1953 American League Stats

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1953 American League Standings

1953 National League

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Rank	Team	W-L	Games Behind	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Expected W-L	Shark WAR W-L	Attendance	Shark WAR	Batting WAR	Fielding WAR	Pitching WAR
1	New York Yankees	99-52 (0.656)	-	801	547	103-51 (0.668)	107-47 (0.695)	1,537,811	61.6	33.7	4.1	23.8
2	Cleveland Indians	92-62 (0.597)	8.5	770	627	91-63 (0.593)	97-57 (0.630)	1,069,176	52.0	29.2	3.8	19.0
3	Chicago White Sox	89-65 (0.578)	11.5	716	592	90-64 (0.586)	86-68 (0.558)	1,191,353	41.0	15.3	-0.2	25.8
4	Boston Red Sox	84-69 (0.549)	16.0	656	632	80-74 (0.517)	80-74 (0.519)	1,026,133	34.9	7.8	2.4	24.7
5	Washington Senators	76-76 (0.500)	23.5	687	614	85-69 (0.551)	84-70 (0.545)	595,594	38.6	18.3	2.7	17.6
6	Detroit Tigers	60-94 (0.390)	40.5	695	923	57-97 (0.373)	50-104 (0.325)	884,658	5.0	14.2	0.5	-9.7
7	Philadelphia Athletics	59-95 (0.383)	41.5	632	799	61-93 (0.394)	58-96 (0.377)	362,113	12.6	7.2	1.8	3.6
8	St. Louis Browns	54-100 (0.351)	46.5	555	778	54-100 (0.350)	54-100 (0.351)	297,238	8.9	1.7	-0.6	7.8

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Pos	Age	Batting WAR	Shark WAR	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SB	CS	wRC	OBP	SLG
1	Al Rosen	CLE	3B	29	10.1	11.3	155	688	201	27	5	43	85	8	7	139.861	0.421	0.613
2	Mickey Vernon	WS1	1B	35	7.1	7.9	152	679	205	43	11	15	63	4	6	114.111	0.403	0.518
3	Minnie Miñoso	CHA	LF	29	5.9	5.8	151	655	174	24	8	15	74	25	16	102.670	0.410	0.466
4	Gus Zernial	PHA	LF	30	5.7	5.9	147	617	158	21	3	42	57	4	0	99.688	0.355	0.559
5	Ray Boone	2 teams	3B	29	5.7	7.0	135	582	147	17	8	26	72	3	3	94.418	0.385	0.519
6	Larry Doby	CLE	CF	29	5.7	5.6	149	617	135	18	5	29	96	3	2	94.933	0.385	0.487
7	Mickey Mantle	NYA	CF	21	5.6	6.0	127	540	136	24	3	21	79	8	4	87.392	0.398	0.497
8	Eddie Yost	WS1	3B	26	5.1	4.7	152	713	157	30	7	9	123	7	4	97.158	0.403	0.395
9	Yogi Berra	NYA	C	28	5.1	7.4	137	557	149	23	5	27	50	0	3	85.882	0.363	0.523
10	Gene Woodling	NYA	LF	30	5.0	5.7	125	482	121	26	4	10	82	2	7	80.399	0.429	0.468
11	Hank Bauer	NYA	RF	30	4.2	4.6	133	503	133	20	6	10	59	2	3	73.533	0.394	0.446
12	George Kell	BOS	3B	30	3.8	4.7	134	520	141	41	2	12	52	5	2	78.238	0.383	0.483
13	Gil McDougald	NYA	3B	25	3.5	5.0	141	614	154	27	7	10	60	3	4	74.909	0.361	0.416
