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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Notable transactions  




2.4  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 Farm system  




5 Notes  




6 References  













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1953 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkBriggs Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersWalter Briggs, Jr.
General managersCharlie Gehringer
ManagersFred Hutchinson
TelevisionWWJ
RadioWJBK/WXYZ
(Van Patrick, Dizzy Trout)
← 1952 Seasons 1954 →

The 1953 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 60–94, 40+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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  • e
    • American League
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    New York Yankees 99 52 .656 — 50‍–‍27 49‍–‍25
    Cleveland Indians 92 62 .597 8½ 53‍–‍24 39‍–‍38
    Chicago White Sox 89 65 .578 11½ 41‍–‍36 48‍–‍29
    Boston Red Sox 84 69 .549 16 38‍–‍38 46‍–‍31
    Washington Senators 76 76 .500 23½ 39‍–‍36 37‍–‍40
    Detroit Tigers 60 94 .390 40½ 30‍–‍47 30‍–‍47
    Philadelphia Athletics 59 95 .383 41½ 27‍–‍50 32‍–‍45
    St. Louis Browns 54 100 .351 46½ 23‍–‍54 31‍–‍46

    Record vs. opponents

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    1953 American League record
  • t
  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
    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

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    Roster

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    1953 Detroit Tigers
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Other batters

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

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    Batting

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    Starters by position

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    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 Matt Batts 116 374 104 .278 6 42
    1B Walt Dropo 152 606 150 .248 13 96
    2B Johnny Pesky 103 308 90 .292 2 24
    SS Harvey Kuenn 155 679 209 .308 2 48
    3B Ray Boone 101 385 120 .312 22 93
    OF Bob Nieman 142 508 143 .281 15 69
    OF Jim Delsing 138 479 138 .288 11 62
    OF Don Lund 131 421 108 .257 9 47

    Other batters

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    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
    Fred Hatfield 109 311 79 .254 3 19
    Bud Souchock 89 278 84 .302 11 46
    Jerry Priddy 65 196 46 .235 1 24
    Johnny Bucha 60 158 35 .222 1 14
    Pat Mullin 79 97 26 .268 4 17
    Owen Friend 31 96 17 .177 3 10
    Russ Sullivan 23 72 18 .250 1 6
    Joe Ginsberg 18 53 16 .302 0 3
    Billy Hitchcock 22 38 8 .211 0 0
    Al Kaline 30 28 7 .250 1 2
    John Baumgartner 7 27 5 .185 0 2
    Frank Carswell 16 15 4 .267 0 2
    Bob Swift 2 3 1 .333 0 1
    George Freese 1 1 0 .000 0 0
    Reno Bertoia 1 1 0 .000 0 0

    Pitching

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    Starting pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Ned Garver 30 198.1 11 11 4.45 69
    Billy Hoeft 29 197.2 9 14 4.83 90
    Ted Gray 30 176.0 10 15 4.60 115
    Steve Gromek 19 125.2 6 8 4.51 59
    Ralph Branca 17 102.0 4 7 4.15 50

    Other pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Dick Marlowe 42 119.2 6 7 5.26 52
    Art Houtteman 16 68.2 2 6 5.90 28
    Al Aber 17 66.2 4 3 4.46 34
    Bill Wight 13 25.1 0 3 8.88 10
    Hal Newhouser 7 21.2 0 1 7.06 6
    Earl Harrist 8 18.2 0 2 8.68 7
    Milt Jordan 8 17.0 0 1 5.82 4

    Relief pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Ray Herbert 43 4 6 6 5.24 37
    Dave Madison 32 3 4 0 6.82 27
    Hal Erickson 18 0 1 1 4.73 19
    Bob Miller 13 1 2 0 5.94 9
    Ray Scarborough 13 0 2 2 8.27 12
    Dick Weik 12 0 1 0 13.97 6
    Paul Foytack 6 0 0 0 11.17 7
    Fred Hutchinson 3 0 0 0 2.79 4

    Farm system

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    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Jack Tighe
    AA Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Paul Campbell
    A Montgomery Grays Sally League Charlie Metro
    B Durham Bulls Carolina League Marv Owen
    C Bakersfield Indians California League Ray Perry
    C Jackson Senators Cotton States League Marland Doolittle
    D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Dan Carnevale
    D Wausau Timberjacks Wisconsin State League Wayne Blackburn

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jamestown

    Notes

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    1. ^ Neil BerryatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Jay PorteratBaseball Reference
  • ^ Bob ShawatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Ray BooneatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Hal NewhouseratBaseball Reference

    • References

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