1953 San Antonio Missions Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 67-87
Finished 7th in the TL
Manager: Jimmie Crandall (0-0), Bill Norman (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Ballpark: Mission Stadium
Attendance: 98,711, Avg. 1,282

1953 San Antonio Missions Roster

The San Antonio Missions of the Texas League ended the 1953 season with a record of 67 wins and 87 losses, finishing seventh in the TL.

The Missions scored 662 runs and yielded 745 runs, most in the circuit. Jim Fridley led San Antonio with 26 home runs, while Rocco Ippolito and Bobby Balcena walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Fridley drove in 96 runs. Ed Mickelson paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .296 average. Ryne Duren topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.63 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1953 San Antonio Missions who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ed Albrecht, Russ Bauers, Mel Held, Phil Haugstad, Bud Thomas, John Sullivan, Ed Mickelson, Ryne Duren, Charlie White, Al Cihocki, Irv Medlinger, Andy Tomasic, Bobby Balcena and Jim Fridley.

Jimmie Crandall and Bill Norman 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
Ryne Duren	12	12	.500	2.63	33	30		15	2		202.0	133	81	59	9	159		212	10	0	7
Harry Wilson	10	9	.526	4.55	34	23		8	1		190.0	197	102	96	26	72		72	3	0	9
Vachel Perkins	9	16	.360	3.28	35	26		10	2		206.0	187	101	75	14	92		101	4	0	7
Russ Bauers	7	3	.700	3.38	27	0		0	0		64.0	63	26	24	7	29		40	0	0	0
Phil Haugstad	7	12	.368	3.89	27	21		7	1		132.0	126	75	57	14	99		56	10	1	3
Irv Medlinger	6	9	.400	4.58	31	24		9	2		161.0	164	87	82	19	95		83	1	1	7
Max Peterson	5	11	.312	4.86	47	13		2	1		161.0	188	103	87	19	53		73	4	1	0
John Waltman	3	5	.375	5.25	12	8		2	0		60.0	67	40	35	6	29		20	0	0	0
Ed Albrecht	1	1	.500		16						0.0
Mel Held	1	2	.333		13						0.0
Bill Elbert	1	3	.250		10						0.0
Totals	62	83	.428	3.94	285	145	0	53	9	0	1176.0	1125	615	515	114	628	0	657	32	3	33	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 Fridley	155	666	580	89	170	31	6	26	96	2	0	83	92	.293	.383	.502	.885	291		2	1
Bobby Balcena	151	683	595	101	163	24	7	21	58	2	7	75	86	.274	.360	.444	.804	264		5	8
Harry Schwegman	151	710	601	83	160	25	6	4	55	9	7	88	23	.266	.361	.348	.709	209		1	20
Robert Caffery	152	652	556	72	148	20	9	5	68	8	1	82	52	.266	.366	.362	.728	201		6	8
Ed Mickelson	119	519	453	60	134	23	8	7	61	1	1	57	60	.296	.376	.428	.804	194		1	8
Rocco Ippolito	147	621	509	85	119	22	2	25	84	13	4	107	91	.234	.370	.432	.802	220		3	2
Charlie White	108	411	358	30	98	23	1	4	46	5	3	51	35	.274	.366	.377	.743	135		1	1
Al Cihocki	68	297	283	28	73	13	2	3	32	3	3	10	29	.258	.286	.350	.636	99		1	3
Charlie Hopkins	95	331	297	31	65	13	1	4	33	1	0	32	62	.219	.299	.310	.609	92		2	0
Bud Thomas	77	243	233	17	45	6	1	1	12	1	1	6	37	.193	.213	.240	.454	56		0	4
George Kress	68	173	158	22	28	8	0	4	20	0	1	14	31	.177	.249	.304	.552	48		1	0
Vachel Perkins	35	84	77	5	15	3	0	0	7	0	0	1	18	.195	.205	.234	.439	18		0	6
Harry Wilson	35	78	65	6	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	14	.215	.329	.231	.560	15		1	2
Claudio Solano	14	49	44	4	13	4	0	1	3	0	0	5	6	.295	.367	.455	.822	20		0	0
Jose Bache	25	75	71	7	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	9	.183	.227	.183	.410	13		0	0
Irv Medlinger	46	70	62	6	12	4	0	0	5	0	1	5	18	.194	.254	.258	.512	16		0	3
Max Peterson	47	54	47	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	7	.106	.176	.106	.283	5		1	3
Ryne Duren	33	76	63	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	32	.079	.159	.079	.239	5		0	7
Russ Bauers	27	17	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	4		0	1
Mel Held	14	13	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	3		0	0
John Waltman	12	25	22	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	7	.136	.208	.182	.390	4		0	1
Phil Haugstad	27	46	43	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.070	.070	.070	.140	3		0	3
Bill Elbert	10	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Ed Albrecht	16	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0
Totals	1632	5913	5164	654	1293	221	43	105	599	45	29	643	729	.250	.336	.371	.707	1915	0	25	81	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ed Mickelson	1B	119	897	53	8	95	.992	7.983
Rocco Ippolito	1B	25	209	16	7	20	.970	9.000
Robert Caffery	1B	14	135	9	2	18	.986	1.286
Harry Schwegman	2B	151	410	306	24	103	.968	4.742
Robert Caffery	3B	63	68	113	11	17	.943	2.873
Al Cihocki	3B	62	77	179	21	28	.924	4.129
Charlie White	3B	24	22	53	6	2	.926	3.125
Bud Thomas	3B	10	12	16	3	2	.903	2.800
Charlie Hopkins	C	82	461	54	7	17	.987	6.280	8
Charlie White	C	75	359	39	7	5	.983	5.307	2
Bobby Balcena	CF	149	411	12	4	3	.991	2.839
Rocco Ippolito	LF	116	240	18	7	3	.974	2.224
George Kress	LF	36	97	5	5	0	.953	2.833
Max Peterson	P	47	6	26	1	0	.970	.681
Vachel Perkins	P	35	10	25	3	1	.921	1.000
Harry Wilson	P	34	10	26	2	1	.947	1.059
Ryne Duren	P	33	5	17	1	1	.957	.667
Irv Medlinger	P	31	6	23	4	4	.879	.935
Phil Haugstad	P	27	8	24	1	2	.970	1.185
Russ Bauers	P	27	3	7	0	0	1.000	.370
Ed Albrecht	P	16	1	1	0	0	1.000	.125
Mel Held	P	13	6	8	0	0	1.000	1.077
John Waltman	P	12	2	22	0	5	1.000	2.000
Bill Elbert	P	10	1	8	1	2	.900	.900
Jim Fridley	RF	155	295	8	7	3	.977	1.955
Robert Caffery	SS	80	143	216	24	34	.937	4.488
Bud Thomas	SS	58	86	145	5	21	.979	3.983
Jose Bache	SS	16	23	49	3	10	.960	4.500
Totals		1520	4003	1478	164	397	.971	3.606	10	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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