 16 Saturday, May 2 CHW NYY W 8 7 10-6 2 1.0 Harrist 3:08 11,907 ++
17 17 Sunday, May 3 CHW PHA L 2 4 10-7 4 2.5 Shantz 2:18 26,134 -
18 18 Sunday, May 3 CHW PHA L 6 10 10-8 4 2.5 Kellner 2:46 26,134 --
19 19 Tuesday, May 5 CHW BOS L 1 5 10-9 5 3.0 Parnell 2:17 11,144 ---
20 20 Wednesday, May 6 CHW BOS W 6 2 11-9 3 2.5 Pierce 2:15 4,500 +
21 21 Friday, May 8 CHW DET W 7 2 12-9 3 1.5 Dobson 2:20 25,491 ++
22 22 Saturday, May 9 CHW DET W 12 3 13-9 3 1.5 Fornieles 2:25 8,700 +++
23 23 Sunday, May 10 CHW DET L 6 8 13-10 3 2.0 Hoeft 2:20 0 -
24 24 Sunday, May 10 CHW DET W 10 5 14-10 3 2.0 Rogovin 2:05 20,770 +
25 25 Monday, May 11 CHW @ CLE W 2 1 15-10 3 1.5 Pierce 2:38 13,701 ++
26 26 Tuesday, May 12 CHW @ BOS W 9 7 16-10 2 1.5 Dorish 3:28 21,912 +++
27 27 Wednesday, May 13 CHW @ BOS L 0 3 16-11 2 2.5 Grissom 2:29 3,698 -
28 28 Thursday, May 14 CHW @ NYY W 7 5 17-11 2 1.5 Dorish 3:24 8,516 +
29 29 Saturday, May 16 CHW @ NYY W 5 3 18-11 2 0.5 Aloma 3:17 22,966 ++
30 30 Sunday, May 17 CHW @ WSH W 7 3 19-11 2 0.5 Rogovin 2:13 15,764 +++
31 31 Monday, May 18 CHW @ WSH L 0 3 19-12 2 1.0 Marrero 2:09 7,747 -
32 32 Tuesday, May 19 CHW @ PHA L 1 2 19-13 2 2.0 Byrd 1:53 5,291 --
33 33 Wednesday, May 20 CHW @ PHA L 1 2 19-14 2 3.0 Martin 2:16 5,938 ---
34 34 Friday, May 22 CHW @ DET L 0 7 19-15 3 3.5 Houtteman 2:21 19,152 ----
35 35 Saturday, May 23 CHW @ DET W 4 2 20-15 2 3.5 Dobson 2:43 8,922 +
36 36 Sunday, May 24 CHW @ DET W 3 1 21-15 2 3.5 Keegan 2:38 17,474 ++
37 37 Monday, May 25 CHW @ SLB W 7 5 22-15 2 2.5 Aloma 3:17 4,114 +++
38 38 Tuesday, May 26 CHW @ SLB W 8 2 23-15 2 2.0 Byrne 2:38 3,614 ++++
39 39 Wednesday, May 27 CHW DET T 2 2 23-15 2 2.5 4:23 13,894 ++++
40 40 Friday, May 29 CHW CLE L 1 2 23-16 2 4.0 Garcia 2:24 42,779 -
41 41 Saturday, May 30 CHW CLE L 2 7 23-17 2 4.0 Hooper 2:44 0 --
42 42 Saturday, May 30 CHW CLE W 6 5 24-17 2 4.0 Bearden 3:02 41,971 +
43 43 Sunday, May 31 CHW SLB W 7 4 25-17 2 4.5 Consuegra 2:39 0 ++
44 44 Sunday, May 31 CHW SLB L 4 7 25-18 2 4.5 Blyzka 2:40 19,448 -
45 45 Tuesday, Jun 2 CHW NYY L 3 4 25-19 3 5.5 Lopat 2:50 46,428 --
46 46 Wednesday, Jun 3 CHW NYY L 2 18 25-20 3 6.5 Ford 3:05 14,032 ---
47 47 Thursday, Jun 4 CHW NYY L 5 9 25-21 3 7.5 Reynolds 3:22 17,926 ----
48 48 Friday, Jun 5 CHW WSH L 4 8 25-22 4 8.5 Marrero 2:10 13,724 -----
49 49 Sunday, Jun 7 CHW WSH L 2 16 25-23 4 10.0 Porterfield 2:52 0 ------
50 50 Sunday, Jun 7 CHW WSH W 5 1 26-23 4 10.0 Dorish 1:51 18,480 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Tuesday, Jun 9 CHW PHA W 5 1 27-23 3 10.0 Pierce 2:06 16,154 ++
