1953 Western League Pitching Leaders

1952 Season 1954 Season

Classification: A

Overall: 619 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season

Attendance: 2,070,512 (3,344/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	Norm Brown	34	LIN	A	MLN	21	11	.656	3.11	3.74	38	34	28	5	284.0	251	118	98	8	105	107	11	1	6	1.254	8.0	0.3	3.3	3.4	1.02
2	Joseph Stupak*	22	SXC	A	NYG	19	13	.594	3.76	4.54	37	29	23	1	242.0	249	122	101	16	88	121	8	1	4	1.393	9.3	0.6	3.3	4.5	1.38
3	Melvin Waters	24	PBO	A	BRO	18	12	.600	3.68	4.77	33	31	23	1	247.0	260	131	101	14	87	111	5	2	4	1.405	9.5	0.5	3.2	4.0	1.28
4	Dick Hamlin	21	SXC	A	NYG	16	20	.444	4.52	5.63	46	25	19	1	259.0	278	162	130	21	129	118	11	3	19	1.571	9.7	0.7	4.5	4.1	0.91
5	Willie Pope	34	CSP	A	CHW	16	12	.571	3.38	4.03	31	30	19	1	232.0	221	104	87	18	82	167	1	0	12	1.306	8.6	0.7	3.2	6.5	2.04
6	Bill Rose	30	CSP	A	CHW	16	7	.696	3.80	4.06	27	21	15	2	173.0	182	78	73	13	57	80	5	0	3	1.382	9.5	0.7	3.0	4.2	1.40
7	Jake Thies	27	DEN	A	PIT	16	6	.727	2.43	3.86	31	26	9	1	196.0	181	84	53	6	81	102	3	0	4	1.337	8.3	0.3	3.7	4.7	1.26
8	Nelson King	25	DEN	A	PIT	15	3	.833	2.00	3.09	50	2	2	0	99.0	87	34	22	5	22	87	6	1	3	1.101	7.9	0.5	2.0	7.9	3.95
9	Don Watkins	28	DMO	A	CHC	14	10	.583	3.04	3.67	31	29	14	2	228.0	181	93	77	9	97	105	13	0	5	1.219	7.1	0.4	3.8	4.1	1.08
10	Bob Zick	26	DMO	A	CHC	14	12	.538	2.96	3.75	35	29	19	2	240.0	195	100	79	15	108	138	6	2	11	1.263	7.3	0.6	4.1	5.2	1.28
11	Paul Dewey	25	OMA	A	STL	13	8	.619	3.39	4.19	44	26	9	4	191.0	186	89	72	13	87	92	0	1	3	1.429	8.8	0.6	4.1	4.3	1.06
12	Walter Montgomery*	22	OMA	A	STL	13	9	.591	2.43	3.35	37	27	9	1	196.0	170	73	53	6	97	135	7	0	8	1.362	7.8	0.3	4.5	6.2	1.39
13	Barney Schultz	26	DEN	A	PIT	13	7	.650	4.16	5.15	31	23	11	1	173.0	147	99	80	15	84	102	10	0	7	1.335	7.6	0.8	4.4	5.3	1.21
14	Fernando Osorio	23	DEN	A	PIT	12	9	.571	3.39	3.82	30	22	11	2	186.0	174	79	70	8	50	106	2	0	2	1.204	8.4	0.4	2.4	5.1	2.12
15	Bob Simpson	21	CSP	A	CHW	12	9	.571	3.53	4.47	29	21	11	0	163.0	146	81	64	9	73	68	8	0	6	1.344	8.1	0.5	4.0	3.8	0.93
16	Clyde Stevens	25	SXC	A	NYG	12	13	.480	4.23	4.94	31	31	15	2	213.0	228	117	100	9	142	85	12	0	10	1.737	9.6	0.4	6.0	3.6	0.60
17	Richard Verbic	27	DMO	A	CHC	12	14	.462	3.30	4.71	37	28	14	3	191.0	200	100	70	7	81	89	6	0	11	1.471	9.4	0.3	3.8	4.2	1.10
18	Andy Bush	34	LIN	A	MLN	11	10	.524	3.99	4.85	26	19	9	0	167.0	178	90	74	15	35	97	2	0	3	1.275	9.6	0.8	1.9	5.2	2.77
19	Roque Contreras	25	DEN	A	PIT	11	9	.550	3.82	4.94	39	21	10	0	184.0	178	101	78	13	81	106	2	2	2	1.408	8.7	0.6	4.0	5.2	1.31
