1953 Washington Senators season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Senators 1953 American League Griffith Stadium Washington, D.C. 76 76 y 5th Clark Griffith (majority owner) Bucky Harris WTTG WWDC (FM) (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff, Bailey Goss) List of Minnesota Twins seasons The 1953 Washington Senators won 76 games, lost 76, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium. This was their last winning season until 1962. Regular season Season standings Washington Senators Record vs. opponents WSH Roster 1953 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers 27,30 Tommy Byrne 30 Sandy Consuegra 16 Sonny Dixon 25 Jerry Lane 22 Connie Marrero 20 Walt Masterson 23 Julio Moreno 49 Jim Pearce 19 Bob Porterfield 35,31 Johnny Schmitz 17 Spec Shea 36 Al Sima 38,23 Bunky Stewart 18 Chuck Stobbs 31,32 Dean Stone Catchers 37 Ed Fitz Gerald 11 Mickey Grasso 10 Bob Oldis  8 Les Peden 10 Frank Sacka Infielders  4 Floyd Baker 15 Yo-Yo Davalillo 28 Mel Hoderlein 29 Tony Roig 35 Pete Runnels  6 Jerry Snyder 12 Wayne Terwilliger 15 Gene Verble  3 Mickey Vernon  1 Eddie Yost Outfielders 30 Bruce Barmes  7 Jim Busby  2 Gil Coan  4 Jackie Jensen  6 Carmen Mauro 26 Kite Thomas 24 Clyde Vollmer 26 Ken Wood Other batters 25 Frank Campos Manager 50 Bucky Harris Coaches 54 Nick Altrock 52 Joe Fitzgerald 55 Joe Haynes 51 Heinie Manush 53 George Myatt Player stats Batting = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Ed Fitz Gerald 88 288 72 .250 3 39 1B Mickey Vernon 152 608 205 .337 15 115 2B Wayne Terwilliger 134 464 117 .252 4 46 SS Pete Runnels 137 486 125 .257 2 50 3B Eddie Yost 152 577 157 .272 9 45 OF Jim Busby 150 586 183 .312 6 82 OF Jackie Jensen 147 582 147 .266 10 84 OF Clyde Vollmer 118 408 106 .260 11 74 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 Mickey Grasso 61 196 41 .209 2 22 Gil Coan 68 168 33 .196 2 17 Jerry Snyder 29 62 21 .339 0 4 Kite Thomas 38 58 17 .293 1 12 Yo-Yo Davalillo 19 58 17 .293 0 2 Mel Hoderlein 23 47 9 .191 0 5 Ken Wood Ken Wood (baseball) 12 33 7 .212 0 3 Les Peden 9 28 7 .250 1 1 Carmen Mauro 17 23 4 .174 0 2 Gene Verble 13 21 4 .190 0 2 Frank Sacka 7 18 5 .278 0 3 Bob Oldis 7 16 4 .250 0 3 Frank Campos 10 9 1 .111 0 2 Tony Roig 3 8 1 .125 0 0 Floyd Baker 9 7 0 .000 0 0 Bruce Barmes 5 5 1 .200 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 Bob Porterfield 34 255.0 22 10 3.35 77 Walt Masterson 29 166.1 10 12 3.63 95 Spec Shea 23 164.2 12 7 3.94 38 Chuck Stobbs 27 153.0 11 8 3.29 67 Connie Marrero 22 145.2 8 7 3.03 65 Tommy Byrne Tommy Byrne (baseball) 6 33.2 0 5 4.28 22 Bunky Stewart 2 15.1 0 2 4.70 3 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 Sonny Dixon Sonny Dixon (baseball) 43 120.0 5 8 3.75 40 Johnny Schmitz 24 107.2 2 7 3.68 39 Julio Moreno Julio Moreno (baseball) 12 35.1 3 1 2.80 13 Jim Pearce Jim Pearce (baseball) 4 9.1 0 1 7.71 0 Dean Stone 3 8.2 0 1 8.31 5 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 Al Sima 31 2 3 1 3.42 25 Jerry Lane 20 1 4 0 4.92 26 Sandy Consuegra 4 0 0 0 10.80 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Cal Ermer A Scranton Miners Eastern League Morrie Aderholt B Charlotte Hornets Tri-State League Pete Appleton D Bluefield Blue-Grays Appalachian League Ivan Kuester D Orlando Senators Florida State League Donald Ford and Leslie Filkins D Fulton Lookouts KITTY League Sam Lamitina LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte References 2 External links 1953 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference 1953 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) seasons Washington Senators season Washing