52 52 Wednesday, Jun 10 CHW PHA L 1 2 27-24 4 11.0 Byrd 2:17 3,370 -
53 53 Thursday, Jun 11 CHW PHA L 5 6 27-25 5 12.0 Martin 2:49 3,916 --
54 54 Friday, Jun 12 CHW BOS L 3 4 27-26 5 13.0 Brown 2:48 26,567 ---
55 55 Saturday, Jun 13 CHW BOS W 5 2 28-26 4 13.0 Fornieles 2:16 7,051 +
56 56 Sunday, Jun 14 CHW BOS W 6 0 29-26 3 13.0 Pierce 1:54 ++
57 57 Sunday, Jun 14 CHW BOS W 1 0 30-26 3 13.0 Consuegra 2:09 28,319 +++
58 58 Tuesday, Jun 16 CHW @ WSH W 7 3 31-26 3 12.0 Pierce 3:22 12,589 ++++
59 59 Wednesday, Jun 17 CHW @ WSH L 0 1 31-27 3 13.0 Masterson 2:18 4,636 -
60 60 Thursday, Jun 18 CHW @ WSH W 8 4 32-27 3 13.5 Fornieles 2:38 6,507 +
61 61 Friday, Jun 19 CHW @ PHA W 5 2 33-27 3 12.5 Consuegra 2:25 5,023 ++
62 62 Saturday, Jun 20 CHW @ PHA W 6 4 34-27 3 12.5 Dorish 2:40 2,922 +++
63 63 Sunday, Jun 21 CHW @ PHA L 0 5 34-28 3 12.5 Byrd 2:00 -
64 64 Sunday, Jun 21 CHW @ PHA W 9 4 35-28 3 12.5 Keegan 2:18 9,949 +
65 65 Tuesday, Jun 23 CHW @ NYY W 11 3 36-28 3 11.5 Trucks 3:01 46,756 ++
66 66 Wednesday, Jun 24 CHW @ NYY W 8 4 37-28 3 10.5 Rogovin 2:45 14,621 +++
67 67 Thursday, Jun 25 CHW @ NYY W 4 2 38-28 3 9.5 Pierce 2:26 12,670 ++++
68 68 Friday, Jun 26 CHW @ BOS W 5 3 39-28 3 8.5 Fornieles 2:35 20,442 +++++
69 69 Saturday, Jun 27 CHW @ BOS W 6 5 40-28 3 7.5 Rogovin 2:44 15,677 ++++++
70 70 Sunday, Jun 28 CHW @ BOS W 13 4 41-28 3 6.5 Trucks 2:58 19,283 +++++++
71 71 Tuesday, Jun 30 CHW SLB L 2 4 41-29 3 6.5 Cain 2:30 35,825 -
72 72 Wednesday, Jul 1 CHW SLB W 13 4 42-29 3 5.5 Rogovin 2:38 4,438 +
73 73 Saturday, Jul 4 CHW @ SLB W 13 0 43-29 2 6.5 Trucks 2:34 ++
74 74 Saturday, Jul 4 CHW @ SLB W 4 2 44-29 2 6.5 Dobson 2:22 6,312 +++
75 75 Sunday, Jul 5 CHW @ CLE L 6 7 44-30 2 5.5 Wight 2:27 -
76 76 Sunday, Jul 5 CHW @ CLE W 4 0 45-30 2 5.5 Pierce 2:18 29,165 +
77 77 Monday, Jul 6 CHW @ CLE L 3 6 45-31 3 7.0 Garcia 2:17 21,457 -
78 78 Tuesday, Jul 7 CHW DET W 3 2 46-31 3 6.0 Fornieles 2:15 19,781 +
79 79 Wednesday, Jul 8 CHW DET W 14 4 47-31 2 6.0 Trucks 2:42 16,386 ++
80 80 Thursday, Jul 9 CHW DET W 4 2 48-31 2 5.0 Dorish 1:55 5,332 +++
81 81 Friday, Jul 10 CHW CLE L 0 3 48-32 2 5.5 Feller 2:39 -
82 82 Friday, Jul 10 CHW CLE W 16 5 49-32 2 5.5 Consuegra 2:50 48,542 +
83 83 Saturday, Jul 11 CHW CLE W 5 4 50-32 2 5.5 Keegan 2:40 18,604 ++
84 84 Sunday, Jul 12 CHW CLE W 14 2 51-32 2 5.0 Fornieles 2:31 0 +++
85 85 Sunday, Jul 12 CHW CLE W 3 1 52-32 2 5.0 Trucks 2:39 43,419 ++++
86 86 Thursday, Jul 16 CHW WSH W 6 5 53-32 2 4.0 Pierce 2:32 0 +++++
87 87 Thursday, Jul 16 CHW WSH W 5 4 54-32 2 4.0 Dorish 2:11 19,327 ++++++
88 88 Friday, Jul 17 CHW WSH W 4 1 55-32 2 4.0 Trucks 2:02 23,278 +++++++
