1953 Ogden Reds Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 89-42
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Earle Brucker (89-42)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Ogden, Utah
Ballpark: John Affleck Park
Attendance: 63,251, Avg. 966

1953 Ogden Reds Roster

Playoffs - Salt Lake City Bees 2 games, Ogden Reds 0

The Ogden Reds of the Pioneer League ended the 1953 season with a record of 89 wins and 42 losses, finishing first in the PL.

The Reds plated 887 runs, tops in the circuit. Ogden conceded 608 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Chico Terry led hitters with significant playing time with a .327 average. Carl Wells topped the team with 19 wins, while Ralph Birkofer and Donald Guy as well added 15 or more victories as well Allen Flaugher registered a 2.35 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Frank Robinson played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Ogden Reds to do so.

Earle Brucker 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
Carl Wells	19	6	.760	3.67	28	26					218.0	179	107	89	11	190
Ralph Birkofer	17	10	.630	3.31	36	24					231.0	214	111	85	12	110
Donald Guy	16	7	.696	3.52	29	22					207.0	179	98	81	7	118
Allen Flaugher	14	6	.700	2.35	32	18					180.0	183	71	47	4	55
Vernon Kilburg	12	6	.667	3.96	24	21					157.0	129	87	69	9	130
Raymond Estes	9	3	.750	4.16	18	13					119.0	85	65	55	5	126
Totals	87	38	.696	3.45	167	124	0	0	0	0	1112.0	969	539	426	48	729	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
Chico Terry	127	513	513		168	25	7	1						.327	.327	.409	.737	210
Larry Nault	130	536	536		153	26	7	8						.285	.285	.405	.690	217
Carl Paylor	118	444	444		140	25	3	3						.315	.315	.405	.721	180
Olney Patterson	125	439	439		131	17	5	13						.298	.298	.449	.747	197
Jimmy Valentine	111	398	398		123	19	4	9						.309	.309	.445	.754	177
Larry Collins	83	315	315		106	11	5	1						.337	.337	.413	.749	130
Frank Robinson	72	270	270		94	20	6	17						.348	.348	.656	1.004	177
Robert Cannon	77	268	268		76	9	5	4						.284	.284	.399	.683	107
Robert Irwin	77	267	267		69	9	5	2						.258	.258	.352	.610	94
Dave Bristol	55	220	220		57	10	5	2						.259	.259	.377	.636	83
Ed Trytek	64	171	171		38	9	1	2						.222	.222	.322	.544	55
William Mays	36	132	132		25	4	7	0						.189	.189	.326	.515	43
Carl Wells	28	94	94		20	1	1	0						.213	.213	.245	.457	23
Ralph Birkofer	36	87	87		19	3	0	4						.218	.218	.391	.609	34
Donald Guy	29	71	71		15	4	0	0						.211	.211	.268	.479	19
Allen Flaugher	35	75	75		13	3	2	0						.173	.173	.267	.440	20
Raymond Estes	22	51	51		11	1	1	0						.216	.216	.275	.490	14
John Stroehlein	10	34	34		9	3	2	0						.265	.265	.471	.735	16
Vernon Kilburg	24	60	60		8	1	1	0						.133	.133	.183	.317	11
Vincent Downs	13	34	34		5	2	0	0						.147	.147	.206	.353	7
Totals	1272	4479	4479	0	1280	202	67	66	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.405	.691	1814	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Ralph Birkofer	P	36					.000
Allen Flaugher	P	32					.000
Donald Guy	P	29					.000
Carl Wells	P	28					.000
Vernon Kilburg	P	24					.000
Raymond Estes	P	18					.000
Totals		167	0	0	0	0	.000

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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