1953 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1953 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1953 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Eddie Mathews led with 47 home runs, Al Rosen led with 145 RBI, and Harvey Kuenn led with 209 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 480 plate appearances at 155 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (155 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 480 plate appearances at 155 team games. 86 of the 161 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1953 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1953 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Carl Furillo BRO 132 518 479 82 165 38 6 21 92 1 34 32 .344 .393 .580 .973
Red Schoendienst SLN 146 627 564 107 193 35 5 15 79 3 60 23 .342 .405 .502 .907
Stan Musial SLN 157 698 593 127 200 53 9 30 113 3 105 32 .337 .437 .609 1.046
Mickey Vernon WS1 152 679 608 101 205 43 11 15 115 4 63 57 .337 .403 .518 .921
Duke Snider BRO 153 680 590 132 198 38 4 42 126 16 82 90 .336 .419 .627 1.046
Al Rosen CLE 155 688 599 115 201 27 5 43 145 8 85 48 .336 .422 .613 1.034
Don Mueller NY1 131 502 480 56 160 12 2 6 60 2 19 13 .333 .360 .404 .764
Richie Ashburn PHI 156 702 622 110 205 25 9 2 57 14 61 35 .330 .394 .408 .802
Monte Irvin NY1 124 502 444 72 146 21 5 21 97 2 55 34 .329 .406 .541 .947
Jackie Robinson BRO 136 574 484 109 159 34 7 12 95 17 74 30 .329 .425 .502 .927
Ted Kluszewski CIN 149 629 570 97 180 25 0 40 108 2 55 34 .316 .380 .570 .950
Billy Goodman BOS 128 581 514 73 161 33 5 2 41 1 57 11 .313 .384 .409 .793
Minnie Miñoso CHA 151 655 556 104 174 24 8 15 104 25 74 43 .313 .410 .466 .875
Jim Busby WS1 150 635 586 68 183 28 7 6 82 13 38 45 .312 .358 .415 .773
Roy Campanella BRO 144 590 519 103 162 26 3 41 142 4 67 58 .312 .395 .611 1.006
Dee Fondy CHN 150 641 595 79 184 24 11 18 78 10 44 106 .309 .358 .477 .835
Harvey Kuenn DET 155 731 679 94 209 33 7 2 48 6 50 31 .308 .356 .386 .742
George Kell BOS 134 520 460 68 141 41 2 12 73 5 52 22 .307 .383 .483 .866
Gene Woodling NYA 125 482 395 64 121 26 4 10 58 2 82 29 .306 .429 .468 .898
Frank Baumholtz CHN 133 567 520 75 159 36 7 3 25 3 42 36 .306 .359 .419 .778
Hank Bauer NYA 133 503 437 77 133 20 6 10 57 2 59 45 .304 .394 .446 .841
Dave Philley PHA 157 677 620 80 188 30 9 9 59 13 51 35 .303 .358 .424 .782
Eddie Mathews ML1 157 681 579 110 175 31 8 47 135 1 99 83 .302 .406 .627 1.033
Gil Hodges BRO 141 598 520 101 157 22 7 31 122 1 75 84 .302 .393 .550 .943
Gus Bell CIN 151 665 610 102 183 37 5 30 105 0 48 72 .300 .354 .525 .879
Dale Mitchell CLE 134 542 500 76 150 26 4 13 60 3 42 20 .300 .354 .446 .800
Al Dark NY1 155 693 647 126 194 41 6 23 88 7 28 34 .300 .335 .488 .823
Andy Pafko ML1 140 568 516 70 153 23 4 17 72 2 37 33 .297 .347 .455 .803
Yogi Berra NYA 137 557 503 80 149 23 5 27 108 0 50 32 .296 .363 .523 .886
Ray Boone 2 teams 135 582 497 94 147 17 8 26 114 3 72 68 .296 .390 .519 .909
Mickey Mantle NYA 127 540 461 105 136 24 3 21 92 8 79 90 .295 .398 .497 .895
Whitey Lockman NY1 150 664 607 85 179 22 4 9 61 3 52 36 .295 .351 .389 .739
Danny O'Connell PIT 149 654 588 88 173 26 8 7 55 3 57 42 .294 .361 .401 .762
Enos Slaughter SLN 143 578 492 64 143 34 9 6 89 4 80 28 .291 .395 .433 .828
Jim Delsing DET 138 552 479 77 138 26 6 11 62 1 66 39 .288 .380 .436 .816
Bobby Thomson NY1 154 656 608 80 175 22 6 26 106 4 43 57 .288 .338 .472 .810
Bobby Avila CLE 141 633 559 85 160 22 3 8 55 10 58 27 .286 .355 .379 .735
Cal Abrams PIT 119 512 448 66 128 10 6 15 43 4 58 70 .286 .368 .435 .803
Jim Greengrass CIN 154 656 606 86 173 22 7 20 100 6 47 83 .285 .340 .444 .784
Del Ennis PHI 152 643 578 79 165 22 3 29 125 1 57 53 .285 .355 .484 .839
Nellie Fox CHA 154 692 624 92 178 31 8 3 72 4 49 18 .285 .344 .375 .719
Randy Jackson CHN 139 549 498 61 142 22 8 19 66 8 42 61 .285 .341 .476 .817
Joe Adcock ML1 157 640 590 71 168 33 6 18 80 3 42 82 .285 .334 .453 .787
Gil McDougald NYA 141 614 541 82 154 27 7 10 83 3 60 65 .285 .361 .416 .777
Gus Zernial PHA 147 617 556 85 158 21 3 42 108 4 57 79 .284 .355 .559 .914
George Strickland CLE 123 482 419 43 119 17 4 5 47 0 51 52 .284 .362 .379 .741
Tom Umphlett BOS 137 538 495 53 140 27 5 3 59 4 34 30 .283 .331 .376 .707
Bob Nieman DET 142 568 508 72 143 32 5 15 69 0 57 57 .281 .354 .453 .807
Ralph Kiner 2 teams 158 666 562 100 157 20 3 35 116 2 100 88 .279 .391 .512 .903
Chico Carrasquel CHA 149 604 552 72 154 30 4 2 47 5 38 47 .279 .330 .359 .689
Solly Hemus SLN 154 690 585 110 163 32 11 14 61 2 86 40 .279 .382 .443 .825
Jim Gilliam BRO 151 710 605 125 168 31 17 6 63 21 100 38 .278 .383 .415 .798
Granny Hamner PHI 154 646 609 90 168 30 8 21 92 2 32 28 .276 .313 .455 .768
Rip Repulski SLN 153 614 567 75 156 25 4 15 66 3 33 71 .275 .325 .413 .738
Bobby Adams CIN 150 677 607 99 167 14 6 8 49 3 58 67 .275 .338 .357 .696
Sam Mele CHA 140 544 481 64 132 26 8 12 82 3 58 47 .274 .353 .437 .789
Sid Gordon ML1 140 541 464 67 127 22 4 19 75 1 71 40 .274 .372 .461 .834
Johnny Logan ML1 150 668 611 100 167 27 8 11 73 2 41 33 .273 .326 .398 .724
Sammy White BOS 136 515 476 59 130 34 2 13 64 3 29 48 .273 .318 .435 .752
Eddie Yost WS1 152 713 577 107 157 30 7 9 45 7 123 59 .272 .403 .395 .799
Jim Piersall BOS 151 654 585 76 159 21 9 3 52 11 41 52 .272 .329 .354 .683
Phil Rizzuto NYA 134 506 413 54 112 21 3 2 54 4 71 39 .271 .383 .351 .734
Pee Wee Reese BRO 140 625 524 108 142 25 7 13 61 22 82 61 .271 .374 .420 .794
Ray Jablonski SLN 157 640 604 64 162 23 5 21 112 2 34 61 .268 .308 .427 .735
Vic Wertz SLA 128 518 440 61 118 18 6 19 70 1 72 44 .268 .376 .466 .842
Jackie Jensen WS1 147 631 552 87 147 32 8 10 84 18 73 51 .266 .357 .408 .765
Jack Dittmer ML1 138 525 504 54 134 22 1 9 63 1 18 35 .266 .293 .367 .660
Larry Doby CLE 149 617 513 92 135 18 5 29 102 3 96 121 .263 .385 .487 .873
Jim Rivera CHA 156 639 567 79 147 26 16 11 78 22 53 70 .259 .329 .420 .749
Billy Martin NYA 149 645 587 72 151 24 6 15 75 6 43 56 .257 .314 .395 .710
