1953 Chicago White Sox season

1953 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Grace Comiskey
General manager(s)	Frank Lane
Manager(s)	Paul Richards
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Local radio	WCFL (Bob Elson, Don Wells)
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The 1953 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 53rd season in the major leagues, and its 54th season overall. They finished with a record 89–65, good enough for third place in the American League, 11.5 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Offseason

• October 16, 1952: Hank Edwards and Willy Miranda were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Joe DeMaestri and Tommy Byrne.^[1]
• January 27, 1953: Joe DeMaestri, Ed McGhee and Eddie Robinson were traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ferris Fain and Bob Wilson (minors).^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	99	52	.656	--
Cleveland Indians	92	62	.604	8.5
Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	11.5
Boston Red Sox	84	69	.549	16
Washington Senators	76	76	.500	23.5
Detroit Tigers	60	94	.325	40.5
Philadelphia Athletics	59	95	.383	41.5
St. Louis Browns	54	100	.351	46.5

Record vs. opponents

1953 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	6–16	13–9	13–9	10–11	15–7	17–5	10–12
Chicago	16–6	—	11–11–1	14–8–1	9–13	10–12	17–5	12–10
Cleveland	9–13	11–11–1	—	14–8	11–11	19–3	17–5	11–11
Detroit	9–13	8–14–1	8–14	—	6–16	11–11–3	7–15	11–11
New York	11–10	13–9	11–11	16–6	—	17–5	17–5	14–6
Philadelphia	7–15	12–10	3–19	11–11–3	5–17	—	13–9	8–14
St. Louis	5–17	5–17	5–17	15–7	5–17	9–13	—	10–12
Washington	12–10	10–12	11–11	11–11	6–14	14–8	12–10	—

Opening Day lineup

• Nellie Fox, 2b
• Ferris Fain, 1b
• Minnie Miñoso, lf
• Vern Stephens, 3b
• Jim Rivera, cf
• Sam Mele, rf
• Chico Carrasquel, ss
• Red Wilson, c
• Saul Rogovin, p

Notable transactions

• September 1, 1953: Neil Berry was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.^[2]

Roster

1953 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 11 Luis Aloma 36 Gene Bearden 27 Tommy Byrne 30,20 Sandy Consuegra 29 Joe Dobson 12 Harry Dorish 16 Mike Fornieles 35 Earl Harrist 34 Hal Hudson 24,45 Connie Johnson 15 Bob Keegan 23 Lou Kretlow 19 Billy Pierce 35,14 Saul Rogovin 23 Virgil Trucks		Catchers 10 Sherm Lollar 30 Bud Sheely 26 Red Wilson Infielders 34 Neil Berry 31 Bob Boyd 17 Chico Carrasquel 18 Allie Clark 20 Sam Dente 27 Bob Elliott  8 Ferris Fain  2 Nellie Fox  6 Rocky Krsnich 25 Fred Marsh  3 Connie Ryan  3 Vern Stephens		Outfielders  5 Sam Mele  9 Minnie Miñoso  7 Jim Rivera 21 Bud Stewart 38 Bill Wilson 32 Tom Wright		Manager 22 Paul Richards Coaches 44 Ray Berres 28 Doc Cramer 40 Luman Harris

