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1953 Rochester Red Wings

1953 > Class AAA > 1953 International League
Overall: 97-57
Scored 820 runs, Allowed 607 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-56

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Harry Walker
Represented: Rochester, NY
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1952 / 1954

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Danny Baich	27	10	29	27	2	5	3	0	0	2	0	2	1	.185	.241	.296	.538	8	0	0
2	Vern Benson*	28	49	223	175	44	53	12	3	6	34	0	47	26	.303	.450	.509	.959	89	0	1
3	Joe Budny	27	13	10	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.300	.600	3	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
4	Tom Burgess*	25	122	476	407	85	141	18	6	22	93	3	64	60	.346	.439	.582	1.021	237	3	2
5	Allie Clark	30	80	290	265	38	87	13	3	7	43	4	19	18	.328	.378	.479	.857	127	2	4
6	George Condrick	27	30	43	36	4	7	0	0	0	4	0	6	8	.194	.310	.194	.504	7	0	1
7	Jack Crimian	27	62	25	22	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	9	.136	.208	.182	.390	4	0	1
8	Cot Deal#	30	80	154	140	23	39	7	2	2	30	0	13	14	.279	.340	.400	.740	56	0	1
9	Jack Faszholz	26	24	53	46	5	12	3	0	0	2	0	4	11	.261	.320	.326	.646	15	0	3
10	Les Fusselman	32	61	196	173	19	43	10	1	5	25	0	23	34	.249	.337	.405	.741	70	0	0
11	Fred Hahn	24	23	32	26	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	7	.038	.138	.038	.176	1	0	3
12	John Huesman	24	89	284	226	36	46	11	1	0	14	5	51	27	.204	.357	.261	.618	59	3	4
13	Tony Jacobs#	27	52	32	29	1	4	1	1	0	7	0	2	9	.138	.194	.241	.435	7	0	1	Stats for 2 teams
14	Niles Jordan*	27	18	42	37	3	7	1	1	0	2	0	4	15	.189	.268	.270	.539	10	0	1
15	Lou Kahn	37	42	98	79	9	22	5	0	0	5	1	18	6	.278	.412	.342	.754	27	0	1
16	William Killinger	25	11	29	25	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	.040	.143	.040	.183	1	1	1
17	Chuck Kress*	31	147	620	520	111	165	26	10	25	121	9	95	55	.317	.423	.550	.973	286	0	5
18	Kurt Krieger	26	33	21	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.000	.053	.000	.053	0	0	2	Stats for 2 teams
19	Wally Lammers	26	59	187	161	14	29	5	1	1	19	3	23	23	.180	.290	.242	.533	39	2	1
20	Hector Mayer	26	19	56	48	5	9	0	1	1	6	0	7	9	.188	.304	.292	.595	14	1	0
21	Floyd Melliere	28	17	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.143	.200	.143	.343	2	0	1
22	Ed Mierkowicz	29	117	432	379	56	115	16	6	9	53	3	46	37	.303	.380	.449	.829	170	1	6
23	Wally Moon*	23	131	441	387	83	119	24	8	12	61	14	45	43	.307	.382	.504	.886	195	2	7
24	Lou Ortiz	30	149	587	520	67	155	28	3	11	81	6	65	60	.298	.376	.427	.803	222	0	2
25	Vern Rapp	25	97	304	282	35	71	15	9	1	30	1	19	12	.252	.304	.379	.683	107	2	1
26	Dennis Reeder*	27	39	56	50	7	9	2	0	0	5	1	2	15	.180	.212	.220	.432	11	0	4
27	Don Richmond*	33	139	600	552	101	172	33	8	15	89	9	41	30	.312	.360	.482	.842	266	1	6
28	Octavio Rubert	28	14	32	31	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	.194	.194	.194	.387	6	0	1
29	Bobby Tiefenauer	23	41	32	27	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	10	.111	.143	.185	.328	5	0	4
30	Harry Walker*	36	112	373	304	59	92	11	1	7	37	7	64	15	.303	.425	.414	.840	126	1	4
	30 Players	28.8	154	5775	5017	820	1421	246	65	124	765	65	672	565	.283	.370	.432	.802	2169	20	66