Pete Runnels WS1 137 559 486 64 125 15 5 2 50 3 64 36 .257 .347 .321 .668
Ferris Fain CHA 128 564 446 73 114 18 2 6 52 3 108 28 .256 .405 .345 .750
Bobby Young SLA 148 593 537 48 137 22 2 4 25 2 41 40 .255 .309 .326 .635
Frank Thomas PIT 128 510 455 68 116 22 1 30 102 1 50 93 .255 .331 .505 .837
Johnny Groth SLA 141 610 557 65 141 27 4 10 57 5 42 53 .253 .308 .370 .678
Dick Gernert BOS 139 590 494 73 125 15 1 21 71 0 88 82 .253 .371 .415 .786
Wayne Terwilliger WS1 134 541 464 62 117 24 4 4 46 7 64 65 .252 .343 .347 .690
Eddie Miksis CHN 142 624 577 61 145 17 6 8 39 13 33 59 .251 .293 .343 .636
Steve Bilko SLN 154 641 570 72 143 23 3 21 84 0 70 125 .251 .334 .412 .746
Bill Bruton ML1 151 668 613 82 153 18 14 1 41 26 44 100 .250 .306 .330 .636
Walt Dropo DET 152 645 606 61 150 30 3 13 96 2 29 69 .248 .289 .371 .660
Eddie Robinson PHA 156 685 615 64 152 28 4 22 102 1 63 56 .247 .322 .413 .735
Del Rice SLN 135 480 419 32 99 22 1 6 37 0 48 49 .236 .323 .337 .660
Roy McMillan CIN 155 610 557 51 130 15 4 5 43 2 43 52 .233 .290 .302 .591
Willie Jones PHI 149 571 481 61 108 16 2 19 70 1 85 45 .225 .342 .385 .727
Billy Hunter SLA 154 604 567 50 124 18 1 1 37 3 24 45 .219 .253 .259 .512
Wally Westlake UNQ CLE 82 259 218 42 72 7 1 9 46 2 35 29 .330 .427 .495 .923
Don Lenhardt UNQ SLA 97 347 303 37 96 15 0 10 35 1 41 41 .317 .400 .465 .865
Hal Rice UNQ 2 teams 86 313 294 39 91 16 1 4 42 0 17 25 .310 .347 .412 .759
Luke Easter UNQ CLE 68 230 211 26 64 9 0 7 31 0 15 35 .303 .361 .445 .806
Bud Souchock UNQ DET 89 290 278 29 84 13 3 11 46 5 8 35 .302 .326 .489 .816
Hank Thompson UNQ NY1 114 454 388 80 117 15 8 24 74 6 60 39 .302 .400 .567 .967
Jim Pendleton UNQ ML1 120 261 251 48 75 12 4 7 27 6 7 36 .299 .323 .462 .785
Mel Clark UNQ PHI 60 212 198 31 59 10 4 0 19 1 11 17 .298 .338 .389 .727
Davey Williams UNQ NY1 112 390 340 51 101 11 2 3 34 2 44 19 .297 .382 .368 .750
Joe Astroth UNQ PHA 82 289 260 28 77 15 2 3 24 1 27 12 .296 .367 .404 .771
Johnny Pesky UNQ DET 103 342 308 43 90 22 1 2 24 3 27 10 .292 .353 .390 .743
Smoky Burgess UNQ PHI 102 351 312 31 91 17 5 4 36 3 37 17 .292 .370 .417 .787
Eddie Waitkus UNQ PHI 81 262 247 24 72 9 2 1 16 1 13 23 .291 .330 .356 .686
Billy Cox UNQ BRO 100 371 327 44 95 18 1 10 44 2 37 21 .291 .363 .443 .806
Sherm Lollar UNQ CHA 113 396 334 46 96 19 0 8 54 1 47 29 .287 .388 .416 .804
Pete Suder UNQ PHA 115 474 454 44 130 11 3 4 35 3 17 35 .286 .312 .350 .662
Ray Murray UNQ PHA 84 289 268 25 76 14 3 6 41 0 18 25 .284 .331 .425 .756
Paul Smith UNQ PIT 118 427 389 41 110 12 7 4 44 3 24 23 .283 .329 .380 .710
Connie Ryan UNQ 2 teams 107 344 301 53 85 15 6 5 32 7 39 47 .282 .365 .422 .787
Dick Kryhoski UNQ SLA 104 369 338 35 94 18 4 16 50 0 26 33 .278 .333 .497 .830
Matt Batts UNQ DET 116 399 374 38 104 24 3 6 43 2 24 36 .278 .322 .406 .728
Les Moss UNQ SLA 78 259 239 21 66 14 1 2 28 0 18 31 .276 .329 .368 .698
Earl Torgeson UNQ PHI 111 437 379 58 104 25 8 11 64 7 53 57 .274 .366 .470 .836
