1953 St. Louis Cardinals season

1953 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Busch Stadium I (since 1920)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	83–71 (.539)
League place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
Manager(s)	Eddie Stanky
Local radio	WIL (Harry Caray, Gus Mancuso)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1953 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 72nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 62nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 83–71 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League.

Prior to the start of the season, August A. Busch, Jr. of Anheuser-Busch bought the team from Fred Saigh. That started a reign that would last until March, 1996, when William DeWitt, Jr., Drew Baur and Fred Hanser bought the club. Realizing the Cardinals now had more resources than he could possibly match, Bill Veeck, owner of the St. Louis Browns decided to search for another city to which to move the Browns. As a first step, he sold Sportsman's Park to the Cardinals. He would have probably had to sell the park in any case; the park had fallen into disrepair over the years, and the city had threatened to have it condemned. With the Browns' declining revenues – despite collecting rent from the Cardinals – Veeck could not afford to bring it up to code. Busch heavily renovated the 44-year-old park and renamed it Busch Stadium. Within a year, Veeck also sold the Browns to Jerold Hoffberger and Clarence Miles, and the new owners moved them to Baltimore as the Orioles.

Offseason

December 3, 1952: Grant Dunlap was purchased by the Cardinals from the Shreveport Sports.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Brooklyn Dodgers	105	49	--	.682
Milwaukee Braves	92	62	13	.597
Philadelphia Phillies	83	71	22	.539
St. Louis Cardinals	83	71	22	.439
New York Giants	70	84	35	.455
Cincinnati Redlegs	68	86	37	.442
Chicago Cubs	65	89	40	.422
Pittsburgh Pirates	50	104	55	.325

Record vs. opponents

1953 National League Records Sources:
Team	BR	CHC	CIN	MIL	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Brooklyn	—	13–9–1	15–7	13–9	15–7	14–8	20–2	15–7
Chicago	9–13–1	—	12–10	8–14	9–13	5–17	11–11	11–11
Cincinnati	7–15	10–12	—	8–14	9–13	12–10	15–7	7–15–1
Milwaukee	9–13	14–8	14–8	—	14–8–1	13–9–1	15–7	13–9–1
New York	7–15	13–9	13–9	8–14–1	—	9–13	11–11	9–13
Philadelphia	8–14	17–5	10–12	9–13–1	13–9	—	15–7	11–11–1
Pittsburgh	2–20	11–11	7–15	7–15	11–11	7–15	—	5–17
St. Louis	7–15	11–11	15–7–1	9–13–1	13–9	11–11–1	17–5	—

Notable transactions

May 18, 1953: Billy Johnson was released by the Cardinals.^[2]
May 23, 1953: Jackie Collum was traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Eddie Erautt.^[3]
June 14, 1953: Hal Rice was traded by the Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Pete Castiglione.^[4]

Roster

1953 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

25 Dick Bokelmann

27 Al Brazle

28 Cliff Chambers

22 Mike Clark

32 Jackie Collum

32,25 Eddie Erautt

41 Jack Faszholz

42 Harvey Haddix

36 Stu Miller

33 Vinegar Bend Mizell

32,21 Joe Presko

39 John Romonosky

47 Willard Schmidt

14 Gerry Staley

26 Hal White

43 Eddie Yuhas

Catchers

38 Ferrell Anderson

17 Les Fusselman

16 Dick Rand

18 Del Rice

17 Sal Yvars

Infielders

5 Steve Bilko

1 Pete Castiglione

7 Solly Hemus

11 Ray Jablonski

1 Billy Johnson

15 Fred Marolewski

2 Red Schoendienst

19 Dick Schofield

15 Dick Sisler

12 Eddie Stanky

Outfielders

10 Grant Dunlap

10 Harry Elliott

37 Peanuts Lowrey

6 Stan Musial

8 Rip Repulski

9 Enos Slaughter

Other batters

19 Vern Benson

20 Eddie Phillips

39 Hal Rice

3 Virgil Stallcup

Manager

12 Eddie Stanky

Coaches

29 Johnny Riddle

35 Mike Ryba

30 Dixie Walker

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

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
Castiglione, PetePete Castiglione	67	52	9	.173	0	3
Rand, DickDick Rand	9	31	9	.290	0	1
Dunlap, GrantGrant Dunlap	16	17	6	.353	1	3
Johnson, BillyBilly Johnson	11	5	1	.200	0	1
Phillips, EddieEddie Phillips	9	0	0	----	0	0

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
Brazle, AlAl Brazle	60	6	7	18	4.21	57
Erautt, EddieEddie Erautt	20	3	1	0	6.31	15
Collum, JackieJackie Collum	7	0	0	0	6.35	5
Bokelmann, DickDick Bokelmann	3	0	0	0	6.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Red Birds	American Association	Johnny Keane
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Harry Walker
AA	Houston Buffaloes	Texas League	Al Hollingsworth and Dixie Walker
A	Columbus Cardinals	Sally League	Sheldon "Chief" Bender
A	Omaha Cardinals	Western League	George Kissell
B	Winston-Salem Cardinals	Carolina League	Jimmy Brown
B	Peoria Chiefs	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Whitey Kurowski
B	Lynchburg Cardinals	Piedmont League	Dick Landis and John Sullivan
C	Fresno Cardinals	California League	Roland LeBlanc
C	St. Joseph Cardinals	Western Association	Harold Olt
D	Dothan Rebels	Alabama–Florida League	Homer Ray Wilson
D	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Jim Hercinger
D	Sanford Cardinals	Florida State League	J. C. Dunn
D	Hazlehurst-Baxley Cardinals	Georgia State League	Arnie Riesgo
D	Albany Cardinals	Georgia–Florida League	Russ McGovern
D	Paducah Chiefs	KITTY League	Lee "Pete" Peterson
D	Hannibal Cardinals	Mississippi–Ohio Valley League	Tince Leonard
D	Hamilton Cardinals	PONY League	Harold Contini
D	Ardmore Cardinals	Sooner State League	Bennie Warren

Notes

References

1953 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1953 All-Star Game 1953 World Series

St. Louis Cardinals

Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

History

Ballparks

Robison Field Sportsman's Park Busch Memorial Stadium Busch Stadium

Spring training	Whittington Park Herald Park West End Park McKechnie Field City Island Ball Park Al Lang Stadium Roger Dean Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr.
General Manager: John Mozeliak
Manager: Mike Matheny

Minors

AAA: Memphis Redbirds
AA: Springfield Cardinals
A Adv.: Palm Beach Cardinals
A: Peoria Chiefs
Short A: State College Spikes
Rookie Adv.: Johnson City Cardinals
Rookie: Gulf Coast League Cardinals; Dominican Summer League Cardinals

World Series
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