A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
1953 Cleveland Indians | ||
---|---|---|
League | American League | |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Myron H. Wilson | |
General managers | Hank Greenberg | |
Managers | Al López | |
Television | WXEL (Bob Neal, Red Jones) | |
Radio | WERE (Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley) | |
|
The 1953 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 92–62, 8+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.
Offseason
- December 11, 1952: Earl Averill, Jr. was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.[1]
Regular season
Al Rosen became the first third baseman in the history of the American League to win the MVP Award.[2]
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York Yankees | 99 | 52 | 0.656 | — | 50–27 | 49–25 |
Cleveland Indians | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 8½ | 53–24 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 11½ | 41–36 | 48–29 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 16 | 38–38 | 46–31 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 23½ | 39–36 | 37–40 |
Detroit Tigers | 60 | 94 | 0.390 | 40½ | 30–47 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 59 | 95 | 0.383 | 41½ | 27–50 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 46½ | 23–54 | 31–46 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 10–11 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | — | 11–11–1 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Cleveland | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 19–3 | 17–5 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 11–11–3 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 11–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 14–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7–15 | 12–10 | 3–19 | 11–11–3 | 5–17 | — | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 5–17 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 10–12 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 6–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | — |
Notable transactions
- May 1953: Brooks Lawrence was acquired from the Indians by the Cincinnati Reds.[3]
- June 15, 1953: Ray Boone, Al Aber, Steve Gromek, and Dick Weik were traded by the Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight, and Joe Ginsberg.[4]
Roster
1953 Cleveland Indians | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
|
Catchers
Infielders
|
Outfielders
Other batters
|
Manager
Coaches
|
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Jim Hegan | 112 | 299 | 65 | .217 | 9 | 37 |
1B | Bill Glynn | 147 | 411 | 100 | .243 | 3 | 30 |
2B | Bobby Ávila | 141 | 559 | 160 | .286 | 8 | 55 |
SS | George Strickland | 123 | 419 | 119 | .284 | 5 | 47 |
3B | Al Rosen | 155 | 599 | 201 | .336 | 43 | 145 |
OF | Larry Doby | 149 | 513 | 135 | .263 | 29 | 102 |
OF | Harry Simpson | 82 | 242 | 55 | .227 | 7 | 22 |
OF | Dale Mitchell | 134 | 500 | 150 | .300 | 13 | 60 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wally Westlake | 82 | 218 | 72 | .330 | 9 | 46 |
Luke Easter | 68 | 211 | 64 | .303 | 7 | 31 |
Bob Kennedy | 100 | 161 | 38 | .236 | 3 | 22 |
Al Smith | 47 | 150 | 36 | .240 | 3 | 14 |
Ray Boone | 34 | 112 | 27 | .241 | 4 | 21 |
Joe Tipton | 47 | 109 | 25 | .229 | 6 | 13 |
Joe Ginsberg | 46 | 109 | 31 | .284 | 0 | 10 |
Owen Friend | 34 | 68 | 16 | .235 | 2 | 13 |
Hank Majeski | 50 | 50 | 15 | .300 | 2 | 12 |
Jim Lemon | 16 | 46 | 8 | .174 | 1 | 5 |
Barney McCosky | 22 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 3 |
Hank Foiles | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Aylward | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Weik | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts