1953 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 82-72
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (82-72)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 206,786, Avg. 2,686
1953 Indianapolis Indians Roster

Playoffs - Kansas City Blues 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 2

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

The Indians scored 703 runs and conceded 668 runs. Wally Post walloped 33 home runs for Indianapolis, while Joe Macko, Al Smith and Dave Pope each swatted 15 or more, too. Wally Post drove in 120 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .289 average. Ed Blake led the team with 14 wins, and Dick Tomanek recorded a 3.11 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bill Abernathie, Herb Adams, Dick Aylward, Ed Blake, Joe Caffie, Bob Chakales, Bud Daley, Sam Dente, Nino Escalera, Tom Ferrick, Hank Foiles, Lloyd Gearhart, Doug Hansen, Sam Jones, Howie Judson, Jim Lemon, Harry Malmberg, Ray Narleski, Milt Nielsen, Dave Pope, Wally Post, Rudy Regalado, Al Smith, Dick Tomanek, Bill Upton, Ted Wilks and George Zuverink were all players from the 1953 Indianapolis Indians who played in the Majors during their careers.

Birdie Tebbetts 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
Ed Blake147.6673.762929142208.024210187123766414
Dick Tomanek138.6193.112823103165.012779571198158807
George Zuverink138.6193.59332260168.01817367134472303
Bill Upton106.6253.233621092.0863933133242300
Sam Jones1012.4553.323127103187.01608669191151181118
Ray Narleski68.4294.3633103197.095524753871304
Bob Chakales42.6673.9111102169.070403073231204
Bill Abernathie49.3084.26331550133.01497563124551106
Ted Wilks201.0001.641422.01944714
Norm Camp23.4005.061541048.046312732426001
Bud Daley24.3333.721260046.047221922321100
Tom Ferrick11.500230.0
Howie Judson14.200100.0
Howard Rodemoyer00100.0
Totals8272.5323.673181480521001235.01222602503974950670362370

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
Dave Pope1546816001011723314248837387.287.369.508.877305753
Wally Post1335605099914724113312054880.289.354.574.9272921430
Sam Dente1245304804913012513303725.271.327.323.65015510310
Joe Macko1536065436412722220741046113.234.302.392.6942138710
Harry Malmberg1315504775512113402375932.254.341.298.63814211410
Al Smith8636231372104207187594641.332.423.6131.036192230
Jack Baumer105357312427723273863974.247.338.401.739125342
Jim Lemon933122663758132124024266.218.331.417.748111631
Lloyd Gearhart7819016421459052122235.274.374.421.79469240
Rudy Regalado361461262141904203117.325.388.492.88162527
Dick Aylward7222420014412011021822.205.274.230.50446715
Joe Caffie4919317319409241321427.231.304.376.67965242
Milt Nielsen7115012222375122032513.303.430.410.83950221
Hank Foiles57149136830510911031.221.274.272.54637603
Dick Kinaman391361191025403152915.210.282.319.60238635
Doug Hansen38103911518330761019.198.291.297.58827020
Joe Montalvo18584891760313175.354.466.6671.13232230
Ed Blake319079101430020812.177.253.215.46817303
Dick Tomanek34716661210061317.182.217.197.41413102
George Zuverink3462538900071514.170.241.170.4119004
Sam Jones3166601900030416.150.203.150.3539202
Michael Lutz155550662113059.120.200.260.46013000
Bill Upton372925141100039.160.250.280.5307001
Bob Chakales132826241001023.154.214.192.4075000
Norm Camp151715230000023.200.294.200.4943000
Bud Daley121614120101004.143.143.286.4294002
Ray Narleski332723021004029.087.160.130.2903002
Bill Abernathie3343352200020617.057.195.057.2522002
Ted Wilks1433110000002.333.333.333.6671000
Tom Ferrick2398211000101.125.125.250.3752001
Howie Judson10128210000012.125.300.125.4251012
Howard Rodemoyer1077000000003.000.000.000.0000000
Totals178258425151702130022257138648670557813.252.332.398.730205099548000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Joe Macko1B15112838720117.9869.073
Harry Malmberg2B100195269858.9834.640
Jack Baumer2B56115147829.9704.679
Doug Hansen2B256059717.9444.760
Al Smith3B86951641615.9423.012
Jack Baumer3B35267166.9422.771
Rudy Regalado3B3340641012.9123.152
Dick AylwardC723484154.9875.4031
Hank FoilesC552182163.9764.3453
Dick KinamanC381711831.9844.9743
Joe MontalvoC16671110.9874.8750
Dave PopeOF152320862.9822.158
Wally PostOF13234017123.9672.705
Jim LemonOF79142261.9601.823
Joe CaffieOF4664211.9851.435
Lloyd GearhartOF3859411.9841.658
Milt NielsenOF30420001.0001.400
Michael LutzOF1327110.9662.154
Bill UptonP36822021.000.833
George ZuverinkP3382312.969.939
Ray NarleskiP33410011.000.424
Bill AbernathieP3391711.963.788
Sam JonesP3183723.9571.452
Ed BlakeP29144025.9641.862
Dick TomanekP2821612.947.643
Tom FerrickP2336001.000.391
Norm CampP1531321.8891.067
Ted WilksP1404001.000.286
Bud DaleyP125732.8001.000
Bob ChakalesP11312001.0001.364
Howard RodemoyerP1015001.000.600
Howie JudsonP1047001.0001.100
Sam DenteSS1212123581670.9734.711
Harry MalmbergSS376397820.9524.324
Totals163339591660153379.9733.441700

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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