1953 ST. LOUIS BROWNS

| Level: MLB

Location: St. Louis,MO
Team Record: 54-100 .351
Result: 8th in American League
Manager(s): Marty Marion
General Manager: Bill Veeck
Stadium: Sportsman's Park
Attendance: 297,238
Playoffs: Did not qualify

St. Louis Browns affiliate history

Oldest Player: Satchel Paige (46)
Youngest Player: Bob Turley (22)
Longest Tenure: Roy Sievers (5)
Top Hitter: Johnny Groth (26)
Top Pitcher: Virgil Trucks (2)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 42.01%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	99	52	.656	--
Cleveland	92	62	.597	8.5
Chi White Sox	89	65	.578	11.5
Boston	84	69	.549	16.0
Washington	76	76	.500	23.5
Detroit	60	94	.390	40.5
Philadelphia	59	95	.383	41.5
St. Louis	54	100	.351	46.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
6	Billy Hunter	ss	28	25	-	MLB	154	567	50	124	18	1	1	37	3	1	24	45	2		11		12	.219	.000	.259	259	147			-	-
3	Johnny Groth	of	26	26	-	MLB	141	557	65	141	27	4	10	57	5	6	42	53	2		9		0	.253	.000	.370	370	206			-	-
5	Bobby Young	2b	40	28	-	MLB	148	537	48	137	22	2	4	25	2	1	41	40	1		14		12	.255	.000	.326	326	175			-	-
20	Vic Wertz	of-1b	34	28	-	MLB	128	440	61	118	18	6	19	70	1	4	72	44	4		2		13	.268	.000	.466	466	205			-	-
11	Clint Courtney	c	-	26	-	MLB	106	355	28	89	12	2	4	19	0	1	25	20	1		3		0	.251	.000	.330	330	117			-	-
16	Dick Kryhoski	1b	51	28	-	MLB	104	338	35	94	18	4	16	50	0	5	26	33	2		3		10	.278	.000	.497	497	168			-	-
8	Jim Dyck	of-3b	-	31	-	MLB	112	334	38	71	15	1	9	27	3	2	38	40	3		6		0	.213	.000	.344	344	115			-	-
14	Don Lenhardt	of-1b	-	30	-	MLB	97	303	37	96	15	0	10	35	1	2	41	41	1		2		8	.317	.000	.465	465	141			-	-
19	Dick Kokos	of	54	25	-	MLB	107	299	41	72	12	0	13	38	0	5	56	53	0		2		0	.241	.000	.411	411	123			-	-
7	Roy Sievers	1b-of	-	26	-	MLB	92	285	37	77	15	0	8	35	0	1	32	47	0		6		0	.270	.000	.407	407	116			-	-
10	Les Moss	c	-	28	-	MLB	78	239	21	66	14	1	2	28	0	1	18	31	1		1		10	.276	.000	.368	368	88			-	-
40	Vern Stephens	ss-3b	-	32	-	MLB	46	165	16	53	8	0	4	17	0	0	18	24	0		3		7	.321	.000	.442	442	73			-	-
40	Bob Elliott	3b-of	60	36	-	MLB	48	160	19	40	7	1	5	29	0	1	30	18	0		1		0	.250	.000	.400	400	64			-	-
15	Hank Edwards	of	-	34	-	MLB	65	106	6	21	3	0	0	9	0	1	13	10	0		0		1	.198	.000	.226	226	24			-	-
23	Neil Berry	ss-2b	-	31	-	MLB	57	99	14	28	1	2	0	11	1	2	9	10	0		3		4	.283	.000	.333	333	33			-	-
27	Don Larsen	p	-	23	-	MLB	50	81	11	23	3	1	3	10	0	0	4	14	0		0		1	.284	.000	.457	457	37			-	-
12,21	Duane Pillette	p	-	30	-	MLB	31	53	4	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	5	16	0		2		1	.132	.000	.208	208	11			-	-
18	Dick Littlefield	p	-	27	-	MLB	38	42	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	0		5		0	.190	.000	.190	190	8			-	-
31	Harry Brecheen	p	-	38	-	MLB	27	39	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	0		2		1	.179	.000	.179	179	7			-	-
33	Bob Cain	p	-	28	-	MLB	34	30	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0		0		1	.200	.000	.267	267	8			-	-
29	Satchel Paige	p	-	46	UDFA: 1948	MLB	57	29	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	0		1		0	.069	.000	.069	69	2			-	-
26	Marlin Stuart	p	-	34	-	MLB	60	26	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0		0		0	.192	.000	.231	231	6			-	-
22	Virgil Trucks	p	45	36	-	MLB	16	25	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0		4		0	.160	.000	.200	200	5			-	-
22	Lou Kretlow	p	-	32	-	MLB	22	25	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	0		2		0	.200	.000	.200	200	5			-	-
34	Mike Blyzka	p	-	24	-	MLB	33	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	0		2		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
24	Bobo Holloman	p	-	28	-	MLB	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	0		3		0	.105	.000	.105	105	2			-	-
24	Bob Turley	p	-	22	-	MLB	10	18	2	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	0		2		0	.278	.000	.444	444	8			-	-
9	Ed Mickelson	1b	-	26	-	MLB	7	15	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	0		0		0	.133	.000	.200	200	3			-	-
-	Jim Pisoni	of	-	23	-	MLB	3	12	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	0		0		0	.083	.000	.333	333	4			-	-
34	Johnny Lipon	ss	-	30	-	MLB	7	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.222	.000	.222	222	2			-	-
36	Dixie Upright	h	-	27	-	MLB	9	8	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0		0		0	.250	.000	.625	625	5			-	-
4	Marty Marion	ss	-	35	-	MLB	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
1	Willy Miranda	ss	-	27	-	MLB	17	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0		0		0	.167	.000	.167	167	1			-	-
5	Max Lanier	p	-	37	-	MLB	10	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.167	.000	.167	167	1			-	-
2	Frank Kellert	1b	-	28	-	MLB	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
32	Babe Martin	of	-	33	-	MLB	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
25	Hal White	p	-	34	-	MLB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
27	Don Larsen	18	23	-	MLB	7	12	4.16	38	22	7	2	14	2	192.2	201	99	89	11	64	96	3	0	1.38	9.39	0.51	2.99	4.48	0.67	--	0.65
12,21	Duane Pillette	34	30	-	MLB	7	13	4.48	31	25	5	1	2	0	166.2	181	90	83	16	62	58	1	0	1.46	9.77	0.86	3.35	3.13	1.07	--	1.06
18	Dick Littlefield	36	27	-	MLB	7	12	5.08	36	22	2	0	6	0	152.1	153	93	86	17	84	104	5	0	1.56	9.04	1.00	4.96	6.14	0.81	--	0.61
31	Harry Brecheen	40	38	-	MLB	5	13	3.07	26	16	3	0	7	1	117.1	122	51	40	7	31	44	1	1	1.30	9.36	0.54	2.38	3.38	0.70	--	1.17
29	Satchel Paige	28	46	UDFA: 1948	MLB	3	9	3.53	57	4	0	0	34	11	117.1	114	51	46	12	39	51	2	1	1.30	8.74	0.92	2.99	3.91	0.76	--	0.82
26	Marlin Stuart	29	34	-	MLB	8	2	3.94	60	2	0	0	30	7	114.1	136	62	50	6	44	46	3	0	1.57	10.71	0.47	3.46	3.62	0.96	--	0.96
33	Bob Cain	55	28	-	MLB	4	10	6.23	32	13	1	0	7	1	99.2	129	74	69	8	45	36	1	0	1.75	11.65	0.72	4.06	3.25	1.25	--	0.74
34	Mike Blyzka	-	24	-	MLB	2	6	6.39	33	9	2	0	8	0	94.1	110	78	67	6	56	23	7	0	1.76	10.49	0.57	5.34	2.19	2.43	--	1.07
22	Virgil Trucks	2	36	-	MLB	5	4	3.07	16	12	4	2	2	2	88.0	83	37	30	4	32	47	3	0	1.31	8.49	0.41	3.27	4.81	0.68	--	0.85
22	Lou Kretlow	-	32	-	MLB	1	5	5.11	22	11	0	0	6	0	81.0	93	56	46	5	52	37	3	0	1.79	10.33	0.56	5.78	4.11	1.41	--	0.86
24	Bobo Holloman	-	28	-	MLB	3	7	5.23	22	10	1	1	1	0	65.1	69	41	38	2	50	25	2	1	1.82	9.51	0.28	6.89	3.44	2.00	--	1.14
24	Bob Turley	-	22	-	MLB	2	6	3.28	10	7	3	1	3	0	60.1	39	24	22	4	44	61	2	0	1.38	5.82	0.60	6.56	9.10	0.72	--	0.52
5	Max Lanier	-	37	-	MLB	0	1	7.25	10	1	0	0	2	0	22.1	28	18	18	2	19	8	0	0	2.10	11.28	0.81	7.66	3.22	2.38	--	1.25
25	Hal White	-	34	-	MLB	0	0	2.61	10	0	0	0	3	0	10.1	8	3	3	1	3	2	0	0	1.06	6.97	0.87	2.61	1.74	1.50	--	3.00
35,39	Bob Habenicht	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	5.40	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.20	5.40	0.00	5.40	5.40	1.00	--	0.33
Totals: (37 players)						54	100	4.48	154	154	28	7	126	24	1,384	1467	778	688	112	626	639	33	3	1.31	9.54	0.66	4.07	4.16	0.98	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Clint Courtney	C	103		436	47	10	7	.980	0.00
Les Moss	C	71		296	21	7	4	.978	0.00
Babe Martin	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick Kryhoski	1B	88		685	66	6	77	.992	0.00
Roy Sievers	1B	76		604	31	5	64	.992	0.00
Ed Mickelson	1B	3		20	2	0	2	1.000	0.00
Frank Kellert	1B	1		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bobby Young	2B	148		397	363	18	120	.977	0.00
Neil Berry	2B	15		26	27	2	8	.964	0.00
Johnny Lipon	2B	1		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Dyck	3B	51		62	101	13	12	.926	0.00
Vern Stephens	3B	46		54	91	7	9	.954	0.00
Bob Elliott	3B	45		51	93	7	12	.954	0.00
Neil Berry	3B	18		15	18	7	1	.825	0.00
Don Lenhardt	3B	6		5	8	1	0	.929	0.00
Johnny Lipon	3B	6		0	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Willy Miranda	3B	6		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Marty Marion	3B	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Hunter	SS	152		284	512	25	99	.970	0.00
Willy Miranda	SS	8		8	6	1	1	.933	0.00
Neil Berry	SS	6		4	14	1	1	.947	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Johnny Groth	OF	141		425	18	4	5	.991	0.00
Vic Wertz	OF	121		243	15	7	4	.974	0.00
Dick Kokos	OF	83		152	5	6	1	.963	0.00
Don Lenhardt	OF	77		148	8	5	1	.969	0.00
Jim Dyck	OF	55		100	5	2	1	.981	0.00
Hank Edwards	OF	21		36	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Pisoni	OF	3		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Don Larsen	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Marlin Stuart	P	60	114	9	15	1	2	.960	1.89
Satchel Paige	P	57	117	3	12	0	1	1.000	1.15
Don Larsen	P	38	192	8	29	2	1	.949	1.73
Dick Littlefield	P	36	152	9	19	0	0	1.000	1.66
Mike Blyzka	P	33	94	6	13	0	1	1.000	1.82
Bob Cain	P	32	99	4	9	0	1	1.000	1.18
Duane Pillette	P	31	166	14	20	2	3	.944	1.84
Harry Brecheen	P	26	117	5	29	0	2	1.000	2.61
Bobo Holloman	P	22	65	8	9	3	1	.850	2.35
Lou Kretlow	P	22	81	3	7	3	0	.769	1.11
Virgil Trucks	P	16	88	3	13	6	1	.727	1.64
Max Lanier	P	10	22	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.63
Bob Turley	P	10	60	4	3	0	2	1.000	1.05
Hal White	P	10	10	1	4	1	0	.833	4.46
Bob Habenicht	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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