1953 Duluth Dukes Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 73-52
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Al Todd (73-52)
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 106,383, Avg. 1,702

1953 Duluth Dukes Roster

Playoffs - Duluth Dukes 2 games, Aberdeen Pheasants 0
Finals - Fargo-Moorhead Twins 3 games, Duluth Dukes 2

The Duluth Dukes of the Northern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 73 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Dukes plated 837 runs and allowed 650 runs. Horace Greenwood paced batters with significant playing time with a .351 average. Steve Gerkin and Ken McGonagle topped Duluth with 10 wins each, while Ken McGonagle recorded a 3.48 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Steve Gerkin played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Duluth Dukes to do so.

Al Todd 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
Steve Gerkin	10	3	.769	3.72	28	8					104.0	117	54	43	9	15
Ken McGonagle	10	8	.556	3.48	25	19					155.0	159	74	60	7	45
Elroy Joyce	9	3	.750	3.92	19	9					85.0	90	45	37	4	27
Bobby Wood	9	7	.562	3.95	32	21					164.0	176	94	72	7	93
John Whipple	8	9	.471	3.97	22	16					118.0	131	74	52	9	42
William Wisneski	5	2	.714	4.75	11	7					53.0	50	38	28	2	33
Stanley Franczek	2	3	.400	4.40	14	2					47.0	58	31	23	4	26
Totals	53	35	.602	3.90	151	82	0	0	0	0	726.0	781	410	315	42	281	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
Horace Greenwood	121	502	502		176	25	12	0						.351	.351	.448	.799	225
Richard Newberry	124	500	500		163	20	10	5						.326	.326	.436	.762	218
Pete Kousagan	125	440	440		143	20	7	18						.325	.325	.525	.850	231
Lee Jackson	103	392	392		128	11	12	4						.327	.327	.446	.773	175
John Gierek	118	455	455		121	28	3	4						.266	.266	.367	.633	167
Eugene Haering	126	442	442		117	26	3	15						.265	.265	.439	.704	194
Keith Engstrom	114	417	417		115	16	4	0						.276	.276	.333	.609	139
Bernie Gerl	121	395	395		111	22	3	8						.281	.281	.413	.694	163
Stanley Franczek	57	124	124		29	7	1	0						.234	.234	.306	.540	38
Ken McGonagle	31	63	63		14	1	0	0						.222	.222	.238	.460	15
Bob Miller	13	30	30		12	5	1	0						.400	.400	.633	1.033	19
Bobby Wood	35	73	73		11	3	0	1						.151	.151	.233	.384	17
John Whipple	22	39	39		7	1	0	0						.179	.179	.205	.385	8
Ronald Heighens	16	48	48		7	1	0	0						.146	.146	.167	.312	8
Lawrence Tessier	10	17	17		6	1	0	0						.353	.353	.412	.765	7
Duane Zimmer	12	34	34		6	1	0	0						.176	.176	.206	.382	7
Elroy Joyce	19	29	29		5	1	0	0						.172	.172	.207	.379	6
Wesley Roberts	13	7	7		4	0	0	0						.571	.571	.571	1.143	4
Bob Isbell	11	18	18		4	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	4
Ronald Stephens	14	23	23		4	0	0	0						.174	.174	.174	.348	4
Steve Gerkin	28	37	37		4	0	0	0						.108	.108	.108	.216	4
Robert Whitfield	15	8	8		1	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	1
William Wisneski	12	23	23		1	1	0	0						.043	.043	.087	.130	2
Totals	1260	4116	4116	0	1189	190	56	55	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.289	.402	.691	1656	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bobby Wood	P	32					.000
Steve Gerkin	P	28					.000
Ken McGonagle	P	25					.000
John Whipple	P	22					.000
Elroy Joyce	P	19					.000
William Wisneski	P	11					.000
Totals		137	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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