1953 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1953 American League Briggs Stadium Detroit, Michigan 60 94 y 6th Walter Briggs, Jr. Charlie Gehringer Fred Hutchinson WWJ-TV WJBK/WXYZ(Van Patrick, Dizzy Trout) The 1953 Detroit Tigers season was the franchise's 54th. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 60–94, 40 1 2 games behind the New York Yankees. The team has the dubious distinction of having surrendered a 17-run inning — the most runs scored in a single inning in the Modern Era — in a 23–3 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Offseason October 27, 1952: Neil Berry, Cliff Mapes and $25,000 were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Browns for Jake Crawford.Neil Berry at Baseball Reference December 4, 1952: Johnny Groth, Virgil Trucks and Hal White were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Browns for Jay Porter, Owen Friend and Bob Nieman.Jay Porter at Baseball Reference Prior to 1953 season: Bob Shaw was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.Bob Shaw at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions June 15, 1953: Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight, and Joe Ginsberg were traded by the Tigers to the Cleveland Indians for Ray Boone, Al Aber, Steve Gromek, and Dick Weik.Ray Boone at Baseball Reference July 27, 1953: Hal Newhouser was released by the Tigers.Hal Newhouser at Baseball Reference Roster 1953 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers  2 Al Aber 16,35 Ralph Branca 27 Hal Erickson 21 Paul Foytack 31 Ned Garver 34 Ted Gray 18 Steve Gromek 35,39 Earl Harrist 20 Ray Herbert 44 Billy Hoeft 21 Art Houtteman 29 Fred Hutchinson 35 Milt Jordan 14 Dave Madison 37 Dick Marlowe 28 Bob Miller 16 Hal Newhouser 19 Ray Scarborough 21 Dick Weik 18 Bill Wight Catchers 10 Matt Batts 32 Johnny Bucha  2 Joe Ginsberg  9 Bob Swift Infielders 38 John Baumgartner  2 Reno Bertoia  8 Ray Boone  3 Walt Dropo  8 Owen Friend  1 Fred Hatfield 17 Billy Hitchcock 26 Harvey Kuenn  7 Johnny Pesky  4 Jerry Priddy Outfielders 22 Frank Carswell 24 Jim Delsing 6,25 Al Kaline 30 Don Lund  6 Pat Mullin  5 Bob Nieman 12 Steve Souchock 19 Russ Sullivan Other batters 15 George Freese Manager 29 Fred Hutchinson Coaches 36 Rick Ferrell 33 Ted Lyons  9 Bob Swift Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Matt Batts 116 374 104 .278 6 42 1B Walt Dropo 152 606 150 .248 13 96 2B Johnny Pesky 103 308 90 .292 2 24 SS Harvey Kuenn 155 679 209 .308 2 48 3B Ray Boone 101 385 120 .312 22 93 OF Bob Nieman 142 508 143 .281 15 69 OF Jim Delsing 138 479 138 .288 11 62 OF Don Lund 131 421 108 .257 9 47 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Fred Hatfield 109 311 79 .254 3 19 Bud Souchock 89 278 84 .302 11 46 Jerry Priddy 65 196 46 .235 1 24 Johnny Bucha 60 158 35 .222 1 14 Pat Mullin 79 97 26 .268 4 17 Owen Friend 31 96 17 .177 3 10 Russ Sullivan 23 72 18 .250 1 6 Joe Ginsberg 18 53 16 .302 0 3 Billy Hitchcock 22 38 8 .211 0 0 Al Kaline 30 28 7 .250 1 2 John Baumgartner 7 27 5 .185 0 2 Frank Carswell 16 15 4 .267 0 2 Bob Swift 2 3 1 .333 0 1 George Freese 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Reno Bertoia 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Ned Garver 30 198.1 11 11 4.45 69 Billy Hoeft 29 197.2 9 14 4.83 90 Ted Gray 30 176.0 10 15 4.60 115 Steve Gromek 19 125.2 6 8 4.51 59 Ralph Branca 17 102.0 4 7 4.15 50 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Dick Marlowe 42 119.2 6 7 5.26 52 Art Houtteman 16 68.2 2 6 5.90 28 Al Aber 17 66.2 4 3 4.46 34 Bill Wight 13 25.1 0 3 8.88 10 Hal Newhouser 7 21.2 0 1 7.06 6 Earl Harrist 8 18.2 0 2 8.68 7 Milt Jordan 8 17.0 0 1 5.82 4 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Ray Herbert 43 4 6 6 5.24 37 Dave Madison 32 3 4 0 6.82 27 Hal Erickson 18 0 1 1 4.73 19 Bob Miller 13 1 2 0 5.94 9 Ray Scarborough 13 0 2 2 8.27 12 Dick Weik 12 0 1 0 13.97 6 Paul Foytack 6 0 0 0 11.17 7 Fred Hutchinson 3 0 0 0 2.79 4 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Jack Tighe AA Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Paul Campbell A Montgomery Grays Sally League Charlie Metro B Durham Bulls Carolina League Marv Owen C Bakersfield Indians California League Ray Perry C Jackson Senators Cotton States League Marland Doolittle D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Dan Carnevale D Wausau Timberjacks Wisconsin State League Wayne Blackburn LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jamestown Notes 2 References Baseball Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1953 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1953 in Detroit