Dick Cole UNQ PIT 97 280 235 29 64 13 1 0 23 2 38 26 .272 .374 .336 .710
Del Crandall UNQ ML1 116 420 382 55 104 13 1 15 51 2 33 47 .272 .330 .429 .759
Johnny Wyrostek UNQ PHI 125 452 409 42 111 14 2 6 47 0 38 43 .271 .339 .359 .699
Roy Sievers UNQ SLA 92 323 285 37 77 15 0 8 35 0 32 47 .270 .344 .407 .751
Bob Borkowski UNQ CIN 94 273 249 32 67 11 1 7 29 0 21 41 .269 .328 .406 .734
Joe Collins UNQ NYA 127 450 387 72 104 11 2 17 44 2 59 36 .269 .365 .439 .805
Irv Noren UNQ NYA 109 391 345 55 92 12 6 6 46 3 42 39 .267 .350 .388 .738
Willard Marshall UNQ CIN 122 400 357 51 95 14 6 17 62 0 41 28 .266 .342 .482 .824
Hank Sauer UNQ CHN 108 447 395 61 104 16 5 19 60 0 50 56 .263 .349 .473 .822
Milt Bolling UNQ BOS 109 362 323 30 85 12 1 5 28 1 23 41 .263 .318 .353 .671
Floyd Baker UNQ 2 teams 90 208 179 22 47 4 2 0 24 0 25 10 .263 .359 .307 .666
Ed McGhee UNQ PHA 104 399 358 36 94 11 4 1 29 4 32 43 .263 .328 .324 .652
Joe Garagiola UNQ 2 teams 101 337 301 30 79 14 4 3 35 1 31 34 .262 .337 .365 .703
Vern Stephens UNQ 2 teams 90 329 294 30 77 14 0 5 31 2 31 42 .262 .332 .361 .693
Bobby Morgan UNQ BRO 69 232 196 35 51 6 2 7 33 2 33 47 .260 .370 .418 .788
Clyde Vollmer UNQ 2 teams 119 461 408 54 106 15 3 11 74 0 49 59 .260 .343 .392 .736
Clyde McCullough UNQ CHN 77 247 229 21 59 3 2 6 23 0 15 23 .258 .303 .367 .670
Don Lund UNQ DET 131 470 421 51 108 21 4 9 47 3 39 65 .257 .323 .390 .712
Bob Elliott UNQ 2 teams 115 432 368 43 94 18 2 9 61 1 61 39 .255 .363 .389 .751
Joe DeMaestri UNQ PHA 111 452 420 53 107 17 3 6 35 0 24 39 .255 .297 .352 .649
Fred Hatfield UNQ DET 109 358 311 41 79 11 1 3 19 3 40 34 .254 .341 .325 .666
Bill Serena UNQ CHN 93 319 275 30 69 10 5 10 52 0 41 46 .251 .350 .433 .783
Clint Courtney UNQ SLA 106 384 355 28 89 12 2 4 19 0 25 20 .251 .302 .330 .631
Cass Michaels UNQ PHA 117 469 411 53 103 10 0 12 42 7 51 56 .251 .335 .363 .697
Roy Smalley UNQ CHN 82 288 253 20 63 9 0 6 25 0 28 57 .249 .329 .356 .684
Eddie Joost UNQ PHA 51 224 177 39 44 6 0 6 15 3 45 24 .249 .401 .384 .785
Johnny O'Brien UNQ PIT 89 312 279 28 69 13 2 2 22 1 21 36 .247 .309 .330 .639
Carmen Mauro UNQ 2 teams 89 217 197 16 48 4 5 0 19 3 20 28 .244 .313 .315 .628
Bill Glynn UNQ CLE 147 474 411 60 100 14 2 3 30 1 44 65 .243 .324 .309 .633
Ed FitzGerald UNQ 2 teams 94 328 305 25 74 14 0 3 40 2 19 36 .243 .289 .318 .607
Dick Kokos UNQ SLA 107 357 299 41 72 12 0 13 38 0 56 53 .241 .361 .411 .772
Hoot Evers UNQ BOS 99 330 300 39 72 10 1 11 31 2 23 41 .240 .301 .390 .691
Toby Atwell UNQ 2 teams 77 252 213 21 51 8 0 1 25 0 33 19 .239 .349 .291 .640
Stan Lopata UNQ PHI 81 266 234 34 56 12 3 8 31 3 28 39 .239 .321 .419 .739
Eddie O'Brien UNQ PIT 89 282 261 21 62 5 3 0 14 6 17 30 .238 .289 .280 .569
Andy Seminick UNQ CIN 119 438 387 46 91 12 0 19 64 2 49 82 .235 .323 .413 .736
Hal Jeffcoat UNQ CHN 106 207 183 22 43 3 1 4 22 5 21 26 .235 .314 .328 .642
Jerry Priddy UNQ DET 65 216 196 14 46 6 2 1 24 1 17 19 .235 .299 .301 .600
