1953 Omaha Cardinals Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 74-80
Finished 5th in the WL
Manager: George Kissell (74-80)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 115,512, Avg. 1,500

1953 Omaha Cardinals Roster

The Omaha Cardinals of the Western League ended the 1953 season with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the WL.

The Cardinals plated 618 runs and allowed 701 runs. Russ Rac topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .302. Walter Montgomery and Paul Dewey led Omaha with 13 wins each, while Walter Montgomery earned a 2.43 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1953 Omaha Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim King, Frank Mancuso, Larry Jackson, Hal Smith, Pidge Browne and Lou Ciola.

George Kissell 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
Paul Dewey	13	8	.619	3.39	44	26					191.0	186	89	72	13	87
Walter Montgomery	13	9	.591	2.43	37	27					196.0	170	73	53	6	97
Larry Jackson	10	9	.526	2.44	22	20					162.0	139	50	44	4	66
Tony Stathos	9	8	.529	3.93	33	20					142.0	138	73	62	4	96
Lou Ciola	7	4	.636	4.07	42	0					84.0	100	53	38	3	30
Jerry Mertz	5	7	.417	4.62	29	14					115.0	141	72	59	9	42
Gene Swinger	4	8	.333	3.42	23	9					92.0	83	40	35	4	42
Robert Heins	3	3	.500	3.60	25	8					85.0	78	42	34	2	44
Hoyt Benedict	3	4	.429	4.91	26	2					55.0	63	37	30	3	42
Melvin Greer	3	8	.273	5.34	19	12					59.0	49	44	35	0	58
Jim Michalec	2	5	.286	4.34	15	7					56.0	62	38	27	2	37
Paul Doughty	1	4	.200	4.50	25	7					68.0	69	54	34	7	46
Totals	73	77	.487	3.61	340	152	0	0	0	0	1305.0	1278	665	523	57	687	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
Jack Lee	150	552	552		140	20	15	4						.254	.254	.366	.620	202
Russ Rac	126	444	444		134	24	8	23						.302	.302	.547	.849	243
Jim King	137	460	460		129	24	2	10						.280	.280	.407	.687	187
Herb Mancini	146	534	534		124	10	5	0						.232	.232	.270	.502	144
Earl Weaver	141	478	478		116	16	0	3						.243	.243	.295	.538	141
Gene Faszholz	138	378	378		101	19	4	1						.267	.267	.347	.614	131
Pidge Browne	80	304	304		89	15	4	8						.293	.293	.447	.740	136
Miguel Rivera	88	281	281		75	7	2	1						.267	.267	.317	.584	89
Hal Smith	107	339	339		73	10	1	1						.215	.215	.260	.475	88
Hector Mayer	84	272	272		62	7	1	1						.228	.228	.272	.500	74
Robert Rooney	39	134	134		37	5	0	0						.276	.276	.313	.590	42
Frank Mancuso	40	102	102		20	4	0	2						.196	.196	.294	.490	30
Lou Ciola	50	62	62		16	2	0	0						.258	.258	.290	.548	18
Larry Jackson	39	82	82		15	4	0	1						.183	.183	.268	.451	22
Marvin Nevins	47	100	100		15	2	1	1						.150	.150	.220	.370	22
Paul Dewey	48	60	60		9	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300	9
Eli Russo	11	32	32		8	1	0	1						.250	.250	.375	.625	12
Melvin Greer	39	48	48		8	2	0	0						.167	.167	.208	.375	10
Joseph DiMartino	24	42	42		7	2	0	1						.167	.167	.286	.452	12
Tony Stathos	56	49	49		7	1	1	0						.143	.143	.204	.347	10
Walter Montgomery	37	65	65		7	0	0	0						.108	.108	.108	.215	7
Robert Heins	26	29	29		6	0	0	0						.207	.207	.207	.414	6
Gene Swinger	29	33	33		5	0	0	0						.152	.152	.152	.303	5
Jerry Mertz	30	41	41		4	0	0	0						.098	.098	.098	.195	4
Paul Doughty	26	17	17		3	0	0	0						.176	.176	.176	.353	3
Bill Hinson	16	40	40		3	0	0	1						.075	.075	.150	.225	6
Jim Michalec	16	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Hoyt Benedict	26	12	12		1	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Dick Derganc	11	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1807	5014	5014	0	1216	175	44	59	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.330	.573	1656	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gene Faszholz	1B	82	693	46	12		.984	9.012
Pidge Browne	1B	80	695	47	10		.987	9.275
Earl Weaver	2B	139	344	389	17		.977	5.273
Robert Rooney	2B	17	42	48	6		.938	5.294
Miguel Rivera	3B	81	55	115	25		.872	2.099
Hal Smith	C	91	448	49	17		.967	5.462
Marvin Nevins	C	33	136	11	5		.967	4.455
Frank Mancuso	C	33	154	11	1		.994	5.000
Bill Hinson	C	12	63	4	4		.944	5.583
Jack Lee	OF	147	298	15	8		.975	2.129
Jim King	OF	126	212	12	11		.953	1.778
Russ Rac	OF	123	218	12	5		.979	1.870
Paul Dewey	P	44						.000
Lou Ciola	P	42						.000
Walter Montgomery	P	37						.000
Tony Stathos	P	33						.000
Jerry Mertz	P	29						.000
Hoyt Benedict	P	26						.000
Robert Heins	P	25						.000
Paul Doughty	P	25						.000
Gene Swinger	P	23						.000
Larry Jackson	P	22						.000
Jim Michalec	P	15						.000
Hector Mayer	SS	80	144	260	33		.924	5.050
Herb Mancini	SS	67	145	216	18		.953	5.388
Totals		1432	3647	1235	172	0	.966	3.409

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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