1953 Jamestown Falcons Statistics
Team Record: 88-37
Finished 1st in the PONYL
Manager: Danny Carnevale (88-37)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Jamestown, New York
Ballpark: Russell Diethrich, Jr. Park
Attendance: 49,023, Avg. 784
Playoffs - Jamestown Falcons 3 games, Bradford Phillies 0
Finals - Jamestown Falcons 4 games, Hamilton Cardinals 1
The Jamestown Falcons of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1953 season with a record of 88 wins and 37 losses, finishing first in the PONYL.
The Falcons scored 913 runs, best in the league. Jamestown yielded 586 runs, fewest in the league. George Alusik led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .372 clip. Vincent Trakan topped the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.51 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1953 Jamestown Falcons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included George Alusik, Ken Rowe, Bob Shaw and Ken Walters.
Danny Carnevale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Trakan | 19 | 10 | .655 | 2.51 | 37 | 29 | 233.0 | 205 | 78 | 65 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Warren Neuberger | 11 | 3 | .786 | 4.24 | 19 | 11 | 85.0 | 80 | 49 | 40 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Robert Mische | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.76 | 33 | 13 | 139.0 | 123 | 66 | 58 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Bob Shaw | 10 | 3 | .769 | 5.58 | 26 | 14 | 108.0 | 114 | 74 | 67 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Al Taylor | 9 | 2 | .818 | 3.80 | 29 | 16 | 135.0 | 144 | 80 | 57 | 79 | |||||||||||
| John Fickinger | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.55 | 17 | 12 | 104.0 | 101 | 46 | 41 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Paul Franks | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.32 | 28 | 6 | 100.0 | 98 | 67 | 48 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Mike Lotz | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.57 | 12 | 7 | 68.0 | 59 | 32 | 27 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Max Simmons | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.14 | 11 | 5 | 49.0 | 54 | 36 | 28 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Ken Rowe | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.04 | 6 | 5 | 23.0 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 83 | 37 | .692 | 3.87 | 218 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1044.0 | 1007 | 547 | 449 | 0 | 583 | 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 Walters | 122 | 503 | 503 | 161 | 31 | 6 | 13 | .320 | .320 | .483 | .803 | 243 | |||||||||||
| Francis McElroy | 124 | 507 | 507 | 158 | 24 | 13 | 1 | .312 | .312 | .416 | .728 | 211 | |||||||||||
| Peter Viteretto | 111 | 433 | 433 | 150 | 18 | 10 | 2 | .346 | .346 | .448 | .794 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Ron Witucki | 117 | 416 | 416 | 135 | 29 | 6 | 0 | .325 | .325 | .423 | .748 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Robert Taylor | 126 | 466 | 466 | 134 | 14 | 10 | 6 | .288 | .288 | .399 | .687 | 186 | |||||||||||
| George Alusik | 89 | 347 | 347 | 129 | 27 | 1 | 11 | .372 | .372 | .550 | .922 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Tom Sarna | 80 | 308 | 308 | 100 | 26 | 3 | 6 | .325 | .325 | .487 | .812 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Stew Hein | 70 | 302 | 302 | 95 | 17 | 7 | 2 | .315 | .315 | .437 | .752 | 132 | |||||||||||
| Allie Benza | 102 | 326 | 326 | 95 | 12 | 1 | 11 | .291 | .291 | .436 | .727 | 142 | |||||||||||
| Gene Neff | 51 | 208 | 208 | 63 | 14 | 6 | 4 | .303 | .303 | .486 | .788 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Al Taylor | 35 | 65 | 65 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .292 | .554 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Richard Wright | 21 | 60 | 60 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .467 | .733 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Danny Carnevale | 20 | 49 | 49 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .388 | .633 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Robert Mische | 34 | 49 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .224 | .449 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Warren Neuberger | 23 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .324 | .588 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Trakan | 37 | 86 | 86 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .209 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Jim Johnson | 29 | 39 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .205 | .205 | .282 | .487 | 11 | |||||||||||
| John Fickinger | 17 | 39 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .205 | .282 | .487 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Bob Shaw | 26 | 43 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .209 | .395 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Mike Lotz | 16 | 28 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .321 | .536 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Paul Franks | 36 | 41 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .122 | .122 | .122 | .244 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Max Simmons | 11 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1297 | 4364 | 4364 | 0 | 1329 | 231 | 70 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .305 | .305 | .428 | .733 | 1868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Trakan | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Mische | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Al Taylor | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Franks | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Shaw | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Warren Neuberger | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| John Fickinger | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Lotz | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Max Simmons | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Rowe | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 218 | 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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