1953 Topeka Owls Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
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

1953 Topeka Owls Roster

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.

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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
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	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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