1953 St. Louis Cardinals

83-71 • .539 Win% • 3rd in NL

The 1953 St. Louis Cardinals went 83-71 (.539) finishing 3rd in the NL. The club scored 768 runs, allowed 713, and played home games at Sportsman's Park IV. Team leaders included Stan Musial (30 HR, 113 RBI) and Harvey Haddix (20-9, 3.06 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
71 Losses
.539 Win %
3rd Rank
768 R 713 RA
Diff +55

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768 Runs Scored
713 Runs Allowed
+55 Run Diff
872K Attendance

📈 vs. 1953 NL Average

Batting Avg .273 3% above the 1953 league average (.266)
OBP .347 4% above the 1953 league average (.335)
SLG .423 3% above the 1953 league average (.411)
Team ERA 4.23 1% better than the 1953 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 768 4% above the 1953 league average (739 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSportsman's Park IV
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 872,727
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Avg per Game 11,188

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1953

Batting Avg

1 Red Schoendienst 0.342 2 Stan Musial 0.337 3 Enos Slaughter 0.291 4 Harvey Haddix 0.289 5 Solly Hemus 0.279

Home Runs

1 Stan Musial 30 2 Steve Bilko 21 3 Ray Jablonski 21 4 Rip Repulski 15 5 Red Schoendienst 15

RBI

1 Stan Musial 113 2 Ray Jablonski 112 3 Enos Slaughter 89 4 Steve Bilko 84 5 Red Schoendienst 79
1953 St. Louis Cardinals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ray Jablonski 157 604 64 162 23 5 21 112 34 61 2 0.268
Stan Musial 157 593 127 200 53 9 30 113 105 32 3 0.337
Solly Hemus 154 585 110 163 32 11 14 61 86 40 2 0.279
Steve Bilko 154 570 72 143 23 3 21 84 70 125 0 0.251
Rip Repulski 153 567 75 156 25 4 15 66 33 71 3 0.275
Red Schoendienst 146 564 107 193 35 5 15 79 60 23 3 0.342
Enos Slaughter 143 492 64 143 34 9 6 89 80 28 4 0.291
Del Rice 135 419 32 99 22 1 6 37 48 49 0 0.236
Peanuts Lowrey 104 182 26 49 9 2 5 27 15 21 1 0.269
Harvey Haddix 48 97 21 28 3 3 1 11 5 19 0 0.289
Vinegar Bend Mizell 33 83 4 7 1 1 1 8 3 42 0 0.084
Gerry Staley 40 78 4 8 0 0 0 2 4 21 0 0.103
Harry Elliott 24 59 6 15 6 1 1 6 3 8 0 0.254
Joe Presko 35 59 6 13 1 0 0 2 4 5 0 0.220
Sal Yvars 30 57 4 14 2 0 1 6 4 6 0 0.246
Pete Castiglione 67 52 9 9 2 0 0 3 2 5 0 0.173
Stu Miller 42 43 4 8 2 0 0 1 3 2 0 0.186
Dick Sisler 32 43 3 11 1 1 0 4 1 4 0 0.256
Dick Schofield 33 39 9 7 0 0 2 4 2 11 0 0.179
Ferrell Anderson 18 35 1 10 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.286
Dick Rand 9 31 3 9 1 0 0 1 2 6 0 0.290
Eddie Stanky 17 30 5 8 0 0 0 1 6 4 0 0.267
Cliff Chambers 32 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.118
Grant Dunlap 16 17 2 6 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0.353
Hal White 49 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.000
Al Brazle 60 15 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Les Fusselman 11 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Hal Rice 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.250
Mike Clark 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Eddie Erautt 20 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.167
Billy Johnson 11 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.200
Vern Benson 13 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Willard Schmidt 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jackie Collum 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Jack Faszholz 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
John Romonosky 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Virgil Stallcup 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Bokelmann 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Marolewski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eddie Phillips 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eddie Yuhas 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1953

ERA

1 Hal White 2.98 2 Harvey Haddix 3.06 3 Vinegar Bend Mizell 3.49 4 Gerry Staley 3.99 5 Al Brazle 4.21

Wins

1 Harvey Haddix 20 2 Gerry Staley 18 3 Vinegar Bend Mizell 13 4 Stu Miller 7 5 Al Brazle 6

Strikeouts

1 Vinegar Bend Mizell 173 2 Harvey Haddix 163 3 Gerry Staley 88 4 Stu Miller 79 5 Al Brazle 57
1953 St. Louis Cardinals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Harvey Haddix 20 9 3.06 36 33 1 253.0 220 86 69 163
Gerry Staley 18 9 3.99 40 32 4 230.0 243 102 54 88
Vinegar Bend Mizell 13 11 3.49 33 33 0 224.1 193 87 114 173
Joe Presko 6 13 5.01 34 25 1 161.2 165 90 65 56
Stu Miller 7 8 5.56 40 18 4 137.2 161 85 47 79
Al Brazle 6 7 4.21 60 0 18 92.0 101 43 43 57
Hal White 6 5 2.98 49 0 7 84.2 84 28 39 32
Cliff Chambers 3 6 4.86 32 8 0 79.2 82 43 43 26
Mike Clark 1 0 4.79 23 2 1 35.2 46 19 21 17
Eddie Erautt 3 1 6.31 20 1 0 35.2 43 25 16 15
Willard Schmidt 0 2 9.17 6 2 0 17.2 21 18 13 11
Jack Faszholz 0 0 6.94 4 1 0 11.2 16 9 1 7
Jackie Collum 0 0 6.35 7 0 0 11.1 15 8 4 5
John Romonosky 0 0 4.70 2 2 0 7.2 9 4 4 3
Dick Bokelmann 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 3.0 4 2 0 0
Eddie Yuhas 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 1.0 3 2 0 0

👥 Roster (41)

Ferrell Anderson Vern Benson Steve Bilko Dick Bokelmann Al Brazle Pete Castiglione Cliff Chambers Mike Clark Jackie Collum Grant Dunlap Harry Elliott Eddie Erautt +29 more

41 players

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The 1953 St. Louis Cardinals in brief

A 83-71 record (.539) put the 1953 St. Louis Cardinals 3rd in the NL. The run column shows 768 for and 713 against. Against a league average of .266, the 1953 St. Louis Cardinals batted .273. Pitchers allowed 4.23 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.29. League clubs averaged 739 runs that year, so the St. Louis Cardinals scored 4% more.

Sportsman's Park IV was home in 1953, drawing a total attendance of 872,727. Stan Musial led the club in home runs with 30. On the mound, Harvey Haddix won 20 games to lead the staff. Vinegar Bend Mizell struck out 173, the most on the club. The saves leader was Al Brazle with 18. In all, the roster shows 41 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1953 St. Louis Cardinals

What was the 1953 St. Louis Cardinals record?
The 1953 St. Louis Cardinals finished 83-71 (.539 win pct).
Who led the 1953 St. Louis Cardinals in home runs?
Stan Musial led the 1953 St. Louis Cardinals with 30 home runs.
What was the 1953 St. Louis Cardinals team ERA?
The 1953 St. Louis Cardinals posted a team ERA of 4.23.
Did the 1953 St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series?
No. The 1953 St. Louis Cardinals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1953 St. Louis Cardinals play?
The 1953 St. Louis Cardinals played home games at Sportsman's Park IV.
Who led the 1953 St. Louis Cardinals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Stan Musial (30 HR, 113 RBI) and Harvey Haddix (20-9, 3.06 ERA).
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