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1953 St. Louis Cardinals
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1892)
Location
Busch Stadium I (Since 1920) St. Louis, Missouri (Since 1882)
1953 Information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
Manager(s)	Eddie Stanky
Local television	unknown
Local radio	WIL (Harry Caray, Gus Mancuso)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

The St. Louis Cardinals 1953 season was the team's 72nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 62nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 83-71 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League.

Prior to the start of the season, August A. Busch, Jr. of Anheuser-Busch bought the team from Fred Saigh. That started a reign that would last until March, 1996, when William DeWitt, Jr., Drew Baur and Fred Hanser bought the club.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason

December 3, 1952: Grant Dunlap was purchased by the Cardinals from the Shreveport Sports.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Brooklyn Dodgers	105	49	--	.682
Milwaukee Braves	92	62	13	.597
Philadelphia Phillies	83	71	22	.539
St. Louis Cardinals	83	71	22	.439
New York Giants	70	84	35	.455
Cincinnati Redlegs	68	86	37	.442
Chicago Cubs	65	89	40	.422
Pittsburgh Pirates	50	104	55	.325

Notable transactions

May 18, 1953: Billy Johnson was released by the Cardinals.^[2]
May 23, 1953: Jackie Collum was traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Eddie Erautt.^[3]
June 14, 1953: Hal Rice was traded by the Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Pete Castiglione.^[4]

Roster

1953 St. Louis Cardinals roster

Roster

Pitchers

25 Dick Bokelmann
27 Al Brazle
28 Cliff Chambers
22 Mike Clark
32 Jackie Collum
32,25 Eddie Erautt
41 Jack Faszholz
42 Harvey Haddix
36 Stu Miller
33 Vinegar Bend Mizell
32,21 Joe Presko
39 John Romonosky
47 Willard Schmidt
14 Gerry Staley
26 Hal White
43 Eddie Yuhas

Catchers

38 Ferrell Anderson
17 Les Fusselman
16 Dick Rand
18 Del Rice
17 Sal Yvars

Infielders

5 Steve Bilko
1 Pete Castiglione
7 Solly Hemus
11 Ray Jablonski
1 Billy Johnson
15 Fred Marolewski
2 Red Schoendienst
19 Dick Schofield
15 Dick Sisler
12 Eddie Stanky

Outfielders

Other batters

19 Vern Benson
20 Eddie Phillips
39 Hal Rice
3 Virgil Stallcup

Manager

12 Eddie Stanky

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Other batters

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
Castiglione, PetePete Castiglione	67	52	9	.173	0	3
Rand, DickDick Rand	9	31	9	.290	0	1
Dunlap, GrantGrant Dunlap	16	17	6	.353	1	3
Johnson, BillyBilly Johnson	11	5	1	.200	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Collum, JackieJackie Collum	7	0	0	0	6.35	5
Bokelmann, DickDick Bokelmann	3	0	0	0	6.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Red Birds	American Association	Johnny Keane
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Harry Walker
AA	Houston Buffaloes	Texas League	Al Hollingsworth and Dixie Walker
A	Columbus Cardinals	Sally League	Sheldon "Chief" Bender
A	Omaha Cardinals	Western League	George Kissell
B	Winston-Salem Cardinals	Carolina League	Jimmy Brown
B	Peoria Chiefs	Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League	Whitey Kurowski
B	Lynchburg Cardinals	Piedmont League	Dick Landis and John Sullivan
C	Fresno Cardinals	California League	Roland LeBlanc
C	St. Joseph Cardinals	Western Association	Harold Olt
D	Dothan Rebels	Alabama-Florida League	Homer Ray Wilson
D	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Jim Hercinger
D	Sanford Cardinals	Florida State League	J. C. Dunn
D	Hazlehurst-Baxley Cardinals	Georgia State League	Arnie Riesgo
D	Albany Cardinals	Georgia-Florida League	Russ McGovern
D	Paducah Chiefs	KITTY League	Lee "Pete" Peterson
D	Hannibal Cardinals	Mississippi-Ohio Valley League	Tince Leonard
D	Hamilton Cardinals	PONY League	Harold Contini
D	Ardmore Cardinals	Sooner State League	Bennie Warren

Notes

References

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

St. Louis Cardinals

Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

History · Seasons · Records · Awards & League Leaders · Roster · Players · Managers · General Managers and Owners · Broadcasters · Opening Day starting pitchers · All articles

Ballparks

Robison Field · Sportsman's Park · Busch Memorial Stadium · Busch Stadium ·
Spring Training: McKechnie Field · City Island Ball Park · Al Lang Stadium · Roger Dean Stadium

Culture/Lore

Brock for Broglio · Cardinal Nation · The Call · Curse of Keith Hernandez · Fredbird · Gashouse Gang · Slaughter's Mad Dash · Seat Cushion Night · Whiteyball · KMOX · Home Run Chase

Rivalries

Chicago Cubs · Houston Astros

Important Figures

Jim Bottomley · Ken Boyer · Lou Brock · Jack Buck · August "Gussie" Busch · Harry Caray · Steve Carlton · Mort Cooper · Dizzy Dean · Bing Devine · Curt Flood · Frankie Frisch · Bob Gibson · Jesse Haines · Keith Hernandez · Whitey Herzog · Rogers Hornsby · George Kissell · Tony La Russa · Mark McGwire · Joe Medwick · Stan Musial · Albert Pujols · Branch Rickey · Red Schoendienst · Mike Shannon · Ted Simmons · Enos Slaughter · Ozzie Smith · Billy Southworth · Bruce Sutter

Retired Numbers

1 · 2 · 6 · 9 · 14 · 20 · 42 · 42 · 45 · 85

Key Personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr. · General Manager: John Mozeliak · Manager: Tony La Russa

Minors

AAA: Memphis Redbirds · AA: Springfield Cardinals · A: (high) Palm Beach Cardinals · (low) Quad Cities River Bandits · (short-season) Batavia Muckdogs · Rookie: Johnson City Cardinals · Gulf Coast League Cardinals · Dominican · Venezuelan

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