1953 Ottawa Athletics Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 71-83
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Frank Skaff (71-83)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ballpark: Lansdowne Park, Decasse Park
Attendance: 149,219, Avg. 1,938

1953 Ottawa Athletics Roster

The Ottawa Athletics of the International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 71 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.

The Athletics plated 617 runs and conceded 718 runs. Lou Limmer paced Ottawa with 15 home runs and drove in 73 runs, while leading all regular hitters by hitting .274. Bob Trice topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.1 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

John Mackinson, Lou Limmer, Taffy Wright, Billy Shantz, Dick Rozek, Moe Burtschy, Dutch Romberger, Len Matarazzo, Skeeter Kell, Bill Harrington, Joe Taylor, Art Ditmar, Jerry Scala, Jack Littrell, Neal Watlington, Al Pinkston, Bob Trice, Hal Bevan and Mike Kume were all players from the 1953 Ottawa Athletics who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Frank Skaff 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
Bob Trice	21	10	.677	3.10	38	30		20	4		229.0	207	90	79	20	84		57	2	2	2
Moe Burtschy	12	7	.632	2.82	50	4		2	1		118.0	98	58	37	10	59		62	0	2	6
Bill Harrington	7	9	.438	4.53	21	19		6	0		131.0	147	76	66	8	47		70	5	1	2
Ed Hrabcsak	7	10	.412	4.15	40	16		6	0		130.0	133	74	60	6	69		64	4	0	8
John Mackinson	7	10	.412	5.01	29	22		5	1		151.0	179	99	84	16	70		73	6	0	6
Dick Rozek	5	8	.385	4.26	23	15		4	0		93.0	85	58	44	6	62		47	1	0	4
Dutch Romberger	4	1	.800	3.50	39	10		2	1		108.0	121	50	42	5	40		49	2	0	5
Mike Kume	3	4	.429	4.05	31	6		1	0		100.0	97	54	45	9	60		60	7	1	8
Vince Gohl	3	9	.250	4.73	21	12		4	0		78.0	90	51	41	3	43		34	2	0	1
Art Ditmar	2	13	.133	5.30	19	17		3	1		107.0	116	69	63	9	59		45	4	0	3
Totals	71	81	.467	4.06	311	151	0	53	8	0	1245.0	1273	679	561	92	593	0	561	33	6	45	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
Walter Rogers	154	658	581	77	150	22	8	1	49	30		68	51	.258	.337	.329	.666	191		1	8
Jack Littrell	148	611	551	72	134	31	6	7	43	4		49	95	.243	.306	.359	.666	198		1	10
Lou Limmer	135	527	467	68	128	22	4	15	73	5		57	38	.274	.356	.435	.790	203		2	1
Taffy Wright	106	384	331	48	117	19	5	7	56	2		49	22	.353	.441	.505	.946	167		3	1
Jerry Scala	103	414	373	43	107	14	3	2	35	5		33	29	.287	.346	.357	.703	133		1	7
Skeeter Kell	132	472	418	55	97	24	5	3	30	7		43	22	.232	.307	.335	.642	140		2	9
Hal Bevan	101	320	296	31	92	19	2	3	50	0		21	24	.311	.358	.419	.777	124		1	2
Joe Taylor	70	273	243	42	76	16	3	7	45	4		24	26	.313	.381	.490	.871	119		3	3
Billy Shantz	105	337	317	21	72	9	3	0	27	2		15	28	.227	.264	.274	.539	87		1	4
Jake Spruill	103	268	244	34	68	15	2	1	26	3		20	21	.279	.343	.369	.712	90		4	0
Fred Gerken	84	264	235	24	58	7	2	4	26	4		26	35	.247	.324	.345	.669	81		1	2
Dick Greco	64	236	215	24	54	8	4	5	26	0		20	49	.251	.315	.395	.710	85		0	1
Neal Watlington	55	176	155	18	39	6	0	3	20	1		21	12	.252	.341	.348	.689	54		0	0
Bob Trice	56	113	106	21	27	5	0	4	16	0		4	21	.255	.288	.415	.703	44		1	2
Al Pinkston	45	107	101	9	20	6	0	1	9	0		6	18	.198	.243	.287	.530	29		0	0
Andrew Tranavitch	26	53	50	8	13	2	0	1	3	0		3	8	.260	.302	.360	.662	18		0	0
Bill Harrington	21	52	46	3	10	1	0	0	8	0		3	6	.217	.265	.239	.504	11		0	3
John Mackinson	31	58	49	4	9	0	0	0	3	0		6	10	.184	.273	.184	.456	9		0	3
Vince Gohl	22	30	28	2	8	0	0	0	5	0		1	6	.286	.310	.286	.596	8		0	1
Art Ditmar	19	36	36	4	8	1	0	0	3	0		0	4	.222	.222	.250	.472	9		0	0
Moe Burtschy	50	37	30	4	5	0	1	0	3	1		7	8	.167	.324	.233	.558	7		0	0
Harry Minor	13	24	21	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	.143	.217	.143	.360	3		0	1
Ed Hrabcsak	40	41	40	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	23	.075	.098	.075	.173	3		0	0
Dutch Romberger	39	27	21	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		6	11	.048	.259	.048	.307	1		0	0
Dick Rozek	25	29	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	12	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2
Mike Kume	31	31	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	13	.000	.065	.000	.065	0		0	0
Totals	1778	5578	5010	615	1299	227	48	64	560	68	0	487	597	.259	.327	.362	.690	1814	0	21	60	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Lou Limmer	1B	129	1122	92	16	111	.987	9.411
Fred Gerken	1B	12	96	7	0	9	1.000	8.583
Hal Bevan	1B	12	81	5	6	11	.935	7.167
Skeeter Kell	2B	128	287	307	20	84	.967	4.641
Hal Bevan	2B	50	75	127	7	27	.967	4.040
Walter Rogers	3B	94	95	153	7	21	.973	2.638
Jake Spruill	3B	52	36	99	3	8	.978	2.596
Hal Bevan	3B	20	23	32	3	5	.948	2.750
Billy Shantz	C	99	417	71	6	16	.988	4.929	7
Neal Watlington	C	46	210	29	5	6	.980	5.196	4
Andrew Tranavitch	C	21	60	16	2	1	.974	3.619	1
Jerry Scala	OF	103	250	8	4	0	.985	2.505
Taffy Wright	OF	95	146	2	7	0	.955	1.558
Joe Taylor	OF	69	173	6	2	2	.989	2.594
Fred Gerken	OF	69	96	6	5	0	.953	1.478
Walter Rogers	OF	66	111	2	2	1	.983	1.712
Dick Greco	OF	60	88	5	4	4	.959	1.550
Al Pinkston	OF	21	28	0	3	0	.903	1.333
Moe Burtschy	P	50	9	24	1	1	.971	.660
Ed Hrabcsak	P	40	4	28	2	0	.941	.800
Dutch Romberger	P	39	10	19	0	1	1.000	.744
Bob Trice	P	38	17	42	2	1	.967	1.553
Mike Kume	P	31	1	9	3	1	.769	.323
John Mackinson	P	29	6	43	5	1	.907	1.690
Dick Rozek	P	23	2	7	2	0	.818	.391
Bill Harrington	P	21	7	19	1	4	.963	1.238
Vince Gohl	P	21	3	18	0	0	1.000	1.000
Art Ditmar	P	19	3	18	1	2	.955	1.105
Jack Littrell	SS	148	309	432	31	98	.960	5.007
Totals		1605	3765	1626	150	415	.973	3.359	12	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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