1953 Lincoln Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 71-83
Finished 6th in the WL
Manager: Lou Finney (0-0), Walt Linden (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Ballpark: Sherman Field
Attendance: 87,615, Avg. 1,138
The Lincoln Chiefs of the Western League ended the 1953 season with a record of 71 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the WL.
The Chiefs scored 602 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 669 runs. Glenn McQuillen paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .284. Norm Brown topped Lincoln with 21 wins, while Robert Mathieson registered a 2.46 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1953 Lincoln Chiefs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Stanley Glenn, Fred Hancock, Norm Brown, Glenn McQuillen, Jim Zapp, Lonnie Summers, Jack Daniels, Clarence Beers, Tommy Neill, Fred Waters and Walt Linden.
Lou Finney and Walt Linden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Brown | 21 | 11 | .656 | 3.11 | 38 | 34 | 284.0 | 251 | 118 | 98 | 8 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Andy Bush | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.99 | 26 | 19 | 167.0 | 178 | 90 | 74 | 15 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Roger Wright | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.85 | 46 | 7 | 158.0 | 158 | 60 | 50 | 6 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Fred Waters | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.19 | 30 | 27 | 191.0 | 175 | 111 | 89 | 8 | 108 | ||||||||||
| Bill Denney | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.43 | 23 | 18 | 139.0 | 113 | 64 | 53 | 5 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Robert Mathieson | 7 | 10 | .412 | 2.46 | 27 | 20 | 168.0 | 147 | 55 | 46 | 9 | 46 | ||||||||||
| James Bell | 4 | 9 | .308 | 2.76 | 15 | 15 | 101.0 | 81 | 40 | 31 | 4 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Bob Bauer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 22.50 | 2 | 2.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Vance Carlson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.60 | 19 | 4 | 45.0 | 52 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 71 | 72 | .497 | 3.40 | 226 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1255.0 | 1164 | 574 | 474 | 58 | 471 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Neill | 133 | 525 | 525 | 146 | 24 | 5 | 6 | .278 | .278 | .377 | .655 | 198 | |||||||||||
| Glenn McQuillen | 125 | 462 | 462 | 131 | 25 | 7 | 6 | .284 | .284 | .407 | .690 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Fred Hancock | 135 | 484 | 484 | 130 | 30 | 3 | 8 | .269 | .269 | .393 | .661 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Holden | 134 | 467 | 467 | 125 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .268 | .268 | .343 | .610 | 160 | |||||||||||
| Joe Rivich | 141 | 526 | 526 | 123 | 18 | 6 | 3 | .234 | .234 | .308 | .542 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Jack Caro | 140 | 507 | 507 | 112 | 14 | 6 | 3 | .221 | .221 | .290 | .511 | 147 | |||||||||||
| Dallas Womack | 151 | 478 | 478 | 109 | 22 | 1 | 6 | .228 | .228 | .316 | .544 | 151 | |||||||||||
| Walt Linden | 76 | 255 | 255 | 56 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .220 | .220 | .294 | .514 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Dick Willis | 64 | 200 | 200 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .275 | .505 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Sam Suplizio | 44 | 170 | 170 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .241 | .241 | .324 | .565 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Norm Brown | 58 | 138 | 138 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .312 | .565 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Herman Rhodes | 46 | 99 | 99 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .323 | .545 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Art Moore | 24 | 82 | 82 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .280 | .500 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Andy Bush | 29 | 63 | 63 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .238 | .238 | .333 | .571 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Robert Jaderlund | 11 | 53 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .226 | .226 | .358 | .585 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Fred Waters | 31 | 69 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .188 | .348 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Nelvin Cooper | 11 | 38 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .263 | .526 | 10 | |||||||||||
| James Watson | 11 | 42 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .286 | .524 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Kaires | 12 | 51 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Roger Wright | 46 | 51 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .157 | .157 | .196 | .353 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Lonnie Summers | 13 | 46 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .196 | .348 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Robert Mathieson | 32 | 51 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .176 | .314 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bill Denney | 24 | 48 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Vance Carlson | 19 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Jim Zapp | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Bell | 17 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .028 | .028 | .028 | .056 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1530 | 4959 | 4959 | 0 | 1194 | 212 | 38 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .324 | .564 | 1605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Womack | 1B | 149 | 1301 | 75 | 22 | .984 | 9.235 | |
| Fred Hancock | 2B | 133 | 359 | 371 | 24 | .968 | 5.489 | |
| Joe Rivich | 3B | 135 | 127 | 271 | 37 | .915 | 2.948 | |
| Herman Rhodes | 3B | 12 | 8 | 29 | 4 | .902 | 3.083 | |
| Walt Linden | C | 74 | 398 | 32 | 4 | .991 | 5.811 | |
| Dick Willis | C | 55 | 260 | 30 | 7 | .976 | 5.273 | |
| Lonnie Summers | C | 12 | 66 | 6 | 1 | .986 | 6.000 | |
| Tommy Neill | OF | 131 | 263 | 6 | 6 | .978 | 2.053 | |
| Daniel Holden | OF | 125 | 297 | 15 | 10 | .969 | 2.496 | |
| Glenn McQuillen | OF | 123 | 182 | 7 | 10 | .950 | 1.537 | |
| Sam Suplizio | OF | 43 | 87 | 3 | 1 | .989 | 2.093 | |
| Art Moore | OF | 23 | 66 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 2.913 | |
| Robert Jaderlund | OF | 11 | 22 | 0 | 2 | .917 | 2.000 | |
| Roger Wright | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Norm Brown | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Waters | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Mathieson | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Andy Bush | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Denney | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Vance Carlson | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| James Bell | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Caro | SS | 140 | 278 | 414 | 56 | .925 | 4.943 | |
| Totals | 1390 | 3714 | 1260 | 185 | 0 | .964 | 3.578 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
