1953 St. Paul Saints Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 72-82
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Clay Bryant (72-82)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Ballpark: Lexington Park
Attendance: 139,348, Avg. 1,810

1953 St. Paul Saints Roster

The St. Paul Saints of the American Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.

The Saints scored 690 runs and conceded 717 runs. Don Zimmer led St. Paul with 23 home runs Bob Wilson drove in 77 runs. Jack Cassini paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .324. Don Bessent, Bob Darnell and Ray Moore topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Bob Darnell recorded a 3.12 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Ray Moore, Joe Lutz, Gino Cimoli, Bob Darnell, Ray Coleman, Dick Whitman, Dixie Howell, Don Bessent, Ron Negray, Jack Cassini, Pete Wojey, Pat McGlothin, Bob Wilson, Don Zimmer, Al Epperly, Hal Erickson, Bud Byerly, Chris Van Cuyk and Walt Moryn were all players from the 1953 St. Paul Saints who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Clay Bryant 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
Don Bessent	11	10	.524	4.32	31	17		5	2		150.0	153	81	72	11	71		65	2	1	2
Bob Darnell	11	12	.478	3.12	32	31		14	2		228.0	215	104	79	8	131		145	8	2	9
Ray Moore	11	14	.440	3.56	34	28		10	2		187.0	154	85	74	17	86		155	2	0	8
Ron Negray	10	12	.455	3.91	30	28		14	1		182.0	167	90	79	17	93		107	1	0	3
Norman Fox	6	3	.667	3.65	35	2		0	0		79.0	66	44	32	5	60		44	1	1	4
Pat McGlothin	5	2	.714	3.26	29	9		3	1		105.0	112	44	38	8	26		53	11	0	1
Hal Erickson	5	3	.625	3.76	15	10		4	0		67.0	74	39	28	8	11		45	1	0	0
Al Epperly	4	2	.667		24						0.0
Chris Van Cuyk	4	8	.333	5.48	36	8		2	0		92.0	114	59	56	12	33		74	6	1	2
Wade Browning	3	13	.188	4.13	31	19		11	0		146.0	139	81	67	14	67		92	2	0	3
Hugh Oser	1	3	.250	3.71	16	3		0	0		51.0	52	43	21	8	32		23	1	0	2
Bud Byerly					10						0.0
Totals	71	82	.464	3.82	323	155	0	63	8	0	1287.0	1246	670	546	108	610	0	803	35	5	34	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
Jack Cassini	155	689	602	109	195	32	6	12	51	27		77	49	.324	.408	.457	.865	275	13	9	1
Bob Wilson	147	615	575	70	182	32	5	12	77	8		25	34	.317	.351	.452	.804	260	21	6	9
Ted Bartz	149	547	529	66	148	20	8	7	69	11		13	59	.280	.297	.388	.685	205	9	0	5
Gino Cimoli	145	602	546	66	143	21	7	3	52	13		50	79	.262	.324	.342	.666	187	10	0	6
Ray Coleman	152	589	532	68	129	21	4	7	57	3		49	57	.242	.306	.336	.643	179	12	0	8
Don Zimmer	81	343	320	57	96	14	4	23	63	12		21	50	.300	.347	.584	.931	187	11	2	0
Walt Moryn	87	345	304	44	93	12	3	13	38	7		36	33	.306	.385	.493	.878	150	3	3	2
Ray Dabek	113	370	328	25	75	10	1	8	53	3		30	50	.229	.297	.338	.636	111	10	2	10
Jack Lindsey	106	333	293	28	66	14	2	5	35	2		37	36	.225	.314	.338	.652	99	14	1	2
Dick Whitman	58	247	211	32	53	12	2	3	26	3		30	10	.251	.350	.370	.719	78	7	2	4
Dixie Howell	83	218	198	22	49	3	4	8	26	1		17	39	.247	.310	.424	.734	84	4	1	2
Joe Lutz	76	203	172	28	41	8	1	9	28	0		27	35	.238	.351	.453	.805	78	2	3	1
Bob Darnell	44	90	81	12	22	3	3	2	8	0		6	18	.272	.322	.457	.779	37	0	0	3
Al Leap	69	124	108	19	21	4	2	3	12	0		13	31	.194	.281	.352	.633	38	4	0	3
Wade Browning	57	85	76	10	20	6	0	1	8	0		8	14	.263	.333	.382	.715	29	0	0	1
Ray Moore	36	72	71	4	13	2	0	2	6	0		1	18	.183	.194	.296	.490	21	2	0	0
Chris Van Cuyk	38	36	33	4	11	0	0	0	5	0		2	10	.333	.371	.333	.705	11	1	0	1
Don Bessent	31	58	47	3	11	3	0	0	5	0		5	1	.234	.308	.298	.606	14	5	0	6
Ron Negray	34	70	64	9	10	0	0	1	6	0		3	16	.156	.194	.203	.397	13	3	0	3
Pat McGlothin	31	41	38	4	7	1	0	0	2	0		2	10	.184	.225	.211	.436	8	1	0	1
Hal Erickson	15	23	20	1	6	1	0	1	1	0		1	7	.300	.333	.500	.833	10	0	0	2
Hugh Oser	16	12	12	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.250	.250	.250	.500	3	0	0	0
Norman Fox	35	20	15	4	3	1	0	0	2	0		4	3	.200	.368	.267	.635	4	0	0	1
Al Epperly	24	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1782	5735	5178	687	1397	220	52	120	631	90	0	457	666	.270	.332	.402	.734	2081	132	29	71	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ted Bartz	1B	122	1058	51	13	78	.988	9.090
Joe Lutz	1B	47	308	18	11	22	.967	6.936
Jack Cassini	2B	154	373	359	17	74	.977	4.753
Bob Wilson	3B	146	126	260	33	24	.921	2.644
Jack Lindsey	3B	10	5	12	0	0	1.000	1.700
Ray Dabek	C	109	559	61	8	7	.987	5.688	14
Dixie Howell	C	64	347	24	3	7	.992	5.797	8
Ray Coleman	OF	147	316	19	4	2	.988	2.279
Gino Cimoli	OF	143	349	23	7	4	.982	2.601
Walt Moryn	OF	87	136	7	2	2	.986	1.644
Dick Whitman	OF	58	96	5	6	0	.944	1.741
Al Leap	OF	27	47	4	1	1	.981	1.889
Ted Bartz	OF	21	33	4	1	0	.974	1.762
Chris Van Cuyk	P	36	3	16	4	1	.826	.528
Norman Fox	P	35	3	17	3	1	.870	.571
Ray Moore	P	34	5	33	1	2	.974	1.118
Bob Darnell	P	32	8	51	4	2	.937	1.844
Wade Browning	P	31	5	32	2	1	.949	1.194
Don Bessent	P	31	6	28	1	5	.971	1.097
Ron Negray	P	30	10	17	2	0	.931	.900
Pat McGlothin	P	29	3	14	3	0	.850	.586
Al Epperly	P	24	0	9	1	1	.900	.375
Hugh Oser	P	16	2	9	3	1	.786	.688
Hal Erickson	P	15	4	7	3	1	.786	.733
Don Zimmer	SS	81	165	264	21	44	.953	5.296
Jack Lindsey	SS	77	127	193	13	33	.961	4.156
Al Leap	SS	11	4	6	0	0	1.000	.909
Totals		1617	4098	1543	167	313	.971	3.489	22	0	0

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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