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Joe Budny	27	1	0	1.000		13																				Stats for 2 teams
2	George Condrick	27	11	4	.733	3.88	30	18	5	2	123.0	140	58	53	4	36	52	2	0	3	1.431	10.2	0.3	2.6	3.8	1.44
3	Jack Crimian	27	13	5	.722	2.86	62	1	0	0	104.0	91	40	33	7	43	52	2	0	2	1.288	7.9	0.6	3.7	4.5	1.21
4	Cot Deal	30	16	9	.640	3.72	41	18	9	2	218.0	214	102	90	15	84	84	1	0	2	1.367	8.8	0.6	3.5	3.5	1.00
5	Jack Faszholz	26	10	6	.625	3.69	23	21	6	2	134.0	144	62	55	13	39	41	2	0	2	1.366	9.7	0.9	2.6	2.8	1.05
6	Fred Hahn*	24	5	6	.455	3.82	23	14	4	2	99.0	90	54	42	5	48	57	2	0	4	1.394	8.2	0.5	4.4	5.2	1.19
7	Tony Jacobs	27	12	3	.800	2.63	50	0	0	0	113.0	103	41	33	4	47	62	3	0	1	1.327	8.2	0.3	3.7	4.9	1.32	Stats for 2 teams
8	Niles Jordan*	27	8	1	.889	3.55	17	16	7	3	99.0	102	44	39	7	28	36	2	0	0	1.313	9.3	0.6	2.5	3.3	1.29
9	Kurt Krieger	26	1	2	.333	5.36	33	4	0	0	94.0	93	58	56	13	33	38	3	1	1	1.340	8.9	1.2	3.2	3.6	1.15	Stats for 2 teams
10	Floyd Melliere	28	2	4	.333	4.60	17	8	1	0	47.0	55	29	24	1	19	10	0	0	2	1.574	10.5	0.2	3.6	1.9	0.53
11	Dennis Reeder*	27	10	9	.526	3.22	32	26	6	2	148.0	127	75	53	6	73	72	2	1	3	1.351	7.7	0.4	4.4	4.4	0.99
12	Octavio Rubert	28	7	4	.636	2.40	14	11	5	1	75.0	77	25	20	2	24	32	0	0	1	1.347	9.2	0.2	2.9	3.8	1.33
13	Bobby Tiefenauer	23	9	3	.750	2.31	38	2	0	0	105.0	83	29	27	5	42	50	5	0	3	1.190	7.1	0.4	3.6	4.3	1.19
	13 Players	26.8	97	57	.630		154	154					607

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Vern Rapp	81	290	33	6	6	.982	3.99	2
Les Fusselman	60	214	32	8	2	.969	4.10	7
Lou Kahn	25	75	7	2	3	.976	3.28	5
Danny Baich	10	36	5	1	0	.976	4.10	0

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Chuck Kress	147		1382	79	10	149	.993	9.94
Allie Clark	10		57	3	0	10	1.000	6.00

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Lou Ortiz	149		328	423	24	119	.969	5.04
John Huesman	18		31	30	1	14	.984	3.39

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Don Richmond	133		118	278	32	32	.925	2.98
Allie Clark	10		4	18	1	2	.957	2.20

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John Huesman	63	92	180	14	31	.951	4.32
Wally Lammers	49	77	141	12	34	.948	4.45
Vern Benson	48	79	150	7	28	.970	4.77
Hector Mayer	19	31	48	4	19	.952	4.16

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tom Burgess	118	180	13	5	3	.975	1.64
Ed Mierkowicz	114	246	9	4	1	.985	2.24
Wally Moon	114	277	6	3	0	.990	2.48
Harry Walker	91	168	8	7	3	.962	1.93
Allie Clark	60	95	9	3	0	.972	1.73

