1953 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1953 American League Busch Stadium I St. Louis, Missouri 54–100 (.351) 8th Bill Veeck Marty Marion Bill Veeck KMOX(Buddy Blattner, Bill Durney, Milo Hamilton) 1954 Baltimore Orioles season The 1953 St. Louis Browns season was the 53rd and final season in Browns history. The Browns finished 8th in the American League with a record of 54–100, 46 1 2 games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. After the season, the Browns moved to Baltimore, where they are now known as the Baltimore Orioles. Offseason October 14, 1952: Ray Coleman, Bob Mahoney, Stan Rojek and $95,000 were traded by the Browns to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Billy Hunter. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colemra01.shtml Ray Coleman at Baseball-Reference October 16, 1952: Joe DeMaestri and Tommy Byrne were traded by the Browns to the White Sox for Hank Edwards and Willy Miranda. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/demaejo01.shtml Joe DeMaestri at Baseball-Reference October 27, 1952: Jake Crawford was traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Neil Berry, Cliff Mapes and $25,000. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berryne01.shtml Neil Berry at Baseball-Reference December 4, 1952: Jay Porter, Owen Friend and Bob Nieman were traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Johnny Groth, Virgil Trucks and Hal White. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/porteja01.shtml Jay Porter at Baseball-Reference Regular season May 6, 1953: In his first major league start, the Browns' Bobo Holloman pitched a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Athletics. The 27-year-old Holloman struck out three, walked five, and helped himself offensively by batting in three of the Browns' runs with a pair of singles in the Browns' 6–0 victory. (Holloman finished the season with a 3–7 record and did not pitch in the major leagues after 1953.) June 3 through July 7, 1953: The Browns lost twenty consecutive games at home. This remained the longest home losing streak (in terms of number of losses) in North American major professional sports until the Edmonton Elks lost their twenty-first game on July 29, 2023.https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/elks-blanked-by-lions-set-mark-for-longest-home-losing-streak-in-north-american-pro-sports-1.1990071 Elks blanked by Lions, set mark for longest home losing streak in North American pro sports TSN July 29, 2023 September 27, 1953: The Browns ended their 51-year residence in St. Louis, losing to the Chicago White Sox at home 2–1 in 11 inningshttps://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLA/SLA195309270.shtml Sep 27, 1953, White Sox at Browns Play by Play and Box Score Baseball Reference October 23, 2014 to complete a sweep by the White Sox, giving the Browns 100 losses for the year.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/schedule.php?y=1953&t=SLA 1953 St. Louis Browns Schedule Baseball Almanac October 23, 2014 Official attendance was 3,174. Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions July 23, 1953: Bobo Holloman was purchased from the Browns by the Toronto Maple Leafs for $7,500. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hollobo01.shtml Bobo Holloman www.baseball-reference.com September 1, 1953: Neil Berry was selected off waivers from the Browns by the Chicago White Sox. Roster 1953 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers 23 Mike Blyzka 31 Harry Brecheen 33 Bob Cain 35,39 Bob Habenicht 24 Bobo Holloman 22 Lou Kretlow  5 Max Lanier 27 Don Larsen 18 Dick Littlefield 29 Satchel Paige 12,21 Duane Pillette 26 Marlin Stuart 23 Virgil Trucks 24 Bob Turley 25 Hal White Catchers 11 Clint Courtney 32 Babe Martin 10 Les Moss Infielders 34 Neil Berry 40 Bob Elliott  6 Billy Hunter  2 Frank Kellert 16 Dick Kryhoski 34 Johnny Lipon  4 Marty