1953 Hazlehurst-Baxley Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 84-41
Finished 1st in the GSL
Manager: Chappo Riesgo (84-41)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Baxley, Georgia; Hazlehurst, Georgia
Ballpark: Roland Cook Stadium
Attendance: 19,101, Avg. 306
Playoffs - Hazlehurst-Baxley Cardinals 4 games, Douglas Trojans 1
Finals - Hazlehurst-Baxley Cardinals 4 games, Eastman Dodgers 3
The Hazlehurst-Baxley Cardinals of the Georgia State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 84 wins and 41 losses, finishing first in the GSL.
The Hazlehurst- Cardinals scored 893 runs, best in the league. Baxley yielded 616 runs. Robert Zuccarini paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .350 clip. Fred Huthmaker topped the team with 19 wins, while John Ball and Mel Cop added 15 or more wins, too Dick Ghelfi recorded a 3.23 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Chappo Riesgo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Huthmaker | 19 | 9 | .679 | 4.02 | 41 | 25 | 217.0 | 216 | 114 | 97 | 13 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Mel Cop | 16 | 4 | .800 | 4.58 | 36 | 22 | 179.0 | 167 | 100 | 91 | 8 | 129 | ||||||||||
| John Ball | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.34 | 30 | 21 | 194.0 | 186 | 86 | 72 | 6 | 108 | ||||||||||
| Dick Ghelfi | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.23 | 22 | 15 | 128.0 | 121 | 57 | 46 | 6 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Leon McClinton | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.50 | 19 | 13 | 102.0 | 109 | 60 | 51 | 4 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Donald McLennan | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.82 | 16 | 11 | 84.0 | 89 | 61 | 45 | 5 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Paul Gehringer | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.82 | 15 | 5 | 67.0 | 65 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 78 | 37 | .678 | 3.92 | 179 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 971.0 | 953 | 511 | 423 | 46 | 566 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Kamenski | 125 | 492 | 492 | 152 | 27 | 9 | 3 | .309 | .309 | .419 | .728 | 206 | |||||||||||
| Robert Zuccarini | 119 | 411 | 411 | 144 | 24 | 5 | 19 | .350 | .350 | .572 | .922 | 235 | |||||||||||
| Jack Poppell | 112 | 501 | 501 | 133 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .315 | .581 | 158 | |||||||||||
| Angelo Dal Porto | 124 | 459 | 459 | 125 | 19 | 7 | 7 | .272 | .272 | .390 | .662 | 179 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Herrera | 122 | 467 | 467 | 123 | 24 | 8 | 7 | .263 | .263 | .394 | .657 | 184 | |||||||||||
| Donald McLennan | 97 | 350 | 350 | 121 | 14 | 4 | 5 | .346 | .346 | .451 | .797 | 158 | |||||||||||
| Gene Wyatt | 98 | 384 | 384 | 101 | 15 | 2 | 19 | .263 | .263 | .461 | .724 | 177 | |||||||||||
| Chappo Riesgo | 90 | 297 | 297 | 91 | 22 | 2 | 8 | .306 | .306 | .475 | .781 | 141 | |||||||||||
| Earl Johnson | 82 | 252 | 252 | 74 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .294 | .294 | .405 | .698 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Ben Robinson | 40 | 144 | 144 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 5 | .264 | .264 | .444 | .708 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Fred Petty | 27 | 106 | 106 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .264 | .264 | .406 | .670 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Charles Guenst | 18 | 57 | 57 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .298 | .298 | .509 | .807 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Fred Huthmaker | 41 | 91 | 91 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .242 | .418 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Leon McClinton | 25 | 51 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .216 | .216 | .333 | .549 | 17 | |||||||||||
| John Ball | 33 | 65 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .169 | .169 | .215 | .385 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Dick Ghelfi | 22 | 48 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .312 | .521 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Bill Recipko | 13 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .238 | .429 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Paul Gehringer | 18 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .133 | .233 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Catarino Ponce | 14 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .176 | .294 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Mel Cop | 36 | 61 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .033 | .033 | .033 | .066 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1256 | 4304 | 4304 | 0 | 1206 | 202 | 52 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .408 | .689 | 1758 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Huthmaker | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Mel Cop | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| John Ball | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Ghelfi | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Leon McClinton | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Gehringer | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 163 | 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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