1953 Burlington-Graham Pirates Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 75-65
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Stan Wentzel (75-65)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Burlington, North Carolina; Graham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Graham Athletic Park
Attendance: 71,708, Avg. 1,024

1953 Burlington-Graham Pirates Roster

Playoffs - Danville Leafs 3 games, Burlington-Graham Pirates 1

The Burlington-Graham Pirates of the Carolina League ended the 1953 season with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the CL.

The Pirates plated 648 runs and conceded 637 runs. Bob Honor topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .328. William Jacobs and Joe Perrotta led Burlington-Graham with 14 wins each, while Don Urquhart recorded a 2.96 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Ron Blackburn, Whammy Douglas, Jim Dunn, Jim Waugh, Sonny Senerchia, Stan Wentzel, Dick Hall, Gene Freese and Ron Necciai were all players from the 1953 Burlington-Graham Pirates who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Stan Wentzel 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
Joe Perrotta	14	6	.700	3.19	26	18					155.0	144	79	55	9	73
William Jacobs	14	11	.560	3.51	35	29					223.0	250	121	87	15	61
Don Urquhart	12	7	.632	2.96	22	21					167.0	141	71	55	15	70
Lloyd Carden	7	5	.583	3.29	33	0					82.0	74	34	30	2	43
William Beane	7	8	.467	3.86	25	14					119.0	122	61	51	14	61
Jim Waugh	6	3	.667	1.34	9	9					87.0	67	21	13	3	28
Jim Dunn	5	9	.357	4.59	37	15					147.0	158	88	75	6	80
Ed McLish	4	4	.500	3.33	10	10					73.0	63	41	27	5	38
Edward Santulli	2	5	.286	4.79	15	8					62.0	67	42	33	6	40
Whammy Douglas	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
Ron Blackburn	0	0		4.76	7						17.0	15	10	9		10
Totals	71	58	.550	3.46	220	124	0	0	0	0	1133.0	1101	568	435	75	504	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 Honor	140	558	558		183	35	5	15						.328	.328	.489	.817	273
George Hott	140	587	587		181	21	12	7						.308	.308	.421	.729	247
Bobby Clark	140	543	543		123	17	5	4						.227	.227	.298	.525	162
Bill Wiltrout	123	419	419		106	19	2	5						.253	.253	.344	.597	144
Stan Wentzel	122	415	415		101	18	4	12						.243	.243	.393	.636	163
Joseph Burgess	119	374	374		88	15	7	20						.235	.235	.473	.709	177
Jack McKeon	140	474	474		86	19	2	6						.181	.181	.268	.449	127
Bill Cayavec	106	360	360		85	16	3	12						.236	.236	.397	.633	143
Fred Biangardi	54	176	176		43	8	2	1						.244	.244	.330	.574	58
Sonny Senerchia	36	141	141		41	4	2	4						.291	.291	.433	.723	61
Don Urquhart	37	70	70		16	2	1	1						.229	.229	.329	.557	23
William Jacobs	37	76	76		11	3	1	0						.145	.145	.211	.355	16
Jim Dunn	40	49	49		10	2	0	0						.204	.204	.245	.449	12
Joe Perrotta	28	63	63		10	1	0	0						.159	.159	.175	.333	11
John McKeown	20	53	53		9	3	1	1						.170	.170	.321	.491	17
John Cook	12	41	41		6	1	0	0						.146	.146	.171	.317	7
Edward Santulli	15	22	22		5	0	0	0						.227	.227	.227	.455	5
William Beane	25	32	32		5	1	0	0						.156	.156	.188	.344	6
Don Sides	13	32	32		3	1	1	0						.094	.094	.188	.281	6
Dick Hall	7	21	21		2	0	0	0						.095	.095	.095	.190	2
Lloyd Carden	33	25	25		2	0	0	0						.080	.080	.080	.160	2
Ed McLish	10	23	23		1	0	0	0						.043	.043	.043	.087	1
Gene Freese	5	14	14		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1402	4568	4568	0	1117	186	48	88	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.245	.364	.609	1663	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
George Hott	1B	119	1061	80	20		.983	9.588
Bill Cayavec	2B	102	228	262	34		.935	4.804
Bill Wiltrout	3B	95	91	170	29		.900	2.747
Sonny Senerchia	3B	34	30	74	10		.912	3.059
Don Sides	3B	10	6	13	1		.950	1.900
Jack McKeon	C	139	836	82	21		.978	6.604
Bob Honor	OF	140	252	21	14		.951	1.950
Stan Wentzel	OF	112	246	11	12		.955	2.295
Joseph Burgess	OF	111	182	5	9		.954	1.685
Fred Biangardi	OF	29	54	0	1		.982	1.862
John McKeown	OF	15	24	1	2		.926	1.667
John Cook	OF	10	36	2	2		.950	3.800
Jim Dunn	P	37						.000
William Jacobs	P	35						.000
Lloyd Carden	P	33						.000
Joe Perrotta	P	26						.000
William Beane	P	25						.000
Don Urquhart	P	22						.000
Edward Santulli	P	15						.000
Ed McLish	P	10						.000
Jim Waugh	P	9						.000
Ron Blackburn	P	7						.000
Whammy Douglas	P	1						.000
Bobby Clark	SS	140	275	407	36		.950	4.871
Totals		1276	3321	1128	191	0	.959	3.487

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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