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1953 Philadelphia Phillies

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954

83-71, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Steve O'Neill (83-71)
Scored 716 runs, Allowed 666 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72

Ballparks: Connie Mack Stadium · Attendance: 853,644 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

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1952 / 1954 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Richie Ashburn HOF 26 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 19, 1927 6 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 156 0 0 6.0 $ All-Star
Smoky Burgess 26 L R 5' 8" 185 Feb 6, 1927 4 102 85 102 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1.9 $
Mel Clark 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 7, 1926 3 60 49 60 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 51 51 10 1 0.7 $
Karl Drews 33 R R 6' 4" 192 Feb 22, 1920 7 47 27 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Del Ennis 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 8, 1925 8 152 148 152 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 150 3 0 2.5 $
Tommy Glaviano 29 R R 5' 9" 175 Oct 26, 1923 5 53 16 53 26 0 0 0 13 13 1 0 0 0 0 25 5 0.4 $
Granny Hamner 26 R R 5' 10" 163 Apr 26, 1927 10 154 153 154 153 0 0 0 93 0 71 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.0 $ All-Star
Andy Hansen 28 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 12, 1924 9 30 1 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Willie Jones 27 R R 6' 1" 188 Aug 16, 1925 7 149 147 149 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.7 $
Ted Kazanski 19 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 25, 1934 1st 95 95 95 95 0 0 0 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7 $
Thornton Kipper 24 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 27, 1928 1st 20 3 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jim Konstanty 36 R R 6' 1" 202 Mar 2, 1917 8 48 19 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Johnny Lindell 36 R R 6' 4" 217 Aug 30, 1916 11 11 5 11 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0.3 $
Jack Lohrke 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 25, 1924 7 12 2 12 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 -0.2 $
Stan Lopata 27 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 12, 1925 6 81 71 81 80 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.1 $
Jackie Mayo 27 L R 6' 1" 190 Jul 26, 1925 6 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 -0.1 $
Bob Miller 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 16, 1926 5 35 20 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Bill Nicholson 38 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 11, 1914 16 38 10 38 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 26 1 0.3 $
Stan Palys 23 R R 6' 2" 190 May 1, 1930 1st 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.0 $
Kent Peterson 27 R L 5' 10" 170 Dec 21, 1925 8 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Tom Qualters 18 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 1, 1935 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Steve Ridzik 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 29, 1929 3 42 12 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Robin Roberts HOF 26 B R 6' 0" 190 Sep 30, 1926 6 44 41 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.7 $37,500 All-Star
Connie Ryan 33 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 27, 1920 11 90 55 90 66 0 0 2 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 8 2.3 $
Curt Simmons 24 L L 5' 11" 175 May 19, 1929 6 32 30 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 $ All-Star
Paul Stuffel 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Mar 22, 1927 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Earl Torgeson 29 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 7 111 103 111 105 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2.3 $
Eddie Waitkus 33 L L 6' 0" 170 Sep 4, 1919 9 81 53 81 59 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0.0 $
Johnny Wyrostek 33 L R 6' 2" 180 Jul 12, 1919 10 125 102 125 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 102 110 17 1 -0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Richie Ashburn

Granny Hamner

Tommy Glaviano

Eddie Waitkus

Willie Jones

Ted Kazanski
Jack Lohrke

Connie Ryan

Earl Torgeson

Bill Nicholson

Del Ennis

Jackie Mayo

Mel Clark

Johnny Wyrostek

Johnny Lindell

Bob Miller

Andy Hansen

Smoky Burgess

Karl Drews

Stan Palys

Kent Peterson

Curt Simmons

Stan Lopata

Thornton Kipper
Paul Stuffel

Jim Konstanty

Robin Roberts

Steve Ridzik

1952 / 1954 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers