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1953 St. Louis Browns

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954

54-100, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Marty Marion (54-100)
Scored 555 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 54-100

Ballparks: Busch Stadium I · Attendance: 297,238 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 111

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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
Neil Berry 31 R R 5' 10" 168 Jan 11, 1922 6 57 23 57 38 0 0 0 15 18 6 0 0 0 0 7 19 -0.3
Mike Blyzka 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Dec 25, 1928 1st 33 9 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.2
Harry Brecheen 38 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 14, 1914 12 27 16 27 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2
Bob Cain 28 L L 6' 0" 165 Oct 16, 1924 5 34 13 34 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1.1
Clint Courtney 26 L R 5' 8" 180 Mar 16, 1927 3 106 93 106 103 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.5
Jim Dyck 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 3, 1922 3 112 89 112 105 0 0 0 0 51 1 32 19 8 55 8 4 -1.5
Hank Edwards 34 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 29, 1919 11 65 16 65 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 7 21 48 0 -0.8
Bob Elliott 36 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 26, 1916 15 48 44 48 45 0 0 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.3
Johnny Groth 26 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 8 141 139 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 141 0 0 -0.5
Bob Habenicht 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 13, 1926 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bobo Holloman 30 R R 6' 2" 207 Mar 7, 1923 1st 22 10 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Billy Hunter 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1928 1st 154 150 154 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2.1 All-Star
Frank Kellert 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 6, 1924 1st 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Dick Kokos 25 L L 5' 8" 170 Feb 28, 1928 4 107 74 107 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 0 20 82 32 0 0.0
Lou Kretlow 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 27, 1921 7 22 11 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Dick Kryhoski 28 L L 6' 2" 182 Mar 24, 1925 5 104 79 104 88 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0.7
Max Lanier 37 R L 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1915 14 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Don Larsen 23 R R 6' 4" 215 Aug 7, 1929 1st 50 22 50 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 4 3.0
Don Lenhardt 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 4, 1922 4 97 74 97 81 0 0 0 0 6 0 68 0 8 76 22 0 1.3
Johnny Lipon 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 10, 1922 8 7 2 7 7 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.1
Dick Littlefield 27 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1926 4 38 22 38 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3
Marty Marion 35 R R 6' 2" 170 Dec 1, 1917 13 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2
Babe Martin 33 R R 5' 11" 194 Mar 28, 1920 6 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0
Ed Mickelson 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 9, 1926 2 7 3 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.2
Willy Miranda 27 B R 5' 9" 150 May 24, 1926 3 17 0 17 14 0 0 0 0 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 9 -0.1
Les Moss 28 R R 5' 11" 205 May 14, 1925 8 78 61 78 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.1
Satchel Paige HOF 46 R R 6' 3" 180 Jul 7, 1906 5 57 4 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 All-Star
Duane Pillette 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 24, 1922 5 31 25 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Jim Pisoni 23 R R 5' 10" 169 Aug 14, 1929 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -0.2
Roy Sievers 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 18, 1926 5 92 71 92 76 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 -0.4
Vern Stephens 32 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 23, 1920 13 46 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Marlin Stuart 34 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 8, 1918 5 60 2 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Virgil Trucks 36 R R 5' 11" 198 Apr 26, 1917 12 16 12 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
Bob Turley 22 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 19, 1930 2 10 7 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Dixie Upright 27 L L 6' 0" 175 May 30, 1926 1st 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.0
Vic Wertz 28 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 7 128 117 128 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 119 9 1 1.6
Hal White 34 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 18, 1919 11 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Bobby Young 28 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 22, 1925 4 148 146 148 148 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Jim Pisoni

Willy Miranda

Frank Kellert

Johnny Groth

Marty Marion

Bobby Young

Billy Hunter

Roy Sievers

Jim Dyck

Ed Mickelson

Les Moss

Clint Courtney

Duane Pillette

Don Lenhardt

Hank Edwards

Dick Kryhoski

Max Lanier

Dick Littlefield

Dick Kokos

Vic Wertz

Duane Pillette

Lou Kretlow
Virgil Trucks

Mike Blyzka

Bobo Holloman
Bob Turley

Hal White

Marlin Stuart

Don Larsen

Satchel Paige

Harry Brecheen

Babe Martin

Bob Cain

Neil Berry
Johnny Lipon

Bob Habenicht

Dixie Upright

Bob Habenicht

Bob Elliott
Vern Stephens

1952 / 1954 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers