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1953 Washington Senators season

Field	Value
name	Washington Senators
season	1953
league	American League
ballpark	Griffith Stadium
city	Washington, D.C.
record
league_place	5th
owners	Clark Griffith (majority owner)
managers	Bucky Harris
television	WTTG
radio	WWDC (FM)
(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff, Bailey Goss)
season_list	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff, Bailey Goss) The 1953 Washington Senators won 76 games, lost 76, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium. This was their last winning season until 1962.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1953 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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		88	288	72	.250	3	39
1B		152	608	205	.337	15	115
2B	Wayne Terwilliger	134	464	117	.252	4	46
SS	Pete Runnels	137	486	125	.257	2	50
3B	Eddie Yost	152	577	157	.272	9	45
OF	Jim Busby	150	586	183	.312	6	82
OF	Jackie Jensen	147	582	147	.266	10	84
OF	Clyde Vollmer	118	408	106	.260	11	74

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
Mickey Grasso	61	196	41	.209	2	22
Gil Coan	68	168	33	.196	2	17
Jerry Snyder	29	62	21	.339	0	4
Kite Thomas	38	58	17	.293	1	12
	19	58	17	.293	0	2
Mel Hoderlein	23	47	9	.191	0	5
	12	33	7	.212	0	3
Les Peden	9	28	7	.250	1	1
Carmen Mauro	17	23	4	.174	0	2
Gene Verble	13	21	4	.190	0	2
Frank Sacka	7	18	5	.278	0	3
Bob Oldis	7	16	4	.250	0	3
Frank Campos	10	9	1	.111	0	2
Tony Roig	3	8	1	.125	0	0
Floyd Baker	9	7	0	.000	0	0
Bruce Barmes	5	5	1	.200	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
Bob Porterfield	34	255.0	22	10	3.35	77
Walt Masterson	29	166.1	10	12	3.63	95
Spec Shea	23	164.2	12	7	3.94	38
Chuck Stobbs	27	153.0	11	8	3.29	67
Connie Marrero	22	145.2	8	7	3.03	65
	6	33.2	0	5	4.28	22
Bunky Stewart	2	15.1	0	2	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
	43	120.0	5	8	3.75	40
Johnny Schmitz	24	107.2	2	7	3.68	39
	12	35.1	3	1	2.80	13
	4	9.1	0	1	7.71	0
Dean Stone	3	8.2	0	1	8.31	5

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 Sima	31	2	3	1	3.42	25
	20	1	4	0	4.92	26
	4	0	0	0	10.80	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

References

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