14	Jim Delsing	DET	CF	27	3.5	4.0	138	552	138	26	6	11	66	1	3	75.688	0.380	0.436
15	Dale Mitchell	CLE	LF	31	3.4	3.9	134	542	150	26	4	13	42	3	1	69.623	0.354	0.446
16	Jim Busby	WS1	CF	26	3.3	5.0	150	635	183	28	7	6	38	13	6	75.867	0.358	0.415
17	Vic Wertz	SLA	RF	28	3.3	3.6	128	518	118	18	6	19	72	1	4	74.453	0.376	0.466
18	Dave Philley	PHA	RF	33	3.3	3.2	157	677	188	30	9	9	51	13	5	83.181	0.358	0.424
19	Jackie Jensen	WS1	RF	26	3.2	3.0	147	631	147	32	8	10	73	18	8	75.516	0.357	0.408
20	Ferris Fain	CHA	1B	32	3.2	3.6	128	564	114	18	2	6	108	3	2	71.114	0.405	0.345
21	Bob Nieman	DET	LF	26	3.1	3.6	142	568	143	32	5	15	57	0	3	73.721	0.354	0.453
22	Wally Westlake	CLE	RF	32	3.1	3.0	82	259	72	7	1	9	35	2	0	44.443	0.427	0.495
23	Sam Mele	CHA	RF	31	3.0	2.6	140	544	132	26	8	12	58	3	1	67.500	0.352	0.437
24	Joe Collins	NYA	1B	30	2.9	0.7	127	450	104	11	2	17	59	2	6	59.234	0.365	0.439
25	Ted Williams	BOS	LF	34	2.8	2.6	37	110	37	6	0	13	19	0	1	34.458	0.509	0.901
26	Sherm Lollar	CHA	C	28	2.8	3.7	113	396	96	19	0	8	47	1	0	53.204	0.388	0.416
27	Phil Rizzuto	NYA	SS	35	2.7	7.8	134	506	112	21	3	2	71	4	3	57.204	0.383	0.351
28	Don Lenhardt	SLA	LF	30	2.7	2.6	97	347	96	15	0	10	41	1	2	53.242	0.400	0.465
29	Billy Goodman	BOS	2B	27	2.6	3.3	128	581	161	33	5	2	57	1	4	74.931	0.384	0.409
30	Bobby Avila	CLE	2B	29	2.6	5.1	141	633	160	22	3	8	58	10	8	68.606	0.355	0.379
31	Harvey Kuenn	DET	SS	22	2.4	1.3	155	731	209	33	7	2	50	6	5	81.450	0.356	0.386
32	Dick Gernert	BOS	1B	24	2.3	0.2	139	590	125	15	1	21	88	0	7	76.186	0.371	0.415
33	George Strickland	CLE	SS	27	2.3	4.4	123	482	119	17	4	5	51	0	0	53.438	0.362	0.380
34	Jim Rivera	CHA	CF	31	2.2	1.9	156	639	147	26	16	11	53	22	15	68.906	0.329	0.420
35	Nellie Fox	CHA	2B	25	1.9	1.8	154	692	178	31	8	3	49	4	5	70.695	0.344	0.375
36	Dick Kryhoski	SLA	1B	28	1.8	1.4	104	369	94	18	4	16	26	0	5	49.163	0.333	0.497
37	Don Bollweg	NYA	1B	32	1.8	0.4	70	178	46	6	4	6	21	1	0	27.793	0.384	0.503
38	Bob Elliott	2 teams	3B	36	1.7	2.8	115	432	94	18	2	9	61	1	2	50.821	0.361	0.389
39	Bud Souchock	DET	RF	34	1.7	1.6	89	290	84	13	3	11	8	5	1	37.171	0.326	0.489
40	Eddie Robinson	PHA	1B	32	1.7	-0.4	156	685	152	28	4	22	63	1	2	72.700	0.322	0.413
41	Clyde Vollmer	2 teams	DH	31	1.7	2.0	119	461	106	15	3	11	49	0	2	50.630	0.343	0.392
42	Billy Martin	NYA	2B	25	1.6	3.4	149	645	151	24	6	15	43	6	7	61.917	0.315	0.395
