1953 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 60-94
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 884,659, Avg. 13,204
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Fred Hutchinson (60-94)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1953 Detroit Tigers Roster
1953 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1953 season with a record of 60 wins and 94 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Tigers scored 695 runs and surrendered 923 runs, most in the circuit. Ray Boone paced Detroit with 22 home runs, while Bob Nieman walloped 20 or more, too. Walt Dropo drove in 96 runs. Harvey Kuenn led batters with significant playing time by hitting .308. Ned Garver topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 4.45 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Fred Hutchinson coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ned Garver	11	11	.500	4.45	30	26	3	13	0	1	198.3	228	107	98	16	66	69	2	1	4	868
Ted Gray	10	15	.400	4.60	30	28	0	8	0	0	176.0	166	102	90	25	76	115	7	0	1	756
Billy Hoeft	9	14	.391	4.83	29	27	2	9	0	2	197.7	223	113	106	24	58	90	4	1	2	863
Dick Marlowe	6	7	.462	5.26	42	11	9	2	0	0	119.7	152	74	70	13	42	52	2	0	4	536
Steve Gromek	6	8	.429	4.51	19	17	1	6	1	1	125.7	138	70	63	17	36	59	8	0	0	548
Al Aber	4	3	.571	4.46	17	10	5	2	0	0	66.7	63	35	33	3	41	34	0	0	4	290
Ray Herbert	4	6	.400	5.24	43	3	22	0	0	6	87.7	109	58	51	5	46	37	0	0	6	406
Ralph Branca	4	7	.364	4.15	17	14	3	7	0	1	102.0	98	55	47	7	31	50	2	0	5	434
Dave Madison	3	4	.429	6.82	32	1	17	0	0	0	62.0	76	55	47	7	44	27	3	0	3	307
Art Houtteman	2	6	.250	5.90	16	9	6	3	1	1	68.7	87	50	45	11	29	28	4	0	2	316
Bob Miller	1	2	.333	5.94	13	1	8	0	0	0	36.3	43	25	24	2	21	9	1	0	3	171
Fred Hutchinson	0	0		2.79	3	0	3	0	0	0	9.7	9	3	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	37
Paul Foytack	0	0		11.17	6	0	3	0	0	0	9.7	15	12	12	1	9	7	1	0	0	51
Hal Erickson	0	1	.000	4.73	18	0	8	0	0	1	32.3	43	23	17	4	10	19	2	0	0	148
Milt Jordan	0	1	.000	5.82	8	1	4	0	0	0	17.0	26	13	11	3	5	4	0	0	0	78
Hal Newhouser	0	1	.000	7.06	7	4	1	0	0	1	21.7	31	22	17	4	8	6	2	0	1	102
Dick Weik	0	1	.000	13.97	12	1	2	0	0	0	19.3	32	30	30	3	23	6	0	0	3	109
Ray Scarborough	0	2	.000	8.27	13	0	5	0	0	2	20.7	34	24	19	3	11	12	3	0	0	111
Earl Harrist	0	2	.000	8.68	8	1	3	0	0	0	18.7	25	19	18	2	15	7	0	0	1	95
Bill Wight	0	3	.000	8.88	13	4	3	0	0	0	25.3	35	33	25	4	14	10	0	0	4	125
Totals	60	94	.390	5.25	376	158	108	50	2	16	1415.0	1633	923	826	154	585	645	41	2	43	6351

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Harvey Kuenn	155	731	679	94	209	33	7	2	48	6	5	50	31	.308	.356	.386	.742	262	10	1	1
Walt Dropo	152	645	606	61	150	30	3	13	96	2	0	29	69	.248	.289	.371	.660	225	22	6	4
Bob Nieman	142	568	508	72	143	32	5	15	69	0	3	57	57	.281	.354	.453	.807	230	13	0	3
Jim Delsing	138	552	479	77	138	26	6	11	62	1	3	66	39	.288	.380	.436	.816	209	8	5	2
Ray Boone	101	443	385	73	120	16	6	22	93	2	1	48	47	.312	.395	.556	.951	214	6	5	5
Don Lund	131	470	421	51	108	21	4	9	47	3	3	39	65	.257	.323	.390	.712	164	11	2	8
Matt Batts	116	399	374	38	104	24	3	6	43	2	3	24	36	.278	.322	.406	.728	152	9	0	1
Johnny Pesky	103	342	308	43	90	22	1	2	24	3	7	27	10	.292	.353	.390	.743	120	4	2	5
Bud Souchock	89	290	278	29	84	13	3	11	46	5	1	8	35	.302	.326	.489	.816	136	10	2	2
Fred Hatfield	109	358	311	41	79	11	1	3	19	3	5	40	34	.254	.341	.325	.666	101	7	1	6
Jerry Priddy	65	216	196	14	46	6	2	1	24	1	1	17	19	.235	.299	.301	.600	59	6	1	2
Johnny Bucha	60	180	158	17	35	9	0	1	14	1	1	20	14	.222	.309	.297	.606	47	3	0	2
Pat Mullin	79	111	97	11	26	1	0	4	17	0	1	14	15	.268	.360	.402	.762	39	3	0	0
Russ Sullivan	23	88	72	7	18	5	1	1	6	0	0	13	5	.250	.379	.389	.768	28	4	2	1
Owen Friend	31	104	96	10	17	4	0	3	10	0	1	6	9	.177	.233	.313	.546	30	5	1	1
Joe Ginsberg	18	65	53	6	16	2	0	0	3	0	0	10	1	.302	.422	.340	.761	18	0	1	1
Ted Gray	32	68	61	5	14	0	1	0	7	0	0	6	14	.230	.299	.262	.561	16	1	0	1
Billy Hoeft	30	76	64	8	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	17	.172	.274	.188	.461	12	1	0	3
Ned Garver	30	82	72	3	11	0	0	1	6	0	0	6	12	.153	.218	.194	.412	14	4	0	4
Billy Hitchcock	22	41	38	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.211	.268	.211	.479	8	4	0	0
Al Kaline	30	30	28	9	7	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	5	.250	.300	.357	.657	10	1	1	0
Dick Marlowe	42	33	32	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	.219	.219	.219	.438	7	1	0	1
John Baumgartner	7	27	27	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.185	.185	.185	.370	5	0	0	0
Hal Newhouser	7	9	8	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.556	.500	1.056	4	0	0	0
Frank Carswell	16	18	15	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.267	.389	.267	.656	4	0	0	0
Ralph Branca	17	37	34	3	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	14	.118	.167	.176	.343	6	2	0	1
Bill Wight	13	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	3	0	0	0
Art Houtteman	16	21	19	4	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.158	.158	.368	.526	7	1	0	2
Ray Herbert	43	21	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.158	.238	.158	.396	3	1	0	0
Al Aber	17	25	23	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.130	.167	.130	.297	3	0	0	1
Steve Gromek	19	46	41	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.073	.073	.073	.146	3	0	0	5
Dick Weik	12	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	1
Milt Jordan	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
Bob Swift	2	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.667	1.267	2	0	0	0
Fred Hutchinson	4	6	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.667	.833	4	0	0	0
Bob Miller	13	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0
Dave Madison	32	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	1	0	0
Earl Harrist	8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0
Reno Bertoia	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hal Erickson	18	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Paul Foytack	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
George Freese	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ray Scarborough	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1971	6151	5553	695	1479	259	44	108	661	30	35	505	602	.266	.331	.387	.718	2150	139	30	63

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Bud Souchock	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Jerry Priddy	1B	11	92	9	0	7	1.000	9.182	0
Fred Hutchinson	1B	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Walt Dropo	1B	150	1260	127	14	121	.990	9.247	0
Jerry Priddy	2B	45	111	106	5	28	.977	4.822	0
Johnny Pesky	2B	73	166	183	3	49	.991	4.781	0
Billy Hitchcock	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Fred Hatfield	2B	28	64	87	5	21	.968	5.393	0
Owen Friend	2B	26	74	69	8	22	.947	5.500	0
Reno Bertoia	2B	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000	0
Jerry Priddy	3B	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Billy Hitchcock	3B	12	9	17	2	1	.929	2.167	0
Fred Hatfield	3B	54	56	121	4	13	.978	3.278	0
Ray Boone	3B	97	111	211	14	32	.958	3.320	0
John Baumgartner	3B	7	10	11	2	2	.913	3.000	0
Bob Swift	C	2	13	0	0	0	1.000	6.500	0
Joe Ginsberg	C	15	71	12	1	2	.988	5.533	2
Johnny Bucha	C	56	218	22	4	4	.984	4.286	5
Matt Batts	C	103	463	44	7	7	.986	4.922	13
Russ Sullivan	OF	20	42	4	2	1	.958	2.300	0
Bud Souchock	OF	80	144	7	6	3	.962	1.888	0
Bob Nieman	OF	135	271	10	6	1	.979	2.081	0
Pat Mullin	OF	14	16	1	1	0	.944	1.214	0
Don Lund	OF	123	275	12	6	0	.980	2.333	0
Al Kaline	OF	20	11	1	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Jim Delsing	OF	133	354	7	3	2	.992	2.714	0
Frank Carswell	OF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Bill Wight	P	13	0	4	4	0	.500	.308	0
Dick Weik	P	12	3	3	0	1	1.000	.500	0
Ray Scarborough	P	13	1	2	1	0	.750	.231	0
Hal Newhouser	P	7	1	4	0	0	1.000	.714	0
Bob Miller	P	13	5	7	0	0	1.000	.923	0
Dick Marlowe	P	42	7	17	1	0	.960	.571	0
Dave Madison	P	32	2	13	2	0	.882	.469	0
Milt Jordan	P	8	0	6	2	0	.750	.750	0
Fred Hutchinson	P	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Art Houtteman	P	16	4	10	1	0	.933	.875	0
Billy Hoeft	P	29	14	24	2	0	.950	1.310	0
Ray Herbert	P	43	9	28	2	2	.949	.860	0
Earl Harrist	P	8	0	7	0	0	1.000	.875	0
Steve Gromek	P	19	9	13	0	1	1.000	1.158	0
Ted Gray	P	30	9	22	2	0	.939	1.033	0
Ned Garver	P	30	13	39	1	0	.981	1.733	0
Paul Foytack	P	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	.167	0
Hal Erickson	P	18	3	3	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Ralph Branca	P	17	7	10	1	0	.944	1.000	0
Al Aber	P	17	0	15	0	1	1.000	.882	0
Harvey Kuenn	SS	155	308	441	21	78	.973	4.832	0
Billy Hitchcock	SS	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Fred Hatfield	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Ray Boone	SS	3	4	8	1	2	.923	4.000	0
Totals		1749	4242	1742	135	402	.978	3.421	20

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