# 1953 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1953 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 71st in franchise history. They tied with the St. Louis Cardinals for third place in the National League with an 83–71 win–loss record.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 105 | 49 | .682 | — | 60‍–‍17 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 92 | 62 | .597 | 13 | 45‍–‍31 | 47‍–‍31 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 71 | .539 | 22 | 48‍–‍29 | 35‍–‍42 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 71 | .539 | 22 | 48‍–‍30 | 35‍–‍41 |
| New York Giants | 70 | 84 | .455 | 35 | 38‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Cincinnati Redlegs | 68 | 86 | .442 | 37 | 38‍–‍39 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Chicago Cubs | 65 | 89 | .422 | 40 | 43‍–‍34 | 22‍–‍55 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 104 | .325 | 55 | 26‍–‍51 | 24‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1953 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BR | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Brooklyn | — | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 20–2 | 15–7 |
| Chicago | 9–13–1 | — | 12–10 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 11–11 | 11–11 |
| Cincinnati | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 7–15–1 |
| Milwaukee | 9–13 | 14–8 | 14–8 | — | 14–8–1 | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 |
| New York | 7–15 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–14–1 | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 9–13 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | — | 15–7 | 11–11–1 |
| Pittsburgh | 2–20 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 7–15 | — | 5–17 |
| St. Louis | 7–15 | 11–11 | 15–7–1 | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 17–5 | — |

### Game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Phillies tie |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1953 Game Log Overall Record: 83–71–2 :
April (9–4–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 14Giants1–4Larry Jansen (1–0)Robin Roberts (0–1)None1,9220–1
2April 15Giants8–1Curt Simmons (1–0)Al Corwin (0–1)None4,7871–1
3April 16@ Pirates12–14Murry Dickson (1–1)Andy Hansen (0–1)None16,2201–2
–April 17@ PiratesPostponed (rain and cold, cold weather); Makeup: May 21
–April 18@ PiratesPostponed (snow, cold); Makeup: May 27 as a traditional double-header
–April 19@ GiantsPostponed (cold); Makeup: July 7 as a traditional double-header
4April 20@ Giants2–1Robin Roberts (1–1)Larry Jansen (1–1)None2,5382–2
5April 21Dodgers7–1Curt Simmons (2–0)Russ Meyer (1–1)None14,3093–2
6April 22Dodgers5–4Karl Drews (1–0)Billy Loes (1–1)None15,9844–2
7April 23Dodgers6–1Robin Roberts (2–1)Johnny Podres (0–2)None25,5085–2
8April 24Pirates5–3Jim Konstanty (1–0)Bob Hall (0–1)None6,5066–2
9April 25Pirates7–6Curt Simmons (3–0)Johnny Lindell (0–2)Andy Hansen (1)6,2657–2
10April 26 (1)Pirates7–5Robin Roberts (3–1)Bob Friend (1–1)Nonesee 2nd game8–2
11April 26 (2)Pirates8–1Karl Drews (2–0)Bill Macdonald (0–1)None18,4909–2
12April 28Cardinals5–6Harvey Haddix (2–1)Jim Konstanty (1–1)Gerry Staley (1)12,2819–3
13April 29Cardinals0–1 (11)Al Brazle (1–1)Curt Simmons (3–1)None16,3219–4
14April 30Cardinals1–1 (5)NoneNoneNone12,8709–4–1 :
May (11–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
