1953 Washington Senators Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 76-76
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 595,594, Avg. 8,909
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I
Manager: Bucky Harris (76-76)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

1953 Washington Senators Roster
1953 Washington Senators Results

The Washington Senators of the American League ended the 1953 season with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Senators plated 687 runs and surrendered 614 runs. Mickey Vernon paced Washington with 15 home runs and drove in 115 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .337 clip. Bob Porterfield topped the squad with 22 wins, and Connie Marrero registered a 3.03 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Bucky Harris coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bob Porterfield	22	10	.688	3.35	34	32	2	24	9	0	255.0	243	99	95	19	73	77	1	0	2	1036
Spec Shea	12	7	.632	3.94	23	23	0	11	1	0	164.7	151	82	72	11	75	38	4	1	3	706
Chuck Stobbs	11	8	.579	3.29	27	20	5	8	0	0	153.0	146	64	56	11	44	67	1	0	2	640
Walt Masterson	10	12	.455	3.63	29	20	7	10	4	0	166.3	145	79	67	16	62	95	3	1	1	697
Connie Marrero	8	7	.533	3.03	22	20	2	10	2	2	145.7	130	56	49	14	48	65	5	0	5	603
Sonny Dixon	5	8	.385	3.75	43	6	20	3	0	3	120.0	123	57	50	13	31	40	2	0	1	504
Julio Moreno	3	1	.750	2.80	12	2	5	1	0	0	35.3	41	11	11	2	13	13	0	0	0	156
Al Sima	2	3	.400	3.42	31	5	11	1	0	1	68.3	63	31	26	7	31	25	3	0	0	291
Johnny Schmitz	2	7	.222	3.68	24	13	9	5	0	4	107.7	118	52	44	9	37	39	4	0	0	466
Jerry Lane	1	4	.200	4.92	20	2	11	0	0	0	56.7	64	33	31	3	16	26	1	0	1	247
Sandy Consuegra	0	0		10.80	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	9	6	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	27
Jim Pearce	0	1	.000	7.71	4	1	0	0	0	0	9.3	15	10	8	3	6	0	0	0	1	43
Dean Stone	0	1	.000	8.31	3	1	1	0	0	0	8.7	13	8	8	0	5	5	0	0	0	43
Bunky Stewart	0	2	.000	4.70	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.3	17	9	8	1	11	3	1	0	0	72
Tommy Byrne	0	5	.000	4.28	6	5	0	2	0	0	33.7	35	17	16	3	22	22	1	0	0	155
Totals	76	76	.500	3.66	284	152	76	76	16	10	1344.7	1313	614	547	112	478	515	26	2	16	5686

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Mickey Vernon	152	679	608	101	205	43	11	15	115	4	6	63	57	.337	.403	.518	.921	315	15	4	4
Jim Busby	150	635	586	68	183	28	7	6	82	13	6	38	45	.312	.358	.415	.773	243	8	4	7
Eddie Yost	152	713	577	107	157	30	7	9	45	7	4	123	59	.272	.403	.395	.799	228	12	4	9
Jackie Jensen	147	631	552	87	147	32	8	10	84	18	8	73	51	.266	.357	.408	.765	225	19	5	1
Pete Runnels	137	559	486	64	125	15	5	2	50	3	4	64	36	.257	.347	.321	.668	156	18	3	6
Wayne Terwilliger	134	541	464	62	117	24	4	4	46	7	4	64	65	.252	.343	.347	.690	161	13	0	13
Clyde Vollmer	118	460	408	54	106	15	3	11	74	0	2	48	59	.260	.342	.392	.734	160	6	3	1
Ed FitzGerald	88	311	288	23	72	13	0	3	39	2	1	19	34	.250	.299	.326	.625	94	10	1	3
Mickey Grasso	61	207	196	13	41	7	0	2	22	0	0	9	20	.209	.251	.276	.527	54	8	2	0
Gil Coan	68	195	168	28	33	1	4	2	17	7	0	22	23	.196	.301	.286	.586	48	3	3	2
Bob Porterfield	37	108	98	8	25	7	0	3	16	1	0	6	20	.255	.298	.418	.716	41	2	0	4
Jerry Snyder	29	67	62	10	21	4	0	0	4	1	1	5	8	.339	.388	.403	.791	25	2	0	0
Pompeyo Davalillo	19	64	58	10	17	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	7	.293	.305	.310	.615	18	1	0	5
Kite Thomas	38	70	58	10	17	3	2	1	12	0	0	11	7	.293	.414	.466	.880	27	5	1	0
Spec Shea	23	68	62	2	11	1	1	0	6	0	0	2	9	.177	.203	.226	.429	14	3	0	4
Chuck Stobbs	27	58	44	11	10	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	14	.227	.292	.227	.519	10	1	0	10
Mel Hoderlein	23	53	47	5	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	6	9	.191	.283	.191	.475	9	2	0	0
Les Peden	9	33	28	4	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	.250	.344	.393	.737	11	0	0	1
Ken Wood	12	35	33	0	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	.212	.257	.242	.500	8	1	0	0
Walt Masterson	29	60	51	2	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	6	21	.137	.228	.157	.385	8	1	0	3
Connie Marrero	22	54	48	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	8	.125	.208	.125	.333	6	0	0	1
Frank Sacka	7	22	18	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	.278	.381	.278	.659	5	1	0	1
Bob Oldis	7	17	16	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.250	.294	.250	.544	4	1	0	0
Gene Verble	13	24	21	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.190	.261	.190	.451	4	1	0	1
Carmen Mauro	17	24	23	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	3	.174	.208	.261	.469	6	0	0	0
Sonny Dixon	43	32	26	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.154	.267	.192	.459	5	0	0	2
Al Sima	31	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.118	.167	.118	.284	2	0	0	0
Johnny Schmitz	24	37	34	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.059	.059	.059	.118	2	0	0	3
Bunky Stewart	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0
Bruce Barmes	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0
Tony Roig	3	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.250	.375	2	0	0	0
Jerry Lane	20	12	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.111	.273	.222	.495	2	0	0	1
Frank Campos	10	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	1	0	0
Tommy Byrne	14	20	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.059	.200	.059	.259	1	0	0	0
Dean Stone	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jim Pearce	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Julio Moreno	12	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	0
Floyd Baker	9	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	0	1	0
Sandy Consuegra	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1703	5857	5149	687	1354	230	53	69	644	65	36	595	604	.263	.343	.368	.711	1897	134	31	82

