1953 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 78-76
Finished 4th in the SA
Manager: Mayo Smith (78-76)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 207,612, Avg. 2,696
1953 Birmingham Barons Roster

Playoffs - Birmingham Barons 4 games, Memphis Chicks 1
Finals - Nashville Vols 4 games, Birmingham Barons 1

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the SA.

The Barons plated 757 runs and conceded 737 runs. Norm Siebern paced Birmingham with 21 home runs, while Emil Tellinger and Gus Triandos walloped 15 or more, too. Emil Tellinger accounted for 99 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .316 clip. Red Crowder, Tom Sturdivant and Johnny Kucab led the squad with 10 wins each, and Tom Sturdivant registered a 2.98 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1953 Birmingham Barons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al Cicotte, Charles George, Bill Kennedy, Tom Kirk, Bobby Kline, Johnny Kucab, Don Leppert, Tommy O'Brien, Norm Siebern, Hal Smith, Tom Sturdivant, Gus Triandos and Bill Virdon.

Mayo Smith served as manager.


Click on column headings to sort.

Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Red Crowder104.7143.2638731127.0139654694269225
Tom Sturdivant107.5882.9847311139.013070461361104909
Johnny Kucab108.5564.56252383156.01849779153859402
Pete Mallory62.750210.0
Bill Kennedy67.4623.392951085.087453272235100
Ed Grenkoski55.5004.2612114074.088443562029100
Emil Patrick43.5714.021074056.057252562416102
Dick Fiedler45.4443.7116114180.085393333726900
Robert Kerce45.4444.7113104063.078353323130403
Al Cicotte48.3335.1723182094.0735854710284106
Meredith Murray32.6002.091043.05217101023
Bill Freese36.3334.33291320106.01236351154544104
George Maier310.2316.1619152092.0102746365556306
Bobby Kline21.6676.52629.0291221218
Fred Robbins23.4004.4210102057.052302854533112
Tom Jayne101.0004.0029.080444
Neil Lettau101.0005.6258.01912551
Richard Carr0010.02110
John Wingo005.54413.0138885
Totals7876.5064.20320133037601231.01321694574945710626373390

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Emil Tellinger14156348466153361209977267.316.410.519.92925152
Norm Siebern150633537941512552197109182.281.387.464.85124923
Gus Triandos9741536770135263197544338.368.441.6101.05122450
Hal Smith1274734344913524236123430.311.364.396.76017223
George Moskovich1315104626113321265424348.288.350.381.73117614
Eugene Herbert1255364837313321284364247.275.337.377.71418238
Bobby Kline1134504075711524343923845.283.347.386.73315723
Joe Polich77353312518517143343020.272.342.372.71411638
Hal Grote11340133860851651053155981.251.366.417.78314122
Tommy O'Brien7531426839688073604027.254.359.362.7219742
Bill Virdon4218116427527231411721.317.381.439.8207200
Dave Waters311231151734510212717.296.341.357.6984110
Marty Carlson31978810222109258.250.298.295.5932613
Bill Casanova2078681720201120913.294.377.368.7442501
Don Leppert23857061910190137.271.386.329.7142302
Tom Sturdivant57787291910080510.264.312.278.5892001
Johnny Kucab256658712000100214.207.233.207.4401206
Jim Fiscalini123329292006044.310.394.379.7731100
George Maier1936332712010111.212.235.364.5991202
Al Cicotte263535460002004.171.171.171.343600
Neil Lettau516161530011.312.312.500.8128
Dick Fiedler163124340001049.167.286.167.452403
Robert Kerce1326210300010213.143.217.143.360303
Bill Kennedy2929242310001510.125.276.167.443400
Ed Grenkoski123027431001014.111.143.148.291402
Bill Freese293630130002049.100.206.100.306302
Fred Robbins1024201210010213.100.182.150.332302
Red Crowder3840371200000223.054.103.054.157201
Meredith Murray101815310001015.067.125.067.192102
Emil Patrick102221110000006.048.048.048.095101
Richard Carr1440000000.000.000.000.0000
Chuck Weiss3440000001.000.000.000.0000
Charlie Frey5440000.000.000.000.0000
Tom Kirk1110000.000.000.000.0000
Tom Jayne2110000000.000.000.000.0000
Lyle Westrum2440000.000.000.000.0000
Charles George50020000020
Totals162657505077740142024530107690620576686.280.357.403.76020460316600


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Gus Triandos1B89782551386.9859.404
Hal Grote1B5947729547.9908.576
George Moskovich2B1243013471484.9795.226
Eugene Herbert2B205868313.9776.300
Don Leppert2B14474029.9786.214
Eugene Herbert3B971121872322.9293.082
Joe Polich3B35286488.9202.629
Dave Waters3B24234986.9003.000
Hal SmithC12257086188.9735.3774
Jim FiscaliniC1038420.9554.2000
Norm SiebernOF14835513134.9662.486
Emil TellingerOF138212924.9911.601
Tommy O'BrienOF73128560.9571.822
Hal GroteOF4995730.9712.082
Bill VirdonOF4196741.9632.512
Marty CarlsonOF3040421.9571.467
Bill CasanovaOF1923110.9601.263
Tom SturdivantP4772351.857.638
Red CrowderP38623021.000.763
Bill KennedyP29319001.000.759
Bill FreeseP2931712.952.690
Johnny KucabP2582713.9721.400
Al CicotteP2338011.000.478
Pete MalloryP21.000
George MaierP1971734.8891.263
Dick FiedlerP1651721.9171.375
Robert KerceP1331122.8751.077
Ed GrenkoskiP1252111.9632.167
Fred RobbinsP104610.9091.000
Emil PatrickP104510.900.900
Meredith MurrayP10216041.0001.800
Bobby KlineP6.000
Neil LettauP5.000
John WingoP4.000
Tom JayneP2.000
Richard CarrP1.000
Bobby KlineSS1081982992868.9474.602
Joe PolichSS40821371727.9285.475
Totals156037251621189409.9663.427400

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.





Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.