AL Pitching Leaders

AL Pitching Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/25/1953

Earned run average			Strikeouts			Walks

Gray	Wis	3.14	Mizell	Det	155	Klippstein	Wis	112
Dickson	Wis	3.41	Trucks	Bos	149	Simmons	ChA	89
Hacker	ChA	3.76	Simmons	ChA	136	Fricano	Wis	87
Larsen	PB	3.97	Haddix	LA	125	Mizell	Det	87
Haddix	LA	4.02	Masterson	ChA	122	Gray	Wis	83
Raschi	ChA	4.05	Spahn	Det	121	Podres	Wis	81
Drews	LA	4.13	Gray	Wis	119	Haddix	LA	79
Spahn	Det	4.15	Meyer	LA	113	Hoeft	PB	78
Masterson	ChA	4.17	Larsen	PB	108	Dickson	Wis	74
Ford	LA	4.44	Raschi	ChA	103	Trucks	Bos	73
Mizell	Det	4.47	Klippstein	Wis	100	Littlef'ld	Bos	71
Simmons	ChA	4.48	Drews	LA	96	Ford	LA	71
Klippstein	Wis	4.49	Littlef'ld	Bos	90	Hall,B	Wis	70
Fricano	Wis	4.62	Hoeft	PB	89	Staley	Det	69
Trucks	Bos	4.64	Dickson	Wis	84	Waugh	Wis	68


Wins			Winning percentage			Average run support

Ford	LA	16-3	Ford	LA	.842	Ford	LA	6.8
Drews	LA	16-7	Raschi	ChA	.722	Raschi	ChA	6.3
Masterson	ChA	14-7	Drews	LA	.696	Houtteman	Bos	6.2
Raschi	ChA	13-5	Masterson	ChA	.667	Haddix	LA	6.1
Blyzka	Wis	13-7	Blyzka	Wis	.650	Trucks	Bos	6.0
Haddix	LA	13-9	Haddix	LA	.591	Masterson	ChA	5.9
Meyer	LA	13-13	Paige	ChA	.579	Meyer	LA	5.9
Trucks	Bos	13-13	Houtteman	Bos	.545	Surkont	LA	5.8
Houtteman	Bos	12-10	Simmons	ChA	.522	Drews	LA	5.8
Simmons	ChA	12-11	7 tied with		.500	Simmons	ChA	5.7
Spahn	Det	12-13				Klippstein	Wis	5.6
Paige	ChA	11-8				Loes	ChA	5.4
Hacker	ChA	11-11				Mizell	Det	5.3
Garver	Det	11-13				Gray	Wis	5.2
2 tied with		10				Fricano	Wis	5.1


Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Gray	Wis	.227	Spahn	Det	.292	Gray	Wis	.355
Klippstein	Wis	.234	Hacker	ChA	.304	Klippstein	Wis	.357
Spahn	Det	.243	Gray	Wis	.311	Dickson	Wis	.363
Mizell	Det	.248	Haddix	LA	.314	Larsen	PB	.377
Haddix	LA	.250	Larsen	PB	.314	Hacker	ChA	.377
Hacker	ChA	.250	Masterson	ChA	.318	Drews	LA	.378
Larsen	PB	.259	Houtteman	Bos	.321	Mizell	Det	.393
Masterson	ChA	.260	Mizell	Det	.324	Raschi	ChA	.394
Houtteman	Bos	.265	Meyer	LA	.325	Haddix	LA	.395
Trucks	Bos	.268	Trucks	Bos	.327	Spahn	Det	.400
Hoeft	PB	.268	Raschi	ChA	.328	Fricano	Wis	.408
Dickson	Wis	.271	Drews	LA	.331	Ford	LA	.415
Drews	LA	.272	Hoeft	PB	.337	Masterson	ChA	.422
Fricano	Wis	.274	Dickson	Wis	.338	Houtteman	Bos	.432
Ford	LA	.275	Surkont	LA	.339	Meyer	LA	.432


Hits per 9 innings			Walks per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Klippstein	Wis	7.5	Raffensb'r	Bos	2.1	Spahn	Det	10.9
Gray	Wis	7.7	Spahn	Det	2.4	Hacker	ChA	11.7
Spahn	Det	8.5	Houtteman	Bos	2.4	Haddix	LA	11.9
Mizell	Det	8.5	Drews	LA	2.5	Gray	Wis	11.9
Haddix	LA	8.5	Larsen	PB	2.6	Larsen	PB	12.2
Hacker	ChA	8.8	Hacker	ChA	2.6	Masterson	ChA	12.3
Masterson	ChA	9.1	Meyer	LA	2.7	Mizell	Det	12.4
Larsen	PB	9.3	Raschi	ChA	2.8	Houtteman	Bos	12.5
Houtteman	Bos	9.4	Masterson	ChA	2.8	Trucks	Bos	12.6
Trucks	Bos	9.4	Loes	ChA	2.9	Meyer	LA	12.8
Dickson	Wis	9.4	Trucks	Bos	3.0	Raschi	ChA	12.9
Fricano	Wis	9.5	Staley	Det	3.0	Dickson	Wis	13.1
Hoeft	PB	9.5	Haddix	LA	3.2	Drews	LA	13.3
Ford	LA	9.6	Garver	Det	3.4	Hoeft	PB	13.3
Surkont	LA	9.9	Simmons	ChA	3.5	Surkont	LA	13.5


