1953 Calgary Stampeders Statistics

Western International League (WIL) - Class: A
Team Record: 59-75
Finished 7th in the WIL
Manager: Gene Lillard (59-75)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Ballpark: Buffalo Stadium
Attendance: 40,106, Avg. 599

1953 Calgary Stampeders Roster

The Calgary Stampeders of the Western International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 59 wins and 75 losses, finishing seventh in the WIL.

The Stampeders led the league with 811 runs, fueled by 143 home runs. Calgary allowed 840 runs. Charlie Mead paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .328 clip. Gerald Levinson and Joe Orrell topped the squad with 13 wins each, while Glenn Hittner recorded a 4.06 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1953 Calgary Stampeders who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gene Lillard, Joe Orrell and Charlie Mead.

Gene Lillard 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
Gerald Levinson	13	9	.591	4.94	27	24					184.0	220	123	101	19	73
Joe Orrell	13	13	.500	4.67	29	26					189.0	233	119	98	29	67
Glenn Hittner	12	16	.429	4.06	30	29					206.0	213	128	93	15	123
William Kapuscinski	10	7	.588	5.73	24	20					157.0	195	123	100	22	93
Bill Stites	6	14	.300	4.64	40	18					188.0	226	130	97	27	75
William Francis	3	9	.250	5.58	28	7					113.0	153	98	70	16	45
Bob Schulte	2	5	.286	7.35	15	8					71.0	89	70	58	8	60
Totals	59	73	.447	5.01	193	132	0	0	0	0	1108.0	1329	791	617	136	536	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
Gus Stathos	119	514	514		165	27	1	6						.321	.321	.412	.733	212
Charlie Mead	135	497	497		163	26	2	31						.328	.328	.575	.903	286
Joe Tedesco	135	546	546		161	33	1	19						.295	.295	.463	.758	253
Don Hunter	135	510	510		149	25	7	26						.292	.292	.522	.814	266
Donald Bricker	117	402	402		130	19	6	16						.323	.323	.520	.843	209
Kenneth Whitehead	107	436	436		121	23	9	11						.278	.278	.447	.725	195
Bob Bonebrake	124	432	432		110	13	7	8						.255	.255	.373	.627	161
James Mellinger	91	345	345		99	14	0	10						.287	.287	.414	.701	143
Gene Lillard	97	250	250		69	17	0	11						.276	.276	.476	.752	119
Gerald Levinson	35	88	88		23	2	0	0						.261	.261	.284	.545	25
Joe Orrell	30	74	74		20	2	0	1						.270	.270	.338	.608	25
Bill Stites	43	74	74		18	3	0	1						.243	.243	.324	.568	24
Jerome Cruger	27	95	95		18	3	0	1						.189	.189	.253	.442	24
William Francis	28	45	45		14	1	0	0						.311	.311	.333	.644	15
William Kapuscinski	25	63	63		11	1	0	2						.175	.175	.286	.460	18
Glenn Hittner	30	74	74		11	0	1	0						.149	.149	.176	.324	13
Alan Cohen	15	49	49		7	1	0	0						.143	.143	.163	.306	8
Bob Schulte	18	25	25		4	0	0	0						.160	.160	.160	.320	4
Totals	1311	4519	4519	0	1293	210	34	143	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.443	.729	2000	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
James Mellinger	1B	89	692	53	25		.968	8.371
Don Hunter	2B	132	353	345	28		.961	5.288
Joe Tedesco	3B	127	114	206	22		.936	2.520
Donald Bricker	C	81	387	50	18		.960	5.395
Gene Lillard	C	70	336	70	13		.969	5.800
Charlie Mead	OF	135	254	16	7		.975	2.000
Gus Stathos	OF	117	256	20	13		.955	2.359
Bob Bonebrake	OF	117	260	16	15		.948	2.359
Jerome Cruger	OF	27	51	2	4		.930	1.963
Bill Stites	P	40						.000
Glenn Hittner	P	30						.000
Joe Orrell	P	29						.000
William Francis	P	28						.000
Gerald Levinson	P	27						.000
William Kapuscinski	P	24						.000
Bob Schulte	P	15						.000
Kenneth Whitehead	SS	106	188	295	57		.894	4.557
Alan Cohen	SS	15	22	41	4		.940	4.200
Totals		1209	2913	1114	206	0	.951	3.331

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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