1953 Chicago White Sox season

The 1953 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 53rd season in the major leagues, and its 54th season overall. They finished with a record of 89–65, good enough for third place in the American League, 11.5 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

1953 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Owners	Grace Comiskey
General managers	Frank Lane
Managers	Paul Richards
Television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Radio	WCFL (Bob Elson, Don Wells)
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Offseason

• October 16, 1952: Hank Edwards and Willy Miranda were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Joe DeMaestri and Tommy Byrne.^[1]
• January 27, 1953: Joe DeMaestri, Ed McGhee and Eddie Robinson were traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ferris Fain and Bob Wilson (minors).^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	52	0.656	—	50–27	49–25
Cleveland Indians	92	62	0.597	8½	53–24	39–38
Chicago White Sox	89	65	0.578	11½	41–36	48–29
Boston Red Sox	84	69	0.549	16	38–38	46–31
Washington Senators	76	76	0.500	23½	39–36	37–40
Detroit Tigers	60	94	0.390	40½	30–47	30–47
Philadelphia Athletics	59	95	0.383	41½	27–50	32–45
St. Louis Browns	54	100	0.351	46½	23–54	31–46

Record vs. opponents

1953 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	6–16	13–9	13–9	10–11	15–7	17–5	10–12
Chicago	16–6	—	11–11–1	14–8–1	9–13	10–12	17–5	12–10
Cleveland	9–13	11–11–1	—	14–8	11–11	19–3	17–5	11–11
Detroit	9–13	8–14–1	8–14	—	6–16	11–11–3	7–15	11–11
New York	11–10	13–9	11–11	16–6	—	17–5	17–5	14–6
Philadelphia	7–15	12–10	3–19	11–11–3	5–17	—	13–9	8–14
St. Louis	5–17	5–17	5–17	15–7	5–17	9–13	—	10–12
Washington	12–10	10–12	11–11	11–11	6–14	14–8	12–10	—

Opening Day lineup

• Nellie Fox, 2B
• Ferris Fain, 1B
• Minnie Miñoso, LF
• Vern Stephens, 3B
• Jim Rivera, CF
• Sam Mele, RF
• Chico Carrasquel, SS
• Red Wilson, C
• Saul Rogovin, P

Notable transactions

• September 1, 1953: Neil Berry was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.^[2]

Roster

1953 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 11 Luis Aloma 36 Gene Bearden 27 Tommy Byrne 30,20 Sandy Consuegra 29 Joe Dobson 12 Harry Dorish 16 Mike Fornieles 35 Earl Harrist 34 Hal Hudson 24,45 Connie Johnson 15 Bob Keegan 23 Lou Kretlow 19 Billy Pierce 35,14 Saul Rogovin 23 Virgil Trucks		Catchers 10 Sherm Lollar 30 Bud Sheely 26 Red Wilson Infielders 34 Neil Berry 31 Bob Boyd 17 Chico Carrasquel 18 Allie Clark 20 Sam Dente 27 Bob Elliott  8 Ferris Fain  2 Nellie Fox  6 Rocky Krsnich 25 Fred Marsh  3 Connie Ryan  3 Vern Stephens		Outfielders  5 Sam Mele  9 Minnie Miñoso  7 Jim Rivera 21 Bud Stewart 38 Bill Wilson 32 Tom Wright		Manager 22 Paul Richards Coaches 44 Ray Berres 28 Doc Cramer 40 Luman Harris