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jack Crimian	62	7	17	0	1	1.000	0.39
Tony Jacobs	50	13	20	2	1	.943	0.66	Stats for 2 teams
Cot Deal	41	11	39	3	4	.943	1.22
Bobby Tiefenauer	38	2	21	3	1	.885	0.61
Kurt Krieger	33	4	11	0	3	1.000	0.45	Stats for 2 teams
Dennis Reeder	32	7	24	4	2	.886	0.97
George Condrick	30	6	16	0	1	1.000	0.73
Jack Faszholz	23	7	19	1	0	.963	1.13
Fred Hahn	23	2	26	1	2	.966	1.22
Niles Jordan	17	1	12	0	1	1.000	0.76
Floyd Melliere	17	3	12	2	1	.882	0.88
Octavio Rubert	14	13	9	2	0	.917	1.57
Joe Budny	13	0	6	1	1	.857	0.46	Stats for 2 teams

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Danny Baich	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Dec 25, 1925	Detroit, MI, US
Ralph Beard	24	R	R	6' 5.0"	200	Feb 11, 1929	Cincinnati, OH, US
Vern Benson	28	L	R	5' 10.0"	160	Sep 19, 1924	Granite Quarry, NC, US
Joe Budny	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Mar 14, 1926
Tom Burgess	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 1, 1927	London, ON, CA
Lou Ciola	30	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Sep 6, 1922	Norfolk, VA, US
Allie Clark	30	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jun 16, 1923	South Amboy, NJ, US
George Condrick	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	1926
Jack Crimian	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Feb 17, 1926	Philadelphia, PA, US
Cot Deal	30	S	R	5' 10.0"	185	Jan 23, 1923	Arapaho, OK, US
Benjamin Downs	23	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	Aug 13, 1929	Highland Park, MI, US
Jack Faszholz	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Apr 11, 1927	St. Louis, MO, US
Les Fusselman	32	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Mar 7, 1921	Pryor, OK, US
Fred Hahn	24	R	L	6' 3.0"	174	Feb 16, 1929	Nyack, NY, US
Robert Hoch	28	L	L	5' 11.0"	160	1925
Harry Hoitsma	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	198	1928
John Huesman	24	R		5' 10.0"	170	1929
Tony Jacobs	27	S	R	5' 9.0"	150	Aug 5, 1925	Dixmoor, IL, US
Niles Jordan	27	L	L	5' 11.0"	180	Dec 1, 1925	Lyman, WA, US
Lou Kahn	37	R	R	5' 10.0"	200	Dec 4, 1915	St. Louis, MO, US
William Killinger	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Dec 1, 1927	PA, US
Chuck Kress	31	L	L	6' 0.0"	190	Dec 9, 1921	Philadelphia, PA, US
Kurt Krieger	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	212	Sep 16, 1926	Traisen, AT
Wally Lammers	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Oct 31, 1926	Buckley, IL, US
Hector Mayer	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	172	1927
Floyd Melliere	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	1925
Ed Mierkowicz	29	R	R	6' 4.0"	205	Mar 6, 1924	Wyandotte, MI, US
Wally Moon	23	L	R	6' 0.0"	169	Apr 3, 1930	Bay, AR, US
Lou Ortiz	30	R		6' 3.0"	200	May 14, 1923	Albuquerque, NM, US
Al Papai	36	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	May 7, 1917	Divernon, IL, US
Vern Rapp	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	May 11, 1928	St. Louis, MO, US
Dennis Reeder	27	L	L	5' 9.0"	185	1926
Don Richmond	33	L	R	6' 1.0"	175	Oct 27, 1919	Gillett, PA, US
Octavio Rubert	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	160	Apr 9, 1925	Sancti Spiritus, Sancti Spiritus, CU
Donald Spencer	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Sep 9, 1927	Pittsburgh, PA, US
Bobby Tiefenauer	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Oct 10, 1929	Desloge, MO, US
Harry Walker	36	L	R	6' 2.0"	175	Oct 22, 1916	Pascagoula, MS, US
Floyd Wooldridge	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Aug 25, 1928	Jerico Springs, MO, US

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