1953 Sioux City Soos Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-84
Finished 7th in the WL
Manager: Ray Mueller (70-84)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Ballpark: Soos Park
Attendance: 45,412, Avg. 590
1953 Sioux City Soos Roster

The Sioux City Soos of the Western League ended the 1953 season with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses, finishing seventh in the WL.

The Soos scored 705 runs and conceded 818 runs, most in the circuit. Dick Getter led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .285. Joseph Stupak topped Sioux City with 19 wins, while Dick Hamlin added 15 or more wins, too Joseph Stupak recorded a 3.76 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1953 Sioux City Soos who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Marshall Bridges, Ray Mueller and Don Taussig.

Ray Mueller 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
Joseph Stupak1913.5943.763729242.02491221011688
Dick Hamlin1620.4444.524625259.027816213021129
Clyde Stevens1213.4804.233131213.02281171009142
James Kovarik54.5564.7326897.01156551949
Robert Giddens56.4554.45141393.0895046654
George Heller48.3334.122516118.01178254495
Arthur Sauer413.2354.702620132.01178769696
Theodore Birkeland27.2225.18101066.0794738641
Ron Mahrt101.0007.1221048.0555238352
Marshall Bridges009.0046.09767
Totals6884.4474.4724015200001274.0133679163380753000000

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
Dick Getter15456856816221227.285.285.472.757268
James Jones15154654614819116.271.271.379.650207
Vincent LaSala1475205201321547.254.254.338.592176
Raymond Johnson14956856812919312.227.227.335.562190
Jake Jenkins1254494491262642.281.281.370.650166
Earle Willis1354694691261474.269.269.354.623166
Marshall Bridges1294774771182566.247.247.363.610173
Robert Myers120442442991403.224.224.276.500122
Arthur Dunham772812818313212.295.295.484.779136
Dick Hamlin8013413432802.239.239.343.58246
Ray Mueller39808024412.300.300.450.75036
Joseph Stupak37898918420.202.202.292.49426
Robert Koperwhats21848416000.190.190.190.38116
Chuck Allen26777715202.195.195.299.49423
Clyde Stevens31737314300.192.192.233.42517
George Heller29414113110.317.317.390.70716
Don Taussig933336100.182.182.212.3947
Arthur Sauer2746466001.130.130.196.3269
Theodore Birkeland1022224100.182.182.227.4095
James Kovarik2629294000.138.138.138.2764
Ron Mahrt2114142002.143.143.571.7148
Robert Giddens1430302000.067.067.067.1332
Totals15575072507201279190438800000.252.252.359.611181900000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Marshall Bridges1B12410588526.9789.218
Vincent LaSala2B12532835934.9535.496
James Jones3B15115228139.9172.868
Jake JenkinsC1236116228.9605.472
Ray MuellerC29103107.9423.897
Dick GetterOF1542782514.9561.968
Raymond JohnsonOF1484032515.9662.892
Arthur DunhamOF77148712.9282.013
Earle WillisOF599086.9421.661
Chuck AllenOF212834.8861.476
Dick HamlinP46.000
Joseph StupakP37.000
Clyde StevensP31.000
Arthur SauerP26.000
James KovarikP26.000
George HellerP25.000
Ron MahrtP21.000
Robert GiddensP14.000
Theodore BirkelandP10.000
Robert MyersSS11619132939.9304.483
Robert KoperwhatsSS2037545.9484.550
Totals1383342712482290.9533.380

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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