89 89 Saturday, Jul 18 CHW WSH W 10 6 56-32 2 4.0 Dorish 2:52 12,122 ++++++++
90 90 Sunday, Jul 19 CHW NYY L 2 6 56-33 2 6.0 Lopat 2:40 54,215 -
91 91 Sunday, Jul 19 CHW NYY L 0 3 56-34 2 6.0 Raschi 2:04 54,215 --
92 92 Wednesday, Jul 22 CHW BOS W 1 0 57-34 2 4.5 Trucks 2:15 13,245 +
93 93 Thursday, Jul 23 CHW BOS L 3 4 57-35 2 4.5 Brown 2:52 13,675 -
94 94 Friday, Jul 24 CHW PHA L 2 4 57-36 2 4.5 Newsom 3:24 32,487 --
95 95 Saturday, Jul 25 CHW PHA L 2 7 57-37 2 5.5 Kellner 2:35 9,516 ---
96 96 Sunday, Jul 26 CHW PHA L 3 4 57-38 2 5.5 Shantz 2:05 0 ----
97 97 Sunday, Jul 26 CHW PHA W 4 0 58-38 2 5.5 Trucks 2:10 21,149 +
98 98 Tuesday, Jul 28 CHW @ BOS W 4 2 59-38 2 5.5 Dorish 2:37 35,385 ++
99 99 Wednesday, Jul 29 CHW @ BOS W 8 3 60-38 2 5.5 Pierce 2:49 19,083 +++
100 100 Thursday, Jul 30 CHW @ BOS W 17 1 61-38 2 4.5 Consuegra 2:31 10,959 ++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Friday, Jul 31 CHW @ WSH L 0 2 61-39 2 5.5 Porterfield 1:55 12,466 -
102 102 Saturday, Aug 1 CHW @ WSH W 4 0 62-39 2 4.5 Johnson 2:17 9,387 +
103 103 Sunday, Aug 2 CHW @ WSH L 0 1 62-40 2 5.0 Masterson 2:06 10,840 -
104 104 Monday, Aug 3 CHW @ WSH W 1 0 63-40 2 5.0 Pierce 2:04 7,666 +
105 105 Tuesday, Aug 4 CHW @ PHA W 8 3 64-40 2 5.0 Trucks 2:17 4,321 ++
106 106 Wednesday, Aug 5 CHW @ PHA W 9 7 65-40 2 5.0 Pierce 4:00 3,460 +++
107 107 Thursday, Aug 6 CHW @ PHA W 6 4 66-40 2 5.0 Bearden 2:17 3,196 ++++
108 108 Friday, Aug 7 CHW @ NYY L 1 6 66-41 2 6.0 Lopat 2:55 27,063 -
109 109 Saturday, Aug 8 CHW @ NYY L 0 1 66-42 2 8.0 Ford 2:32 0 --
110 110 Saturday, Aug 8 CHW @ NYY L 0 3 66-43 2 8.0 Kuzava 2:09 58,787 ---
111 111 Sunday, Aug 9 CHW @ NYY W 5 0 67-43 2 7.0 Pierce 2:29 42,504 +
112 112 Tuesday, Aug 11 CHW @ CLE W 6 2 68-43 2 6.0 Dorish 2:50 18,719 ++
113 113 Wednesday, Aug 12 CHW @ CLE L 4 7 68-44 2 7.0 Wynn 3:00 17,058 -
114 114 Thursday, Aug 13 CHW @ CLE W 7 3 69-44 2 7.0 Trucks 3:15 9,992 +
115 115 Friday, Aug 14 CHW @ DET W 7 0 70-44 2 6.5 Pierce 2:20 31,101 ++
116 116 Saturday, Aug 15 CHW @ DET L 4 5 70-45 2 6.5 Aber 2:17 10,274 -
117 117 Sunday, Aug 16 CHW @ DET L 2 3 70-46 2 8.0 Branca 1:59 19,575 --
118 118 Tuesday, Aug 18 CHW SLB W 3 2 71-46 2 7.5 Trucks 2:32 32,638 +
119 119 Tuesday, Aug 18 CHW SLB W 2 1 72-46 2 7.5 Consuegra 2:15 32,638 ++
120 120 Wednesday, Aug 19 CHW SLB L 3 4 72-47 2 8.5 Turley 2:57 20,538 -
121 121 Friday, Aug 21 CHW DET W 4 1 73-47 2 9.0 Fornieles 1:58 21,016 +
122 122 Saturday, Aug 22 CHW DET L 1 2 73-48 2 9.0 Garver 2:26 10,407 -
123 123 Sunday, Aug 23 CHW DET W 2 1 74-48 2 8.5 Consuegra 1:46 0 +
