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1953 American League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Al Rosen

AL Rookie of the Year: Harvey Kuenn

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American League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

American League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	New York Yankees	99	52	.656	--		5.3	3.6	1.7	-0.2	1.5	101-50	-2	50-27	49-25	9-4	18-18	56-25	43-27	49-36	50-16
2	Cleveland Indians	92	62	.597	8.5	8.5	5.0	4.0	0.9	-0.1	0.8	91-63	1	53-24	39-38	8-3	23-16	48-34	44-28	42-46	50-16
3	Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	11.5	14.5	4.6	3.8	0.8	-0.1	0.7	90-64	-1	41-36	48-29	6-5	21-22	65-39	24-26	48-40	41-25
4	Boston Red Sox	84	69	.549	16.0	28.0	4.3	4.1	0.2	0.0	0.1	79-74	5	38-38	46-31	9-4	35-16	67-57	17-12	39-48	45-21
5	Washington Nationals	76	76	.500	23.5	58.0	4.5	4.0	0.5	-0.1	0.4	84-68	-8	39-36	37-40	2-7	19-24	52-46	24-30	39-47	37-29
6	Detroit Tigers	60	94	.390	40.5	143.0	4.4	5.8	-1.4	0.2	-1.3	57-97	3	30-47	30-47	6-10	17-22	48-73	12-21	42-68	18-26
7	Philadelphia Athletics	59	95	.383	41.5	149.0	4.0	5.1	-1.1	0.1	-0.9	61-93	-2	27-50	32-45	5-8	16-18	36-72	23-23	35-75	24-20
8	St. Louis Browns	54	100	.351	46.5	184.0	3.6	5.1	-1.4	0.2	-1.3	54-100	0	23-54	31-46	7-11	16-29	33-64	21-36	30-80	24-20
	Average	76	76	.500			4.5	4.4				77-76		37-39	39-37	6-6	20-20	50-51	26-25	40-55	36-21

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Boston Red Sox	37	26.5	4.29	153	5881	5246	656	1385	255	37	101	614	33	45	495	600	.264	.332	.384	.716	90	2017	109	38	99		28	1116
Chicago White Sox	36	29.4	4.59	156	5990	5212	716	1345	226	53	74	669	73	55	600	529	.258	.341	.364	.705	88	1899	146	54	120		41	1094
Cleveland Indians	36	29.7	4.97	155	6021	5285	770	1426	201	29	160	730	33	29	608	682	.270	.349	.410	.759	107	2165	125	35	90		22	1174
Detroit Tigers	43	28.5	4.40	158	6152	5553	695	1479	259	44	108	660	30	35	505	602	.266	.331	.387	.718	95	2150	139	30	63		40	1166
New York Yankees	37	28.4	5.30	151	5962	5194	801	1420	226	52	139	762	34	44	655	643	.273	.358	.417	.776	113	2167	105	34	77		32	1161
Philadelphia Athletics	36	30.2	4.03	157	6031	5455	632	1398	205	38	116	588	41	24	498	602	.256	.321	.372	.693	84	2027	141	24	51		33	1111
St. Louis Browns	38	28.3	3.60	154	5879	5264	555	1310	214	25	112	522	17	34	506	644	.249	.317	.363	.680	82	1910	144	17	89		25	1110
Washington Nationals	39	28.7	4.52	152	5860	5149	687	1354	230	53	69	644	65	36	595	604	.263	.343	.368	.711	95	1897	134	31	82		26	1139
League Average	34	28.7	4.46	154	5972	5295	689	1390	227	41	110	649	41	38	558	613	.262	.336	.383	.720	94	2029	130	33	84		31	1134
	276	28.7	4.46	1236	47776	42358	5512	11117	1816	331	879	5189	326	302	4462	4906	.262	.336	.383	.720	94	16232	1043	263	671		247	9071

Team Standard Pitching

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For seasons prior to 1969, some play-by-play data is missing, so some positional splits will be slightly less than 100% complete. Marked with '-i'

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