1953 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW

Level: MLB

An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.

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Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Al Rosen	3B	Retired	Cleveland	155	599	115	201	27	5	43	145	8	7	85	48	4	0		19	.336	.422	.613	1035
2	Mickey Vernon	1B	Deceased	Washington	152	608	101	205	43	11	15	115	4	6	63	57	4	4		15	.337	.403	.518	921
3	Harvey Kuenn	OF-SS	Deceased	Detroit	155	679	94	209	33	7	2	48	6	5	50	31	1	1		10	.308	.356	.386	742
4	Minnie Minoso	OF	Retired	Chi White Sox	151	556	104	174	24	8	15	104	25	16	74	43	17	8		23	.313	.410	.466	876
5	Mickey Mantle	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	127	461	105	136	24	3	21	92	8	4	79	90	0	0		2	.295	.398	.497	895
6	Nellie Fox	2B	Deceased	Chi White Sox	154	624	92	178	31	8	3	72	4	5	49	18	7	12		15	.285	.344	.375	719
7	Larry Doby	OF	Deceased	Cleveland	149	513	92	135	18	5	29	102	3	2	96	121	6	2		7	.263	.385	.487	872
8	Ray Boone	3B-SS	Deceased	Detroit	101	385	73	120	16	6	22	93	2	1	48	47	5	5		6	.312	.395	.556	951
		3B-SS	Deceased	Cleveland	34	112	21	27	1	2	4	21	1	2	24	21	0	3		3	.241	.375	.393	768
9	Dave Philley	OF	Deceased	Philadelphia	157	620	80	188	30	9	9	59	13	5	51	35	2	4		22	.303	.358	.424	782
10	Eddie Yost	3B	Deceased	Washington	152	577	107	157	30	7	9	45	7	4	123	59	4	9		12	.272	.403	.395	798
11	Jim Rivera	OF	Retired	Chi White Sox	156	567	79	147	26	16	11	78	22	15	53	70	6	13		15	.259	.329	.420	749
12	Jackie Jensen	OF	Deceased	Washington	147	552	87	147	32	8	10	84	18	8	73	51	5	1		19	.266	.357	.408	765
13	Jim Busby	OF	Deceased	Washington	150	586	68	183	28	7	6	82	13	6	38	45	4	7		8	.312	.358	.415	773
14	Gus Zernial	OF	Deceased	Philadelphia	147	556	85	158	21	3	42	108	4	0	57	79	4	0		12	.284	.355	.559	914
15	Billy Goodman	2B-1B	Deceased	Boston	128	514	73	161	33	5	2	41	1	4	57	11	2	8		2	.313	.384	.409	793
16	George Kell	3B	Retired	Boston	134	460	68	141	41	2	12	73	5	2	52	22	5	3		10	.307	.383	.483	866
17	Yogi Berra	C	Retired	NY Yankees	137	503	80	149	23	5	27	108	0	3	50	32	3	1		7	.296	.363	.523	886
18	Eddie Robinson	1B	Retired	Philadelphia	156	615	64	152	28	4	22	102	1	2	63	56	5	2		13	.247	.322	.413	735
19	Jim Piersall	OF	Retired	Boston	151	585	76	159	21	9	3	52	11	10	41	52	9	19		12	.272	.329	.354	683
20	Bobby Avila	2B	Deceased	Cleveland	141	559	85	160	22	3	8	55	10	8	58	27	2	14		18	.286	.355	.379	734
21	Walt Dropo	1B	Retired	Detroit	152	606	61	150	30	3	13	96	2	0	29	69	6	4		22	.248	.289	.371	660
22	Ferris Fain	1B	Deceased	Chi White Sox	128	446	73	114	18	2	6	52	3	2	108	28	4	6		11	.256	.405	.345	750
23	Billy Martin	2B	Deceased	NY Yankees	149	587	72	151	24	6	15	75	6	7	43	56	6	9		19	.257	.314	.395	709
24	Gil McDougald	2B-3B	Retired	NY Yankees	141	541	82	154	27	7	10	83	3	4	60	65	5	8		9	.285	.361	.416	777
25	Dick Gernert	1B	Retired	Boston	139	494	73	125	15	1	21	71	0	7	88	82	5	3		9	.253	.371	.415	786
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
26	Johnny Groth	OF	Retired	St. Louis	141	557	65	141	27	4	10	57	5	6	42	53	2	9		0	.253	.308	.370	678
27	Jim Delsing	OF	Deceased	Detroit	138	479	77	138	26	6	11	62	1	3	66	39	5	2		8	.288	.380	.436	816
28	Billy Hunter	SS	Retired	St. Louis	154	567	50	124	18	1	1	37	3	1	24	45	2	11		12	.219	.253	.259	512
29	Gene Woodling	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	125	395	64	121	26	4	10	58	2	7	82	29	3	2		14	.306	.429	.468	897
30	Hank Bauer	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	133	437	77	133	20	6	10	57	2	3	59	45	6	1		8	.304	.394	.446	840
31	Phil Rizzuto	SS	Deceased	NY Yankees	134	413	54	112	21	3	2	54	4	3	71	39	4	18		6	.271	.383	.351	734
32	Chico Carrasquel	SS	Deceased	Chi White Sox	149	552	72	154	30	4	2	47	5	3	38	47	4	10		15	.279	.330	.359	689