Marion  9 Ed Mickelson  1 Willy Miranda  7 Roy Sievers 40 Vern Stephens  5 Bobby Young Outfielders  8 Jim Dyck 15 Hank Edwards  3 Johnny Groth 19 Dick Kokos 14 Don Lenhardt -- Jim Pisoni 20 Vic Wertz Other batters 36 Dixie Upright Manager  4 Marty Marion Coaches 31 Harry Brecheen 32 Jim Crandall 47 Bill Norman 44 Bob Scheffing Player stats Batting = Indicates team 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   ⌖ Position Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits AVG Average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in C Clint Courtney 106 355 89 .251 4 19 1B Dick Kryhoski 104 338 94 .278 16 50 2B Bobby Young 148 537 137 .255 4 25 SS Billy Hunter Billy Hunter (baseball) 154 567 124 .219 1 37 3B Jim Dyck 112 334 71 .213 9 27 OF Vic Wertz 128 440 118 .268 19 70 OF Dick Kokos 107 299 72 .241 13 38 OF Johnny Groth 141 557 141 .253 10 57 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits AVG Average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Don Lenhardt 97 303 96 .317 10 35 Roy Sievers 92 285 77 .270 8 35 Les Moss 78 239 66 .276 2 28 Vern Stephens 46 165 53 .321 4 17 Bob Elliott 48 160 40 .250 5 29 Hank Edwards 65 106 21 .198 0 9 Neil Berry 57 99 28 .283 0 11 Ed Mickelson 7 15 2 .133 0 2 Jim Pisoni 3 12 1 .083 1 1 Johnny Lipon 7 9 2 .222 0 1 Dixie Upright 9 8 2 .250 1 1 Marty Marion 3 7 0 .000 0 0 Willy Miranda 17 6 1 .167 0 0 Frank Kellert 2 4 0 .000 0 0 Babe Martin 4 2 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 Games played IP W L ERA SO Don Larsen 38 192.2 7 12 4.16 96 Duane Pillette 31 166.2 7 13 4.48 58 Virgil Trucks 16 88.0 5 4 3.07 47 Bob Turley 10 60.1 2 6 3.28 61 Dick Littlefield 36 152.1 7 12 5.08 104 Harry Brecheen 26 117.1 5 13 3.07 44 Bob Cain 32 99.2 4 10 6.23 36 Mike Blyzka 33 94.1 2 6 6.39 23 Lou Kretlow 22 81.0 1 5 5.11 37 Bobo Holloman 22 65.1 3 7 5.23 25 Max Lanier 10 22.1 0 1 7.25 8 https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SLB/1953.shtml 1953 St. Louis Browns Statistics www.baseball-reference.com Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games played W L SV ERA SO Marlin Stuart 60 8 2 6 3.94 46 Satchel Paige 57 3 9 11 3.53 51 Hal White 10 0 0 0 2.61 2 Bob Habenicht 1 0 0 0 5.40 1 Awards and honors 1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Satchel Paige, reserve Casey Stengel kept to his word and named Paige to the 1953 All-Star team despite Paige not having a very good year. He got in the game in the eighth inning. First Paige got Gil Hodges to line out, then after Roy Campanella singled up the middle, Eddie Mathews popped out. He then walked Duke Snider and Enos Slaughter lined a hit to center to score Campanella. National League pitcher Murry Dickson drove in Snider, but was thrown out at second base trying to stretch the hit into a double. Paige ended the year with a disappointing 3–9 record, but a respectable 3.53 ERA. Paige was released after the season when Veeck once again had to sell the team. Farm system Minor League Baseball AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Jim Crandall and Bill Norman A Wichita Indians Western League George Hausmann and Mark Christman A Lewiston Broncs Western International League Bill Brenner B York White Roses Piedmont League Mark Christman, Bill Enos and George Hausmann B Anderson Rebels Tri-State League Hillis Layne C Pine Bluff Judges Cotton States League Frank Lucchesi C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Barney Lutz C Pocatello Bannocks Pioneer League Hersh Martin and Butch Moran C Thetford Mines Mineurs Provincial League Bill Krueger D Wytheville Statesmen Appalachian League John O'Donnell D Valdosta Browns Georgia–Florida League Rollie Stuckney and Gil Torres D Ada Herefords Sooner State League Louis Brower Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1953 St. Louis Browns team at Baseball-Reference 1953 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season Category:1953 in sports in Missouri