Mike Sandlock UNQ PIT 64 202 186 10 43 5 0 0 12 0 12 19 .231 .281 .258 .539
Loren Babe UNQ 2 teams 108 401 361 36 83 17 2 2 26 0 35 22 .230 .302 .305 .606
Harry Simpson UNQ CLE 82 264 242 25 55 3 1 7 22 0 18 27 .227 .284 .335 .618
Rocky Bridges UNQ CIN 122 477 432 52 98 13 2 1 21 6 37 42 .227 .288 .273 .561
Wes Westrum UNQ NY1 107 347 290 40 65 5 0 12 30 2 56 73 .224 .352 .366 .717
Jim Hegan UNQ CLE 112 329 299 37 65 10 1 9 37 1 25 41 .217 .280 .348 .628
Ted Kazanski UNQ PHI 95 392 360 39 78 17 5 2 27 1 26 53 .217 .275 .308 .583
Preston Ward UNQ 2 teams 121 450 381 45 82 12 1 12 39 4 62 60 .215 .327 .346 .673
Carlos Bernier UNQ PIT 105 366 310 48 66 7 8 3 31 15 51 53 .213 .332 .316 .648
Jim Dyck UNQ SLA 112 381 334 38 71 15 1 9 27 3 38 40 .213 .299 .344 .643
Mickey Grasso UNQ WS1 61 207 196 13 41 7 0 2 22 0 9 20 .209 .251 .276 .527
Daryl Spencer UNQ NY1 118 455 408 55 85 18 5 20 56 0 42 74 .208 .287 .424 .711
Gene Stephens UNQ BOS 78 254 221 30 45 6 2 3 18 3 29 56 .204 .302 .290 .591
Pete Castiglione UNQ 2 teams 112 227 211 23 42 4 1 4 24 1 7 19 .199 .228 .284 .513
Showing 1-50 of 161 batters listed (86 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 155 innings at 155 team games. 59 of the 143 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1953 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Warren Spahn ML1 23 7 35 32 24 5 3 265.2 211 62 70 148 2.10 1.06
Eddie Lopat NYA 16 4 25 24 9 3 0 178.1 169 48 32 50 2.42 1.13
Billy Pierce CHA 18 12 40 33 19 7 3 271.1 216 82 102 186 2.72 1.17
Robin Roberts PHI 23 16 44 41 33 5 2 346.2 324 106 61 198 2.75 1.11
Virgil Trucks 2 teams 20 10 40 33 17 5 3 264.1 234 86 99 149 2.93 1.26
Whitey Ford NYA 18 6 32 30 11 3 0 207.0 187 69 110 110 3.00 1.43
Johnny Sain NYA 14 7 40 19 10 1 9 189.0 189 63 45 84 3.00 1.24
Mickey McDermott BOS 18 10 32 30 8 4 0 206.1 169 69 109 92 3.01 1.35
Harvey Haddix SLN 20 9 36 33 19 6 1 253.0 220 86 69 163 3.06 1.14
Mel Parnell BOS 21 8 38 34 12 5 0 241.0 217 82 116 136 3.06 1.38
Johnny Antonelli ML1 12 12 31 26 11 2 1 175.1 167 62 71 131 3.18 1.36
Curt Simmons PHI 16 13 32 30 19 4 0 238.0 211 85 82 138 3.21 1.23
Lew Burdette ML1 15 5 46 13 6 1 8 175.0 177 63 56 58 3.24 1.33
Mike Garcia CLE 18 9 38 35 21 3 0 271.2 260 98 81 134 3.25 1.26
Vic Raschi NYA 13 6 28 26 7 4 1 181.0 150 67 55 76 3.33 1.13
Bob Porterfield WS1 22 10 34 32 24 9 0 255.0 243 95 73 77 3.35 1.24
Bob Lemon CLE 21 15 41 36 23 5 1 286.2 283 107 110 98 3.36 1.37
Ruben Gomez NY1 13 11 29 26 13 3 0 204.0 166 77 101 113 3.40 1.31
Vinegar Bend Mizell SLN 13 11 33 33 10 1 0 224.1 193 87 114 173 3.49 1.37
Sid Hudson BOS 6 9 30 17 4 0 2 156.0 164 61 49 60 3.52 1.37
Carl Erskine BRO 20 6 39 33 16 4 3 246.2 213 97 95 187 3.54 1.25
Bob Feller CLE 10 7 25 25 10 1 0 175.2 163 70 60 60 3.59 1.27
Walt Masterson WS1 10 12 29 20 10 4 0 166.1 145 67 62 95 3.63 1.24
Marion Fricano PHA 9 12 39 23 10 0 0 211.0 206 91 90 67 3.88 1.40
Alex Kellner PHA 11 12 25 25 14 2 0 201.2 210 88 51 81 3.93 1.29
