1953 Wichita Indians Statistics
Team Record: 58-96
Finished 8th in the WL
Manager: George Hausmann (0-0), Mark Christman (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 68,683, Avg. 892
The Wichita Indians of the Western League ended the 1953 season with a record of 58 wins and 96 losses, finishing eighth in the WL.
The Indians plated 676 runs and surrendered 784 runs. Jerry Jacobs led batters with significant playing time by hitting .304. James Upchurch topped Wichita with 11 wins, while Mel Held earned a 3.23 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1953 Wichita Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mark Christman, George Hausmann, Mel Held, Chuck Locke and Jim Pisoni.
George Hausmann and Mark Christman 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 |
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James Upchurch | 11 | 15 | .423 | 4.03 | 43 | 24 | 183.0 | 197 | 95 | 82 | 8 | 84 | ||||||||||
Mel Held | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.23 | 24 | 19 | 170.0 | 160 | 77 | 61 | 10 | 54 | ||||||||||
Chuck Locke | 8 | 18 | .308 | 3.31 | 41 | 29 | 242.0 | 205 | 118 | 89 | 14 | 149 | ||||||||||
Bob Schmitt | 6 | 4 | .600 | 6.04 | 23 | 11 | 85.0 | 100 | 65 | 57 | 8 | 64 | ||||||||||
Bill Pilgram | 5 | 11 | .312 | 5.56 | 27 | 15 | 123.0 | 133 | 94 | 76 | 11 | 92 | ||||||||||
Norm Rynard | 3 | 10 | .231 | 4.08 | 25 | 15 | 119.0 | 118 | 70 | 54 | 8 | 78 | ||||||||||
Burke McLaughlin | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.65 | 20 | 6 | 62.0 | 69 | 42 | 32 | 3 | 61 | ||||||||||
Julian Ladera | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.63 | 17 | 7 | 62.0 | 58 | 41 | 25 | 3 | 37 | ||||||||||
Billy Hyde | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.90 | 5 | 0 | 10.0 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
Totals | 44 | 75 | .370 | 4.15 | 225 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1056.0 | 1056 | 614 | 487 | 65 | 627 | 0 | 4 | 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 |
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Jerry Jacobs | 141 | 520 | 520 | 158 | 39 | 2 | 20 | .304 | .304 | .502 | .806 | 261 | |||||||||||
Bob Masser | 141 | 474 | 474 | 133 | 19 | 8 | 20 | .281 | .281 | .481 | .762 | 228 | |||||||||||
William Springfield | 130 | 483 | 483 | 133 | 25 | 4 | 8 | .275 | .275 | .393 | .669 | 190 | |||||||||||
Mike Colombo | 152 | 554 | 554 | 133 | 21 | 9 | 1 | .240 | .240 | .316 | .556 | 175 | |||||||||||
Pete Konyar | 121 | 452 | 452 | 109 | 22 | 0 | 16 | .241 | .241 | .396 | .637 | 179 | |||||||||||
Richard Honacki | 123 | 446 | 446 | 106 | 15 | 2 | 4 | .238 | .238 | .307 | .545 | 137 | |||||||||||
Steve Kovach | 108 | 373 | 373 | 98 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .303 | .566 | 113 | |||||||||||
Louie Letlow | 96 | 353 | 353 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .272 | .504 | 96 | |||||||||||
Bob Knoke | 75 | 253 | 253 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .221 | .221 | .261 | .482 | 66 | |||||||||||
Russ Rosburg | 60 | 189 | 189 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 8 | .217 | .217 | .413 | .630 | 78 | |||||||||||
Bill Milligan | 38 | 130 | 130 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .192 | .192 | .315 | .508 | 41 | |||||||||||
Victor Fassero | 33 | 100 | 100 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .230 | .230 | .320 | .550 | 32 | |||||||||||
Mark Christman | 47 | 82 | 82 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .220 | .220 | .293 | .512 | 24 | |||||||||||
James Upchurch | 46 | 62 | 62 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .274 | .532 | 17 | |||||||||||
Jim Pisoni | 21 | 56 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .232 | .429 | 13 | |||||||||||
Chuck Locke | 42 | 76 | 76 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .145 | .145 | .211 | .355 | 16 | |||||||||||
Juan Perez | 21 | 61 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .164 | .164 | .246 | .410 | 15 | |||||||||||
Mel Held | 25 | 65 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .169 | .323 | 11 | |||||||||||
George Hausmann | 20 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .314 | .571 | 11 | |||||||||||
Charlie Buck | 21 | 38 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .421 | .658 | 16 | |||||||||||
Bill Pilgram | 27 | 43 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .116 | .163 | .279 | 7 | |||||||||||
Bob Schmitt | 23 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .182 | .318 | 4 | |||||||||||
Witty Quintana | 10 | 35 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .057 | .057 | .057 | .114 | 2 | |||||||||||
Ray Wicker | 22 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .125 | .188 | 2 | |||||||||||
Julian Ladera | 17 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
Burke McLaughlin | 20 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | |||||||||||
Norm Rynard | 27 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .026 | .026 | .053 | .079 | 2 | |||||||||||
William Brown | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1628 | 4997 | 4997 | 0 | 1205 | 206 | 33 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .348 | .589 | 1738 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Louie Letlow | 1B | 90 | 771 | 45 | 15 | .982 | 9.067 | |
Bill Milligan | 1B | 38 | 307 | 19 | 11 | .967 | 8.579 | |
Mark Christman | 1B | 15 | 86 | 8 | 3 | .969 | 6.267 | |
Jerry Jacobs | 2B | 135 | 368 | 369 | 42 | .946 | 5.459 | |
George Hausmann | 2B | 10 | 19 | 24 | 2 | .956 | 4.300 | |
Pete Konyar | 3B | 121 | 117 | 232 | 22 | .941 | 2.884 | |
Juan Perez | 3B | 19 | 23 | 34 | 3 | .950 | 3.000 | |
Steve Kovach | C | 101 | 539 | 66 | 8 | .987 | 5.990 | |
Bob Knoke | C | 55 | 258 | 34 | 7 | .977 | 5.309 | |
Mike Colombo | OF | 150 | 267 | 25 | 6 | .980 | 1.947 | |
Bob Masser | OF | 134 | 215 | 7 | 13 | .945 | 1.657 | |
William Springfield | OF | 79 | 202 | 13 | 10 | .956 | 2.722 | |
Russ Rosburg | OF | 53 | 109 | 2 | 6 | .949 | 2.094 | |
Victor Fassero | OF | 30 | 65 | 6 | 6 | .922 | 2.367 | |
Jim Pisoni | OF | 16 | 40 | 5 | 3 | .938 | 2.812 | |
James Upchurch | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
Chuck Locke | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
Bill Pilgram | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
Norm Rynard | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
Mel Held | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
Bob Schmitt | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Burke McLaughlin | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
Julian Ladera | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
Billy Hyde | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
Richard Honacki | SS | 123 | 210 | 386 | 32 | .949 | 4.846 | |
Witty Quintana | SS | 10 | 24 | 32 | 6 | .903 | 5.600 | |
Totals | 1404 | 3620 | 1307 | 195 | 0 | .962 | 3.509 |
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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