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1953 St. Louis Browns Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954)
54-100, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 555 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 54-100
Manager: Marty Marion (54-100)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 297,238 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 105;   one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 110
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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 Clint Courtney* 26 106 384 355 28 89 12 2 4 19 0 1 25 20 .251 .302 .330 .631 69 117 14 1 3
2 1B Dick Kryhoski* 28 104 369 338 35 94 18 4 16 50 0 5 26 33 .278 .333 .497 .830 120 168 10 2 3
3 2B Bobby Young* 28 148 593 537 48 137 22 2 4 25 2 1 41 40 .255 .309 .326 .635 70 175 12 1 14
4 SS Billy Hunter 25 154 604 567 50 124 18 1 1 37 3 1 24 45 .219 .253 .259 .512 37 147 12 2 11
5 3B Jim Dyck 31 112 381 334 38 71 15 1 9 27 3 2 38 40 .213 .299 .344 .643 72 115 15 3 6
6 OF Vic Wertz* 28 128 518 440 61 118 18 6 19 70 1 4 72 44 .268 .376 .466 .842 124 205 13 4 2
7 OF Dick Kokos* 25 107 357 299 41 72 12 0 13 38 0 5 56 53 .241 .361 .411 .772 106 123 4 0 2
8 OF Johnny Groth 26 141 610 557 65 141 27 4 10 57 5 6 42 53 .253 .308 .370 .678 81 206 14 2 9
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 OF Don Lenhardt 30 97 347 303 37 96 15 0 10 35 1 2 41 41 .317 .400 .465 .865 131 141 8 1 2
10 1B Roy Sievers 26 92 323 285 37 77 15 0 8 35 0 1 32 47 .270 .344 .407 .751 100 116 9 0 6
11 C Les Moss 28 78 259 239 21 66 14 1 2 28 0 1 18 31 .276 .329 .368 .698 87 88 10 1 1
12 3B Bob Elliott 36 48 191 160 19 40 7 1 5 29 0 1 30 18 .250 .368 .400 .768 106 64 4 0 1
13 3B Vern Stephens 32 46 186 165 16 53 8 0 4 17 0 0 18 24 .321 .388 .442 .830 122 73 7 0 3
14 OF Hank Edwards* 34 65 119 106 6 21 3 0 0 9 0 1 13 10 .198 .286 .226 .512 39 24 1 0 0
15 IF Neil Berry 31 57 111 99 14 28 1 2 0 11 1 2 9 10 .283 .343 .333 .676 82 33 4 0 3
16 1B Ed Mickelson 26 7 17 15 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .133 .235 .200 .435 18 3 1 0 0
17 OF Jim Pisoni 23 3 12 12 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .333 .417 7 4 0 0 0
18 Dixie Upright* 27 9 9 8 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .250 .333 .625 .958 152 5 0 0 0
19 IF Johnny Lipon 30 7 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 19 2 0 0 0
20 IF Willy Miranda# 27 17 7 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 24 1 0 0 0
21 3B Marty Marion 35 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
22 1B Frank Kellert 28 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
23 C Babe Martin 33 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -4 0 0 0 0
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
24 P Don Larsen 23 50 85 81 11 23 3 1 3 10 0 0 4 14 .284 .318 .457 .774 105 37 1 0 0
25 P Duane Pillette 30 31 60 53 4 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 5 16 .132 .207 .208 .414 11 11 1 0 2
26 P Dick Littlefield* 27 38 49 42 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 .190 .227 .190 .418 13 8 1 0 5
27 P Harry Brecheen* 38 27 42 39 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .179 .200 .179 .379 2 7 1 0 2
28 P Bob Cain* 28 34 31 30 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .200 .226 .267 .492 31 8 1 0 0
29 P Satchel Paige 46 57 30 29 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .069 .069 .069 .138 -63 2 0 0 1
30 P Virgil Trucks 36 16 29 25 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .160 .160 .200 .360 -4 5 0 0 4
31 P Lou Kretlow 32 22 27 25 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 5 0 0 2
32 P Mike Blyzka 24 33 26 23 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .000 .042 .000 .042 -88 0 0 0 2
33 P Marlin Stuart* 34 60 26 26 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .192 .192 .231 .423 13 6 1 0 0
34 P Bobo Holloman 30 22 22 19 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .105 .105 .105 .211 -43 2 0 0 3
35 P Bob Turley 22 10 21 18 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 .278 .316 .444 .760 102 8 0 0 2
36 P Max Lanier 37 10 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0
37 P Hal White 34 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 43 0 0 0 0
38 P Bob Habenicht 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.1 154 5876 5264 555 1310 214 25 112 522 17 34 506 644 .249 .317 .363 .680 82 1910 144 17 89 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 8 8 6 8 4 8 6 5 2 8 8 8 8 6