Ken Raffensberger CIN 7 14 26 26 9 1 0 174.0 200 76 33 47 3.93 1.34
Early Wynn CLE 17 12 36 34 16 1 0 251.2 234 110 107 138 3.93 1.35
Spec Shea WS1 12 7 23 23 11 1 0 164.2 151 72 75 38 3.94 1.37
Gerry Staley SLN 18 9 40 32 10 1 4 230.0 243 102 54 88 3.99 1.29
Bob Miller PHI 8 9 35 20 8 3 2 157.1 169 70 42 63 4.00 1.34
Larry Jansen NY1 11 16 36 26 6 0 1 184.2 185 85 55 88 4.14 1.30
Don Larsen SLA 7 12 38 22 7 2 2 192.2 201 89 64 96 4.16 1.38
Max Surkont ML1 11 5 28 24 11 2 0 170.0 168 79 64 83 4.18 1.36
Paul Minner CHN 12 15 31 27 9 2 1 201.0 227 94 40 64 4.21 1.33
Preacher Roe BRO 11 3 25 24 9 1 0 157.0 171 76 40 85 4.36 1.34
Warren Hacker CHN 12 19 39 32 9 0 2 221.2 225 108 54 106 4.38 1.26
Jim Konstanty PHI 14 10 48 19 7 0 5 170.2 198 84 42 45 4.43 1.41
Morrie Martin PHA 10 12 58 11 2 0 7 156.1 158 77 59 64 4.43 1.39
Ned Garver DET 11 11 30 26 13 0 1 198.1 228 98 66 69 4.45 1.48
Duane Pillette SLA 7 13 31 25 5 1 0 166.2 181 83 62 58 4.48 1.46
Karl Drews PHI 9 10 47 27 6 0 3 185.1 218 93 50 72 4.52 1.45
Harry Perkowski CIN 12 11 33 25 7 2 2 193.0 204 97 62 70 4.52 1.38
Murry Dickson PIT 10 19 45 26 10 1 4 200.2 240 101 58 88 4.53 1.49
Jim Hearn NY1 9 12 36 32 6 0 0 196.2 206 99 84 77 4.53 1.47
Bob Rush CHN 9 14 29 28 8 1 0 166.2 177 84 66 84 4.54 1.46
Billy Loes BRO 14 8 32 25 9 1 0 162.2 165 82 53 75 4.54 1.34
Russ Meyer BRO 15 5 34 32 10 2 0 191.1 201 97 63 106 4.56 1.38
Paul LaPalme PIT 8 16 35 24 7 1 2 176.1 191 90 64 86 4.59 1.45
Ted Gray DET 10 15 30 28 8 0 0 176.0 166 90 76 115 4.60 1.38
Art Houtteman 2 teams 9 13 38 22 9 2 4 177.2 200 91 54 68 4.61 1.43
Hal Brown BOS 11 6 30 25 6 1 0 166.1 177 86 57 62 4.65 1.41
Johnny Lindell 2 teams 6 17 32 26 15 1 0 199.0 195 103 139 118 4.66 1.68
Bud Podbielan CIN 6 16 36 24 8 1 1 186.1 214 98 67 74 4.73 1.51
Billy Hoeft DET 9 14 29 27 9 0 2 197.2 223 106 58 90 4.83 1.42
Johnny Klippstein CHN 10 11 48 19 5 0 6 167.2 169 90 107 113 4.83 1.65
Bob Friend PIT 8 11 32 24 8 0 0 170.2 193 93 57 66 4.90 1.46
Joe Presko SLN 6 13 34 25 4 0 1 161.2 165 90 65 56 5.01 1.42
Harry Byrd PHA 11 20 40 37 11 2 0 236.2 279 145 115 122 5.51 1.66
Charlie Bishop PHA 3 14 39 20 1 1 2 160.2 174 101 86 66 5.66 1.62
Ellis Kinder UNQ BOS 10 6 69 0 0 0 27 107.0 84 22 38 39 1.85 1.14
Ernie Johnson UNQ ML1 4 3 36 1 0 0 0 81.0 79 24 22 36 2.67 1.25
Bob Keegan UNQ CHA 7 5 22 11 4 2 1 98.2 80 30 33 32 2.74 1.15
Clem Labine UNQ BRO 11 6 37 7 0 0 7 110.1 92 34 30 44 2.77 1.11
Sandy Consuegra UNQ 2 teams 7 5 33 13 5 1 3 129.0 131 41 32 30 2.86 1.26
Gene Bearden UNQ CHA 3 3 25 3 0 0 0 58.1 48 19 33 24 2.93 1.39
Hal White UNQ 2 teams 6 5 59 0 0 0 7 95.0 92 31 42 34 2.94 1.41
Bob Buhl UNQ ML1 13 8 30 18 8 3 0 154.1 133 51 73 83 2.97 1.33
Connie Marrero UNQ WS1 8 7 22 20 10 2 2 145.2 130 49 48 65 3.03 1.22
Hoyt Wilhelm UNQ NY1 7 8 68 0 0 0 15 145.0 127 49 77 71 3.04 1.41
Harry Brecheen UNQ SLA 5 13 26 16 3 0 1 117.1 122 40 31 44 3.07 1.30
Don Liddle UNQ ML1 7 6 31 15 4 0 2 128.2 119 44 55 63 3.08 1.35
