1953 Chicago White Sox
89 - 65
1952 / 1954 (Organization)
3rd place in the AL (11.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		41 - 36 (.532)
48 - 29 (.623)		 +0.5 wins
+11.5 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 716 / 693 ( +23 )
Allowed/Expected: 592 / 699 ( +107 )
Pyth Record: 90 - 64 (-1)
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Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,191,353 Avg Att: 15,274 (1.36)
Att Rank: 2 / 8 Lg Avg: 11,269
       
Park Factor: 1.00    
HR Factor: 0.92 R/L HR: 0.94 / 0.89
Notes:


Pitching

Filters
Role
Throws
#
R
H
K
1 Billy Pierce*
SP
26.2
271.3
36.7
18.6
69.4
44.0
2.2
73.3
75.6
-1.1
3.2
7.6
4.8
-69.0
-76.6
4.1
2 Virgil Trucks
SP
36.2
176.3
24.3
5.7
32.1
18.5
1.0
27.7
28.8
-1.7
1.0
5.7
1.5
-27.3
-31.6
0.2
3 Sandy Consuegra
SP
32.8
124.0
20.2
2.3
25.9
-3.8
19.7
-22.5
-0.8
-0.4
0.8
0.4
0.1
42.7
90.5
-0.1
4 Bob Keegan
SP
32.9
98.7
12.9
4.5
26.6
12.7
4.3
-9.0
-4.3
2.8
0.2
0.1
1.2
16.3
25.5
-1.7
5 Harry Dorish
RP
32.0
145.7
10.4
4.9
10.8
4.8
6.3
5.1
12.0
1.6
-2.6
-0.1
-0.4
0.2
50.1
-4.0
6 Mike Fornieles
SP
21.5
153.0
4.2
6.5
-3.9
-5.6
1.1
3.8
5.0
3.3
1.7
-0.6
-1.2
2.4
28.3
4.6
7 Joe Dobson
SP
36.4
100.7
1.9
-0.6
11.3
2.9
2.8
6.4
9.4
-2.8
2.4
-2.3
-0.1
-4.0
50.4
0.7
8 Connie Johnson
SP
30.5
60.7
1.8
-0.2
-8.1
8.3
-12.6
16.1
2.2
0.6
-0.5
-1.5
0.3
-28.6
16.7
-0.1
9 Gene Bearden*
RP
32.8
58.3
0.6
-8.5
2.6
10.2
-9.7
-1.7
-12.4
-3.8
1.4
-1.1
-0.2
-10.3
1.5
1.6
10 Hal Hudson*
RP
26.2
0.7
0.3
0.1
1.0
0.5
0.2
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
2.0
0.0
11 Lou Kretlow
SP
32.0
20.7
-1.3
-6.8
-13.4
11.8
-20.5
4.5
-18.1
-0.3
-0.4
-1.1
-0.2
-25.7
-3.5
0.9
12 Luis Aloma
RP
29.9
38.3
-2.3
-6.9
-9.1
-0.7
-6.8
5.2
-2.3
-4.1
1.0
-15.2
0.8
-1.9
13 Earl Harrist
RP
33.9
8.3
-3.1
-1.6
-2.1
-0.6
-1.6
-2.7
-4.5
-0.4
0.2
0.9
4.6
-0.7
14 Tommy Byrne*
SP
33.5
16.0
-10.7
-5.4
-21.1
2.7
-17.7
-5.2
-24.7
1.5
0.5
-2.1
-0.4
-10.5
-6.5
0.9
15 Saul Rogovin
SP
29.7
131.0
-20.4
-7.9
-13.5
-15.5
6.6
2.1
9.3
-7.2
1.2
-2.7
-0.4
-1.4
-3.8
-4.4
1403.7
75.4
4.6
108.3
90.2
-24.8
102.8
75.3
-11.6
10.0
2.4
5.0
-129.3
148.3
0.1

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