1953 Greensboro Patriots Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 70-70
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Eddie Popowski (70-70)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 68,549, Avg. 979

1953 Greensboro Patriots Roster

The Greensboro Patriots of the Carolina League ended the 1953 season with a record of 70 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.

The Patriots plated 668 runs and allowed 641 runs. Don Buddin led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .300 clip. Al Schroll topped Greensboro with 15 wins, while Duane Wilson recorded a 2.21 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Al Schroll, Joe Albanese, Don Buddin, Neil Chrisley, Jerry Casale, Duane Wilson, Arnold Earley and Ed Sadowski were all players from the 1953 Greensboro Patriots who played in the Majors during their careers.

Eddie Popowski 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
Al Schroll	15	12	.556	3.64	43	24					215.0	206	114	87	11	107
Duane Wilson	13	12	.520	2.21	33	25					204.0	166	89	50	4	98
Paul Aylward	12	8	.600	2.39	32	18					166.0	137	68	44	6	87
Johnny Watson	7	4	.636	2.48	20	11					109.0	89	35	30	9	39
Don Schenk	5	4	.556	4.36	13	5					64.0	75	36	31	6	31
Donald Glenn	4	2	.667	3.11	17	9					81.0	80	29	28	7	19
John Gilbert	3	6	.333	2.61	19	6					76.0	74	36	22	4	11
Jerry Casale	3	6	.333	6.30	11	10					60.0	65	56	42	5	49
Gene Rosen	2	4	.333	3.12	12	6					52.0	52	25	18	4	26
Arnold Earley	1	0	1.000	3.00	2						9.0	2	3	3		5
Joe Albanese	1	3	.250	4.21	11	5					47.0	51	30	22	2	23
Totals	66	61	.520	3.13	213	119	0	0	0	0	1083.0	997	521	377	58	495	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
Don Buddin	140	543	543		163	37	7	25						.300	.300	.532	.832	289
Stanley Roseboro	131	508	508		152	18	3	3						.299	.299	.364	.663	185
John Charvat	119	462	462		120	15	10	3						.260	.260	.355	.615	164
Bill Kahler	123	447	447		119	25	5	15						.266	.266	.445	.711	199
Ed Sadowski	96	341	341		93	19	0	17						.273	.273	.478	.751	163
Butsy Zimmerman	81	293	293		78	14	2	5						.266	.266	.379	.645	111
Jack Smodic	80	304	304		72	17	3	5						.237	.237	.362	.599	110
Syl McNinch	73	274	274		65	14	1	9						.237	.237	.394	.631	108
Emidio Riga	73	255	255		58	11	1	4						.227	.227	.325	.553	83
Neil Chrisley	37	141	141		33	5	1	3						.234	.234	.348	.582	49
Richard Hidalgo	33	109	109		31	8	1	5						.284	.284	.514	.798	56
George Lyon	30	82	82		24	1	0	1						.293	.293	.341	.634	28
Charles Cadario	28	82	82		19	2	2	3						.232	.232	.415	.646	34
Al Schroll	43	68	68		18	2	2	0						.265	.265	.353	.618	24
Jack Stallings	26	63	63		16	4	0	0						.254	.254	.317	.571	20
Duane Wilson	35	77	77		15	1	0	0						.195	.195	.208	.403	16
Frank Arcoleo	38	62	62		13	0	0	0						.210	.210	.210	.419	13
Harold Gruner	15	43	43		8	0	1	1						.186	.186	.302	.488	13
James Spencer	12	33	33		6	1	0	0						.182	.182	.212	.394	7
Bruce Weaver	14	39	39		6	1	0	0						.154	.154	.179	.333	7
Jack Burns	16	41	41		6	1	0	0						.146	.146	.171	.317	7
Jerry Casale	12	22	22		5	1	0	1						.227	.227	.409	.636	9
Paul Aylward	32	53	53		5	1	0	0						.094	.094	.113	.208	6
Joe Albanese	11	15	15		3	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Gene Rosen	12	17	17		3	1	0	0						.176	.176	.235	.412	4
Johnny Watson	20	36	36		3	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	3
Don Schenk	13	24	24		2	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	2
John Gilbert	19	25	25		2	0	0	0						.080	.080	.080	.160	2
Donald Glenn	17	23	23		1	0	0	0						.043	.043	.043	.087	1
Totals	1379	4482	4482	0	1139	199	39	100	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.254	.383	.637	1716	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Syl McNinch	1B	72	660	33	12		.983	9.625
John Charvat	2B	117	283	336	22		.966	5.291
Jack Stallings	2B	17	25	40	9		.878	3.824
Stanley Roseboro	3B	131	140	286	41		.912	3.252
Ed Sadowski	C	96	573	48	13		.979	6.469
George Lyon	C	26	155	15	2		.988	6.538
Charles Cadario	C	24	140	14	5		.969	6.417
Bill Kahler	OF	114	129	8	5		.965	1.202
Butsy Zimmerman	OF	78	127	5	4		.971	1.692
Jack Smodic	OF	78	188	7	8		.961	2.500
Emidio Riga	OF	67	132	4	6		.958	2.030
Neil Chrisley	OF	37	75	5	4		.952	2.162
Richard Hidalgo	OF	30	82	6	3		.967	2.933
Harold Gruner	OF	11	10	0	2		.833	.909
Al Schroll	P	43						.000
Duane Wilson	P	33						.000
Paul Aylward	P	32						.000
Johnny Watson	P	20						.000
John Gilbert	P	19						.000
Donald Glenn	P	17						.000
Don Schenk	P	13						.000
Gene Rosen	P	12						.000
Jerry Casale	P	11						.000
Joe Albanese	P	11						.000
Arnold Earley	P	2						.000
Don Buddin	SS	139	220	428	65		.909	4.662
Totals		1250	2939	1235	201	0	.954	3.339

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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