1953 Washington Senators season explained

Washington Senators
Season:	1953
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Griffith Stadium
City:	Washington, D.C.
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

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

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

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
61	196	41	.209	2	22
68	168	33	.196	2	17
29	62	21	.339	0	4
38	58	17	.293	1	12
19	58	17	.293	0	2
23	47	9	.191	0	5
12	33	7	.212	0	3
9	28	7	.250	1	1
17	23	4	.174	0	2
13	21	4	.190	0	2
7	18	5	.278	0	3
7	16	4	.250	0	3
10	9	1	.111	0	2
3	8	1	.125	0	0
9	7	0	.000	0	0
5	5	1	.200	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
34	255.0	22	10	3.35	77
29	166.1	10	12	3.63	95
23	164.2	12	7	3.94	38
27	153.0	11	8	3.29	67
22	145.2	8	7	3.03	65
6	33.2	0	5	4.28	22
2	15.1	0	2	4.70	3

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
43	120.0	5	8	3.75	40
24	107.2	2	7	3.68	39
12	35.1	3	1	2.80	13
4	9.1	0	1	7.71	0
3	8.2	0	1	8.31	5

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
31	2	3	1	3.42	25
20	1	4	0	4.92	26
4	0	0	0	10.80	0