1953 Hagerstown Braves Statistics
Team Record: 78-53
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Fred Dorman (0-0), Jimmy Zinn (0-0), Billy Jurges (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Hagerstown, Maryland
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 57,246, Avg. 874
Playoffs - Newport News Dodgers 4 games, Hagerstown Braves 0
The Hagerstown Braves of the Piedmont League ended the 1953 season with a record of 78 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the PL.
The Braves plated 727 runs, tops in the circuit. Hagerstown gave up 519 runs. Joe Blake topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .297 clip. Stan Slack led the team with 15 wins, while Tom Horton recorded a 2.11 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Earl Hersh played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hagerstown Braves to do so.
Fred Dorman, Jimmy Zinn and Billy Jurges 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Slack | 15 | 10 | .600 | 2.99 | 31 | 24 | 205.0 | 179 | 93 | 68 | 12 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Charley Miller | 14 | 14 | .500 | 2.67 | 39 | 22 | 226.0 | 219 | 85 | 67 | 9 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Edward Lenthe | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.78 | 26 | 18 | 143.0 | 146 | 73 | 60 | 9 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Jack Larson | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.30 | 26 | 23 | 180.0 | 152 | 77 | 66 | 7 | 118 | ||||||||||
| Tom Horton | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.11 | 21 | 18 | 141.0 | 105 | 48 | 33 | 1 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Willie Wilson | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.05 | 33 | 20 | 171.0 | 155 | 96 | 77 | 10 | 115 | ||||||||||
| Charles Higham | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.46 | 11 | 6 | 52.0 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 78 | 52 | .600 | 3.15 | 187 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1118.0 | 1001 | 497 | 391 | 51 | 575 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Zinn | 120 | 485 | 485 | 122 | 20 | 9 | 1 | .252 | .252 | .336 | .588 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Joe Blake | 114 | 394 | 394 | 117 | 26 | 7 | 5 | .297 | .297 | .437 | .734 | 172 | |||||||||||
| Billy Barrett | 119 | 418 | 418 | 109 | 25 | 9 | 5 | .261 | .261 | .400 | .660 | 167 | |||||||||||
| Theodore Laguna | 90 | 332 | 332 | 96 | 24 | 1 | 9 | .289 | .289 | .449 | .738 | 149 | |||||||||||
| Richard Guyton | 80 | 296 | 296 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .297 | .297 | .358 | .655 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Robert Myers | 88 | 322 | 322 | 83 | 18 | 8 | 5 | .258 | .258 | .410 | .668 | 132 | |||||||||||
| Earl Hersh | 79 | 259 | 259 | 65 | 9 | 5 | 6 | .251 | .251 | .394 | .645 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Donald Damiano | 85 | 276 | 276 | 65 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .236 | .236 | .312 | .547 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Jack Concannon | 61 | 209 | 209 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .239 | .239 | .344 | .584 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Wendell Davis | 49 | 189 | 189 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .249 | .249 | .339 | .587 | 64 | |||||||||||
| William Loos | 29 | 103 | 103 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .291 | .291 | .447 | .738 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Ford Jordan | 31 | 93 | 93 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .301 | .538 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Arnold Hersom | 28 | 94 | 94 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .319 | .553 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Jim Morelli | 30 | 101 | 101 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .218 | .406 | 22 | |||||||||||
| James Fairchild | 18 | 69 | 69 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .246 | .246 | .377 | .623 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Richard Notermann | 23 | 65 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .231 | .323 | .554 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Stan Slack | 32 | 77 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .286 | .481 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Charley Miller | 39 | 80 | 80 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Tom Horton | 22 | 56 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .357 | .607 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Willie Wilson | 36 | 64 | 64 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .234 | .453 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Bortz | 12 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .295 | .295 | .409 | .705 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Pizzitola | 13 | 48 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .396 | .625 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Edward Lenthe | 27 | 57 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .193 | .193 | .298 | .491 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Jack Larson | 28 | 69 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .145 | .145 | .174 | .319 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Cecil Fogleman | 12 | 49 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .184 | .184 | .224 | .408 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Bernardini | 17 | 46 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .217 | .391 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Charles Higham | 11 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1293 | 4311 | 4311 | 0 | 1087 | 206 | 60 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .252 | .358 | .611 | 1545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Myers | 1B | 88 | 836 | 62 | 13 | .986 | 1.205 | |
| Wendell Davis | 1B | 44 | 431 | 24 | 4 | .991 | 1.341 | |
| James Zinn | 2B | 120 | 373 | 410 | 22 | .973 | 6.525 | |
| Joe Blake | 3B | 108 | 104 | 257 | 41 | .898 | 3.343 | |
| Ford Jordan | 3B | 16 | 13 | 36 | 3 | .942 | 3.062 | |
| Theodore Laguna | C | 87 | 341 | 50 | 9 | .978 | 4.494 | |
| Arnold Hersom | C | 27 | 95 | 8 | 3 | .972 | 3.815 | |
| Ralph Bernardini | C | 17 | 62 | 6 | 3 | .958 | 4.000 | |
| Billy Barrett | OF | 119 | 290 | 19 | 8 | .975 | 2.597 | |
| Richard Guyton | OF | 77 | 145 | 9 | 6 | .962 | 2.000 | |
| Earl Hersh | OF | 73 | 135 | 5 | 6 | .959 | 1.918 | |
| Jim Morelli | OF | 30 | 56 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.900 | |
| William Loos | OF | 28 | 56 | 0 | 3 | .949 | 2.000 | |
| Richard Notermann | OF | 18 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .833 | 1.111 | |
| Vincent Pizzitola | OF | 13 | 23 | 0 | 3 | .885 | 1.769 | |
| Cecil Fogleman | OF | 12 | 39 | 0 | 1 | .975 | 3.250 | |
| Charley Miller | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Willie Wilson | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Slack | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Lenthe | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Larson | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Horton | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Higham | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Concannon | SS | 59 | 101 | 188 | 18 | .941 | 4.898 | |
| Donald Damiano | SS | 56 | 87 | 163 | 24 | .912 | 4.464 | |
| James Fairchild | SS | 18 | 32 | 55 | 7 | .926 | 4.833 | |
| Totals | 1197 | 3238 | 1294 | 180 | 0 | .962 | 3.786 |
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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