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1953 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Detroit Tigers
season	1953
league	American League
ballpark	Briggs Stadium
city	Detroit, Michigan
record
league_place	6th
owners	Walter Briggs, Jr.
general_managers	Charlie Gehringer
managers	Fred Hutchinson
television	WWJ
radio	WJBK/WXYZ
(Van Patrick, Dizzy Trout)

(Van Patrick, Dizzy Trout) |}} The 1953 Detroit Tigers season was the franchise's 54th. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 60–94, games behind the New York Yankees.

The team has the dubious distinction of having surrendered a 17-run inning — the most runs scored in a single inning in the Modern Era — in a 23–3 loss to the Boston Red Sox.

Offseason

October 27, 1952: Neil Berry, Cliff Mapes and $25,000 were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Browns for Jake Crawford.
December 4, 1952: Johnny Groth, Virgil Trucks and Hal White were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Browns for Jay Porter, Owen Friend and Bob Nieman.
Prior to 1953 season: Bob Shaw was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 15, 1953: Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight, and Joe Ginsberg were traded by the Tigers to the Cleveland Indians for Ray Boone, Al Aber, Steve Gromek, and Dick Weik.
July 27, 1953: Hal Newhouser was released by the Tigers.

Roster

1953 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

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	Matt Batts	116	374	104	.278	6	42
1B	Walt Dropo	152	606	150	.248	13	96
2B	Johnny Pesky	103	308	90	.292	2	24
SS	Harvey Kuenn	155	679	209	.308	2	48
3B	Ray Boone	101	385	120	.312	22	93
OF		142	508	143	.281	15	69
OF	Jim Delsing	138	479	138	.288	11	62
OF	Don Lund	131	421	108	.257	9	47

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
Fred Hatfield	109	311	79	.254	3	19
Bud Souchock	89	278	84	.302	11	46
Jerry Priddy	65	196	46	.235	1	24
Johnny Bucha	60	158	35	.222	1	14
Pat Mullin	79	97	26	.268	4	17
	31	96	17	.177	3	10
Russ Sullivan	23	72	18	.250	1	6
Joe Ginsberg	18	53	16	.302	0	3
Billy Hitchcock	22	38	8	.211	0	0
	30	28	7	.250	1	2
John Baumgartner	7	27	5	.185	0	2
Frank Carswell	16	15	4	.267	0	2
Bob Swift	2	3	1	.333	0	1
George Freese	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Reno Bertoia	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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
Ned Garver	30	198.1	11	11	4.45	69
Billy Hoeft	29	197.2	9	14	4.83	90
Ted Gray	30	176.0	10	15	4.60	115
Steve Gromek	19	125.2	6	8	4.51	59
Ralph Branca	17	102.0	4	7	4.15	50

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
Dick Marlowe	42	119.2	6	7	5.26	52
Art Houtteman	16	68.2	2	6	5.90	28
	17	66.2	4	3	4.46	34
Bill Wight	13	25.1	0	3	8.88	10
Hal Newhouser	7	21.2	0	1	7.06	6
Earl Harrist	8	18.2	0	2	8.68	7
Milt Jordan	8	17.0	0	1	5.82	4

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
Ray Herbert	43	4	6	6	5.24	37
Dave Madison	32	3	4	0	6.82	27
Hal Erickson	18	0	1	1	4.73	19
Bob Miller	13	1	2	0	5.94	9
Ray Scarborough	13	0	2	2	8.27	12
Dick Weik	12	0	1	0	13.97	6
Paul Foytack	6	0	0	0	11.17	7
Fred Hutchinson	3	0	0	0	2.79	4

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jamestown

Notes

References

1953 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berryne01.shtml Neil Berry] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/porteja01.shtml Jay Porter] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shawbo01.shtml Bob Shaw] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boonera01.shtml Ray Boone] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newhoha01.shtml Hal Newhouser] at ''Baseball Reference''

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