1953 National League Stats

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1953 National League Standings

1953 American League <<1952 National League 1954 National League>>
RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Brooklyn Dodgers105-49 (0.682)-95568999-55 (0.645)102-52 (0.662)1,163,41956.636.81.917.9
2Milwaukee Braves92-62 (0.597)13.073858993-61 (0.602)92-62 (0.597)1,826,39746.819.72.224.8
3St. Louis Cardinals83-71 (0.539)22.076871382-72 (0.534)88-66 (0.571)880,24242.820.83.318.6
3Philadelphia Phillies83-71 (0.539)22.071666682-72 (0.533)81-73 (0.526)853,64435.914.80.220.9
5New York Giants70-84 (0.455)35.076874779-75 (0.513)80-74 (0.519)811,51835.318.13.313.9
6Cincinnati Reds68-86 (0.442)37.071478870-84 (0.455)67-87 (0.435)548,08621.79.22.410.1
7Chicago Cubs65-89 (0.422)40.063383558-96 (0.376)61-93 (0.396)763,65815.69.80.84.9
8Pittsburgh Pirates50-104 (0.325)55.062288753-101 (0.343)45-109 (0.292)572,7570.2-1.82.9-0.9

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 Stan Musial SLN LF 32 9.2 9.3 157 698 200 53 9 30 105 3 4 146.014 0.437 0.609
2 Eddie Mathews ML1 3B 21 9.2 9.9 157 681 175 31 8 47 99 1 3 136.186 0.406 0.627
3 Duke Snider BRO CF 26 9.0 8.8 153 680 198 38 4 42 82 16 7 140.076 0.419 0.627
4 Roy Campanella BRO C 31 6.8 7.7 144 590 162 26 3 41 67 4 2 113.534 0.395 0.611
5 Ted Kluszewski CIN 1B 28 6.1 2.0 149 629 180 25 0 40 55 2 0 110.355 0.380 0.570
6 Jackie Robinson BRO LF 34 5.9 7.2 136 574 159 34 7 12 74 17 4 99.519 0.425 0.502
7 Gil Hodges BRO 1B 29 5.5 7.9 141 598 157 22 7 31 75 1 4 104.405 0.393 0.550
8 Ralph Kiner 2 teams LF 30 5.5 5.4 158 666 157 20 3 35 100 2 1 108.983 0.390 0.512
9 Carl Furillo BRO RF 31 5.5 5.8 132 518 165 38 6 21 34 1 1 95.014 0.393 0.580
10 Red Schoendienst SLN 2B 30 5.4 7.6 146 627 193 35 5 15 60 3 3 104.352 0.405 0.502
11 Monte Irvin NY1 LF 34 5.2 5.7 124 502 146 21 5 21 55 2 0 89.558 0.406 0.540
12 Hank Thompson NY1 3B 27 4.7 5.2 114 454 117 15 8 24 60 6 5 82.340 0.400 0.567
13 Gus Bell CIN CF 24 4.4 5.3 151 665 183 37 5 30 48 0 2 99.459 0.354 0.525
14 Richie Ashburn PHI CF 26 4.2 5.6 156 702 205 25 9 2 61 14 6 93.582 0.394 0.408
15 Solly Hemus SLN SS 30 4.1 5.4 154 690 163 32 11 14 86 2 1 96.382 0.382 0.443
16 Sid Gordon ML1 LF 35 3.9 3.4 140 541 127 22 4 19 71 1 1 76.041 0.372 0.461
