1953 Chicago White Sox season
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = Chicago White Sox
| season = 1953
| misc =
| league = American League
| ballpark = Comiskey Park
| city = Chicago
| owners = Grace Comiskey
| general_managers = Frank Lane
| managers = Paul Richards
| television = WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
| radio = WCFL
(Bob Elson, Don Wells)
|}}
The 1953 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 53rd season in the major leagues, and its 54th season overall. They finished with a record of 89–65, good enough for third place in the American League, 11.5 games behind the first place New York Yankees.
Offseason
- October 16, 1952: Hank Edwards and Willy Miranda were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Joe DeMaestri and Tommy Byrne.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/demaejo01.shtml Joe DeMaestri] at Baseball-Reference
- January 27, 1953: Joe DeMaestri, Ed McGhee and Eddie Robinson were traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ferris Fain and Bob Wilson (minors).
Regular season
= Season standings =
{{1953 American League standings}}
= Record vs. opponents =
{{1953 AL Record vs. opponents|team=CWS}}
= Opening Day lineup =
- Nellie Fox, 2B
- Ferris Fain, 1B
- Minnie Miñoso, LF
- Vern Stephens, 3B
- Jim Rivera, CF
- Sam Mele, RF
- Chico Carrasquel, SS
- Red Wilson, C
- Saul Rogovin, P
= Notable transactions =
- September 1, 1953: Neil Berry was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berryne01.shtml Neil Berry] at Baseball-Reference
= Roster =
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| colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1953 Chicago White Sox |
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| colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster |
| valign="top" | Pitchers
{{MLBplayer|11|Luis Aloma}} {{MLBplayer|36|Gene Bearden}} {{MLBplayer|27|Tommy Byrne}} {{MLBplayer|30,20|Sandy Consuegra}} {{MLBplayer|29|Joe Dobson}} {{MLBplayer|12|Harry Dorish}} {{MLBplayer|16|Mike Fornieles}} {{MLBplayer|35|Earl Harrist}} {{MLBplayer|34|Hal Hudson}} {{MLBplayer|24,45|Connie Johnson}} {{MLBplayer|15|Bob Keegan}} {{MLBplayer|23|Lou Kretlow}} {{MLBplayer|19|Billy Pierce}} {{MLBplayer|35,14|Saul Rogovin}} {{MLBplayer|23|Virgil Trucks}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Catchers {{MLBplayer|10|Sherm Lollar}} {{MLBplayer|30|Bud Sheely}} {{MLBplayer|26|Red Wilson}} Infielders {{MLBplayer|34|Neil Berry}} {{MLBplayer|31|Bob Boyd}} {{MLBplayer|17|Chico Carrasquel}} {{MLBplayer|18|Allie Clark}} {{MLBplayer|20|Sam Dente}} {{MLBplayer|27|Bob Elliott}} {{MLBplayer| 8|Ferris Fain}} {{MLBplayer| 2|Nellie Fox}} {{MLBplayer| 6|Rocky Krsnich}} {{MLBplayer|25|Fred Marsh}} {{MLBplayer| 3|Connie Ryan}} {{MLBplayer| 3|Vern Stephens}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders {{MLBplayer| 5|Sam Mele}} {{MLBplayer| 9|Minnie Miñoso}} {{MLBplayer| 7|Jim Rivera}} {{MLBplayer|21|Bud Stewart}} {{MLBplayer|38|Bill Wilson}} {{MLBplayer|32|Tom Wright}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager {{MLBplayer|22|Paul Richards}} Coaches {{MLBplayer|44|Ray Berres}} {{MLBplayer|28|Doc Cramer}} {{MLBplayer|40|Luman Harris}} |
Player stats
| style="background:#fc0; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"|
| = Indicates team leader |
| style="background:#DDFFDD; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"|
| = Indicates league leader |
= Batting =
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| width="24%" | Player
! width="6%" | G ! width="6%" | AB ! width="6%" | R ! width="6%" | H ! width="6%" | 2B ! width="6%" | 3B ! width="6%" | HR ! width="6%" | RBI ! width="6%" | BB ! width="6%" | SO ! width="6%" | AVG ! width="6%" | SB |
|---|
| Neil Berry, 2B
| 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd, 1B, OF
| 55 | 165 | 20 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 11 | .279 | 1 |
| Chico Carrasquel, SS
| 149 | 552 | 72 | 154 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 38 | 47 | .279 | 5 |
| Allie Clark, 1B, LF
| 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .067 | 0 |
| Sam Dente, SS
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Bob Elliott, 3B
| 67 | 208 | 24 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 31 | 21 | .260 | 1 |
| Ferris Fain, 1B
| 128 | 446 | 73 | 114 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 52 | style="background:#fc0;|108 | 28 | .256 | 3 |
| Nellie Fox, 2B
| 154 | style="background:#fc0;|624 | 92 |style="background:#fc0;| 178 | style="background:#fc0;|31 | 8 | 3 | 72 | 49 | 18 | .285 | 4 |
| Rocky Krsnich, 3B
| 64 | 129 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 11 | .202 | 0 |
| Sherm Lollar, C
| 113 | 334 | 46 | 96 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 54 | 47 | 29 | .287 | 1 |
| Fred Marsh, 3B, SS, 1B, 2B
| 67 | 95 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 26 | .200 | 0 |
| Sam Mele, RF
| 140 | 481 | 64 | 132 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 82 | 58 | 47 | .274 | 3 |
| Minnie Miñoso, LF, RF, 3B
| 151 | 556 |style="background:#fc0;| 104 | 174 | 24 | 8 | style="background:#fc0;|15 | style="background:#fc0;|104 | 74 | 43 | style="background:#fc0;|.313 |style="background:#DDFFDD;| 25 |
| Jim Rivera, CF
| style="background:#fc0;|156 | 567 | 79 | 147 | 26 |style="background:#fc0;| 16 | 11 | 78 | 53 | style="background:#fc0;|70 | .259 | 22 |
| Connie Ryan, 3B
| 17 | 54 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | .222 | 2 |
| Bud Sheely, C
| 31 | 46 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | .217 | 0 |
