1953 Billings Mustangs Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 71-60
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Cliff Dapper (71-60)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 105,369, Avg. 1,609

1953 Billings Mustangs Roster

Playoffs - Great Falls Electrics 2 games, Billings Mustangs 0

The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1953 season with a record of 71 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the PL.

The Mustangs plated 717 runs and allowed 670 runs. Stanley Miller paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .326 clip. Bert Haysom topped Billings with 17 wins, while Gary Hegedorn recorded a 2.81 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Cliff Dapper played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Billings Mustangs to do so.

Cliff Dapper 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
Bert Haysom	17	10	.630	2.93	35	28					227.0	194	100	74	10	127
Gary Hegedorn	13	6	.684	2.81	23	21					173.0	142	71	54	4	93
Leonard Wisneski	12	13	.480	3.94	31	28					210.0	197	107	92	9	130
Robert Denney	8	7	.533	2.99	23	16					147.7	140	71	49	5	60
Pete Furibondo	8	7	.533	4.13	24	13					135.0	134	90	62	5	90
Alvin Trosin	7	8	.467	4.70	25	15					115.0	115	76	60	6	72
Robert Long	6	10	.375	5.35	20	17					104.3	88	89	62	1	134
Richard Donnelly	3	3	.500	3.06	13	6					64.7	53	36	22	4	36
Charles Matzen	3	3	.500	5.13	16	1					52.7	54	37	30	4	30
Stan Patchell	1	1	.500	6.26	17	5					46.0	40	40	32	0	73
Totals	78	68	.534	3.79	227	150	0	0	0	0	1275.3	1157	717	537	48	845	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
Thomas Watson	123	508	508		152	22	7	1						.299	.299	.376	.675	191
Pablo Bernard	129	503	503		148	17	13	5						.294	.294	.410	.704	206
Bob Murphy	128	517	517		142	27	2	5						.275	.275	.364	.638	188
Stanley Miller	113	383	383		125	28	11	7						.326	.326	.512	.838	196
Gus Colagerakis	113	464	464		120	10	2	1						.259	.259	.295	.554	137
Sal Campagna	122	438	438		107	22	5	6						.244	.244	.358	.603	157
Clint Smith	103	363	363		83	20	4	3						.229	.229	.331	.559	120
Cliff Dapper	81	231	231		68	12	4	5						.294	.294	.446	.740	103
Donald Becker	47	132	132		35	6	0	2						.265	.265	.356	.621	47
Harry Williams	31	93	93		23	4	0	0						.247	.247	.290	.538	27
Marcos Cobos	30	92	92		22	2	1	0						.239	.239	.283	.522	26
Gary Hegedorn	37	73	73		18	1	0	0						.247	.247	.260	.507	19
James Kudell	12	50	50		15	2	0	0						.300	.300	.340	.640	17
Donald Riley	27	75	75		15	2	0	0						.200	.200	.227	.427	17
Leonard Wisneski	31	76	76		15	2	0	0						.197	.197	.224	.421	17
Bert Haysom	35	76	76		11	0	0	0						.145	.145	.145	.289	11
Pete Furibondo	33	49	49		10	0	0	0						.204	.204	.204	.408	10
Robert Denney	24	54	54		10	2	0	1						.185	.185	.278	.463	15
Stan Kulka	25	72	72		10	3	0	0						.139	.139	.181	.319	13
Alvin Trosin	26	46	46		7	3	0	0						.152	.152	.217	.370	10
Alan Haverty	11	30	30		6	1	0	1						.200	.200	.333	.533	10
Nick Ferrante	11	35	35		6	2	0	0						.171	.171	.229	.400	8
Robert Long	20	38	38		3	0	0	0						.079	.079	.079	.158	3
Stan Patchell	17	16	16		2	1	0	0						.125	.125	.188	.312	3
Charles Matzen	16	17	17		1	0	0	0						.059	.059	.059	.118	1
Richard Donnelly	13	20	20		1	0	0	0						.050	.050	.050	.100	1
Totals	1358	4451	4451	0	1155	189	49	37	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.349	.608	1553	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bert Haysom	P	35					.000
Leonard Wisneski	P	31					.000
Alvin Trosin	P	25					.000
Pete Furibondo	P	24					.000
Gary Hegedorn	P	23					.000
Robert Denney	P	23					.000
Robert Long	P	20					.000
Stan Patchell	P	17					.000
Charles Matzen	P	16					.000
Richard Donnelly	P	13					.000
Totals		227	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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