1953 San Francisco Giants roster

27 players appeared for the San Francisco Giants in the 1953 MLB season.

1953 Giants roster: batting

1953 San Francisco Giants 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.
Alvin Dark15564712619423887.300.335.823
Bobby Thomson15460880175261064.288.338.810
Whitey Lockman150607851799613.295.351.739
Don Mueller131480561606602.333.360.764
Monte Irvin1244447214621972.329.406.947
Hank Thompson1143888011724746.302.400.967
Davey Williams112340511013342.297.382.750
Wes Westrum107290406512302.224.352.717
Bobby Hofman74169214512341.266.315.859
Dusty Rhodes76163183811300.233.277.756
Tookie Gilbert7016012273161.169.269.513
Ray Noble469715204141.206.353.703
Sam Calderone3545410080.222.239.506
Ray Katt82925010.172.200.407
Bill Rigney192025010.250.250.500
George Wilson11801000.125.364.489

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

1953 Giants roster: pitching

1953 San Francisco Giants 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.
Ruben GomezP292613113.40204.01131.310
Jim HearnP36329124.53196.2771.470
Larry JansenP362611164.14184.2881.301
Sal MaglieP2724894.15145.1801.410
Hoyt WilhelmP680783.04145.0711.4115
Dave KosloP37126124.76111.2361.532
Al CorwinP487644.98106.2491.782
Al WorthingtonP2017483.44102.0521.540
Frank HillerP191216.1533.2101.720
Monte KennedyP180007.1522.2112.160
Bill ConnellyP820111.0720.1112.460

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.