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1953 Washington Senators  (1952)  (1954) 72-82, 3rd in American League Scored 676 runs, Allowed 624 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .714 Park Factor: Batting - 91 / Pitching - 90 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 76-76 Manager(s): Larry Cupp

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Larry Doby           29  154  561   95  155  18   2  36   88   0   1  108  147  .276  .396  .508  121   7.9  1(-2)e6    31  
 OF  Del Ennis            28  154  627   95  182  22   5  30  108   0   0   56   59  .290  .348  .485  103   6.0  3(0)e6     -7  
 OF  Jackie Jensen        26  154  619  103  158  37   8  17   70  22   2   83   75  .255  .344  .423   96   5.4  2(-3)e5     3  
 1B *Earl Torgeson        29  134  414   68  115  25   9  11   57  17   6   59   79  .278  .369  .461   72   6.1  3e19       -5  
 2B  Cass Michaels        27  141  471   52  127  18   0  11   52  13   3   38   64  .270  .323  .378   59   4.1  2e26        4  
 3B  Billy Cox            33  132  363   39  110  26   1   3   48   2   0   40   17  .303  .371  .405   55   5.7  1e23      -30  
 UT  Connie Ryan          33  115  343   37   94  17   4   3   31   7   2   29   65  .274  .330  .373   43   4.4            -84  
 SS  Ted Kazanski         19  123  358   33   88   8   5   0   32   0   0   23   42  .246  .292  .296   30   2.9  3e36        4  
 C   Mickey Grasso        33  116  323   15   57  13   0   2   37   0   0   13   36  .176  .209  .235   14   1.3  4(+2)e6   -83  
 3B *Floyd Baker          36   46  152   17   34   4   0   0    9   0   0   14   11  .224  .290  .250   11   2.4  3e23     -127  
 1B *Harry Simpson        27   75  191   14   34   1   0   3   16   0   0   16   34  .178  .240  .230   10   1.8  3e16     -147  
 UT  Al Smith             25   55   47   15   12   2   0   3    6   0   0   12    8  .255  .407  .489   10   8.2            195  
 SS #Dick Schofield       18   27   74    7   17   4   0   3   10   0   0    4   23  .230  .272  .405    8   3.7  3e50      124  
 C  #Ebba St. Claire      31  112  174   15   29   3   0   5   13   0   0    4   18  .167  .190  .270    8   1.5  3(-1)e7   -81  
 SS  Jerry Snyder         23   74   66    4   20   1   0   0    5   0   0    6   11  .303  .361  .318    8   4.6  3e27     -112  
 SS  Yo-Yo Davalillo      25   34   64   11   21   2   0   0    2   0   1    1   14  .328  .333  .359    6   3.9  4e53       77  
 OF  Clyde Vollmer        31   62   49    4   10   1   0   1    5   0   0   10   10  .204  .333  .286    5   3.5  4(+1)e7  -117  
 UT  Kite Thomas          30   25   25    4    9   1   0   0    6   0   0    6    3  .360  .484  .400    4   7.3            264  
 PH #George Lerchen       30   27   19    4    7   1   0   0   10   0   0    6    7  .368  .500  .421    4   8.7            114  
 C  *Neal Watlington      30   17   22    3    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    7  .136  .174  .136    0    .9  4(-1)e8   -84  
 2B #Mel Hoderlein        30    3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  3e27     -475  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           677                  -17

