1953 Rochester Red Wings Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 97-57
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Harry Walker (97-57)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Rochester, New York
Ballpark: Silver Stadium
Attendance: 252,467, Avg. 3,279

1953 Rochester Red Wings Roster

Playoffs - Rochester Red Wings 4 games, Baltimore Orioles 3
Finals - Montreal Royals 4 games, Rochester Red Wings 0

The Rochester Red Wings of the International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 97 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the IL.

The Red Wings scored 820 runs, best in the league. Rochester conceded 607 runs. Chuck Kress led the team with 25 home runs, while Don Richmond and Tom Burgess walloped 15 or more as well. Chuck Kress drove in 121 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .317 clip. Cot Deal paced the squad with 16 wins, and Dennis Reeder recorded a 3.22 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1953 Rochester Red Wings who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ed Mierkowicz, Ralph Beard, Tom Burgess, Floyd Wooldridge, Don Richmond, Kurt Krieger, Tony Jacobs, Chuck Kress, Harry Walker, Fred Hahn, Lou Ciola, Al Papai, Jack Crimian, Allie Clark, Les Fusselman, Bobby Tiefenauer, Vern Benson, Niles Jordan, Jack Faszholz, Wally Moon and Cot Deal.

Harry Walker 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
Cot Deal	16	9	.640	3.72	41	18		9	2		218.0	214	102	90	15	84		84	1	0	2
Jack Crimian	13	5	.722	2.86	62	1		0	0		104.0	91	40	33	7	43		52	2	0	2
George Condrick	11	4	.733	3.88	30	18		5	2		123.0	140	58	53	4	36		52	2	0	3
Jack Faszholz	10	6	.625	3.69	23	21		6	2		134.0	144	62	55	13	39		41	2	0	2
Dennis Reeder	10	9	.526	3.22	32	26		6	2		148.0	127	75	53	6	73		72	2	1	3
Bobby Tiefenauer	9	3	.750	2.31	38	2		0	0		105.0	83	29	27	5	42		50	5	0	3
Niles Jordan	8	1	.889	3.55	17	16		7	3		99.0	102	44	39	7	28		36	2	0	0
Octavio Rubert	7	4	.636	2.40	14	11		5	1		75.0	77	25	20	2	24		32	0	0	1
Fred Hahn	5	6	.455	3.82	23	14		4	2		99.0	90	54	42	5	48		57	2	0	4
Floyd Melliere	2	4	.333	4.60	17	8		1	0		47.0	55	29	24	1	19		10	0	0	2
Kurt Krieger					10						0.0
Tony Jacobs					4						0.0
Joe Budny					9						0.0
Totals	91	51	.641	3.41	320	135	0	43	14	0	1152.0	1123	518	436	65	436	0	486	18	1	22	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
Don Richmond	139	600	552	101	172	33	8	15	89	9		41	30	.312	.360	.482	.842	266		1	6
Chuck Kress	147	620	520	111	165	26	10	25	121	9		95	55	.317	.423	.550	.973	286		0	5
Lou Ortiz	149	587	520	67	155	28	3	11	81	6		65	60	.298	.376	.427	.803	222		0	2
Tom Burgess	122	476	407	85	141	18	6	22	93	3		64	60	.346	.439	.582	1.021	237		3	2
Wally Moon	131	441	387	83	119	24	8	12	61	14		45	43	.307	.382	.504	.886	195		2	7
Ed Mierkowicz	117	432	379	56	115	16	6	9	53	3		46	37	.303	.380	.449	.829	170		1	6
Harry Walker	112	373	304	59	92	11	1	7	37	7		64	15	.303	.425	.414	.840	126		1	4
Allie Clark	80	290	265	38	87	13	3	7	43	4		19	18	.328	.378	.479	.857	127		2	4