Strikeouts per 9 innings			Homeruns per 9 innings			Stolen bases per 9 innings

Mizell	Det	6.8	Dickson	Wis	0.5	Hacker	ChA	0.0
Trucks	Bos	6.1	Ford	LA	0.6	Houtteman	Bos	0.0
Larsen	PB	6.0	Klippstein	Wis	0.7	Haddix	LA	0.1
Masterson	ChA	6.0	Garver	Det	0.7	Meyer	LA	0.1
Gray	Wis	5.7	Gray	Wis	0.7	Garver	Det	0.2
Klippstein	Wis	5.5	Drews	LA	0.7	Ford	LA	0.2
Simmons	ChA	5.3	Hacker	ChA	0.8	Raschi	ChA	0.2
Spahn	Det	5.2	Raschi	ChA	0.8	Gray	Wis	0.2
Meyer	LA	5.2	Fricano	Wis	0.8	Loes	ChA	0.3
Haddix	LA	5.0	Larsen	PB	0.8	Surkont	LA	0.3
Maglie	PB	4.7	Meyer	LA	0.9	Masterson	ChA	0.3
Ford	LA	4.5	Staley	Det	0.9	Raffensb'r	Bos	0.3
Raschi	ChA	4.4	Loes	ChA	0.9	Fricano	Wis	0.3
Drews	LA	4.4	Simmons	ChA	0.9	Dickson	Wis	0.3
Hoeft	PB	4.1	Mizell	Det	1.0	Staley	Det	0.4


Shutouts			Quality starts			Quality start percentage

Masterson	ChA	4	Gray	Wis	20	Gray	Wis	.690
Drews	LA	3	Haddix	LA	20	Haddix	LA	.645
Loes	ChA	2	Spahn	Det	19	Dickson	Wis	.643
Dickson	Wis	2	Dickson	Wis	18	Klippstein	Wis	.600
Gray	Wis	2	Hacker	ChA	16	Larsen	PB	.583
Houtteman	Bos	2	Mizell	Det	16	Fricano	Wis	.577
11 tied with		1	Staley	Det	16	Spahn	Det	.576
			Klippstein	Wis	15	Hacker	ChA	.571
			Fricano	Wis	15	Drews	LA	.500
			Drews	LA	15	Ford	LA	.500
			Trucks	Bos	15	Raschi	ChA	.500
			Larsen	PB	14	Mizell	Det	.485
			Ford	LA	14	Staley	Det	.485
			Hoeft	PB	14	Hoeft	PB	.467
			Simmons	ChA	13	Trucks	Bos	.441


Save Opportunities			Saves			Save percentage

Waugh	Wis	42	Dixon	LA	29	Brazle	Bos	.833
Dixon	LA	38	Waugh	Wis	29	Hetki	PB	.781
Dorish	Det	36	Brazle	Bos	25	Dixon	LA	.763
Hetki	PB	32	Hetki	PB	25	Waugh	Wis	.690
Brazle	Bos	30	Dorish	Det	22	Dorish	Det	.611
Paige	ChA	21	Paige	ChA	13
Hughes	Bos	9	McDonald	ChA	4
Coleman	LA	8	Wade	PB	4
Bearden	Bos	7	Hughes	Bos	4
Wade	PB	7	Brecheen	PB	3
Blyzka	Wis	7	Hudson	PB	3
Hudson	PB	5	Blyzka	Wis	3
McDonald	ChA	5	5 tied with		2
Flowers	Det	5
4 tied with		4


Holds			Blown saves			Blown save percentage

Hughes	Bos	18	Dorish	Det	14	Dorish	Det	.389
LaPalme	LA	15	Waugh	Wis	12	Waugh	Wis	.286
Coleman	LA	12	Paige	ChA	8	Hetki	PB	.219
Blyzka	Wis	11	Dixon	LA	8	Dixon	LA	.211
Bowman	PB	8	Hetki	PB	7	Brazle	Bos	.167
Waugh	Wis	8	Hughes	Bos	5
Schmitz	Wis	7	Brazle	Bos	5
Flowers	Det	7	Blyzka	Wis	3
Wade	PB	5	Coleman	LA	3
Bearden	Bos	4	7 tied with		2
Podbielan	LA	4
Hooper	Bos	3
Hoskins	Bos	3
Hetki	PB	3
2 tied with		2


Innings			Batters faced per game			Complete games

Simmons	ChA	229.0	Simmons	ChA	31.97	Masterson	ChA	10
Haddix	LA	224.0	Haddix	LA	30.81	Hacker	ChA	10
Trucks	Bos	219.1	Drews	LA	29.73	Simmons	ChA	10
Raschi	ChA	208.2	Larsen	PB	29.54	Haddix	LA	9
Spahn	Det	208.1	Hacker	ChA	29.50	Trucks	Bos	8
Mizell	Det	205.1	Loes	ChA	28.89	Houtteman	Bos	7
Staley	Det	204.1	Hoeft	PB	28.87	Raschi	ChA	6
Drews	LA	198.1	Masterson	ChA	28.32	Gray	Wis	6
Meyer	LA	197.1	Meyer	LA	28.26	Garver	Det	6
Hoeft	PB	193.2	Dickson	Wis	28.24	Staley	Det	6
Hacker	ChA	191.2	Trucks	Bos	28.03	Spahn	Det	6
Dickson	Wis	187.1	Gray	Wis	27.79	Loes	ChA	5
Gray	Wis	186.1	Fricano	Wis	27.63	Dickson	Wis	5
Houtteman	Bos	185.0	Garver	Det	27.24	Ford	LA	5
Masterson	ChA	183.1	Staley	Det	27.24	Drews	LA	5