15May 1Braves2–5Jim Wilson (1–0)Karl Drews (2–1)None9,4729–5–1
–May 2BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 21 as a traditional double-header
16May 3 (1)Cubs5–1Robin Roberts (4–1)Bob Rush (2–2)Nonesee 2nd game10–5–1
17May 3 (2)Cubs2–0Curt Simmons (4–1)Warren Hacker (1–3)None15,30011–5–1
18May 4Cubs8–4Jim Konstanty (2–1)Johnny Klippstein (1–1)None8,52612–5–1
–May 5CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 10 as a traditional double-header
–May 6RedlegsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 16 as a traditional double-header
–May 7RedlegsPostponed (rain, wet grounds); Makeup: August 31 (Game 1) as a traditional double-header
–May 8@ DodgersPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 9 as a double-header
19May 9 (1)@ Dodgers6–7Ben Wade (2–0)Robin Roberts (4–2)None19,25712–6–1
20May 9 (2)@ Dodgers8–4Curt Simmons (5–1)Joe Black (2–2)None25,02513–6–1
21May 10@ Dodgers0–5Billy Loes (4–1)Karl Drews (2–2)None23,84313–7–1
22May 12@ Cardinals6–5Jim Konstanty (3–1)Joe Presko (1–2)Andy Hansen (2)9,24714–7–1
–May 13@ CardinalsPostponed (rain, cold, cold and wet grounds); Makeup: June 27 as a double-header
–May 14@ CubsPostponed (cold weather); Makeup: August 9 as a traditional double-header
23May 15@ Cubs1–0Robin Roberts (5–2)Warren Hacker (1–5)None6,53115–7–1
24May 16@ Braves3–0Curt Simmons (6–1)Don Liddle (1–1)None23,57816–7–1
–May 17 (1)@ BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 16 as a traditional double-header
–May 17 (2)@ BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 18
25May 18@ Braves0–4Bob Buhl (2–1)Karl Drews (2–3)None22,23716–8–1
26May 19@ Redlegs6–3Robin Roberts (6–2)Harry Perkowski (1–3)None8,56117–8–1
27May 20@ Redlegs5–14Joe Nuxhall (1–0)Curt Simmons (6–2)None2,89017–9–1
28May 21@ Pirates2–7Murry Dickson (4–4)Karl Drews (2–4)None7,50717–10–1
29May 23Dodgers0–2Preacher Roe (2–2)Robin Roberts (6–3)None31,53217–11–1
30May 24Dodgers2–16Johnny Podres (1–2)Curt Simmons (6–3)Carl Erskine (1)24,71517–12–1
31May 25Dodgers9–11Bob Milliken (1–0)Jim Konstanty (3–2)Joe Black (2)22,06717–13–1
32May 27 (1)@ Pirates14–2Robin Roberts (7–3)Murry Dickson (4–5)Nonesee 2nd game18–13–1
33May 27 (2)@ Pirates6–8Roy Face (2–0)Karl Drews (2–5)Murry Dickson (2)16,93518–14–1
34May 28@ Pirates9–8Jim Konstanty (4–2)Paul LaPalme (2–4)None2,43719–14–1
35May 29@ Giants12–3Curt Simmons (7–3)Larry Jansen (4–4)None6,25320–14–1
–May 30 (1)@ GiantsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 15 as a traditional double-header
–May 30 (2)@ GiantsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 16 as a traditional double-header
–May 31GiantsPostponed (wet grounds); Makeup: August 22 as a traditional double-header :
June (17–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
36June 2Cardinals5–0Robin Roberts (8–3)Cliff Chambers (0–3)None15,06421–14–1
37June 3 (1)Cardinals3–5Vinegar Bend Mizell (5–2)Curt Simmons (7–4)Al Brazle (8)see 2nd game21–15–1
38June 3 (2)Cardinals6–5Steve Ridzik (1–0)Al Brazle (2–3)Andy Hansen (3)31,10422–15–1
39June 4Cardinals6–5 (10)Steve Ridzik (2–0)Hal White (0–1)None8,99423–15–1
40June 5Braves2–3 (10)Warren Spahn (6–1)Jim Konstanty (4–3)None16,02523–16–1
41June 6Braves6–2Robin Roberts (9–3)Jim Wilson (2–3)None9,14424–16–1
42June 7 (1)Braves0–6Johnny Antonelli (6–1)Steve Ridzik (2–1)Nonesee 2nd game24–17–1
43June 7 (2)Braves3–5Bob Buhl (4–2)Thornton Kipper (0–1)Lew Burdette (4)20,09824–18–1
44June 8Cubs7–3Steve Ridzik (3–1)Paul Minner (2–6)None2,85125–18–1
45June 9Cubs10–9Thornton Kipper (1–1)Dutch Leonard (1–2)None6,90326–18–1
46June 10 (1)Cubs9–1Robin Roberts (10–3)Johnny Klippstein (4–5)Nonesee 2nd game27–18–1
47June 10 (2)Cubs8–5Jim Konstanty (5–3)Warren Hacker (2–10)Karl Drews (1)15,00028–18–1
48June 12Redlegs1–4Jackie Collum (1–1)Thornton Kipper (1–2)None6,51028–19–1
–June 13RedlegsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 31 (Game 2) as a traditional double-header
49June 14 (1)Redlegs1–2Ken Raffensberger (2–6)Robin Roberts (10–4)Nonesee 2nd game28–20–1
50June 14 (2)Redlegs4–1Karl Drews (3–5)Joe Nuxhall (3–3)Bob Miller (1)9,39129–20–1
51June 16 (1)@ Braves5–6 (10)Lew Burdette (6–0)Kent Peterson (0–1)Nonesee 2nd game29–21–1
52June 16 (2)@ Braves2–3Max Surkont (9–1)Jim Konstanty (5–4)None33,96229–22–1
53June 17@ Braves6–9Warren Spahn (8–1)Bob Miller (0–1)Lew Burdette (6)32,77129–23–1
–June 18@ BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 31 as a traditional double-header
54June 19@ Redlegs10–3Robin Roberts (11–4)Ken Raffensberger (2–7)None10,78030–23–1
55June 20@ Redlegs3–1Karl Drews (4–5)Joe Nuxhall (3–4)Bob Miller (2)4,04331–23–1
56June 21 (1)@ Redlegs5–2Jim Konstanty (6–4)Harry Perkowski (1–6)Nonesee 2nd game32–23–1
57June 21 (2)@ Redlegs3–5Fred Baczewski (1–0)Steve Ridzik (3–2)None14,99232–24–1
58June 23@ Cubs6–1Robin Roberts (12–4)Bob Rush (4–7)None7,91933–24–1
59June 24@ Cubs8–2Karl Drews (5–5)Paul Minner (3–8)None7,22034–24–1
60June 25@ Cubs13–2Jim Konstanty (7–4)Howie Pollet (2–3)None6,13535–24–1
61June 26@ Cardinals0–7Stu Miller (2–3)Steve Ridzik (3–3)None11,31735–25–1
62June 27 (1)@ Cardinals4–7Gerry Staley (11–2)Robin Roberts (12–5)None7,40735–26–1
63June 27 (2)@ Cardinals3–4Harvey Haddix (10–3)Bob Miller (0–2)None17,07535–27–1
64June 28@ Cardinals4–3 (11)Jim Konstanty (8–4)Hal White (1–2)None17,71036–27–1
65June 30@ Dodgers10–9 (10)Jim Konstanty (9–4)Joe Black (5–3)Karl Drews (2)23,95637–27–1 :
July (17–15–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
66July 1@ Dodgers4–5 (10)Johnny Podres (3–2)Robin Roberts (12–6)None19,37637–28–1
67July 2@ Dodgers0–8Carl Erskine (6–4)Karl Drews (5–6)None9,22337–29–1
68July 3Giants5–1Jim Konstanty (10–4)Larry Jansen (7–7)None4,49938–29–1
69July 4 (1)Giants2–4Rubén Gómez (5–4)Curt Simmons (7–5)Hoyt Wilhelm (14)see 2nd game38–30–1
70July 4 (2)Giants10–4Thornton Kipper (2–2)Jim Hearn (6–5)None23,66439–30–1
71July 5 (1)@ Pirates2–0 (10)Robin Roberts (13–6)Murry Dickson (7–9)Nonesee 2nd game40–30–1
72July 5 (2)@ Pirates4–7Jim Waugh (1–0)Steve Ridzik (3–4)Paul LaPalme (1)11,40440–31–1
73July 6@ Giants0–6Al Worthington (1–0)Bob Miller (0–3)None6,65040–32–1
74July 7 (1)@ Giants3–5Marv Grissom (3–6)Jim Konstanty (10–5)Hoyt Wilhelm (15)see 2nd game40–33–1
75July 7 (2)@ Giants1–9Al Corwin (5–2)Thornton Kipper (2–3)None34,73640–34–1
76July 8Dodgers4–8Billy Loes (11–5)Karl Drews (5–7)None22,60140–35–1
77July 9Dodgers6–5Bob Miller (1–3)Jim Hughes (2–2)Jim Konstanty (1)21,98941–35–1
78July 10Pirates13–3Curt Simmons (8–5)Murry Dickson (7–10)None6,46642–35–1
79July 11Pirates8–4Steve Ridzik (4–4)Murry Dickson (7–11)None3,60843–35–1
80July 12 (1)Pirates6–4Robin Roberts (14–6)Roy Face (3–3)Nonesee 2nd game44–35–1
81July 12 (2)Pirates6–5Steve Ridzik (5–4)Paul LaPalme (3–10)None10,80645–35–1
