1953 Sioux City Soos Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-84
Finished 7th in the WL
Manager: Ray Mueller (70-84)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Ballpark: Soos Park
Attendance: 45,412, Avg. 590

1953 Sioux City Soos Roster

The Sioux City Soos of the Western League ended the 1953 season with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses, finishing seventh in the WL.

The Soos scored 705 runs and conceded 818 runs, most in the circuit. Dick Getter led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .285. Joseph Stupak topped Sioux City with 19 wins, while Dick Hamlin, too added 15 or more wins, too Joseph Stupak recorded a 3.76 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1953 Sioux City Soos who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Taussig, Marshall Bridges and Ray Mueller.

Ray Mueller 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
Joseph Stupak	19	13	.594	3.76	37	29					242.0	249	122	101	16	88
Dick Hamlin	16	20	.444	4.52	46	25					259.0	278	162	130	21	129
Clyde Stevens	12	13	.480	4.23	31	31					213.0	228	117	100	9	142
James Kovarik	5	4	.556	4.73	26	8					97.0	115	65	51	9	49
Robert Giddens	5	6	.455	4.45	14	13					93.0	89	50	46	6	54
George Heller	4	8	.333	4.12	25	16					118.0	117	82	54	4	95
Arthur Sauer	4	13	.235	4.70	26	20					132.0	117	87	69	6	96
Theodore Birkeland	2	7	.222	5.18	10	10					66.0	79	47	38	6	41
Ron Mahrt	1	0	1.000	7.12	21	0					48.0	55	52	38	3	52
Marshall Bridges	0	0		9.00	4						6.0	9	7	6		7
Totals	68	84	.447	4.47	240	152	0	0	0	0	1274.0	1336	791	633	80	753	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
Dick Getter	154	568	568		162	21	2	27						.285	.285	.472	.757	268
James Jones	151	546	546		148	19	11	6						.271	.271	.379	.650	207
Vincent LaSala	147	520	520		132	15	4	7						.254	.254	.338	.592	176
Raymond Johnson	149	568	568		129	19	3	12						.227	.227	.335	.562	190
Jake Jenkins	125	449	449		126	26	4	2						.281	.281	.370	.650	166
Earle Willis	135	469	469		126	14	7	4						.269	.269	.354	.623	166
Marshall Bridges	129	477	477		118	25	6	6						.247	.247	.363	.610	173
Robert Myers	120	442	442		99	14	0	3						.224	.224	.276	.500	122
Arthur Dunham	77	281	281		83	13	2	12						.295	.295	.484	.779	136
Dick Hamlin	80	134	134		32	8	0	2						.239	.239	.343	.582	46
Ray Mueller	39	80	80		24	4	1	2						.300	.300	.450	.750	36
Joseph Stupak	37	89	89		18	4	2	0						.202	.202	.292	.494	26
Robert Koperwhats	21	84	84		16	0	0	0						.190	.190	.190	.381	16
Chuck Allen	26	77	77		15	2	0	2						.195	.195	.299	.494	23
Clyde Stevens	31	73	73		14	3	0	0						.192	.192	.233	.425	17
George Heller	29	41	41		13	1	1	0						.317	.317	.390	.707	16
Don Taussig	9	33	33		6	1	0	0						.182	.182	.212	.394	7
Arthur Sauer	27	46	46		6	0	0	1						.130	.130	.196	.326	9
Theodore Birkeland	10	22	22		4	1	0	0						.182	.182	.227	.409	5
James Kovarik	26	29	29		4	0	0	0						.138	.138	.138	.276	4
Ron Mahrt	21	14	14		2	0	0	2						.143	.143	.571	.714	8
Robert Giddens	14	30	30		2	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133	2
Totals	1557	5072	5072	0	1279	190	43	88	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.252	.359	.611	1819	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Marshall Bridges	1B	124	1058	85	26		.978	9.218
Vincent LaSala	2B	125	328	359	34		.953	5.496
James Jones	3B	151	152	281	39		.917	2.868
Jake Jenkins	C	123	611	62	28		.960	5.472
Ray Mueller	C	29	103	10	7		.942	3.897
Dick Getter	OF	154	278	25	14		.956	1.968
Raymond Johnson	OF	148	403	25	15		.966	2.892
Arthur Dunham	OF	77	148	7	12		.928	2.013
Earle Willis	OF	59	90	8	6		.942	1.661
Chuck Allen	OF	21	28	3	4		.886	1.476
Dick Hamlin	P	46						.000
Joseph Stupak	P	37						.000
Clyde Stevens	P	31						.000
Arthur Sauer	P	26						.000
James Kovarik	P	26						.000
George Heller	P	25						.000
Ron Mahrt	P	21						.000
Robert Giddens	P	14						.000
Theodore Birkeland	P	10						.000
Robert Myers	SS	116	191	329	39		.930	4.483
Robert Koperwhats	SS	20	37	54	5		.948	4.550
Totals		1383	3427	1248	229	0	.953	3.380

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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