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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
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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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
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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