–July 141953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Crosley Field in Cincinnati
82July 16 (1)Redlegs3–1Robin Roberts (15–6)Bud Podbielan (5–9)Nonesee 2nd game46–35–1
83July 16 (2)Redlegs3–2Bob Miller (2–3)Ken Raffensberger (5–8)None19,83447–35–1
84July 17Redlegs2–3Harry Perkowski (7–7)Curt Simmons (8–6)Clyde King (2)6,01347–36–1
85July 18Redlegs0–11Jackie Collum (3–4)Jim Konstanty (10–6)None3,20147–37–1
86July 19 (1)Cubs3–5Paul Minner (6–10)Karl Drews (5–8)Howie Pollet (1)see 2nd game47–38–1
87July 19 (2)Cubs6–5Thornton Kipper (3–3)Johnny Klippstein (5–8)None8,68948–38–1
88July 21 (1)Braves10–0Robin Roberts (16–6)Bob Buhl (6–5)Nonesee 2nd game49–38–1
89July 21 (2)Braves3–7Johnny Antonelli (9–5)Curt Simmons (8–7)None35,17449–39–1
90July 22Braves6–3Jim Konstanty (11–6)Warren Spahn (12–4)Karl Drews (3)12,75650–39–1
–July 23BravesPostponed (rain, wet grounds); Makeup: August 25 as a traditional double-header
91July 24Cardinals2–1Bob Miller (3–3)Harvey Haddix (11–4)None15,95351–39–1
92July 25Cardinals3–0Robin Roberts (17–6)Vinegar Bend Mizell (8–6)None27,00352–39–1
93July 26Cardinals6–8Al Brazle (4–4)Curt Simmons (8–8)None14,43652–40–1
94July 28@ Redlegs4–5Harry Perkowski (9–7)Bob Miller (3–4)None15,53352–41–1
95July 29@ Redlegs4–13Jackie Collum (4–5)Robin Roberts (17–7)None13,28252–42–1
96July 30@ Redlegs17–8Steve Ridzik (6–4)Frank Smith (5–1)None2,77353–42–1
97July 31 (1)@ Braves5–1Robin Roberts (18–7)Johnny Antonelli (9–7)Nonesee 2nd game54–42–1
98July 31 (2)@ Braves0–0 (12)NoneNoneNone29,80254–42–2 :
August (19–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
99August 1@ Braves0–5Warren Spahn (14–4)Jim Konstanty (11–7)None23,79154–43–2
100August 2 (1)@ Braves4–1Curt Simmons (9–8)Don Liddle (4–4)Nonesee 2nd game55–43–2
101August 2 (2)@ Braves1–6Bob Buhl (8–5)Steve Ridzik (6–5)None31,30055–44–2
102August 3@ Cardinals3–8Vinegar Bend Mizell (9–6)Jim Konstanty (11–8)Al Brazle (11)11,58055–45–2
103August 4@ Cardinals8–1Robin Roberts (19–7)Gerry Staley (13–6)None12,63656–45–2
104August 5@ Cardinals7–3Bob Miller (4–4)Willard Schmidt (0–1)None6,53857–45–2
105August 6@ Cardinals0–2Harvey Haddix (14–4)Curt Simmons (9–9)None9,07357–46–2
106August 7@ Cubs5–4Steve Ridzik (7–5)Paul Minner (7–12)Jim Konstanty (2)4,49958–46–2
107August 8@ Cubs1–4Howie Pollet (4–4)Robin Roberts (19–8)None12,63658–47–2
108August 9 (1)@ Cubs7–0Bob Miller (5–4)Bob Rush (6–10)Nonesee 2nd game59–47–2
109August 9 (2)@ Cubs5–6Johnny Klippstein (7–9)Jim Konstanty (11–9)None22,08859–48–2
110August 11@ Pirates3–0Curt Simmons (10–9)Murry Dickson (8–16)None8,98560–48–2
111August 12@ Pirates8–4Robin Roberts (20–8)Johnny Lindell (5–13)None6,50561–48–2
112August 13@ Pirates3–4Paul LaPalme (6–13)Bob Miller (5–5)None2,37361–49–2
–August 14@ GiantsPostponed (rain, Hurricane Barbara); Makeup: August 17 as a traditional double-header
113August 15 (1)@ Giants1–4Marv Grissom (4–7)Curt Simmons (10–10)Nonesee 2nd game61–50–2
114August 15 (2)@ Giants5–2Jim Konstanty (12–9)Larry Jansen (10–10)None9,87362–50–2
115August 16 (1)@ Giants1–8Jim Hearn (7–7)Robin Roberts (20–9)Nonesee 2nd game62–51–2
116August 16 (2)@ Giants3–4Rubén Gómez (10–6)Karl Drews (5–9)None16,92662–52–2
117August 17 (1)@ Giants5–2Bob Miller (6–5)Dave Koslo (3–10)Jim Konstanty (3)see 2nd game63–52–2
118August 17 (2)@ Giants0–6Al Corwin (6–2)Andy Hansen (0–2)None2,88563–53–2