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Trucks	Bos	48	Meyer	LA	13	Raffensb'r	Bos	31
Raffensb'r	Bos	47	Trucks	Bos	12	Trucks	Bos	31
Garver	Det	46	Gromek	Wis	10	Spahn	Det	30
Maglie	PB	44	Ford	LA	10	Hoeft	PB	29
Houtteman	Bos	41	Staley	Det	9	Surkont	LA	28
Hoeft	PB	41	Paige	ChA	8	Haddix	LA	28
Littlef'ld	Bos	38	Hacker	ChA	8	Dobson	Det	27
Meyer	LA	38	Simmons	ChA	8	Masterson	ChA	24
Staley	Det	38	Gray	Wis	7	Simmons	ChA	24
Simmons	ChA	38	Mizell	Det	7	Littlef'ld	Bos	23
Ford	LA	37	10 tied with		6	Maglie	PB	23
Raschi	ChA	37				Houtteman	Bos	23
Hoskins	Bos	33				Mizell	Det	23
Fricano	Wis	33				Shantz	Bos	21
2 tied with		32				Staley	Det	21


Stolen bases			Steal percentage			Pickoffs

Trucks	Bos	15	Simmons	ChA	.550	Houtteman	Bos	3
Klippstein	Wis	14	Hudson	PB	.667	Maglie	PB	3
Drews	LA	12	Trucks	Bos	.682	Bowman	PB	2
Hudson	PB	12	Drews	LA	.750	Gromek	Wis	2
Spahn	Det	11	Klippstein	Wis	.778	Simmons	ChA	2
Mizell	Det	11				15 tied with		1
Simmons	ChA	11
Hoeft	PB	9
McDonald	ChA	9
Hall,B	Wis	8
Bishop	PB	8
Staley	Det	8
4 tied with		7




Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Staley	Det	20	Blyzka	Wis	8	Delock	Det	2
Drews	LA	16	Dickson	Wis	7	Waugh	Wis	2
Houtteman	Bos	13	Hall,B	Wis	6	Spahn	Det	2
Gromek	Wis	10	Haddix	LA	6	Aloma		1
Fricano	Wis	10	LaPalme	LA	5	Kipper	LA	1
Klippstein	Wis	8	Dorish	Det	5	Hetki	PB	1
Wade	PB	7	Loes	ChA	5	Corwin	Det	1
Larsen	PB	7	9 tied with		4	Dorish	Det	1
Church		6				Paige	ChA	1
Loes	ChA	6				Hoskins	Bos	1
Masterson	ChA	6				Surkont	LA	1
Hacker	ChA	6				Garver	Det	1
Trucks	Bos	6				Masterson	ChA	1
4 tied with		5				Hoeft	PB	1
						Mizell	Det	1


Games			Starts			Batters faced

Waugh	Wis	80	Trucks	Bos	34	Simmons	ChA	1023
Blyzka	Wis	79	Mizell	Det	33	Haddix	LA	955
Hughes	Bos	72	Staley	Det	33	Trucks	Bos	953
Flowers	Det	72	Spahn	Det	33	Staley	Det	926
Wade	PB	71	Raffensb'r	Bos	33	Raschi	ChA	917
Paige	ChA	69	Haddix	LA	31	Drews	LA	892
Dorish	Det	69	Meyer	LA	31	Mizell	Det	887
Hetki	PB	67	Simmons	ChA	31	Meyer	LA	876
Schmitz	Wis	65	Houtteman	Bos	31	Spahn	Det	869
Dixon	LA	64	Drews	LA	30	Hoeft	PB	866
Hoskins	Bos	61	Hoeft	PB	30	Hacker	ChA	826
Brazle	Bos	60	Gray	Wis	29	Dickson	Wis	819
Coleman	LA	58	Garver	Det	29	Gray	Wis	806
Podbielan	LA	57	4 tied with		28	Houtteman	Bos	802
Hooper	Bos	56				Raffensb'r	Bos	800


Games finished			Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct

Dixon	LA	58	Ford	LA	.150	Hughes	Bos	.250
Dorish	Det	55	Simmons	ChA	.176	Dixon	LA	.260
Waugh	Wis	55	Loes	ChA	.250	Blyzka	Wis	.302
Hetki	PB	50	Fricano	Wis	.286	Hetki	PB	.313
Paige	ChA	46	Drews	LA	.300	McDonald	ChA	.321
Brazle	Bos	45	Dickson	Wis	.308	Hooper	Bos	.333
Wade	PB	29	Hoeft	PB	.333	Flowers	Det	.350
Blyzka	Wis	26	Meyer	LA	.353	LaPalme	LA	.353
Schmitz	Wis	25	Raffensb'r	Bos	.375	Ridzik	Bos	.357
Flowers	Det	25	Garver	Det	.389	Clark	Det	.357
Hughes	Bos	24	Houtteman	Bos	.444	Gromek	Wis	.359
Hansen	Det	21	Raschi	ChA	.462	Brazle	Bos	.375
Coleman	LA	21	Surkont	LA	.476	Wade	PB	.379
Pillette	ChA	20	5 tied with		.500	Hall,B	Wis	.395
2 tied with		17				Podbielan	LA	.400


