1953 Peoria Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 63-65
Finished 6th in the IIIL
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (63-65)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Peoria, Illinois
Ballpark: Woodruff Field
Attendance: 124,866, Avg. 1,951
The Peoria Chiefs of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1953 season with a record of 63 wins and 65 losses, finishing sixth in the IIIL.
The Chiefs led the circuit with 737 runs. Peoria surrendered 674 runs. Frank Tanana paced all regular batters with a .310 average. Nat Yablon topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.72 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1953 Peoria Chiefs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Hank Aguirre, Whitey Kurowski and Jake Striker.
Whitey Kurowski 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nat Yablon | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.72 | 32 | 22 | 184.0 | 180 | 94 | 76 | 14 | 71 | ||||||||||
Ken Wild | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.80 | 23 | 18 | 137.0 | 173 | 91 | 73 | 22 | 56 | ||||||||||
Wally Seward | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.75 | 33 | 24 | 199.0 | 167 | 96 | 83 | 16 | 120 | ||||||||||
Jake Striker | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.38 | 27 | 22 | 154.0 | 154 | 87 | 75 | 13 | 103 | ||||||||||
Hank Aguirre | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.72 | 32 | 22 | 181.0 | 171 | 119 | 95 | 12 | 131 | ||||||||||
Mike Coma | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.54 | 28 | 8 | 89.0 | 99 | 66 | 35 | 5 | 49 | ||||||||||
Carl Hertz | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.85 | 9 | 7 | 52.0 | 45 | 39 | 28 | 5 | 61 | ||||||||||
Don Boenker | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.71 | 28 | 4 | 82.0 | 114 | 62 | 52 | 14 | 32 | ||||||||||
Totals | 62 | 62 | .500 | 4.32 | 212 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1078.0 | 1103 | 654 | 517 | 101 | 623 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Herman | 128 | 491 | 491 | 150 | 30 | 3 | 23 | .305 | .305 | .519 | .825 | 255 | |||||||||||
Frank Tanana | 125 | 471 | 471 | 146 | 18 | 4 | 18 | .310 | .310 | .480 | .790 | 226 | |||||||||||
James Fishback | 125 | 469 | 469 | 128 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .330 | .603 | 155 | |||||||||||
Eugene Krupp | 126 | 431 | 431 | 121 | 28 | 6 | 10 | .281 | .281 | .443 | .724 | 191 | |||||||||||
Jim Tolleson | 105 | 370 | 370 | 101 | 20 | 2 | 7 | .273 | .273 | .395 | .668 | 146 | |||||||||||
John Mulcahy | 110 | 388 | 388 | 101 | 18 | 5 | 13 | .260 | .260 | .433 | .693 | 168 | |||||||||||
Al Smith | 72 | 256 | 256 | 77 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .301 | .301 | .375 | .676 | 96 | |||||||||||
Vern Watercutter | 93 | 288 | 288 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 14 | .240 | .240 | .434 | .674 | 125 | |||||||||||
Theodore Narleski | 62 | 222 | 222 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .252 | .252 | .378 | .631 | 84 | |||||||||||
Bob Gardner | 32 | 118 | 118 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .229 | .229 | .314 | .542 | 37 | |||||||||||
Wally Seward | 43 | 96 | 96 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .271 | .271 | .375 | .646 | 36 | |||||||||||
Robert O'Donnell | 31 | 111 | 111 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .225 | .279 | .505 | 31 | |||||||||||
Ken Wild | 28 | 71 | 71 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .282 | .282 | .437 | .718 | 31 | |||||||||||
James Harris | 39 | 117 | 117 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .179 | .333 | 21 | |||||||||||
Jerry Mehlisch | 18 | 51 | 51 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .275 | .275 | .412 | .686 | 21 | |||||||||||
Don Saner | 19 | 60 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .267 | .483 | 16 | |||||||||||
Nat Yablon | 32 | 65 | 65 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .246 | .431 | 16 | |||||||||||
Hank Aguirre | 32 | 62 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .113 | .113 | .145 | .258 | 9 | |||||||||||
Jake Striker | 27 | 55 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .109 | .109 | .182 | .291 | 10 | |||||||||||
Don Boenker | 28 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .160 | .160 | .320 | .480 | 8 | |||||||||||
Bob Manning | 11 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .097 | .097 | .097 | .194 | 3 | |||||||||||
Mike Coma | 28 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .045 | .045 | .045 | .091 | 1 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1314 | 4270 | 4270 | 0 | 1125 | 192 | 30 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .395 | .658 | 1686 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Smith | 1B | 68 | 588 | 42 | 6 | .991 | 9.265 | |
Don Saner | 1B | 17 | 131 | 8 | 4 | .972 | 8.176 | |
James Fishback | 2B | 118 | 327 | 271 | 28 | .955 | 5.068 | |
John Mulcahy | 3B | 96 | 94 | 207 | 34 | .899 | 3.135 | |
Bob Gardner | 3B | 25 | 25 | 68 | 6 | .939 | 3.720 | |
Jim Tolleson | C | 99 | 561 | 76 | 12 | .982 | 6.434 | |
Jerry Mehlisch | C | 11 | 80 | 4 | 1 | .988 | 7.636 | |
Eugene Krupp | OF | 126 | 232 | 14 | 13 | .950 | 1.952 | |
Frank Tanana | OF | 124 | 242 | 17 | 15 | .945 | 2.089 | |
John Herman | OF | 84 | 177 | 9 | 1 | .995 | 2.214 | |
Vern Watercutter | OF | 62 | 73 | 3 | 5 | .938 | 1.226 | |
Wally Seward | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
Nat Yablon | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
Hank Aguirre | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
Mike Coma | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
Don Boenker | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
Jake Striker | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
Ken Wild | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Carl Hertz | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
Theodore Narleski | SS | 59 | 67 | 164 | 14 | .943 | 3.915 | |
Robert O'Donnell | SS | 31 | 50 | 112 | 12 | .931 | 5.226 | |
James Harris | SS | 30 | 56 | 90 | 16 | .901 | 4.867 | |
Totals | 1162 | 2703 | 1085 | 167 | 0 | .958 | 3.260 |
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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