1953 Southern Association Leaders
1953 Southern Association Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1953 Southern Association Standings
Batting Average Leaders
Player | Team | Avg. | H | AB |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Taylor | Nashville Vols | .350 | 142 | 406 |
Dick Sinovic | Atlanta Crackers | .342 | 201 | 587 |
Ed White | Memphis Chicks | .330 | 161 | 488 |
David Jaska | Little Rock Travelers | .329 | 183 | 556 |
Bruce Barmes | Chattanooga Lookouts | .320 | 171 | 534 |
William Kerr | Mobile Bears | .320 | 154 | 482 |
Chuck Tanner | Atlanta Crackers | .318 | 148 | 465 |
Emil Tellinger | Birmingham Barons | .316 | 153 | 484 |
Bob Boring | Nashville Vols | .315 | 193 | 612 |
Lou Klein | New Orleans Pelicans | .311 | 161 | 517 |
Hal Smith | Birmingham Barons | .311 | 135 | 434 |
Bill Wilson | Memphis Chicks | .311 | 125 | 402 |
Billy Gardner | Nashville Vols | .308 | 182 | 591 |
Ray Shearer | Mobile Bears | .306 | 166 | 542 |
Tony Roig | Chattanooga Lookouts | .303 | 152 | 501 |
Bert Hamric | Mobile Bears | .298 | 154 | 516 |
Harry Bright | Memphis Chicks | .295 | 142 | 482 |
Don Grate | Chattanooga Lookouts | .295 | 135 | 457 |
Harvey Gentry | Nashville Vols | .294 | 163 | 555 |
Al Grunwald | New Orleans Pelicans | .293 | 173 | 591 |
Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per league game to qualify for batting average leaders
Hits Leaders
Player | Team | Hits | 2B | 3B | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Sinovic | Atlanta Crackers | 201 | 35 | 7 | 23 |
Bob Boring | Nashville Vols | 193 | 42 | 5 | 21 |
David Jaska | Little Rock Travelers | 183 | 25 | 4 | 1 |
Billy Gardner | Nashville Vols | 182 | 42 | 5 | 10 |
Al Grunwald | New Orleans Pelicans | 173 | 28 | 7 | 18 |
Chick King | Little Rock Travelers | 173 | 27 | 5 | 9 |
Bruce Barmes | Chattanooga Lookouts | 171 | 24 | 4 | 1 |
Gail Henley | New Orleans Pelicans | 168 | 32 | 3 | 12 |
Ray Shearer | Mobile Bears | 166 | 31 | 10 | 12 |
Dick Smith | New Orleans Pelicans | 165 | 33 | 7 | 3 |
Home Run Leaders
Doubles Leaders
Triples Leaders
RBI Leaders
Wins Leaders
ERA Leaders
Player | Team | ERA | W | L |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Schultz | New Orleans Pelicans | 2.74 | 9 | 4 |
Bill George | Atlanta Crackers | 2.93 | 8 | 5 |
Tom Sturdivant | Birmingham Barons | 2.98 | 10 | 7 |
Art Fowler | Atlanta Crackers | 3.03 | 18 | 10 |
Dick Strahs | Memphis Chicks | 3.15 | 16 | 8 |
Tom Hurd | Memphis Chicks | 3.20 | 17 | 11 |
Don Carlsen | New Orleans Pelicans | 3.23 | 8 | 6 |
Red Crowder | Birmingham Barons | 3.26 | 10 | 4 |
Jack Harshman | Nashville Vols | 3.27 | 23 | 7 |
Bunky Stewart | Chattanooga Lookouts | 3.29 | 14 | 10 |
Leo Cristante | Atlanta Crackers | 3.31 | 14 | 10 |
Dean Stone | Chattanooga Lookouts | 3.33 | 8 | 10 |
Preston Elkins | New Orleans Pelicans | 3.38 | 8 | 4 |
Bob Purkey | New Orleans Pelicans | 3.41 | 11 | 13 |
Bill Harris | Mobile Bears | 3.48 | 11 | 10 |
Tommy Fine | Memphis Chicks | 3.50 | 12 | 11 |
Gerald Speck | Memphis Chicks | 3.51 | 12 | 5 |
Bob Giggie | Atlanta Crackers | 3.52 | 12 | 7 |
Taylor Phillips | Atlanta Crackers | 3.52 | 11 | 11 |
Len Yochim | New Orleans Pelicans | 3.59 | 14 | 14 |
Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per league game to qualify for ERA leaders