1953 Cleveland Indians season

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Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The 1953 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 92–62, <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />8+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

Regular season

Al Rosen became the first third baseman in the history of the American League to win the MVP Award.[2]

Season standings

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Record vs. opponents

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Notable transactions

Roster

1953 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

Starters by position

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
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2B Script error: No such module "Sort". 141 559 160 .286 8 55
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3B Script error: No such module "Sort". 155 599 201 .336 43 145
OF Script error: No such module "Sort". 149 513 135 .263 29 102
OF Script error: No such module "Sort". 82 242 55 .227 7 22
OF Script error: No such module "Sort". 134 500 150 .300 13 60

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
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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
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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
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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
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Awards and records

Farm system

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Template:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fargo-Moorhead, Daytona Beach, Green Bay[5]

  • On May 6, 1953, the Fargo-Moorhead Twins defeated Sioux Falls in their Opening Day game by a score of 12–3. A record crowd of 10,123 fans came to Barnett Field. In the game, Roger Maris got his first professional baseball hit.[6] That season, Twins player Frank Gravino would hit 52 home runs.[7] The Twins would host the Northern League All-Star game and defeat the Northern League All-Stars by a score of 8–4.[8] The Twins finished with a record of 86–39 (improving from their record of 44–80 in 1952[8]) and bested Duluth to win the Northern League championship.[9] Roger Maris was selected as the 1953 Northern League Rookie of the Year.[9]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Earl Averill, Jr. at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, Template:ISBN
  3. ↑ Brooks Lawrence at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Ray Boone at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  6. ↑ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 54, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, Template:ISBN
  7. ↑ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 55
  8. ↑ a b Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 56
  9. ↑ a b Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 58

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References

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