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Season Almanac

1953 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Robin Roberts (K, W)

Home Runs
  1. 1Eddie MathewsATL47
  2. 2Al RosenCLE43
  3. 3Duke SniderLAD42
Hits
  1. 1Harvey KuennDET209
  2. 2Mickey VernonMIN205
  3. 3Richie AshburnPHI205
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Al RosenCLE145
  2. 2Roy CampanellaLAD142
  3. 3Eddie MathewsATL135
Runs
  1. 1Duke SniderLAD132
  2. 2Stan MusialSTL127
  3. 3Alvin DarkSF126
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Bill BrutonATL26
  2. 2Minnie MinosoCWS25
  3. 3Jim RiveraCWS22
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Robin RobertsPHI198
  2. 2Carl ErskineLAD187
  3. 3Billy PierceCWS186
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Robin RobertsPHI23
  2. 2Warren SpahnATL23
  3. 3Bob PorterfieldMIN22
Saves
  1. 1Ellis KinderBOS27
  2. 2Al BrazleSTL18
  3. 3Harry DorishCWS18

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Duke SniderBAT21.2
  2. 2Al RosenBAT20.6
  3. 3Eddie MathewsBAT19
  4. 4Roy CampanellaBAT18.7
  5. 5Stan MusialBAT18.6
  6. 6Ted KluszewskiBAT17.2
  7. 7Gil HodgesBAT16.3
  8. 8Ralph KinerBAT16.3
  9. 9Gus ZernialBAT16.1
  10. 10Robin RobertsPITCH15.8
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Al KalineRF273.3
  2. 2Ernie Banks1B237.1
  3. 3Roy FaceP158
  4. 4Johnny PodresP113.4
  5. 5Al WorthingtonP113
  6. 6Bob BuhlP111.8
  7. 7Bill BrutonCF109
  8. 8Don LarsenP88.5

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Johnny Mize1B197.4
  2. 2Dutch LeonardP170.6
  3. 3Bob Elliott3B162.1
  4. 4Bobo NewsomP145.8
  5. 5Bill NicholsonRF143.9
  6. 6Dom DiMaggioCF116.2
  7. 7Harry BrecheenP103.5
  8. 8Max LanierP83.9

Teams · 16

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Los Angeles Dodgers105-49318.1Duke SniderPlayoffs
New York Yankees99-52275.4Johnny SainPlayoffs
Atlanta Braves92-62260.9Eddie Mathews
Cleveland Indians92-62212Al Rosen
Chicago White Sox89-65214.1Billy Pierce
Boston Red Sox84-69232.4Ellis Kinder
Philadelphia Phillies83-71224.2Robin Roberts
St. Louis Cardinals83-71224.2Stan Musial
Minnesota Twins76-76197.2Mickey Vernon
San Francisco Giants70-84236.9Alvin Dark
Cincinnati Reds68-86173.8Ted Kluszewski
Chicago Cubs65-89164.7Dee Fondy
Detroit Tigers60-94145.8Bob Nieman
Athletics59-95181.5Gus Zernial
Baltimore Orioles54-100176.9Vic Wertz
Pittsburgh Pirates50-104147.3Frank Thomas

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.