1953 Cedar Rapids Indians Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 63-65
Finished 5th in the IIIL
Manager: Al Kubski (0-0), Bill Prince (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 93,501, Avg. 1,461
1953 Cedar Rapids Indians Roster

The Cedar Rapids Indians of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1953 season with a record of 63 wins and 65 losses, finishing fifth in the IIIL.

The Indians scored 590 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 620 runs. Bob Coats topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .327 average. Joe Stanka led Cedar Rapids with 12 wins and a team-best 2.35 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1953 Cedar Rapids Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Fanning, Footer Johnson, Art Pennington, Joe Stanka and Andy Varga.

Al Kubski and Bill Prince 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
Joe Stanka128.6002.352320180.013159471187
Paul Hoffmeister117.6114.043615158.0137897111100
Grant Mitchell1115.4233.553729213.01951188416120
Darrell Rothrock99.5004.062916155.01668270858
Harry Wise56.4554.87181285.0964846739
Paul Schnieders44.5004.00161181.0834636642
Thomas Kerr31.7502.6810547.0431714315
Ray Coombs35.3756.069852.0674735426
Samuel Frazier24.3335.2520360.0674535934
Totals6059.5043.8219811900001031.098555143875521000000

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
Bob Coats1284954951622494.327.327.436.764216
Jim Fanning12045645612426516.272.272.456.728208
Earl Birnel1074324321091612.252.252.308.560133
Arnold Green10536336393751.256.256.311.567113
Elmer Westfall993563569212310.258.258.393.652140
Ray Bellino12842142185856.202.202.287.489121
Dick Rigazio84277277711332.256.256.347.60396
Pete Gasper5818518548715.259.259.389.64972
Donald Annen3813713737732.270.270.409.67956
Theodore Lotz4214214230512.211.211.303.51443
Footer Johnson4214314328710.196.196.259.45537
Darrell Rothrock29565614201.250.250.339.58919
Bernard Kozub23797914010.177.177.203.38016
Joe Stanka30737313102.178.178.274.45220
Carl Bentz19323210100.312.312.344.65611
Len Heinbigner1534349101.265.265.382.64713
Grant Mitchell3864649000.141.141.141.2819
James Batchelor1837378100.216.216.243.4599
Paul Hoffmeister4646467000.152.152.152.3047
Paul Schnieders1628286100.214.214.250.4647
Samuel Frazier2016163010.188.188.312.5005
Harry Wise1824243000.125.125.125.2503
Thomas Kerr1017171000.059.059.059.1181
Totals1233391339130976139395400000.249.249.346.596135500000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Bob Coats1B75588247.9898.160
Dick Rigazio1B49391172.9958.327
Arnold Green2B9627323629.9465.302
Earl Birnel3B1079327829.9283.467
Bernard Kozub3B1823419.8773.556
Jim FanningC1146437416.9786.289
James BatchelorC115662.9695.636
Elmer WestfallOF97182116.9701.990
Pete GasperOF519764.9632.020
Footer JohnsonOF417153.9621.854
Theodore LotzOF3910033.9722.641
Donald AnnenOF376066.9171.784
Grant MitchellP37.000
Paul HoffmeisterP36.000
Darrell RothrockP29.000
Joe StankaP23.000
Samuel FrazierP20.000
Harry WiseP18.000
Paul SchniedersP16.000
Thomas KerrP10.000
Ray CoombsP9.000
Ray BellinoSS12824539432.9524.992
Totals1061282211011480.9643.697

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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