1953 Colorado Springs Sky Sox Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
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
1953 Colorado Springs Sky Sox Roster

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.


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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
Bill Rose167.6963.802721173.018278731357
Willie Pope1612.5713.383130232.0221104871882
Bob Simpson129.5713.532921163.01468164973
Walter Yowell105.6675.003217144.015793801373
Keith Nicolls108.5564.862516139.016379751557
Robert Kerce84.6673.081814117.01095140759
Larry Hoffman62.7506.83279108.013394821458
Don Bradey54.5563.23261192.0964133743
Charles Selby55.5005.49171177.0915947833
Tom Breisinger41.8003.9425148.0432221324
Totals9257.6174.1925715100001293.01341702602107559000000

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 Johnston1556266261992662.318.318.388.706243
Sam Hairston1435355351664268.310.310.456.766244
Hal Rhyne15256656616424715.290.290.436.726247
Jerry Crosby14450350315229125.302.302.513.815258
Jim Landis12847347314823414.313.313.467.780221
William Ley1294594591402281.305.305.394.699181
Clyde Perry1485615611392432.248.248.312.560175
Al Jacinto1314994991331640.267.267.315.581157
Eugene Sheets84247247591303.239.239.328.56781
Chuck Weiss50185185547412.292.292.568.859105
Arnold Davis26777720501.260.260.364.62328
Bob Simpson36606019210.317.317.383.70023
Bill Rose30696918201.261.261.333.59423
Willie Pope31909017402.189.189.300.48927
Keith Nicolls26545414100.259.259.278.53715
Joe Hicks1226269211.346.346.615.96216
Charles Selby1729299000.310.310.310.6219
Walter Yowell3249498000.163.163.163.3278
Robert Kerce1842427000.167.167.167.3337
Earl Battey2638386101.158.158.263.42110
Larry Hoffman2737375200.135.135.189.3247
Tom Breisinger2516164000.250.250.250.5004
Don Bradey2622224100.182.182.227.4095
Totals15965263526301494246458800000.284.284.398.682209400000

Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Eugene Sheets1B705903111.9838.871
Chuck Weiss1B49402203.9938.612
Al Jacinto2B12829436420.9715.141
Jerry Crosby3B10510119021.9332.771
William Ley3B54369015.8942.333
Sam HairstonC1356867312.9845.622
Arnold DavisC1873105.9434.611
Len JohnstonOF1552922713.9612.058
Hal RhyneOF145258611.9601.821
Jim LandisOF1283091611.9672.539
Walter YowellP32.000
Willie PopeP31.000
Bob SimpsonP29.000
Bill RoseP27.000
Larry HoffmanP27.000
Don BradeyP26.000
Keith NicollsP25.000
Tom BreisingerP25.000
Robert KerceP18.000
Charles SelbyP17.000
Clyde PerrySS14726750744.9465.265
Totals1391330813341660.9653.337

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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