1953 St. Louis Cardinals
[edit] Summary
The 1953 St. Louis Cardinals finished with a record of 83-71. They scored 768 runs and belted 140 home runs to go along with a .273 batting average. The offense was powered by Stan Musial, who led the team with 30 home runs, 113 RBI, and 200 hits.
The team allowed 713 runs and had a team ERA of 4.22. Harvey Haddix was the winningest pitcher, with 20 games won. Vinegar Bend Mizell struck out 173 batters to lead the team. Al Brazle led the team with 18 saves.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Steve Bilko | 1B | 154 | 570 | 72 | 143 | 21 | 84 | 0 | .334 | .412 | .746 | .251 |
| Pete Castiglione | 3B | 67 | 52 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .204 | .212 | .416 | .173 |
| Solly Hemus | SS | 154 | 585 | 110 | 163 | 14 | 61 | 2 | .382 | .443 | .825 | .279 |
| Ray Jablonski | 3B | 157 | 604 | 64 | 162 | 21 | 112 | 2 | .308 | .427 | .735 | .268 |
| Billy Johnson | 3B | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .400 | .733 | .200 |
| Fred Marolewski | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Red Schoendienst | 2B | 146 | 564 | 107 | 193 | 15 | 79 | 3 | .405 | .502 | .907 | .342 |
| Dick Schofield | SS | 33 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .220 | .333 | .553 | .179 |
| Dick Sisler | 1B | 32 | 43 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .273 | .326 | .599 | .256 |
| Eddie Stanky | 2B | 17 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .405 | .267 | .672 | .267 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Grant Dunlap | OF | 16 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .353 | .647 | 1.000 | .353 |
| Harry Elliott | OF | 24 | 59 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .302 | .441 | .743 | .254 |
| Peanuts Lowrey | OF | 104 | 182 | 26 | 49 | 5 | 27 | 1 | .325 | .423 | .748 | .269 |
| Stan Musial | OF | 157 | 593 | 127 | 200 | 30 | 113 | 3 | .437 | .609 | 1.046 | .337 |
| Rip Repulski | OF | 153 | 567 | 75 | 156 | 15 | 66 | 3 | .325 | .413 | .738 | .275 |
| Enos Slaughter | OF | 143 | 492 | 64 | 143 | 6 | 89 | 4 | .395 | .433 | .828 | .291 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| Ferrell Anderson | C | 18 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .343 | .629 | .286 |
| Les Fusselman | C | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .375 | .625 | .250 |
| Dick Rand | C | 9 | 31 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .323 | .656 | .290 |
| Del Rice | C | 135 | 419 | 32 | 99 | 6 | 37 | 0 | .323 | .337 | .660 | .236 |
| Sal Yvars | C | 30 | 57 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .306 | .333 | .639 | .246 |
| Other | ||||||||||||
| Vern Benson | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .000 | .200 | .000 | |
| Eddie Phillips | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Hal Rice | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .250 | |
| Virgil Stallcup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5397 | 768 | 1474 | 140 | 722 | 18 | .344 | .424 | .768 | .273 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Bokelmann | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1.333 | |||
| Al Brazle | 60 | 0 | 92 | 6 | 7 | .462 | 18 | 57 | 43 | 4.21 | 1.565 | |||
| Cliff Chambers | 32 | 8 | 79.7 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 26 | 43 | 4.86 | 1.568 | |||
| Mike Clark | 23 | 2 | 35.7 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 4.79 | 1.877 | |||
| Jackie Collum | 7 | 0 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6.35 | 1.681 | |||
| Eddie Erautt | 20 | 1 | 35.7 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 6.31 | 1.653 | |||
| Jack Faszholz | 4 | 1 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6.94 | 1.453 | |||
| Harvey Haddix | 36 | 33 | 253 | 20 | 9 | .690 | 1 | 163 | 69 | 3.06 | 1.142 | |||
| Stu Miller | 40 | 18 | 137.7 | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4 | 79 | 47 | 5.56 | 1.511 | |||
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | 33 | 33 | 224.3 | 13 | 11 | .542 | 0 | 173 | 114 | 3.49 | 1.369 | |||
| Joe Presko | 34 | 25 | 161.7 | 6 | 13 | .316 | 1 | 56 | 65 | 5.01 | 1.422 | |||
| John Romonosky | 2 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4.70 | 1.688 | |||
| Willard Schmidt | 6 | 2 | 17.7 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 9.17 | 1.921 | |||
| Gerry Staley | 40 | 32 | 230 | 18 | 9 | .667 | 4 | 88 | 54 | 3.99 | 1.291 | |||
| Hal White | 49 | 0 | 84.7 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 2.98 | 1.452 | |||
| Eddie Yuhas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3.000 | |||
| Team Totals | 391 | 157 | 1386.9 | 83 | 71 | .539 | 36 | 732 | 533 | 4.22 | 1.398 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Ray Jablonski and Stan Musial | 157 |
| At Bats | Ray Jablonski | 604 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Stan Musial | 698 |
| Batting Average | Red Schoendienst | .342 |
| On-Base % | Stan Musial | .437 |
| Slugging % | Stan Musial | .609 |
| OPS | Stan Musial | 1.046 |
| Runs | Stan Musial | 127 |
| Hits | Stan Musial | 200 |
| Total Bases | Stan Musial | 361 |
| Doubles | Stan Musial | 53 |
| Triples | Solly Hemus | 11 |
| Home Runs | Stan Musial | 30 |
| RBI | Stan Musial | 113 |
| Walks | Stan Musial | 105 |
| Strikeouts | Steve Bilko | 125 |
| Stolen Bases | Enos Slaughter | 4 |
| Caught Stealing | Rip Repulski | 6 |
| Sacrifice Hits | Solly Hemus, Del Rice, and Gerry Staley | 7 |
| Grounded into Double Plays | Red Schoendienst | 19 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | Harvey Haddix | 20 |
| Losses | Joe Presko | 13 |
| Saves | Al Brazle | 18 |
| Won-Loss % | Harvey Haddix | .690 |
| ERA | Harvey Haddix | 3.06 |
| WHIP | Harvey Haddix | 1.142 |
| Innings Pitched | Harvey Haddix | 253 |
| Games | Al Brazle | 60 |
| Games Started | Harvey Haddix and Vinegar Bend Mizell | 33 |
| Strikeouts | Vinegar Bend Mizell | 173 |
| Complete Games | Harvey Haddix | 19 |
| Shutouts | Harvey Haddix | 6 |
| Batters Faced | Harvey Haddix | 1031 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | Gerry Staley | 102 |
| Hits Allowed | Gerry Staley | 243 |
| Walks Allowed | Vinegar Bend Mizell | 114 |
| Home Runs Allowed | Gerry Staley | 31 |
| Wild Pitches | Harvey Haddix | 9 |
| Hit Batsmen | Gerry Staley | 17 |