17 Del Ennis PHI LF 28 3.8 3.7 152 643 165 22 3 29 57 1 3 89.491 0.355 0.484
18 Al Dark NY1 SS 31 3.6 5.0 155 693 194 41 6 23 28 7 2 89.443 0.335 0.488
19 Enos Slaughter SLN RF 37 3.5 3.6 143 578 143 34 9 6 80 4 4 83.213 0.395 0.433
20 Dee Fondy CHN 1B 28 3.4 5.1 150 641 184 24 11 18 44 10 7 88.525 0.358 0.477
21 Pee Wee Reese BRO SS 34 3.4 3.6 140 625 142 25 7 13 82 22 6 80.022 0.374 0.420
22 Jim Gilliam BRO 2B 24 3.3 3.3 151 710 168 31 17 6 100 21 14 94.454 0.383 0.415
23 Andy Pafko ML1 RF 32 3.3 3.1 140 568 153 23 4 17 37 2 1 71.016 0.347 0.455
24 Joe Adcock ML1 1B 25 3.1 2.7 157 640 168 33 6 18 42 3 2 76.593 0.334 0.453
25 Bobby Thomson NY1 CF 29 3.0 2.9 154 656 175 22 6 26 43 4 2 83.867 0.338 0.472
26 Earl Torgeson PHI 1B 29 2.9 4.9 111 437 104 25 8 11 53 7 1 60.921 0.366 0.470
27 Randy Jackson CHN 3B 27 2.6 3.6 139 549 142 22 8 19 42 8 4 70.331 0.341 0.476
28 Frank Thomas PIT CF 24 2.5 2.8 128 510 116 22 1 30 50 1 2 68.457 0.331 0.505
29 Cal Abrams PIT RF 29 2.3 2.4 119 512 128 10 6 15 58 4 4 66.762 0.368 0.435
30 Jim Greengrass CIN LF 25 2.2 2.9 154 656 173 22 7 20 47 6 4 79.448 0.340 0.444
31 Hank Sauer CHN RF 36 2.2 2.7 108 447 104 16 5 19 50 0 0 59.863 0.349 0.473
32 Frank Baumholtz CHN CF 34 2.0 2.8 133 567 159 36 7 3 42 3 3 68.824 0.359 0.419
33 Granny Hamner PHI 2B 26 2.0 1.8 154 646 168 30 8 21 32 2 1 71.516 0.313 0.455
34 Danny O'Connell PIT 3B 24 1.9 3.7 149 654 173 26 8 7 57 3 4 77.106 0.361 0.401
35 Willard Marshall CIN RF 32 1.9 2.4 122 400 95 14 6 17 41 0 0 52.747 0.342 0.482
36 Johnny Logan ML1 SS 27 1.9 4.6 150 668 167 27 8 11 41 2 2 66.970 0.326 0.398
37 Connie Ryan PHI 2B 33 1.8 1.5 90 281 73 14 6 5 30 5 1 38.851 0.372 0.462
38 Don Mueller NY1 RF 26 1.8 1.7 131 502 160 12 2 6 19 2 0 59.091 0.360 0.404
39 Billy Cox BRO 3B 33 1.8 0.8 100 371 95 18 1 10 37 2 2 47.998 0.363 0.443
40 Del Crandall ML1 C 23 1.7 4.2 116 420 104 13 1 15 33 2 1 46.831 0.330 0.429
41 Smoky Burgess PHI C 26 1.7 0.4 102 351 91 17 5 4 37 3 2 44.864 0.370 0.417
42 Whitey Lockman NY1 1B 26 1.6 3.3 150 664 179 22 4 9 52 3 4 72.762 0.350 0.389
43 Steve Bilko SLN 1B 24 1.5 2.2 154 641 143 23 3 21 70 0 1 70.789 0.334 0.412
44 Willie Jones PHI 3B 27 1.5 1.7 149 571 108 16 2 19 85 1 1 61.343 0.342 0.385