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Neil Berry, 2B	5	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.125	0
Bob Boyd, 1B,OF	55	165	20	49	6	2	3	23	13	11	.279	1
Chico Carrasquel, SS	149	552	72	154	30	4	2	47	38	47	.279	5
Allie Clark, 1B,LF	9	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.067	0
Sam Dente, SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Bob Elliott, 3B	67	208	24	54	11	1	4	32	31	21	.260	1
Ferris Fain, 1B	128	446	73	114	18	2	6	52	108	28	.256	3
Nellie Fox, 2B	154	624	92	178	31	8	3	72	49	18	.285	4
Rocky Krsnich, 3B	64	129	9	26	8	0	1	14	12	11	.202	0
Sherm Lollar, C	113	334	46	96	19	0	8	54	47	29	.287	1
Fred Marsh, 3B,SS,1B,2B	67	95	22	19	1	0	2	2	13	26	.200	0
Sam Mele, RF	140	481	64	132	26	8	12	82	58	47	.274	3
Minnie Miñoso, LF,RF,3B	151	556	104	174	24	8	15	104	74	43	.313	25
Jim Rivera, CF	156	567	79	147	26	16	11	78	53	70	.259	22
Connie Ryan, 3B	17	54	6	12	1	0	0	6	9	12	.222	2
Bud Sheely, C	31	46	4	10	1	0	0	2	9	8	.217	0
Vern Stephens, 3B	44	129	14	24	6	0	1	14	13	18	.186	2
Bud Stewart, LF,RF	53	59	16	16	2	0	2	13	14	3	.271	1
Bill Wilson, CF	9	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	.059	0
Red Wilson, C	71	164	21	41	6	1	0	10	26	12	.250	2
Tom Wright, RF,LF	77	132	14	33	5	3	2	25	12	21	.250	0

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luis Aloma, P	24	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0
Gene Bearden, P	31	21	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	4	.190	0
Tommy Byrne, P	18	18	2	3	0	0	1	5	2	6	.167	0
Sandy Consuegra, P	29	35	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	7	.057	0
Joe Dobson, P	23	29	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	11	.069	0
Fritz Dorish, P	55	41	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	5	.171	0
Mike Fornieles, P	39	41	2	4	1	0	0	5	1	5	.098	0
Earl Harrist, P	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Connie Johnson, P	15	20	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	.050	0
Bob Keegan, P	22	28	4	9	0	0	0	5	1	5	.321	0
Lou Kretlow, P	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	0
Billy Pierce, P	42	87	4	11	0	0	0	4	4	16	.126	0
Saul Rogovin, P	22	37	5	5	0	0	0	3	7	9	.135	1
Virgil Trucks, P	24	63	6	15	3	0	1	6	0	10	.238	0
Team Totals	156	5212	716	1345	226	53	74	669	600	529	.258	73

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Luis Aloma	2	0	4.70	24	0	2	38.1	41	20	20	7	23	23
Gene Bearden	3	3	2.93	25	3	0	58.1	48	27	19	8	33	24
Tommy Byrne	2	0	10.13	6	6	0	16.0	18	18	18	0	26	4
Sandy Consuegra	7	5	2.54	29	13	3	124.0	122	39	35	9	28	30
Joe Dobson	5	5	3.67	23	15	1	100.2	96	46	41	10	37	50
Fritz Dorish	10	6	3.40	55	6	18	145.2	140	59	55	9	52	69
Mike Fornieles	8	7	3.59	39	16	3	153.0	160	68	61	8	61	72
Earl Harrist	1	0	7.56	7	0	0	8.1	9	7	7	1	5	1
Hal Hudson	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Connie Johnson	4	4	3.56	14	10	0	60.2	55	27	24	4	38	44
Bob Keegan	7	5	2.74	22	11	1	98.2	80	34	30	4	33	32
Lou Kretlow	0	0	3.48	9	3	0	20.2	12	11	8	2	30	15
Billy Pierce	18	12	2.72	40	33	3	271.1	216	94	82	20	102	186
Saul Rogovin	7	12	5.22	22	19	1	131.0	151	82	76	17	48	62
Virgil Trucks	15	6	2.86	24	21	1	176.1	151	60	56	14	67	102
Team Totals	89	65	3.41	156	156	33	1403.2	1299	592	532	113	583	714

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charleston Senators	American Association	Joe Becker
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern Association	Luke Appling
A	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Western League	Don Gutteridge
B	Waterloo White Hawks	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Zack Taylor
C	Topeka Owls	Western Association	Ira Hutchinson
D	Madisonville Miners	KITTY League	Franklin Robinson
D	Danville Dans	Mississippi–Ohio Valley League	Virl Minnis
D	Wisconsin Rapids White Sox	Wisconsin State League	Wally Millies

Notes

1. Joe DeMaestri at Baseball-Reference
2. Neil Berry at Baseball-Reference

References

• 1953 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.