1953 American Association season

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The 1953 American Association season was the 52nd in the league's history, and ended with the Kansas City Blues winning their second straight league championship. The Blues would go on to lose the Junior World Series.

Final standings[edit]

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Toledo Sox	90	64	.584	--	Tommy Holmes/George Selkirk	Milwaukee Braves
Kansas City Blues	88	66	.571	2	Harry Craft	New York Yankees
Louisville Colonels	84	70	.545	6	Pinky Higgins	Boston Red Sox
Indianapolis Indians	82	72	.532	8	Birdie Tebbetts	Cleveland Indians
Minneapolis Millers	76	78	.494	14	Freddie Fitzsimmons/Frank Genovese	New York Giants
St. Paul Saints	72	82	.468	18	Clay Bryant	Brooklyn Dodgers
Columbus Red Birds	64	90	.416	26	Johnny Keane	St. Louis Cardinals
Charleston Senators	60	94	.390	30	Joe Becker	Chicago White Sox

Playoffs[edit]

	First Round					Championship Finals

	1	Toledo Sox	4
	3	Louisville Colonels	3
						1	Toledo Sox	3
						2	Kansas City Blues	4
	2	Kansas City Blues	4
	4	Indianapolis Indians	2

First Round[edit]

Toledo vs. Louisville
Date	Away	Home
September 15	Louisville 3	Toledo 4
September 16	Louisville 3	Toledo 0
September 17	Louisville 2	Toledo 3
September 19	Toledo 0	Louisville 2
September 20	Toledo 5	Louisville 4
	10 innings
September 21	Toledo 2	Louisville 3
September 22	Toledo 5	Louisville 2
Toledo wins series 4-3

Kansas City vs. Indianapolis
Date	Away	Home
September 15	Indianapolis 3	Kansas City 0
September 16	Indianapolis 1	Kansas City 4
September 17	Indianapolis 3	Kansas City 4
September 18	Kansas City 2	Indianapolis 5
September 20	Kansas City 3	Indianapolis 2
	11 innings
September 21	Kansas City 2	Indianapolis 0
Kansas City wins series 4-2

Championship Finals[edit]

Toledo vs. Kansas City
Date	Away	Home
September 23	Kansas City 5	Toledo 2
September 24	Kansas City 9	Toledo 8
September 26	Kansas City 10	Toledo 0
September 27	Toledo 8	Kansas City 3
September 28	Toledo 5	Kansas City 4
September 29	Toledo 4	Kansas City 2
September 30	Toledo 1	Kansas City 4
Kansas City wins series 4-3 and
advances to Junior World Series

League Leaders[edit]

Batting[edit]

Batting Average Vic Power, Kansas City, .349
Runs Scored Sam Jethroe, Toledo, 137
Hits Power, 237
Doubles Billy Klaus, Toledo, 41
Triples Dave Pope, Indianapolis, 14
Home Runs George Wilson, Minneapolis, 34
Runs Batted In Wally Post, Indianapolis, 120
Stolen Bases Don Nicholas, Charlotte, 41

Pitching[edit]

Wins Gene Conley, Toledo, 23
Earned Run Average Conley, 2.90
Complete Games Conley, 24
Shutouts Conley, 4
Strikeouts Conley, 211

References[edit]

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

1954 Baseball Guide

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