1953 Los Angeles Angels Statistics
Team Record: 93-87
Finished 3rd in the PCL
Manager: Stan Hack (93-87)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Los Angeles, California
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 363,818, Avg. 4,042
The Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1953 season with a record of 93 wins and 87 losses, finishing third in the PCL.
The Angels scored 781 runs and allowed 751 runs. Fred Richards led Los Angeles with 26 home runs, while Bob Usher and Gene Baker walloped 15 or more also. Gene Baker drove in 99 runs. Bob Usher topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .304 clip. Joe Hatten paced the team with 17 wins, plus Cal McLish, too added 15 or more wins, too Bill Moisan recorded a 3.04 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1953 Los Angeles Angels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Moe Franklin, El Tappe, Max West, Randy Gumpert, Dixie Upright, Bud Hardin, Bob Spicer, Joe Hatten, Bob Usher, Les Peden, Ralph Hamner, Willie Ramsdell, Gene Baker, Bill Moisan, Tod Davis, Cal McLish, Joe Ostrowski, Bob Talbot, Fred Richards, Al Evans, Joe Stanka, Bob Zick and Ed Chandler.
Stan Hack 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Hatten | 17 | 11 | .607 | 3.34 | 42 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 223.7 | 198 | 95 | 83 | 10 | 81 | 152 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Cal McLish | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.71 | 35 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 235.0 | 239 | 108 | 97 | 25 | 60 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Bob Spicer | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.90 | 45 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 196.3 | 205 | 86 | 85 | 21 | 47 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||
William Padget | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.30 | 50 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 178.0 | 177 | 93 | 85 | 24 | 58 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Bill Moisan | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.03 | 34 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 222.7 | 218 | 83 | 75 | 13 | 69 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Randy Gumpert | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.07 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 99.7 | 101 | 53 | 34 | 11 | 28 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ed Chandler | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.48 | 32 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 178.7 | 191 | 90 | 89 | 15 | 42 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Willie Ramsdell | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.98 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 56.0 | 62 | 37 | 31 | 4 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Alan Ihde | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.34 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 91.3 | 94 | 63 | 44 | 5 | 41 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Joe Ostrowski | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2.97 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72.7 | 77 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Don Watkins | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ralph Hamner | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Bob Zick | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Joe Stanka | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Totals | 93 | 87 | .517 | 3.74 | 363 | 181 | 0 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 1568.0 | 1574 | 752 | 651 | 135 | 475 | 0 | 691 | 24 | 2 | 27 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Richards | 180 | 806 | 740 | 94 | 219 | 32 | 3 | 26 | 92 | 4 | 55 | 60 | .296 | .347 | .453 | .800 | 335 | 12 | 3 | 8 | |||
Bob Talbot | 180 | 819 | 762 | 113 | 219 | 38 | 6 | 14 | 70 | 10 | 36 | 34 | .287 | .321 | .408 | .729 | 311 | 12 | 2 | 19 | |||
Bob Usher | 169 | 744 | 672 | 104 | 204 | 51 | 5 | 15 | 90 | 7 | 50 | 43 | .304 | .357 | .461 | .818 | 310 | 20 | 6 | 16 | |||
Gene Baker | 162 | 690 | 595 | 89 | 169 | 26 | 5 | 20 | 99 | 20 | 78 | 51 | .284 | .367 | .445 | .812 | 265 | 10 | 0 | 17 | |||
Frank DiPrima | 147 | 554 | 497 | 49 | 133 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 60 | 2 | 39 | 28 | .268 | .325 | .378 | .703 | 188 | 11 | 3 | 15 | |||
Bud Hardin | 125 | 464 | 425 | 45 | 111 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 31 | 42 | .261 | .316 | .285 | .601 | 121 | 16 | 3 | 5 | |||
Les Peden | 100 | 382 | 340 | 33 | 91 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 55 | 0 | 30 | 35 | .268 | .340 | .424 | .763 | 144 | 14 | 7 | 5 | |||
Dick Smith | 126 | 403 | 338 | 55 | 76 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 42 | 2 | 46 | 65 | .225 | .328 | .379 | .707 | 128 | 6 | 6 | 13 | |||
Dixie Upright | 80 | 295 | 245 | 41 | 75 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 42 | 3 | 46 | 28 | .306 | .422 | .531 | .952 | 130 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||
Al Evans | 78 | 253 | 235 | 21 | 67 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 34 | .285 | .331 | .383 | .714 | 90 | 9 | 1 | 2 | |||
Tod Davis | 63 | 233 | 204 | 33 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 22 | 44 | .294 | .363 | .544 | .907 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
