1953 Kingsport Cherokees Statistics

Mountain States League (MSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 69-56
Finished 3rd in the MSL
Manager: Muscle Shoals (69-56)
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 46,717, Avg. 747

1953 Kingsport Cherokees Roster

Playoffs - Maryville-Alcoa Twins 3 games, Kingsport Cherokees 2

The Kingsport Cherokees of the Mountain States League ended the 1953 season with a record of 69 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the MSL.

The Cherokees scored 803 runs and gave up 849 runs. Muscle Shoals led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .427 clip. Ned Jilton topped Kingsport with 19 wins, while Buck Collette, too added 15 or more wins, too Ned Jilton recorded a 3.11 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Muscle Shoals 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
Ned Jilton	19	3	.864	3.11	26	23					191.0	192	112	66	6	82
Buck Collette	15	8	.652	3.96	30	22					191.0	223	116	84	9	45
John Wilson	8	3	.727	3.82	12	11					92.0	84	56	39	2	53
Gilbert Cole	8	16	.333	4.42	38	20					171.0	203	134	84	12	92
Jim Studer	7	9	.438	7.16	32	18					152.0	214	155	121	13	93
Armenio Badia	1	3	.250	5.47	16	2					51.0	59	50	31	6	37
Totals	58	42	.580	4.51	154	96	0	0	0	0	848.0	975	623	425	48	402	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
Muscle Shoals	113	396	396		169	27	7	30						.427	.427	.758	1.184	300
Lloyd Lucas	124	513	513		163	19	4	3						.318	.318	.388	.706	199
Armenio Badia	125	499	499		133	25	4	19						.267	.267	.447	.713	223
Robert Pratt	97	387	387		120	18	2	7						.310	.310	.421	.731	163
Dick Miller	95	339	339		118	14	6	4						.348	.348	.460	.808	156
Edward Gibson	111	386	386		104	19	1	12						.269	.269	.417	.687	161
James Teahl	76	265	265		72	13	3	2						.272	.272	.366	.638	97
Donald Bradley	47	174	174		53	7	1	2						.305	.305	.391	.695	68
Ned Jilton	35	97	97		30	7	0	2						.309	.309	.443	.753	43
Lou Fitzgerald	23	96	96		26	3	0	0						.271	.271	.302	.573	29
Nicholas Chumbris	28	96	96		26	8	1	4						.271	.271	.500	.771	48
Weldon Price	26	61	61		18	4	0	0						.295	.295	.361	.656	22
Ronald Company	19	74	74		16	4	1	0						.216	.216	.297	.514	22
Arthur Brace	13	43	43		12	2	0	2						.279	.279	.465	.744	20
Jim Studer	46	69	69		12	1	0	0						.174	.174	.188	.362	13
Louis Knight	14	19	19		9	1	0	0						.474	.474	.526	1.000	10
James Lindsey	23	35	35		9	3	0	2						.257	.257	.514	.771	18
John Wilson	14	40	40		7	2	0	0						.175	.175	.225	.400	9
Gilbert Cole	39	60	60		7	0	0	0						.117	.117	.117	.233	7
Buck Collette	31	75	75		7	0	0	0						.093	.093	.093	.187	7
Brumley Greene	10	15	15		2	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267	2
Bob Navarre	12	20	20		1	0	0	0						.050	.050	.050	.100	1
Totals	1121	3759	3759	0	1114	177	30	89	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.296	.430	.727	1618	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Gilbert Cole	P	38					.000
Jim Studer	P	32					.000
Buck Collette	P	30					.000
Ned Jilton	P	26					.000
John Wilson	P	12					.000
Totals		138	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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