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Neil Berry, 2B	5	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.125	0
Bob Boyd, 1B,OF	55	165	20	49	6	2	3	23	13	11	.279	1
Chico Carrasquel, SS	149	552	72	154	30	4	2	47	38	47	.279	5
Allie Clark, 1B,LF	9	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.067	0
Sam Dente, SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Bob Elliott, 3B	67	208	24	54	11	1	4	32	31	21	.260	1
Ferris Fain, 1B	128	446	73	114	18	2	6	52	108	28	.256	3
Nellie Fox, 2B	154	624	92	178	31	8	3	72	49	18	.285	4
Rocky Krsnich, 3B	64	129	9	26	8	0	1	14	12	11	.202	0
Sherm Lollar, C	113	334	46	96	19	0	8	54	47	29	.287	1
Fred Marsh, 3B,SS,1B,2B	67	95	22	19	1	0	2	2	13	26	.200	0
Sam Mele, RF	140	481	64	132	26	8	12	82	58	47	.274	3
Minnie Miñoso, LF,RF,3B	151	556	104	174	24	8	15	104	74	43	.313	25
Jim Rivera, CF	156	567	79	147	26	16	11	78	53	70	.259	22
Connie Ryan, 3B	17	54	6	12	1	0	0	6	9	12	.222	2
Bud Sheely, C	31	46	4	10	1	0	0	2	9	8	.217	0
Vern Stephens, 3B	44	129	14	24	6	0	1	14	13	18	.186	2
Bud Stewart, LF,RF	53	59	16	16	2	0	2	13	14	3	.271	1
Bill Wilson, CF	9	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	.059	0
Red Wilson, C	71	164	21	41	6	1	0	10	26	12	.250	2
Tom Wright, RF,LF	77	132	14	33	5	3	2	25	12	21	.250	0
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Luis Aloma, P 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0 Gene Bearden, P 31 21 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 4 .190 0 Tommy Byrne, P 18 18 2 3 0 0 1 5 2 6 .167 0 Sandy Consuegra, P 29 35 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 7 .057 0 Joe Dobson, P 23 29 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 11 .069 0 Fritz Dorish, P 55 41 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 5 .171 0 Mike Fornieles, P 39 41 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 5 .098 0 Earl Harrist, P 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Connie Johnson, P 15 20 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 .050 0 Bob Keegan, P 22 28 4 9 0 0 0 5 1 5 .321 0 Lou Kretlow, P 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 Billy Pierce, P 42 87 4 11 0 0 0 4 4 16 .126 0 Saul Rogovin, P 22 37 5 5 0 0 0 3 7 9 .135 1 Virgil Trucks, P 24 63 6 15 3 0 1 6 0 10 .238 0 Team totals 156 5212 716 1345 226 53 74 669 600 529 .258 73 Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Luis Aloma 2 0 4.70 24 0 2 38.1 41 20 20 7 23 23 Gene Bearden 3 3 2.93 25 3 0 58.1 48 27 19 8 33 24 Tommy Byrne 2 0 10.13 6 6 0 16.0 18 18 18 0 26 4 Sandy Consuegra 7 5 2.54 29 13 3 124.0 122 39 35 9 28 30 Joe Dobson 5 5 3.67 23 15 1 100.2 96 46 41 10 37 50 Fritz Dorish 10 6 3.40 55 6 18 145.2 140 59 55 9 52 69 Mike Fornieles 8 7 3.59 39 16 3 153.0 160 68 61 8 61 72 Earl Harrist 1 0 7.56 7 0 0 8.1 9 7 7 1 5 1 Hal Hudson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Connie Johnson 4 4 3.56 14 10 0 60.2 55 27 24 4 38 44 Bob Keegan 7 5 2.74 22 11 1 98.2 80 34 30 4 33 32 Lou Kretlow 0 0 3.48 9 3 0 20.2 12 11 8 2 30 15 Billy Pierce 18 12 2.72 40 33 3 271.1 216 94 82 20 102 186 Saul Rogovin 7 12 5.22 22 19 1 131.0 151 82 76 17 48 62 Virgil Trucks 15 6 2.86 24 21 1 176.1 151 60 56 14 67 102 Team totals 89 65 3.41 156 156 33 1403.2 1299 592 532 113 583 714 Farm system Level Team League Manager AAA Charleston Senators American Association Joe Becker AA Memphis Chicks Southern Association Luke Appling A Colorado Springs Sky Sox Western League Don Gutteridge B Waterloo White Hawks Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Zack Taylor C Topeka Owls Western Association Ira Hutchinson D Madisonville Miners KITTY League Franklin Robinson D Danville Dans Mississippi–Ohio Valley League Virl Minnis D Wisconsin Rapids White Sox Wisconsin State League Wally Millies Notes Joe DeMaestri at Baseball-Reference Neil Berry at Baseball-Reference References 1953 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.