43	Irv Noren	NYA	CF	28	1.6	1.9	109	391	92	12	6	6	42	3	3	43.216	0.350	0.388
44	Wayne Terwilliger	WS1	2B	28	1.4	3.2	134	541	117	24	4	4	64	7	4	51.356	0.343	0.347
45	Luke Easter	CLE	1B	37	1.4	1.4	68	230	64	9	0	7	15	0	2	30.394	0.361	0.446
46	Eddie Joost	PHA	SS	37	1.3	1.5	51	224	44	6	0	6	45	3	2	30.103	0.401	0.384
47	Joe Astroth	PHA	C	30	1.3	2.8	82	289	77	15	2	3	27	1	0	35.380	0.367	0.404
48	Dick Kokos	SLA	LF	25	1.3	1.1	107	357	72	12	0	13	56	0	5	44.039	0.361	0.411
49	Sammy White	BOS	C	25	1.2	3.3	136	515	130	34	2	13	29	3	2	55.533	0.318	0.435
50	Bill Renna	NYA	LF	28	1.1	0.8	61	137	38	6	3	2	13	0	1	19.715	0.385	0.463

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Age	Pitching WAR	Shark WAR	G	GS	IP	W	L	CG	SV	R	BB	SO	Pitch Runs Saved	ERA	WHIP	SOper9
1	Billy Pierce	CHA	26	8.5	7.3	40	33	271.33	18	12	19	3	94	102	186	77.66	2.72	1.17	6.17
2	Virgil Trucks	2 teams	36	7.6	7.3	40	33	264.33	20	10	17	3	97	99	149	69.71	2.93	1.26	5.07
3	Mike Garcia	CLE	29	6.2	6.0	38	35	271.67	18	9	21	0	106	81	134	54.02	3.25	1.26	4.44
4	Mel Parnell	BOS	31	6.0	5.4	38	34	241.00	21	8	12	0	98	116	136	58.61	3.06	1.38	5.08
5	Bob Lemon	CLE	32	5.7	5.8	41	36	286.67	21	15	23	1	119	110	98	49.57	3.36	1.37	3.08
6	Eddie Lopat	NYA	35	5.5	5.2	25	24	178.33	16	4	9	0	58	32	50	50.96	2.42	1.13	2.52
7	Bob Porterfield	WS1	29	5.5	5.8	34	32	255.00	22	10	24	0	99	73	77	52.17	3.35	1.24	2.72
8	Mickey McDermott	BOS	24	5.2	5.3	32	30	206.33	18	10	8	0	82	109	92	51.05	3.01	1.35	4.01
9	Whitey Ford	NYA	24	4.4	4.6	32	30	207.00	18	6	11	0	77	110	110	41.30	3.00	1.43	4.78
10	Ellis Kinder	BOS	38	4.2	4.3	69	0	107.00	10	6	0	27	30	38	39	41.20	1.85	1.14	3.28
11	Johnny Sain	NYA	35	3.8	3.9	40	19	189.00	14	7	10	9	68	45	84	35.69	3.00	1.24	4.00
12	Sid Hudson	BOS	38	3.4	2.6	30	17	156.00	6	9	4	2	65	49	60	33.30	3.52	1.37	3.46
13	Alex Kellner	PHA	28	3.3	3.0	25	25	201.67	11	12	14	0	98	51	81	27.57	3.93	1.29	3.61
14	Connie Marrero	WS1	42	3.3	2.7	22	20	145.67	8	7	10	2	56	48	65	31.21	3.03	1.22	4.02
15	Vic Raschi	NYA	34	3.1	2.4	28	26	181.00	13	6	7	1	74	55	76	29.12	3.33	1.13	3.78
16	Bob Keegan	CHA	32	3.1	3.1	22	11	98.67	7	5	4	1	34	33	32	28.01	2.74	1.15	2.92
17	Harry Brecheen	SLA	38	3.1	2.6	26	16	117.33	5	13	3	1	51	31	44	27.80	3.07	1.30	3.38
18	Chuck Stobbs	WS1	23	3.0	3.0	27	20	153.00	11	8	8	0	64	44	67	28.76	3.29	1.24	3.94
19	Sandy Consuegra	2 teams	32	2.9	2.2	33	13	129.00	7	5	5	3	45	32	30	26.25	2.86	1.26	2.09
