1953 Colorado Springs Sky Sox Statistics
Team Record: 95-59
Finished 1st in the WL
Manager: Don Gutteridge (95-59)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Ballpark: Memorial Field
Attendance: 141,117, Avg. 1,833
Playoffs - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Colorado Springs Sky Sox 1
The Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Western League ended the 1953 season with a record of 95 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the WL.
The Sky Sox scored 875 runs and allowed 751 runs. Len Johnston led all regular hitters by hitting .318. Willie Pope and Bill Rose topped Colorado Springs with 16 wins each, while Willie Pope recorded a 3.38 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Earl Battey, Don Bradey, Gene Collins, Sam Hairston, Joe Hicks, Jim Landis and Willie Pope were all players from the 1953 Colorado Springs Sky Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.
Don Gutteridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Rose | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.80 | 27 | 21 | 173.0 | 182 | 78 | 73 | 13 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Willie Pope | 16 | 12 | .571 | 3.38 | 31 | 30 | 232.0 | 221 | 104 | 87 | 18 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Bob Simpson | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.53 | 29 | 21 | 163.0 | 146 | 81 | 64 | 9 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Walter Yowell | 10 | 5 | .667 | 5.00 | 32 | 17 | 144.0 | 157 | 93 | 80 | 13 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Keith Nicolls | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.86 | 25 | 16 | 139.0 | 163 | 79 | 75 | 15 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Robert Kerce | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.08 | 18 | 14 | 117.0 | 109 | 51 | 40 | 7 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Larry Hoffman | 6 | 2 | .750 | 6.83 | 27 | 9 | 108.0 | 133 | 94 | 82 | 14 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Don Bradey | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.23 | 26 | 11 | 92.0 | 96 | 41 | 33 | 7 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Charles Selby | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.49 | 17 | 11 | 77.0 | 91 | 59 | 47 | 8 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Tom Breisinger | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.94 | 25 | 1 | 48.0 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 92 | 57 | .617 | 4.19 | 257 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1293.0 | 1341 | 702 | 602 | 107 | 559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Johnston | 155 | 626 | 626 | 199 | 26 | 6 | 2 | .318 | .318 | .388 | .706 | 243 | |||||||||||
| Sam Hairston | 143 | 535 | 535 | 166 | 42 | 6 | 8 | .310 | .310 | .456 | .766 | 244 | |||||||||||
| Hal Rhyne | 152 | 566 | 566 | 164 | 24 | 7 | 15 | .290 | .290 | .436 | .726 | 247 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Crosby | 144 | 503 | 503 | 152 | 29 | 1 | 25 | .302 | .302 | .513 | .815 | 258 | |||||||||||
| Jim Landis | 128 | 473 | 473 | 148 | 23 | 4 | 14 | .313 | .313 | .467 | .780 | 221 | |||||||||||
| William Ley | 129 | 459 | 459 | 140 | 22 | 8 | 1 | .305 | .305 | .394 | .699 | 181 | |||||||||||
| Clyde Perry | 148 | 561 | 561 | 139 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .248 | .248 | .312 | .560 | 175 | |||||||||||
| Al Jacinto | 131 | 499 | 499 | 133 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .315 | .581 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Sheets | 84 | 247 | 247 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 3 | .239 | .239 | .328 | .567 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Weiss | 50 | 185 | 185 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 12 | .292 | .292 | .568 | .859 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Arnold Davis | 26 | 77 | 77 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .260 | .260 | .364 | .623 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Bob Simpson | 36 | 60 | 60 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .317 | .317 | .383 | .700 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Bill Rose | 30 | 69 | 69 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .261 | .261 | .333 | .594 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Willie Pope | 31 | 90 | 90 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .189 | .189 | .300 | .489 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Keith Nicolls | 26 | 54 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .278 | .537 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Joe Hicks | 12 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .346 | .346 | .615 | .962 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Charles Selby | 17 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .310 | .310 | .621 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Walter Yowell | 32 | 49 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .163 | .327 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Robert Kerce | 18 | 42 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Earl Battey | 26 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .158 | .158 | .263 | .421 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Larry Hoffman | 27 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .189 | .324 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Tom Breisinger | 25 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Don Bradey | 26 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .227 | .409 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1596 | 5263 | 5263 | 0 | 1494 | 246 | 45 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .398 | .682 | 2094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Sheets | 1B | 70 | 590 | 31 | 11 | .983 | 8.871 | |
| Chuck Weiss | 1B | 49 | 402 | 20 | 3 | .993 | 8.612 | |
| Al Jacinto | 2B | 128 | 294 | 364 | 20 | .971 | 5.141 | |
| Jerry Crosby | 3B | 105 | 101 | 190 | 21 | .933 | 2.771 | |
| William Ley | 3B | 54 | 36 | 90 | 15 | .894 | 2.333 | |
| Sam Hairston | C | 135 | 686 | 73 | 12 | .984 | 5.622 | |
| Arnold Davis | C | 18 | 73 | 10 | 5 | .943 | 4.611 | |
| Len Johnston | OF | 155 | 292 | 27 | 13 | .961 | 2.058 | |
| Hal Rhyne | OF | 145 | 258 | 6 | 11 | .960 | 1.821 | |
| Jim Landis | OF | 128 | 309 | 16 | 11 | .967 | 2.539 | |
| Walter Yowell | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Willie Pope | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Simpson | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Rose | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Hoffman | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Don Bradey | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Nicolls | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Breisinger | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Kerce | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Selby | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Clyde Perry | SS | 147 | 267 | 507 | 44 | .946 | 5.265 | |
| Totals | 1391 | 3308 | 1334 | 166 | 0 | .965 | 3.337 |
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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