1953 Corning Independents Statistics

Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League (PONYL) - Class: D
Team Record: 40-85
Finished 8th in the PONYL
Manager: Tony Lupien (0-0), Paul O'Dea (0-0)
Location: Corning, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 24,076, Avg. 385

1953 Corning Independents Roster

The Corning Independents of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1953 season with a record of 40 wins and 85 losses, finishing eighth in the PONYL.

The Independents tallied 659 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 987 runs, most in the league. Gene Andrikowich paced all regular hitters with a .262 average. Wilbur Johnson, Bill Jones, Jerry Murphey and Stuart Cloos topped Corning with 5 wins each, while Wilbur Johnson registered a 6.19 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Tony Lupien played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Corning Independents to do so.

Tony Lupien and Paul O'Dea 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
Stuart Cloos	5	4	.556	6.50	42	5					126.0	181	112	91		42
Bill Jones	5	6	.455	8.28	30	12					88.0	108	92	81		79
Wilbur Johnson	5	11	.312	6.19	28	17					144.0	159	120	99		106
Jerry Murphey	5	11	.312	7.82	24	14					99.0	139	94	86		55
Ralph Clark	4	4	.500	3.91	16	11					76.0	69	38	33		37
Merlin Beatty	3	9	.250	8.03	17	12					74.0	83	72	66		70
Richard Stackhouse	2	7	.222	4.66	12	6					58.0	71	45	30		32
Bethel Johnson	1	4	.200	4.50	13	7					48.0	55	34	24		34
Totals	30	56	.349	6.44	182	84	0	0	0	0	713.0	865	607	510	0	455	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
Thomas Pavuk	115	444	444		110	18	7	3						.248	.248	.340	.588	151
Albert Pare	81	311	311		105	20	7	5						.338	.338	.495	.833	154
Gene Andrikowich	95	362	362		95	11	2	0						.262	.262	.304	.566	110
Tony Lupien	75	256	256		85	20	1	11						.332	.332	.547	.879	140
Bob Jones	81	330	330		85	15	2	1						.258	.258	.324	.582	107
Frank Winkler	113	329	329		85	20	1	1						.258	.258	.334	.593	110
Clarence Bartunek	82	330	330		81	19	2	6						.245	.245	.370	.615	122
Lester Hiscoe	57	206	206		60	9	3	2						.291	.291	.393	.684	81
Kelvin Roberts	45	177	177		55	11	3	0						.311	.311	.407	.718	72
Donald Smith	38	149	149		42	8	1	0						.282	.282	.349	.631	52
Thom Boyack	31	126	126		33	5	2	0						.262	.262	.333	.595	42
Rupert Howard	37	124	124		30	10	1	2						.242	.242	.387	.629	48
William Silver	50	119	119		26	1	0	1						.218	.218	.252	.471	30
Stuart Cloos	78	147	147		25	6	0	0						.170	.170	.211	.381	31
Merlin Beatty	35	88	88		18	2	0	1						.205	.205	.261	.466	23
Edward Russell	19	73	73		17	3	0	0						.233	.233	.274	.507	20
Wilbur Johnson	40	81	81		15	3	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407	18
Charlie Armstrong	24	69	69		13	2	0	0						.188	.188	.217	.406	15
George Kaufman	14	57	57		12	4	1	0						.211	.211	.316	.526	18
Robert DesRoches	19	49	49		10	2	0	0						.204	.204	.245	.449	12
George Willey	14	38	38		8	1	1	0						.211	.211	.289	.500	11
Perry Morren	17	42	42		8	0	1	0						.190	.190	.238	.429	10
Bill Jones	33	36	36		6	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	6
William Gibson	11	10	10		4	1	0	0						.400	.400	.500	.900	5
Bethel Johnson	13	16	16		4	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	4
Ralph Wailer	11	11	11		3	0	0	0						.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Hobert Cowger	13	13	13		3	1	0	0						.231	.231	.308	.538	4
Richard Stackhouse	12	20	20		3	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300	3
Jerry Murphey	26	34	34		3	0	0	0						.088	.088	.088	.176	3
Ralph Clark	16	24	24		1	0	0	0						.042	.042	.042	.083	1
Totals	1295	4071	4071	0	1045	192	35	33	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.257	.345	.602	1406	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Stuart Cloos	P	42					.000
Bill Jones	P	30					.000
Wilbur Johnson	P	28					.000
Jerry Murphey	P	24					.000
Ralph Clark	P	16					.000
Bethel Johnson	P	13					.000
Richard Stackhouse	P	12					.000
Totals		165	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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