1953 San Jose Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 93-47
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Red Marion (0-0), Joe Stephenson (0-0), Red Marion (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: San Jose, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 74,492, Avg. 1,064
Playoffs - San Jose Red Sox 3 games, Santa Barbara Dodgers 0
Finals - San Jose Red Sox 4 games, Stockton Ports 2
The San Jose Red Sox of the California League ended the 1953 season with a record of 93 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Red Sox led the league with just 574 runs allowed. San Jose scored 790 runs. Edward Sobczak paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .337. Clair Parkin topped the team with 18 wins, while Bull Palica, Ed Mayer and Tex Clevenger each added 15 or more victories as well Tex Clevenger recorded a 1.51 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1953 San Jose Red Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Albie Pearson, Ed Mayer, Marty Keough, Tex Clevenger and Jerry Zimmerman.
Red Marion, Joe Stephenson and Red Marion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clair Parkin | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2.27 | 31 | 27 | 226.0 | 172 | 79 | 57 | 8 | 94 | ||||||||||
| Ed Mayer | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.16 | 29 | 29 | 208.0 | 187 | 91 | 73 | 6 | 106 | ||||||||||
| Tex Clevenger | 16 | 2 | .889 | 1.51 | 19 | 18 | 155.0 | 96 | 46 | 26 | 7 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Bull Palica | 15 | 5 | .750 | 2.61 | 46 | 8 | 145.0 | 137 | 46 | 42 | 5 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Allmon | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.34 | 31 | 22 | 164.0 | 158 | 103 | 79 | 7 | 108 | ||||||||||
| Red Whitson | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.92 | 15 | 9 | 80.0 | 72 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Jack Osborn | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0.00 | 8 | 32.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| William Zonner | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.98 | 15 | 10 | 64.7 | 57 | 50 | 43 | 4 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 85 | 41 | .675 | 2.90 | 194 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1074.7 | 879 | 448 | 346 | 41 | 496 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Sobczak | 137 | 519 | 519 | 175 | 35 | 9 | 20 | .337 | .337 | .555 | .892 | 288 | |||||||||||
| Marty Keough | 124 | 491 | 491 | 162 | 21 | 11 | 4 | .330 | .330 | .442 | .772 | 217 | |||||||||||
| Albie Pearson | 125 | 461 | 461 | 154 | 23 | 11 | 2 | .334 | .334 | .445 | .779 | 205 | |||||||||||
| Hal Toso | 136 | 506 | 506 | 137 | 20 | 5 | 3 | .271 | .271 | .348 | .619 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Nino Spatafore | 110 | 361 | 361 | 109 | 15 | 5 | 5 | .302 | .302 | .413 | .715 | 149 | |||||||||||
| Leo Alarid | 74 | 279 | 279 | 92 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .330 | .330 | .427 | .756 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Zimmerman | 101 | 328 | 328 | 87 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .265 | .265 | .341 | .607 | 112 | |||||||||||
| Edward Irons | 72 | 219 | 219 | 70 | 20 | 2 | 8 | .320 | .320 | .539 | .858 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Harvey Toso | 87 | 278 | 278 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .252 | .252 | .273 | .525 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Robert Turk | 63 | 212 | 212 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .307 | .307 | .434 | .741 | 92 | |||||||||||
| James Ollis | 64 | 209 | 209 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .211 | .211 | .297 | .507 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Ed Mayer | 53 | 118 | 118 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .229 | .229 | .297 | .525 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Tex Clevenger | 19 | 62 | 62 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .290 | .548 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Clair Parkin | 32 | 84 | 84 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .214 | .405 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Bull Palica | 46 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .239 | .435 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Cullen Deck | 17 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .304 | .500 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Allmon | 33 | 63 | 63 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .127 | .127 | .206 | .333 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Red Whitson | 19 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .192 | .385 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Zonner | 15 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Robert Spence | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Elm Daley | 14 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .036 | .036 | .071 | .107 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Hall | 12 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1364 | 4374 | 4374 | 0 | 1260 | 198 | 51 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .396 | .684 | 1734 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Toso | 1B | 135 | 1003 | 73 | 18 | .984 | 7.970 | |
| Harvey Toso | 2B | 80 | 213 | 147 | 16 | .957 | 4.500 | |
| Leo Alarid | 2B | 54 | 100 | 108 | 8 | .963 | 3.852 | |
| Nino Spatafore | 3B | 65 | 61 | 112 | 19 | .901 | 2.662 | |
| Robert Turk | 3B | 48 | 60 | 82 | 6 | .959 | 2.958 | |
| Jerry Zimmerman | C | 101 | 699 | 63 | 13 | .983 | 7.545 | |
| Edward Irons | C | 54 | 311 | 34 | 9 | .975 | 6.389 | |
| Edward Sobczak | OF | 137 | 259 | 15 | 13 | .955 | 2.000 | |
| Marty Keough | OF | 123 | 259 | 16 | 11 | .962 | 2.236 | |
| Albie Pearson | OF | 120 | 225 | 14 | 10 | .960 | 1.992 | |
| Elm Daley | OF | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .909 | |
| Bull Palica | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Clair Parkin | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Cliff Allmon | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Mayer | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Tex Clevenger | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| William Zonner | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Red Whitson | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Osborn | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| James Ollis | SS | 63 | 98 | 155 | 25 | .910 | 4.016 | |
| Cullen Deck | SS | 12 | 20 | 46 | 8 | .892 | 5.500 | |
| Totals | 1197 | 3317 | 866 | 157 | 0 | .964 | 3.495 |
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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