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 Don Larsen 23 7 12 .368 4.16 38 22 14 7 2 2 192.2 201 99 89 11 64 96 4 0 3 828 101 1.375 9.4 0.5 3.0 4.5 1.50
2 SP Duane Pillette 30 7 13 .350 4.48 31 25 2 5 1 0 166.2 181 90 83 16 62 58 2 0 1 728 94 1.458 9.8 0.9 3.3 3.1 0.94
3 SP Dick Littlefield* 27 7 12 .368 5.08 36 22 6 2 0 0 152.1 153 93 86 17 84 104 4 0 5 680 83 1.556 9.0 1.0 5.0 6.1 1.24
4 SP Harry Brecheen* 38 5 13 .278 3.07 26 16 7 3 0 1 117.1 122 51 40 7 31 44 3 1 1 494 137 1.304 9.4 0.5 2.4 3.4 1.42
5 SP Virgil Trucks 36 5 4 .556 3.07 16 12 2 4 2 2 88.0 83 37 30 4 32 47 4 0 3 374 137 1.307 8.5 0.4 3.3 4.8 1.47
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 Satchel Paige 46 3 9 .250 3.53 57 4 34 0 0 11 117.1 114 51 46 12 39 51 1 1 2 489 119 1.304 8.7 0.9 3.0 3.9 1.31
7 RP Marlin Stuart 34 8 2 .800 3.94 60 2 30 0 0 7 114.1 136 62 50 6 44 46 1 0 3 509 107 1.574 10.7 0.5 3.5 3.6 1.05
8 RP Bob Cain* 28 4 10 .286 6.23 32 13 7 1 0 1 99.2 129 74 69 8 45 36 1 0 1 465 67 1.746 11.6 0.7 4.1 3.3 0.80
9 RP Mike Blyzka 24 2 6 .250 6.39 33 9 8 2 0 0 94.1 110 78 67 6 56 23 0 0 7 440 66 1.760 10.5 0.6 5.3 2.2 0.41
10 RP Lou Kretlow 32 1 5 .167 5.11 22 11 6 0 0 0 81.0 93 56 46 5 52 37 0 0 3 380 82 1.790 10.3 0.6 5.8 4.1 0.71
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 Bobo Holloman 30 3 7 .300 5.23 22 10 1 1 1 0 65.1 69 41 38 2 50 25 1 1 2 305 80 1.821 9.5 0.3 6.9 3.4 0.50
12 Bob Turley 22 2 6 .250 3.28 10 7 3 3 1 0 60.1 39 24 22 4 44 61 2 0 2 259 128 1.376 5.8 0.6 6.6 9.1 1.39
13 Max Lanier* 37 0 1 .000 7.25 10 1 2 0 0 0 22.1 28 18 18 2 19 8 0 0 0 109 58 2.104 11.3 0.8 7.7 3.2 0.42
14 Hal White 34 0 0 2.61 10 0 3 0 0 0 10.1 8 3 3 1 3 2 1 0 0 45 161 1.065 7.0 0.9 2.6 1.7 0.67
15 Bob Habenicht 27 0 0 5.40 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 8 78 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
Team Totals 30.8 54 100 .351 4.48 154 154 126 28 7 24 1383.2 1467 778 688 101 626 639 25 3 33 6113 94 1.513 9.5 0.7 4.1 4.2 1.02
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 8 6 4 4 6 6 6 4 8 4
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
Neil Berry 31 39 114 45 59 10 10 .912 2.67 3B-2B-SS
Mike Blyzka 24 33 19 6 13 0 1 1.000 0.58 P
Harry Brecheen 38 26 34 5 29 0 2 1.000 1.31 P
Bob Cain 28 32 13 4 9 0 1 1.000 0.41 P
Clint Courtney 26 103 493 436 47 10 7 .980 4.69 4 C
Jim Dyck 31 106 32 19 8 283 162 106 15 13 .947 2.53 OF-3B
Hank Edwards 34 21 11 4 7 38 36 2 0 0 1.000 1.81 OF
Bob Elliott 36 45 151 51 93 7 12 .954 3.20 3B
Johnny Groth 26 141 0 141 0 447 425 18 4 5 .991 3.14 OF
Bob Habenicht 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Bobo Holloman 30 22 20 8 9 3 1 .850 0.77 P
Billy Hunter 25 152 821 284 512 25 99 .970 5.24 SS
Frank Kellert 28 1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 1B
Dick Kokos 25 83 61 0 22 163 152 5 6 1 .963 1.89 OF
Lou Kretlow 32 22 13 3 7 3 0 .769 0.45 P
Dick Kryhoski 28 88 757 685 66 6 77 .992 8.53 1B
Max Lanier 37 10 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.40 P
Don Larsen 23 39 1 0 0 39 8 29 2 1 .949 0.95 P-OF
Don Lenhardt 30 83 72 0 5 175 153 16 6 1 .966 2.04 OF-3B
Johnny Lipon 30 7 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.14 3B-2B
Dick Littlefield 27 36 28 9 19 0 0 1.000 0.78 P
Marty Marion 35 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 3B
Babe Martin 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 C
Ed Mickelson 26 3 22 20 2 0 2 1.000 7.33 1B
Willy Miranda 27 14 18 9 8 1 1 .944 1.21 SS-3B
Les Moss 28 71 324 296 21 7 4 .978 4.46 4 C
Satchel Paige 46 57 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 0.26 P
Duane Pillette 30 31 36 14 20 2 3 .944 1.10 P
Jim Pisoni 23 3 0 2 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 OF
Roy Sievers 26 76 640 604 31 5 64 .992 8.36 1B
Vern Stephens 32 46 152 54 91 7 9 .954 3.15 3B
Marlin Stuart 34 60 25 9 15 1 2 .960 0.40 P
Virgil Trucks 36 16 22 3 13 6 1 .727 1.00 P
Bob Turley 22 10 7 4 3 0 2 1.000 0.70 P
Vic Wertz 28 121 0 1 120 265 243 15 7 4 .974 2.13 OF
Hal White 34 10 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.50 P
Bobby Young 28 148 778 397 363 18 120 .977 5.14 2B
Team Totals 28.9 154 5946 4150 1644 152 445 .974 3.29 8
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 5 8
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

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