1953 Charleston Rebels Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 55-84
Finished 7th in the SAL
Manager: Frank Oceak (0-0), Norman Shope (0-0), Larry Shepard (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Ballpark: Hampton Park
Attendance: 55,837, Avg. 803

1953 Charleston Rebels Roster

The Charleston Rebels of the South Atlantic League ended the 1953 season with a record of 55 wins and 84 losses, finishing seventh in the SAL.

The Rebels plated 566 runs and conceded 667 runs. Theodore Del Guercio led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .333 clip. Larry Shepard topped Charleston with 10 wins and a team-best 2.49 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Paul Pettit, Bob Garber, Pete Naton, John Simmons, Chuck Churn, Grady Wilson, Glenn McQuillen, Don Williams and Earl Smith were all players from the 1953 Charleston Rebels who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Frank Oceak, Norman Shope and Larry Shepard 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
Larry Shepard	10	8	.556	2.49	30	12					141.0	130	56	39	7	39
Bill Nordberg	8	13	.381	3.09	35	26					195.0	182	101	67	12	90
Paul Almonte	7	13	.350	2.65	42	14					180.0	159	70	53	4	54
Chuck Churn	5	5	.500	2.59	18	8					73.0	85	33	21	3	29
George Dries	5	6	.455	4.60	16	15					88.0	96	52	45	8	30
Paul Pettit	3	0	1.000	2.94	7	7					49.0	48	19	16	0	36
Edward Santulli	3	5	.375	4.89	13	7					57.0	58	39	31	0	36
Tony Segzda	3	6	.333	4.75	26	8					91.0	96	56	48	3	48
Bob Garber	2	1	.667	3.18	6	6					51.0	36	22	18	3	26
Don Williams	2	3	.400	5.10	8						30.0	27		17		19
Jack Stonestreet	1	4	.200	7.20	16	9					45.0	51	41	36	1	35
Bob Anderton	0	1	.000	0.00	4						10.0	19				4
Deward Williams	0	2	.000	0.00	10						23.0	27				24
Totals	49	67	.422	3.41	231	112	0	0	0	0	1033.0	1014	489	391	41	470	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
Theodore Del Guercio	118	436	436		145	28	7	13						.333	.333	.518	.851	226
John Simmons	109	383	383		120	23	2	6						.313	.313	.431	.744	165
Charles Rotzell	123	433	433		118	15	2	3						.273	.273	.337	.610	146
Carl Hackford	109	387	387		108	14	2	2						.279	.279	.341	.620	132
Grady Wilson	115	414	414		105	26	1	3						.254	.254	.343	.597	142
Homer Johnston	112	364	364		92	12	3	4						.253	.253	.335	.588	122
Ron Jackson	91	369	369		89	9	3	0						.241	.241	.282	.523	104
Earl Smith	69	246	246		60	8	1	4						.244	.244	.333	.577	82
James Monahan	54	172	172		39	6	1	0						.227	.227	.273	.500	47
Pete Naton	39	127	127	11	26	8	0	3	15	0				.205	.205	.339	.543	43
John McKeown	23	69	69		18	2	1	2						.261	.261	.406	.667	28
James Long	31	118	118		17	3	0	0						.144	.144	.169	.314	20
Stanley Miller	14	59	59		16	5	2	0						.271	.271	.424	.695	25
William Ballinger	16	53	53		14	0	0	0						.264	.264	.264	.528	14
Benjamin Stansky	25	83	83		14	3	0	0						.169	.169	.205	.373	17
Bill Nordberg	38	67	67		13	0	0	0						.194	.194	.194	.388	13
Paul Pettit	12	21	21		8	3	0	1						.381	.381	.667	1.048	14
Paul Almonte	44	50	50		6	0	0	0						.120	.120	.120	.240	6
George Dries	16	27	27		4	0	0	0						.148	.148	.148	.296	4
Tony Segzda	27	28	28		4	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	4
Jack Stonestreet	16	13	13		2	1	0	0						.154	.154	.231	.385	3
Chuck Churn	19	25	25		2	0	0	0						.080	.080	.080	.160	2
Larry Shepard	31	34	34		2	1	0	0						.059	.059	.088	.147	3
Eugene Olson	12	9	9		1	0	1	0						.111	.111	.333	.444	3
Edward Santulli	14	17	17		1	0	0	0						.059	.059	.059	.118	1
Harry Weakley	12	19	19		1	0	0	0						.053	.053	.053	.105	1
Deward Williams	11	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1300	4029	4029	11	1025	167	26	41	15	0	0	0	0	.254	.254	.339	.594	1367	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Homer Johnston	1B	102	924	73	11		.989	9.775
Ron Jackson	2B	91	282	283	23		.961	6.209
James Long	2B	24	65	59	2		.984	5.167
Stanley Miller	2B	14	30	43	6		.924	5.214
Carl Hackford	3B	93	90	209	26		.920	3.215
James Monahan	3B	29	23	50	10		.880	2.517
John McKeown	3B	16	11	26	1		.974	2.312
Pete Naton	C	38	168	24	7		.965	5.053
Benjamin Stansky	C	23	119	15	5		.964	5.826
Charles Rotzell	OF	118	248	3	3		.988	2.127
Theodore Del Guercio	OF	108	239	7	8		.969	2.278
John Simmons	OF	100	181	8	7		.964	1.890
Earl Smith	OF	66	201	11	8		.964	3.212
Paul Almonte	P	42						.000
Bill Nordberg	P	35						.000
Larry Shepard	P	30						.000
Tony Segzda	P	26						.000
Chuck Churn	P	18						.000
Jack Stonestreet	P	16						.000
George Dries	P	16						.000
Edward Santulli	P	13						.000
Deward Williams	P	10						.000
Don Williams	P	8						.000
Paul Pettit	P	7						.000
Bob Garber	P	6						.000
Bob Anderton	P	4						.000
Grady Wilson	SS	115	204	298	30		.944	4.365
Totals		1168	2785	1109	147	0	.964	3.334

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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