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1953 Western Association Pitching Leaders

1952 Season 1954 Season

Classification: C

Overall: 423 games, 6 teams, approx. 141 games in season

Attendance: 756,657 (1,788/game)

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Roger Sawyer*	18	HUT	C	PIT	22	5	.815	1.99	3.03	32	32	24	9	258.0	204	87	57	5	76	200	4	1	9	1.085	7.1	0.2	2.7	7.0	2.63
2	Delmar Edwards	28	FSM	C		20	13	.606	2.56	4.58	37	34	29	3	281.0	226	143	80	9	171	197	5	0	12	1.413	7.2	0.3	5.5	6.3	1.15
3	Jack Dean	29	TPK	C	CHW	19	7	.731	2.80	3.75	36	24	20	0	228.0	210	95	71	9	85	193	7	0	10	1.294	8.3	0.4	3.4	7.6	2.27
4	Rogers Fister	19	STJ	C	STL	17	11	.607	2.33	3.22	32	30	21	4	243.0	173	87	63	6	151	239	4	0	12	1.333	6.4	0.2	5.6	8.9	1.58
5	Bob Anderton	20	HUT	C	PIT	16	6	.727	2.50	3.74	28	28	17	3	202.0	161	84	56	8	77	152	10	0	8	1.178	7.2	0.4	3.4	6.8	1.97
6	Mike Hoffman	23	HUT	C	PIT	15	11	.577	2.64	3.27	29	24	16	2	198.0	143	72	58	4	115	153	2	0	13	1.303	6.5	0.2	5.2	7.0	1.33
7	Vincent Lupica	21	JOP	C	NYY	15	6	.714	2.68	3.37	28	19	15	1	171.0	158	64	51	4	79	78	1	0	1	1.386	8.3	0.2	4.2	4.1	0.99
8	Alexander Murawski	23	MSK	C	NYG	15	14	.517	3.70	4.88	38	23	15	2	214.0	185	116	88	10	100	141	4	0	8	1.332	7.8	0.4	4.2	5.9	1.41
9	Dom Zanni	21	MSK	C	NYG	15	15	.500	3.66	4.73	55	17	10	2	236.0	198	124	96	12	170	200	14	1	8	1.559	7.6	0.5	6.5	7.6	1.18
10	Albert Daffner	31	STJ	C	STL	14	5	.737	3.09	3.96	30	22	5	0	166.0	133	73	57	7	122	92	5	2	11	1.536	7.2	0.4	6.6	5.0	0.75
11	Robert Walz	22	TPK	C	CHW	13	13	.500	3.01	3.88	30	26	18	4	218.0	224	94	73	9	81	191	1	1	4	1.399	9.2	0.4	3.3	7.9	2.36
12	Jim Coates	20	JOP	C	NYY	12	13	.480	3.39	4.05	32	27	15	2	218.0	142	98	82	7	161	174	11	2	8	1.390	5.9	0.3	6.6	7.2	1.08
13	Bob Duliba	18	STJ	C	STL	12	3	.800	3.23	4.43	43	8	3	1	128.0	111	63	46	3	59	71	8	1	6	1.328	7.8	0.2	4.1	5.0	1.20
14	Jack Gruell	23	MSK	C	NYG	12	11	.522	3.50	4.89	40	22	9	2	206.0	174	112	80	17	128	161	7	0	8	1.466	7.6	0.7	5.6	7.0	1.26
15	Ray Baer	25	TPK	C	CHW	11	5	.688	2.62	3.67	39	7	5	0	103.0	89	42	30	6	41	55	3	0	1	1.262	7.8	0.5	3.6	4.8	1.34
16	John Bethel	20	JOP	C	NYY	11	5	.688	3.80	4.44	31	17	8	0	154.0	161	76	65	6	69	67	3	0	4	1.494	9.4	0.4	4.0	3.9	0.97
17	Albert Woods	22	HUT	C	PIT	11	4	.733	2.84	4.02	24	15	7	3	130.0	117	58	41	7	49	62	2	0	5	1.277	8.1	0.5	3.4	4.3	1.27
18	Ed Donnelly*	22	STJ	C	STL	9	7	.563	4.11	5.18	29	19	5	1	160.0	155	92	73	7	92	102	6	1	4	1.544	8.7	0.4	5.2	5.7	1.11
19	Robert Lowe	23	TPK	C	CHW	9	6	.600	3.41	4.14	17	13	9	1	124.0	123	57	47	6	34	85	1	0	3	1.266	8.9	0.4	2.5	6.2	2.50
20	Robert Dawkins*	22	JOP	C	NYY	8	14	.364	3.58	5.32	33	25	9	1	186.0	160	110	74	4	142	113	7	0	7	1.624	7.7	0.2	6.9	5.5	0.80
21	Jack Dawson	20	JOP	C	NYY	8	4	.667	3.15	3.41	13	13	10	1	103.0	83	39	36	6	43	103	3	0	4	1.223	7.3	0.5	3.8	9.0	2.40
22	Chuck Hollingsworth	19	STJ	C	STL	8	11	.421	2.75	3.93	27	19	16	0	167.0	132	73	51	9	102	123	4	2	7	1.401	7.1	0.5	5.5	6.6	1.21
23	James Lilly	18	FSM	C		8	21	.276	4.62	6.59	44	26	14	2	228.0	220	167	117	16	147	108	8	2	17	1.610	8.7	0.6	5.8	4.3	0.73
24	Bill Smith*	19	STJ	C	STL	8	7	.533	4.79	6.36	26	18	7	0	126.0	123	89	67	6	82	73	3	2	7	1.627	8.8	0.4	5.9	5.2	0.89