Ground ball DP			Decisions			Losses

Staley	Det	25	Staley	Det	27	Staley	Det	8-19
Simmons	ChA	22	Meyer	LA	26	Maglie	PB	4-16
Klippstein	Wis	21	Trucks	Bos	26	Raffensb'r	Bos	6-15
Dickson	Wis	19	Spahn	Det	25	Littlef'ld	Bos	5-14
Littlef'ld	Bos	18	Garver	Det	24	Garver	Det	11-13
Loes	ChA	18	Drews	LA	23	Spahn	Det	12-13
Garver	Det	18	Simmons	ChA	23	Meyer	LA	13-13
Mizell	Det	18	Hacker	ChA	22	Trucks	Bos	13-13
Spahn	Det	17	Haddix	LA	22	Hudson	PB	6-12
Haddix	LA	16	Houtteman	Bos	22	Dorish	Det	7-12
Fricano	Wis	15	Masterson	ChA	21	6 tied with		11
5 tied with		14	Raffensb'r	Bos	21
			Maglie	PB	20
			Gray	Wis	20
			Blyzka	Wis	20


On-base plus slugging			Walks plus hits per inning			Strikeout/walk ratio

Gray	Wis	.666	Spahn	Det	1.21	Larsen	PB	2.3
Hacker	ChA	.681	Hacker	ChA	1.27	Spahn	Det	2.2
Larsen	PB	.691	Gray	Wis	1.30	Masterson	ChA	2.1
Spahn	Det	.692	Haddix	LA	1.30	Trucks	Bos	2.0
Dickson	Wis	.702	Houtteman	Bos	1.31	Meyer	LA	1.9
Haddix	LA	.708	Larsen	PB	1.32	Mizell	Det	1.8
Drews	LA	.709	Masterson	ChA	1.33	Drews	LA	1.7
Klippstein	Wis	.717	Mizell	Det	1.37	Raschi	ChA	1.6
Mizell	Det	.717	Trucks	Bos	1.38	Haddix	LA	1.6
Raschi	ChA	.722	Drews	LA	1.40	Simmons	ChA	1.5
Masterson	ChA	.740	Raschi	ChA	1.41	Houtteman	Bos	1.5
Houtteman	Bos	.753	Meyer	LA	1.42	Gray	Wis	1.4
Meyer	LA	.757	Dickson	Wis	1.44	Hacker	ChA	1.4
Ford	LA	.762	Hoeft	PB	1.46	Maglie	PB	1.3
Fricano	Wis	.776	Surkont	LA	1.49	Loes	ChA	1.3


Runs created per 27 outs			Runs created ERA			Component ERA

Gray	Wis	3.8	Gray	Wis	3.48	Gray	Wis	3.26
Spahn	Det	4.0	Spahn	Det	3.62	Hacker	ChA	3.43
Hacker	ChA	4.0	Hacker	ChA	3.67	Spahn	Det	3.47
Dickson	Wis	4.2	Dickson	Wis	3.84	Larsen	PB	3.74
Haddix	LA	4.2	Haddix	LA	3.84	Haddix	LA	3.81
Larsen	PB	4.3	Larsen	PB	3.96	Dickson	Wis	3.88
Mizell	Det	4.4	Mizell	Det	4.00	Mizell	Det	3.95
Klippstein	Wis	4.5	Klippstein	Wis	4.02	Masterson	ChA	4.11
Raschi	ChA	4.6	Raschi	ChA	4.19	Klippstein	Wis	4.16
Masterson	ChA	4.6	Masterson	ChA	4.21	Houtteman	Bos	4.16
Drews	LA	4.6	Drews	LA	4.29	Raschi	ChA	4.18
Houtteman	Bos	4.7	Houtteman	Bos	4.34	Meyer	LA	4.23
Meyer	LA	4.8	Meyer	LA	4.52	Drews	LA	4.25
Ford	LA	5.0	Ford	LA	4.52	Ford	LA	4.37
Fricano	Wis	5.3	Fricano	Wis	4.84	Trucks	Bos	4.41


