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The1953Cleveland Indians season was a season in Americanbaseball. The team finished second in theAmerican League with a record of 92–62,8+1⁄2 games behind theNew York Yankees.

Offseason

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December 11, 1952:Earl Averill, Jr. was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.^[1]

Regular season

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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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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	52	.656	—	50‍–‍27	49‍–‍25
Cleveland Indians	92	62	.597	8½	53‍–‍24	39‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	11½	41‍–‍36	48‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox	84	69	.549	16	38‍–‍38	46‍–‍31
Washington Senators	76	76	.500	23½	39‍–‍36	37‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers	60	94	.390	40½	30‍–‍47	30‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics	59	95	.383	41½	27‍–‍50	32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	54	100	.351	46½	23‍–‍54	31‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

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1953 American League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	6–16	13–9	13–9	10–11	15–7	17–5	10–12
Chicago	16–6	—	11–11–1	14–8–1	9–13	10–12	17–5	12–10
Cleveland	9–13	11–11–1	—	14–8	11–11	19–3	17–5	11–11
Detroit	9–13	8–14–1	8–14	—	6–16	11–11–3	7–15	11–11
New York	11–10	13–9	11–11	16–6	—	17–5	17–5	14–6
Philadelphia	7–15	12–10	3–19	11–11–3	5–17	—	13–9	8–14
St. Louis	5–17	5–17	5–17	15–7	5–17	9–13	—	10–12
Washington	12–10	10–12	11–11	11–11	6–14	14–8	12–10	—

Notable transactions

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May 1953:Brooks Lawrence was acquired from the Indians by theCincinnati Reds.^[3]
June 15, 1953:Ray Boone,Al Aber,Steve Gromek, andDick Weik were traded by the Indians to theDetroit Tigers forArt Houtteman,Owen Friend,Bill Wight, andJoe Ginsberg.^[4]

Roster

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1953 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 29Al Aber 12Lou Brissie 20Bob Chakales 19Bob Feller 25Mike Garcia 27Steve Gromek 26Bob Hooper 41,29,11Art Houtteman 21Bob Lemon 28Dick Tomanek 18,27Bill Wight 28Ted Wilks 24Early Wynn		Catchers 15Dick Aylward 16Hank Foiles 15Joe Ginsberg 4Jim Hegan 18Joe Tipton Infielders 1Bobby Ávila 8Ray Boone 9Luke Easter 8Owen Friend 14,6Bill Glynn 5Hank Majeski 7Al Rosen 2George Strickland		Outfielders 6,14Larry Doby 33Bob Kennedy 17Jim Lemon 3Dale Mitchell 35Harry Simpson 32Al Smith 31Wally Westlake Other batters 32Barney McCosky 37Dick Weik		Manager 10Al López Coaches 44Tony Cuccinello(Third Base) 43Mel Harder(Pitching) 42Red Kress(First Base) 40Bill Lobe(Bullpen)

1953 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

32Barney McCosky
37Dick Weik

Manager

10Al López

Coaches

44Tony Cuccinello(Third Base)
43Mel Harder(Pitching)
42Red Kress(First Base)
40Bill Lobe(Bullpen)

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jim Hegan	112	299	65	.217	9	37
1B	Bill Glynn	147	411	100	.243	3	30
2B	Bobby Ávila	141	559	160	.286	8	55
SS	George Strickland	123	419	119	.284	5	47
3B	Al Rosen	155	599	201	.336	43	145
OF	Larry Doby	149	513	135	.263	29	102
OF	Harry Simpson	82	242	55	.227	7	22
OF	Dale Mitchell	134	500	150	.300	13	60

Other batters

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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
Wally Westlake	82	218	72	.330	9	46
Luke Easter	68	211	64	.303	7	31
Bob Kennedy	100	161	38	.236	3	22
Al Smith	47	150	36	.240	3	14
Ray Boone	34	112	27	.241	4	21
Joe Tipton	47	109	25	.229	6	13
Joe Ginsberg	46	109	31	.284	0	10
Owen Friend	34	68	16	.235	2	13
Hank Majeski	50	50	15	.300	2	12
Jim Lemon	16	46	8	.174	1	5
Barney McCosky	22	21	4	.190	0	3
Hank Foiles	7	7	1	.143	0	0
Dick Aylward	4	3	0	.000	0	0
Dick Weik	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Lemon	41	286.2	21	15	3.36	98
Mike Garcia	38	271.2	18	9	3.25	134
Early Wynn	36	251.2	17	12	3.93	138
Bob Feller	25	175.2	10	7	3.59	60
Dick Tomanek	1	9.0	1	0	2.00	6

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dave Hoskins	26	112.2	9	3	3.99	55
Art Houtteman	22	109.0	7	7	3.80	40
Bob Chakales	7	27.0	0	2	2.67	6
Steve Gromek	5	11.0	1	1	3.27	8

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bob Hooper	43	5	4	7	4.02	16
Bill Wight	20	2	1	1	3.71	14
Lou Brissie	16	0	0	2	7.62	5
Al Aber	6	1	1	0	7.50	4
Ted Wilks	4	0	0	0	7.36	2

Awards and records

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Al Rosen, American League MVP

Farm system

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Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Birdie Tebbetts
A	Reading Indians	Eastern League	Kerby Farrell
B	Spartanburg Peaches	Tri-State League	Jimmy Bloodworth
C	Fargo-Moorhead Twins	Northern League	Zeke Bonura andSanto Luberto
C	Sherbrooke Indians	Provincial League	Pinky May
D	Daytona Beach Islanders	Florida State League	Ed Levy
D	Green Bay Blue Jays	Wisconsin State League	Phil Seghi

Notes

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^Earl Averill, Jr. atBaseball-Reference
^Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^Brooks Lawrence atBaseball-Reference
^Ray Boone atBaseball-Reference
^Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed.,The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
^Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 54, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010,ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
^Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 55
^^a ^bRoger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 56
^^a ^bRoger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 58

References

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1953 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference

v t e 1953 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1953 All-Star Game 1953 World Series

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Established in1894
Former names (all in Cleveland unless noted) -Grand Rapids Rustlers,Lake Shores,Bluebirds,Bronchos,Naps,Indians
Based inCleveland, Ohio

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Culture and lore

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Key personnel

Owner/Chairman/CEO:Paul J. Dolan
President:Chris Antonetti
General manager:Mike Chernoff
Manager:Stephen Vogt

Postseason appearances (18)

Division championships (13)

American League pennants (6)

World Series championships (2)

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Hall of Famers

Minors

Triple-A:Columbus Clippers
Double-A:Akron RubberDucks
High-A:Lake County Captains
Single-A:Lynchburg Hillcats
Rookie:Arizona Complex League Guardians
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Seasons (132)
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Tiebreaker games	1959 National League playoff series 1978 AL East Playoff 1980 NL West Playoff
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World Series games	"Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning" (1977) "Mr. October" (1977) "The Call" (1985) 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

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1995

AL Wild Card Round

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Seasons

SaturdayGame of the Week	1953 1954 1959 (NL tie-breaker series) 1960 1961 (prime time games) 1965
Monday Night Baseball	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 (now onThursday nights)
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The1994 World Series was cancelled due to astrike.

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