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1953 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Sherm Lollar 28 113 396 334 46 96 19 0 8 54 1 0 47 29 .287 .388 .416 .804 114 139 7 8 7
2 1B Ferris Fain* 32 128 564 446 73 114 18 2 6 52 3 2 108 28 .256 .405 .345 .750 102 154 11 4 6
3 2B Nellie Fox* 25 154 692 624 92 178 31 8 3 72 4 5 49 18 .285 .344 .375 .719 92 234 15 7 12
4 SS Chico Carrasquel 25 149 604 552 72 154 30 4 2 47 5 3 38 47 .279 .330 .359 .689 84 198 15 4 10
5 3B Bob Elliott 36 67 241 208 24 54 11 1 4 32 1 1 31 21 .260 .358 .380 .738 97 79 3 1 1
6 OF Jim Rivera* 30 156 639 567 79 147 26 16 11 78 22 15 53 70 .259 .329 .420 .749 98 238 15 6 13
7 OF Sam Mele 31 140 544 481 64 132 26 8 12 82 3 1 58 47 .274 .353 .437 .789 109 210 14 0 5
8 OF Minnie Minoso 27 151 655 556 104 174 24 8 15 104 25 16 74 43 .313 .410 .466 .875 133 259 23 17 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 C Red Wilson 24 71 193 164 21 41 6 1 0 10 2 3 26 12 .250 .353 .299 .651 75 49 8 0 3
10 UT Bob Boyd* 33 55 182 165 20 49 6 2 3 23 1 4 13 11 .297 .352 .412 .764 103 68 3 1 3
11 OF Tom Wright* 29 77 147 132 14 33 5 3 2 25 0 0 12 21 .250 .322 .379 .701 86 50 1 2 1
12 3B Rocky Krsnich 25 64 143 129 9 26 8 0 1 14 0 2 12 11 .202 .270 .287 .556 48 37 2 0 2
13 3B Vern Stephens 32 44 143 129 14 24 6 0 1 14 2 0 13 18 .186 .261 .256 .516 38 33 3 0 1
14 IF Fred Marsh 29 67 111 95 22 19 1 0 2 2 0 3 13 26 .200 .303 .274 .576 55 26 2 1 2
15 OF Bud Stewart* 37 53 73 59 16 16 2 0 2 13 1 0 14 3 .271 .411 .407 .818 119 24 1 0 0
16 3B Connie Ryan 33 17 63 54 6 12 1 0 0 6 2 0 9 12 .222 .333 .241 .574 55 13 4 0 0
17 C Bud Sheely* 32 31 56 46 4 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 9 8 .217 .345 .239 .585 58 11 1 0 1
18 OF Bill Wilson 24 9 18 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .059 .111 .059 .170 -54 1 1 1 0
19 UT Allie Clark 30 9 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .067 .067 .067 .133 -64 1 3 0 0
20 2B Neil Berry 31 5 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 -5 1 1 0 0
21 SS Sam Dente 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Billy Pierce* 26 42 102 87 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 16 .126 .174 .126 .300 -19 11 3 1 10
23 P Virgil Trucks 36 24 73 63 6 15 3 0 1 6 0 0 0 10 .238 .250 .333 .583 54 21 1 1 9
24 P Mike Fornieles 21 39 51 41 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .098 .119 .122 .241 -36 5 1 0 9
25 P Saul Rogovin 29 22 46 37 5 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 7 9 .135 .273 .135 .408 12 5 2 0 2
26 P Harry Dorish 31 55 44 41 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .171 .171 .171 .341 -9 7 1 0 3
27 P Sandy Consuegra 32 29 42 35 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .057 .083 .057 .140 -62 2 0 0 6
28 P Joe Dobson 36 23 31 29 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .069 .100 .103 .203 -46 3 1 0 1
29 P Bob Keegan 32 22 31 28 4 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .321 .345 .321 .666 79 9 2 0 2
30 P Connie Johnson 30 15 23 20 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .050 .136 .050 .186 -49 1 1 0 1
31 P Gene Bearden* 32 31 23 21 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .190 .190 .190 .381 2 4 1 0 2
32 P Tommy Byrne* 33 18 20 18 2 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 6 .167 .250 .333 .583 54 6 0 0 0
33 P Luis Aloma 29 24 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
34 P Lou Kretlow 32 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -43 0 0 0 0
35 P Earl Harrist 33 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
36 P Hal Hudson* 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.9 156 5986 5212 716 1345 226 53 74 669 73 55 600 529 .258 .341 .364 .705 88 1899 146 54 120 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 3 7 4 1 7 1 1 3 8 6 4 7 6 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Billy Pierce* 26 18 12 .600 2.72 40 33 6 19 7 3 271.1 216 94 82 20 102 186 3 0 5 1113 148 1.172 7.2 0.7 3.4 6.2 1.82
