1953 Cedar Rapids Indians Statistics
Team Record: 63-65
Finished 5th in the IIIL
Manager: Al Kubski (0-0), Bill Prince (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 93,501, Avg. 1,461
The Cedar Rapids Indians of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1953 season with a record of 63 wins and 65 losses, finishing fifth in the IIIL.
The Indians scored 590 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 620 runs. Bob Coats topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .327 average. Joe Stanka led Cedar Rapids with 12 wins and a team-best 2.35 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1953 Cedar Rapids Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Art Pennington, Joe Stanka, Footer Johnson, Andy Varga and Jim Fanning.
Al Kubski and Bill Prince 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Stanka | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.35 | 23 | 20 | 180.0 | 131 | 59 | 47 | 11 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Paul Hoffmeister | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.04 | 36 | 15 | 158.0 | 137 | 89 | 71 | 11 | 100 | ||||||||||
| Grant Mitchell | 11 | 15 | .423 | 3.55 | 37 | 29 | 213.0 | 195 | 118 | 84 | 16 | 120 | ||||||||||
| Darrell Rothrock | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.06 | 29 | 16 | 155.0 | 166 | 82 | 70 | 8 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Harry Wise | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.87 | 18 | 12 | 85.0 | 96 | 48 | 46 | 7 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Paul Schnieders | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.00 | 16 | 11 | 81.0 | 83 | 46 | 36 | 6 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Kerr | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.68 | 10 | 5 | 47.0 | 43 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Ray Coombs | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.06 | 9 | 8 | 52.0 | 67 | 47 | 35 | 4 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Sam Frazier | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.25 | 20 | 3 | 60.0 | 67 | 45 | 35 | 9 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 59 | .504 | 3.82 | 198 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1031.0 | 985 | 551 | 438 | 75 | 521 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Coats | 128 | 495 | 495 | 162 | 24 | 9 | 4 | .327 | .327 | .436 | .764 | 216 | |||||||||||
| Jim Fanning | 120 | 456 | 456 | 124 | 26 | 5 | 16 | .272 | .272 | .456 | .728 | 208 | |||||||||||
| Earl Birnel | 107 | 432 | 432 | 109 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .252 | .252 | .308 | .560 | 133 | |||||||||||
| Arnold Green | 105 | 363 | 363 | 93 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .256 | .256 | .311 | .567 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Elmer Westfall | 99 | 356 | 356 | 92 | 12 | 3 | 10 | .258 | .258 | .393 | .652 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Ray Bellino | 128 | 421 | 421 | 85 | 8 | 5 | 6 | .202 | .202 | .287 | .489 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Dick Rigazio | 84 | 277 | 277 | 71 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .256 | .256 | .347 | .603 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Pete Gasper | 58 | 185 | 185 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 5 | .259 | .259 | .389 | .649 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Donald Annen | 38 | 137 | 137 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .270 | .270 | .409 | .679 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Theodore Lotz | 42 | 142 | 142 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .211 | .211 | .303 | .514 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Footer Johnson | 42 | 143 | 143 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .259 | .455 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Darrell Rothrock | 29 | 56 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .339 | .589 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Bernard Kozub | 23 | 79 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .177 | .177 | .203 | .380 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Joe Stanka | 30 | 73 | 73 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .178 | .178 | .274 | .452 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Carl Bentz | 19 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .312 | .312 | .344 | .656 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Len Heinbigner | 15 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .265 | .265 | .382 | .647 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Grant Mitchell | 38 | 64 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .141 | .141 | .141 | .281 | 9 | |||||||||||
| James Batchelor | 18 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .216 | .243 | .459 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Paul Hoffmeister | 46 | 46 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .152 | .304 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Paul Schnieders | 16 | 28 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .250 | .464 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Sam Frazier | 20 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .312 | .500 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Harry Wise | 18 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Kerr | 10 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1233 | 3913 | 3913 | 0 | 976 | 139 | 39 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .249 | .249 | .346 | .596 | 1355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Coats | 1B | 75 | 588 | 24 | 7 | .989 | 8.160 | |
| Dick Rigazio | 1B | 49 | 391 | 17 | 2 | .995 | 8.327 | |
| Arnold Green | 2B | 96 | 273 | 236 | 29 | .946 | 5.302 | |
| Earl Birnel | 3B | 107 | 93 | 278 | 29 | .928 | 3.467 | |
| Bernard Kozub | 3B | 18 | 23 | 41 | 9 | .877 | 3.556 | |
| Jim Fanning | C | 114 | 643 | 74 | 16 | .978 | 6.289 | |
| James Batchelor | C | 11 | 56 | 6 | 2 | .969 | 5.636 | |
| Elmer Westfall | OF | 97 | 182 | 11 | 6 | .970 | 1.990 | |
| Pete Gasper | OF | 51 | 97 | 6 | 4 | .963 | 2.020 | |
| Footer Johnson | OF | 41 | 71 | 5 | 3 | .962 | 1.854 | |
| Theodore Lotz | OF | 39 | 100 | 3 | 3 | .972 | 2.641 | |
| Donald Annen | OF | 37 | 60 | 6 | 6 | .917 | 1.784 | |
| Grant Mitchell | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Hoffmeister | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Darrell Rothrock | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Stanka | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Sam Frazier | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Wise | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Schnieders | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Kerr | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Coombs | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Bellino | SS | 128 | 245 | 394 | 32 | .952 | 4.992 | |
| Totals | 1061 | 2822 | 1101 | 148 | 0 | .964 | 3.697 |
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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