Bill Henry UNQ BOS 5 5 21 12 4 1 1 85.2 86 31 33 56 3.26 1.39
Bob Turley UNQ SLA 2 6 10 7 3 1 0 60.1 39 22 44 61 3.28 1.38
Chuck Stobbs UNQ WS1 11 8 27 20 8 0 0 153.0 146 56 44 67 3.29 1.24
Bob Kuzava UNQ NYA 6 5 33 6 2 2 4 92.1 92 34 34 48 3.31 1.36
Bob Milliken UNQ BRO 8 4 37 10 3 0 2 117.2 94 44 42 65 3.37 1.16
Tom Gorman UNQ NYA 4 5 40 1 0 0 6 77.0 65 29 32 38 3.39 1.26
Fritz Dorish UNQ CHA 10 6 55 6 2 0 18 145.2 140 55 52 69 3.40 1.32
Allie Reynolds UNQ NYA 13 7 41 15 5 1 13 145.0 140 55 61 86 3.41 1.39
Al Sima UNQ WS1 2 3 31 5 1 0 1 68.1 63 26 31 25 3.42 1.38
Al Worthington UNQ NY1 4 8 20 17 5 2 0 102.0 103 39 54 52 3.44 1.54
Jim Hughes UNQ BRO 4 3 48 0 0 0 9 85.2 80 33 41 49 3.47 1.41
Satchel Paige UNQ SLA 3 9 57 4 0 0 11 117.1 114 46 39 51 3.53 1.30
Connie Johnson UNQ CHA 4 4 14 10 2 1 0 60.2 55 24 38 44 3.56 1.53
Mike Fornieles UNQ CHA 8 7 39 16 5 0 3 153.0 160 61 61 72 3.59 1.44
Johnny Schmitz UNQ 2 teams 2 7 27 13 5 0 5 112.0 120 45 40 39 3.62 1.43
Fred Baczewski UNQ 2 teams 11 4 33 18 10 1 1 148.1 145 60 58 61 3.64 1.37
Joe Dobson UNQ CHA 5 5 23 15 3 1 1 100.2 96 41 37 50 3.67 1.32
Sonny Dixon UNQ WS1 5 8 43 6 3 0 3 120.0 123 50 31 40 3.75 1.28
Steve Ridzik UNQ PHI 9 6 42 12 1 0 0 124.0 119 52 48 53 3.77 1.35
Ben Wade UNQ BRO 7 5 32 0 0 0 3 90.1 79 38 33 65 3.79 1.24
Jim McDonald UNQ NYA 9 7 27 18 6 2 0 129.2 128 55 39 43 3.82 1.29
Ben Flowers UNQ BOS 1 4 32 6 1 1 3 79.1 87 34 24 36 3.86 1.40
Willard Nixon UNQ BOS 4 8 23 15 5 1 0 116.2 114 51 59 57 3.93 1.48
Marlin Stuart UNQ SLA 8 2 60 2 0 0 7 114.1 136 50 44 46 3.94 1.57
Johnny Hetki UNQ PIT 3 6 54 2 0 0 3 118.1 120 52 33 37 3.95 1.29
Jackie Collum UNQ 2 teams 7 11 37 12 4 1 3 136.0 138 60 43 56 3.97 1.33
Dave Hoskins UNQ CLE 9 3 26 7 3 0 1 112.2 102 50 38 55 3.99 1.24
Joe Coleman UNQ PHA 3 4 21 9 2 1 0 90.0 85 40 49 18 4.00 1.49
Bob Hooper UNQ CLE 5 4 43 0 0 0 7 69.1 50 31 38 16 4.02 1.27
Andy Hansen UNQ PHI 0 2 30 1 0 0 3 51.1 60 23 24 17 4.03 1.64
Bobby Shantz UNQ PHA 5 9 16 16 6 0 0 105.2 107 48 26 58 4.09 1.26
Sal Maglie UNQ NY1 8 9 27 24 9 3 0 145.1 158 67 47 80 4.15 1.41
Al Brazle UNQ SLN 6 7 60 0 0 0 18 92.0 101 43 43 57 4.21 1.57
Johnny Podres UNQ BRO 9 4 33 18 3 1 0 115.0 126 54 64 82 4.23 1.65
Marv Grissom UNQ 2 teams 6 8 34 18 4 1 0 143.2 144 68 61 77 4.26 1.43
Joe Nuxhall UNQ CIN 9 11 30 17 5 1 2 141.2 136 68 69 52 4.32 1.45
Jim Wilson UNQ ML1 4 9 20 18 5 0 0 114.0 107 55 43 71 4.34 1.32
Steve Gromek UNQ 2 teams 7 9 24 18 6 1 1 136.2 149 67 39 67 4.41 1.38
Dutch Leonard UNQ CHN 2 3 45 0 0 0 8 62.2 72 32 24 27 4.60 1.53
Ray Scarborough UNQ 2 teams 2 4 38 1 0 0 2 75.1 86 39 37 32 4.66 1.63
Ralph Branca UNQ 2 teams 4 7 24 14 7 0 1 113.0 113 59 36 55 4.70 1.32
Al Aber UNQ 2 teams 5 4 23 10 2 0 0 72.2 69 38 50 38 4.71 1.64
Dave Koslo UNQ NY1 6 12 37 12 2 0 2 111.2 135 59 36 36 4.76 1.53
Lou Kretlow UNQ 2 teams 1 5 31 14 0 0 0 101.2 105 54 82 52 4.78 1.84
Howie Pollet UNQ 2 teams 6 7 30 19 2 0 1 124.0 147 66 50 53 4.79 1.59
