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1953 St. Louis Cardinals season

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 in a tie for third place with the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League.

1953 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkBusch Stadium I
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record83–71 (.539)
League place3rd
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
ManagersEddie Stanky
RadioWIL
(Harry Caray, Gus Mancuso, Stretch Miller)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
← 1952 Seasons 1954 →

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

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 105 49 .682 — 60‍–‍17 45‍–‍32
Milwaukee Braves 92 62 .597 13 45‍–‍31 47‍–‍31
Philadelphia Phillies 83 71 .539 22 48‍–‍29 35‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals 83 71 .539 22 48‍–‍30 35‍–‍41
New York Giants 70 84 .455 35 38‍–‍39 32‍–‍45
Cincinnati Redlegs 68 86 .442 37 38‍–‍39 30‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs 65 89 .422 40 43‍–‍34 22‍–‍55
Pittsburgh Pirates 50 104 .325 55 26‍–‍51 24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

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1953 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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Roster

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1953 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Del Rice 135 419 99 .236 6 37
1B Steve Bilko 154 570 143 .251 21 84
2B Red Schoendienst 146 564 193 .342 15 79
SS Solly Hemus 154 585 163 .279 14 61
3B Ray Jablonski 157 604 162 .268 21 112
OF Stan Musial 157 593 200 .337 30 113
OF Enos Slaughter 143 492 143 .291 6 89
OF Rip Repulski 153 567 156 .275 15 66

Other batters

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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
Peanuts Lowrey 104 182 49 .269 5 27
Harry Elliott 24 59 15 .254 1 6
Sal Yvars 30 57 14 .246 1 6
Pete Castiglione 67 52 9 .173 0 3
Dick Sisler 32 43 11 .256 0 4
Ducky Schofield 33 39 7 .179 2 4
Ferrell Anderson 18 35 10 .286 0 1
Dick Rand 9 31 9 .290 0 1
Eddie Stanky 17 30 8 .267 0 1
Grant Dunlap 16 17 6 .353 1 3
Les Fusselman 11 8 2 .250 0 0
Hal Rice 8 8 2 .250 0 0
Billy Johnson 11 5 1 .200 0 1
Vern Benson 13 4 0 .000 0 0
Eddie Phillips 9 0 0 ---- 0 0
Fred Marolewski 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Harvey Haddix 36 253.0 20 9 3.06 163
Gerry Staley 40 230.0 18 9 3.99 88
Vinegar Bend Mizell 33 224.1 13 11 3.49 173
Joe Presko 34 161.2 6 13 5.01 56
John Romonosky 2 7.2 0 0 4.70 3

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Stu Miller 40 137.2 7 8 5.56 79
Cliff Chambers 32 79.2 3 6 4.86 26
Willard Schmidt 6 17.2 0 2 9.17 11
Jack Faszholz 4 11.2 0 0 6.94 7

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Al Brazle 60 6 7 18 4.21 57
Hal White 49 6 5 7 2.99 32
Mike Clark 23 1 0 1 4.79 17
Eddie Erautt 20 3 1 0 6.31 15
Jackie Collum 7 0 0 0 6.35 5
Dick Bokelmann 3 0 0 0 6.00 0
Eddie Yuhas 2 0 0 0 18.00 0

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Dothan, Hazlehurst-Baxley, Paducah

References

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  1. ^ Grant Dunlap page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Billy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Jackie Collum page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Hal Rice page at Baseball Reference
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