1953 Terre Haute Phillies Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 76-52
Finished 1st in the IIIL
Manager: Hub Kittle (76-52)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Terre Haute, Indiana
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 64,428, Avg. 1,007

1953 Terre Haute Phillies Roster

Playoffs - Evansville Braves 3 games, Terre Haute Phillies 2

The Terre Haute Phillies of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1953 season with a record of 76 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the IIIL.

The Phillies scored 712 runs and conceded 608 runs. Harry Anderson paced batters with significant playing time with a .323 average. Jim Owens topped Terre Haute with 22 wins, while John Anderson, too added 15 or more wins, too Jim Owens earned a 2.51 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1953 Terre Haute Phillies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Seth Morehead, Mickey Micelotta, Harry Anderson, John Anderson, Jim Owens and Lou Possehl.

Hub Kittle 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
Jim Owens	22	8	.733	2.51	42	29					244.0	167	92	68	9	139
John Anderson	18	11	.621	3.31	34	28					231.0	225	116	85	13	73
Don Edwards	13	8	.619	3.15	25	20					163.0	135	71	57	8	63
Seth Morehead	11	10	.524	4.09	39	26					187.0	158	104	85	11	167
James Brown	5	11	.312	5.87	34	13					138.0	186	111	90	12	83
Hub Kittle	2	1	.667	1.67	14	1					27.0	27	11	5		9
Jack Trautwein	2	1	.667	5.87	11	2					46.0	48	45	30	6	41
Totals	73	50	.593	3.65	199	119	0	0	0	0	1036.0	946	550	420	59	575	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
Ben Tompkins	128	506	506		160	25	4	15						.316	.316	.470	.787	238
Joseph Podoley	126	497	497		158	35	13	12						.318	.318	.513	.831	255
Harry Anderson	111	452	452		146	18	11	14						.323	.323	.504	.827	228
Mickey Micelotta	127	464	464		138	24	4	15						.297	.297	.463	.761	215
Bill Jankowski	95	372	372		111	16	6	2						.298	.298	.390	.688	145
Louis Heyman	93	307	307		85	13	1	16						.277	.277	.482	.759	148
Frank Turcy	97	303	303		84	8	2	2						.277	.277	.337	.614	102
John Lundquist	86	315	315		80	8	9	9						.254	.254	.422	.676	133
Sam Mitchell	64	172	172		52	7	0	1						.302	.302	.360	.663	62
Ronald Cole	52	166	166		43	3	2	1						.259	.259	.319	.578	53
Chet Ashman	26	110	110		22	3	1	2						.200	.200	.300	.500	33
Eddie Sack	37	124	124		22	5	0	2						.177	.177	.266	.444	33
John Anderson	40	95	95		21	3	2	0						.221	.221	.295	.516	28
James Gorman	26	78	78		16	1	2	0						.205	.205	.269	.474	21
James Brown	37	57	57		12	3	1	2						.211	.211	.404	.614	23
Jack Trautwein	17	34	34		9	1	0	0						.265	.265	.294	.559	10
Don Edwards	25	53	53		8	0	0	0						.151	.151	.151	.302	8
Seth Morehead	39	62	62		8	0	0	0						.129	.129	.129	.258	8
Jim Owens	42	72	72		8	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	8
Ralph Onnasch	11	30	30		6	2	0	0						.200	.200	.267	.467	8
Hub Kittle	14	10	10		2	1	0	0						.200	.200	.300	.500	3
Totals	1293	4279	4279	0	1191	176	58	93	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.412	.690	1762	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Harry Anderson	1B	111	975	47	11		.989	9.207
Ben Tompkins	2B	126	304	338	28		.958	5.095
Bill Jankowski	3B	80	67	179	22		.918	3.075
Ronald Cole	3B	26	24	52	10		.884	2.923
James Gorman	3B	21	19	47	6		.917	3.143
Louis Heyman	C	75	460	28	6		.988	6.507
Sam Mitchell	C	40	241	18	6		.977	6.475
Eddie Sack	C	25	169	19	10		.949	7.520
Joseph Podoley	OF	123	205	14	11		.952	1.780
Frank Turcy	OF	87	144	11	9		.945	1.782
John Lundquist	OF	86	157	11	9		.949	1.953
Chet Ashman	OF	26	39	2	4		.911	1.577
Jim Owens	P	42						.000
Seth Morehead	P	39						.000
James Brown	P	34						.000
John Anderson	P	34						.000
Don Edwards	P	25						.000
Hub Kittle	P	14						.000
Jack Trautwein	P	11						.000
Mickey Micelotta	SS	126	194	396	51		.920	4.683
Totals		1151	2998	1162	183	0	.958	3.614

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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