1953 Spokane Indians Statistics
Team Record: 75-67
Finished 5th in the WIL
Manager: Don Osborn (75-67)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Spokane, Washington
Ballpark: Avista Stadium
Attendance: 80,873, Avg. 1,139
Playoffs - Spokane Indians 4 games, Salem Senators 2
The Spokane Indians of the Western International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 75 wins and 67 losses, finishing fifth in the WIL.
The Indians plated 778 runs and surrendered 734 runs. Stan Palys led batters with significant playing time by hitting .331. Jack Spring topped Spokane with 14 wins, while William Franks registered a 3.43 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1953 Spokane Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Andy Anderson, Jim Command, Jack Spring and Stan Palys.
Don Osborn served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Spring | 14 | 8 | .636 | 4.02 | 27 | 26 | 188.0 | 173 | 95 | 84 | 11 | 94 | ||||||||||
| William Franks | 13 | 14 | .481 | 3.43 | 37 | 27 | 215.0 | 219 | 93 | 82 | 10 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Art Worth | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.82 | 29 | 17 | 153.0 | 149 | 75 | 65 | 11 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Ralph Romero | 11 | 10 | .524 | 5.26 | 37 | 25 | 200.0 | 226 | 133 | 117 | 10 | 118 | ||||||||||
| John Cordell | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.99 | 42 | 7 | 124.0 | 112 | 58 | 55 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Robert Nemes | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.57 | 35 | 14 | 136.0 | 153 | 80 | 69 | 3 | 57 | ||||||||||
| George New | 5 | 12 | .294 | 6.71 | 37 | 15 | 122.0 | 129 | 100 | 91 | 5 | 107 | ||||||||||
| Don Osborn | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.00 | 6 | 9.0 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 62 | .530 | 4.50 | 250 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1147.0 | 1183 | 648 | 573 | 58 | 554 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Command | 140 | 555 | 555 | 178 | 31 | 9 | 11 | .321 | .321 | .468 | .789 | 260 | |||||||||||
| Carl Bush | 141 | 564 | 564 | 163 | 24 | 7 | 12 | .289 | .289 | .420 | .709 | 237 | |||||||||||
| Stan Palys | 128 | 487 | 487 | 161 | 35 | 5 | 22 | .331 | .331 | .559 | .889 | 272 | |||||||||||
| Will Hafey | 141 | 506 | 506 | 157 | 26 | 6 | 25 | .310 | .310 | .534 | .844 | 270 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Murphy | 127 | 517 | 517 | 139 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .269 | .269 | .342 | .611 | 177 | |||||||||||
| James Brown | 130 | 474 | 474 | 133 | 28 | 2 | 6 | .281 | .281 | .386 | .667 | 183 | |||||||||||
| Bill Sheets | 120 | 423 | 423 | 127 | 22 | 1 | 4 | .300 | .300 | .385 | .686 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Moose Johnson | 70 | 274 | 274 | 83 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .303 | .303 | .394 | .697 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Robert Donkersley | 84 | 266 | 266 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 9 | .271 | .271 | .436 | .707 | 116 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Ogle | 40 | 105 | 105 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .257 | .257 | .410 | .667 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Art Worth | 47 | 85 | 85 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .235 | .235 | .353 | .588 | 30 | |||||||||||
| William Holland | 15 | 43 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .349 | .349 | .488 | .837 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Romero | 37 | 91 | 91 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .165 | .165 | .209 | .374 | 19 | |||||||||||
| William Franks | 41 | 70 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .214 | .400 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Sahlberg | 14 | 47 | 47 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .277 | .532 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Robert Nemes | 36 | 43 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .256 | .488 | 11 | |||||||||||
| George New | 37 | 42 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .310 | .524 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Bruce McIntosh | 31 | 47 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .191 | .234 | .426 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Jack Spring | 27 | 64 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .109 | .109 | .109 | .219 | 7 | |||||||||||
| John Cordell | 42 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .182 | .333 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Robert Byrne | 14 | 38 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Giovannoni | 10 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1472 | 4786 | 4786 | 0 | 1359 | 238 | 44 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .413 | .697 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Bush | 1B | 135 | 1200 | 76 | 14 | .989 | 9.452 | |
| James Brown | 2B | 130 | 356 | 417 | 20 | .975 | 5.946 | |
| Alfred Sahlberg | 2B | 11 | 25 | 24 | 6 | .891 | 4.455 | |
| Jim Command | 3B | 134 | 118 | 231 | 24 | .936 | 2.604 | |
| Bill Sheets | C | 111 | 593 | 68 | 10 | .985 | 5.955 | |
| Jerry Ogle | C | 28 | 145 | 14 | 3 | .981 | 5.679 | |
| Will Hafey | OF | 140 | 206 | 7 | 9 | .959 | 1.521 | |
| Stan Palys | OF | 127 | 253 | 15 | 4 | .985 | 2.110 | |
| Eddie Murphy | OF | 125 | 338 | 11 | 7 | .980 | 2.792 | |
| William Holland | OF | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| Robert Byrne | OF | 13 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .967 | 2.231 | |
| Bruce McIntosh | OF | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | |
| John Cordell | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Romero | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| George New | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| William Franks | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Nemes | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Art Worth | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Spring | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Don Osborn | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Donkersley | SS | 74 | 113 | 215 | 30 | .916 | 4.432 | |
| Moose Johnson | SS | 69 | 110 | 241 | 23 | .939 | 5.087 | |
| Totals | 1372 | 3510 | 1323 | 151 | 0 | .970 | 3.523 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