33	Sam Mele	OF	Retired	Chi White Sox	140	481	64	132	26	8	12	82	3	1	58	47	0	5		14	.274	.353	.437	790
34	Vic Wertz	OF-1B	Deceased	St. Louis	128	440	61	118	18	6	19	70	1	4	72	44	4	2		13	.268	.376	.466	842
35	Bob Nieman	OF	Deceased	Detroit	142	508	72	143	32	5	15	69	0	3	57	57	0	3		13	.281	.354	.453	807
36	Dale Mitchell	OF	Deceased	Cleveland	134	500	76	150	26	4	13	60	3	1	42	20	0	0		11	.300	.354	.446	800
37	Bill Glynn	1B	Deceased	Cleveland	147	411	60	100	14	2	3	30	1	3	44	65	5	14		5	.243	.324	.309	633
38	Wayne Terwilliger	2B	Retired	Washington	134	464	62	117	24	4	4	46	7	4	64	65	0	13		13	.252	.343	.347	690
39	Sammy White	C	Deceased	Boston	136	476	59	130	34	2	13	64	3	2	29	48	2	8		15	.273	.318	.435	753
40	Bobby Young	2B	Deceased	St. Louis	148	537	48	137	22	2	4	25	2	1	41	40	1	14		12	.255	.309	.326	635
41	Pete Runnels	1B-2B	Deceased	Washington	137	486	64	125	15	5	2	50	3	4	64	36	3	6		18	.257	.347	.321	668
42	Sherm Lollar	C	Deceased	Chi White Sox	113	334	46	96	19	0	8	54	1	0	47	29	8	7		7	.287	.388	.416	804
43	Milt Bolling	SS	Deceased	Boston	109	323	30	85	12	1	5	28	1	4	23	41	3	13		4	.263	.318	.353	671
44	Clyde Vollmer	OF	Deceased	Boston	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	.000	1.000	.000	1000
		OF	Deceased	Washington	118	408	54	106	15	3	11	74	0	2	48	59	3	1		6	.260	.342	.392	734
45	Virgil Trucks	P	Deceased	Chi White Sox	24	63	6	15	3	0	1	6	0	0	0	10	1	9		1	.238	.250	.333	583
		P	Deceased	St. Louis	16	25	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	4		0	.160	.160	.200	360
46	Joe Collins	1B	Deceased	NY Yankees	127	387	72	104	11	2	17	44	2	6	59	36	0	4		6	.269	.365	.439	804
47	Cass Michaels	2B-SS	Deceased	Philadelphia	117	411	53	103	10	0	12	42	7	0	51	56	1	6		6	.251	.335	.363	698
48	Don Lund	OF	Retired	Detroit	131	421	51	108	21	4	9	47	3	3	39	65	2	8		11	.257	.323	.390	713
49	George Strickland	SS-2B	Deceased	Cleveland	123	419	43	119	17	4	5	47	0	0	51	52	0	12		4	.284	.362	.379	741
50	Gil Coan	OF	Retired	Washington	68	168	28	33	1	4	2	17	7	0	22	23	3	2		3	.196	.301	.286	587
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
51	Dick Kryhoski	1B	Deceased	St. Louis	104	338	35	94	18	4	16	50	0	5	26	33	2	3		10	.278	.333	.497	830
52	Billy Pierce	P	Retired	Chi White Sox	42	87	4	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	16	1	10		3	.126	.174	.126	300
53	Tom Umphlett	OF	Deceased	Boston	137	495	53	140	27	5	3	59	4	2	34	30	2	7		11	.283	.331	.376	707
54	Dick Kokos	OF	Deceased	St. Louis	107	299	41	72	12	0	13	38	0	5	56	53	0	2		0	.241	.361	.411	772
55	Chuck Stobbs	P	Deceased	Washington	27	44	11	10	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	14	0	10		1	.227	.292	.227	519
56	Steve Souchock	OF-1B	Deceased	Detroit	89	278	29	84	13	3	11	46	5	1	8	35	2	2		10	.302	.326	.489	815
57	Gene Stephens	OF	Retired	Boston	78	221	30	45	6	2	3	18	3	3	29	56	2	2		1	.204	.302	.290	592
58	Irv Noren	OF	Retired	NY Yankees	109	345	55	92	12	6	6	46	3	3	42	39	2	2		5	.267	.350	.388	738
59	Ted Williams	OF	Deceased	Boston	37	91	17	37	6	0	13	34	0	1	19	10	0	0		1	.407	.509	.901	1410
60	Bob Elliott	3B-OF	Deceased	Chi White Sox	67	208	24	54	11	1	4	32	1	1	31	21	1	1		3	.260	.358	.380	738
		3B-OF	Deceased	St. Louis	48	160	19	40	7	1	5	29	0	1	30	18	0	1		0	.250	.368	.400	768
61	Luke Easter	1B	Deceased	Cleveland	68	211	26	64	9	0	7	31	0	2	15	35	4	0		13	.303	.361	.445	806
62	Mike Fornieles	P	Deceased	Chi White Sox	39	41	2	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	5	0	9		1	.098	.119	.122	241
63	Carmen Mauro	OF	Deceased	Philadelphia	64	165	14	44	4	4	0	17	3	4	19	21	0	0		6	.267	.342	.339	681
		OF	Deceased	Washington	17	23	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0		0	.174	.208	.261	469

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