1953 Big Stone Gap Rebels Statistics

Mountain States League (MSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 55-70
Finished 6th in the MSL
Manager: Kelly Lunn (55-70)
Location: Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Ballpark: Bullitt Park
Attendance: 8,230, Avg. 132

1953 Big Stone Gap Rebels Roster

The Big Stone Gap Rebels of the Mountain States League ended the 1953 season with a record of 55 wins and 70 losses, finishing sixth in the MSL.

The Rebels scored 813 runs and conceded 937 runs. James Hensley led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .364 average. Reggie Elder topped Big Stone Gap with 18 wins and a team-best 4.65 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Joe Shipley played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Big Stone Gap Rebels to do so.

Kelly Lunn 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
Reggie Elder	18	13	.581	4.65	41	24					242.0	261	167	125	25	104
Joseph Ference	5	3	.625	4.89	9	8					70.0	84	52	38	6	35
Gerald Brackett	5	6	.455	5.42	15	11					98.0	120	83	59	6	43
William Halstead	5	7	.417	6.10	14	12					90.0	114	74	61	7	37
Kenneth Hartley	4	6	.400	7.89	11	10					57.0	81	61	50	11	29
Jerry Caldwell	3	5	.375	5.80	14	7					59.0	71	53	38	3	45
Kenneth Green	3	10	.231	5.83	22	12					105.0	122	87	68	9	57
Richard Holbrook	2	1	.667	5.81	10	5					48.0	49	34	31	1	40
Glenn Gamble	2	5	.286	6.04	13	9					73.0	97	64	49	10	42
Joe Shipley	0	3	.000	9.75	7						24.0	28	26	26		26
Totals	47	59	.443	5.66	156	98	0	0	0	0	866.0	1027	701	545	78	458	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
James Hensley	111	461	461		168	35	7	26						.364	.364	.640	1.004	295
William Halstead	123	492	492		163	24	4	24						.331	.331	.543	.874	267
Bobby Benintendi	120	472	472		151	13	8	3						.320	.320	.400	.720	189
L. D. Carden	102	410	410		136	24	6	17						.332	.332	.544	.876	223
Kelly Lunn	120	429	429		127	31	6	9						.296	.296	.459	.755	197
Herman Thompson	122	509	509		127	14	10	5						.250	.250	.346	.595	176
William Benfield	105	415	415		101	10	3	1						.243	.243	.289	.533	120
Reggie Elder	102	279	279		88	16	5	8						.315	.315	.495	.810	138
Francis Brown	107	353	353		73	14	0	10						.207	.207	.331	.538	117
William Lezotte	22	86	86		26	8	1	1						.302	.302	.453	.756	39
Kenneth Green	24	47	47		12	1	0	0						.255	.255	.277	.532	13
Jack Swirat	33	93	93		12	2	0	0						.129	.129	.151	.280	14
John Costello	19	59	59		10	1	2	0						.169	.169	.254	.424	15
Joseph Ference	11	26	26		9	1	1	0						.346	.346	.462	.808	12
Richard Holbrook	16	31	31		8	1	0	0						.258	.258	.290	.548	9
Glenn Gamble	21	41	41		7	2	0	1						.171	.171	.293	.463	12
Jerry Caldwell	16	29	29		6	0	0	1						.207	.207	.310	.517	9
Howard Lawson	14	33	33		6	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	6
Kenneth Hartley	11	23	23		4	1	0	0						.174	.174	.217	.391	5
Carl Estep	10	15	15		3	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Gerald Brackett	16	36	36		3	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	3
Totals	1225	4339	4339	0	1240	198	53	106	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.715	1862	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Kenneth Green	P	22					.000
Gerald Brackett	P	15					.000
Jerry Caldwell	P	14					.000
Glenn Gamble	P	13					.000
Kenneth Hartley	P	11					.000
Richard Holbrook	P	10					.000
Joseph Ference	P	9					.000
Joe Shipley	P	7					.000
Totals		101	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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