| Vern Stephens, 3B
| 44 | 129 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 18 | .186 | 2 |
| Bud Stewart, LF, RF
| 53 | 59 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 3 | .271 | 1 |
| Bill Wilson, CF
| 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .059 | 0 |
| Red Wilson, C
| 71 | 164 | 21 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 12 | .250 | 2 |
| Tom Wright, RF, LF
| 77 | 132 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 21 | .250 | 0 |
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| width="24%" | Player
! width="6%" | G ! width="6%" | AB ! width="6%" | R ! width="6%" | H ! width="6%" | 2B ! width="6%" | 3B ! width="6%" | HR ! width="6%" | RBI ! width="6%" | BB ! width="6%" | SO ! width="6%" | AVG ! width="6%" | SB |
|---|
| Luis Aloma, P
| 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 |
| Gene Bearden, P
| 31 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .190 | 0 |
| Tommy Byrne, P
| 18 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .167 | 0 |
| Sandy Consuegra, P
| 29 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .057 | 0 |
| Joe Dobson, P
| 23 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | .069 | 0 |
| Fritz Dorish, P
| 55 | 41 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .171 | 0 |
| Mike Fornieles, P
| 39 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .098 | 0 |
| Earl Harrist, P
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Connie Johnson, P
| 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .050 | 0 |
| Bob Keegan, P
| 22 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .321 | 0 |
| Lou Kretlow, P
| 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Billy Pierce, P
| 42 | 87 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | .126 | 0 |
| Saul Rogovin, P
| 22 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | .135 | 1 |
| Virgil Trucks, P
| 24 | 63 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | .238 | 0 |
| class="sortbottom"
| {{center|Team Totals}} | 156 | 5212 | 716 | 1345 | 226 | 53 | 74 | 669 | 600 | 529 | .258 | 73 |
= Pitching =
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
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| width="20%" | Player
! width="5%" | W ! width="5%" | L ! width="5%" | ERA ! width="5%" | G ! width="5%" | GS ! width="5%" | SV ! width="5%" | IP ! width="5%" | H ! width="5%" | R ! width="5%" | ER ! width="5%" | HR ! width="5%" | BB ! width="5%" | K |
|---|
| Luis Aloma
| 2 | 0 | 4.70 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 38.1 | 41 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 23 |
| Gene Bearden
| 3 | 3 | 2.93 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 58.1 | 48 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 33 | 24 |
| Tommy Byrne
| 2 | 0 | 10.13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16.0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| Sandy Consuegra
| 7 | 5 | 2.54 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 124.0 | 122 | 39 | 35 | 9 | 28 | 30 |
| Joe Dobson
| 5 | 5 | 3.67 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 100.2 | 96 | 46 | 41 | 10 | 37 | 50 |
| Fritz Dorish
| 10 | 6 | 3.40 | 55 | 6 | 18 | 145.2 | 140 | 59 | 55 | 9 | 52 | 69 |
| Mike Fornieles
| 8 | 7 | 3.59 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 153.0 | 160 | 68 | 61 | 8 | 61 | 72 |
| Earl Harrist
| 1 | 0 | 7.56 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Hal Hudson
| 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connie Johnson
| 4 | 4 | 3.56 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 60.2 | 55 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 38 | 44 |
| Bob Keegan
| 7 | 5 | 2.74 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 98.2 | 80 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 33 | 32 |
| Lou Kretlow
| 0 | 0 | 3.48 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20.2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 15 |
| Billy Pierce
| 18 | 12 | 2.72 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 271.1 | 216 | 94 | 82 | 20 | 102 | 186 |
| Saul Rogovin
| 7 | 12 | 5.22 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 131.0 | 151 | 82 | 76 | 17 | 48 | 62 |
| Virgil Trucks
| 15 | 6 | 2.86 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 176.1 | 151 | 60 | 56 | 14 | 67 | 102 |
| class="sortbottom"
| {{center|Team Totals}} | 89 | 65 | 3.41 | 156 | 156 | 33 | 1403.2 | 1299 | 592 | 532 | 113 | 583 | 714 |
Farm system
{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}
{{MLB Farm System|level13=AAA|team13=Charleston Senators|league13=American Association|manager13=Joe Becker
|level14=AA |team14=Memphis Chicks|league14=Southern Association|manager14=Luke Appling
|level15=A|team15=Colorado Springs Sky Sox|league15=Western League|manager15=Don Gutteridge
|level16=B|team16=Waterloo White Hawks|league16=Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League|manager16=Zack Taylor
|level17=C|team17=Topeka Owls|league17=Western Association|manager17=Ira Hutchinson
|level18=D|team18=Madisonville Miners|league18=KITTY League|manager18=Franklin Robinson
|level19=D|team19=Danville Dans|league19=Mississippi–Ohio Valley League|manager19=Virl Minnis
|level20=D|team20=Wisconsin Rapids White Sox|league20=Wisconsin State League|manager20=Wally Millies
}}
Notes
{{Reflist|2}}
References
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1953.shtml 1953 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]
- {{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}
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