
1953 Topeka Owls Statistics
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 3rd in the WA
Manager: Ira Hutchinson (78-62)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Ballpark: Community Park
Attendance: 81,450, Avg. 1,164
Playoffs - Hutchinson Elks 3 games, Topeka Owls 0
The Topeka Owls of the Western Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the WA.
The Owls scored 664 runs and allowed 621 runs. Ellis Daugherty paced all regular batters with a .290 average. Jack Dean topped Topeka with 19 wins and a team-best 2.8 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Gideon Applegate played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Topeka Owls to do so.
Ira Hutchinson 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 Dean | 19 | 7 | .731 | 2.80 | 36 | 24 | 228.0 | 210 | 95 | 71 | 9 | 85 | ||||||||||
Robert Walz | 13 | 13 | .500 | 3.01 | 30 | 26 | 218.0 | 224 | 94 | 73 | 9 | 81 | ||||||||||
Ray Baer | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.62 | 39 | 7 | 103.0 | 89 | 42 | 30 | 6 | 41 | ||||||||||
Robert Lowe | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.41 | 17 | 13 | 124.0 | 123 | 57 | 47 | 6 | 34 | ||||||||||
Bob Drefs | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.87 | 27 | 18 | 151.0 | 134 | 82 | 65 | 6 | 102 | ||||||||||
Alfredo Ibanez | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.56 | 14 | 8 | 88.0 | 68 | 41 | 25 | 5 | 28 | ||||||||||
Russell Penfold | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.00 | 16 | 9 | 87.0 | 77 | 38 | 29 | 6 | 32 | ||||||||||
Larry Richardson | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.38 | 17 | 13 | 82.0 | 89 | 66 | 49 | 5 | 52 | ||||||||||
Totals | 74 | 54 | .578 | 3.24 | 196 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1081.0 | 1014 | 515 | 389 | 52 | 455 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ellis Daugherty | 136 | 480 | 480 | 139 | 23 | 6 | 15 | .290 | .290 | .456 | .746 | 219 | |||||||||||
Melvin Lightner | 141 | 549 | 549 | 138 | 26 | 3 | 11 | .251 | .251 | .370 | .621 | 203 | |||||||||||
Joe Jaworski | 129 | 433 | 433 | 120 | 15 | 10 | 8 | .277 | .277 | .413 | .691 | 179 | |||||||||||
Roland Alexander | 125 | 462 | 462 | 120 | 23 | 2 | 12 | .260 | .260 | .396 | .656 | 183 | |||||||||||
Thomas Pritchard | 120 | 436 | 436 | 109 | 18 | 6 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .339 | .589 | 148 | |||||||||||
Gene Smith | 96 | 323 | 323 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .201 | .201 | .266 | .467 | 86 | |||||||||||
Darrell Lindley | 76 | 255 | 255 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 7 | .239 | .239 | .365 | .604 | 93 | |||||||||||
Gerald Nipp | 57 | 174 | 174 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 4 | .282 | .282 | .402 | .684 | 70 | |||||||||||
Jerry Doyle | 77 | 253 | 253 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .186 | .186 | .289 | .474 | 73 | |||||||||||
John Gugala | 60 | 186 | 186 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .199 | .360 | 37 | |||||||||||
Bill Witmer | 38 | 107 | 107 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .215 | .252 | .467 | 27 | |||||||||||
Robert Walz | 43 | 87 | 87 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .241 | .241 | .299 | .540 | 26 | |||||||||||
Jack Dean | 39 | 80 | 80 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .238 | .238 | .388 | .625 | 31 | |||||||||||
Arthur Vigare | 31 | 111 | 111 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .171 | .171 | .252 | .423 | 28 | |||||||||||
Ray Baer | 43 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .357 | .357 | .357 | .714 | 15 | |||||||||||
Robert Rous | 23 | 71 | 71 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .169 | .197 | .366 | 14 | |||||||||||
Larry Richardson | 18 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .417 | .792 | 10 | |||||||||||
Robert Lowe | 19 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .196 | .196 | .413 | .609 | 19 | |||||||||||
Russell Penfold | 16 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .345 | .586 | 10 | |||||||||||
Bob Drefs | 33 | 49 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .163 | .306 | 8 | |||||||||||
Richard Szymczak | 11 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 6 | |||||||||||
Alfredo Ibanez | 15 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .138 | .207 | .345 | 6 | |||||||||||
Clyde Berry | 11 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .121 | .152 | .273 | 5 | |||||||||||
Ray Lane | 10 | 34 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 4 | |||||||||||
Randy Lewis | 23 | 53 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .038 | .038 | .038 | .075 | 2 | |||||||||||
Neil Roberts | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .250 | 2 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1401 | 4397 | 4397 | 0 | 1040 | 171 | 37 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .342 | .579 | 1504 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Baer | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
Jack Dean | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
Robert Walz | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
Bob Drefs | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
Larry Richardson | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
Robert Lowe | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
Russell Penfold | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
Alfredo Ibanez | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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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