Vern Rapp	97	304	282	35	71	15	9	1	30	1		19	12	.252	.304	.379	.683	107		2	1
Vern Benson	49	223	175	44	53	12	3	6	34	0		47	26	.303	.450	.509	.959	89		0	1
Jack Huesman	89	284	226	36	46	11	1	0	14	5		51	27	.204	.357	.261	.618	59		3	4
Les Fusselman	61	196	173	19	43	10	1	5	25	0		23	34	.249	.337	.405	.741	70		0	0
Cot Deal	80	154	140	23	39	7	2	2	30	0		13	14	.279	.340	.400	.740	56		0	1
Wally Lammers	59	187	161	14	29	5	1	1	19	3		23	23	.180	.290	.242	.533	39		2	1
Lou Kahn	42	98	79	9	22	5	0	0	5	1		18	6	.278	.412	.342	.754	27		0	1
Jack Faszholz	24	53	46	5	12	3	0	0	2	0		4	11	.261	.320	.326	.646	15		0	3
Hector Mayer	19	56	48	5	9	0	1	1	6	0		7	9	.188	.304	.292	.595	14		1	0
Dennis Reeder	39	56	50	7	9	2	0	0	5	1		2	15	.180	.212	.220	.432	11		0	4
George Condrick	30	43	36	4	7	0	0	0	4	0		6	8	.194	.310	.194	.504	7		0	1
Niles Jordan	18	42	37	3	7	1	1	0	2	0		4	15	.189	.268	.270	.539	10		0	1
Octavio Rubert	14	32	31	1	6	0	0	0	3	0		0	5	.194	.194	.194	.387	6		0	1
Danny Baich	10	29	27	2	5	3	0	0	2	0		2	1	.185	.241	.296	.538	8		0	0
Jack Crimian	62	25	22	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	9	.136	.208	.182	.390	4		0	1
Bobby Tiefenauer	41	32	27	2	3	0	1	0	0	0		1	10	.111	.143	.185	.328	5		0	4
Floyd Melliere	17	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.143	.200	.143	.343	2		0	1
William Killinger	11	29	25	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	4	.040	.143	.040	.183	1		1	1
Fred Hahn	23	32	26	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		3	7	.038	.138	.038	.176	1		0	3
Totals	1782	5710	4959	815	1414	244	65	124	763	66	0	667	559	.285	.372	.436	.808	2160	0	19	65	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Chuck Kress	1B	147	1382	79	10	149	.993	9.939
Allie Clark	1B	10	57	3	0	10	1.000	6.000
Lou Ortiz	2B	149	328	423	24	119	.969	5.040
Jack Huesman	2B	18	31	30	1	14	.984	3.389
Don Richmond	3B	133	118	278	32	32	.925	2.977
Allie Clark	3B	10	4	18	1	2	.957	2.200
Vern Rapp	C	81	290	33	6	6	.982	3.988	2
Les Fusselman	C	60	214	32	8	2	.969	4.100	7
Lou Kahn	C	25	75	7	2	3	.976	3.280	5
Danny Baich	C	10	36	5	1	0	.976	4.100	0
Tom Burgess	OF	118	180	13	5	3	.975	1.636
Wally Moon	OF	114	277	6	3	0	.990	2.482
Ed Mierkowicz	OF	114	246	9	4	1	.985	2.237
Harry Walker	OF	91	168	8	7	3	.962	1.934
Allie Clark	OF	60	95	9	3	0	.972	1.733
Jack Crimian	P	62	7	17	0	1	1.000	.387
Cot Deal	P	41	11	39	3	4	.943	1.220
Bobby Tiefenauer	P	38	2	21	3	1	.885	.605
Dennis Reeder	P	32	7	24	4	2	.886	.969
George Condrick	P	30	6	16	0	1	1.000	.733
Fred Hahn	P	23	2	26	1	2	.966	1.217
Jack Faszholz	P	23	7	19	1	0	.963	1.130
Floyd Melliere	P	17	3	12	2	1	.882	.882
Niles Jordan	P	17	1	12	0	1	1.000	.765
Octavio Rubert	P	14	13	9	2	0	.917	1.571
Kurt Krieger	P	10						.000
Joe Budny	P	9						.000
Tony Jacobs	P	4						.000
Jack Huesman	SS	63	92	180	14	31	.951	4.317
Wally Lammers	SS	49	77	141	12	34	.948	4.449
Vern Benson	SS	48	79	150	7	28	.970	4.771
Hector Mayer	SS	19	31	48	4	19	.952	4.158
Totals		1639	3839	1667	160	469	.972	3.359	14	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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