1953 Joplin Miners Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 4th in the WA
Manager: Malcolm Mick (71-68)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Joplin, Missouri
Ballpark: Miners Park II
Attendance: 41,006, Avg. 590
1953 Joplin Miners Roster

Playoffs - St. Joseph Cardinals 3 games, Joplin Miners 0

The Joplin Miners of the Western Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the WA.

The Miners tallied 679 runs and conceded 607 runs. Thomas Krebsbach paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .267 average. Vincent Lupica topped Joplin with 15 wins and a team-best 2.68 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1953 Joplin Miners who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jim Coates, Moe Thacker, Fritz Brickell and Jack McMahan.

Malcolm Mick 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
Vincent Lupica156.7142.682819171.01586451479
Jim Coates1213.4803.393227218.014298827161
John Bethel115.6883.803117154.01617665669
Jack Dawson84.6673.151313103.0833936643
Robert Dawkins814.3643.583325186.0160110744142
Leigh Lawrence79.4384.012416128.01186957362
James Aiello45.4442.3917679.0662521247
Jack McMahan33.5003.3615675.0793828219
Totals6859.5353.3419312900001114.096751941434622000000

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
Thomas Krebsbach1365285281412181.267.267.343.610181
Vernon Yingling1375195191282345.247.247.335.582174
Bill Enders1324534531111945.245.245.338.583153
Paul Livick1384974971102269.221.221.344.565171
James Loonan973423421001693.292.292.418.711143
Moe Thacker91284284601154.211.211.327.53993
Richard Foster44180180471020.261.261.339.60061
John Goodell5119119144851.230.230.340.57165
Bob James3313213234911.258.258.364.62148
Malcolm Mick7013013032300.246.246.269.51535
Jack Dorrell4413713732820.234.234.321.55544
Fritz Brickell3714014031410.221.221.264.48637
Sam Chetta5215015031913.207.207.340.54751
Jack Whitaker23767623311.303.303.408.71131
James Aiello31454511011.244.244.356.60016
John Bethel32525211000.212.212.212.42311
Don Gibbs1522229000.409.409.409.8189
Elmer Balzer1630309301.300.300.500.80015
Robert Dawkins3556569111.161.161.268.42915
Jim Coates3259597100.119.119.136.2548
Jack Dawson1340406100.150.150.175.3257
Jack McMahan1528285000.179.179.179.3575
Vincent Lupica2952524000.077.077.077.1544
Leigh Lawrence2441413000.073.073.073.1463
Totals1327418441840998172513600000.239.239.330.568138000000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Robert DawkinsP33.000
Jim CoatesP32.000
John BethelP31.000
Vincent LupicaP28.000
Leigh LawrenceP24.000
James AielloP17.000
Jack McMahanP15.000
Jack DawsonP13.000
Totals1930000.000

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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