In-play average			Balls in park			Extra-base hit rate

Gray	Wis	.247	Simmons	ChA	773	Dickson	Wis	.053
Spahn	Det	.251	Staley	Det	743	Drews	LA	.056
Klippstein	Wis	.253	Raschi	ChA	728	Klippstein	Wis	.058
Hacker	ChA	.256	Haddix	LA	718	Larsen	PB	.058
Haddix	LA	.256	Drews	LA	708	Haddix	LA	.064
Hoeft	PB	.264	Trucks	Bos	694	Raschi	ChA	.064
Houtteman	Bos	.266	Meyer	LA	682	Gray	Wis	.065
Surkont	LA	.266	Raffensb'r	Bos	680	Hacker	ChA	.067
Fricano	Wis	.274	Hacker	ChA	672	Fricano	Wis	.068
Mizell	Det	.276	Hoeft	PB	666	Simmons	ChA	.068
Masterson	ChA	.278	Spahn	Det	662	Mizell	Det	.069
Larsen	PB	.283	Dickson	Wis	648	Spahn	Det	.070
Trucks	Bos	.285	Garver	Det	640	Loes	ChA	.071
Dickson	Wis	.287	Houtteman	Bos	640	Staley	Det	.073
Drews	LA	.290	Loes	ChA	628	Surkont	LA	.078


Total bases + BB + HBP			TB+BB+HBP rate			Single rate

Simmons	ChA	488	Larsen	PB	.415	Klippstein	Wis	.131
Trucks	Bos	473	Dickson	Wis	.415	Gray	Wis	.133
Staley	Det	452	Gray	Wis	.417	Trucks	Bos	.145
Raffensb'r	Bos	446	Hacker	ChA	.418	Mizell	Det	.150
Hoeft	PB	425	Drews	LA	.425	Hoeft	PB	.150
Haddix	LA	419	Raschi	ChA	.433	Houtteman	Bos	.153
Meyer	LA	405	Spahn	Det	.435	Spahn	Det	.155
Maglie	PB	399	Haddix	LA	.439	Masterson	ChA	.156
Mizell	Det	398	Mizell	Det	.449	Haddix	LA	.158
Raschi	ChA	397	Klippstein	Wis	.453	Hacker	ChA	.161
Drews	LA	379	Masterson	ChA	.462	Fricano	Wis	.162
Garver	Det	378	Meyer	LA	.462	Ford	LA	.163
Houtteman	Bos	378	Ford	LA	.467	Surkont	LA	.167
Spahn	Det	378	Loes	ChA	.471	Meyer	LA	.170
Littlef'ld	Bos	368	Houtteman	Bos	.471	Larsen	PB	.176


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			Double rate

Simmons	ChA	487	Larsen	PB	.405	Haddix	LA	.028
Trucks	Bos	467	Drews	LA	.407	Spahn	Det	.030
Raffensb'r	Bos	445	Hacker	ChA	.410	Larsen	PB	.031
Staley	Det	432	Gray	Wis	.411	Klippstein	Wis	.033
Hoeft	PB	421	Dickson	Wis	.411	Drews	LA	.034
Haddix	LA	414	Raschi	ChA	.430	Mizell	Det	.035
Meyer	LA	404	Haddix	LA	.434	Dickson	Wis	.035
Maglie	PB	395	Spahn	Det	.435	Simmons	ChA	.037
Mizell	Det	395	Klippstein	Wis	.442	Gray	Wis	.037
Raschi	ChA	394	Mizell	Det	.445	Surkont	LA	.038
Spahn	Det	378	Masterson	ChA	.454	Hacker	ChA	.038
Garver	Det	376	Houtteman	Bos	.455	Raschi	ChA	.040
Littlef'ld	Bos	366	Fricano	Wis	.460	Masterson	ChA	.040
Houtteman	Bos	365	Meyer	LA	.461	Loes	ChA	.041
Drews	LA	363	Loes	ChA	.463	Staley	Det	.041


Batting average vs LHB			On-base percentage vs LHB			Slugging percentage vs LHB

Mizell	Det	.210	Spahn	Det	.260	Gray	Wis	.300
Gray	Wis	.211	Mizell	Det	.278	Mizell	Det	.304
Haddix	LA	.226	Gray	Wis	.302	Hudson	PB	.315
Spahn	Det	.227	Haddix	LA	.309	Haddix	LA	.335
Hall,B	Wis	.240	Dobson	Det	.312	Paige	ChA	.369
Hudson	PB	.249	Hoeft	PB	.316	Fricano	Wis	.384
Surkont	LA	.251	Surkont	LA	.322	Dickson	Wis	.390
Dobson	Det	.251	Paige	ChA	.324	Hoskins	Bos	.394
Hoeft	PB	.253	Hoskins	Bos	.325	Hughes	Bos	.400
Fricano	Wis	.258	Flowers	Det	.331	Hall,B	Wis	.401
Hoskins	Bos	.261	Hudson	PB	.332	Larsen	PB	.415
Paige	ChA	.262	Meyer	LA	.339	Bishop	PB	.423
Dorish	Det	.265	Hughes	Bos	.346	Gromek	Wis	.427
Klippstein	Wis	.266	Simmons	ChA	.349	Spahn	Det	.427
Flowers	Det	.271	Masterson	ChA	.350	Wade	PB	.427