20	Karl Spooner*	22	PBO	A	BRO	11	6	.647	2.53	3.41	21	20	12	4	153.0	97	58	43	7	115	198	6	2	8	1.386	5.7	0.4	6.8	11.6	1.72
21	James Upchurch*	24	WCH	A	SLB	11	15	.423	4.03	4.67	43	24	10	3	183.0	197	95	82	8	84	63	8	2	4	1.536	9.7	0.4	4.1	3.1	0.75
22	Larry Jackson	22	OMA	A	STL	10	9	.526	2.44	2.78	22	20	14	2	162.0	139	50	44	4	66	114	3	1	1	1.265	7.7	0.2	3.7	6.3	1.73
23	Tom LeGros	22	DMO	A	CHC	10	4	.714	3.60	4.15	24	20	10	0	165.0	157	76	66	17	43	83	5	0	6	1.212	8.6	0.9	2.3	4.5	1.93
24	Keith Nicolls	25	CSP	A	CHW	10	8	.556	4.86	5.12	25	16	8	1	139.0	163	79	75	15	57	69	5	1	5	1.583	10.6	1.0	3.7	4.5	1.21
25	Fred Waters*	26	LIN	A	MLN	10	10	.500	4.19	5.23	30	27	13	0	191.0	175	111	89	8	108	173	4	2	10	1.482	8.2	0.4	5.1	8.2	1.60
26	Roger Wright	31	LIN	A	MLN	10	10	.500	2.85	3.42	46	7	4	0	158.0	158	60	50	6	35	83	2	1	0	1.222	9.0	0.3	2.0	4.7	2.37
27	Walter Yowell	23	CSP	A	CHW	10	5	.667	5.00	5.81	32	17	7	0	144.0	157	93	80	13	73	65	4	0	12	1.597	9.8	0.8	4.6	4.1	0.89
28	Dewey Adkins	35	DMO	A	CHC	9	8	.529	4.59	5.14	47	3	1	0	98.0	99	56	50	7	49	58	2	2	3	1.510	9.1	0.6	4.5	5.3	1.18
29	Robert Hoffman	23	PBO	A	BRO	9	10	.474	5.00	6.24	31	21	8	0	153.0	160	106	85	16	108	108	10	1	8	1.752	9.4	0.9	6.4	6.4	1.00
30	Eugene Kern	23	PBO	A	BRO	9	9	.500	5.18	6.28	28	20	8	0	139.0	159	97	80	11	70	87	3	0	6	1.647	10.3	0.7	4.5	5.6	1.24
31	Hugh Moxley	21	PBO	A	BRO	9	11	.450	4.06	5.33	26	23	11	1	162.0	164	96	73	11	108	83	5	1	9	1.679	9.1	0.6	6.0	4.6	0.77
32	Harry Pritts*	24	DEN	A	PIT	9	5	.643	3.81	4.88	31	13	8	1	118.0	99	64	50	8	76	80	1	0	3	1.483	7.6	0.6	5.8	6.1	1.05
33	Tony Stathos*	20	OMA	A	STL	9	8	.529	3.93	4.63	33	20	8	0	142.0	138	73	62	4	96	97	3	1	8	1.648	8.7	0.3	6.1	6.1	1.01
34	Bill Denney	21	LIN	A	MLN	8	8	.500	3.43	4.14	23	18	10	1	139.0	113	64	53	5	83	64	5	0	5	1.410	7.3	0.3	5.4	4.1	0.77
35	Mel Held	24	WCH	A	SLB	8	8	.500	3.23	4.08	24	19	11	1	170.0	160	77	61	10	54	93	3	1	5	1.259	8.5	0.5	2.9	4.9	1.72
36	Robert Kerce	26	CSP	A	CHW	8	4	.667	3.08	3.92	18	14	11	0	117.0	109	51	40	7	59	66	4	1	3	1.436	8.4	0.5	4.5	5.1	1.12
37	Chuck Locke	21	WCH	A	SLB	8	18	.308	3.31	4.39	41	29	13	1	242.0	205	118	89	14	149	191	7	3	9	1.463	7.6	0.5	5.5	7.1	1.28
38	Lou Ciola	30	OMA	A	STL	7	4	.636	4.07	5.68	42	0	0	0	84.0	100	53	38	3	30	34	2	0	4	1.548	10.7	0.3	3.2	3.6	1.13
39	Robert Mathieson	22	LIN	A	MLN	7	10	.412	2.46	2.95	27	20	8	3	168.0	147	55	46	9	46	84	2	0	1	1.149	7.9	0.5	2.5	4.5	1.83
40	Rafael Rivas*	31	DEN	A	PIT	7	7	.500	4.35	5.23	23	12	4	0	93.0	108	54	45	6	36	57	2	2	5	1.548	10.5	0.6	3.5	5.5	1.58
