1953 Cordele A's Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 35-104
Finished 8th in the GGL
Manager: Joe Rullo (0-0), Lewis Richardson (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Cordele, Georgia
Attendance: 17,705, Avg. 255

1953 Cordele A's Roster

The Cordele A's of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1953 season with a record of 35 wins and 104 losses, finishing eighth in the GGL.

The A's plated 587 runs and surrendered 973 runs, most in the league. David Shea led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .298 average. Anthony Fabrizio topped Cordele with 6 wins, while Robert Meagher registered a 4.39 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Joe Rullo played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Cordele A's to do so.

Joe Rullo and Lewis Richardson 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
Anthony Fabrizio	6	18	.250	6.53	31	23					132.3	174	126	96	4	101
Kenneth Blackwell	5	6	.455	4.88	27	7					120.0	122	76	65	3	68
Roy Kemp	4	14	.222	5.26	35	14					150.7	162	135	88	0	133
Robert Sayle	4	14	.222	6.72	32	18					138.0	173	136	103	5	100
Albert Joseph	3	4	.429	5.63	15	10					76.7	79	61	48	3	78
Carl Watson	3	9	.250	3.89	23	9					78.7	80	48	34	1	54
Robert Meagher	3	15	.167	4.39	32	22					170.0	173	132	83	1	147
Robert Donnelly	2	5	.286	5.23	9	7					53.3	69	49	31	2	30
Herman Osburn	2	8	.200	3.54	21	13					109.3	114	72	43	1	56
Howard Comegys	1	5	.167	6.66	13	5					50.0	70	52	37	1	37
Totals	33	98	.252	5.24	238	128	0	0	0	0	1079.0	1216	887	628	21	804	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
Norman Abrams	137	522	522		152	13	4	0						.291	.291	.331	.623	173
David Shea	129	473	473		141	30	6	4						.298	.298	.412	.710	195
Don Donofry	126	408	408		96	13	3	0						.235	.235	.282	.517	115
John Dobias	67	269	269		79	11	10	0						.294	.294	.409	.703	110
Chick Dudley	97	374	374		77	5	1	0						.206	.206	.225	.430	84
Larry Horine	70	257	257		68	6	3	2						.265	.265	.335	.599	86
Lewis Richardson	77	209	209		54	12	0	6						.258	.258	.402	.660	84
James McCrary	48	171	171		41	4	1	0						.240	.240	.275	.515	47
Joseph Alves	57	214	214		39	3	1	0						.182	.182	.206	.388	44
Henry Warner	49	182	182		38	5	0	1						.209	.209	.253	.462	46
Joe Rullo	40	117	117		35	8	0	0						.299	.299	.368	.667	43
Hugh Daley	66	191	191		34	4	0	0						.178	.178	.199	.377	38
Raymond Shiffner	39	140	140		31	5	0	1						.221	.221	.279	.500	39
Austin Stern	26	80	80		19	2	0	0						.238	.238	.262	.500	21
Joseph Matesich	26	75	75		16	2	0	0						.213	.213	.240	.453	18
Clement Barberra	20	59	59		14	5	0	0						.237	.237	.322	.559	19
Carl Watson	37	87	87		13	1	0	0						.149	.149	.161	.310	14
Alva Griffin	33	84	84		12	3	0	0						.143	.143	.179	.321	15
Edward Bateman	14	43	43		11	3	0	0						.256	.256	.326	.581	14
Eldred Baker	19	63	63		11	2	0	1						.175	.175	.254	.429	16
Robert Donnelly	22	51	51		10	1	1	0						.196	.196	.255	.451	13
Anthony Fabrizio	45	52	52		10	2	0	1						.192	.192	.288	.481	15
Robert Sayle	33	47	47		9	0	0	0						.191	.191	.191	.383	9
Albert Joseph	15	26	26		6	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462	6
Roy Kemp	36	52	52		6	0	0	0						.115	.115	.115	.231	6
Robert Meagher	32	55	55		6	1	0	0						.109	.109	.127	.236	7
John Gaidzis	15	38	38		4	1	0	0						.105	.105	.132	.237	5
Howard Comegys	13	13	13		3	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Herman Osburn	21	35	35		3	0	0	0						.086	.086	.086	.171	3
Kenneth Blackwell	28	45	45		3	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133	3
Marty Sardoff	16	21	21		2	1	0	0						.095	.095	.143	.238	3
Totals	1453	4453	4453	0	1043	143	30	16	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.234	.291	.525	1294	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Roy Kemp	P	35					.000
Robert Sayle	P	32					.000
Robert Meagher	P	32					.000
Anthony Fabrizio	P	31					.000
Kenneth Blackwell	P	27					.000
Carl Watson	P	23					.000
Herman Osburn	P	21					.000
Albert Joseph	P	15					.000
Howard Comegys	P	13					.000
Totals		229	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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