1953 American League Batting Register
Batting Glossary Click on a column heading to sort the data by that column.
Player Tm G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP POS +-------------------+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Joe Astroth PHA 93 282 38 91 20 2 7 43 0 1 28 15 .323 .385 .482 .867 136 0 1 1 1 11 C Toby Atwell CHA 29 95 14 22 3 0 2 13 0 0 11 4 .232 .315 .326 .641 31 0 1 0 1 5 C Floyd Baker WAA 46 152 17 34 4 0 0 9 0 0 14 11 .224 .290 .250 .540 38 1 2 2 1 5 3B Floyd Baker BOA 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 PH Matt Batts DEA 114 369 37 98 17 6 8 46 1 3 24 49 .266 .307 .409 .717 151 1 4 4 0 11 C Hank Bauer NYA 146 479 59 125 23 7 11 62 5 5 79 67 .261 .364 .407 .772 195 6 7 8 3 8 OF Wayne Belardi NYA 52 151 21 37 1 3 8 25 0 0 8 49 .245 .280 .450 .730 68 0 2 0 0 4 1B Yogi Berra NYA 146 514 85 157 23 6 37 120 2 0 49 42 .305 .367 .589 .957 303 1 5 9 4 20 C Neil Berry SLA 81 119 14 33 0 2 0 7 1 2 10 22 .277 .328 .311 .639 37 2 2 3 0 2 UT Steve Bilko DEA 153 588 72 137 19 3 19 81 1 0 71 153 .233 .314 .372 .687 219 0 7 0 2 17 1B Don Bollweg DEA 63 56 12 13 3 1 2 11 0 0 13 13 .232 .386 .429 .814 24 0 0 0 1 1 PH Bob Borkowski PHA 96 268 29 73 12 1 9 35 0 0 22 56 .272 .324 .425 .750 114 2 5 0 1 14 OF Johnny Bucha DEA 16 46 1 11 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .239 .300 .326 .626 15 0 0 0 1 0 C Smoky Burgess CHA 69 217 28 72 22 3 3 26 3 4 29 13 .332 .414 .502 .916 109 0 1 3 2 7 C Jim Busby CHA 146 638 105 194 36 5 10 69 26 9 45 70 .304 .348 .423 .771 270 7 4 8 0 15 OF Andy Carey BOA 37 34 3 6 3 0 1 5 0 0 8 6 .176 .333 .353 .686 12 0 0 0 0 1 PH Chico Carrasquel CHA 83 294 26 67 10 4 0 29 2 1 15 28 .228 .270 .289 .559 85 13 3 0 3 5 SS Chico Carrasquel NYA 41 159 24 45 7 2 2 18 1 0 13 11 .283 .335 .390 .725 62 16 1 0 0 2 SS Allie Clark PHA 31 80 8 16 4 0 5 10 0 0 1 11 .200 .210 .438 .647 35 0 0 0 0 2 1B Mel Clark CHA 74 74 12 31 5 4 0 13 0 0 4 6 .419 .456 .595 1.050 44 0 0 0 1 1 OF Joe Collins NYA 139 387 57 92 6 2 21 53 7 5 58 38 .238 .336 .426 .762 165 6 4 1 1 11 1B Billy Consolo PHA 38 114 15 30 6 0 1 7 0 0 0 37 .263 .261 .342 .603 39 1 1 0 0 1 2B Clint Courtney SLA 123 402 29 88 6 2 6 31 0 1 17 31 .219 .252 .289 .541 116 1 3 2 2 11 C Billy Cox WAA 132 363 39 110 26 1 3 48 2 0 40 17 .303 .371 .405 .776 147 0 3 5 1 9 3B Yo-Yo Davalillo WAA 34 64 11 21 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 14 .328 .333 .359 .693 23 1 1 0 0 2 SS Jim Delsing DEA 141 500 80 158 25 4 20 67 2 0 64 40 .316 .393 .502 .895 251 0 5 8 3 16 OF Joe DeMaestri PHA 114 394 41 116 17 5 10 49 0 1 18 44 .294 .326 .439 .765 173 1 1 1 1 7 SS Larry Doby WAA 154 561 95 155 18 2 36 