1953 Toledo Sox Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 90-64
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Tommy Holmes (0-0), George Selkirk (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Ballpark: Noah H. Swayne Field
Attendance: 343,672, Avg. 4,463

1953 Toledo Sox Roster

Playoffs - Toledo Sox 4 games, Louisville Colonels 3
Finals - Kansas City Blues 4 games, Toledo Sox 3

The Toledo Sox of the American Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 90 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the AA.

The Sox scored 724 runs and allowed 630 runs. Sam Jethroe led Toledo with 28 home runs, while Hank Ertman and Billy Queen walloped 15 or more also. Luis Márquez drove in 81 runs. Sam Jethroe paced all regular hitters with a .309 average. Gene Conley earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad, and Charlie Bicknell also added 15 or more victories also Gene Conley recorded a 2.9 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1953 Toledo Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Chipman, Bert Thiel, Harry Hanebrink, Monk Dubiel, Billy Queen, Luis Márquez, Buddy Kerr, Billy Klaus, Gene Conley, Dewey Williams, Jack Brittin, Virgil Jester, Jack Daniels, Dick Hoover, Russ Kerns, Chuck Tanner, Murray Wall, Sam Jethroe, Charlie Bicknell, Billy Reed and George Estock.

Tommy Holmes and George Selkirk 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
Gene Conley	23	9	.719	2.90	36	32		24	4		261.0	198	91	84	22	57		211	4	0	6
Charlie Bicknell	15	10	.600	4.07	35	29		10	1		197.0	199	102	89	18	75		93	2	1	4
Murray Wall	10	8	.556	3.04	26	24		11	2		160.0	166	72	54	17	41		47	2	0	0
Virgil Jester	9	10	.474	4.73	29	17		7	2		135.0	157	75	71	20	34		59	1	1	0
Glenn Thompson	8	6	.571	3.87	28	22		6	2		149.0	125	72	64	9	108		110	13	1	7
Bob Chipman	6	5	.545	3.80	35	5		1	0		71.0	68	32	30	2	35		37	0	0	1
Bert Thiel	5	4	.556	3.76	18	9		1	0		79.0	84	38	33	10	28		44	1	0	1
Monk Dubiel	5	4	.556	3.89	40	2		0	0		81.0	86	36	35	7	36		34	1	0	2
Dick Hoover	5	5	.500	4.05	29	9		2	0		111.0	126	63	50	10	29		34	3	1	0
George Estock	4	2	.667	4.24	30	5		2	0		87.0	84	45	41	4	53		40	2	0	6
Totals	90	63	.588	3.73	306	154	0	64	11	0	1331.0	1293	626	551	119	496	0	709	29	4	27	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
Sam Jethroe	145	665	543	137	168	32	10	28	74	27		109	120	.309	.434	.560	.994	304	5	11	2
Billy Klaus	144	659	597	88	164	41	5	10	61	8		47	66	.275	.330	.410	.740	245	2	2	13
Luis Márquez	130	557	510	77	149	28	3	13	81	37		34	76	.292	.350	.435	.785	222	5	11	2
Billy Reed	132	560	511	58	148	38	2	5	73	3		37	24	.290	.348	.401	.749	205	9	9	3
Billy Queen	124	486	434	74	122	17	1	18	77	3		49	84	.281	.355	.449	.805	195	5	1	2
Hank Ertman	133	505	446	57	104	20	0	16	68	1		46	69	.233	.313	.386	.699	172	9	6	7
