1953 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 60-63
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Barney Lutz (60-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 54,532, Avg. 887

1953 Aberdeen Pheasants Roster

Playoffs - Duluth Dukes 2 games, Aberdeen Pheasants 0

The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Northern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 60 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.

The Pheasants scored 674 runs and yielded 736 runs. Bob Hale topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .332 clip. Thomas Wozniak led Aberdeen with 18 wins and a team-best 3.38 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Bob Hale and Tito Francona both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Barney Lutz served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Thomas Wozniak	18	9	.667	3.38	40	26					224.0	219	108	84	8	116
Gene Weglarz	11	9	.550	4.16	31	19					160.0	171	93	74	9	62
Fred Williams	11	10	.524	5.62	31	19					152.0	174	112	95	11	89
Alvin Green	5	9	.357	5.34	28	12					118.0	163	102	70	8	52
Douglas Pohlman	4	7	.364	4.38	28	13					115.0	136	78	56	8	66
Louis Novak	4	7	.364	6.05	22	16					116.0	128	94	78	4	93
LaVerne Schneider	3	3	.500	3.12	8	7					49.0	48	20	17	2	17
David Crocker	2	6	.250	9.71	13	10					63.0	73	79	68	4	66
Totals	58	60	.492	4.89	201	122	0	0	0	0	997.0	1112	686	542	54	561	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Bob Hale	121	473	473		157	30	6	8						.332	.332	.471	.803	223
Tito Francona	123	474	474		154	35	10	6						.325	.325	.479	.804	227
Timothy Hastings	123	481	481		135	26	11	5						.281	.281	.412	.692	198
George Morris	121	442	442		106	17	3	3						.240	.240	.312	.552	138
Billy Strange	109	369	369		100	19	6	4						.271	.271	.388	.659	143
Jake Gates	101	356	356		98	9	2	0						.275	.275	.312	.587	111
Roy Leafgren	88	275	275		81	16	4	7						.295	.295	.458	.753	126
Anthony Esposito	92	319	319		72	14	3	3						.226	.226	.317	.542	101
Barney Lutz	43	102	102		26	5	1	1						.255	.255	.353	.608	36
Billy Moody	54	139	139		26	2	1	1						.187	.187	.237	.424	33
Fred Williams	41	61	61		23	5	2	0						.377	.377	.525	.902	32
Thomas Wozniak	40	84	84		18	3	2	0						.214	.214	.298	.512	25
Nick Samela	12	48	48		11	1	0	2						.229	.229	.375	.604	18
Douglas Pohlman	28	44	44		9	1	1	1						.205	.205	.341	.545	15
Louis Novak	27	43	43		8	2	0	0						.186	.186	.233	.419	10
Alvin Green	28	39	39		7	2	0	0						.179	.179	.231	.410	9
Lawrence Kijak	13	52	52		6	0	1	1						.115	.115	.212	.327	11
Gene Weglarz	31	54	54		6	1	0	0						.111	.111	.130	.241	7
Edward Isley	13	11	11		2	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	2
David Crocker	13	22	22		1	1	0	0						.045	.045	.091	.136	2
Totals	1221	3888	3888	0	1046	189	53	42	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.377	.646	1467	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Thomas Wozniak	P	40					.000
Fred Williams	P	31					.000
Gene Weglarz	P	31					.000
Douglas Pohlman	P	28					.000
Alvin Green	P	28					.000
Louis Novak	P	22					.000
David Crocker	P	13					.000
LaVerne Schneider	P	8					.000
Totals		201	0	0	0	0	.000

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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