88 0 1 108 147 .276 .396 .508 .904 285 0 3 1 5 6 OF Walt Dropo BOA 116 437 48 106 16 2 12 52 0 3 17 68 .243 .274 .371 .644 162 1 1 6 2 11 1B Grant Dunlap SLA 10 18 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .500 .722 9 0 0 0 0 1 OF Jim Dyck SLA 112 341 31 75 16 1 15 49 0 3 39 59 .220 .303 .405 .708 138 2 3 0 3 12 UT Luke Easter SLA 82 230 31 65 9 0 7 26 0 0 19 40 .283 .333 .413 .746 95 0 5 4 1 2 1B Hank Edwards SLA 43 88 7 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 10 .159 .267 .170 .438 15 1 0 0 0 3 OF Bob Elliott NYA 97 368 46 88 16 1 7 53 0 1 53 46 .239 .333 .345 .678 127 4 7 0 2 6 OF Bob Elliott CHA 14 25 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 .320 .414 .400 .814 10 0 0 0 0 0 OF Harry Elliott DEA 17 48 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .167 .200 .188 .388 9 0 0 0 0 1 OF Del Ennis WAA 154 627 95 182 22 5 30 108 0 0 56 59 .290 .348 .485 .833 304 0 7 6 3 17 OF Hoot Evers DEA 94 290 28 65 7 1 11 38 0 0 14 43 .224 .262 .369 .631 107 1 3 0 2 10 OF Ferris Fain PHA 143 502 93 115 23 5 10 48 1 0 108 45 .229 .366 .355 .720 178 0 7 6 4 17 1B Hank Foiles SLA 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0 C Dee Fondy CHA 154 603 77 197 24 4 10 92 31 6 54 136 .327 .380 .430 .810 259 0 8 8 3 10 1B Nellie Fox CHA 154 660 91 181 23 9 4 65 8 8 45 33 .274 .320 .355 .674 234 19 2 0 0 9 2B Owen Friend DEA 57 134 8 20 2 0 4 11 0 0 10 23 .149 .207 .254 .461 34 1 1 1 0 2 3B Dick Gernert BOA 96 228 25 53 10 1 5 20 0 0 28 53 .232 .314 .351 .665 80 0 4 0 1 10 1B Joe Ginsberg PHA 71 172 17 48 10 0 0 25 0 0 33 10 .279 .392 .337 .730 58 0 3 3 1 8 C Tommy Giordano PHA 19 16 4 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 .312 .421 .562 .984 9 0 0 0 0 3 2B Tommy Glaviano SLA 93 79 19 18 0 5 4 12 1 0 25 21 .228 .413 .506 .920 40 1 0 0 0 0 PH Billy Goodman BOA 126 430 50 132 28 1 6 41 0 1 43 9 .307 .368 .419 .787 180 1 2 0 0 16 2B Mickey Grasso WAA 116 323 15 57 13 0 2 37 0 0 13 36 .176 .209 .235 .444 76 5 3 1 1 13 C Johnny Groth BOA 147 598 60 147 36 8 9 72 6 0 31 74 .246 .285 .378 .663 226 2 4 0 3 19 OF Tom Hamilton PHA 12 29 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 .276 .344 .345 .689 10 0 0 0 0 1 1B Granny Hamner CHA 26 48 8 10 1 0 1 8 0 0 6 5 .208 .296 .292 .588 14 0 0 1 0 1 SS Harry Hanebrink NYA 7 19 3 8 0 0 1 4 1 0 4 1 .421 .522 .579 1.101 11 0 0 0 0 0 3B Fred Hatfield NYA 115 348 46 93 12 2 7 34 10 3 33 40 .267 .330 .374 .703 130 13 3 0 1 5 UT Mel Hoderlein WAA 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 2B Billy Hunter SLA 154 573 51 145 25 0 4 41 10 2 25 62 .253 .284 .318 .602 182 15 3 3 1 20 SS Jackie Jensen WAA 154 619 103 158 37 8 17 70 22 2 83 75 .255 .344 .423 .767 262 3 6 7 4 12 OF Willie Jones PHA 139 536 73 126 12 2 22 63 0 0 86 66 .235 .341 .388 .729 208 0 3 0 2 21 3B Eddie Joost PHA 104 207 31 56 6 1 4 18 4 1 38 34 .271 .382 .367 .749 76 0 3 0 1 6 SS Ted Kazanski WAA 123 358 33 88 8 5 0 32 0 0 23 42 .246 .292 .296 .588 106 4 2 0 1 8 SS George Kell DEA 134 489 72 146 30 1 16 81 1 4 64 23 .299 .381 .462 .843 226 0 2 6 2 22 3B Nick Koback CHA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 C Dick Kokos SLA 114 343 53 90 11 0 19 59 0 1 48 71 .262 .354 .461 .815 158 0 2 2 2 9 OF Rocky Krsnich NYA 37 101 9 19 6 0 0 12 0 0 8 9 .188 .255 .248 .502 25 3 0 0 1 1 3B Harvey Kuenn DEA 154 678 93 199 39 8 1 35 4 1 55 52 .294 .348 .379 .727 257 3 0 3 2 10 SS Don Lenhardt PHA 115 328 45 109 24 0 12 63 0 0 50 52 .332 .416 .515 .931 169 0 6 4 1 14 OF George Lerchen WAA 27 19 4 7 1 0 0 10 0 0 6 7 .368 .500 .421 .921 8 0 1 1 0 1 PH Johnny Lipon BOA 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 UT Stan Lopata DEA 62 178 22 45 10 0 9 33 0 1 17 33 .253 .320 .461 .780 82 0 1 0 1 3 C Don Lund DEA 6 15 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 .267 .312 .333 .646 5 0 0 0 0 0 OF Mickey Mantle NYA 147 498 101 149 28 1 21 89 13 7 91 118 .299 .406 .486 .892 242 6 6 6 3 6 OF Fred Marsh SLA 32 91 9 29 3 0 4 15 0 0 15 28 .319 .421 .484 .904 44 3 0 0 1 4 1B Billy Martin BOA 58 204 19 39 6 3 2 14 1 1 8 25 .191 .228 .279 .507 57 2 1 2 2 4 2B Eddie Mathews CHA 154 579 125 171 28 13 48 152 4 2 102 83 .295 .396 .637 1.034 369 0 11 13 2 24 3B Carmen Mauro PHA 48 77 13 20 2 0 0 2 1 1 4 9 .260 .296 .286 .582 22 0 0 0 0 0 3B Gil McDougald NYA 154 586 74 182 28 6 19 97 9 4 65 71 .311 .380 .476 .856 279 14 6 9 4 9 2B Ed McGhee SLA 102 381 51 95 8 4 0 16 6 2 48 59 .249 .333 .291 .625 111 0 2 5 1 3 OF Roy McMillan BOA 123 428 43 105 18 1 4 47 2 2 40 54 .245 .314 .320 .634 137 2 3 2 4 13 SS Sam Mele CHA 122 434 73 124 30 10 13 85 5 6 47 52 .286 .355 .491 .845 213 1 5 0 2 9 OF Catfish Metkovich NYA 14 23 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 4 2 .087 .214 .217 .432 5 1 1 0 0 0 UT Cass Michaels WAA 141 471 52 127 18 0 11 52 13 3 38 64 .270 .323 .378 .701 178 26 4 0 1 11 2B Ed Mickelson SLA 8 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 0 0 0 0 0 1B Minnie Minoso CHA 150 601 121 186 23 7 14 86 35 6 73 61 .309 .383 .441 .824 265 2 6 9 2 15 OF Dale Mitchell BOA 95 345 42 98 16 5 11 44 2 1 23 18 .284 .328 .455 .783 157 5 5 3 2 8 OF Johnny Mize NYA 51 108 14 26 3 0 6 18 0 0 10 20 .241 .305 .435 .740 47 3 0 1 0 3 1B Felipe Montemayor DEA 16 37 2 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .162 .184 .243 .427 9 0 0 0 0 1 OF Les Moss CHA 37 115 7 29 4 1 0 11 0 0 8 21 .252 .296 .304 .600 35 1 2 0 0 5 C Pat Mullin DEA 64 76 18 28 0 1 9 19 0 0 18 14 .368 .495 .750 1.245 57 0 0 1 1 4 OF Pete Naton CHA 8 25 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 .200 .323 .280 .603 7 0 1 0 0 0 C Gus Niarhos BOA 9 26 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .115 .179 .115 .294 3 0 0 0 0 0 C Bob Nieman DEA 146 537 88 178 35 6 23 104 0 0 64 55 .331 .400 .547 .947 294 0 7 4 2 15 OF Johnny O'Brien BOA 36 123 12 30 4 1 1 10 0 0 4 19 .244 .277 .317 .594 39 1 1 0 2 2 SS Danny O'Connell BOA 154 624 75 194 21 10 13 60 8 1 44 52 .311 .358 .439 .797 274 16 3 2 3 16 3B Bob Oldis PHA 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 C Karl Olson NYA 28 73 8 16 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 14 .219 .250 .329 .579 24 3 0 0 2 1 OF Jim Pendleton CHA 28 22 12 9 0 1 1 5 3 0 1 3 .409 .435 .636 1.071 14 0 0 0 0 0 UT Johnny Pesky BOA 36 33 5 15 5 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 .455 .471 .606 1.077 20 1 0 0 0 1 PH Dave Philley PHA 154 639 106 197 32 9 10 88 5 0 50 49 .308 .362 .433 .795 277 0 3 3 5 12 OF Jim Piersall BOA 154 606 65 161 18 8 6 54 17 4 40 76 .266 .312 .351 .663 213 16 8 6 4 11 OF Jerry Priddy DEA 71 147 17 38 5 0 2 12 0 0 6 12 .259 .286 .333 .619 49 2 1 0 0 5 2B Hal Rice SLA 94 312 29 93 14 0 4 32 1 0 30 23 .298 .359 .381 .740 119 0 1 15 0 10 OF Bill Rigney PHA 6 22 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .227 .227 .227 .455 5 0 0 0 0 1 2B Jim Rivera PHA 154 575 79 139 24 13 18 86 8 1 55 87 .242 .310 .423 .733 243 3 2 8 3 16 OF Phil Rizzuto NYA 137 455 70 121 22 6 1 46 5 10 73 55 .266 .368 .347 .715 158 19 1 6 1 10 SS Eddie Robinson CHA 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0 1B Pete Runnels DEA 131 491 72 126 21 7 6 37 2 2 63 33 .257 .345 .365 .710 179 15 1 0 4 12 2B Connie Ryan WAA 115 343 37 94 17 4 3 31 7 2 29 65 .274 .330 .373 .703 128 6 3 2 1 7 UT Frank Sacka CHA 7 17 2 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 5 3 .588 .682 .647 1.329 11 0 0 1 0 0 C Mike Sandlock PHA 25 78 6 15 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 11 .192 .267 .192 .460 15 0 0 0 0 0 C Carl Sawatski SLA 26 69 6 18 3 0 1 4 0 0 3 14 .261 .292 .348 .639 24 0 0 0 0 2 C Dick Schofield WAA 27 74 7 17 4 0 3 10 0 0 4 23 .230 .272 .405 .677 30 2 2 0 1 1 SS Roy Sievers SLA 105 318 34 98 19 0 10 39 0 0 31 57 .308 .370 .462 .833 147 0 1 2 1 10 1B Charlie Silvera PHA 45 88 7 30 4 2 0 17 0 0 11 8 .341 .420 .432 .852 38 0 0 4 1 6 C Harry Simpson WAA 75 191 14 34 1 0 3 16 0 0 16 34 .178 .240 .230 .471 44 0 1 0 0 4 1B Sibby Sisti PHA 24 25 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .240 .269 .240 .509 6 0 0 0 0 0 UT Al Smith