1952                                                                                                                                                                                        1954

DALE MURPHY LEAGUE

1953

 

 

World Champion: Chicago Claymores

 

STANDINGS

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

TEAM

W

L

GB

 

TEAM

W

L

GB

Chicago

130

32

--

 

Brooklyn

118

44

--

Washington

107

55

23

 

Milwaukee

116

46

2

Cleveland

93

69

37

 

New York

91

71

27

New York

87

75

43

 

Philadelphia

91

71

27

Boston

69

93

61

 

Chicago

88

74

30

Baltimore

59

103

71

 

Pittsburgh

62

100

56

Detroit

57

105

73

 

St. Louis

54

108

64

Kansas City

46

116

84

 

Cincinnati

28

134

90

 

PLAYOFFS

 

ALCS

Chicago defeats Washington 4 games to 2

 

NLCS

Milwaukee defeats Brooklyn 4 games to 0

 

WORLD SERIES

 Chicago defeats Milwaukee 4 games to 0

 

AWARD WINNERS

 

 

AL

NL

Most Valuable Player

Tony Jimenez, Washington

Bill Manning, Philadelphia

Cy Young

Toots Wilson, Chicago

Pat Frederick, Brooklyn

Fireman

Drungo Foxx, Cleveland

Jesus Ayrault, Brooklyn

Rookie of the Year

Kevin DeAndrade, Boston

Enrique Fenner, Chicago

Batting Champion

Juan Gomez, Chicago (.361)

Joe Nash, Brooklyn (.356)

Home Run Champion

Hank Aaron, Chicago (43)

Ron Boone, Brooklyn (47)

RBI Champion

Hank Aaron, Chicago (127)

Bill Eagan, Philadelphia (140)

Triple Crown

 

 

 

 

LEAGUE LEADERS

Bold denotes DML record, Italics denotes league record 

 

 

AL

NL

Batting Average

Juan Gomez, Chicago (.361)

Joe Nash, Brooklyn (.356)

Home Runs

Hank Aaron, Chicago (43)

Ron Boone, Brooklyn (47)

RBIs

Hank Aaron, Chicago (127)

Bill Eagan, Philadelphia (140)

Doubles

Oris Prichard, Cleveland (35)

Billy Sloan, Milwaukee (42)

Triples

Shags Breckinridge, Detroit (11)

Ron Boone, Brooklyn (15)

Stolen Bases

Lou Couto, New York (42)

Harry Judnich, Cincinnati (34)

Runs

Tony Jimenez, Washington (129)

Bill Manning, Philadelphia (131)

Wins

Toots Wilson, Chicago (26)

Pat Frederick, Brooklyn (23)

Losses

Freddy Brynan, Baltimore (24)

Johnny Aparicio, Cincinnati (21)

ERA

Kid Anderson, Baltimore (2.28)

Bob Buhl, Milwaukee (1.91)

Innings Pitched

Kid Anderson, Baltimore (276)

Pat Frederick, Brooklyn (286)

Complete Games

Kid Anderson, Baltimore (20)

Pat Frederick, Brooklyn (16)

Shutouts

T. Seaver, WAS; B. Hopkins, CHI; K. Fleming, CLE; K. Anderson, BAL (4)

Pat Frederick, Brooklyn (6)

Saves

Dave Ponder, Washington (53)

Roger Boop, New York (48)

 

 

NOTABLE EVENTS

 

League:

Under new ownership, Washington Dictators del Mundo renamed Washington Senators

Under new ownership, Boston Celtics renamed Boston Red Sox

 

Pitching:

Deacon Phillipe one-hits Baltimore

Deacon Phillipe one-hits Kansas City

Kid Anderson beats Deacon Phillipe with a two-hitter

 

 

Batting:

 

Cubs SS Mike Barrios hits 3 HR against Cincinnatti

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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