Roger Bowman UNQ PIT 0 4 30 2 0 0 0 65.1 65 35 29 36 4.82 1.44
Cliff Chambers UNQ SLN 3 6 32 8 0 0 0 79.2 82 43 43 26 4.86 1.57
Carl Scheib UNQ PHA 3 7 28 8 3 0 2 96.0 99 52 29 25 4.88 1.33
Jerry Lane UNQ WS1 1 4 20 2 0 0 0 56.2 64 31 16 26 4.92 1.41
Al Corwin UNQ NY1 6 4 48 7 2 1 2 106.2 122 59 68 49 4.98 1.78
Dick Littlefield UNQ SLA 7 12 36 22 2 0 0 152.1 153 86 84 104 5.08 1.56
Turk Lown UNQ CHN 8 7 49 12 2 0 3 148.1 166 85 84 76 5.16 1.69
Clyde King UNQ CIN 3 6 35 4 0 0 2 76.0 78 44 32 21 5.21 1.45
Saul Rogovin UNQ CHA 7 12 22 19 4 1 1 131.0 151 76 48 62 5.22 1.52
Bobo Holloman UNQ SLA 3 7 22 10 1 1 0 65.1 69 38 50 25 5.23 1.82
Ray Herbert UNQ DET 4 6 43 3 0 0 6 87.2 109 51 46 37 5.24 1.77
Dick Marlowe UNQ DET 6 7 42 11 2 0 0 119.2 152 70 42 52 5.26 1.62
Vern Bickford UNQ ML1 2 5 20 9 2 0 1 58.0 60 34 35 25 5.28 1.64
Bubba Church UNQ 2 teams 7 8 38 18 3 0 1 148.0 170 87 68 59 5.29 1.61
Joe Black UNQ BRO 6 3 34 3 0 0 5 72.2 74 43 27 42 5.33 1.39
Bob Hall UNQ PIT 3 12 37 17 6 1 1 152.0 172 91 72 68 5.39 1.61
Bob Kelly UNQ 2 teams 1 3 42 5 0 0 2 83.1 98 50 35 35 5.40 1.60
Frank Smith UNQ CIN 8 1 50 1 0 0 2 83.2 89 51 25 42 5.49 1.36
Frank Fanovich UNQ PHA 0 3 26 3 0 0 0 61.2 62 38 37 37 5.55 1.61
Stu Miller UNQ SLN 7 8 40 18 8 2 4 137.2 161 85 47 79 5.56 1.51
Bob Cain UNQ SLA 4 10 32 13 1 0 1 99.2 129 69 45 36 6.23 1.75
Bill Wight UNQ 2 teams 2 4 33 4 0 0 1 52.0 64 36 30 24 6.23 1.81
Mike Blyzka UNQ SLA 2 6 33 9 2 0 0 94.1 110 67 56 23 6.39 1.76
Jim Waugh UNQ PIT 4 5 29 11 1 0 0 90.1 108 65 56 23 6.48 1.82
Roy Face UNQ PIT 6 8 41 13 2 0 0 119.0 145 87 30 56 6.58 1.47
Dave Madison UNQ DET 3 4 32 1 0 0 0 62.0 76 47 44 27 6.82 1.94
Herm Wehmeier UNQ CIN 1 6 28 10 2 0 0 81.2 100 65 47 32 7.16 1.80
Showing 1-50 of 143 pitchers listed (59 qualified)

Reading the 1953 leader tables

The 1953 batting table lists 161 hitters, of whom 86 qualify for the rate columns. The first qualified row belongs to Carl Furillo, a .344 hitter, ahead of Red Schoendienst (.342). By OPS the best qualified line is Duke Snider's 1.046. The HR column peaks with Eddie Mathews's 47, and Al Rosen's 145 runs batted in top that column. Of 143 pitchers shown for 1953, the ERA and WHIP races include 59. Warren Spahn has the lowest qualified ERA, 2.10. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Warren Spahn in wins (23), Robin Roberts in strikeouts (198), and Ellis Kinder in saves (27).

1953 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1953?
Eddie Mathews led with 47 home runs in 1953.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1953?
Al Rosen led with 145 RBI in 1953.
Who led MLB in hits in 1953?
Harvey Kuenn led with 209 hits in 1953.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1953?
Carl Furillo led at .344 in 1953, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1953?
Warren Spahn and Robin Roberts tied for the lead with 23 wins in 1953.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1953?
Robin Roberts led with 198 strikeouts in 1953.