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1953 American Association

1953 > Class AAA > League History
Overall: 618 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1952 / 1954
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1952 / 1954

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1952 / 1954

League Standings

Tm Aff W L W-L% GB
Toledo Sox ATL 90 64 .584 --
Kansas City Blues NYY 88 66 .571 2
Louisville Colonels BOS 84 70 .545 6
Indianapolis Indians CLE 82 72 .532 8
Minneapolis Millers SFG 76 78 .494 14
St. Paul Saints LAD 72 82 .468 18
Columbus Red Birds STL 64 90 .416 26
Charleston Senators CHW 60 94 .390 30
This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

League Batting

Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Minneapolis Millers NYG 27.1 5.25 154 5974 5319 809 1492 271 42 170 753 22 554 746 .281 .352 .443 .795 2357 125 33 68
Kansas City Blues NYY 25.2 4.85 154 5893 5239 747 1445 252 59 98 663 44 564 626 .276 .349 .403 .752 2109 122 28 62
Louisville Colonels BOS 25.5 4.75 155 5963 5156 736 1329 208 44 98 689 32 713 727 .258 .351 .372 .723 1919 115 26 68
Toledo Sox MLN 28.5 4.70 154 5875 5196 724 1326 249 33 133 677 93 584 879 .255 .336 .393 .728 2040 68 45 50
Indianapolis Indians CLE 26.5 4.54 155 5878 5177 703 1301 222 57 138 643 67 564 842 .251 .331 .396 .728 2051 99 57 80
St. Paul Saints BRO 27.8 4.45 155 5761 5200 690 1403 219 52 121 632 90 459 673 .270 .333 .402 .734 2089 132 31 71
Columbus Red Birds STL 28.2 3.95 155 5679 4995 613 1223 193 46 79 574 40 594 754 .245 .328 .349 .677 1745 120 20 70
Charleston Senators CHW 27.3 3.79 154 5563 4908 583 1196 158 46 56 512 108 536 660 .244 .322 .329 .650 1614 110 28 91
League Totals 27.0 4.53 1236 46586 41190 5605 10715 1772 379 893 5143 496 4568 5907 .260 .338 .387 .724 15924 891 268 560

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Louisville Colonels BOS 26.2 3.95 84 70 .545 155 155 613
Toledo Sox MLN 26.0 4.09 90 64 .584 154 154 630
Indianapolis Indians CLE 25.8 4.31 82 72 .532 155 155 668
Kansas City Blues NYY 25.2 4.42 88 66 .571 154 154 680
St. Paul Saints BRO 26.9 4.63 72 82 .468 155 155 717
Columbus Red Birds STL 24.8 4.85 64 90 .416 155 155 752
Charleston Senators CHW 30.5 4.90 60 94 .390 154 154 754
Minneapolis Millers NYG 27.4 5.14 76 78 .494 154 154 791
League Totals 26.6 4.53 616 616 .500 1236 1236 5605

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Toledo Sox MLN 154 4008 1604 150 158 .974 8 George Selkirk and Tommy Holmes
Indianapolis Indians CLE 155 4067 1675 156 146 .974 8 Birdie Tebbetts
Kansas City Blues NYY 154 3982 1727 168 162 .971 18 Harry Craft
St. Paul Saints BRO 155 4036 1557 173 119 .970 22 Clay Bryant
Louisville Colonels BOS 155 4055 1616 178 142 .970 7 Pinky Higgins
Columbus Red Birds STL 155 3943 1692 179 169 .969 7 Johnny Keane
Minneapolis Millers NYG 154 4000 1726 189 145 .968 14 Freddie Fitzsimmons, Jake Early and Frank Genovese
Charleston Senators CHW 154 3891 1489 228 126 .959 17 Joe Becker
League Totals 1236 31982 13086 1421 1167 .969 101