1953 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 7th in the AA
Manager: Johnny Keane (64-90)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 84,995, Avg. 1,104

1953 Columbus Red Birds Roster

The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.

The Red Birds scored 613 runs and allowed 752 runs. Russ Derry led Columbus with 20 home runs Mo Mozzali drove in 72 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .294 clip. Ralph Beard paced the team with 14 wins, while Willard Schmidt registered a 3.02 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1953 Columbus Red Birds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Herb Moford, Dick Sisler, Danny Lynch, Lou Ciola, Willard Schmidt, Larry Miggins, Dick Bokelmann, Virgil Stallcup, Ralph Beard, Bill Sarni, Gary Blaylock, Fred Marolewski, John Romonosky, Billy Johnson and Russ Derry.

Johnny Keane served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ralph Beard	14	8	.636	4.02	33	27		11	1		197.0	211	95	88	12	87		82	8	1	7
James Kirk	8	15	.348	4.04	28	26		10	1		165.0	167	91	74	12	61		40	6	0	3
Hisel Patrick	7	5	.583	4.00	42	6		2	0		117.0	114	60	52	9	66		61	4	0	3
Gary Blaylock	7	13	.350	5.06	26	22		7	1		153.0	166	97	86	8	85		114	7	0	4
Robert Hoch	6	3	.667	3.34	12	6		2	1		62.0	56	26	23	8	21		27	0	1	0
Herb Moford	6	3	.667	3.91	37	5		3	1		99.0	87	51	43	8	57		50	4	0	3
Willard Schmidt	5	11	.312	3.02	24	17		6	0		131.0	115	52	44	12	49		77	1	0	1
John Romonosky	3	2	.600	3.75	10	8		3	1		60.0	62	39	25	4	36		45	0	0	1
Jack Cardey	2	5	.286	3.54	8	8		3	1		56.0	56	25	22	4	20		22	1	0	1
Bill Woop	2	5	.286	6.28	17	8		1	0		53.0	65	45	37	6	37		25	1	0	3
Dick Bokelmann	1	2	.333		14						0.0
Jim Michalec	1	5	.167	5.37	14	8		1	0		52.0	64	33	31	5	26		21	1	0	2
Gene Swinger	1	7	.125	5.95	16	8		3	1		65.0	90	53	43	8	21		28	3	0	3
Allan Suter	0	0		0.00	2			0			3.0	3	1	0		2		2
William Allen	0	4	.000		11						0.0
Totals	63	88	.417	4.21	294	149	0	52	8	0	1213.0	1256	668	568	96	568	0	594	36	2	31	0

