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1953 St. Louis Browns (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954)
54-100, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 555 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 54-100
Managed by Marty Marion

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 297,238 (8th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 102, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 110
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 Stats (1952/1954) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Clint Courtney      26  106  355   28   89  12  2   4   19  25   20  .251  .302  .330   0   1  14   1   3           69
1B *Dick Kryhoski       28  104  338   35   94  18  4  16   50  26   33  .278  .333  .497   0   5  10   2   3          120
2B *Bobby Young         28  148  537   48  137  22  2   4   25  41   40  .255  .309  .326   2   1  12   1  14           70
3B  Jim Dyck            31  112  334   38   71  15  1   9   27  38   40  .213  .299  .344   3   2  15   3   6           72
SS  Billy Hunter        25  154  567   50  124  18  1   1   37  24   45  .219  .253  .259   3   1  12   2  11           37
OF  Johnny Groth        26  141  557   65  141  27  4  10   57  42   53  .253  .308  .370   5   6  14   2   9           81
OF *Vic Wertz           28  128  440   61  118  18  6  19   70  72   44  .268  .376  .466   1   4  13   4   2          124
OF *Dick Kokos          25  107  299   41   72  12  0  13   38  56   53  .241  .361  .411   0   5   4   0   2          106
    Don Lenhardt        30   97  303   37   96  15  0  10   35  41   41  .317  .400  .465   1   2   8   1   2          131
    Roy Sievers         26   92  285   37   77  15  0   8   35  32   47  .270  .344  .407   0   1   9   0   6          100
    Les Moss            28   78  239   21   66  14  1   2   28  18   31  .276  .329  .368   0   1  10   1   1           87
    Vern Stephens       32   46  165   16   53   8  0   4   17  18   24  .321  .388  .442   0   0   7   0   3          122
    Bob Elliott         36   48  160   19   40   7  1   5   29  30   18  .250  .368  .400   0   1   4   0   1          106
   *Hank Edwards        34   65  106    6   21   3  0   0    9  13   10  .198  .286  .226   0   1   1   0   0           39
    Neil Berry          31   57   99   14   28   1  2   0   11   9   10  .283  .343  .333   1   2   4   0   3           82
    Ed Mickelson        26    7   15    1    2   1  0   0    2   2    6  .133  .235  .200   0   0   1   0   0           18
    Jim Pisoni          23    3   12    1    1   0  0   1    1   0    5  .083  .083  .333   0   0   0   0   0            7
    Johnny Lipon        30    7    9    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    1  .222  .222  .222   0   0   0   0   0           19
   *Dixie Upright       27    9    8    3    2   0  0   1    1   1    3  .250  .333  .625   0   0   0   0   0          152
    Marty Marion        35    3    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   #Willy Miranda       27   17    6    2    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .167  .286  .167   1   1   0   0   0           24
    Frank Kellert       28    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Babe Martin         33    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0           -4