Hits vs LHB			Runs batted in vs LHB			On-base plus slugging vs LHB

Drews	LA	110	Staley	Det	56	Mizell	Det	.582
Hacker	ChA	97	Trucks	Bos	53	Gray	Wis	.602
Trucks	Bos	95	Houtteman	Bos	48	Haddix	LA	.643
Staley	Det	93	Drews	LA	48	Hudson	PB	.647
Raschi	ChA	92	Loes	ChA	44	Spahn	Det	.687
Garver	Det	91	Maglie	PB	39	Paige	ChA	.693
Maglie	PB	89	Raschi	ChA	39	Hoskins	Bos	.719
Houtteman	Bos	89	Larsen	PB	38	Hughes	Bos	.746
Dickson	Wis	79	Hacker	ChA	38	Fricano	Wis	.749
Meyer	LA	79	Podbielan	LA	37	Surkont	LA	.750
Loes	ChA	77	Gromek	Wis	36	Hall,B	Wis	.770
Larsen	PB	75	Klippstein	Wis	36	Hoeft	PB	.773
Simmons	ChA	73	Simmons	ChA	36	Dickson	Wis	.774
Masterson	ChA	73	Masterson	ChA	36	Larsen	PB	.775
Klippstein	Wis	63	Meyer	LA	36	Meyer	LA	.786


Doubles vs LHB			Triples vs LHB			Homeruns vs LHB

Garver	Det	25	Meyer	LA	6	Trucks	Bos	15
Staley	Det	20	Maglie	PB	6	Dobson	Det	13
Houtteman	Bos	20	Staley	Det	6	Spahn	Det	12
Maglie	PB	19	Trucks	Bos	6	Surkont	LA	11
Hacker	ChA	19	Gromek	Wis	5	Masterson	ChA	11
Trucks	Bos	17	Hacker	ChA	5	Raschi	ChA	10
Fricano	Wis	15	Schmitz	Wis	4	Houtteman	Bos	10
Meyer	LA	13	Simmons	ChA	4	Littlef'ld	Bos	9
Drews	LA	13	13 tied with		3	Bearden	Bos	8
Waugh	Wis	12				Dorish	Det	8
Church		12				Meyer	LA	8
Klippstein	Wis	12				Staley	Det	8
Raschi	ChA	12				Drews	LA	8
5 tied with		11				9 tied with		7



Extra base hits vs LHB			Total bases vs LHB			Isolated power vs LHB

Trucks	Bos	38	Trucks	Bos	169	Hudson	PB	.066
Staley	Det	34	Drews	LA	151	Gray	Wis	.089
Houtteman	Bos	33	Staley	Det	149	Mizell	Det	.093
Garver	Det	32	Houtteman	Bos	145	Dickson	Wis	.097
Maglie	PB	31	Hacker	ChA	144	Paige	ChA	.107
Hacker	ChA	30	Maglie	PB	138	Haddix	LA	.109
Meyer	LA	27	Raschi	ChA	138	Hughes	Bos	.121
Raschi	ChA	24	Garver	Det	134	Drews	LA	.123
Littlef'ld	Bos	23	Meyer	LA	128	Podbielan	LA	.124
Masterson	ChA	23	Masterson	ChA	121	Fricano	Wis	.127
Drews	LA	23	Loes	ChA	115	Bishop	PB	.127
Klippstein	Wis	22	Simmons	ChA	112	Wade	PB	.129
Hoeft	PB	21	Larsen	PB	110	Larsen	PB	.132
Loes	ChA	21	Dickson	Wis	105	Hoskins	Bos	.133
Simmons	ChA	21	Klippstein	Wis	102	Hacker	ChA	.143


Walks vs LHB			Strikeouts vs LHB			Hit by pitch vs LHB

Klippstein	Wis	52	Mizell	Det	49	Staley	Det	7
Trucks	Bos	44	Spahn	Det	44	Gromek	Wis	5
Fricano	Wis	39	Simmons	ChA	44	Larsen	PB	5
Staley	Det	39	Haddix	LA	41	Klippstein	Wis	4
Dickson	Wis	38	Hoeft	PB	39	Houtteman	Bos	4
Garver	Det	37	Trucks	Bos	38	Drews	LA	4
Blyzka	Wis	35	Meyer	LA	36	Wade	PB	3
Hall,B	Wis	35	Gray	Wis	31	Mizell	Det	3
Houtteman	Bos	35	Klippstein	Wis	30	Maglie	PB	3
Maglie	PB	34	Larsen	PB	30	Trucks	Bos	3
Waugh	Wis	33	Masterson	ChA	29	8 tied with		2
Gromek	Wis	33	Maglie	PB	29
Hacker	ChA	31	Ford	LA	28
Masterson	ChA	30	Dobson	Det	25
Raschi	ChA	30	Raschi	ChA	25


Sacrifice bunts vs LHB			Sacrifice flies vs LHB			Atbats vs LHB

Klippstein	Wis	7	Loes	ChA	7	Drews	LA	333
Larsen	PB	6	Hacker	ChA	5	Trucks	Bos	331
Garver	Det	6	Dorish	Det	4	Hacker	ChA	329
Fricano	Wis	5	Surkont	LA	4	Houtteman	Bos	314
Masterson	ChA	5	Fricano	Wis	4	Staley	Det	306
Raschi	ChA	5	Meyer	LA	4	Raschi	ChA	306
Podres	Wis	4	Staley	Det	4	Maglie	PB	287
Pillette	ChA	4	9 tied with		3	Meyer	LA	286
Ford	LA	4				Garver	Det	277
Dobson	Det	4				Dickson	Wis	269
Hoeft	PB	4				Masterson	ChA	267
Meyer	LA	4				Larsen	PB	265
Maglie	PB	4				Simmons	ChA	249
Hacker	ChA	4				Haddix	LA	239
12 tied with		3				Loes	ChA	238


