1953 Edmonton Eskimos Statistics

Western International League (WIL) - Class: A
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 3rd in the WIL
Manager: Bobby Sturgeon (79-61)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Ballpark: John Ducey Stadium
Attendance: 92,758, Avg. 1,325

1953 Edmonton Eskimos Roster

The Edmonton Eskimos of the Western International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the WIL.

The Eskimos plated 727 runs and surrendered 663 runs. Clint Weaver led batters with significant playing time by hitting .354. John Conant earned 24 wins on the mound for Edmonton, while Ray McNulty added 15 or more wins, too John Conant recorded a 3.17 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1953 Edmonton Eskimos who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Leon Day, George Caster and Bobby Sturgeon.

Bobby Sturgeon 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
John Conant	24	13	.649	3.17	42	32					275.0	264	111	97	13	72
Ray McNulty	17	7	.708	3.18	29	27					229.0	229	96	81	13	71
Don Tisnerat	13	7	.650	3.38	32	19					184.0	183	85	69	8	76
Jack Widner	10	12	.455	5.37	26	24					166.0	174	107	99	15	93
Pat Utley	6	7	.462	5.07	20	14					94.0	85	62	53	7	89
Leon Day	5	5	.500	4.84	23	10					93.0	114	59	50	7	55
Lawrence Manier	3	9	.250	4.60	25	11					133.0	151	95	68	9	61
Totals	78	60	.565	3.96	197	137	0	0	0	0	1174.0	1200	615	517	72	517	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
Clint Weaver	122	444	444		157	31	6	18						.354	.354	.572	.926	254
Andy Skurski	134	497	497		152	21	9	13						.306	.306	.463	.769	230
Sam Kanelos	140	547	547		146	32	8	11						.267	.267	.415	.682	227
Dick Morgan	122	452	452		136	20	4	13						.301	.301	.449	.750	203
Robert Thomson	140	558	558		132	23	4	14						.237	.237	.367	.604	205
Vern Campbell	135	495	495		118	31	3	6						.238	.238	.349	.588	173
Bobby Sturgeon	118	427	427		104	15	0	3						.244	.244	.300	.543	128
Red Prentice	93	310	310		97	10	1	5						.313	.313	.400	.713	124
Don Herman	92	277	277		59	10	1	1						.213	.213	.267	.480	74
Bob Meisner	42	162	162		37	6	1	2						.228	.228	.315	.543	51
Ray McNulty	36	88	88		32	5	0	3						.364	.364	.523	.886	46
John Conant	45	108	108		23	2	0	0						.213	.213	.231	.444	25
Louis Vitous	18	67	67		19	3	1	2						.284	.284	.448	.731	30
Leon Day	44	70	70		16	6	1	0						.229	.229	.343	.571	24
Don Tisnerat	32	64	64		15	4	0	0						.234	.234	.297	.531	19
Jack Widner	26	57	57		8	1	0	0						.140	.140	.158	.298	9
Pat Utley	21	30	30		6	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	6
Lawrence Manier	27	43	43		6	1	0	0						.140	.140	.163	.302	7
Salvatore Aprea	11	24	24		3	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	3
Totals	1398	4720	4720	0	1266	221	39	91	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.389	.658	1838	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Clint Weaver	1B	78	735	45	16		.980	1.000
Bobby Sturgeon	2B	98	203	250	5		.989	4.622
Sam Kanelos	3B	97	102	164	26		.911	2.742
Bob Meisner	3B	42	25	72	12		.890	2.310
Dick Morgan	C	118	627	57	15		.979	5.797
Vern Campbell	OF	134	252	14	12		.957	1.985
Andy Skurski	OF	133	344	11	7		.981	2.669
Red Prentice	OF	61	91	9	6		.943	1.639
Don Herman	OF	46	68	4	6		.923	1.565
Louis Vitous	OF	15	18	1	1		.950	1.267
John Conant	P	42						.000
Don Tisnerat	P	32						.000
Ray McNulty	P	29						.000
Jack Widner	P	26						.000
Lawrence Manier	P	25						.000
Leon Day	P	23						.000
Pat Utley	P	20						.000
Robert Thomson	SS	140	258	483	44		.944	5.293
Totals		1159	2723	1110	150	0	.962	3.307

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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