Paul Rambone	92	309	282	30	65	8	4	5	31	0		26	56	.230	.295	.340	.636	96	5	0	1
Bob Montag	90	306	239	39	58	13	3	10	42	5		65	64	.243	.407	.448	.854	107	3	1	1
Dewey Williams	98	322	278	28	57	6	0	3	28	2		43	53	.205	.312	.259	.571	72	6	0	1
Jack Daniels	100	260	212	26	49	8	2	6	24	2		46	38	.231	.368	.373	.741	79	1	0	2
Jim Solt	73	236	223	20	45	8	0	4	21	2		13	31	.202	.246	.291	.537	65	8	0	0
Buddy Kerr	39	129	107	13	25	3	1	1	7	0		21	19	.234	.359	.308	.668	33	1	0	1
Gene Conley	37	109	106	10	21	0	0	2	11	0		1	26	.198	.206	.255	.460	27	0	0	2
Charlie Bicknell	45	77	70	10	15	4	1	0	5	0		3	10	.214	.247	.300	.547	21	2	0	4
Glenn Thompson	29	59	56	7	13	1	0	5	12	0		3	22	.232	.271	.518	.789	29	0	0	0
Murray Wall	41	64	60	11	13	0	1	0	5	1		2	21	.217	.242	.250	.492	15	0	0	2
Chuck Tanner	17	58	52	5	10	3	0	2	5	0		6	5	.192	.276	.365	.641	19	1	0	0
Dick Hoover	30	43	39	4	9	0	0	1	6	0		3	6	.231	.286	.308	.593	12	0	0	1
Russ Kerns	23	55	49	2	9	1	0	0	1	0		5	6	.184	.259	.204	.463	10	0	0	1
Bert Thiel	18	28	27	4	6	3	0	0	3	0		1	6	.222	.250	.333	.583	9	1	0	0
Monk Dubiel	40	19	18	0	5	0	0	0	4	0		0	4	.278	.278	.278	.556	5	0	0	1
Bob Chipman	35	23	19	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		2	9	.263	.333	.316	.649	6	0	0	2
Virgil Jester	29	54	51	2	4	1	0	0	2	0		1	18	.078	.096	.098	.194	5	1	0	2
George Estock	30	29	23	3	2	2	0	0	0	0		5	7	.087	.250	.174	.424	4	0	0	1
Totals	1674	5612	4952	707	1266	238	33	129	642	91	0	568	840	.256	.337	.395	.732	1957	64	41	51	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Hank Ertman	1B	130	1051	52	7	106	.994	8.485
Jack Daniels	1B	29	251	12	2	30	.992	9.069
Billy Reed	2B	127	278	329	15	77	.976	4.780
Paul Rambone	2B	18	31	44	3	10	.962	4.167
Buddy Kerr	2B	12	36	35	1	6	.986	5.917
Billy Queen	3B	81	64	146	18	13	.921	2.593
Paul Rambone	3B	59	59	109	11	13	.939	2.847
Billy Klaus	3B	20	15	34	4	6	.925	2.450
Dewey Williams	C	93	466	42	4	7	.992	5.462	3
Jim Solt	C	65	266	36	9	8	.971	4.646	3
Russ Kerns	C	22	50	7	0	0	1.000	2.591	2
Sam Jethroe	OF	142	408	16	9	3	.979	2.986
Luis Márquez	OF	130	273	4	8	0	.972	2.131
Bob Montag	OF	71	111	8	5	2	.960	1.676
Jack Daniels	OF	64	85	3	0	0	1.000	1.375
Billy Queen	OF	34	68	4	2	1	.973	2.118
Chuck Tanner	OF	13	29	2	0	1	1.000	2.385
Monk Dubiel	P	40	2	19	0	2	1.000	.525
Gene Conley	P	36	9	39	3	1	.941	1.333
Bob Chipman	P	35	2	17	0	1	1.000	.543
Charlie Bicknell	P	35	14	43	2	3	.966	1.629
George Estock	P	30	3	20	0	1	1.000	.767
Virgil Jester	P	29	10	22	0	2	1.000	1.103
Dick Hoover	P	29	5	24	1	1	.967	1.000
Glenn Thompson	P	28	5	19	1	4	.960	.857
Murray Wall	P	26	13	24	2	5	.949	1.423
Bert Thiel	P	18	4	21	2	2	.926	1.389
Billy Klaus	SS	127	217	382	28	81	.955	4.717
Buddy Kerr	SS	23	31	53	5	16	.944	3.652
Totals		1566	3856	1566	142	402	.974	3.462	8	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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