1953 Elmira Pioneers Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-80
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Al Brancato (70-80)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 59,918, Avg. 799

1953 Elmira Pioneers Roster

The Elmira Pioneers of the Eastern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 70 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.

The Pioneers scored 591 runs and allowed 611 runs. Gabe Gabler led Elmira with 22 home runs and drove in 100 runs. Jimmy Williams paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .312. Ernest Nichols topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.55 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Karl Spooner, Art Ceccarelli, Rudy Rufer, Clyde McNeal, Tom Kirk, Gabe Gabler and Al Brancato were all players from the 1953 Elmira Pioneers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Al Brancato 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
Ernest Nichols	14	12	.538	2.55	37	25					187.0	159	77	53	2	98
Henry Franklin	12	12	.500	2.98	25	24					175.0	170	76	58	5	56
Mike Lemish	10	6	.625	2.69	27	16					147.0	127	60	44	5	34
Art Ceccarelli	9	10	.474	3.05	31	22					171.0	131	67	58	5	97
Douglas Gostlin	8	7	.533	4.21	42	19					139.0	120	75	65	9	97
Joe Bielemeier	4	1	.800	4.29	35	1					65.0	63	35	31	2	34
Tom Bigham	4	6	.400	2.72	20	8					76.0	66	28	23	1	34
Edward Yasinski	4	11	.267	4.83	27	13					95.0	99	55	51	7	63
Karl Spooner	1	6	.143	3.42	8	8					50.0	29	26	19	2	49
Totals	66	71	.482	3.27	252	136	0	0	0	0	1105.0	964	499	402	38	562	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
Jimmy Williams	140	509	509		159	21	5	6						.312	.312	.409	.721	208
Clyde McNeal	133	472	472		130	35	7	9						.275	.275	.436	.712	206
Gabe Gabler	144	522	522	65	126	22	8	22	100	11				.241	.241	.441	.682	230
Fred Storck	133	457	457		120	24	5	5						.263	.263	.370	.632	169
Bobby Dolan	125	464	464		115	16	10	0						.248	.248	.325	.573	151
Eddie Moore	125	391	391		101	18	5	13						.258	.258	.430	.688	168
Kenneth Worley	115	338	338		86	16	1	0						.254	.254	.308	.562	104
Fred Folkes	106	319	319		85	7	1	0						.266	.266	.295	.561	94
Joe Kwiatkowski	106	316	316		78	7	4	0						.247	.247	.294	.541	93
Rudy Rufer	55	188	188		48	6	4	0						.255	.255	.330	.585	62
Herb Olson	70	193	193		40	7	1	1						.207	.207	.269	.477	52
Al Brancato	63	172	172		35	10	1	0						.203	.203	.273	.477	47
Henry Franklin	32	72	72		18	3	0	0						.250	.250	.292	.542	21
Mike Lemish	27	49	49		13	0	0	0						.265	.265	.265	.531	13
Ernest Nichols	37	57	57		12	0	1	0						.211	.211	.246	.456	14
Tom Bigham	20	21	21		8	1	0	0						.381	.381	.429	.810	9
William Gill	21	40	40		8	0	2	0						.200	.200	.300	.500	12
Art Ceccarelli	31	51	51		7	2	0	0						.137	.137	.176	.314	9
Walt Jasinski	19	9	9		5	1	0	0						.556	.556	.667	1.222	6
Douglas Gostlin	45	36	36		4	2	0	0						.111	.111	.167	.278	6
Tom Kirk	10	29	29		3	1	0	0						.103	.103	.138	.241	4
Joe Bielemeier	35	11	11		2	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Edward Yasinski	27	20	20		1	0	0	0						.050	.050	.050	.100	1
Charles Work	20	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1639	4742	4742	65	1204	199	55	56	100	11	0	0	0	.254	.254	.354	.608	1681	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gabe Gabler	1B	143	1166	62	23		.982	8.587
Fred Folkes	2B	78	212	160	5		.987	4.769
Rudy Rufer	2B	39	99	84	7		.963	4.692
Al Brancato	2B	31	68	65	4		.971	4.290
Clyde McNeal	3B	115	111	263	24		.940	3.252
Kenneth Worley	C	95	447	65	8		.985	5.389
Herb Olson	C	55	277	31	3		.990	5.600
William Gill	C	13	43	4	2		.959	3.615
Fred Storck	OF	120	234	16	12		.954	2.083
Jimmy Williams	OF	119	261	13	8		.972	2.303
Eddie Moore	OF	119	207	6	10		.955	1.790
Joe Kwiatkowski	OF	91	200	2	8		.962	2.220
Douglas Gostlin	P	42						.000
Ernest Nichols	P	37						.000
Joe Bielemeier	P	35						.000
Art Ceccarelli	P	31						.000
Edward Yasinski	P	27						.000
Mike Lemish	P	27						.000
Henry Franklin	P	25						.000
Tom Bigham	P	20						.000
Karl Spooner	P	8						.000
Bobby Dolan	SS	124	226	381	39		.940	4.895
Totals		1394	3551	1152	153	0	.968	3.374

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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