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1953 New York Yankees  (1952)  (1954) 72-82, 3rd in American League Scored 753 runs, Allowed 722 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .699 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 78-76   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 99-52 Manager(s): Billy Vanson

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 2B  Gil McDougald        25  154  586   74  182  28   6  19   97   9   4   65   71  .311  .380  .476  109   6.7  2e18       79  
 OF #Mickey Mantle        21  147  498  101  149  28   1  21   89  13   7   91  118  .299  .406  .486  105   7.6  1(-3)e7    -3  
 C  *Yogi Berra           28  146  514   85  157  23   6  37  120   2   0   49   42  .305  .367  .589  105   7.4  2(0)e5     70  
 OF *Gene Woodling        30  128  428   76  122  27   4   6   46  12   8   87   41  .285  .409  .409   76   6.2  3(+1)e1   -80  
 OF  Hank Bauer           30  146  479   59  125  23   7  11   62   5   5   79   67  .261  .364  .407   75   5.4  2(-2)e2   -69  
 SS  Phil Rizzuto         35  137  455   70  121  22   6   1   46   5  10   73   55  .266  .368  .347   60   4.3  2e27      -19  
 1B *Joe Collins          30  139  387   57   92   6   2  21   53   7   5   58   38  .238  .336  .426   55   4.7  2e13      -43  
 OF  Bob Elliott          36   97  368   46   88  16   1   7   53   0   1   53   46  .239  .333  .345   46   4.2  2(-2)e25  -74  
 UT *Fred Hatfield        28  115  348   46   93  12   2   7   34  10   3   33   40  .267  .330  .374   45   4.4             38  
 SS  Chico Carrasquel     27   41  159   24   45   7   2   2   18   1   0   13   11  .283  .335  .390   22   4.5  1e18       37  
 1B *Wayne Belardi        22   52  151   21   37   1   3   8   25   0   0    8   49  .245  .280  .450   18   4.1  3e20      -66  
 C   Red Wilson           24   48  123   18   31   4   0   0    9   2   3   21    7  .252  .370  .285   14   3.9  4(+1)e7     3  
 1B *Johnny Mize          40   51  108   14   26   3   0   6   18   0   0   10   20  .241  .305  .435   13   4.3  4e16        7  
 3B  Rocky Krsnich        25   37  101    9   19   6   0   0   12   0   0    8    9  .188  .255  .248    6   2.2  3e26      -54  
 3B *Harry Hanebrink      25    7   19    3    8   0   0   1    4   1   0    4    1  .421  .522  .579    6  16.1  4e23      497  
 OF  Karl Olson           23   28   73    8   16   2   0   2    3   0   0    1   14  .219  .250  .329    6   2.7  2(-2)e7   230  
 OF  Bob Thorpe           26   24   43    4    8   2   0   0    0   0   0    2    8  .186  .222  .233    2   1.8  3(-1)e7    81  
 UT *Catfish Metkovich    32   14   23    3    2   0   0   1    3   0   2    4    2  .087  .214  .217    0   1.1           -210  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           771                   -3

