The 1953 Washington Senators won 76 games, lost 76, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium. This was their last winning season until 1962.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1953 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats
Batting = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 C 88 288 72 .250 3 39 1B 152 608 205 .337 15 115 2B Wayne Terwilliger 134 464 117 .252 4 46 SS Pete Runnels 137 486 125 .257 2 50 3B Eddie Yost 152 577 157 .272 9 45 OF Jim Busby 150 586 183 .312 6 82 OF Jackie Jensen 147 582 147 .266 10 84 OF Clyde Vollmer 118 408 106 .260 11 74
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 Mickey Grasso 61 196 41 .209 2 22 Gil Coan 68 168 33 .196 2 17 Jerry Snyder 29 62 21 .339 0 4 Kite Thomas 38 58 17 .293 1 12 19 58 17 .293 0 2 Mel Hoderlein 23 47 9 .191 0 5 12 33 7 .212 0 3 Les Peden 9 28 7 .250 1 1 Carmen Mauro 17 23 4 .174 0 2 Gene Verble 13 21 4 .190 0 2 Frank Sacka 7 18 5 .278 0 3 Bob Oldis 7 16 4 .250 0 3 Frank Campos 10 9 1 .111 0 2 Tony Roig 3 8 1 .125 0 0 Floyd Baker 9 7 0 .000 0 0 Bruce Barmes 5 5 1 .200 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 Bob Porterfield 34 255.0 22 10 3.35 77 Walt Masterson 29 166.1 10 12 3.63 95 Spec Shea 23 164.2 12 7 3.94 38 Chuck Stobbs 27 153.0 11 8 3.29 67 Connie Marrero 22 145.2 8 7 3.03 65 6 33.2 0 5 4.28 22 Bunky Stewart 2 15.1 0 2 4.70 3
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 43 120.0 5 8 3.75 40 Johnny Schmitz 24 107.2 2 7 3.68 39 12 35.1 3 1 2.80 13 4 9.1 0 1 7.71 0 Dean Stone 3 8.2 0 1 8.31 5
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 Sima 31 2 3 1 3.42 25 20 1 4 0 4.92 26 4 0 0 0 10.80 0
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte
References
External links 1953 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1953 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com