1953 St. Louis Cardinals roster

34 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1953 MLB season.

1953 Cardinals roster: batting

1953 St. Louis Cardinals 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.
Ray Jablonski15760464162211122.268.308.735
Stan Musial157593127200301133.337.4371.046
Solly Hemus15458511016314612.279.382.825
Steve Bilko1545707214321840.251.334.746
Rip Repulski1535677515615663.275.325.738
Red Schoendienst14656410719315793.342.405.907
Enos Slaughter143492641436894.291.395.828
Del Rice13541932996370.236.323.660
Peanuts Lowrey10418226495271.269.325.748
Harry Elliott2459615160.254.302.742
Dick Sisler3243311040.256.273.598
Dick Schofield333997240.179.220.553
Ferrell Anderson1835110010.286.286.629
Dick Rand93139010.290.333.656
Eddie Stanky173058010.267.405.672
Grant Dunlap161726130.353.3531.000
Les Fusselman11812000.250.250.625
Billy Johnson11501010.200.333.733
Vern Benson13420000.000.200.200
Virgil Stallcup1100000.000.000.000

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

1953 Cardinals roster: pitching

1953 St. Louis Cardinals 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.
Harvey HaddixP36332093.06253.01631.141
Gerry StaleyP40321893.99230.0881.294
Vinegar bend MizellP333313113.49224.11731.370
Joe PreskoP34256135.01161.2561.421
Stu MillerP4018785.56137.2791.514
Al BrazleP600674.2192.0571.5718
Cliff ChambersP328364.8679.2261.570
Mike ClarkP232104.7935.2171.881
Willard SchmidtP62029.1717.2111.920
Jack FaszholzP41006.9411.271.460
John RomonoskyP22004.707.231.700
Dick BokelmannP30006.003.001.330
Eddie YuhasP200018.001.003.000

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.