 |  | 10-15-1953 |  | | | | | | | | | | |  | New York Yankees |  | | 1st place 99-55 (.643) M# Clinched Last 10: 5-5 R: 893 RA: 685 Payroll: $4,905,023 |
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| | | | | Catchers | | # | B | Player | Pos | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | .AVG | OBP | SLG | | 40 | R | Del Crandall | C | 134 | 543 | 156 | 22 | 104 | 90 | 34 | 62 | .287 | .325 | .451 | | 65 | R | Les Fusselman | C | 44 | 87 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 7 | .172 | .255 | .287 | | | | | Outfielders | | # | B | Player | Pos | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | .AVG | OBP | SLG | | 35 | R | Ken Wood | LF | 151 | 589 | 225 | 39 | 151 | 121 | 87 | 45 | .382 | .457 | .676 | | 51 | R | Joe DiMaggio | CF | 98 | 409 | 129 | 18 | 76 | 71 | 33 | 11 | .315 | .371 | .523 | | 48 | L | Gus Bell | CF | 140 | 461 | 140 | 17 | 95 | 80 | 53 | 22 | .304 | .370 | .516 | | 86 | L | Rocky Nelson | RF | 73 | 71 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 5 | .211 | .333 | .352 | | 7 | L | Cal Abrams | RF | 128 | 500 | 162 | 14 | 69 | 110 | 72 | 40 | .324 | .407 | .474 | | | | Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | CF Luis Marquez | broken bone in elbow | 6-7 weeks | On DL, eligible for return (60-day DL) | | LF Jon Zontini | partially torn ulnar collateral... | 2 weeks | On DL, eligible for return | | |
| | Team Information | | Record overall | 99-55, .643 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 48-29, .623 PCT | | Record on the road | 51-26, .662 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 11-4, .733 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 26-17, .605 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 27-13, .675 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 72-42, .632 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 12-5, .706 PCT | | Record in May | 18-13, .581 PCT | | Record in June | 14-15, .483 PCT | | Record in July | 22-6, .786 PCT | | Record in August | 22-6, .786 PCT | | Record in September | 11-10, .524 PCT | | | | Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .285 - 1st in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .355 - 1st in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .451 - 1st in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .806 - 1st in AL | | Runs Scored | 893 - 1st in AL | | Hits | 1550 - 1st in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 511 - 1st in AL | | Home Runs | 157 - 3rd in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 608 - 1st in AL | | Strikeouts | 557 - 2nd in AL | | Stolen Bases | 75 - 2nd in AL | | | | Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.78 - 2nd in AL | | Starters' ERA | 3.80 - 2nd in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.55 - 2nd in AL | | Runs allowed | 685 - 2nd in AL | | Hits allowed | 1397 - 2nd in AL | | Opponents AVG | .258 - 2nd in AL | | BABIP | .271 - 2nd in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 137 - 2nd in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 506 - 4th in AL | | Strikeouts | 631 - 3rd in AL | | | |
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