1953 Boston Red Sox Organizational Leaders

1953 Boston Red Sox Minor League Teams, Rosters and Statistics

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Edward Sobczak	San Jose Red Sox	C	175	35	9	20
Harry Agganis	Louisville Colonels	AAA	167	38	9	23
Charlie Maxwell	Louisville Colonels	AAA	164	20	6	23
Don Buddin	Greensboro Patriots	B	163	37	7	25
Marty Keough	San Jose Red Sox	C	162	21	11	4
Albie Pearson	San Jose Red Sox	C	154	23	11	2
Stanley Roseboro	Greensboro Patriots	B	152	18	3	3
John Smith	Salisbury Rocots	D	148	29	8	5
Joseph Belcastro	Albany Senators	A	142	26	5	9
Al Van Alstyne	Albany Senators, Louisville Colonels	A, AAA	141	22	9	8

Batting Average Leaders

Player	Team	Level	Avg.	Hits	AB
Edward Sobczak	San Jose Red Sox	C	.337	175	519
Albie Pearson	San Jose Red Sox	C	.334	154	461
John Smith	Salisbury Rocots	D	.332	148	446
Leo Alarid	San Jose Red Sox	C	.330	92	279
Marty Keough	San Jose Red Sox	C	.330	162	491
Edward Irons	San Jose Red Sox	C	.320	70	219
Larry Isbell	Louisville Colonels	AAA	.317	40	126
Glenn Eury	Salisbury Rocots	D	.312	39	125
Joseph Belcastro	Albany Senators	A	.307	142	462
Robert Turk	San Jose Red Sox	C	.307	65	212

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	Level	HR
Don Buddin	Greensboro Patriots	B	25
Harry Agganis	Louisville Colonels	AAA	23
Charlie Maxwell	Louisville Colonels	AAA	23
Edward Sobczak	San Jose Red Sox	C	20
Armand Diferdinando	Salisbury Rocots	D	17
Ed Sadowski	Greensboro Patriots	B	17
Bill Kahler	Greensboro Patriots	B	15
Robert Broome	Louisville Colonels	AAA	14
Richard Hidalgo	Roanoke Ro-Sox, Greensboro Patriots	B	13
Bruce Weaver	Salisbury Rocots	D	13

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	Level	2B
Harry Agganis	Louisville Colonels	AAA	38
Don Buddin	Greensboro Patriots	B	37
Edward Sobczak	San Jose Red Sox	C	35
John Smith	Salisbury Rocots	D	29
Frank Staucet	Albany Senators	A	28
Richard Hidalgo	Roanoke Ro-Sox, Greensboro Patriots	B	27
Joseph Belcastro	Albany Senators	A	26
Bill Kahler	Greensboro Patriots	B	25
Stan Hollmig	Louisville Colonels	AAA	24
Albie Pearson	San Jose Red Sox	C	23
Ed Sadowski	Greensboro Patriots, Albany Senators	A, B	23

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	Level	3B
Armand Diferdinando	Roanoke Ro-Sox, Salisbury Rocots	B, D	12
Marty Keough	San Jose Red Sox	C	11
Albie Pearson	San Jose Red Sox	C	11
John Charvat	Greensboro Patriots	B	10
Harry Agganis	Louisville Colonels	AAA	9
Edward Sobczak	San Jose Red Sox	C	9
Al Van Alstyne	Louisville Colonels, Albany Senators	A, AAA	9
John Smith	Salisbury Rocots	D	8
Don Buddin	Greensboro Patriots	B	7
Mike Durock	Albany Senators	A	7
John Pfeiffer	Roanoke Ro-Sox	B	7
Carmine Vinci	Roanoke Ro-Sox, Salisbury Rocots	B, D	7

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	Level	RBI
Harry Agganis	Louisville Colonels	AAA	108
Charlie Maxwell	Louisville Colonels	AAA	107
Robert Broome	Louisville Colonels	AAA	85
Stan Hollmig	Louisville Colonels	AAA	59
Lou Damman	Louisville Colonels	AAA	48
Al Richter	Louisville Colonels	AAA	48
Ed Lyons	Louisville Colonels	AAA	43
Bob DiPietro	Louisville Colonels	AAA	35
Pete Daley	Louisville Colonels	AAA	33
Ken Aspromonte	Louisville Colonels	AAA	28

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	Level	W	L
Clair Parkin	San Jose Red Sox	C	18	9
Ed Mayer	San Jose Red Sox	C	17	8
Tex Clevenger	San Jose Red Sox	C	16	2
Bull Palica	San Jose Red Sox	C	15	5
Joe Tully	Albany Senators	A	15	8
Al Schroll	Greensboro Patriots	B	15	12
Bill Werle	Louisville Colonels	AAA	13	8
Duane Wilson	Greensboro Patriots	B	13	12
Dave Sisler	Albany Senators	A	12	7
Paul Aylward	Greensboro Patriots	B	12	8
Stan McWilliams	Albany Senators	A	12	11

ERA Leaders

Player	Team	Level	ERA	W	L
Tex Clevenger	San Jose Red Sox	C	1.51	16	2
Duane Wilson	Greensboro Patriots	B	2.21	13	12
Clair Parkin	San Jose Red Sox	C	2.27	18	9
Paul Aylward	Greensboro Patriots	B	2.39	12	8
Dave Sisler	Albany Senators	A	2.60	12	7
Bill Werle	Louisville Colonels	AAA	2.60	13	8
Bull Palica	San Jose Red Sox	C	2.61	15	5
Joe Tully	Albany Senators	A	3.08	15	8
Ed Mayer	San Jose Red Sox	C	3.16	17	8
Stan McWilliams	Albany Senators	A	3.36	12	11
Al Schroll	Greensboro Patriots	B	3.64	15	12

Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per league game to qualify for ERA leaders

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SHO
Bill Kennedy	Louisville Colonels	AAA	3
Bill Werle	Louisville Colonels	AAA	3
Al Curtis	Louisville Colonels	AAA	2
Ken Holcombe	Louisville Colonels	AAA	2
Russ Kemmerer	Louisville Colonels	AAA	2
Bill Henry	Louisville Colonels	AAA	1

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	Level	SO
Russ Kemmerer	Louisville Colonels	AAA	109
Al Curtis	Louisville Colonels	AAA	106
Frank Baumann	Louisville Colonels	AAA	95
Bill Kennedy	Louisville Colonels	AAA	95
Bill Werle	Louisville Colonels	AAA	58
Ken Holcombe	Louisville Colonels	AAA	57
Bill Henry	Louisville Colonels	AAA	46
Ike Delock	Louisville Colonels	AAA	43
Ralph Brickner	Louisville Colonels	AAA	36
Hersh Freeman	Louisville Colonels	AAA	31

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