1953 Kansas City Blues Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Harry Craft (88-66)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 247,556, Avg. 3,215

1953 Kansas City Blues Roster

Playoffs - Kansas City Blues 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 2
Finals - Kansas City Blues 4 games, Toledo Sox 3

The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the AA.

The Blues plated 747 runs and allowed 680 runs. Bob Cerv paced Kansas City with 22 home runs, while Vic Power and Bill Skowron walloped 15 or more also. Vic Power recorded 93 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .349 clip. Mel Wright led the squad with 13 wins, and Bob Wiesler recorded a 3.09 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1953 Kansas City Blues who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Robertson, Alex Grammas, Jack Reed, Don Leppert, Jerry Lumpe, Lou Berberet, Rip Coleman, Cliff Mapes, Bill Skowron, Bill Virdon, Vic Power, Art Schallock, Elston Howard, Jim Brideweser, Hal Keller, Mel Wright, Bob Wiesler, Harry Schaeffer, Bob Cerv, Johnny Kucab, Johnny Gray, Kal Segrist, Al Cicotte, Kermit Wahl and Bill Miller.

Harry Craft 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
Mel Wright	13	2	.867	3.24	47	4		2	0		111.0	112	47	40	8	35		73	5	1	1
Harry Schaeffer	11	14	.440	4.31	37	23		8	1		165.0	161	87	79	7	67		104	3	0	2
Art Schallock	9	3	.750	3.15	18	11		5	0		97.0	90	40	34	6	40		63	3	0	2
Johnny Gray	9	7	.562	4.15	31	24		6	1		156.0	146	74	72	7	108		109	2	0	10
Rip Coleman	9	8	.529	4.39	24	19		4	0		127.0	111	69	62	7	69		111	10	2	11
Bob Wiesler	8	7	.533	3.09	24	18		8	1		140.0	112	56	48	4	103		92	2	2	10
Lee Jones	7	2	.778	3.21	44	1		1	0		98.0	102	41	35	7	36		53	1	0	7
Johnny Kucab	5	0	1.000	2.30	18	3		2	2		47.0	34	12	12	4	10		15	1	0	0
Bill Miller	5	5	.500	3.23	12	11		5	3		78.0	73	38	28	4	38		53	4	0	4
Bob Ferris	5	5	.500	3.85	26	15		2	1		124.0	125	63	53	9	58		47	2	0	4
Charles LeBrun	2	2	.500	6.12	21	1		0	0		50.0	58	36	34	4	20		18	1	0	3
Ed Cereghino	2	4	.333	3.47	10	9		2	0		57.0	48	32	22	1	39		29	1	0	2
Emil Patrick	0	1	.000		12						0.0
Totals	85	60	.586	3.74	324	139	0	45	9	0	1250.0	1172	595	519	68	623	0	767	35	5	56	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
Vic Power	149	658	622	115	217	39	10	16	93	8		30	31	.349	.380	.521	.901	324	14	1	5
Alex Grammas	140	637	584	93	179	29	3	2	62	5		41	36	.307	.358	.377	.735	220	4	6	6
Bill Skowron	134	569	512	72	163	31	12	15	89	4		51	48	.318	.386	.514	.899	263	10	5	1
Bob Cerv	123	508	454	79	144	23	7	22	91	3		45	64	.317	.389	.544	.933	247	11	8	1
Elston Howard	139	530	497	58	142	22	9	10	70	3		28	56	.286	.326	.427	.753	212	15	2	3
Woody Smith	134	527	479	54	136	24	3	7	59	1		46	35	.284	.348	.390	.738	187	19	1	1
Bill Virdon	95	366	330	51	77	13	4	6	25	9		34	38	.233	.305	.352	.656	116	3	0	2
Jim Robertson	77	274	227	28	63	10	2	2	25	3		46	33	.278	.399	.366	.765	83	7	0	1
Kal Segrist	79	309	247	33	52	13	3	6	32	1		59	39	.211	.365	.360	.725	89	7	1	2
Kermit Wahl	76	206	171	21	41	8	0	3	17	0		33	27	.240	.366	.339	.705	58	3	1	1
Art Mazmanian	90	243	200	36	40	2	3	0	8	3		38	22	.200	.331	.240	.571	48	8	1	4