WAA 55 47 15 12 2 0 3 6 0 0 12 8 .255 .407 .489 .896 23 0 0 0 0 0 UT Paul Smith BOA 84 285 36 91 13 6 5 40 3 4 18 16 .319 .358 .460 .818 131 6 3 5 1 5 OF Jerry Snyder WAA 74 66 4 20 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 11 .303 .361 .318 .679 21 1 0 2 0 0 SS Steve Souchock DEA 102 277 36 62 9 3 9 35 9 2 11 44 .224 .253 .375 .629 104 2 3 3 1 14 OF Ebba St. Claire WAA 112 174 15 29 3 0 5 13 0 0 4 18 .167 .190 .270 .460 47 1 0 0 1 3 C Vern Stephens SLA 101 325 41 88 18 0 7 40 6 1 32 59 .271 .336 .391 .727 127 2 4 1 2 11 3B Bud Stewart CHA 27 41 12 10 4 0 1 4 0 0 13 5 .244 .436 .415 .851 17 1 0 0 1 1 OF George Strickland CHA 86 247 22 62 7 4 2 28 0 0 32 40 .251 .338 .336 .674 83 2 3 3 2 9 SS Pete Suder PHA 139 490 51 139 17 6 3 54 2 0 21 44 .284 .308 .361 .669 177 0 9 1 0 18 2B Russ Sullivan DEA 27 47 8 8 4 0 0 3 0 0 11 6 .170 .317 .255 .572 12 0 2 0 0 0 OF Kite Thomas WAA 25 25 4 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 3 .360 .484 .400 .884 10 0 0 0 0 2 UT Bob Thorpe NYA 24 43 4 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .186 .222 .233 .455 10 2 0 0 0 0 OF Joe Tipton CHA 50 90 12 15 1 0 5 16 0 0 13 14 .167 .271 .344 .615 31 0 3 0 1 3 C Earl Torgeson WAA 134 414 68 115 25 9 11 57 17 6 59 79 .278 .369 .461 .831 191 0 5 3 4 11 1B Elmer Valo PHA 74 100 10 22 2 0 0 6 0 0 18 6 .220 .339 .240 .579 24 0 0 1 0 0 OF Clyde Vollmer BOA 4 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .231 .286 .231 .516 3 0 0 0 0 0 PH Clyde Vollmer WAA 62 49 4 10 1 0 1 5 0 0 10 10 .204 .333 .286 .619 14 0 1 1 0 1 OF Rube Walker SLA 48 107 16 37 13 0 5 25 0 0 6 13 .346 .377 .607 .985 65 0 1 0 0 1 C Neal Watlington WAA 17 22 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .136 .174 .136 .310 3 1 0 0 0 0 C Vic Wertz SLA 138 488 71 129 17 12 21 96 1 1 73 74 .264 .356 .477 .833 233 0 9 6 1 12 OF Wally Westlake CHA 88 209 35 70 4 2 8 34 2 1 42 39 .335 .449 .488 .937 102 0 1 4 2 6 OF Sammy White BOA 129 468 59 144 36 1 12 55 4 6 30 72 .308 .351 .466 .816 218 0 2 4 2 12 C Del Wilber BOA 46 115 21 32 6 0 14 27 0 0 4 27 .278 .306 .696 1.001 80 1 1 0 1 0 C Dick Williams SLA 27 59 7 13 1 0 4 7 0 0 5 14 .220 .281 .441 .722 26 0 0 0 0 1 OF Ted Williams BOA 32 57 15 20 5 0 5 12 0 0 14 11 .351 .479 .702 1.181 40 0 0 3 0 1 OF Red Wilson NYA 48 123 18 31 4 0 0 9 2 3 21 7 .252 .370 .285 .654 35 2 0 0 2 2 C Gene Woodling NYA 128 428 76 122 27 4 6 46 12 8 87 41 .285 .409 .409 .818 175 8 2 3 4 11 OF Bobby Young SLA 153 587 72 165 26 3 6 51 4 3 50 48 .281 .338 .366 .704 215 10 3 0 2 12 2B Al Zarilla BOA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 OF +-------------------+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+