20	Marion Fricano	PHA	29	2.8	2.0	39	23	211.00	9	12	10	0	105	90	67	23.34	3.88	1.40	2.86
21	Fritz Dorish	CHA	31	2.7	2.1	55	6	145.67	10	6	2	18	59	52	69	24.18	3.40	1.32	4.26
22	Early Wynn	CLE	33	2.6	3.0	36	34	251.67	17	12	16	0	121	107	138	22.44	3.93	1.35	4.94
23	Bob Feller	CLE	34	2.5	1.9	25	25	175.67	10	7	10	0	78	60	60	22.05	3.59	1.27	3.07
24	Walt Masterson	WS1	33	2.4	1.9	29	20	166.33	10	12	10	0	79	62	95	22.51	3.63	1.24	5.14
25	Don Larsen	SLA	23	2.3	2.6	38	22	192.67	7	12	7	2	99	64	96	21.22	4.16	1.38	4.48
26	Satchel Paige	SLA	46	2.1	1.4	57	4	117.33	3	9	0	11	51	39	51	19.13	3.53	1.30	3.91
27	Mike Fornieles	CHA	21	2.0	1.4	39	16	153.00	8	7	5	3	68	61	72	18.26	3.59	1.44	4.24
28	Allie Reynolds	NYA	36	1.9	1.6	41	15	145.00	13	7	5	13	64	61	86	17.82	3.41	1.39	5.34
29	Bill Henry	BOS	25	1.9	1.5	21	12	85.67	5	5	4	1	39	33	56	18.30	3.26	1.39	5.88
30	Bobby Shantz	PHA	27	1.6	1.5	16	16	105.67	5	9	6	0	52	26	58	13.49	4.09	1.26	4.94
31	Bob Turley	SLA	22	1.6	1.7	10	7	60.33	2	6	3	0	24	44	61	14.64	3.28	1.38	9.10
32	Willard Nixon	BOS	25	1.6	1.3	23	15	116.67	4	8	5	0	57	59	57	15.75	3.93	1.48	4.40
33	Bob Kuzava	NYA	30	1.6	1.2	33	6	92.33	6	5	2	4	35	34	48	14.40	3.31	1.36	4.68
34	Joe Dobson	CHA	36	1.4	0.9	23	15	100.67	5	5	3	1	46	37	50	13.18	3.67	1.32	4.47
35	Johnny Schmitz	2 teams	32	1.3	0.6	27	13	112.00	2	7	5	5	53	40	39	12.34	3.62	1.43	3.13
36	Sonny Dixon	WS1	28	1.2	1.0	43	6	120.00	5	8	3	3	57	31	40	11.06	3.75	1.28	3.00
37	Duane Pillette	SLA	30	1.1	0.5	31	25	166.67	7	13	5	0	90	62	58	10.08	4.48	1.46	3.13
38	Tom Gorman	NYA	28	1.1	0.9	40	1	77.00	4	5	0	6	32	32	38	10.11	3.39	1.26	4.44
39	Spec Shea	WS1	32	1.1	0.5	23	23	164.67	12	7	11	0	82	75	38	10.20	3.94	1.37	2.08
40	Jim McDonald	NYA	26	1.1	0.4	27	18	129.67	9	7	6	0	64	39	43	9.89	3.82	1.29	2.98
41	Marlin Stuart	SLA	34	1.0	0.7	60	2	114.33	8	2	0	7	62	44	46	9.18	3.94	1.57	3.62
42	Ben Flowers	BOS	26	1.0	0.8	32	6	79.33	1	4	1	3	39	24	36	9.78	3.86	1.40	4.08
43	Ned Garver	DET	27	1.0	0.3	30	26	198.33	11	11	13	1	107	66	69	9.06	4.45	1.48	3.13
44	Hal Brown	BOS	28	0.9	1.1	30	25	166.33	11	6	6	0	94	57	62	9.16	4.65	1.41	3.35
45	Connie Johnson	CHA	30	0.9	0.5	14	10	60.67	4	4	2	0	27	38	44	8.47	3.56	1.53	6.53
46	Morrie Martin	PHA	30	0.9	0.0	58	11	156.33	10	12	2	7	85	59	64	7.26	4.43	1.39	3.68
47	Ralph Branca	DET	27	0.8	0.4	17	14	102.00	4	7	7	1	55	31	50	7.73	4.15	1.26	4.41
48	Gene Bearden	CHA	32	0.8	0.6	25	3	58.33	3	3	0	0	27	33	24	7.64	2.93	1.39	3.70
49	Steve Gromek	2 teams	33	0.8	-0.1	24	18	136.67	7	9	6	1	74	39	67	7.43	4.41	1.38	4.41
50	Julio Moreno	WS1	32	0.8	0.6	12	2	35.33	3	1	1	0	11	13	13	7.69	2.80	1.53	3.31

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Yogi Berra	NYA	28	2.3	133.0	976.5	566.0	64.0	9.0	9.0	19.186
	2	Sammy White	BOS	25	2.1	131.0	1027.8	588.0	68.0	9.0	9.0	17.469
	3	Joe Astroth	PHA	30	1.5	79.0	670.5	341.0	47.0	5.0	13.0	14.952
	4	Ray Murray	PHA	35	1.0	78.0	662.1	330.0	45.0	4.0	8.0	10.501
	5	Sherm Lollar	CHA	28	1.0	107.0	803.2	470.0	51.0	3.0	2.0	9.041
	6	Jim Hegan	CLE	32	0.6	106.0	720.5	399.0	42.0	11.0	3.0	5.983
	7	Clint Courtney	SLA	26	0.3	103.0	814.4	436.0	47.0	10.0	7.0	2.953
	8	Neal Watlington	PHA	30	0.3	9.0	76.4	37.0	7.0	1.0	2.0	3.220
1B	1	Bill Glynn	CLE	27	0.8	135.0	940.9	1036.0	81.0	8.0	133.0	8.206
	2	Mickey Vernon	WS1	35	0.8	152.0	1344.7	1376.0	94.0	12.0	158.0	6.699
	3	Ferris Fain	CHA	32	0.4	127.0	1073.9	1108.0	106.0	13.0	98.0	3.934
	4	Luke Easter	CLE	37	0.0	56.0	390.3	442.0	30.0	9.0	54.0	0.046
	5	Jerry Priddy	DET	33	-0.0	11.0	95.5	92.0	9.0	0.0	7.0	-0.045
	6	Ed Mickelson	SLA	26	-0.0	3.0	24.7	20.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	-0.138
	7	Al Rosen	CLE	29	-0.0	1.0	7.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	-0.155
	8	George Strickland	CLE	27	-0.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.155
2B	1	Billy Martin	NYA	25	2.8	146.0	1101.8	376.0	390.0	12.0	121.0	23.497
	2	Bobby Avila	CLE	29	2.6	140.0	1137.4	346.0	445.0	11.0	114.0	26.098
	3	Wayne Terwilliger	WS1	28	1.8	133.0	1110.8	333.0	395.0	13.0	108.0	15.001
	4	Billy Goodman	BOS	27	1.1	112.0	883.8	267.0	306.0	15.0	88.0	8.928
	5	Fred Hatfield	DET	28	0.3	28.0	227.7	64.0	87.0	5.0	21.0	3.022
	6	Tommy Giordano	PHA	27	0.1	11.0	97.5	31.0	32.0	1.0	11.0	1.322
	7	Billy Consolo	BOS	18	0.1	11.0	86.8	23.0	29.0	1.0	10.0	0.969
	8	Tony Roig	WS1	24	0.1	2.0	16.7	7.0	7.0	0.0	2.0	0.844
3B	1	Gil McDougald	NYA	25	3.0	136.0	1015.0	147.0	299.0	22.0	36.0	24.486
	2	Pete Suder	PHA	37	1.5	72.0	603.9	89.0	174.0	7.0	19.0	15.319
	3	Al Rosen	CLE	29	1.3	154.0	1289.3	174.0	338.0	19.0	38.0	13.659
	4	Bob Elliott	2 teams	36	1.2	103.0	731.8	105.0	197.0	13.0	21.0	10.944
	5	Ray Boone	DET	29	1.2	97.0	798.0	111.0	211.0	14.0	32.0	10.900
	6	George Kell	BOS	30	1.0	124.0	905.6	114.0	231.0	10.0	23.0	8.592
