1953 Janesville Cubs Statistics
Team Record: 43-80
Finished 8th in the WSL
Manager: Bob Dant (43-80)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Janesville, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Fairgrounds Park
Attendance: 27,544, Avg. 448
The Janesville Cubs of the Wisconsin State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 43 wins and 80 losses, finishing eighth in the WSL.
The Cubs scored 604 runs and surrendered 804 runs. John Olczak led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .365. Emil Stoyakovich and Jim Speer topped Janesville with 10 wins each, while Emil Stoyakovich registered a 3.74 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Andy Varga played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Janesville Cubs to do so.
Bob Dant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Speer | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.33 | 27 | 22 | 181.0 | 190 | 120 | 87 | 15 | 96 | ||||||||||
| Emil Stoyakovich | 10 | 15 | .400 | 3.74 | 45 | 18 | 207.0 | 211 | 106 | 86 | 13 | 90 | ||||||||||
| Jim Montgomery | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.33 | 20 | 16 | 98.0 | 94 | 71 | 58 | 6 | 92 | ||||||||||
| Robert Faust | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.75 | 21 | 14 | 97.0 | 91 | 75 | 62 | 9 | 91 | ||||||||||
| Nick Agnos | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.21 | 34 | 9 | 145.0 | 164 | 115 | 84 | 13 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Gene Lippold | 3 | 12 | .200 | 6.42 | 23 | 19 | 101.0 | 114 | 114 | 72 | 5 | 92 | ||||||||||
| Larry Tuttle | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 39 | 62 | .386 | 4.90 | 172 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 832.0 | 868 | 606 | 453 | 61 | 558 | 0 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Olczak | 122 | 433 | 433 | 158 | 32 | 9 | 5 | .365 | .365 | .515 | .880 | 223 | |||||||||||
| Larry Good | 121 | 427 | 427 | 119 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .279 | .279 | .314 | .593 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Jackson | 102 | 361 | 361 | 101 | 20 | 3 | 8 | .280 | .280 | .418 | .698 | 151 | |||||||||||
| Sterling Kuhlman | 110 | 393 | 393 | 98 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .249 | .249 | .313 | .562 | 123 | |||||||||||
| George Beck | 124 | 393 | 393 | 98 | 20 | 8 | 6 | .249 | .249 | .387 | .636 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Bob Dant | 99 | 271 | 271 | 89 | 15 | 2 | 6 | .328 | .328 | .465 | .793 | 126 | |||||||||||
| George Large | 78 | 245 | 245 | 59 | 6 | 4 | 5 | .241 | .241 | .359 | .600 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Paul Beck | 45 | 158 | 158 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .241 | .241 | .342 | .582 | 54 | |||||||||||
| William Chaclas | 45 | 147 | 147 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .231 | .231 | .347 | .578 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Richard Grenier | 60 | 181 | 181 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .210 | .392 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Ezra Hill | 41 | 129 | 129 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .209 | .209 | .256 | .465 | 33 | |||||||||||
| George Ritchie | 45 | 111 | 111 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .225 | .225 | .270 | .495 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Jim Speer | 45 | 87 | 87 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .184 | .184 | .241 | .425 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Emil Stoyakovich | 49 | 78 | 78 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .218 | .385 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Donald Whiteford | 15 | 48 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .250 | .479 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Robert Faust | 29 | 51 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .216 | .275 | .490 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Gene Lippold | 24 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .278 | .278 | .389 | .667 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Robert Mullett | 15 | 49 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .286 | .490 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Jim Montgomery | 21 | 41 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .195 | .195 | .293 | .488 | 12 | |||||||||||
| John Henry | 14 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .205 | .386 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Nick Agnos | 42 | 64 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Brockert | 12 | 41 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .220 | .390 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Yambor | 10 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .280 | .520 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Andy Anderson | 11 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Donald Kotzman | 10 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Lyle Copeland | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1299 | 3856 | 3856 | 0 | 990 | 152 | 42 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .348 | .605 | 1343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Stoyakovich | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Nick Agnos | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Speer | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Lippold | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Faust | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Montgomery | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Tuttle | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 172 | 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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