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Whitey Ford          24  12  11  .522  35  35   4   0   0   0   1  227.1  205   88   79  18   83  148  3.13   88   3.5  -51  
  P  Max Surkont          31  11   9  .550  33  33   0   0   0   0   0  187.1  189  104   82  29   52   90  3.94   96   4.6  -29  
  P *Vinegar Bend Mizell  22   9  11  .450  33  33   0   0   0   0   0  195.0  178   82   79  16   95  165  3.65   89   4.2    9  
  P  Johnny Klippstein    25   8   5  .615  17  15   1   2   0   0   0   84.2   81   45   40   8   41   62  4.25   41   4.4  -84  
  P  Allie Reynolds       36   6   7  .462  27  22   0   4   1   3   0  128.0  123   66   58  12   38   76  4.08   55   3.7  -65  
  P  Herm Wehmeier        26   5   2  .714  33   6   2  17   2   0   0   88.1  109   80   74  32   39   44  7.54   81   8.2   -1  
  P *Steve Kraly          24   4   1  .800  13   0   0  10   2   2   0   26.2   18    7    5   1   14   14  1.69    8   2.9  -81  
  P  Joe Black            29   4   6  .400  41   0   0  27   8   4   0   73.0   62   24   22   8   28   40  2.71   29   3.7 -136  
  P  Ray Herbert          23   4   7  .364  39   5   1  18   4   3   0   89.2   99   50   40   6   49   47  4.01   52   5.2  -57  
  P  Mike Clark           31   2   2  .500  25   0   0   8   1   0   0   38.1   35   16   14   0   20   16  3.29   14   3.4 -252  
  P *Gene Bearden         32   2   6  .250  21   3   0  11   3   5   0   52.2   44   30   25  10   31   37  4.27   27   4.6   35  
  P *Paul Pettit          21   1   1  .500  13   0   0   6   1   3   0   28.1   40   16   10   1   18   18  3.18   22   6.8   69  
  P  Lou Kretlow          32   1   2  .333   8   0   0   7   3   0   0   13.2   18   10    4   0   13    9  2.63   11   7.5   48  
  P *Bill Miller          25   1   3  .250  24   0   0  11   0   1   0   34.2   44   18   16   1   16   24  4.15   20   5.2 -100  
  P  Thornton Kipper      24   1   4  .200  26   2   0   9   1   2   0   53.1   68   35   35   7   14   19  5.91   34   5.8 -137  
  P  Ray Scarborough      35   1   5  .167  42   0   0  16  10   5   0   78.1  105   51   45  12   31   40  5.17   62   6.9   21  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      737        -43

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Yogi Berra 1146 128 139 772 58 14 2 .983 39 23 Red Wilson 253 26 38 171 17 4 1 .979 14 11 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Collins 873 94 110 872 81 7 106 .993 9.82 Wayne Belardi 296 34 36 287 34 6 33 .982 9.76 Johnny Mize 201 23 28 197 13 1 27 .995 9.42 Catfish Metkovich 29 3 5 24 2 0 2 1.000 8.07 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil McDougald 1010 112 112 268 359 11 101 .983 5.59 Fred Hatfield 389 42 46 95 127 5 34 .978 5.13 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil McDougald 381 42 43 34 85 7 9 .944 2.81 Fred Hatfield 349 38 47 43 80 6 12 .953 3.17 Rocky Krsnich 222 24 33 23 47 3 4 .959 2.83 Harry Hanebrink 45 5 5 5 12 1 3 .944 3.43 Bob Elliott 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Phil Rizzuto 981 107 111 205 356 18 87 .969 5.15 Chico Carrasquel 364 41 41 76 138 7 28 .968 5.29 Fred Hatfield 54 6 9 13 14 0 4 1.000 4.53 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gene Woodling 940 105 110 247 10 0 0 1.000 2.46 Bob Thorpe 27 2 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 Karl Olson 25 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 Joe Collins 10 1 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.59 Catfish Metkovich 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bob Elliott 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Mantle 1226 133 141 286 10 3 0 .990 2.17 Karl Olson 142 18 18 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.02 Bob Thorpe 17 1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.12 Hank Bauer 12 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 Bob Elliott 3 0 2 3 0 1 0 .750 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Bauer 1226 134 143 277 8 2 4 .993 2.09 Joe Collins 53 6 8 8 0 2 0 .800 1.35 Bob Elliott 32 4 4 5 0 3 0 .625 1.41 Bob Thorpe 30 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Catfish Metkovich 19 2 3 10 0 0 0 1.000 4.74 Gene Woodling 18 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 Karl Olson 16 2 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 5.06 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1953 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Max Surkont
Round 2 (#21):	Herm Wehmeier
Round 3 (#35):	Joe Black
Round 4 (#49):	Catfish Metkovich
Round 5 (#61):	Red Wilson
Round 6 (#73):	Wayne Belardi
Round 7 (#82):	Thornton Kipper
Round 8 (#89):	Harry Hanebrink
Round 9 (#94):	Karl Olson
Round 10 (#99):	Bob Thorpe
Round 11 (#102):	Mike Clark
Round 12 (#103):	Paul Pettit

Transactions

• 1953-07: traded Chico Carrasquel, Lou Kretlow, Catfish Metkovich to CHA for Bob Elliott, Johnny Klippstein, Rocky Krsnich, Gene Bearden
• 1953 postseason: released Mike Clark, Fred Hatfield, Ray Herbert, Vinegar Bend Mizell, Johnny Ostrowski, Bob Thorpe

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