	7	Fred Hatfield	DET	28	0.9	54.0	444.2	56.0	121.0	4.0	13.0	8.008
	8	Vern Stephens	2 teams	32	0.8	84.0	606.4	84.0	158.0	8.0	16.0	7.653
SS	1	Phil Rizzuto	NYA	35	5.1	133.0	885.6	214.0	409.0	24.0	100.0	42.373
	2	Billy Hunter	SLA	25	3.1	152.0	1267.0	284.0	512.0	25.0	99.0	28.339
	3	George Strickland	CLE	27	2.2	122.0	1034.0	238.0	400.0	17.0	103.0	22.030
	4	Milt Bolling	BOS	22	1.9	109.0	796.0	174.0	321.0	23.0	71.0	15.687
	5	Chico Carrasquel	CHA	27	1.6	149.0	1230.3	278.0	462.0	18.0	87.0	14.257
	6	Jerry Snyder	WS1	23	0.3	17.0	138.5	28.0	54.0	1.0	10.0	2.382
	7	Eddie Joost	PHA	37	0.2	51.0	415.4	102.0	147.0	11.0	33.0	2.124
	8	Ray Boone	2 teams	29	0.1	34.0	289.3	68.0	102.0	9.0	26.0	0.964
LF	1	Gene Woodling	NYA	30	0.7	119.0	926.2	240.0	6.0	1.0	2.0	5.688
	2	Dale Mitchell	CLE	31	0.5	125.0	796.7	224.0	2.0	7.0	1.0	5.066
	3	Clyde Vollmer	WS1	31	0.4	104.0	857.9	222.7	7.8	4.9	1.0	2.998
	4	Gil Coan	WS1	31	0.4	46.0	379.5	105.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	2.967
	5	Hoot Evers	BOS	32	0.3	77.2	526.3	133.6	2.5	1.7	0.0	2.246
	6	Don Lund	DET	30	0.2	33.5	263.5	74.8	3.3	1.6	0.0	2.219
	7	Bob Nieman	DET	26	0.2	74.3	585.4	149.2	5.5	3.3	0.6	2.179
	8	Irv Noren	NYA	28	0.2	19.6	152.3	42.4	2.2	0.4	0.2	1.428
CF	1	Jim Busby	WS1	26	1.6	150.0	1309.7	482.0	15.0	6.0	4.0	13.617
	2	Johnny Groth	SLA	26	1.4	141.0	1185.8	425.0	18.0	4.0	5.0	12.437
	3	Tom Umphlett	BOS	22	0.9	136.0	1123.5	382.0	12.0	7.0	1.0	7.780
	4	Ed McGhee	PHA	28	0.9	97.0	826.2	312.6	3.9	5.9	0.0	9.135
	5	Jim Delsing	DET	27	0.5	133.0	1105.5	354.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	4.729
	6	Mickey Mantle	NYA	21	0.3	114.0	967.8	303.4	9.4	5.7	1.9	2.820
	7	Bill Wilson	CHA	24	0.0	3.0	26.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.246
	8	Jim Piersall	BOS	23	-0.0	2.0	16.3	4.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.025
RF	1	Jim Piersall	BOS	23	1.4	148.0	1274.5	345.1	14.7	4.9	6.9	11.332
	2	Don Lund	DET	30	0.5	63.3	503.1	141.5	6.2	3.1	0.0	4.830
	3	Hank Bauer	NYA	30	0.4	123.0	974.8	224.6	12.7	2.0	2.9	3.201
	4	Irv Noren	NYA	28	0.3	35.4	280.6	76.7	4.1	0.7	0.4	2.851
	5	Dave Philley	PHA	33	0.3	126.6	993.2	238.7	14.5	4.8	0.0	3.045
	6	Vic Wertz	SLA	28	0.3	121.0	1013.2	243.0	15.0	7.0	4.0	2.655
	7	Bob Nieman	DET	26	0.3	60.7	482.0	121.8	4.5	2.7	0.4	2.383
	8	Mickey Mantle	NYA	21	0.1	6.0	47.5	16.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.889