    Don Larsen          23   50   81   11   23   3  1   3   10   4   14  .284  .318  .457   0   0   1   0   0          105
    Duane Pillette      30   31   53    4    7   1  0   1    4   5   16  .132  .207  .208   0   0   1   0   2           11
   *Dick Littlefield    27   38   42    4    8   0  0   0    2   2   17  .190  .227  .190   0   0   1   0   5           13
   *Harry Brecheen      38   27   39    1    7   0  0   0    2   1   10  .179  .200  .179   0   0   1   0   2            2
   *Bob Cain            28   34   30    3    6   2  0   0    2   1    3  .200  .226  .267   0   0   1   0   0           31
    Satchel Paige       46   57   29    1    2   0  0   0    2   0    9  .069  .069  .069   0   0   0   0   1          -63
   *Marlin Stuart       34   60   26    3    5   1  0   0    1   0   11  .192  .192  .231   0   0   1   0   0           13
    Lou Kretlow         32   22   25    2    5   0  0   0    1   0   14  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   2            7
    Virgil Trucks       36   16   25    0    4   1  0   0    1   0    3  .160  .160  .200   0   0   0   0   4           -4
    Mike Blyzka         24   33   23    1    0   0  0   0    1   1    9  .000  .042  .000   0   0   0   0   2          -88
    Bobo Holloman       30   22   19    0    2   0  0   0    3   0    6  .105  .105  .105   0   0   0   0   3          -43
    Bob Turley          22   10   18    2    5   0  0   1    1   1    6  .278  .316  .444   0   0   0   0   2          102
    Max Lanier          37   10    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0          -11
    Hal White           34   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0           43
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3  154 5264  555 1310 214 25 112  522 507  644  .249  .315  .363  17  34 144  17  89           87
    Rank among 8 AL teams          4    8    8   6  8   4        5    2     8     8     8   8   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Duane Pillette      30  31   4.48   7  13  0  25   2   5   1  166.7  181   90   83  16   62   58  728   1   2  0      94
SP  Don Larsen          23  38   4.16   7  12  2  22  14   7   2  192.7  201   99   89  11   64   96  828   3   4  0     101
SP *Dick Littlefield    27  36   5.08   7  12  0  22   6   2   0  152.3  153   93   86  17   84  104  680   5   4  0      83
SP *Harry Brecheen      38  26   3.07   5  13  1  16   7   3   0  117.3  122   51   40   7   31   44  494   1   3  1     137
SP  Virgil Trucks       36  16   3.07   5   4  2  12   2   4   2   88.0   83   37   30   4   32   47  374   3   4  0     137
SP  Bob Turley          22  10   3.28   2   6  0   7   3   3   1   60.3   39   24   22   4   44   61  259   2   2  0     128

CL  Satchel Paige       46  57   3.53   3   9 11   4  34   0   0  117.3  114   51   46  12   39   51  489   2   1  1     119
RP  Marlin Stuart       34  60   3.94   8   2  7   2  30   0   0  114.3  136   62   50   6   44   46  509   3   1  0     107
RP  Mike Blyzka         24  33   6.39   2   6  0   9   8   2   0   94.3  110   78   67   6   56   23  440   7   0  0      66
RP *Bob Cain            28  32   6.23   4  10  1  13   7   1   0   99.7  129   74   69   8   45   36  465   1   1  0      67
RP  Bobo Holloman       30  22   5.23   3   7  0  10   1   1   1   65.3   69   41   38   2   50   25  305   2   1  1      80

