The1953St. Louis Browns season was the 53rd and final season in Browns history. The Browns finished 8th in theAmerican League with a record of 54–100,46+1⁄2 games behind the AL and World Series championNew York Yankees. After the season, the Browns moved to Baltimore, where they are now known as theBaltimore Orioles.

• October 14, 1952:Ray Coleman,Bob Mahoney,Stan Rojek and $95,000 were traded by the Browns to theBrooklyn Dodgers forBilly Hunter.^[1]
• October 16, 1952:Joe DeMaestri andTommy Byrne were traded by the Browns to the White Sox forHank Edwards andWilly Miranda.^[2]
• October 27, 1952:Jake Crawford was traded by the Browns to theDetroit Tigers forNeil Berry,Cliff Mapes and $25,000.^[3]
• December 4, 1952:Jay Porter,Owen Friend andBob Nieman were traded by the Browns to theDetroit Tigers forJohnny Groth,Virgil Trucks andHal White.^[4]

• May 6, 1953: In his first major league start, the Browns'Bobo Holloman pitched a no-hitter against thePhiladelphia Athletics. The 27-year-old Holloman struck out three, walked five, and helped himself offensively by batting in three of the Browns' runs with a pair of singles in the Browns' 6–0 victory. (Holloman finished the season with a 3–7 record and did not pitch in the major leagues after 1953.)
• June 3 through July 7, 1953: The Browns lost twenty consecutive games at home. This remained the longest home losing streak (in terms of number of losses) inNorth American major professional sports until theEdmonton Elks lost their twenty-first game on July 29, 2023.^[5]
• September 27, 1953: The Browns ended their 51-year residence in St. Louis, losing to the Chicago White Sox at home 2–1 in 11 innings^[6] to complete a sweep by the White Sox, giving the Browns 100 losses for the year.^[7] Official attendance was 3,174.^[6]

• July 23, 1953:Bobo Holloman was purchased from the Browns by theToronto Maple Leafs for $7,500.^[8]
• September 1, 1953: Neil Berry was selected off waivers from the Browns by theChicago White Sox.^[3]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Satchel Paige, reserve

Casey Stengel kept to his word and named Paige to the 1953 All-Star team despite Paige not having a very good year. He got in the game in the eighth inning. First Paige gotGil Hodges to line out, then after Roy Campanella singled up the middle,Eddie Mathews popped out. He then walkedDuke Snider andEnos Slaughter lined a hit to center to score Campanella. National League pitcherMurry Dickson drove in Snider, but was thrown out at second base trying to stretch the hit into a double. Paige ended the year with a disappointing 3–9 record, but a respectable 3.53 ERA. Paige was released after the season when Veeck once again had to sell the team.

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997).The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America.ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1953 St. Louis Browns team atBaseball-Reference
• 1953 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com

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• 1953 in sports in Missouri

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