2 SP Virgil Trucks 36 15 6 .714 2.86 24 21 1 13 3 1 176.1 151 60 56 14 67 102 3 1 4 727 141 1.236 7.7 0.7 3.4 5.2 1.52
3 SP Saul Rogovin 29 7 12 .368 5.22 22 19 1 4 1 1 131.0 151 82 76 17 48 62 2 1 5 583 77 1.519 10.4 1.2 3.3 4.3 1.29
4 SP Joe Dobson 36 5 5 .500 3.67 23 15 6 3 1 1 100.2 96 46 41 10 37 50 0 0 3 425 110 1.321 8.6 0.9 3.3 4.5 1.35
5 SP Connie Johnson 30 4 4 .500 3.56 14 10 3 2 1 0 60.2 55 27 24 4 38 44 2 0 4 272 113 1.533 8.2 0.6 5.6 6.5 1.16
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Harry Dorish 31 10 6 .625 3.40 55 6 37 2 0 18 145.2 140 59 55 9 52 69 6 1 5 622 119 1.318 8.6 0.6 3.2 4.3 1.33
7 RP Mike Fornieles 21 8 7 .533 3.59 39 16 7 5 0 3 153.0 160 68 61 8 61 72 2 1 2 664 112 1.444 9.4 0.5 3.6 4.2 1.18
8 RP Sandy Consuegra 32 7 5 .583 2.54 29 13 8 5 1 3 124.0 122 39 35 9 28 30 2 0 1 508 159 1.210 8.9 0.7 2.0 2.2 1.07
9 RP Gene Bearden* 32 3 3 .500 2.93 25 3 9 0 0 0 58.1 48 27 19 8 33 24 0 0 3 250 138 1.389 7.4 1.2 5.1 3.7 0.73
10 RP Luis Aloma 29 2 0 1.000 4.70 24 0 8 0 0 2 38.1 41 20 20 7 23 23 0 1 2 173 86 1.670 9.6 1.6 5.4 5.4 1.00
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Bob Keegan 32 7 5 .583 2.74 22 11 6 4 2 1 98.2 80 34 30 4 33 32 2 0 0 398 147 1.145 7.3 0.4 3.0 2.9 0.97
12 Lou Kretlow 32 0 0 3.48 9 3 3 0 0 0 20.2 12 11 8 2 30 15 1 0 2 102 116 2.032 5.2 0.9 13.1 6.5 0.50
13 Tommy Byrne* 33 2 0 1.000 10.12 6 6 0 0 0 0 16.0 18 18 18 0 26 4 0 0 0 89 40 2.750 10.1 0.0 14.6 2.3 0.15
14 Earl Harrist 33 1 0 1.000 7.56 7 0 3 0 0 0 8.1 9 7 7 1 5 1 0 0 1 36 53 1.680 9.7 1.1 5.4 1.1 0.20
15 Hal Hudson* 26 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 29.9 89 65 .578 3.41 156 156 99 57 16 33 1403.2 1299 592 532 113 583 714 23 5 37 5963 118 1.341 8.3 0.7 3.7 4.6 1.22
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 6 4 4912
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Luis Aloma 29 24 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 0.33 P
Gene Bearden 32 25 16 2 11 3 0 .813 0.52 P
Neil Berry 31 3 15 5 10 0 1 1.000 5.00 2B
Bob Boyd 33 45 15 0 1 318 301 16 1 25 .997 7.04 1B-OF
Tommy Byrne 33 6 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Chico Carrasquel 25 149 758 278 462 18 87 .976 4.97 SS
Allie Clark 30 2 1 0 0 6 6 0 0 2 1.000 3.00 1B-OF
Sandy Consuegra 32 29 46 11 34 1 1 .978 1.55 P
Sam Dente 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 SS
Joe Dobson 36 23 22 6 14 2 0 .909 0.87 P
Harry Dorish 31 55 46 15 31 0 0 1.000 0.84 P
Bob Elliott 36 60 2 0 0 165 54 104 7 9 .958 2.63 3B-OF
Ferris Fain 32 127 1227 1108 106 13 98 .989 9.56 1B
Mike Fornieles 21 39 48 16 30 2 2 .958 1.18 P
Nellie Fox 25 154 892 451 426 15 101 .983 5.69 2B
Earl Harrist 33 7 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.29 P
Hal Hudson 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Connie Johnson 30 14 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Bob Keegan 32 22 27 7 20 0 2 1.000 1.23 P
Lou Kretlow 32 9 10 3 6 1 1 .900 1.00 P
Rocky Krsnich 25 57 141 31 100 10 7 .929 2.30 3B
Sherm Lollar 28 108 527 473 51 3 2 .994 4.85 3 C-1B
Fred Marsh 29 56 138 61 71 6 12 .957 2.36 3B-SS-1B-2B
Sam Mele 31 140 0 4 138 232 217 14 1 1 .996 1.65 OF-1B
Minnie Minoso 27 157 145 0 2 323 282 29 12 3 .963 1.98 OF-3B
Billy Pierce 26 41 48 11 33 4 1 .917 1.07 P-1B
Jim Rivera 30 156 0 153 3 410 385 15 10 5 .976 2.56 OF
Saul Rogovin 29 22 33 10 20 3 1 .909 1.36 P
Connie Ryan 33 16 55 20 31 4 1 .927 3.19 3B
Bud Sheely 32 17 62 60 2 0 1 1.000 3.65 0 C
Vern Stephens 32 41 102 30 71 1 7 .990 2.46 3B-SS
Bud Stewart 37 16 11 0 5 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 OF
Virgil Trucks 36 24 40 11 29 0 2 1.000 1.67 P
Bill Wilson 24 3 0 3 0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
Red Wilson 24 63 312 282 24 6 1 .981 4.86 1 C
Tom Wright 29 33 10 0 24 46 44 1 1 0 .978 1.36 OF
Team Totals 29.0 156 6110 4209 1776 125 374 .980 3.43 4
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 8 1
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics