1953 Binghamton Triplets Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 96-55
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Phil Page (96-55)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Binghamton, New York
Ballpark: Johnson Field
Attendance: 89,301, Avg. 1,183

1953 Binghamton Triplets Roster

Playoffs - Binghamton Triplets 4 games, Albany Senators 1
Finals - Binghamton Triplets 4 games, Reading Indians 2

The Binghamton Triplets of the Eastern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 96 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the EL.

The Triplets paced the circuit with just 538 runs allowed. Binghamton scored 700 runs. Charlie Frey led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .324 clip. Wally Burnette topped the squad with 21 wins, while Steve Kraly and John Wingo added 15 or more victories also Steve Kraly recorded a 2.08 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1953 Binghamton Triplets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jerry Lumpe, Lou Berberet, Herb Plews, Wally Burnette, Steve Kraly, Dick Tettelbach, Woodie Held, Jim Finigan, Mark Freeman, Marv Throneberry and Cal Neeman.

Phil Page 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
Wally Burnette	21	10	.677	2.10	31	29					249.0	192	71	58	6	79
Steve Kraly	19	2	.905	2.08	23	22					190.0	138	49	44	5	85
John Wingo	15	8	.652	3.00	25	25					192.0	164	78	64	12	71
Mike Schultz	12	7	.632	2.73	29	20					165.0	134	70	50	5	70
Ed Cereghino	11	3	.786	2.59	19	18					139.0	122	52	40	3	37
Mark Freeman	6	7	.462	2.94	28	10					104.0	97	44	34	5	48
Frank Lucas	4	4	.500	4.71	10	9					63.0	62	37	33	3	53
Robert Bonebrake	3	5	.375	4.77	18	11					66.0	67	45	35	3	48
Leo Evans	1	1	.500	7.10	27	0					52.0	71	43	41	6	20
Totals	92	47	.662	2.94	210	144	0	0	0	0	1220.0	1047	489	399	48	511	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
Jim Finigan	141	512	512		155	38	8	13						.303	.303	.484	.787	248
Jim Engleman	148	517	517		154	30	3	20						.298	.298	.484	.781	250
Charlie Frey	131	447	447		145	20	10	5						.324	.324	.447	.772	200
Joe Sabatella	120	434	434		115	27	2	4						.265	.265	.364	.629	158
Dick Tettelbach	122	413	413		104	20	3	6						.252	.252	.358	.610	148
Stan Charnofsky	112	424	424		102	19	1	1						.241	.241	.297	.538	126
Hal Charnofsky	102	338	338		89	12	2	4						.263	.263	.346	.609	117
John Hunton	93	294	294		83	12	1	0						.282	.282	.330	.612	97
Bill Casanova	94	274	274		80	16	3	5						.292	.292	.427	.719	117
Cal Neeman	89	293	293		70	11	2	8						.239	.239	.372	.611	109
Lou Berberet	63	207	207		52	16	1	6						.251	.251	.425	.676	88
Jerry Lumpe	32	118	118		33	3	0	0						.280	.280	.305	.585	36
Herb Plews	28	107	107		23	3	0	1						.215	.215	.271	.486	29
John Wingo	26	73	73		20	3	1	1						.274	.274	.384	.658	28
Wally Burnette	31	84	84		14	2	0	0						.167	.167	.190	.357	16
Steve Kraly	26	67	67		12	2	0	0						.179	.179	.209	.388	14
Mark Freeman	28	35	35		11	1	0	0						.314	.314	.343	.657	12
Mike Schultz	29	54	54		8	2	0	0						.148	.148	.185	.333	10
Woodie Held	12	33	33		7	1	0	0						.212	.212	.242	.455	8
Ed Cereghino	19	52	52		7	1	1	2						.135	.135	.308	.442	16
Salvatore Aprea	18	19	19		5	2	0	0						.263	.263	.368	.632	7
Marv Throneberry	8	24	24		4	1	0	0						.167	.167	.208	.375	5
Sam Suplizio	38	36	36		3	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	3
Leo Evans	27	11	11		2	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Robert Bonebrake	18	17	17		2	1	0	0						.118	.118	.176	.294	3
James Newman	29	4	4		1	0	1	0						.250	.250	.750	1.000	3
Frank Lucas	10	20	20		1	0	0	0						.050	.050	.050	.100	1
Totals	1594	4907	4907	0	1302	243	39	76	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.265	.377	.643	1851	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Sabatella	1B	119	1075	59	11		.990	9.529
John Hunton	1B	31	236	16	3		.988	8.129
Stan Charnofsky	2B	108	273	275	19		.966	5.074
Herb Plews	2B	28	79	71	2		.987	5.357
Jim Finigan	3B	129	96	304	34		.922	3.101
Cal Neeman	C	86	479	55	18		.967	6.209
Lou Berberet	C	59	332	39	6		.984	6.288
Jim Engleman	OF	146	179	6	11		.944	1.267
Charlie Frey	OF	130	229	13	11		.957	1.862
Dick Tettelbach	OF	114	245	12	10		.963	2.254
Bill Casanova	OF	84	155	4	3		.981	1.893
Sam Suplizio	OF	26	14	2	0		1.000	.615
Wally Burnette	P	31						.000
Mike Schultz	P	29						.000
Mark Freeman	P	28						.000
Leo Evans	P	27						.000
John Wingo	P	25						.000
Steve Kraly	P	23						.000
Ed Cereghino	P	19						.000
Robert Bonebrake	P	18						.000
Frank Lucas	P	10						.000
Hal Charnofsky	SS	98	169	293	27		.945	4.714
Jerry Lumpe	SS	32	65	94	9		.946	4.969
Totals		1400	3626	1243	164	0	.967	3.478

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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