1953 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1953
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Briggs Stadium
City:	Detroit, Michigan
Owners:	Walter Briggs, Jr.
General Managers:	Charlie Gehringer
Managers:	Fred Hutchinson
Television:	WWJ
Radio:	WJBK/WXYZ (Van Patrick, Dizzy Trout)

The 1953 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 60–94, games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

October 27, 1952: Neil Berry, Cliff Mapes and $25,000 were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Browns for Jake Crawford.^[1]
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.^[2]
Prior to 1953 season: Bob Shaw was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.^[3]

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.^[4]
July 27, 1953: Hal Newhouser was released by the Tigers.^[5]

1953 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	116	374	104	.278	6	42
1B	152	606	150	.248	13	96
2B	103	308	90	.292	2	24
SS	155	679	209	.308	2	48
3B	101	385	120	.312	22	93
OF	142	508	143	.281	15	69
OF	138	479	138	.288	11	62
OF	131	421	108	.257	9	47

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
109	311	79	.254	3	19
89	278	84	.302	11	46
65	196	46	.235	1	24
60	158	35	.222	1	14
79	97	26	.268	4	17
31	96	17	.177	3	10
23	72	18	.250	1	6
18	53	16	.302	0	3
22	38	8	.211	0	0
30	28	7	.250	1	2
7	27	5	.185	0	2
16	15	4	.267	0	2
2	3	1	.333	0	1
1	1	0	.000	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
30	198.1	11	11	4.45	69
29	197.2	9	14	4.83	90
30	176.0	10	15	4.60	115
19	125.2	6	8	4.51	59
17	102.0	4	7	4.15	50

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
42	119.2	6	7	5.26	52
16	68.2	2	6	5.90	28
17	66.2	4	3	4.46	34
13	25.1	0	3	8.88	10
7	21.2	0	1	7.06	6
8	18.2	0	2	8.68	7
8	17.0	0	1	5.82	4

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
43	4	6	6	5.24	37
32	3	4	0	6.82	27
18	0	1	1	4.73	19
13	1	2	0	5.94	9
13	0	2	2	8.27	12
12	0	1	0	13.97	6
6	0	0	0	11.17	7
3	0	0	0	2.79	4

Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1953 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference