1953 Fond du Lac Panthers Statistics
Team Record: 68-55
Finished 4th in the WSL
Manager: Joe Consoli (68-55)
Location: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Fairgrounds Park
Attendance: 54,286, Avg. 883
The Fond du Lac Panthers of the Wisconsin State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 68 wins and 55 losses, finishing fourth in the WSL.
The Panthers led the league with 874 runs, spearheaded by 109 home runs. Fond du Lac allowed 761 runs. Joe Tuminelli paced all regular hitters with a .390 average. Don Jaber topped the team with 16 wins, while John Williams recorded a 3.93 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Ron Blackburn and Pedro Ballester both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Joe Consoli 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jaber | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.94 | 34 | 22 | 208.0 | 206 | 120 | 91 | 16 | 119 | ||||||||||
| Robert Laskowski | 11 | 11 | .500 | 6.08 | 33 | 21 | 182.0 | 220 | 150 | 123 | 16 | 132 | ||||||||||
| John Williams | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.93 | 29 | 3 | 110.0 | 111 | 55 | 48 | 6 | 40 | ||||||||||
| William Edwards | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.94 | 24 | 14 | 122.0 | 127 | 83 | 67 | 11 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Ron Blackburn | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.53 | 7 | 6 | 51.0 | 47 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Hank Bruder | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.65 | 16 | 14 | 86.0 | 83 | 61 | 54 | 5 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Smith | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.85 | 14 | 9 | 78.0 | 74 | 56 | 42 | 5 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 56 | 40 | .583 | 4.78 | 157 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 837.0 | 868 | 548 | 445 | 62 | 536 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Tuminelli | 118 | 436 | 436 | 170 | 31 | 3 | 28 | .390 | .390 | .667 | 1.057 | 291 | |||||||||||
| Hal Gordon | 99 | 413 | 413 | 143 | 20 | 3 | 6 | .346 | .346 | .453 | .799 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Donald Mooney | 115 | 437 | 437 | 138 | 21 | 7 | 10 | .316 | .316 | .465 | .780 | 203 | |||||||||||
| Pedro Ballester | 119 | 435 | 435 | 137 | 19 | 4 | 18 | .315 | .315 | .501 | .816 | 218 | |||||||||||
| Bill Causion | 123 | 447 | 447 | 137 | 17 | 7 | 12 | .306 | .306 | .456 | .763 | 204 | |||||||||||
| Cal Biron | 111 | 382 | 382 | 108 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .283 | .283 | .387 | .670 | 148 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Smith | 103 | 316 | 316 | 90 | 25 | 2 | 12 | .285 | .285 | .491 | .775 | 155 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Gongorek | 96 | 365 | 365 | 84 | 15 | 10 | 11 | .230 | .230 | .416 | .647 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Papalio | 65 | 228 | 228 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .180 | .180 | .211 | .390 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Don Jaber | 43 | 96 | 96 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .229 | .229 | .344 | .573 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Joe Consoli | 32 | 78 | 78 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .218 | .218 | .269 | .487 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Bill Holder | 20 | 67 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .224 | .224 | .328 | .552 | 22 | |||||||||||
| John Williams | 29 | 49 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .265 | .265 | .388 | .653 | 19 | |||||||||||
| James Stephany | 16 | 60 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .217 | .300 | .517 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Gneiser | 35 | 76 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .171 | .171 | .289 | .461 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Hank Bruder | 20 | 39 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .282 | .282 | .333 | .615 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Robert Laskowski | 33 | 65 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 10 | |||||||||||
| William Edwards | 24 | 42 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .167 | .310 | 7 | |||||||||||
| William Bradley | 10 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .200 | .350 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Bob Isbell | 10 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .200 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Clifford Serbin | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1232 | 4077 | 4077 | 0 | 1174 | 194 | 42 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .436 | .724 | 1779 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jaber | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Laskowski | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| John Williams | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| William Edwards | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Hank Bruder | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Blackburn | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 143 | 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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