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
Mo Mozzali	154	641	534	91	157	27	12	5	72	1		100	44	.294	.406	.418	.824	223	17	1	6
Virgil Stallcup	130	509	478	48	116	19	7	3	37	0		21	44	.243	.275	.331	.605	158	10	0	10
Bill Sarni	130	441	404	41	112	25	2	8	60	4		33	44	.277	.332	.408	.740	165	11	0	4
Russ Derry	141	532	450	67	111	17	3	20	65	5		79	111	.247	.363	.431	.794	194	4	3	0
Sherwin Dixon	152	581	485	68	109	13	2	3	33	11		84	71	.225	.348	.278	.627	135	5	8	4
Billy Johnson	113	432	374	52	87	16	2	4	37	0		52	40	.233	.329	.318	.648	119	12	2	4
Danny Lynch	117	365	324	38	67	8	1	3	31	1		36	41	.207	.286	.265	.552	86	14	0	5
Larry Miggins	78	302	282	25	63	11	1	10	47	2		16	55	.223	.272	.376	.648	106	12	3	1
Benjamin Downs	78	268	227	29	61	7	2	6	38	1		38	33	.269	.374	.396	.770	90	3	0	3
Roy Broome	52	211	191	25	59	9	6	3	21	4		17	29	.309	.368	.466	.834	89	4	1	2
Dick Sisler	39	144	132	17	46	8	2	4	29	0		10	8	.348	.399	.530	.929	70	0	1	1
Jim Neufeldt	93	248	219	21	44	4	1	0	15	5		26	38	.201	.286	.228	.514	50	2	0	3
Pete Riggan	59	159	140	19	41	2	3	6	23	3		18	24	.293	.373	.479	.852	67	5	0	1
Danny Baich	53	154	136	14	37	5	1	0	18	0		18	14	.272	.357	.324	.681	44	4	0	0
Bob Hyatt	29	111	101	11	21	6	1	1	14	0		8	13	.208	.273	.317	.590	32	4	1	1
William Killinger	15	67	59	11	15	4	0	1	10	0		7	9	.254	.333	.373	.706	22	1	0	1
James Kirk	31	61	58	8	13	1	0	1	5	0		3	14	.224	.262	.293	.555	17	0	0	0
Gary Blaylock	28	55	50	5	9	4	0	1	3	0		1	24	.180	.196	.320	.516	16	1	0	4
Ralph Beard	33	72	63	3	8	0	0	0	4	0		2	18	.127	.154	.127	.281	8	1	0	7
Hisel Patrick	43	34	33	1	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	10	.212	.212	.212	.424	7	2	0	1
Robert Hoch	14	28	27	2	5	0	0	0	2	1		0	6	.185	.185	.185	.370	5	0	0	1
Willard Schmidt	26	43	38	3	5	2	0	0	1	0		1	8	.132	.154	.184	.338	7	2	0	4
Ev Joyner	10	16	15	1	4	0	0	0	1	1		1	1	.267	.312	.267	.579	4	0	0	0
John Romonosky	12	22	21	1	4	2	0	0	2	0		1	1	.190	.227	.286	.513	6	0	0	0
William Allen	12	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	3	0	0	0
Dick Bokelmann	14	9	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.286	.444	.286	.730	2	0	0	0
Jim Michalec	14	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	0
Bill Woop	17	15	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	1	0	2
Gene Swinger	17	22	17	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		3	3	.059	.200	.059	.259	1	1	0	2
Herb Moford	38	22	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	7	.050	.136	.050	.186	1	1	0	0
Fran Haus	10	28	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		5	11	.043	.214	.043	.258	1	0	0	0
Totals	1752	5611	4939	609	1211	190	46	79	570	39	0	585	737	.245	.328	.350	.678	1730	117	20	67	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mo Mozzali	1B	153	1360	116	10	155	.993	9.647
Virgil Stallcup	2B	110	228	302	16	62	.971	4.818
Danny Lynch	2B	34	62	87	8	18	.949	4.382
Sherwin Dixon	2B	15	43	45	3	18	.967	5.867
Billy Johnson	3B	105	94	185	17	15	.943	2.657
Danny Lynch	3B	32	18	60	14	6	.848	2.438
Bob Hyatt	3B	24	17	35	7	2	.881	2.167
Bill Sarni	C	109	464	42	7	7	.986	4.642	5
Danny Baich	C	38	193	20	4	3	.982	5.605	1
Pete Riggan	C	14	66	12	4	1	.951	5.571	1
Russ Derry	OF	131	258	19	8	8	.972	2.115
Jim Neufeldt	OF	77	136	3	1	0	.993	1.805
Larry Miggins	OF	73	140	4	3	0	.980	1.973
Benjamin Downs	OF	65	118	3	2	0	.984	1.862
Roy Broome	OF	52	135	7	3	2	.979	2.731
Dick Sisler	OF	38	55	3	5	0	.921	1.526
Pete Riggan	OF	34	42	5	2	1	.959	1.382
Danny Lynch	OF	18	22	3	0	1	1.000	1.389
William Killinger	OF	15	32	2	1	0	.971	2.267
Hisel Patrick	P	42	8	25	3	2	.917	.786
Herb Moford	P	37	5	20	2	4	.926	.676
Ralph Beard	P	33	17	36	2	5	.964	1.606
James Kirk	P	28	14	39	2	6	.964	1.893
Gary Blaylock	P	26	8	29	2	4	.949	1.423
Willard Schmidt	P	24	8	26	2	6	.944	1.417
Bill Woop	P	17	2	7	2	0	.818	.529
Jim Michalec	P	14	3	9	0	1	1.000	.857
Dick Bokelmann	P	14	4	9	3	1	.812	.929
Robert Hoch	P	12	4	13	3	2	.850	1.417
William Allen	P	11	2	0	0	0	1.000	.182
John Romonosky	P	10	6	4	2	1	.833	1.000
Jack Cardey	P	8						.000
Allan Suter	P	2						.000
Sherwin Dixon	SS	134	248	396	28	96	.958	4.806
Virgil Stallcup	SS	18	26	55	3	16	.964	4.500
Danny Lynch	SS	15	24	26	2	12	.962	3.333
Totals		1582	3862	1647	171	455	.970	3.482	7	0	0

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.

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