119August 18Pirates1–0Steve Ridzik (8–5)Paul LaPalme (6–14)Robin Roberts (1)3,94564–53–2
120August 19Pirates3–5Roy Face (6–5)Curt Simmons (10–11)None4,55464–54–2
121August 20Pirates2–5Jim Waugh (3–3)Robin Roberts (20–10)None4,37664–55–2
122August 21Giants7–6Steve Ridzik (9–5)Dave Koslo (3–11)Jim Konstanty (4)15,92565–55–2
123August 22 (1)Giants7–1Karl Drews (6–9)Sal Maglie (8–9)Nonesee 2nd game66–55–2
124August 22 (2)Giants6–5Jim Konstanty (13–9)Al Worthington (2–5)Robin Roberts (2)22,55467–55–2
125August 23Giants6–3Curt Simmons (11–11)Larry Jansen (10–11)None12,92968–55–2
126August 25 (1)Braves6–1Robin Roberts (21–10)Johnny Antonelli (10–9)Nonesee 2nd game69–55–2
127August 25 (2)Braves2–6Lew Burdette (13–2)Bob Miller (6–6)None31,59669–56–2
128August 26Braves6–5Karl Drews (7–9)Bob Buhl (10–7)Jim Konstanty (5)13,91870–56–2
129August 28Cubs5–0Curt Simmons (12–11)Howie Pollet (4–7)None5,95671–56–2
130August 29Cubs0–2Paul Minner (9–14)Robin Roberts (21–11)None5,15671–57–2
131August 30 (1)Redlegs4–2Karl Drews (8–9)Jackie Collum (7–9)Nonesee 2nd game72–57–2
132August 30 (2)Redlegs4–3Jim Konstanty (14–9)Ken Raffensberger (7–12)None9,42273–57–2
133August 31 (1)Redlegs6–12Joe Nuxhall (7–9)Bob Miller (6–7)Fred Baczewski (1)see 2nd game73–58–2
134August 31 (2)Redlegs5–7Harry Perkowski (11–9)Jim Konstanty (14–10)None9,49073–59–2 :
September (10–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 2Cardinals7–10Hal White (5–5)Robin Roberts (21–12)Al Brazle (14)11,96473–60–2
136September 3Cardinals2–1Curt Simmons (13–11)Harvey Haddix (16–8)None8,15474–60–2
137September 6@ Pirates7–2Karl Drews (9–9)Roy Face (6–6)None5,89075–60–2
138September 7 (1)@ Dodgers2–6Carl Erskine (18–6)Robin Roberts (21–13)Nonesee 2nd game75–61–2
139September 7 (2)@ Dodgers2–6Billy Loes (13–7)Curt Simmons (13–12)None33,33775–62–2
140September 8@ Braves2–3Johnny Antonelli (12–10)Johnny Lindell (5–17)None28,62975–63–2
141September 9@ Braves2–0Bob Miller (7–7)Warren Spahn (19–7)None31,04976–63–2
142September 11@ Redlegs5–6Harry Perkowski (12–9)Robin Roberts (21–14)Frank Smith (2)4,73776–64–2
143September 12@ Redlegs2–3Joe Nuxhall (8–10)Karl Drews (9–10)None2,19076–65–2
144September 13@ Cardinals3–17Harvey Haddix (18–8)Curt Simmons (13–13)None11,84176–66–2
145September 14@ Cardinals6–5Johnny Lindell (6–17)Vinegar Bend Mizell (13–9)None5,21477–66–2
146September 15@ Cubs4–2Robin Roberts (22–14)Paul Minner (10–15)None3,18578–66–2
147September 16@ Cubs4–7Howie Pollet (6–7)Bob Miller (7–8)Bubba Church (1)3,44878–67–2
148September 17@ Cubs16–4Curt Simmons (14–13)Don Elston (0–1)None2,79379–67–2
149September 19@ Dodgers4–5Russ Meyer (15–5)Robin Roberts (22–15)None9,05779–68–2
150September 20 (1)@ Dodgers4–5Ben Wade (7–5)Steve Ridzik (9–6)Nonesee 2nd game79–69–2
151September 20 (2)@ Dodgers2–1 (5)Bob Miller (8–8)Billy Loes (13–8)None23,55880–69–2
152September 22Giants9–3Curt Simmons (15–13)Larry Jansen (10–16)None4,10081–69–2
153September 23Giants2–1Robin Roberts (23–15)Marv Grissom (6–8)None4,03082–69–2
154September 25Dodgers3–4Clem Labine (11–6)Bob Miller (8–9)None11,32482–70–2
155September 26Dodgers2–1 (10)Curt Simmons (16–13)Bob Milliken (8–4)None15,04683–70–2
156September 27Dodgers2–8Billy Loes (14–8)Robin Roberts (23–16)Ben Wade (3)16,63783–71–2 :
The second game on July 5 was suspended (Sunday curfew) in the top of the seventh inning with the score 0–7 and was completed August 11, 1953.
