1953 Baltimore Orioles Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 82-72
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Don Heffner (82-72)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 207,182, Avg. 2,691

1953 Baltimore Orioles Roster

Playoffs - Rochester Red Wings 4 games, Baltimore Orioles 3

The Baltimore Orioles of the International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.

The Orioles scored 654 runs and yielded 655 runs. Stan Jok led Baltimore with 20 home runs, while Roy Weatherly and Jack Graham walloped 15 or more as well. Stan Jok recorded 91 runs batted in. Archie Wilson paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .301 clip. Howie Fox topped the team with 15 wins, and Jocko Thompson registered a 3.8 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1953 Baltimore Orioles who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ron Mrozinski, Bob Greenwood, Jackie Mayo, Clyde Kluttz, Jack Graham, Jack Sanford, Tom Herrin, Ben Flowers, Al Lakeman, Ken Heintzelman, Lou Possehl, Ted Kazanski, Jocko Thompson, Dick Starr, Archie Wilson, Roy Weatherly, Kent Peterson, Dee Phillips, Joe Lonnett, Stan Jok, Marv Rackley, Putsy Caballero, Howie Fox, Cuddles Marshall, Jack Lohrke and Pete Taylor.

Don Heffner 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
Howie Fox	15	10	.600	3.84	34	29		12	1		204.0	193	95	87	14	76		90	3	0	2
Jack Sanford	14	13	.519	3.96	32	30		11	0		200.0	186	112	88	11	110		128	5	1	9
Dick Starr	11	11	.500	4.19	37	19		7	2		159.0	148	77	74	18	69		87	2	0	5
Bob Greenwood	11	12	.478	4.07	37	20		4	3		146.0	141	72	66	12	71		110	2	0	7
Jocko Thompson	10	4	.714	3.80	25	22		7	2		154.0	142	77	65	16	50		68	1	1	2
Tom Herrin	8	4	.667	2.65	40	3		1	0		95.0	91	41	28	5	48		42	3	0	3
Ken Heintzelman	5	4	.556	3.32	37	9		1	1		111.0	115	52	41	5	35		46	0	0	1
Kent Peterson	2	5	.286	3.43	22	7		1	0		63.0	61	33	24	5	24		41	2	0	1
Ron Mrozinski	2	5	.286	3.97	30	7		3	0		118.0	124	56	52	8	59		65	1	0	2
Totals	78	68	.534	3.78	294	146	0	47	9	0	1250.0	1201	615	525	94	542	0	677	19	2	32	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
Archie Wilson	150	625	585	76	176	29	6	13	79	3		28	52	.301	.336	.438	.774	256		3	9
Stan Jok	141	568	487	84	136	17	10	20	91	6		74	67	.279	.382	.478	.860	233		7	0
Putsy Caballero	133	529	462	54	124	25	2	5	49	9		60	36	.268	.354	.364	.717	168		1	6
Russell Kerns	126	470	426	52	123	12	6	12	67	5		37	24	.289	.348	.430	.778	183		2	5
Marv Rackley	111	412	363	62	116	14	2	3	28	3		40	21	.320	.390	.394	.784	143		2	7
Roy Weatherly	113	409	377	56	101	12	2	17	58	2		29	33	.268	.320	.446	.766	168		0	3
Jackie Mayo	91	367	322	56	92	11	6	4	32	2		37	32	.286	.359	.394	.754	127		0	8
Dee Phillips	118	379	342	32	81	14	0	11	42	1		30	29	.237	.300	.374	.675	128		1	6
Jack Graham	99	369	318	45	78	11	2	15	58	0		45	33	.245	.348	.434	.782	138		5	1
Martin Tabacheck	93	304	265	20	65	10	1	1	27	0		34	22	.245	.336	.302	.637	80		2	3
Ted Kazanski	60	243	217	36	63	12	2	3	12	0		25	20	.290	.364	.406	.769	88		0	1
Jack Lohrke	61	190	180	17	35	10	2	2	18	3		9	20	.194	.233	.306	.538	55		0	1
Joe Lonnett	77	189	162	27	25	3	0	11	25	1		24	41	.154	.267	.377	.644	61		1	2
Jack Sanford	33	77	68	9	20	4	1	0	5	0		4	15	.294	.351	.382	.734	26		2	3
Clyde Kluttz	42	104	99	7	19	3	0	1	4	0		3	5	.192	.216	.253	.468	25		0	2
Howie Fox	35	84	78	6	13	3	0	0	5	0		2	16	.167	.198	.205	.403	16		1	3
Jocko Thompson	27	63	58	3	8	1	0	0	5	0		3	17	.138	.180	.155	.336	9		0	2
Bob Greenwood	38	51	45	3	7	1	0	2	4	0		4	20	.156	.224	.311	.536	14		0	2
Kent Peterson	22	17	17	2	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	3	.353	.353	.412	.765	7		0	0
Dick Starr	38	53	41	3	6	0	0	1	2	0		9	15	.146	.300	.220	.520	9		0	3
Tom Herrin	41	33	31	2	4	1	0	1	3	0		1	10	.129	.156	.258	.414	8		0	1
Ken Heintzelman	37	30	28	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	4	.071	.071	.071	.143	2		0	2
Ron Mrozinski	31	37	33	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		4	15	.061	.162	.121	.283	4		0	0
Totals	1717	5603	5004	653	1302	194	43	122	615	35	0	502	550	.260	.331	.389	.720	1948	0	27	70	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jack Graham	1B	89	739	45	10	83	.987	8.809
Jackie Mayo	1B	46	361	26	3	53	.992	8.413
Dee Phillips	1B	13	106	8	2	8	.983	8.769
Putsy Caballero	2B	129	324	375	17	101	.976	5.419
Dee Phillips	2B	28	57	78	1	21	.993	4.821
Russell Kerns	3B	111	112	177	17	17	.944	2.604
Stan Jok	3B	39	30	81	6	8	.949	2.846
Dee Phillips	3B	14	4	9	1	1	.929	.929
Martin Tabacheck	C	87	390	35	2	9	.995	4.885	5
Joe Lonnett	C	54	261	23	2	6	.993	5.259	5
Clyde Kluttz	C	31	145	15	5	5	.970	5.161	1
Al Lakeman	C	3						.000
Archie Wilson	OF	148	305	16	7	1	.979	2.169
Stan Jok	OF	98	177	17	1	0	.995	1.980
Roy Weatherly	OF	96	163	5	3	0	.982	1.750
Marv Rackley	OF	89	181	6	6	1	.969	2.101
Jackie Mayo	OF	38	100	2	1	0	.990	2.684
Tom Herrin	P	40	6	19	0	0	1.000	.625
Dick Starr	P	37	8	26	0	1	1.000	.919
Ken Heintzelman	P	37	4	17	4	2	.840	.568
Bob Greenwood	P	37	7	19	0	3	1.000	.703
Howie Fox	P	34	14	44	1	3	.983	1.706
Jack Sanford	P	32	12	43	4	3	.932	1.719
Ron Mrozinski	P	30	0	28	2	5	.933	.933
Jocko Thompson	P	25	5	11	3	1	.842	.640
Kent Peterson	P	22	4	6	0	0	1.000	.455
Ted Kazanski	SS	60	127	182	14	51	.957	5.150
Dee Phillips	SS	57	101	167	7	38	.975	4.702
Jack Lohrke	SS	41	68	100	15	22	.918	4.098
Totals		1565	3811	1580	134	443	.976	3.445	11	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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