45 Johnny Lindell 2 teams P 36 1.3 69 133 33 7 1 4 22 0 0 23.476 0.429 0.495
46 Davey Williams NY1 2B 25 1.3 1.2 112 390 101 11 2 3 44 2 5 46.798 0.382 0.368
47 Bill Serena CHN 2B 28 1.2 0.3 93 319 69 10 5 10 41 0 0 39.141 0.350 0.433
48 Jim Pendleton ML1 CF 29 1.1 0.4 120 261 75 12 4 7 7 6 5 30.658 0.323 0.462
49 Bobby Hofman NY1 3B 27 1.0 0.9 74 182 45 7 2 12 12 1 1 25.039 0.315 0.544
50 Bobby Morgan BRO 3B 27 1.0 0.3 69 232 51 6 2 7 33 2 2 29.728 0.370 0.418

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 Robin Roberts PHI 26 11.2 10.3 44 41 346.67 23 16 33 2 119 61 198 122.62 2.75 1.11 5.14
2 Warren Spahn ML1 32 10.1 9.6 35 32 265.67 23 7 24 3 75 70 148 108.28 2.10 1.06 5.01
3 Harvey Haddix SLN 27 8.0 8.3 36 33 253.00 20 9 19 1 97 69 163 77.15 3.06 1.14 5.80
4 Curt Simmons PHI 24 5.5 4.2 32 30 238.00 16 13 19 0 102 82 138 60.06 3.21 1.23 5.22
5 Vinegar Bend Mizell SLN 22 5.4 3.9 33 33 224.33 13 11 10 0 93 114 173 51.46 3.49 1.37 6.94
6 Carl Erskine BRO 26 5.4 4.6 39 33 246.67 20 6 16 3 106 95 187 57.82 3.54 1.25 6.82
7 Ruben Gomez NY1 25 5.1 4.4 29 26 204.00 13 11 13 0 89 101 113 45.96 3.40 1.31 4.99
8 Bob Buhl ML1 24 3.8 3.0 30 18 154.33 13 8 8 0 59 73 83 41.20 2.97 1.33 4.84
9 Gerry Staley SLN 32 3.6 2.3 40 32 230.00 18 9 10 4 118 54 88 34.72 3.99 1.29 3.44
10 Fred Baczewski 2 teams 27 3.5 3.1 33 18 148.33 11 4 10 1 65 58 61 32.41 3.64 1.37 3.70
11 Hoyt Wilhelm NY1 30 3.4 3.2 68 0 145.00 7 8 0 15 61 77 71 30.67 3.04 1.41 4.41
12 Ken Raffensberger CIN 35 3.1 2.4 26 26 174.00 7 14 9 0 87 33 47 28.59 3.93 1.34 2.43
13 Johnny Antonelli ML1 23 3.1 2.6 31 26 175.33 12 12 11 1 83 71 131 33.24 3.18 1.36 6.72
14 Clem Labine BRO 26 2.9 2.4 37 7 110.33 11 6 0 7 39 30 44 30.94 2.77 1.11 3.59
15 Larry Jansen NY1 32 2.8 2.0 36 26 184.67 11 16 6 1 96 55 88 25.39 4.14 1.30 4.29
16 Lew Burdette ML1 26 2.7 2.1 46 13 175.00 15 5 6 8 73 56 58 29.43 3.24 1.33 2.98
17 Paul Minner CHN 29 2.6 2.3 31 27 201.00 12 15 9 1 109 40 64 26.34 4.21 1.33 2.87
18 Warren Hacker CHN 28 2.6 2.0 39 32 221.67 12 19 9 2 123 54 106 25.63 4.38 1.26 4.30
19 Bob Miller PHI 27 2.2 1.5 35 20 157.33 8 9 8 2 76 42 63 23.67 4.00 1.34 3.60
20 Hal White SLN 34 2.1 1.7 49 0 84.67 6 5 0 7 32 39 32 20.58 2.98 1.45 3.40
21 Jackie Collum 2 teams 26 2.1 2.0 37 12 136.00 7 11 4 3 67 43 56 18.91 3.97 1.33 3.71
22 Bob Milliken BRO 26 2.0 1.5 37 10 117.67 8 4 3 2 52 42 65 21.98 3.37 1.16 4.97
23 Don Liddle ML1 28 2.0 1.5 31 15 128.67 7 6 4 2 54 55 63 21.84 3.08 1.35 4.41
24 Preacher Roe BRO 37 1.9 0.8 25 24 157.00 11 3 9 0 78 40 85 20.99 4.36 1.34 4.87
25 Harry Perkowski CIN 30 1.9 1.4 33 25 193.00 12 11 7 2 107 62 70 17.39 4.52 1.38 3.26
26 Sal Maglie NY1 36 1.8 1.8 27 24 145.33 8 9 9 0 79 47 80 16.61 4.15 1.41 4.95
27 Jim Hughes BRO 30 1.7 1.6 48 0 85.67 4 3 0 9 33 41 49 18.23 3.47 1.41 5.15
28 Al Worthington NY1 24 1.6 1.0 20 17 102.00 4 8 5 0 55 54 52 14.26 3.44 1.54 4.59
29 Joe Nuxhall CIN 24 1.5 2.0 30 17 141.67 9 11 5 2 77 69 52 14.19 4.32 1.45 3.30
30 Ben Wade BRO 30 1.5 1.3 32 0 90.33 7 5 0 3 40 33 65 16.00 3.79 1.24 6.48
31 Ernie Johnson ML1 29 1.5 1.2 36 1 81.00 4 3 0 0 34 22 36 15.93 2.67 1.25 4.00
32 Murry Dickson PIT 36 1.5 0.4 45 26 200.67 10 19 10 4 121 58 88 16.12 4.53 1.49 3.95
33 Max Surkont ML1 31 1.4 1.7 28 24 170.00 11 5 11 0 82 64 83 15.45 4.18 1.36 4.39
34 Johnny Hetki PIT 31 1.4 1.3 54 2 118.33 3 6 0 3 60 33 37 15.03 3.95 1.29 2.81
35 Steve Ridzik PHI 24 1.4 1.2 42 12 124.00 9 6 1 0 61 48 53 14.99 3.77 1.35 3.85
36 Russ Meyer BRO 29 1.4 0.4 34 32 191.33 15 5 10 0 109 63 106 14.66 4.56 1.38 4.99
37 Billy Loes BRO 23 1.2 0.4 32 25 162.67 14 8 9 0 92 53 75 13.28 4.54 1.34 4.15
38 Jim Hearn NY1 32 1.2 0.6 36 32 196.67 9 12 6 0 111 84 77 11.03 4.53 1.47 3.52
39 Marv Grissom NY1 35 1.2 0.7 21 7 84.33 4 2 3 0 40 31 46 10.98 3.95 1.35 4.91
40 Bob Rush CHN 27 1.2 0.4 29 28 166.67 9 14 8 0 97 66 84 11.97 4.54 1.46 4.54
41 Al Brazle SLN 39 1.2 1.2 60 0 92.00 6 7 0 18 47 43 57 11.36 4.21 1.57 5.58
42 Jim Konstanty PHI 36 1.1 0.7 48 19 170.67 14 10 7 5 90 42 45 12.53 4.43 1.41 2.37
43 Johnny Podres BRO 20 1.1 1.1 33 18 115.00 9 4 3 0 62 64 82 11.83 4.23 1.65 6.42
44 Paul LaPalme PIT 29 1.1 -0.2 35 24 176.33 8 16 7 2 107 64 86 11.61 4.59 1.45 4.39
45 Jim Willis CHN 26 1.0 0.8 13 3 43.33 2 1 2 0 15 17 15 9.96 3.12 1.25 3.12
46 Bud Podbielan CIN 29 0.9 0.0 36 24 186.33 6 16 8 1 112 67 74 8.64 4.73 1.51 3.57
47 Jim Wilson ML1 31 0.7 0.4 20 18 114.00 4 9 5 0 59 43 71 7.54 4.34 1.32 5.61
48 Bob Friend PIT 22 0.6 -0.2 32 24 170.67 8 11 8 0 103 57 66 6.97 4.90 1.46 3.48
49 Joey Jay ML1 17 0.5 0.4 3 1 10.00 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 5.63 0.00 1.10 3.60
50 Dutch Leonard CHN 44 0.5 0.5 45 0 62.67 2 3 0 8 34 24 27 4.80 4.60 1.53 3.88

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Del Crandall ML1 23 2.5 108.0 870.9 566.0 62.0 9.0 13.0 22.019
2 Mike Sandlock PIT 37 2.0 64.0 474.9 290.0 49.0 3.0 4.0 19.962
3 Wes Westrum NY1 30 1.8 106.0 702.7 441.0 53.0 9.0 9.0 19.859
4 Del Rice SLN 30 1.2 135.0 969.9 627.0 60.0 8.0 6.0 12.732
5 Roy Campanella BRO 31 0.9 140.0 1150.6 807.0 57.0 10.0 9.0 7.635
6 Joe Garagiola 2 teams 27 0.8 90.0 676.7 378.0 44.0 5.0 2.0 7.513
7 Toby Atwell 2 teams 29 0.5 69.0 515.1 295.0 37.0 15.0 2.0 4.737
8 Dick Rand SLN 22 0.4 9.0 64.7 56.0 7.0 1.0 0.0 4.143
1B 1 Gil Hodges BRO 29 2.3 127.0 1025.4 1025.0 99.0 8.0 105.0 20.630
2 Earl Torgeson PHI 29 2.1 105.0 866.4 916.0 65.0 13.0 83.0 18.520
3 Dee Fondy CHN 28 1.7 149.0 1242.3 1274.0 115.0 18.0 105.0 15.816
4 Whitey Lockman NY1 26 1.5 120.0 999.3 1042.0 100.0 13.0 96.0 16.278
5 Eddie Waitkus PHI 33 1.2 59.0 486.8 480.0 37.0 6.0 65.0 11.053
6 Steve Bilko SLN 24 0.6 154.0 1294.2 1446.0 124.0 15.0 145.0 7.035
7 Wayne Belardi BRO 22 0.3 38.0 306.8 283.0 23.0 5.0 34.0 2.591
8 Tookie Gilbert NY1 24 0.2 44.0 366.4 381.0 26.0 2.0 34.0 2.701
2B 1 Rocky Bridges CIN 25 2.9 115.0 809.1 329.0 320.0 16.0 94.0 31.800
2 Red Schoendienst SLN 30 2.1 140.0 1142.0 365.0 430.0 14.0 109.0 23.464
3 Granny Hamner PHI 26 1.4 93.0 740.6 194.0 290.0 15.0 65.0 12.229
4 Danny O'Connell PIT 24 0.5 47.0 377.7 107.0 149.0 8.0 27.0 4.730
5 Johnny O'Brien PIT 22 0.2 77.0 618.7 172.0 210.0 7.0 48.0 2.440
6 Al Dark NY1 31 0.2 26.0 206.4 68.0 72.0 2.0 17.0 2.477
7 Dick Hall PIT 22 0.2 7.0 56.2 21.0 23.0 1.0 6.0 1.874
8 Eddie Miksis CHN 26 0.1 92.0 757.7 210.0 262.0 23.0 65.0 1.294
3B 1 Ray Jablonski SLN 26 1.8 157.0 989.6 94.0 278.0 27.0 27.0 19.922
2 Bobby Adams CIN 31 1.8 150.0 1295.9 159.0 324.0 25.0 39.0 19.836
3 Danny O'Connell PIT 24 1.3 104.0 888.3 119.0 221.0 15.0 16.0 12.632
4 Randy Jackson CHN 27 1.0 133.0 1122.7 141.0 265.0 22.0 24.0 9.619
5 Eddie Mathews ML1 21 0.7 157.0 1344.2 154.0 311.0 30.0 33.0 6.697
6 Hank Thompson NY1 27 0.7 101.0 806.6 90.0 194.0 13.0 18.0 7.658
7 Jackie Robinson BRO 34 0.4 44.0 359.5 34.0 84.0 3.0 14.0 4.014
8 Willie Jones PHI 27 0.2 147.0 1242.8 176.0 253.0 11.0 36.0 1.678
SS 1 Roy McMillan CIN 23 3.0 155.0 1314.1 288.0 519.0 23.0 114.0 33.303
2 Johnny Logan ML1 27 2.7 150.0 1276.4 295.0 481.0 20.0 104.0 24.195
3 Solly Hemus SLN 30 1.5 150.0 1238.1 257.0 476.0 27.0 90.0 16.418
4 Al Dark NY1 31 1.3 110.0 921.6 219.0 343.0 19.0 79.0 14.369
5 Dick Smith PIT 26 0.7 13.0 100.9 18.0 56.0 3.0 10.0 6.892
6 Ernie Banks CHN 22 0.3 10.0 82.4 19.0 33.0 1.0 9.0 2.739
7 Jim Pendleton ML1 29 0.3 7.0 59.6 11.0 28.0 0.0 3.0 2.519
8 Pee Wee Reese BRO 34 0.2 135.0 1143.5 265.0 380.0 23.0 83.0 1.769
LF 1 Jackie Robinson BRO 34 0.7 76.0 475.3 145.0 9.0 3.0 0.0 6.597
2 Jim Greengrass CIN 25 0.7 153.0 1321.8 341.0 11.0 6.0 0.0 7.644
3 Hal Rice PIT 29 0.6 68.0 563.8 162.2 13.6 4.9 1.9 6.151
4 Monte Irvin NY1 34 0.4 84.5 692.7 182.5 7.5 5.2 3.0 4.104
5 Whitey Lockman NY1 26 0.2 27.1 222.1 57.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.742
6 Hank Sauer CHN 36 0.1 35.7 285.2 75.1 1.7 2.4 0.3 1.332
7 Carlos Bernier PIT 26 0.1 13.0 107.8 33.3 1.2 1.1 0.2 1.381
8 Frank Thomas PIT 24 0.1 8.8 72.8 22.8 1.3 0.6 0.1 1.060
CF 1 Bill Bruton ML1 27 2.3 150.0 894.8 397.0 15.0 9.0 5.0 20.293
2 Richie Ashburn PHI 26 1.4 156.0 1369.7 496.0 18.0 5.0 4.0 12.816
3 Gus Bell CIN 24 0.8 144.0 1220.9 426.4 15.3 10.5 4.8 8.315
4 Frank Baumholtz CHN 34 0.2 65.5 426.6 146.1 3.0 3.0 0.0 2.244
5 Bob Talbot CHN 25 0.1 7.0 45.6 20.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 1.259
6 Frank Thomas PIT 24 0.0 93.6 806.6 242.8 13.5 6.3 0.8 0.222
7 Bob Addis CHN 27 0.0 1.0 6.5 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.089
8 Felipe Montemayor PIT 25 -0.0 11.0 94.8 26.6 1.8 0.0 0.0 -0.007
RF 1 Willard Marshall CIN 32 0.5 95.0 754.1 187.0 11.0 1.0 1.0 5.511
2 Frank Baumholtz CHN 34 0.5 64.5 523.6 143.9 3.0 3.0 0.0 4.670
3 Hank Sauer CHN 36 0.3 69.3 562.7 145.9 3.3 4.6 0.7 3.152
4 Carl Furillo BRO 31 0.3 131.0 1043.5 232.0 11.0 3.0 3.0 2.735
5 Carlos Bernier PIT 26 0.3 24.0 200.4 61.4 2.2 2.0 0.3 2.800
6 Mel Clark PHI 28 0.3 50.0 407.7 102.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 2.288
7 Frank Thomas PIT 24 0.2 15.6 130.3 40.5 2.2 1.1 0.1 2.046
8 Monte Irvin NY1 34 0.2 28.5 229.6 61.5 2.5 1.8 1.0 1.865