    Lou Kretlow         32  22   5.11   1   5  0  11   6   0   0   81.0   93   56   46   5   52   37  380   3   0  0      82
   *Max Lanier          37  10   7.25   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   22.3   28   18   18   2   19    8  109   0   0  0      58
    Hal White           34  10   2.61   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   10.3    8    3    3   1    3    2   45   0   1  0     161
    Bob Habenicht       27   1   5.40   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.7    1    1    1   0    1    1    8   0   1  0      78
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.0 154   4.48  54 100 24 154 126  28  10 1383.0 1467  778  688 101  626  639 6113  33  25  3      94
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   8   1  4           8   6      4    6    6        4    8    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
CCourtney   103  436   47  10   7  .980   4            
LMoss        71  296   21   7   4  .978   4            
BMartin       1    0    0   0   0  .000   0            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  154  732   68  17  11  .979   8   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .989  8.85
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DKryhoski    88  685   66   6  77  .992  8.53
RSievers     76  604   31   5  64  .992  8.36
EMickelson    3   20    2   0   2 1.000  7.33
FKellert      1    8    0   0   0 1.000  8.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154 1317   99  11 143  .992  9.21
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .979  5.13
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BYoung      148  397  363  18 120  .977  5.14
NBerry       15   26   27   2   8  .964  3.53
JLipon        1    4    0   0   0 1.000  4.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  427  390  20 128  .976  5.32
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .957  2.93
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JDyck        51   62  101  13  12  .926  3.20
VStephens    46   54   91   7   9  .954  3.15
BElliott     45   51   93   7  12  .954  3.20
NBerry       18   15   18   7   1  .825  1.83
DLenhardt     6    5    8   1   0  .929  2.17
JLipon        6    0    4   0   0 1.000  0.67
WMiranda      6    1    2   0   0 1.000  0.50
MMarion       2    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  189  317  35  34  .935  3.29
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .966  4.52
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BHunter     152  284  512  25  99  .970  5.24
WMiranda      8    8    6   1   1  .933  1.75
NBerry        6    4   14   1   1  .947  3.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  296  532  27 101  .968  5.39
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .981  2.18  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
JGroth      141  425   18   4   5  .991  3.14   0 141   0
VWertz      121  243   15   7   4  .974  2.13   0   1 120
DKokos       83  152    5   6   1  .963  1.89  61   0  22
DLenhardt    77  148    8   5   1  .969  2.03  72   0   5
JDyck        55  100    5   2   1  .981  1.91  32  19   8
HEdwards     21   36    2   0   0 1.000  1.81  11   4   7
JPisoni       3    7    0   0   0 1.000  2.33   0   2   1
DLarsen       1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00   1   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  154 1111   53  24  12  .980  2.52 154 154 154
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .957  1.95
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DLarsen      38    8   29   2   1  .949  1.73
DPillette    31   14   20   2   3  .944  1.84
DLittlefiel  36    9   19   0   0 1.000  1.65
HBrecheen    26    5   29   0   2 1.000  2.61
SPaige       57    3   12   0   1 1.000  1.15
MStuart      60    9   15   1   2  .960  1.89
BCain        32    4    9   0   1 1.000  1.17
MBlyzka      33    6   13   0   1 1.000  1.81
VTrucks      16    3   13   6   1  .727  1.64
LKretlow     22    3    7   3   0  .769  1.11
BHolloman    22    8    9   3   1  .850  2.34
BTurley      10    4    3   0   2 1.000  1.04
MLanier      10    1    3   0   1 1.000  1.61
HWhite       10    1    4   1   0  .833  4.37
BHabenicht    1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154   78  185  18  16  .936  1.71
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageWertz.268
On-base %Wertz.376
Slugging %Wertz.466
OPSWertz.842
GamesHunter154
At BatsHunter567
Plate Appearances (approx.)Groth610
RunsGroth65
HitsGroth141
Total BasesGroth206
DoublesGroth27
TriplesWertz6
Home RunsWertz19
RBIWertz70
Bases on BallsWertz72
StrikeoutsGroth and Kokos53
Stolen BasesGroth5
SinglesYoung109
Adjusted OPS+Wertz124
Runs CreatedWertz75
Adjusted Batting RunsWertz16
Batting WinsWertz1.6
Extra-Base HitsWertz43
Times on BaseWertz194
Offensive Win%Wertz.625
Hit By PitchWertz4
Sac. HitsYoung14
Grounded into Double PlaysDyck15
Caught StealingGroth6
Power/Speed NumberGroth6.7
At Bats per StrikeoutYoung13.4
At Bats per Home RunWertz23.2
OutsHunter467

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERALarsen4.16
WinsStuart8
Won-Loss %Larsen and Littlefield.368
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Larsen1.375
Hits Allowed/9IPLarsen9.39
Bases on Balls/9IPLarsen2.99
Strikeouts/9IPLarsen4.48
GamesStuart60
SavesPaige11
InningsLarsen192.7
StrikeoutsLittlefield104
Games StartedPillette25
Comp. GamesLarsen7
ShutoutsLarsen and Trucks2
Home Runs Allow.Littlefield17
Bases On Balls Allow.Littlefield84
Hits AllowedLarsen201
SO to WalkLarsen1.50
LossesBrecheen and Pillette13
Earned Runs Allow.Larsen89
Wild PitchesBlyzka7
Hit BatsmenLarsen, Littlefield, and Trucks4
Batters FacedLarsen828
Games FinishedPaige34
Adjusted ERA+Larsen101

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