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 3rd place with the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League.

1953 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record83–71 (.539)
League place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
Manager(s)Eddie Stanky
Local radioWIL
(Harry Caray, Gus Mancuso, Stretch Miller)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 10549 0.682 60–17 45–32
Milwaukee Braves 9262 0.597 13 45–31 47–31
Philadelphia Phillies 8371 0.539 22 48–29 35–42
St. Louis Cardinals 8371 0.539 22 48–30 35–41
New York Giants 7084 0.455 35 38–39 32–45
Cincinnati Redlegs 6886 0.442 37 38–39 30–47
Chicago Cubs 6589 0.422 40 43–34 22–55
Pittsburgh Pirates 50104 0.325 55 26–51 24–53

Record vs. opponents

1953 National League Records

Sources:
Team BR CHC CIN MIL NYG PHI PIT STL
Brooklyn 13–9–115–713–915–714–820–215–7
Chicago 9–13–112–108–149–135–1711–1111–11
Cincinnati 7–1510–128–149–1312–1015–77–15–1
Milwaukee 9–1314–814–814–8–113–9–115–713–9–1
New York 7–1513–913–98–14–19–1311–119–13
Philadelphia 8–1417–510–129–13–113–915–711–11–1
Pittsburgh 2–2011–117–157–1511–117–155–17
St. Louis 7–1511–1115–7–19–13–113–911–11–117–5

Notable transactions

Roster

1953 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CDel Rice13541999.236637
1BSteve Bilko154570143.2512184
2BRed Schoendienst146564193.3421579
SSSolly Hemus154585163.2791461
3BRay Jablonski157604162.26821112
OFStan Musial157593200.33730113
OFEnos Slaughter143492143.291689
OFRip Repulski153567156.2751566

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
Peanuts Lowrey10418249.269527
Harry Elliott245915.25416
Sal Yvars305714.24616
Pete Castiglione67529.17303
Dick Sisler324311.25604
Ducky Schofield33397.17924
Ferrell Anderson183510.28601
Dick Rand9319.29001
Eddie Stanky17308.26701
Grant Dunlap16176.35313
Les Fusselman1182.25000
Hal Rice882.25000
Billy Johnson1151.20001
Vern Benson1340.00000
Eddie Phillips900----00
Fred Marolewski100----00

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
Harvey Haddix362532093.06163
Gerry Staley402301893.9988
Vinegar Bend Mizell33224.113113.49173
Joe Presko34161.26135.0156
John Romonosky27.2004.703

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
Stu Miller40137.2785.5679
Cliff Chambers3279.2364.8626
Willard Schmidt617.2029.1711
Jack Faszholz411.2006.947

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 Brazle6067184.2157
Hal White496572.9932
Mike Clark231014.7917
Eddie Erautt203106.3115
Jackie Collum70006.355
Dick Bokelmann30006.000
Eddie Yuhas200018.000

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Dothan, Hazlehurst-Baxley, Paducah

References

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