1953 Waterloo White Hawks Statistics
Team Record: 69-60
Finished 4th in the IIIL
Manager: Zack Taylor (69-60)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 93,153, Avg. 1,444
Playoffs - Quincy Gems 3 games, Waterloo White Hawks 1
The Waterloo White Hawks of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1953 season with a record of 69 wins and 60 losses, finishing fourth in the IIIL.
The White Hawks led the league with just 584 runs allowed. Waterloo scored 671 runs. Al Fahringer paced all regular batters with a .305 average. Mel Rainey topped the squad with 10 wins, while Robert Mueller registered a 2.96 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1953 Waterloo White Hawks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tom Flanigan, Sammy Esposito and Gus Keriazakos.
Zack Taylor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Rainey | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.36 | 27 | 19 | 128.0 | 125 | 75 | 62 | 9 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Charles Selby | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.79 | 17 | 14 | 102.0 | 103 | 58 | 43 | 15 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Robert Mueller | 8 | 10 | .444 | 2.96 | 35 | 9 | 149.0 | 147 | 65 | 49 | 13 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Tom Flanigan | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.06 | 23 | 18 | 113.0 | 113 | 55 | 51 | 12 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Tom Breisinger | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.69 | 17 | 16 | 94.0 | 96 | 53 | 49 | 8 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Roger Howard | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.07 | 18 | 17 | 132.0 | 108 | 53 | 45 | 4 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Gardner | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.69 | 38 | 8 | 139.0 | 134 | 72 | 57 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Richard Rasmussen | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.20 | 25 | 8 | 90.0 | 89 | 47 | 32 | 5 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Gus Keriazakos | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.00 | 7 | 7 | 45.0 | 37 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Alfredo Ibanez | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.62 | 19 | 9 | 77.0 | 76 | 42 | 31 | 3 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 66 | 57 | .537 | 3.70 | 226 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1069.0 | 1028 | 546 | 439 | 84 | 514 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Fahringer | 121 | 492 | 492 | 150 | 28 | 3 | 6 | .305 | .305 | .411 | .715 | 202 | |||||||||||
| Dan Phalen | 129 | 476 | 476 | 141 | 14 | 5 | 28 | .296 | .296 | .523 | .819 | 249 | |||||||||||
| Bob Erps | 120 | 419 | 419 | 114 | 18 | 1 | 11 | .272 | .272 | .399 | .671 | 167 | |||||||||||
| William Close | 129 | 465 | 465 | 111 | 21 | 4 | 6 | .239 | .239 | .340 | .578 | 158 | |||||||||||
| Jose Bustamante | 114 | 393 | 393 | 110 | 11 | 4 | 7 | .280 | .280 | .382 | .662 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Sammy Esposito | 96 | 359 | 359 | 95 | 24 | 3 | 7 | .265 | .265 | .407 | .671 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Al Ware | 84 | 318 | 318 | 94 | 11 | 2 | 17 | .296 | .296 | .503 | .799 | 160 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Walsh | 96 | 330 | 330 | 71 | 15 | 2 | 15 | .215 | .215 | .409 | .624 | 135 | |||||||||||
| Harold Wallace | 60 | 213 | 213 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .235 | .235 | .324 | .559 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Arnold Davis | 45 | 139 | 139 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .288 | .288 | .432 | .719 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Fred Boseo | 40 | 123 | 123 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .195 | .195 | .268 | .463 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Robert Mueller | 39 | 47 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .298 | .553 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Dick Lombardi | 19 | 48 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .417 | .667 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Charles Selby | 24 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .227 | .455 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Alfredo Ibanez | 21 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Mel Rainey | 28 | 45 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .222 | .378 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Tom Breisinger | 19 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .189 | .351 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Roger Howard | 18 | 49 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .122 | .122 | .184 | .306 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Gardner | 40 | 52 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .096 | .096 | .115 | .212 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Tom Flanigan | 23 | 39 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .128 | .231 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Richard Rasmussen | 25 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1290 | 4143 | 4143 | 0 | 1072 | 177 | 27 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .391 | .650 | 1621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Phalen | 1B | 129 | 1117 | 88 | 20 | .984 | 9.341 | |
| William Close | 2B | 128 | 353 | 337 | 26 | .964 | 5.391 | |
| Al Ware | 3B | 83 | 71 | 187 | 21 | .925 | 3.108 | |
| Charlie Walsh | C | 95 | 641 | 52 | 13 | .982 | 7.295 | |
| Arnold Davis | C | 33 | 188 | 18 | 4 | .981 | 6.242 | |
| Al Fahringer | OF | 121 | 276 | 13 | 12 | .960 | 2.388 | |
| Bob Erps | OF | 110 | 151 | 9 | 11 | .936 | 1.455 | |
| Jose Bustamante | OF | 62 | 68 | 9 | 3 | .962 | 1.242 | |
| Harold Wallace | OF | 51 | 62 | 5 | 2 | .971 | 1.314 | |
| Dick Lombardi | OF | 14 | 15 | 0 | 3 | .833 | 1.071 | |
| Gerald Gardner | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Mueller | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Mel Rainey | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Rasmussen | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Flanigan | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Alfredo Ibanez | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Howard | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Selby | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Breisinger | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Gus Keriazakos | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Sammy Esposito | SS | 96 | 150 | 307 | 21 | .956 | 4.760 | |
| Fred Boseo | SS | 26 | 49 | 82 | 8 | .942 | 5.038 | |
| Totals | 1174 | 3141 | 1107 | 144 | 0 | .967 | 3.618 |
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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