1953 Cleveland Indians season

1953 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Myron H. Wilson
General manager(s) Hank Greenberg
Manager(s) Al López
Local television WXEL
Local radio WERE (1300)
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The 1953 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 92–62, 8½ games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

Regular season

Al Rosen became the first third baseman in the history of the American League to win the MVP Award.[2]

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees9952.656--
Cleveland Indians9262.6048.5
Chicago White Sox8965.57811.5
Boston Red Sox8469.54916
Washington Senators7676.50023.5
Detroit Tigers6094.32540.5
Philadelphia Athletics5995.38341.5
St. Louis Browns54100.35146.5

Record vs. opponents

1953 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —6–1613–913–910–1115–717–510–12
Chicago 16–6—11–11–114–8–19–1310–1217–512–10
Cleveland 9–1311–11–1—14–811–1119–317–511–11
Detroit 9–138–14–18–14—6–1611–11–37–1511–11
New York 11–1013–911–1116–6—17–517–514–6
Philadelphia 7–1512–103–1911–11–35–17—13–98–14
St. Louis 5–175–175–1715–75–179–13—10–12
Washington 12–1010–1211–1111–116–1414–812–10—

Notable transactions

Roster

1953 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
3BAl Rosen155599201.33643145

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Ray Boone3411227.241421

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Al Aber61107.504

Awards and records

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Birdie Tebbetts
A Reading Indians Eastern League Kerby Farrell
B Spartanburg Peaches Tri-State League Jimmy Bloodworth
C Fargo-Moorhead Twins Northern League Zeke Bonura and Santo Luberto
C Sherbrooke Indians Provincial League Pinky May
D Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Ed Levy
D Green Bay Blue Jays Wisconsin State League Phil Seghi

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fargo-Moorhead, Daytona Beach, Green Bay[5]

  • On May 6, 1953, the Fargo-Moorhead Twins defeated Sioux Falls in their Opening Day game by a score of 12–3. A record crowd of 10,123 fans came to Barnett Field. In the game, Roger Maris got his first professional baseball hit.[6] That season, Twins player Frank Gravino would hit 52 home runs.[7] The Twins would host the Northern League All-Star game and defeat the Northern League All-Stars by a score of 8–4.[8] The Twins finished with a record of 86–39 (improving from their record of 44–80 in 1952[8]) and bested Duluth to win the Northern League championship.[9] Roger Maris was selected as the 1953 Northern League Rookie of the Year.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Earl Averill, Jr. at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ↑ Brooks Lawrence at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Ray Boone at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  6. ↑ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 54, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
  7. ↑ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 55
  8. 1 2 Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 56
  9. 1 2 Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 58

References

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