1953 Brunswick Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 85-54
Finished 2nd in the GGL
Manager: Jack Paepke (85-54)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Brunswick, Georgia
Ballpark: Edo Miller Park
Attendance: 47,077, Avg. 677
Playoffs - Brunswick Pirates 4 games, Tifton Blue Sox 0
Finals - Brunswick Pirates 4 games, Thomasville Dodgers 3
The Brunswick Pirates of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1953 season with a record of 85 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the GGL.
The Pirates plated 828 runs and conceded 678 runs. Gene Freese led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .309 clip. Jim Nisewonger topped Brunswick with 18 wins and a team-best 1.99 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Gene Freese played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Brunswick Pirates to do so.
Jack Paepke served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Nisewonger | 18 | 6 | .750 | 1.99 | 31 | 26 | 213.0 | 189 | 79 | 47 | 2 | 106 | ||||||||||
| Frank Gladich | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.13 | 31 | 25 | 213.0 | 202 | 107 | 74 | 7 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Huelfer | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.91 | 25 | 18 | 133.0 | 118 | 95 | 43 | 0 | 112 | ||||||||||
| Don Kildoo | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.25 | 16 | 14 | 112.0 | 87 | 37 | 28 | 2 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Marvin Deal | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.34 | 21 | 14 | 114.0 | 97 | 70 | 55 | 2 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Michael Kriczky | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.80 | 11 | 10 | 70.0 | 57 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Jack Paepke | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.54 | 7 | 41.0 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Phil Bach | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.07 | 10 | 5 | 55.3 | 47 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Edward Garton | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.61 | 14 | 6 | 56.7 | 59 | 42 | 29 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 77 | 47 | .621 | 2.88 | 166 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1008.0 | 888 | 499 | 322 | 16 | 552 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Freese | 117 | 460 | 460 | 142 | 28 | 7 | 9 | .309 | .309 | .459 | .767 | 211 | |||||||||||
| Robert Capone | 128 | 502 | 502 | 131 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .311 | .572 | 156 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Faust | 126 | 436 | 436 | 122 | 18 | 4 | 9 | .280 | .280 | .401 | .681 | 175 | |||||||||||
| Jack Paepke | 115 | 374 | 374 | 119 | 32 | 1 | 21 | .318 | .318 | .578 | .896 | 216 | |||||||||||
| Dutch Van Burkleo | 132 | 443 | 443 | 119 | 13 | 4 | 16 | .269 | .269 | .424 | .693 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Bennie Sinquefield | 128 | 439 | 439 | 116 | 20 | 3 | 7 | .264 | .264 | .371 | .636 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Pete Bolin | 84 | 363 | 363 | 115 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .317 | .317 | .386 | .702 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Farless | 53 | 200 | 200 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .275 | .275 | .305 | .580 | 61 | |||||||||||
| James Kirby | 68 | 183 | 183 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .273 | .481 | 50 | |||||||||||
| John Brumbaugh | 41 | 149 | 149 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .215 | .215 | .282 | .497 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Dean Miller | 35 | 113 | 113 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .265 | .265 | .327 | .593 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Douglas Fleming | 38 | 136 | 136 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .199 | .199 | .228 | .426 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Jim Nisewonger | 48 | 103 | 103 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .223 | .223 | .291 | .515 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Frank Gladich | 36 | 92 | 92 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .228 | .228 | .293 | .522 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Huelfer | 49 | 98 | 98 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .276 | .490 | 27 | |||||||||||
| John Cook | 25 | 77 | 77 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .260 | .260 | .377 | .636 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Kelly | 25 | 89 | 89 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .225 | .236 | .461 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Don McNally | 30 | 95 | 95 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .179 | .179 | .232 | .411 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Deal | 22 | 47 | 47 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .277 | .298 | .574 | 14 | |||||||||||
| James Scarth | 13 | 45 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .200 | .378 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Edward Garton | 17 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .280 | .280 | .520 | .800 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Taras Morozowich | 10 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Michael Kriczky | 11 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .217 | .435 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Don Kildoo | 17 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Phil Bach | 10 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Ray Minjock | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1389 | 4568 | 4568 | 0 | 1216 | 193 | 29 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .266 | .368 | .635 | 1683 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Nisewonger | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Gladich | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Dennis Huelfer | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Deal | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Don Kildoo | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Garton | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Kriczky | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Phil Bach | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 159 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