AB per homerun vs LHB			AB per double vs LHB			Plate appearances vs LHB

Dobson	Det	14.1	Garver	Det	11.1	Trucks	Bos	382
Littlef'ld	Bos	15.0	Littlef'ld	Bos	12.3	Hacker	ChA	371
Pillette	ChA	17.7	Waugh	Wis	13.8	Drews	LA	367
Spahn	Det	18.3	Hughes	Bos	14.0	Staley	Det	359
Dorish	Det	18.4	Corwin	Det	14.6	Houtteman	Bos	357
Surkont	LA	21.0	Ford	LA	14.9	Raschi	ChA	342
Trucks	Bos	22.1	Church		15.0	Maglie	PB	329
Corwin	Det	23.4	Maglie	PB	15.1	Meyer	LA	323
Waugh	Wis	23.6	Fricano	Wis	15.3	Garver	Det	323
Flowers	Det	24.0	Staley	Det	15.3	Dickson	Wis	311
Masterson	ChA	24.3	Pillette	ChA	15.5	Larsen	PB	306
Church		25.7	Houtteman	Bos	15.7	Masterson	ChA	305
Hoeft	PB	26.6	Raffensb'r	Bos	16.8	Klippstein	Wis	303
McDonald	ChA	27.3	Hoeft	PB	16.9	Fricano	Wis	279
Hall,B	Wis	27.8	Hacker	ChA	17.3	Simmons	ChA	274


Batting average vs RHB			On-base percentage vs RHB			Slugging percentage vs RHB

Klippstein	Wis	.212	Hacker	ChA	.264	Klippstein	Wis	.307
Hacker	ChA	.216	Larsen	PB	.280	Drews	LA	.326
Drews	LA	.232	Houtteman	Bos	.288	Hacker	ChA	.329
Gray	Wis	.233	Drews	LA	.288	Waugh	Wis	.347
Larsen	PB	.243	Trucks	Bos	.295	Dickson	Wis	.347
Spahn	Det	.250	Masterson	ChA	.298	Larsen	PB	.349
Houtteman	Bos	.251	Brecheen	PB	.300	Brecheen	PB	.356
Masterson	ChA	.252	Spahn	Det	.303	Raschi	ChA	.361
Trucks	Bos	.255	Raschi	ChA	.306	Podres	Wis	.372
Dickson	Wis	.257	Dickson	Wis	.310	Gray	Wis	.374
Haddix	LA	.259	Gray	Wis	.314	Spahn	Det	.390
Raschi	ChA	.261	Haddix	LA	.316	Ford	LA	.398
Brecheen	PB	.261	Meyer	LA	.317	Gromek	Wis	.401
Mizell	Det	.262	Hudson	PB	.327	Hudson	PB	.402
Ford	LA	.264	Podbielan	LA	.327	Masterson	ChA	.404


Hits vs RHB			Runs batted in vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Simmons	ChA	199	Raffensb'r	Bos	92	Hacker	ChA	.593
Raffensb'r	Bos	195	Simmons	ChA	88	Drews	LA	.614
Hoeft	PB	158	Hoeft	PB	80	Larsen	PB	.629
Haddix	LA	158	Hoskins	Bos	79	Klippstein	Wis	.638
Staley	Det	151	Haddix	LA	79	Brecheen	PB	.656
Mizell	Det	149	Meyer	LA	74	Dickson	Wis	.657
Spahn	Det	146	Maglie	PB	72	Raschi	ChA	.667
Meyer	LA	141	Mizell	Det	71	Gray	Wis	.688
Raschi	ChA	138	Littlef'ld	Bos	70	Spahn	Det	.693
Trucks	Bos	134	Raschi	ChA	68	Houtteman	Bos	.698
Loes	ChA	132	Trucks	Bos	66	Masterson	ChA	.702
Littlef'ld	Bos	126	Spahn	Det	66	Waugh	Wis	.712
Ford	LA	126	Surkont	LA	65	Trucks	Bos	.723
Garver	Det	125	Garver	Det	64	Gromek	Wis	.729
Gray	Wis	121	2 tied with		62	Hudson	PB	.729


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Raffensb'r	Bos	36	Ford	LA	7	Raffensb'r	Bos	26
Trucks	Bos	31	Meyer	LA	7	Hoeft	PB	22
Hoeft	PB	30	Trucks	Bos	6	Haddix	LA	21
Simmons	ChA	28	Mizell	Det	6	Mizell	Det	19
Littlef'ld	Bos	27	Paige	ChA	5	Spahn	Det	18
Ford	LA	26	Blyzka	Wis	5	Maglie	PB	17
Maglie	PB	25	Gromek	Wis	5	Surkont	LA	17
Meyer	LA	25	Gray	Wis	5	Simmons	ChA	17
Raschi	ChA	25	Haddix	LA	5	Shantz	Bos	16
Mizell	Det	25	7 tied with		4	Trucks	Bos	16
Hoskins	Bos	24				Hoskins	Bos	15
Haddix	LA	24				Dobson	Det	14
Masterson	ChA	23				Littlef'ld	Bos	14
Hudson	PB	22				Gray	Wis	14
5 tied with		21				3 tied with		13


Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB			Isolated power vs RHB

Raffensb'r	Bos	66	Raffensb'r	Bos	317	Waugh	Wis	.065
Hoeft	PB	54	Simmons	ChA	286	Dickson	Wis	.090
Trucks	Bos	53	Hoeft	PB	258	Drews	LA	.094
Mizell	Det	50	Haddix	LA	255	Klippstein	Wis	.095
Haddix	LA	50	Mizell	Det	243	Brecheen	PB	.095
Simmons	ChA	49	Spahn	Det	228	Raschi	ChA	.100
Littlef'ld	Bos	44	Trucks	Bos	225	Larsen	PB	.107
Meyer	LA	44	Meyer	LA	216	Podres	Wis	.107
Hoskins	Bos	43	Staley	Det	214	Hudson	PB	.112
Maglie	PB	42	Littlef'ld	Bos	201	Hacker	ChA	.114
Spahn	Det	42	Maglie	PB	195	Blyzka	Wis	.117
Ford	LA	41	Gray	Wis	194	Garver	Det	.120
Gray	Wis	40	Raschi	ChA	191	Staley	Det	.123
Masterson	ChA	39	3 tied with		190	Loes	ChA	.126
2 tied with		37				Hall,B	Wis	.126


Walks vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB

Mizell	Det	69	Trucks	Bos	111	Staley	Det	13
Simmons	ChA	68	Mizell	Det	106	Drews	LA	12
Gray	Wis	61	Masterson	ChA	93	Houtteman	Bos	9
Hoeft	PB	61	Simmons	ChA	92	Fricano	Wis	8
Klippstein	Wis	60	Gray	Wis	88	McDonald	ChA	5
Podres	Wis	59	Haddix	LA	84	Gromek	Wis	5
Ford	LA	53	Larsen	PB	78	Loes	ChA	5
Haddix	LA	52	Raschi	ChA	78	Wade	PB	4
Littlef'ld	Bos	49	Meyer	LA	77	Roe	ChA	4
Fricano	Wis	48	Spahn	Det	77	Bishop	PB	4
Spahn	Det	46	Littlef'ld	Bos	72	Church		4
Surkont	LA	38	Drews	LA	72	Klippstein	Wis	4
Dickson	Wis	36	Klippstein	Wis	70	Hacker	ChA	4
3 tied with		35	Dickson	Wis	67	Masterson	ChA	4
			Podres	Wis	63	13 tied with		3


Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB

Raffensb'r	Bos	13	Haddix	LA	9	Simmons	ChA	662
Dickson	Wis	11	Simmons	ChA	9	Haddix	LA	610
Hoeft	PB	11	Masterson	ChA	6	Spahn	Det	585
Fricano	Wis	10	Trucks	Bos	6	Hoeft	PB	579
Gray	Wis	10	Raschi	ChA	6	Mizell	Det	569
Simmons	ChA	10	Gray	Wis	6	Raffensb'r	Bos	553
Gromek	Wis	9	Paige	ChA	5	Raschi	ChA	529
Maglie	PB	9	Waugh	Wis	5	Trucks	Bos	525
Haddix	LA	9	Church		5	Gray	Wis	519
Podbielan	LA	8	Houtteman	Bos	5	Staley	Det	514
Surkont	LA	8	Garver	Det	5	Meyer	LA	510
Garver	Det	8	Dickson	Wis	5	Drews	LA	479
Meyer	LA	8	Raffensb'r	Bos	5	Ford	LA	477
Trucks	Bos	8	10 tied with		4	Loes	ChA	461
3 tied with		7				Dickson	Wis	455


AB per homerun vs RHB			AB per double vs RHB			Plate appearances vs RHB

Raffensb'r	Bos	21.3	Hoskins	Bos	14.6	Simmons	ChA	749
Maglie	PB	21.9	Maglie	PB	14.9	Haddix	LA	683
Shantz	Bos	22.1	Roe	ChA	15.3	Hoeft	PB	656
Dobson	Det	22.2	Raffensb'r	Bos	15.4	Mizell	Det	647
Hoskins	Bos	23.4	Hudson	PB	15.8	Spahn	Det	637
Surkont	LA	23.9	Littlef'ld	Bos	15.9	Raffensb'r	Bos	601
Hoeft	PB	26.3	Trucks	Bos	16.9	Gray	Wis	599
Bishop	PB	28.4	Podres	Wis	18.3	Raschi	ChA	575
Haddix	LA	29.0	Ford	LA	18.3	Trucks	Bos	571
Mizell	Det	29.9	Hoeft	PB	19.3	Staley	Det	567
Roe	ChA	30.7	Masterson	ChA	19.5	Meyer	LA	553
Littlef'ld	Bos	30.7	Houtteman	Bos	19.8	Ford	LA	537
Church		30.8	Garver	Det	20.2	Drews	LA	525
Houtteman	Bos	31.9	Meyer	LA	20.4	Dickson	Wis	508
Spahn	Det	32.5	Brecheen	PB	21.1	Loes	ChA	507

AL Pitching Leaders -- ARegular season -- as of 9/25/1953

AL Pitching Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/25/1953