1953 St. Cloud Rox Statistics
Team Record: 66-59
Finished 3rd in the NL
Manager: Charlie Fox (66-59)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 61,425, Avg. 983
Playoffs - Fargo-Moorhead Twins 2 games, St. Cloud Rox 0
The St. Cloud Rox of the Northern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 66 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the NL.
The Rox topped the league with just 526 runs allowed. St. Cloud scored 624 runs. Ray Maurer led all regular hitters with a .336 average. James Mazzola and Robert Lloyd paced the team with 18 wins each, while James Mazzola recorded a 2.54 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1953 St. Cloud Rox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ozzie Virgil, John Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Charlie Fox and Sherman Jones.
Charlie Fox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Mazzola | 18 | 6 | .750 | 2.54 | 37 | 20 | 188.0 | 176 | 68 | 53 | 12 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Robert Lloyd | 18 | 6 | .750 | 3.05 | 28 | 25 | 192.0 | 159 | 77 | 65 | 7 | 124 | ||||||||||
| John Fitzgerald | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.64 | 20 | 20 | 136.0 | 94 | 71 | 55 | 3 | 93 | ||||||||||
| John Kudoba | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.83 | 26 | 20 | 155.0 | 151 | 84 | 66 | 10 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Robert Pelz | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.53 | 29 | 14 | 129.0 | 151 | 81 | 65 | 11 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Rupert Sullivan | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.85 | 26 | 10 | 101.0 | 105 | 43 | 32 | 6 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Raymond Scheidt | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.50 | 26 | 10 | 118.0 | 143 | 76 | 59 | 8 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Sherman Jones | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 3.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 57 | .525 | 3.49 | 194 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1022.0 | 979 | 500 | 396 | 57 | 436 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Maurer | 124 | 464 | 464 | 156 | 30 | 2 | 10 | .336 | .336 | .474 | .810 | 220 | |||||||||||
| John Kennedy | 125 | 496 | 496 | 130 | 30 | 7 | 3 | .262 | .262 | .369 | .631 | 183 | |||||||||||
| Ed Barry | 110 | 393 | 393 | 121 | 28 | 3 | 15 | .308 | .308 | .509 | .817 | 200 | |||||||||||
| Robert Beier | 125 | 458 | 458 | 114 | 19 | 4 | 4 | .249 | .249 | .334 | .583 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Ozzie Virgil | 118 | 433 | 433 | 112 | 13 | 4 | 7 | .259 | .259 | .356 | .614 | 154 | |||||||||||
| Irv Fowler | 124 | 404 | 404 | 107 | 12 | 3 | 3 | .265 | .265 | .332 | .597 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Robert Schultz | 117 | 450 | 450 | 99 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .220 | .220 | .276 | .496 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Fox | 105 | 315 | 315 | 96 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .305 | .305 | .403 | .708 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Salvatore Sclafani | 41 | 104 | 104 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .192 | .192 | .250 | .442 | 26 | |||||||||||
| James Mazzola | 48 | 65 | 65 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .277 | .292 | .569 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Robert Lloyd | 28 | 76 | 76 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .316 | .553 | 24 | |||||||||||
| John Fitzgerald | 22 | 54 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 15 | |||||||||||
| John Kudoba | 32 | 56 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .339 | .554 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Robert Pelz | 28 | 43 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 | .209 | .209 | .419 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Scheidt | 32 | 68 | 68 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .162 | .279 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Ramon Rosenkranz | 22 | 44 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .182 | .318 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Rupert Sullivan | 31 | 38 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .132 | .237 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1232 | 3961 | 3961 | 0 | 1045 | 182 | 27 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .361 | .625 | 1431 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Mazzola | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Pelz | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Lloyd | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Rupert Sullivan | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Scheidt | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| John Kudoba | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| John Fitzgerald | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Sherman Jones | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 194 | 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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