25	Bob Drefs*	24	TPK	C	CHW	7	10	.412	3.87	4.89	27	18	6	0	151.0	134	82	65	6	102	88	9	0	6	1.563	8.0	0.4	6.1	5.2	0.86
26	Leigh Lawrence	19	JOP	C	NYY	7	9	.438	4.01	4.85	24	16	8	0	128.0	118	69	57	3	62	78	7	1	5	1.406	8.3	0.2	4.4	5.5	1.26
27	Bobby Roberts*	19	FSM	C		7	17	.292	4.24	6.52	33	22	15	0	189.0	207	137	89	16	77	65	4	0	1	1.503	9.9	0.8	3.7	3.1	0.84
28	Alfredo Ibanez	23	TPK	C	CHW	6	4	.600	2.56	4.19	14	8	4	0	88.0	68	41	25	5	28	82	0	0	1	1.091	7.0	0.5	2.9	8.4	2.93
29	Richard McIntyre*	23	HUT	C	PIT	6	9	.400	4.72	6.64	22	19	8	1	141.0	144	104	74	4	83	95	1	0	8	1.610	9.2	0.3	5.3	6.1	1.14
30	Russell Needham	36	FSM	C		6	6	.500	2.23	3.26	13	13	10	2	105.0	107	38	26	5	34	63	1	0	0	1.343	9.2	0.4	2.9	5.4	1.85
31	Russell Penfold	20	TPK	C	CHW	6	5	.545	3.00	3.93	16	9	4	2	87.0	77	38	29	6	32	56	1	2	1	1.253	8.0	0.6	3.3	5.8	1.75
32	Carroll Mattson	24	MSK	C	NYG	5	10	.333	5.12	6.35	35	21	3	0	146.0	109	103	83	6	156	139	10	0	14	1.815	6.7	0.4	9.6	8.6	0.89
33	James McDonald*	20	MSK	C	NYG	5	13	.278	4.64	6.12	36	25	10	2	200.0	178	136	103	13	152	187	6	2	15	1.650	8.0	0.6	6.8	8.4	1.23
34	William Miller*	19	HUT	C	PIT	5	13	.278	4.69	6.40	23	13	5	1	121.0	130	86	63	6	90	80	6	1	8	1.818	9.7	0.4	6.7	6.0	0.89
35	James Aiello	19	JOP	C	NYY	4	5	.444	2.39	2.85	17	6	4	1	79.0	66	25	21	2	47	77	0	1	3	1.430	7.5	0.2	5.4	8.8	1.64
36	John Allen?	--	STJ	C	STL	3	0	1.000
37	Hubert Brooks	23	FSM	C		3	12	.200	5.43	6.96	25	16	8	0	106.0	119	82	64	6	69	42	6	1	5	1.774	10.1	0.5	5.9	3.6	0.61
38	Jack McMahan*	20	JOP	C	NYY	3	3	.500	3.36	4.56	15	6	3	0	75.0	79	38	28	2	19	39	2	1	3	1.307	9.5	0.2	2.3	4.7	2.05
39	Larry Richardson?	20	TPK	C	CHW	3	4	.429	5.38	7.24	17	13	4	1	82.0	89	66	49	5	52	41	4	0	2	1.720	9.8	0.5	5.7	4.5	0.79
40	Alexander Schmidt?	--	MSK	C	NYG	3	3	.500	4.10	4.98	26	8	1	0	112.0	155	62	51	5	94	59	1	2	7	2.223	12.5	0.4	7.6	4.7	0.63
41	William Stewart	23	HUT	C	PIT	3	5	.375	3.20	4.70	43	0	0	0	90.0	76	47	32	4	35	52	5	0	7	1.233	7.6	0.4	3.5	5.2	1.49
42	William Turnbaugh*	20	STJ	C	STL	3	1	.750
43	Don Gibbs	21	JOP	C	NYY	2	4	.333			11
44	Harold McGahey	20	TPK	C	CHW	2	1	.667
45	William Starns	21	FSM	C		2	8	.200	5.11	7.25	26	11	5	0	118.0	163	95	67	5	52	47	4	2	5	1.822	12.4	0.4	4.0	3.6	0.90
46	Bob Yanen	20	FSM	C		2	4	.333	2.77	4.50	6	6	5	1	52.0	49	26	16	6	11	40	0	0	0	1.154	8.5	1.0	1.9	6.9	3.64
47	Elmer Balzer?	22	JOP	C	NYY	1	2	.333			10
48	Augie Begemann*	20	MSK	C	NYG	1	2	.333
49	Don LaVelle	22	TPK	C	CHW	1	2	.333
50	Joseph Nichols*	24	FSM	C		1	3	.250
51	Neil Roberts	18	TPK	C	CHW	1	2	.333			10
52	Ernie Stinsa	20	HUT	C	PIT	1	0	1.000
53	Gideon Applegate	25	TPK	C	CHW	0	2	.000
54	Joseph Burke*	20	MSK	C	NYG	0	4	.000
55	Melvin Chaplin	20	STJ	C	STL	0	3	.000			11
56	Edward DeSimon*	20	JOP	C	NYY	0	2	.000
57	Sherman Jones	18	MSK	C	NYG	0	6	.000			12
58	Roger King*	18	TPK	C	CHW	0	1	.000
59	Elvie Pfautz	18	JOP	C	NYY	0	1	.000
60	William Puckett?	--	FSM	C		0	2	.000
61	Victor Vick	18	MSK	C	NYG	0	1	.000
62	Roy Wright	19	STJ	C	STL	0	1	.000
63	Robert York	19	FSM	C		0	2	.000
64	Francis Cox	22	FSM,STJ	C	STL
65	Rolf Moeller	24	STJ,HUT	C	STL-PIT