1953 Detroit Tigers roster

33 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1953 MLB season.

1953 Tigers roster: batting

1953 Detroit Tigers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Harvey Kuenn155679942092486.308.356.742
Walt Dropo1526066115013962.248.289.660
Bob Nieman1425087214315690.281.354.807
Jim Delsing1384797713811621.288.380.816
Don Lund131421511089473.257.323.712
Matt Batts116374381046432.278.322.728
Fred Hatfield10931141793193.254.341.666
Johnny Pesky10330843902243.292.353.743
Steve Souchock89278298411465.302.326.816
Jerry Priddy6519614461241.235.299.600
Johnny Bucha6015817351141.222.309.606
Pat Mullin799711264170.268.360.762
Russ Sullivan2372718160.250.379.768
Billy Hitchcock223888000.211.268.479
Al Kaline302897121.250.300.657
John Baumgartner72735020.185.185.370
Frank Carswell161524020.267.389.656
Bob Swift2301010.333.6001.267
Reno Bertoia1100000.000.000.000
George Freese1100000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1953 Tigers roster: pitching

1953 Detroit Tigers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Ned GarverP302611114.45198.1691.481
Billy HoeftP29279144.83197.2901.422
Ted GrayP302810154.60176.01151.380
Dick MarloweP4211675.26119.2521.620
Ray HerbertP433465.2487.2371.776
Dave MadisonP321346.8262.0271.940
Bob MillerP131125.9436.191.760
Hal EricksonP180014.7332.1191.641
Hal NewhouserP74017.0621.261.801
Dick WeikP1210113.9719.162.840
Milt JordanP81015.8217.041.820
Paul FoytackP600011.179.272.480
Fred HutchinsonP30002.799.240.930

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.