1953 St. Joseph Cardinals Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
Team Record: 83-57
Finished 1st in the WA
Manager: Harold Olt (83-57)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: St. Joseph, Missouri
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 58,647, Avg. 838

1953 St. Joseph Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - St. Joseph Cardinals 3 games, Joplin Miners 0
Finals - Hutchinson Elks 4 games, St. Joseph Cardinals 1

The St. Joseph Cardinals of the Western Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 83 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the WA.

The Cardinals scored 700 runs and surrendered 603 runs. Glen Zimmerman paced all regular batters with a .290 average. Rogers Fister topped St. Joseph with 17 wins and a team-best 2.33 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1953 St. Joseph Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bobby Smith, Bill Smith, Roy Wright and Bob Duliba.

Harold Olt 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
Rogers Fister	17	11	.607	2.33	32	30					243.0	173	87	63	6	151
Albert Daffner	14	5	.737	3.09	30	22					166.0	133	73	57	7	122
Bob Duliba	12	3	.800	3.23	43	8					128.0	111	63	46	3	59
Ed Donnelly	9	7	.562	4.11	29	19					160.0	155	92	73	7	92
Bill Smith	8	7	.533	4.79	26	18					126.0	123	89	67	6	82
Chuck Hollingsworth	8	11	.421	2.75	27	19					167.0	132	73	51	9	102
Totals	68	44	.607	3.25	187	116	0	0	0	0	990.0	827	477	357	38	608	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
Glen Zimmerman	126	497	497		144	27	5	0						.290	.290	.364	.654	181
Fred Koenig	136	486	486		134	32	11	5						.276	.276	.418	.693	203
Rollie Rice	138	522	522		133	29	9	1						.255	.255	.351	.605	183
Richard Alberts	132	509	509		123	21	7	4						.242	.242	.334	.576	170
Bobby Smith	107	424	424		120	7	20	7						.283	.283	.443	.726	188
Jay Drake	109	406	406		107	19	2	8						.264	.264	.379	.643	154
Sam Goodsoozian	100	389	389		93	15	5	0						.239	.239	.303	.542	118
Harold Olt	105	315	315		84	16	8	1						.267	.267	.378	.644	119
Milton Farley	98	302	302		66	7	1	1						.219	.219	.258	.477	78
James Burton	57	140	140		27	4	1	0						.193	.193	.236	.429	33
Chuck Hollingsworth	30	60	60		17	5	0	1						.283	.283	.417	.700	25
Ed Donnelly	41	85	85		17	1	0	0						.200	.200	.212	.412	18
Rogers Fister	32	86	86		16	5	0	1						.186	.186	.279	.465	24
Albert Daffner	33	58	58		12	2	0	0						.207	.207	.241	.448	14
Clint Hardwick	17	55	55		10	2	0	0						.182	.182	.218	.400	12
Bob Duliba	42	40	40		6	2	0	0						.150	.150	.200	.350	8
Bill Smith	29	44	44		5	1	0	0						.114	.114	.136	.250	6
John Willingham	11	20	20		3	1	0	0						.150	.150	.200	.350	4
Melvin Chaplin	11	11	11		1	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Totals	1354	4449	4449	0	1118	196	69	29	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.251	.346	.597	1539	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bob Duliba	P	43					.000
Rogers Fister	P	32					.000
Albert Daffner	P	30					.000
Ed Donnelly	P	29					.000
Chuck Hollingsworth	P	27					.000
Bill Smith	P	26					.000
Totals		187	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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