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Mickey Vernon	1B	152	1376	94	12	158	.992	9.671	0
Wayne Terwilliger	2B	133	333	395	13	108	.982	5.474	0
Jerry Snyder	2B	4	5	4	2	0	.818	2.250	0
Pete Runnels	2B	11	24	27	3	7	.944	4.636	0
Tony Roig	2B	2	7	7	0	2	1.000	7.000	0
Mel Hoderlein	2B	11	18	23	2	6	.953	3.727	0
Eddie Yost	3B	152	190	300	18	31	.965	3.224	0
Floyd Baker	3B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	0
Kite Thomas	C	1	3	1	2	0	.667	4.000	0
Frank Sacka	C	6	25	5	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Les Peden	C	8	26	5	0	1	1.000	3.875	0
Bob Oldis	C	7	23	3	0	1	1.000	3.714	0
Mickey Grasso	C	59	219	24	4	4	.984	4.119	4
Ed FitzGerald	C	85	319	33	4	3	.989	4.141	8
Ken Wood	OF	7	13	1	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Clyde Vollmer	OF	106	227	8	5	1	.979	2.217	0
Kite Thomas	OF	8	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.375	0
Carmen Mauro	OF	6	10	1	0	0	1.000	1.833	0
Jackie Jensen	OF	146	274	9	5	0	.983	1.938	0
Gil Coan	OF	46	105	2	0	1	1.000	2.326	0
Jim Busby	OF	150	482	15	6	4	.988	3.313	0
Bruce Barmes	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Dean Stone	P	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Chuck Stobbs	P	27	12	21	1	0	.971	1.222	0
Bunky Stewart	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Al Sima	P	31	3	15	0	2	1.000	.581	0
Spec Shea	P	23	5	24	0	2	1.000	1.261	0
Johnny Schmitz	P	24	4	21	3	4	.893	1.042	0
Bob Porterfield	P	34	16	50	0	4	1.000	1.941	0
Jim Pearce	P	4	0	1	1	0	.500	.250	0
Julio Moreno	P	12	1	5	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Walt Masterson	P	29	10	27	4	1	.902	1.276	0
Connie Marrero	P	22	5	19	2	1	.923	1.091	0
Jerry Lane	P	20	1	8	0	0	1.000	.450	0
Sonny Dixon	P	43	6	31	0	0	1.000	.860	0
Sandy Consuegra	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Tommy Byrne	P	6	1	8	2	0	.818	1.500	0
Gene Verble	SS	8	10	18	0	4	1.000	3.500	0
Jerry Snyder	SS	17	28	54	1	10	.988	4.824	0
Pete Runnels	SS	121	195	324	23	87	.958	4.289	0
Mel Hoderlein	SS	2	0	5	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
Pompeyo Davalillo	SS	17	39	47	6	10	.935	5.059	0
Totals		1551	4030	1638	120	453	.979	3.654	12

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