124 124 Sunday, Aug 23 CHW DET W 11 6 75-48 2 8.5 Trucks 2:45 22,383 ++
125 125 Tuesday, Aug 25 CHW PHA L 2 4 75-49 2 9.5 Martin 2:14 22,358 -
126 126 Wednesday, Aug 26 CHW PHA L 8 10 75-50 2 10.5 Kellner 2:46 21,423 --
127 127 Thursday, Aug 27 CHW BOS W 6 4 76-50 2 9.5 Trucks 2:20 23,270 +
128 128 Friday, Aug 28 CHW BOS L 3 4 76-51 2 9.5 Henry 2:54 32,119 -
129 129 Saturday, Aug 29 CHW BOS W 5 1 77-51 2 8.5 Johnson 2:41 15,253 +
130 130 Sunday, Aug 30 CHW NYY L 6 10 77-52 2 8.5 Raschi 3:12 0 -
131 131 Sunday, Aug 30 CHW NYY W 1 0 78-52 2 8.5 Pierce 2:17 34,097 +
132 132 Tuesday, Sep 1 CHW NYY L 2 3 78-53 2 9.5 Ford 2:46 45,003 -
133 133 Wednesday, Sep 2 CHW WSH W 7 3 79-53 2 9.5 Keegan 2:39 4,130 +
134 134 Thursday, Sep 3 CHW WSH L 1 5 79-54 2 10.5 Porterfield 2:20 14,618 -
135 135 Friday, Sep 4 CHW @ CLE T 6 6 79-54 2 10.5 3:13 19,619 -
136 136 Saturday, Sep 5 CHW @ CLE W 2 0 80-54 2 10.5 Rogovin 2:07 0 +
137 137 Saturday, Sep 5 CHW @ CLE L 1 4 80-55 2 10.5 Feller 2:11 19,246 -
138 138 Sunday, Sep 6 CHW @ CLE L 2 4 80-56 3 11.0 Houtteman 1:58 15,878 --
139 139 Monday, Sep 7 CHW @ DET L 2 6 80-57 3 12.0 Garver 2:30 0 ---
140 140 Monday, Sep 7 CHW @ DET L 2 4 80-58 3 12.0 Hoeft 2:12 28,259 ----
141 141 Wednesday, Sep 9 CHW @ NYY L 3 9 80-59 3 13.0 Ford 3:08 34,691 -----
142 142 Thursday, Sep 10 CHW @ NYY L 0 1 80-60 3 14.0 Lopat 1:59 14,656 ------
143 143 Friday, Sep 11 CHW @ PHA W 9 4 81-60 3 13.0 Trucks 2:54 3,597 +
144 144 Saturday, Sep 12 CHW @ PHA W 6 5 82-60 3 13.0 Rogovin 2:05 1,969 ++
145 145 Sunday, Sep 13 CHW @ BOS L 6 7 82-61 3 14.0 Sullivan 2:51 22,774 -
146 146 Monday, Sep 14 CHW @ BOS W 10 6 83-61 3 14.0 Johnson 2:51 5,239 +
147 147 Tuesday, Sep 15 CHW @ BOS W 6 0 84-61 3 13.0 Keegan 1:57 4,556 ++
148 148 Wednesday, Sep 16 CHW @ WSH L 2 4 84-62 3 13.5 Marrero 2:20 13,000 -
149 149 Thursday, Sep 17 CHW @ WSH L 2 3 84-63 3 13.5 Porterfield 2:07 3,345 --
150 150 Sunday, Sep 20 CHW SLB W 4 0 85-63 3 12.5 Keegan 1:50 10,699 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Sunday, Sep 20 CHW SLB W 5 2 86-63 3 12.5 Trucks 2:41 10,699 ++
152 152 Tuesday, Sep 22 CHW CLE L 3 8 86-64 3 13.5 Feller 2:42 19,931 -
153 153 Wednesday, Sep 23 CHW CLE L 3 8 86-65 3 14.5 Lemon 2:11 3,657 --
154 154 Friday, Sep 25 CHW @ SLB W 7 2 87-65 3 13.5 Keegan 1:59 2,068 +
155 155 Saturday, Sep 26 CHW @ SLB W 6 3 88-65 3 12.5 Johnson 2:25 1,937 ++
156 156 Sunday, Sep 27 CHW @ SLB W 2 1 89-65 3 11.5 Pierce 2:14 3,174 +++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1952 / 1954 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits