1953 CHICAGO WHITE SOX

| Level: MLB

Location: Chicago,IL
Team Record: 89-65 .578
Result: 3rd in American League
Manager(s): Paul Richards
General Manager: Frank Lane
Stadium: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,191,353
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Chicago White Sox affiliate history

Oldest Player: Bud Stewart (37)
Youngest Player: Mike Fornieles (21)
Longest Tenure: Billy Pierce (5)
Top Hitter: Minnie Minoso (4)
Top Pitcher: Billy Pierce (1)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 57.89%

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
2	Nellie Fox	2b	6	25	-	MLB	154	624	92	178	31	8	3	72	4	5	49	18	7		12		15	.285	.000	.375	375	234			-	-
7	Jim Rivera	of	11	30	-	MLB	156	567	79	147	26	16	11	78	22	15	53	70	6		13		15	.259	.000	.420	420	238			-	-
9	Minnie Minoso	of	4	30	-	MLB	151	556	104	174	24	8	15	104	25	16	74	43	17		8		23	.313	.000	.466	466	259			-	-
17	Chico Carrasquel	ss	32	25	-	MLB	149	552	72	154	30	4	2	47	5	3	38	47	4		10		15	.279	.000	.359	359	198			-	-
5	Sam Mele	of	33	30	-	MLB	140	481	64	132	26	8	12	82	3	1	58	47	0		5		14	.274	.000	.437	437	210			-	-
8	Ferris Fain	1b	22	32	-	MLB	128	446	73	114	18	2	6	52	3	2	108	28	4		6		11	.256	.000	.345	345	154			-	-
10	Sherm Lollar	c	42	28	-	MLB	113	334	46	96	19	0	8	54	1	0	47	29	8		7		7	.287	.000	.416	416	139			-	-
27	Bob Elliott	3b-of	60	36	-	MLB	67	208	24	54	11	1	4	32	1	1	31	21	1		1		3	.260	.000	.380	380	79			-	-
31	Bob Boyd	1b	-	27	-	MLB	55	165	20	49	6	2	3	23	1	4	13	11	1		3		3	.297	.000	.412	412	68			-	-
38	Red Wilson	c	-	24	-	MLB	71	164	21	41	6	1	0	10	2	3	26	12	0		3		8	.250	.000	.299	299	49			-	-
32	Tom Wright	of	-	29	-	MLB	77	132	14	33	5	3	2	25	0	0	12	21	2		1		1	.250	.000	.379	379	50			-	-
6	Rocky Krsnich	3b	-	25	-	MLB	64	129	9	26	8	0	1	14	0	2	12	11	0		2		2	.202	.000	.287	287	37			-	-
3	Vern Stephens	ss-3b	-	32	-	MLB	44	129	14	24	6	0	1	14	2	0	13	18	0		1		3	.186	.000	.256	256	33			-	-
25	Fred Marsh	3b-ss	-	29	-	MLB	67	95	22	19	1	0	2	2	0	3	13	26	1		2		2	.200	.000	.274	274	26			-	-
19	Billy Pierce	p	52	26	-	MLB	42	87	4	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	16	1		10		3	.126	.000	.126	126	11			-	-
23	Virgil Trucks	p	45	36	-	MLB	24	63	6	15	3	0	1	6	0	0	0	10	1		9		1	.238	.000	.333	333	21			-	-
21	Bud Stewart	of	-	37	-	MLB	53	59	16	16	2	0	2	13	1	0	14	3	0		0		1	.271	.000	.407	407	24			-	-
3	Connie Ryan	2b	-	33	-	MLB	17	54	6	12	1	0	0	6	2	0	9	12	0		0		4	.222	.000	.241	241	13			-	-
30	Bud Sheely	c	-	32	-	MLB	31	46	4	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	9	8	0		1		1	.217	.000	.239	239	11			-	-
16	Mike Fornieles	p	62	21	-	MLB	39	41	2	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	5	0		9		1	.098	.000	.122	122	5			-	-
12	Harry Dorish	p	-	31	-	MLB	55	41	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0		3		1	.171	.000	.171	171	7			-	-
14,35	Saul Rogovin	p	-	29	-	MLB	22	37	5	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	7	9	0		2		2	.135	.000	.135	135	5			-	-
20,30	Sandy Consuegra	p	-	32	-	MLB	29	35	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	0		6		0	.057	.000	.057	57	2			-	-
29	Joe Dobson	p	-	36	-	MLB	23	29	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	0		1		1	.069	.000	.103	103	3			-	-
15	Bob Keegan	p	-	32	-	MLB	22	28	4	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	5	0		2		2	.321	.000	.321	321	9			-	-
36	Gene Bearden	p	-	32	-	MLB	31	21	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	0		2		1	.190	.000	.190	190	4			-	-
24,45	Connie Johnson	p	-	30	-	MLB	15	20	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	0		1		1	.050	.000	.050	50	1			-	-
27	Tommy Byrne	p	-	33	-	MLB	18	18	2	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	6	0		0		0	.167	.000	.333	333	6			-	-
26	Bill Wilson	of	-	24	-	MLB	9	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1		0		1	.059	.000	.059	59	1			-	-
18	Allie Clark	of	-	30	-	MLB	9	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		0		3	.067	.000	.067	67	1			-	-
34	Neil Berry	ss-2b	-	31	-	MLB	5	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		1	.125	.000	.125	125	1			-	-
11	Luis Aloma	p	-	29	-	MLB	24	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
23	Lou Kretlow	p	-	32	-	MLB	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
35	Earl Harrist	p	-	33	-	MLB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
19	Billy Pierce	1	26	-	MLB	18	12	2.72	40	33	19	7	6	3	271.1	216	94	82	20	102	186	5	0	1.17	7.16	0.66	3.38	6.17	0.55	--	0.73
23	Virgil Trucks	2	36	-	MLB	15	6	2.86	24	21	13	3	1	1	176.1	151	60	56	14	67	102	4	1	1.24	7.71	0.71	3.42	5.21	0.66	--	0.82
16	Mike Fornieles	44	21	-	MLB	8	7	3.59	39	16	5	0	7	3	153.0	160	68	61	8	61	72	2	1	1.44	9.41	0.47	3.59	4.24	0.85	--	1.08
12	Harry Dorish	27	31	-	MLB	10	6	3.40	55	6	2	0	37	18	145.2	140	59	55	9	52	69	5	1	1.32	8.65	0.56	3.21	4.26	0.75	--	1.31
14,35	Saul Rogovin	39	29	-	MLB	7	12	5.22	22	19	4	1	1	1	131.0	151	82	76	17	48	62	5	1	1.52	10.37	1.17	3.30	4.26	0.77	--	0.95
20,30	Sandy Consuegra	52	32	-	MLB	7	5	2.54	29	13	5	1	8	3	124.0	122	39	35	9	28	30	1	0	1.21	8.85	0.65	2.03	2.18	0.93	--	1.67
29	Joe Dobson	-	36	-	MLB	5	5	3.67	23	15	3	1	6	1	100.2	96	46	41	10	37	50	3	0	1.32	8.58	0.89	3.31	4.47	0.74	--	1.44
15	Bob Keegan	49	32	-	MLB	7	5	2.74	22	11	4	2	6	1	98.2	80	34	30	4	33	32	0	0	1.15	7.30	0.36	3.01	2.92	1.03	--	1.06
24,45	Connie Johnson	-	30	-	MLB	4	4	3.56	14	10	2	1	3	0	60.2	55	27	24	4	38	44	4	0	1.53	8.16	0.59	5.64	6.53	0.86	--	1.15
36	Gene Bearden	-	32	-	MLB	3	3	2.93	25	3	0	0	9	0	58.1	48	27	19	8	33	24	3	0	1.39	7.41	1.23	5.09	3.70	1.38	--	0.96
11	Luis Aloma	-	29	-	MLB	2	0	4.70	24	0	0	0	8	2	38.1	41	20	20	7	23	23	2	1	1.67	9.63	1.64	5.40	5.40	1.00	--	0.91
23	Lou Kretlow	-	32	-	MLB	0	0	3.48	9	3	0	0	3	0	20.2	12	11	8	2	30	15	2	0	2.03	5.23	0.87	13.06	6.53	2.00	--	0.83