     * - 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  Bob Porterfield      29  23  12  .657  54  32  10  12   3   0   3  282.2  260  108   95  22  103  101  3.02  118   3.8  -28  
  P *Harry Perkowski      30   9  16  .360  43  31   0   8   1   0   0  211.1  198   91   79  14   71   86  3.36   87   3.6 -142  
  P  Jerry Lane           27   7   7  .500  43  25   0   9   2   2   0  157.0  185   81   75  10   57  103  4.30   94   5.5    3  
  P  Spec Shea            32   7  11  .389  30  27   0   1   0   0   0  175.2  166   85   77  12   79   50  3.94   84   4.3  -24  
  P  Connie Marrero       42   7  14  .333  46  18   1  19   2   1   0  159.2  146   71   61  17   68   86  3.44   74   4.1  -23  
  P *Chuck Stobbs         24   6   6  .500  31   9   1  13   3   2   0  106.0  115   43   32  10   25   53  2.72   53   4.5   50  
  P *Bob Kuzava           30   5   4  .556  66   1   0  25   3   4   0  101.2   95   43   33   5   42   45  2.92   41   3.6  -93  
  P  Bob Turley           22   4   7  .364  48   1   0  34  12   9   0   64.0   48   38   36   2   70   54  5.06   34   4.7   23  
  P  Sandy Consuegra      32   3   2  .600  17   8   0   5   1   1   0   63.1   59   28   25   8   14   11  3.55   26   3.8  -38  
  P  Duke Simpson         25   1   0 1.000   4   2   0   2   0   0   0   11.0   11    6    5   2    4    9  4.09    6   4.7 -163  
  P *Bill Werle           32   0   0  .000   9   0   0   3   1   1   0    9.2    7    3    3   0    3    5  2.79    3   2.9   46  
  P *Monte Kennedy        31   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0     .0    2    1    0   0    0    0  0.00    2     ? 1112  
  P  Frank Sullivan       23   0   0  .000   9   0   0   4   1   0   0   17.0   14    8    8   3    8   14  4.24    7   3.9  -44  
  P  Julio Moreno         32   0   3  .000  33   0   0   7   0   2   0   35.2   39   18   14   2   17   19  3.53   17   4.3  -47  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      652        -38

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Mickey Grasso 814 107 116 428 40 9 4 .981 53 22 Ebba St. Claire 493 42 111 255 31 8 6 .973 22 10 Neal Watlington 70 5 16 44 4 0 0 1.000 4 3 Kite Thomas 17 0 10 13 1 1 0 .933 3 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Earl Torgeson 947 105 115 953 100 14 96 .987 10.00 Harry Simpson 445 49 65 436 44 6 54 .988 9.71 Connie Ryan 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cass Michaels 1040 115 129 309 303 20 90 .968 5.30 Connie Ryan 336 39 42 83 98 7 27 .963 4.84 Jerry Snyder 6 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.26 Floyd Baker 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Mel Hoderlein 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Billy Cox 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Cox 667 69 87 83 186 8 23 .971 3.63 Connie Ryan 354 43 47 42 80 9 6 .931 3.10 Floyd Baker 347 40 41 41 83 5 6 .961 3.22 Al Smith 27 2 10 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Kazanski 900 107 120 194 295 21 68 .959 4.89 Dick Schofield 182 23 25 23 58 5 9 .942 4.01 Billy Cox 139 12 27 35 62 5 11 .951 6.30 Yo-Yo Davalillo 108 11 19 31 38 3 10 .958 5.75 Jerry Snyder 66 1 32 11 17 0 2 1.000 3.84 George Lerchen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Del Ennis 1343 151 152 339 10 7 0 .980 2.34 Al Smith 41 3 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 Kite Thomas 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Larry Doby 1364 151 152 443 22 6 2 .987 3.07 Kite Thomas 27 3 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Del Ennis 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jackie Jensen 1375 153 154 295 10 4 1 .987 2.00 Clyde Vollmer 27 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 Del Ennis 12 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Harry Simpson 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Al Smith 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 George Lerchen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Kite Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1953 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Connie Ryan
Round 2 (#25):	Bob Kuzava
Round 3 (#39):	Cass Michaels
Round 4 (#53):	Monte Kennedy
Round 5 (#65):	Harry Simpson
Round 6 (#76):	Ebba St. Claire
Round 7 (#85):	Frank Sullivan
Round 8 (#91):	Dick Schofield
Round 9 (#96):	Neal Watlington

Transactions

• 1953-01: acquired Bill Werle as a free agent
• 1953-02: acquired George Lerchen as a free agent
• 1953-09: acquired Duke Simpson as a free agent
• 1953-11: traded Clyde Vollmer to BOA for Floyd Baker
• 1953-11: traded Chuck Stobbs to CHA for Sandy Consuegra
• 1953 postseason: released Ebba St. Claire

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