1953 Chicago White Sox season

The 1953 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 53rd season in the major leagues, and its 54th season overall. They finished with a record 89–65, good enough for third place in the American League, 11.5 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

1953 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Grace Comiskey
General manager(s)Frank Lane
Manager(s)Paul Richards
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Local radioWCFL
(Bob Elson, Don Wells)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9952 0.656 — 50–27 49–25
Cleveland Indians 9262 0.597 8½ 53–24 39–38
Chicago White Sox 8965 0.578 11½ 41–36 48–29
Boston Red Sox 8469 0.549 16 38–38 46–31
Washington Senators 7676 0.500 23½ 39–36 37–40
Detroit Tigers 6094 0.390 40½ 30–47 30–47
Philadelphia Athletics 5995 0.383 41½ 27–50 32–45
St. Louis Browns 54100 0.351 46½ 23–54 31–46

Record vs. opponents
1953 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —6–1613–913–910–1115–717–510–12
Chicago 16–6—11–11–114–8–19–1310–1217–512–10
Cleveland 9–1311–11–1—14–811–1119–317–511–11
Detroit 9–138–14–18–14—6–1611–11–37–1511–11
New York 11–1013–911–1116–6—17–517–514–6
Philadelphia 7–1512–103–1911–11–35–17—13–98–14
St. Louis 5–175–175–1715–75–179–13—10–12
Washington 12–1010–1211–1111–116–1414–812–10—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster
1953 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Neil Berry, 2B 5 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 0
Bob Boyd, 1B,OF 55 165 20 49 6 2 3 23 13 11 .279 1
Chico Carrasquel, SS 149 552 72 154 30 4 2 47 38 47 .279 5
Allie Clark, 1B,LF 9 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .067 0
Sam Dente, SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Bob Elliott, 3B 67 208 24 54 11 1 4 32 31 21 .260 1
Ferris Fain, 1B 128 446 73 114 18 2 6 52 108 28 .256 3
Nellie Fox, 2B 154 624 92 178 31 8 3 72 49 18 .285 4
Rocky Krsnich, 3B 64 129 9 26 8 0 1 14 12 11 .202 0
Sherm Lollar, C 113 334 46 96 19 0 8 54 47 29 .287 1
Fred Marsh, 3B,SS,1B,2B 67 95 22 19 1 0 2 2 13 26 .200 0
Sam Mele, RF 140 481 64 132 26 8 12 82 58 47 .274 3
Minnie Miñoso, LF,RF,3B 151 556 104 174 24 8 15 104 74 43 .313 25
Jim Rivera, CF 156 567 79 147 26 16 11 78 53 70 .259 22
Connie Ryan, 3B 17 54 6 12 1 0 0 6 9 12 .222 2
Bud Sheely, C 31 46 4 10 1 0 0 2 9 8 .217 0
Vern Stephens, 3B 44 129 14 24 6 0 1 14 13 18 .186 2
Bud Stewart, LF,RF 53 59 16 16 2 0 2 13 14 3 .271 1
Bill Wilson, CF 9 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 .059 0
Red Wilson, C 71 164 21 41 6 1 0 10 26 12 .250 2
Tom Wright, RF,LF 77 132 14 33 5 3 2 25 12 21 .250 0
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Luis Aloma, P 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0
Gene Bearden, P 31 21 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 4 .190 0
Tommy Byrne, P 18 18 2 3 0 0 1 5 2 6 .167 0
Sandy Consuegra, P 29 35 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 7 .057 0
Joe Dobson, P 23 29 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 11 .069 0
Fritz Dorish, P 55 41 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 5 .171 0
Mike Fornieles, P 39 41 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 5 .098 0
Earl Harrist, P 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Connie Johnson, P 15 20 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 .050 0
Bob Keegan, P 22 28 4 9 0 0 0 5 1 5 .321 0
Lou Kretlow, P 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0
Billy Pierce, P 42 87 4 11 0 0 0 4 4 16 .126 0
Saul Rogovin, P 22 37 5 5 0 0 0 3 7 9 .135 1
Virgil Trucks, P 24 63 6 15 3 0 1 6 0 10 .238 0
Team totals
 156 5212 716 1345 226 53 74 669 600 529 .258 73

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Luis Aloma 2 0 4.70 24 0 2 38.1 41 20 20 7 23 23
Gene Bearden 3 3 2.93 25 3 0 58.1 48 27 19 8 33 24
Tommy Byrne 2 0 10.13 6 6 0 16.0 18 18 18 0 26 4
Sandy Consuegra 7 5 2.54 29 13 3 124.0 122 39 35 9 28 30
Joe Dobson 5 5 3.67 23 15 1 100.2 96 46 41 10 37 50
Fritz Dorish 10 6 3.40 55 6 18 145.2 140 59 55 9 52 69
Mike Fornieles 8 7 3.59 39 16 3 153.0 160 68 61 8 61 72
Earl Harrist 1 0 7.56 7 0 0 8.1 9 7 7 1 5 1
Hal Hudson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Connie Johnson 4 4 3.56 14 10 0 60.2 55 27 24 4 38 44
Bob Keegan 7 5 2.74 22 11 1 98.2 80 34 30 4 33 32
Lou Kretlow 0 0 3.48 9 3 0 20.2 12 11 8 2 30 15
Billy Pierce 18 12 2.72 40 33 3 271.1 216 94 82 20 102 186
Saul Rogovin 7 12 5.22 22 19 1 131.0 151 82 76 17 48 62
Virgil Trucks 15 6 2.86 24 21 1 176.1 151 60 56 14 67 102
Team totals
 89 65 3.41 156 156 33 1403.2 1299 592 532 113 583 714

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Charleston Senators American Association Joe Becker
AA Memphis Chicks Southern Association Luke Appling
A Colorado Springs Sky Sox Western League Don Gutteridge
B Waterloo White Hawks Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Zack Taylor
C Topeka Owls Western Association Ira Hutchinson
D Madisonville Miners KITTY League Franklin Robinson
D Danville Dans Mississippi–Ohio Valley League Virl Minnis
D Wisconsin Rapids White Sox Wisconsin State League Wally Millies

Notes
  1. Joe DeMaestri at Baseball-Reference
  2. Neil Berry at Baseball-Reference

References
  • 1953 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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