27	Tommy Byrne	-	33	-	MLB	2	0	10.13	6	6	0	0	0	0	16.0	18	18	18	0	26	4	0	0	2.75	10.13	0.00	14.63	2.25	6.50	--	0.79
35	Earl Harrist	-	33	-	MLB	1	0	7.56	7	0	0	0	3	0	8.1	9	7	7	1	5	1	1	0	1.68	9.72	1.08	5.40	1.08	5.00	--	1.10
34	Hal Hudson	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	--	--
Totals: (34 players)						89	65	3.41	154	154	57	16	97	33	1,404	1299	592	532	74	583	714	37	5	1.39	8.33	0.72	3.74	4.58	0.82	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Sherm Lollar	C	107		470	51	3	2	.994	0.00
Red Wilson	C	63		282	24	6	1	.981	0.00
Bud Sheely	C	17		60	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ferris Fain	1B	127		1108	106	13	98	.989	0.00
Bob Boyd	1B	29		275	16	0	25	1.000	0.00
Fred Marsh	1B	5		23	2	1	0	.962	0.00
Sam Mele	1B	2		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Allie Clark	1B	1		5	0	0	2	1.000	0.00
Sherm Lollar	1B	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Billy Pierce	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Nellie Fox	2B	154		451	426	15	101	.983	0.00
Neil Berry	2B	3		5	10	0	1	1.000	0.00
Fred Marsh	2B	2		4	3	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Elliott	3B	58		54	104	6	9	.963	0.00
Rocky Krsnich	3B	57		31	100	10	7	.929	0.00
Vern Stephens	3B	38		30	67	1	7	.990	0.00
Fred Marsh	3B	32		17	30	3	5	.940	0.00
Connie Ryan	3B	16		20	31	4	1	.927	0.00
Minnie Minoso	3B	10		3	14	2	0	.895	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Chico Carrasquel	SS	149		278	462	18	87	.976	0.00
Fred Marsh	SS	17		17	36	2	5	.964	0.00
Vern Stephens	SS	3		0	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Sam Dente	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Rivera	OF	156		385	15	10	5	.976	0.00
Minnie Minoso	OF	147		279	15	10	3	.967	0.00
Sam Mele	OF	138		213	14	1	1	.996	0.00
Tom Wright	OF	33		44	1	1	0	.978	0.00
Bob Boyd	OF	16		26	0	1	0	.963	0.00
Bud Stewart	OF	16		12	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bill Wilson	OF	3		9	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bob Elliott	OF	2		0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Allie Clark	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Harry Dorish	P	55	145	15	31	0	0	1.000	2.85
Billy Pierce	P	40	271	10	33	4	1	.915	1.43
Mike Fornieles	P	39	153	16	30	2	2	.958	2.71
Sandy Consuegra	P	29	124	11	34	1	1	.978	3.27
Gene Bearden	P	25	58	2	11	3	0	.812	2.01
Luis Aloma	P	24	38	3	5	0	1	1.000	1.89
Virgil Trucks	P	24	176	11	29	0	2	1.000	2.04
Joe Dobson	P	23	100	6	14	2	0	.909	1.80
Bob Keegan	P	22	98	7	20	0	2	1.000	2.47
Saul Rogovin	P	22	131	10	20	3	1	.909	2.06
Connie Johnson	P	14	60	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.05
Lou Kretlow	P	9	20	3	6	1	1	.900	4.01
Earl Harrist	P	7	8	1	1	1	0	.667	2.22
Tommy Byrne	P	6	16	3	3	0	0	1.000	3.38
Hal Hudson	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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