The original schedule indicated single games on September 20 and 21. :

### Roster
## 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 |
| C | Smoky Burgess | 102 | 312 | 91 | .292 | 4 | 36 |
| 1B | Earl Torgeson | 111 | 379 | 104 | .274 | 11 | 64 |
| 2B | Granny Hamner | 154 | 609 | 168 | .276 | 21 | 92 |
| SS | Ted Kazanski | 95 | 360 | 78 | .217 | 2 | 27 |
| 3B | Willie Jones | 149 | 481 | 108 | .225 | 19 | 70 |
| OF | Del Ennis | 152 | 578 | 165 | .285 | 29 | 125 |
| OF | Johnny Wyrostek | 125 | 409 | 111 | .271 | 6 | 47 |
| OF | Richie Ashburn | 156 | 622 | 205 | .330 | 2 | 57 |

#### 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 |
| Connie Ryan | 90 | 247 | 73 | .296 | 5 | 26 |
| Eddie Waitkus | 81 | 247 | 72 | .291 | 1 | 16 |
| Stan Lopata | 81 | 234 | 56 | .239 | 8 | 31 |
| Mel Clark | 60 | 198 | 59 | .298 | 0 | 19 |
| Tommy Glaviano | 53 | 74 | 15 | .203 | 3 | 5 |
| Bill Nicholson | 38 | 62 | 13 | .210 | 2 | 16 |
| Jack Lohrke | 12 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Mayo | 5 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Palys | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Robin Roberts | 44 | 346.2 | 23 | 16 | 2.75 | 198 |
| Curt Simmons | 32 | 238.0 | 16 | 13 | 3.21 | 138 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Karl Drews | 47 | 185.1 | 9 | 10 | 4.52 | 72 |
| Jim Konstanty | 48 | 170.2 | 14 | 10 | 4.43 | 45 |
| Bob Miller | 35 | 157.1 | 8 | 9 | 4.00 | 63 |
| Steve Ridzik | 42 | 124.0 | 9 | 6 | 3.77 | 53 |
| Johnny Lindell | 5 | 23.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.24 | 16 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Andy Hansen | 30 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.03 | 17 |
| Thornton Kipper | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.73 | 15 |
| Kent Peterson | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.67 | 20 |
| Paul Stuffel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |
| Tom Qualters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.00 | 0 |

## Awards and honors
### League leaders

* Robin Roberts, National League leader, complete games (33). Nobody had more complete games in one season throughout the 1950s.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Baltimore Orioles | International League | Don Heffner |
| A | Schenectady Blue Jays | Eastern League | Skeeter Newsome |
| A | Spokane Indians | Western International League | Don Osborn |
| B | Terre Haute Phillies | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Hub Kittle |
| C | Salt Lake City Bees | Pioneer League | Eddie Murphy and Charlie Gassaway |
| C | Granby Phillies | Provincial League | Al Barillari |
| D | Pulaski Phillies | Appalachian League | Al Gardella |
| D | Mattoon Phillies | Mississippi–Ohio Valley League | Jim Deery |
| D | Bradford Phillies | PONY League | John Davenport |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane, Salt Lake City