1953 Hamilton Cardinals Statistics

Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League (PONYL) - Class: D
Team Record: 69-57
Finished 3rd in the PONYL
Manager: Hal Contini (69-57)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Ballpark: Civic Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 53,291, Avg. 846

1953 Hamilton Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Hamilton Cardinals 3 games, Hornell Dodgers 0
Finals - Jamestown Falcons 4 games, Hamilton Cardinals 1

The Hamilton Cardinals of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1953 season with a record of 69 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the PONYL.

The Cardinals scored 825 runs and surrendered 693 runs. Donald Cooper led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .344 clip. Leo Scarpa topped Hamilton with 17 wins, while Robert Rauber, too added 15 or more wins, too Robert Rauber recorded a 3.74 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Hal Contini 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
Leo Scarpa	17	8	.680	4.80	32	24					208.0	240	126	111		78
Robert Rauber	15	11	.577	3.74	34	25					202.0	178	104	84		119
Rocco Ricciardi	10	8	.556	3.85	31	16					145.0	149	71	62		81
Allan Suter	9	3	.750	3.71	13	12		8			97.0	99	53	40		43		57
John Sullivan	6	3	.667	5.03	20	13					102.0	88	64	57		68
George Creasy	5	8	.385	5.64	23	11					99.0	103	74	62		63
Frank Repchik	3	5	.375	5.61	14	7					69.0	68	48	43		43
Richard Otey	0	3	.000	5.96	17	8					71.0	74	63	47		72
Totals	65	49	.570	4.59	184	116	0	8	0	0	993.0	999	603	506	0	567	0	57	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 Kosis	119	489	489		144	32	3	18						.294	.294	.483	.777	236
Donald Cooper	99	390	390		134	15	5	0						.344	.344	.408	.751	159
Ron Plaza	123	455	455		124	37	7	6						.273	.273	.424	.697	193
Theodore Joya	114	437	437		114	16	10	5						.261	.261	.378	.638	165
John Slachta	114	382	382		103	20	6	0						.270	.270	.353	.623	135
Hal Contini	83	312	312		95	11	3	1						.304	.304	.369	.673	115
Alonzo Brooks	80	322	322		81	12	4	8						.252	.252	.388	.640	125
Bill Brown	88	288	288		73	11	4	0						.253	.253	.319	.573	92
James McClung	83	247	247		66	8	4	1						.267	.267	.344	.611	85
Leo Scarpa	71	162	162		41	7	3	4						.253	.253	.407	.660	66
Leslie Thomas	27	108	108		28	3	0	2						.259	.259	.343	.602	37
Jack Chinchar	35	111	111		25	0	1	2						.225	.225	.297	.523	33
Paul Leslie	23	96	96		20	5	2	2						.208	.208	.365	.573	35
Robert Rauber	38	76	76		15	0	1	0						.197	.197	.224	.421	17
Robert Campaigne	18	45	45		12	3	1	0						.267	.267	.378	.644	17
Allan Suter	14	34	34		10	0	0	0						.294	.294	.294	.588	10
John Sullivan	20	41	41		8	0	0	0						.195	.195	.195	.390	8
George Creasy	24	36	36		7	0	1	0						.194	.194	.250	.444	9
Robert McCrary	14	43	43		7	1	1	0						.163	.163	.233	.395	10
Donald Fleisch	15	31	31		6	1	0	0						.194	.194	.226	.419	7
Rocco Ricciardi	32	43	43		5	1	1	0						.116	.116	.186	.302	8
Frank Repchik	14	20	20		3	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300	3
Richard Otey	17	27	27		3	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	3
Totals	1265	4195	4195	0	1124	183	57	49	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.374	.642	1568	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Robert Rauber	P	34					.000
Rocco Ricciardi	P	31					.000
George Creasy	P	23					.000
John Sullivan	P	20					.000
Richard Otey	P	17					.000
Frank Repchik	P	14					.000
Allan Suter	P	13					.000
Totals		152	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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