1953 Hornell Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 70-56
Finished 2nd in the PONYL
Manager: Merv Dornburg (0-0), Jack Banta (0-0)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Hornell, New York
Ballpark: Maple City Park
Attendance: 38,293, Avg. 608
Playoffs - Hamilton Cardinals 3 games, Hornell Dodgers 0
The Hornell Dodgers of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1953 season with a record of 70 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the PONYL.
The Dodgers scored 692 runs and gave up 739 runs. Ken Cox topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .324. Robert Spier led Hornell with 16 wins and a team-best 3.7 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Ray Daviault played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hornell Dodgers to do so.
Merv Dornburg and Jack Banta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Spier | 16 | 8 | .667 | 3.70 | 27 | 26 | 197.0 | 179 | 104 | 81 | 103 | |||||||||||
| Russ Bissett | 13 | 11 | .542 | 4.77 | 30 | 26 | 183.0 | 168 | 115 | 97 | 147 | |||||||||||
| Herm Brown | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.27 | 29 | 25 | 175.0 | 149 | 107 | 83 | 149 | |||||||||||
| Jim Stark | 11 | 2 | .846 | 4.32 | 31 | 2 | 98.0 | 96 | 60 | 47 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Richard Wasco | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.38 | 26 | 25 | 195.0 | 180 | 123 | 95 | 121 | |||||||||||
| George Green | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.23 | 22 | 10 | 98.0 | 108 | 73 | 57 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 49 | .581 | 4.38 | 165 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 946.0 | 880 | 582 | 460 | 0 | 641 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Cox | 123 | 442 | 442 | 143 | 26 | 7 | 18 | .324 | .324 | .536 | .860 | 237 | |||||||||||
| Robert Weir | 126 | 422 | 422 | 107 | 11 | 4 | 21 | .254 | .254 | .448 | .701 | 189 | |||||||||||
| Maurice Galand | 88 | 351 | 351 | 106 | 15 | 5 | 2 | .302 | .302 | .390 | .692 | 137 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Falter | 104 | 404 | 404 | 105 | 21 | 6 | 1 | .260 | .260 | .349 | .609 | 141 | |||||||||||
| John Doligale | 121 | 427 | 427 | 101 | 19 | 1 | 8 | .237 | .237 | .342 | .578 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Enos | 76 | 292 | 292 | 75 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .257 | .257 | .332 | .589 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Merv Dornburg | 40 | 154 | 154 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 6 | .344 | .344 | .565 | .909 | 87 | |||||||||||
| James Caldwell | 59 | 225 | 225 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .236 | .236 | .267 | .502 | 60 | |||||||||||
| William Davies | 45 | 165 | 165 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .297 | .297 | .400 | .697 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Milton Morgan | 48 | 190 | 190 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 5 | .253 | .253 | .379 | .632 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Henry Alberts | 58 | 170 | 170 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 9 | .235 | .235 | .488 | .724 | 83 | |||||||||||
| Robert Spier | 53 | 114 | 114 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .254 | .254 | .333 | .588 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Walter Zebrowski | 25 | 92 | 92 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .239 | .239 | .359 | .598 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Richard Wasco | 37 | 81 | 81 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .407 | .630 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Ackman | 25 | 68 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .221 | .221 | .235 | .456 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Russ Bissett | 31 | 66 | 66 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .197 | .197 | .197 | .394 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Roger MacTavish | 39 | 94 | 94 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .138 | .170 | .309 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Robert Coles | 17 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .343 | .343 | .457 | .800 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Clifford Nichols | 25 | 71 | 71 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .169 | .169 | .338 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Harry Lander | 17 | 50 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .160 | .300 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Herm Brown | 29 | 61 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .230 | 7 | |||||||||||
| George Green | 24 | 41 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .146 | .146 | .220 | .366 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Jim Stark | 32 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .241 | .414 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Whitney Armstrong | 11 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1253 | 4056 | 4056 | 0 | 1041 | 176 | 34 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .376 | .633 | 1525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Stark | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Russ Bissett | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Herm Brown | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Spier | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Wasco | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| George Green | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 165 | 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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