1953 Danville Leafs Statistics
Team Record: 79-59
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Andy Gilbert (79-59)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Danville, Virginia
Ballpark: League Park
Attendance: 84,494, Avg. 1,225
Playoffs - Danville Leafs 3 games, Burlington-Graham Pirates 1
Finals - Danville Leafs 4 games, Reidsville Luckies 2
The Danville Leafs of the Carolina League ended the 1953 season with a record of 79 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Leafs led the league with 760 runs, spearheaded by 128 home runs. Danville yielded 645 runs. John Hafenecker paced all regular hitters by hitting .303. Ramón Monzant earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad and a team-best 2.73 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1953 Danville Leafs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ramón Monzant, Andy Gilbert and Bill White.
Andy Gilbert served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramón Monzant | 23 | 6 | .793 | 2.73 | 37 | 31 | 254.0 | 193 | 88 | 77 | 16 | 107 | ||||||||||
| Lloyd Lundeen | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.77 | 24 | 21 | 167.0 | 144 | 83 | 70 | 19 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Earl Hemberger | 13 | 9 | .591 | 4.66 | 31 | 27 | 174.0 | 167 | 99 | 90 | 17 | 101 | ||||||||||
| Richard Messner | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.45 | 36 | 22 | 172.0 | 184 | 101 | 66 | 13 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Rosser | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.22 | 48 | 9 | 165.0 | 160 | 72 | 59 | 12 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Larry Paladino | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.78 | 35 | 12 | 111.0 | 117 | 76 | 59 | 8 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Theodore Birkeland | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.55 | 13 | 9 | 60.0 | 55 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 23 | ||||||||||
| George Erath | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.16 | 21 | 6 | 76.0 | 99 | 59 | 52 | 8 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 56 | .585 | 3.74 | 245 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1179.0 | 1119 | 605 | 490 | 95 | 569 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Caldwell | 137 | 568 | 568 | 160 | 43 | 1 | 16 | .282 | .282 | .445 | .727 | 253 | |||||||||||
| Bill White | 134 | 533 | 533 | 159 | 25 | 2 | 20 | .298 | .298 | .465 | .764 | 248 | |||||||||||
| John Hafenecker | 119 | 492 | 492 | 149 | 26 | 5 | 3 | .303 | .303 | .394 | .697 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Rovner | 137 | 471 | 471 | 116 | 25 | 5 | 9 | .246 | .246 | .378 | .624 | 178 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Rellick | 111 | 408 | 408 | 115 | 18 | 5 | 22 | .282 | .282 | .512 | .794 | 209 | |||||||||||
| Melvin Collins | 125 | 466 | 466 | 104 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .223 | .223 | .292 | .515 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Max Davidson | 104 | 347 | 347 | 100 | 18 | 1 | 20 | .288 | .288 | .519 | .807 | 180 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Allen | 51 | 164 | 164 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 12 | .311 | .311 | .585 | .896 | 96 | |||||||||||
| George Lefelar | 68 | 196 | 196 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .260 | .260 | .347 | .607 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Andy Gilbert | 53 | 144 | 144 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .306 | .306 | .479 | .785 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Dick Urlage | 61 | 199 | 199 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .221 | .221 | .312 | .533 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Robert Knight | 34 | 124 | 124 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .274 | .274 | .379 | .653 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Earl Hemberger | 62 | 103 | 103 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .252 | .252 | .466 | .718 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Ramón Monzant | 38 | 98 | 98 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .286 | .510 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Lloyd Lundeen | 25 | 70 | 70 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .271 | .271 | .471 | .743 | 33 | |||||||||||
| John Joyner | 19 | 55 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .400 | .673 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Larry Paladino | 37 | 43 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .326 | .326 | .395 | .721 | 17 | |||||||||||
| James Madalone | 10 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .417 | .417 | .583 | 1.000 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Richard Messner | 36 | 57 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .175 | .333 | 10 | |||||||||||
| John Skarzynski | 15 | 47 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .170 | .170 | .340 | 8 | |||||||||||
| George Erath | 21 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .304 | .565 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Rosser | 48 | 60 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .100 | .167 | 6 | |||||||||||
| James Hopkins | 15 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .097 | .097 | .194 | .290 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Theodore Birkeland | 13 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1473 | 4743 | 4743 | 0 | 1265 | 236 | 28 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .409 | .676 | 1941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill White | 1B | 112 | 986 | 78 | 18 | .983 | 9.500 | |
| Andy Gilbert | 1B | 32 | 228 | 26 | 3 | .988 | 7.938 | |
| Joseph Rovner | 2B | 132 | 332 | 376 | 40 | .947 | 5.364 | |
| Robert Caldwell | 3B | 129 | 130 | 275 | 19 | .955 | 3.140 | |
| George Lefelar | C | 63 | 328 | 17 | 8 | .977 | 5.476 | |
| Dick Urlage | C | 59 | 295 | 33 | 4 | .988 | 5.559 | |
| John Skarzynski | C | 15 | 87 | 6 | 1 | .989 | 6.200 | |
| James Hopkins | C | 14 | 53 | 4 | 2 | .966 | 4.071 | |
| John Hafenecker | OF | 115 | 260 | 16 | 10 | .965 | 2.400 | |
| Max Davidson | OF | 101 | 225 | 13 | 7 | .971 | 2.356 | |
| Andrew Rellick | OF | 99 | 141 | 8 | 7 | .955 | 1.505 | |
| Chuck Allen | OF | 41 | 53 | 4 | 4 | .934 | 1.390 | |
| Robert Knight | OF | 32 | 59 | 5 | 1 | .985 | 2.000 | |
| John Joyner | OF | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.692 | |
| Arthur Rosser | P | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Ramón Monzant | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Messner | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Paladino | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Lloyd Lundeen | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| George Erath | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Theodore Birkeland | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Melvin Collins | SS | 124 | 229 | 419 | 35 | .949 | 5.226 | |
| Totals | 1295 | 3426 | 1282 | 159 | 0 | .967 | 3.636 |
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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