1953 St. Louis Cardinals season

1953 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1892);
Location
	Busch Stadium I (since 1920); St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882);
Results
Record	83–71 (.539)
League place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
Manager(s)	Eddie Stanky
Local radio	WIL; (Harry Caray, Gus Mancuso, Stretch Miller)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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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.

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

December 3, 1952: Grant Dunlap was purchased by the Cardinals from the Shreveport Sports.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	105	49	0.682	—	60–17	45–32
Milwaukee Braves	92	62	0.597	13	45–31	47–31
Philadelphia Phillies	83	71	0.539	22	48–29	35–42
St. Louis Cardinals	83	71	0.539	22	48–30	35–41
New York Giants	70	84	0.455	35	38–39	32–45
Cincinnati Redlegs	68	86	0.442	37	38–39	30–47
Chicago Cubs	65	89	0.422	40	43–34	22–55
Pittsburgh Pirates	50	104	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	—	13–9–1	15–7	13–9	15–7	14–8	20–2	15–7
Chicago	9–13–1	—	12–10	8–14	9–13	5–17	11–11	11–11
Cincinnati	7–15	10–12	—	8–14	9–13	12–10	15–7	7–15–1
Milwaukee	9–13	14–8	14–8	—	14–8–1	13–9–1	15–7	13–9–1
New York	7–15	13–9	13–9	8–14–1	—	9–13	11–11	9–13
Philadelphia	8–14	17–5	10–12	9–13–1	13–9	—	15–7	11–11–1
Pittsburgh	2–20	11–11	7–15	7–15	11–11	7–15	—	5–17
St. Louis	7–15	11–11	15–7–1	9–13–1	13–9	11–11–1	17–5	—

Notable transactions

May 18, 1953: Billy Johnson was released by the Cardinals.[2]
May 23, 1953: Jackie Collum was traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Eddie Erautt.[3]
June 14, 1953: Hal Rice was traded by the Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Pete Castiglione.[4]

Roster

1953 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

25 Dick Bokelmann

27 Al Brazle

28 Cliff Chambers

22 Mike Clark

32 Jackie Collum

32,25 Eddie Erautt

41 Jack Faszholz

42 Harvey Haddix

36 Stu Miller

33 Vinegar Bend Mizell

32,21 Joe Presko

39 John Romonosky

47 Willard Schmidt

14 Gerry Staley

26 Hal White

43 Eddie Yuhas

Catchers

38 Ferrell Anderson

17 Les Fusselman

16 Dick Rand

18 Del Rice

17 Sal Yvars

Infielders

5 Steve Bilko

1 Pete Castiglione

7 Solly Hemus

11 Ray Jablonski

1 Billy Johnson

15 Fred Marolewski

2 Red Schoendienst

19 Dick Schofield

15 Dick Sisler

12 Eddie Stanky

Outfielders

10 Grant Dunlap

10 Harry Elliott

37 Peanuts Lowrey

6 Stan Musial

8 Rip Repulski

9 Enos Slaughter

Other batters

19 Vern Benson

20 Eddie Phillips

39 Hal Rice

3 Virgil Stallcup

Manager

12 Eddie Stanky

Coaches

29 Johnny Riddle

35 Mike Ryba

30 Dixie Walker

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
C	Del Rice	135	419	99	.236	6	37
1B	Steve Bilko	154	570	143	.251	21	84
2B	Red Schoendienst	146	564	193	.342	15	79
SS	Solly Hemus	154	585	163	.279	14	61
3B	Ray Jablonski	157	604	162	.268	21	112
OF	Stan Musial	157	593	200	.337	30	113
OF	Enos Slaughter	143	492	143	.291	6	89
OF	Rip Repulski	153	567	156	.275	15	66

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 Lowrey	104	182	49	.269	5	27
Harry Elliott	24	59	15	.254	1	6
Sal Yvars	30	57	14	.246	1	6
Pete Castiglione	67	52	9	.173	0	3
Dick Sisler	32	43	11	.256	0	4
Ducky Schofield	33	39	7	.179	2	4
Ferrell Anderson	18	35	10	.286	0	1
Dick Rand	9	31	9	.290	0	1
Eddie Stanky	17	30	8	.267	0	1
Grant Dunlap	16	17	6	.353	1	3
Les Fusselman	11	8	2	.250	0	0
Hal Rice	8	8	2	.250	0	0
Billy Johnson	11	5	1	.200	0	1
Vern Benson	13	4	0	.000	0	0
Eddie Phillips	9	0	0	----	0	0
Fred Marolewski	1	0	0	----	0	0

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 Haddix	36	253	20	9	3.06	163
Gerry Staley	40	230	18	9	3.99	88
Vinegar Bend Mizell	33	224.1	13	11	3.49	173
Joe Presko	34	161.2	6	13	5.01	56
John Romonosky	2	7.2	0	0	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
Stu Miller	40	137.2	7	8	5.56	79
Cliff Chambers	32	79.2	3	6	4.86	26
Willard Schmidt	6	17.2	0	2	9.17	11
Jack Faszholz	4	11.2	0	0	6.94	7

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 Brazle	60	6	7	18	4.21	57
Hal White	49	6	5	7	2.99	32
Mike Clark	23	1	0	1	4.79	17
Eddie Erautt	20	3	1	0	6.31	15
Jackie Collum	7	0	0	0	6.35	5
Dick Bokelmann	3	0	0	0	6.00	0
Eddie Yuhas	2	0	0	0	18.00	0

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

External links

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[1] Grant Dunlap page at Baseball Reference

[2] Billy Johnson page at Baseball Reference

[3] Jackie Collum page at Baseball Reference

[4] Hal Rice page at Baseball Reference

1953 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1953 All-Star Game 1953 World Series