41	Larry Hoffman	20	CSP	A	CHW	6	2	.750	6.83	7.83	27	9	3	1	108.0	133	94	82	14	58	52	13	0	6	1.769	11.1	1.2	4.8	4.3	0.90
42	Bob Schmitt*	21	WCH	A	SLB	6	4	.600	6.04	6.88	23	11	1	1	85.0	100	65	57	8	64	55	2	1	6	1.929	10.6	0.8	6.8	5.8	0.86
43	Donald Vike	23	DMO	A	CHC	6	8	.429	3.12	4.50	29	19	6	0	130.0	136	65	45	7	67	71	0	0	7	1.562	9.4	0.5	4.6	4.9	1.06
44	Don Bradey	18	CSP	A	CHW	5	4	.556	3.23	4.01	26	11	2	2	92.0	96	41	33	7	43	54	0	0	4	1.511	9.4	0.7	4.2	5.3	1.26
45	Robert Giddens	25	SXC	A	NYG	5	6	.455	4.45	4.84	14	13	7	1	93.0	89	50	46	6	54	58	1	1	7	1.538	8.6	0.6	5.2	5.6	1.07
46	James Kovarik	21	SXC	A	NYG	5	4	.556	4.73	6.03	26	8	4	0	97.0	115	65	51	9	49	58	2	1	6	1.691	10.7	0.8	4.5	5.4	1.18
47	Tom Lakos	30	PBO	A	BRO	5	10	.333	3.91	5.32	20	13	7	0	115.0	116	68	50	5	66	42	2	1	1	1.583	9.1	0.4	5.2	3.3	0.64
48	Jerry Mertz	26	OMA	A	STL	5	7	.417	4.62	5.63	29	14	2	0	115.0	141	72	59	9	42	47	2	0	4	1.591	11.0	0.7	3.3	3.7	1.12
49	Bill Pilgram	24	WCH	A	SLB	5	11	.313	5.56	6.88	27	15	5	1	123.0	133	94	76	11	92	55	3	1	12	1.829	9.7	0.8	6.7	4.0	0.60
50	Charles Selby	19	CSP	A	CHW	5	5	.500	5.49	6.90	17	11	5	0	77.0	91	59	47	8	33	36	6	1	6	1.610	10.6	0.9	3.9	4.2	1.09
51	James Bell	25	LIN	A	MLN	4	9	.308	2.76	3.56	15	15	8	1	101.0	81	40	31	4	37	31	2	0	4	1.168	7.2	0.4	3.3	2.8	0.84
52	Tom Breisinger*	25	CSP	A	CHW	4	1	.800	3.94	4.13	25	1	0	0	48.0	43	22	21	3	24	43	0	1	1	1.396	8.1	0.6	4.5	8.1	1.79
53	Lowell Grosskopf	27	PBO	A	BRO	4	3	.571	3.95	5.86	18	4	2	0	66.0	68	43	29	4	58	43	2	1	12	1.909	9.3	0.5	7.9	5.9	0.74
54	Robert Hartig	23	DMO	A	CHC	4	9	.308	3.41	4.36	23	18	7	0	132.0	104	64	50	4	63	75	3	0	6	1.265	7.1	0.3	4.3	5.1	1.19
55	George Heller*	25	SXC	A	NYG	4	8	.333	4.12	6.25	25	16	4	1	118.0	117	82	54	4	95	67	0	0	5	1.797	8.9	0.3	7.2	5.1	0.71
56	Francis Holleran	26	DEN	A	PIT	4	6	.400	2.88	3.96	11	10	6	1	75.0	64	33	24	4	31	27	0	0	5	1.267	7.7	0.5	3.7	3.2	0.87
57	Arthur Sauer*	22	SXC	A	NYG	4	13	.235	4.70	5.93	26	20	7	0	132.0	117	87	69	6	96	90	3	4	12	1.614	8.0	0.4	6.5	6.1	0.94
58	Gene Swinger	23	OMA	A	STL	4	8	.333	3.42	3.91	23	9	2	1	92.0	83	40	35	4	42	62	3	0	3	1.359	8.1	0.4	4.1	6.1	1.48
59	Hoyt Benedict	23	OMA	A	STL	3	4	.429	4.91	6.05	26	2	0	0	55.0	63	37	30	3	42	31	5	1	2	1.909	10.3	0.5	6.9	5.1	0.74
60	Walt Bryja	20	PBO	A	BRO	3	4	.429			16
61	Melvin Greer	23	OMA	A	STL	3	8	.273	5.34	6.71	19	12	2	0	59.0	49	44	35	0	58	30	3	0	5	1.814	7.5	0.0	8.8	4.6	0.52
62	Danny Hayling	25	PBO	A	BRO	3	3	.500			10