Moe Franklin | 45 | 167 | 155 | 12 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .271 | .311 | .329 | .640 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
Bill Moisan | 90 | 151 | 141 | 15 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .284 | .327 | .418 | .745 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
El Tappe | 38 | 131 | 114 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 9 | .281 | .354 | .298 | .653 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
Bob Spicer | 45 | 73 | 67 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .358 | .403 | .448 | .851 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Cal McLish | 51 | 98 | 91 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .242 | .258 | .407 | .665 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
Jack Hollis | 23 | 75 | 69 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .232 | .274 | .290 | .564 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
Joe Hatten | 48 | 88 | 81 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .198 | .198 | .235 | .432 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
Max West | 38 | 69 | 54 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .241 | .406 | .519 | .924 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
Alan Ihde | 37 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .387 | .441 | .484 | .925 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ed Chandler | 32 | 63 | 56 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .214 | .228 | .214 | .442 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
Randy Gumpert | 37 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .219 | .219 | .219 | .438 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dave Cunningham | 10 | 40 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .167 | .231 | .222 | .453 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
William Padget | 50 | 56 | 51 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 27 | .118 | .196 | .235 | .432 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Joe Ostrowski | 28 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .056 | .150 | .056 | .206 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Billy Raimondi | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Don Watkins | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Willie Ramsdell | 18 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Totals | 2007 | 6762 | 6065 | 781 | 1673 | 278 | 28 | 153 | 743 | 52 | 0 | 514 | 615 | .276 | .336 | .407 | .743 | 2466 | 143 | 40 | 143 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Richards | 1B | 180 | 1605 | 101 | 16 | 136 | .991 | 9.478 | ||||
Dixie Upright | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Frank DiPrima | 2B | 143 | 319 | 396 | 20 | 83 | .973 | 5.000 | ||||
Jack Hollis | 2B | 21 | 35 | 50 | 4 | 12 | .955 | 4.048 | ||||
Bud Hardin | 2B | 19 | 36 | 48 | 1 | 8 | .988 | 4.421 | ||||
Bud Hardin | 3B | 88 | 89 | 156 | 11 | 14 | .957 | 2.784 | ||||
Tod Davis | 3B | 59 | 63 | 110 | 5 | 8 | .972 | 2.932 | ||||
Les Peden | 3B | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
Jack Hollis | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Les Peden | C | 85 | 356 | 49 | 8 | 6 | .981 | 4.765 | 5 | 16 | 100.0 | |
Al Evans | C | 71 | 250 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .993 | 3.845 | 5 | 11 | 100.0 | |
El Tappe | C | 38 | 147 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.237 | 0 | 8 | 100.0 | |
Billy Raimondi | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Talbot | OF | 180 | 541 | 10 | 6 | 5 | .989 | 3.061 | ||||
Bob Usher | OF | 169 | 352 | 15 | 8 | 2 | .979 | 2.172 | ||||
Dick Smith | OF | 115 | 221 | 13 | 4 | 3 | .983 | 2.035 | ||||
Dixie Upright | OF | 69 | 129 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 1.870 | ||||
Dave Cunningham | OF | 10 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | ||||
Max West | OF | 8 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 2.500 | ||||
Les Peden | OF | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
William Padget | P | 50 | 9 | 32 | 4 | 2 | .911 | .820 | ||||
Bob Spicer | P | 45 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.156 | ||||
Joe Hatten | P | 42 | 7 | 39 | 3 | 2 | .939 | 1.095 | ||||
Randy Gumpert | P | 36 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .850 | .472 | ||||
Cal McLish | P | 35 | 8 | 39 | 3 | 1 | .940 | 1.343 | ||||
Alan Ihde | P | 35 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .931 | .771 | ||||
Bill Moisan | P | 34 | 15 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.647 | ||||
Ed Chandler | P | 32 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 3 | .978 | 1.375 | ||||
Joe Ostrowski | P | 28 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .964 | .964 | ||||
Willie Ramsdell | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
Don Watkins | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Ralph Hamner | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Bob Zick | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Joe Stanka | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Gene Baker | SS | 162 | 328 | 480 | 43 | 91 | .949 | 4.988 | ||||
Bud Hardin | SS | 19 | 33 | 57 | 7 | 9 | .928 | 4.737 | ||||
Totals | 1816 | 4643 | 1815 | 156 | 400 | .976 | 3.556 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 100.0 |
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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