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1953 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1953
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)

(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton) (Bob Elson, Don Wells) |}} 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.

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.
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).

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.

Roster

1953 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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
	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
	89	65	3.41	156	156	33	1403.2	1299	592	532	113	583	714

Farm system

Notes

References

1953 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/demaejo01.shtml Joe DeMaestri] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berryne01.shtml Neil Berry] at ''Baseball-Reference''

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