1953 Columbus Cardinals Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 67-70
Finished 3rd in the SAL
Manager: Chief Bender (67-70)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 75,801, Avg. 1,107

1953 Columbus Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Columbia Reds 3 games, Columbus Cardinals 0

The Columbus Cardinals of the South Atlantic League ended the 1953 season with a record of 67 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the SAL.

The Cardinals plated 597 runs and conceded 638 runs. Ev Joyner topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .342 clip. Douglas Clark led Columbus with 17 wins, while Ron Kump earned a 2.95 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Neal Hertweck played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Columbus Cardinals to do so.

Chief Bender 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
Douglas Clark	17	13	.567	3.28	38	29					222.0	226	103	81	12	84
Thomas Keating	11	11	.500	2.97	49	18					197.0	175	85	65	7	113
Ron Kump	10	5	.667	2.95	22	16					131.0	133	48	43	8	48
Leonard Wile	8	7	.533	3.72	41	16					150.0	119	66	62	11	99
Roland Hubbard	8	9	.471	4.24	26	20					157.0	144	76	74	10	83
Maurice Garlock	6	3	.667	3.46	9	9					65.0	56	33	25	3	28
Donald Mumm	3	3	.500	5.10	17	9					67.0	87	51	38	4	44
Jack Roberts	3	4	.429	4.75	16	8					55.0	56	39	29	2	49
Raymond Glaser	3	4	.429	6.38	23	2					55.0	63	49	39	3	64
Robert Slaybaugh	1	7	.125	4.38	18	10					76.0	72	41	37	3	38
Totals	70	66	.515	3.78	259	137	0	0	0	0	1175.0	1131	591	493	63	650	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
Ev Joyner	114	471	471		161	25	10	10						.342	.342	.501	.843	236
William McGhee	125	450	450		114	21	1	9						.253	.253	.364	.618	164
Bobby Powledge	114	418	418		109	8	5	0						.261	.261	.304	.565	127
Freddy Desouza	137	481	481		109	14	8	16						.227	.227	.389	.615	187
Bob Hyatt	89	322	322		104	22	8	14						.323	.323	.571	.894	184
Neal Hertweck	89	322	322		77	11	3	6						.239	.239	.348	.587	112
Fran Haus	89	320	320		66	11	1	4						.206	.206	.284	.491	91
Joe Ossola	79	241	241		59	9	1	2						.245	.245	.315	.560	76
Ed Nietopski	94	228	228		54	12	0	2						.237	.237	.316	.553	72
Bill Paolisso	47	192	192		42	6	1	0						.219	.219	.260	.479	50
George Schachle	34	127	127		36	8	1	1						.283	.283	.386	.669	49
Kenneth Morgan	81	197	197		35	6	4	6						.178	.178	.340	.518	67
Pep Baselici	20	73	73		20	2	1	2						.274	.274	.411	.685	30
Ron Kump	40	73	73		17	4	0	0						.233	.233	.288	.521	21
Douglas Clark	39	74	74		10	2	0	0						.135	.135	.162	.297	12
William Burton	15	47	47		9	2	0	0						.191	.191	.234	.426	11
Thomas Keating	49	60	60		9	1	0	0						.150	.150	.167	.317	10
Joseph DiMartino	14	22	22		7	0	0	0						.318	.318	.318	.636	7
Roland Hubbard	26	48	48		7	1	0	0						.146	.146	.167	.312	8
Raymond Glaser	31	26	26		6	1	0	0						.231	.231	.269	.500	7
Donald Niedringhaus	13	33	33		6	2	0	0						.182	.182	.242	.424	8
Julian Joyner	10	7	7		3	3	0	0						.429	.429	.857	1.286	6
Leonard Wile	41	44	44		3	0	0	0						.068	.068	.068	.136	3
Jack Roberts	19	18	18		2	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Robert St. Pierre	10	7	7		1	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Donald Mumm	18	21	21		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Slaybaugh	19	19	19		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1456	4341	4341	0	1066	171	44	72	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.246	.355	.601	1541	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Neal Hertweck	1B	89	800	53	6		.993	9.584
Fran Haus	2B	87	256	275	13		.976	6.103
Bill Paolisso	2B	47	173	149	8		.976	6.851
Bob Hyatt	3B	87	81	127	21		.908	2.391
Joe Ossola	C	75	343	49	13		.968	5.227
Kenneth Morgan	C	62	232	35	10		.964	4.306
Donald Niedringhaus	C	13	52	6	3		.951	4.462
Bobby Powledge	OF	114	303	11	8		.975	2.754
William McGhee	OF	114	184	14	9		.957	1.737
Ev Joyner	OF	114	255	6	5		.981	2.289
George Schachle	OF	30	50	7	2		.966	1.900
Pep Baselici	OF	19	30	2	4		.889	1.684
William Burton	OF	14	33	1	1		.971	2.429
Thomas Keating	P	49						.000
Leonard Wile	P	41						.000
Douglas Clark	P	38						.000
Roland Hubbard	P	26						.000
Raymond Glaser	P	23						.000
Ron Kump	P	22						.000
Robert Slaybaugh	P	18						.000
Donald Mumm	P	17						.000
Jack Roberts	P	16						.000
Maurice Garlock	P	9						.000
Freddy Desouza	SS	90	135	289	31		.932	4.711
Ed Nietopski	SS	49	80	124	14		.936	4.163
Totals		1263	3007	1148	148	0	.966	3.290

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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