63	Robert Heins?	20	OMA	A	STL	3	3	.500	3.60	4.45	25	8	1	0	85.0	78	42	34	2	44	38	4	0	2	1.435	8.3	0.2	4.7	4.0	0.86
64	Norm Rynard	23	WCH	A	SLB	3	10	.231	4.08	5.29	25	15	5	0	119.0	118	70	54	8	78	56	2	0	9	1.647	8.9	0.6	5.9	4.2	0.72
65	Charles Sipple	33	DEN	A	PIT	3	2	.600	4.06	4.39	22	9	3	0	82.0	93	40	37	5	33	42	0	1	4	1.537	10.2	0.5	3.6	4.6	1.27
66	Theodore Birkeland	25	SXC	A	NYG	2	7	.222	5.18	6.41	10	10	2	0	66.0	79	47	38	6	41	26	5	0	5	1.818	10.8	0.8	5.6	3.5	0.63
67	Ed Fetzer	23	PBO	A	BRO	2	2	.500
68	Dick Manville	26	DEN	A	PIT	2	3	.400	5.40	6.80	15	7	1	0	45.0	55	34	27	3	28	25	2	0	8	1.844	11.0	0.6	5.6	5.0	0.89
69	Earl McClellan	22	PBO	A	BRO	2	2	.500	3.86	4.71	32	0	0	3	84.0	71	44	36	6	52	55	1	0	3	1.464	7.6	0.6	5.6	5.9	1.06
70	John McKinnon	23	PBO	A	BRO	2	2	.500
71	Burke McLaughlin	23	WCH	A	SLB	2	3	.400	4.65	6.10	20	6	2	0	62.0	69	42	32	3	61	36	1	0	3	2.097	10.0	0.4	8.9	5.2	0.59
72	Jim Michalec	23	OMA	A	STL	2	5	.286	4.34	6.11	15	7	0	0	56.0	62	38	27	2	37	29	3	1	3	1.768	10.0	0.3	5.9	4.7	0.78
73	John O'Donnell*	26	WCH	A	SLB	2	0	1.000
74	Ramon Salgado	24	DEN	A	PIT	2	2	.500	5.30	5.63	16	7	2	0	56.0	57	35	33	8	35	37	1	5	0	1.643	9.2	1.3	5.6	5.9	1.06
75	Elvin Stabelfeld	26	DMO	A	CHC	2	3	.400			16
76	Ollie Brantley	21	CSP	A	CHW	1	0	1.000
77	Gene Collins*	28	CSP	A	CHW	1	1	.500
78	Dick Derganc*	24	OMA	A	STL	1	3	.250			11
79	Paul Doughty	26	OMA	A	STL	1	4	.200	4.50	7.15	25	7	1	0	68.0	69	54	34	7	46	30	2	0	3	1.691	9.1	0.9	6.1	4.0	0.65
80	Bob Giddings	26	SXC	A	NYG	1	0	1.000
81	Ray Kirchoff	24	SXC	A	NYG	1	0	1.000
82	Julian Ladera	24	WCH	A	SLB	1	5	.167	3.63	5.95	17	7	2	1	62.0	58	41	25	3	37	29	1	0	5	1.532	8.4	0.4	5.4	4.2	0.78
83	Ron Mahrt	23	SXC	A	NYG	1	0	1.000	7.13	9.75	21	0	0	0	48.0	55	52	38	3	52	20	0	1	14	2.229	10.3	0.6	9.8	3.8	0.38
84	Jack Martin*	23	WCH	A	SLB	1	3	.250
85	Glenn McMinn	20	PBO	A	BRO	1	1	.500
86	Joe Stanka	21	DMO	A	CHC	1	3	.250
87	Gene Staton	19	CSP	A	CHW	1	0	1.000
88	Bob Bauer*	25	LIN	A	MLN	0	1	.000
89	Clarence Beers	34	LIN	A	MLN	0	3	.000
90	William Brown	22	WCH	A	SLB	0	1	.000			21
91	Junior Bunch*	27	LIN	A	MLN	0	1	.000
92	Vance Carlson	27	LIN	A	MLN	0	3	.000	5.60	6.00	19	4	0	0	45.0	52	30	28	3	22	29	1	0	2	1.644	10.4	0.6	4.4	5.8	1.32
93	Salvatore Federico	29	LIN	A	MLN	0	6	.000
94	Pete Fox*	31	LIN	A	MLN	0	1	.000
95	Billy Hyde	23	WCH	A	SLB	0	1	.000
96	Robert Mueller	25	CSP	A	CHW	0	1	.000
97	Alby Plain	25	DMO	A	CHC	0	0				23
98	Edward Santulli	28	DEN	A	PIT	0	1	.000
99	Rene Solis	27	PBO	A	BRO	0	1	.000			10
100	Armando Suarez*	21	PBO	A	BRO	0	1	.000