Lou Berberet	55	196	152	21	33	9	0	4	20	2		43	31	.217	.393	.355	.748	54	5	1	0
Cliff Mapes	34	101	85	12	28	8	0	2	14	0		14	9	.329	.424	.494	.918	42	2	0	2
Marty Carlson	40	69	65	8	18	3	0	0	4	1		4	7	.277	.319	.323	.642	21	1	0	0
Hal Keller	16	55	45	6	13	4	0	2	8	0		10	4	.289	.418	.511	.929	23	0	0	0
Jim Brideweser	13	55	49	11	13	4	0	0	4	0		6	8	.265	.345	.347	.692	17	1	0	0
Bruce McKelvey	33	68	60	10	12	0	0	1	6	2		5	5	.200	.262	.250	.512	15	2	0	3
Johnny Gray	31	59	55	4	10	0	0	0	2	0		0	14	.182	.182	.182	.364	10	2	0	4
Harry Schaeffer	37	59	53	5	8	2	0	0	1	0		2	8	.151	.182	.189	.370	10	0	0	4
Art Schallock	18	39	29	7	7	1	0	0	4	0		7	13	.241	.389	.276	.665	8	0	0	3
Bob Ferris	33	45	39	6	7	0	1	0	3	0		3	11	.179	.238	.231	.469	9	0	0	3
Mel Wright	47	31	29	1	6	0	0	0	5	0		1	4	.207	.233	.207	.440	6	0	0	1
Rip Coleman	24	47	46	2	6	1	1	0	5	0		0	23	.130	.130	.196	.326	9	0	0	1
Bob Wiesler	24	53	50	0	5	1	0	0	2	0		1	13	.100	.118	.120	.238	6	1	0	2
Charles LeBrun	24	16	16	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	1	0	0
Lee Jones	44	19	17	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	4	.176	.263	.176	.440	3	1	0	0
Bill Miller	12	29	24	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	9	.125	.192	.167	.359	4	0	1	3
Emil Patrick	12	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0
Johnny Kucab	18	15	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.083	.083	.167	.250	2	1	0	3
Ed Cereghino	10	23	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	9	.000	.045	.000	.045	0	1	0	1
Totals	1761	5811	5175	740	1432	249	58	98	651	45	0	551	610	.277	.349	.404	.754	2091	119	28	57	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill Skowron	1B	131	1179	61	10	126	.992	9.466
Vic Power	1B	24	194	17	2	17	.991	8.792
Art Mazmanian	2B	79	146	167	6	51	.981	3.962
Kal Segrist	2B	71	154	184	10	50	.971	4.761
Kermit Wahl	2B	21	29	40	4	6	.945	3.286
Jim Brideweser	2B	12	30	27	1	8	.983	4.750
Woody Smith	3B	131	106	288	24	31	.943	3.008
Kermit Wahl	3B	21	29	40	4	6	.945	3.286
Jim Robertson	C	69	392	37	13	7	.971	6.217	8
Lou Berberet	C	47	268	30	5	6	.983	6.340	3
Bruce McKelvey	C	28	98	10	2	2	.982	3.857	2
Hal Keller	C	14	70	7	2	0	.975	5.500	2
Elston Howard	C	11	49	7	4	0	.933	5.091	2
Vic Power	OF	121	251	12	5	2	.981	2.174
Bob Cerv	OF	120	198	4	5	1	.976	1.683
Elston Howard	OF	117	179	13	6	0	.970	1.641
Bill Virdon	OF	85	174	8	7	1	.963	2.141
Cliff Mapes	OF	23	43	0	1	0	.977	1.870
Marty Carlson	OF	23	29	3	0	1	1.000	1.391
Mel Wright	P	47	4	18	4	3	.846	.468
Lee Jones	P	44	2	17	0	0	1.000	.432
Harry Schaeffer	P	37	5	27	1	0	.970	.865
Johnny Gray	P	31	6	29	4	1	.897	1.129
Bob Ferris	P	26	4	36	2	3	.952	1.538
Bob Wiesler	P	24	4	35	2	1	.951	1.625
Rip Coleman	P	24	4	23	2	0	.931	1.125
Charles LeBrun	P	21	6	12	0	1	1.000	.857
Art Schallock	P	18	1	14	0	1	1.000	.833
Johnny Kucab	P	18	2	15	1	1	.944	.944
Emil Patrick	P	12	0	4	0	0	1.000	.333
Bill Miller	P	12	5	23	1	5	.966	2.333
Ed Cereghino	P	10	5	12	1	2	.944	1.700
Alex Grammas	SS	140	262	438	24	96	.967	5.000
Totals		1612	3928	1658	153	429	.973	3.465	17	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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