1953_Cleveland_Indians_season

1953 Cleveland Indians
1953 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Myron H. Wilson
General managers	Hank Greenberg
Managers	Al López
Television	WXEL; (Bob Neal, Red Jones)
Radio	WERE; (Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley)

1953 Cleveland Indians season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1953 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 92–62, 8+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.

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v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	52	0.656	—	50–27	49–25
Cleveland Indians	92	62	0.597	8½	53–24	39–38
Chicago White Sox	89	65	0.578	11½	41–36	48–29
Boston Red Sox	84	69	0.549	16	38–38	46–31
Washington Senators	76	76	0.500	23½	39–36	37–40
Detroit Tigers	60	94	0.390	40½	30–47	30–47
Philadelphia Athletics	59	95	0.383	41½	27–50	32–45
St. Louis Browns	54	100	0.351	46½	23–54	31–46

1953 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jim Hegan	112	299	65	.217	9	37
1B	Bill Glynn	147	411	100	.243	3	30
2B	Bobby Ávila	141	559	160	.286	8	55
SS	George Strickland	123	419	119	.284	5	47
3B	Al Rosen	155	599	201	.336	43	145
OF	Larry Doby	149	513	135	.263	29	102
OF	Harry Simpson	82	242	55	.227	7	22
OF	Dale Mitchell	134	500	150	.300	13	60

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Wally Westlake	82	218	72	.330	9	46
Luke Easter	68	211	64	.303	7	31
Bob Kennedy	100	161	38	.236	3	22
Al Smith	47	150	36	.240	3	14
Ray Boone	34	112	27	.241	4	21
Joe Tipton	47	109	25	.229	6	13
Joe Ginsberg	46	109	31	.284	0	10
Owen Friend	34	68	16	.235	2	13
Hank Majeski	50	50	15	.300	2	12
Jim Lemon	16	46	8	.174	1	5
Barney McCosky	22	21	4	.190	0	3
Hank Foiles	7	7	1	.143	0	0
Dick Aylward	4	3	0	.000	0	0
Dick Weik	1	0	0	----	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Lemon	41	286.2	21	15	3.36	98
Mike Garcia	38	271.2	18	9	3.25	134
Early Wynn	36	251.2	17	12	3.93	138
Bob Feller	25	175.2	10	7	3.59	60
Dick Tomanek	1	9.0	1	0	2.00	6

1953 Cleveland Indians season

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dave Hoskins	26	112.2	9	3	3.99	55
Art Houtteman	22	109.0	7	7	3.80	40
Bob Chakales	7	27.0	0	2	2.67	6
Steve Gromek	5	11.0	1	1	3.27	8

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bob Hooper	43	5	4	7	4.02	16
Bill Wight	20	2	1	1	3.71	14
Lou Brissie	16	0	0	2	7.62	5
Al Aber	6	1	1	0	7.50	4
Ted Wilks	4	0	0	0	7.36	2

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Birdie Tebbetts
A	Reading Indians	Eastern League	Kerby Farrell
B	Spartanburg Peaches	Tri-State League	Jimmy Bloodworth
C	Fargo-Moorhead Twins	Northern League	Zeke Bonura and Santo Luberto
C	Sherbrooke Indians	Provincial League	Pinky May
D	Daytona Beach Islanders	Florida State League	Ed Levy
D	Green Bay Blue Jays	Wisconsin State League	Phil Seghi