1953 Lynchburg Cardinals Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 55-77
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: Dick Landis (0-0), John Sullivan (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 37,000, Avg. 561

1953 Lynchburg Cardinals Roster

The Lynchburg Cardinals of the Piedmont League ended the 1953 season with a record of 55 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the PL.

The Cardinals plated 606 runs and surrendered 743 runs. Wayne Wallace and Frank Dean topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .278 clip. John Romonosky led Lynchburg with 10 wins and a team-best 3.02 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1953 Lynchburg Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were John Romonosky, Don Lassetter and John Sullivan.

Dick Landis and John Sullivan 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
John Romonosky	10	4	.714	3.02	20	16					122.0	99	54	41	7	85
Red Vogel	9	12	.429	4.07	28	22					168.0	187	93	76	8	66
Anthony LaCroix	6	15	.286	4.76	35	22					189.0	199	126	100	9	152
Enso Zanatta	5	6	.455	5.00	15	12					81.0	81	54	45	5	49
Robert Heins	5	8	.385	4.04	14	13					98.0	102	53	44	5	50
Richard Ryan	5	8	.385	6.19	23	6					80.0	98	64	55	8	53
Melvin Chaplin	4	2	.667	5.09	8	7					46.0	63	39	26	4	22
Richard Ban	4	4	.500	5.73	16	9					77.0	85	53	49	6	70
John Balay	3	4	.429	3.21	33	2					101.0	92	43	36	5	35
Paul Doughty	3	9	.250	5.44	16	14					86.0	104	64	52	8	44
Walt Bauman	0	1	.000	8.20	15	6					56.0	73	54	51	5	48
Totals	54	73	.425	4.69	223	129	0	0	0	0	1104.0	1183	697	575	70	674	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
Wayne Wallace	134	500	500		139	28	3	10						.278	.278	.406	.684	203
Frank Dean	115	478	478		133	28	3	0						.278	.278	.349	.628	167
Larry Davidson	134	502	502		133	25	4	13						.265	.265	.408	.673	205
Pep Baselici	110	396	396		107	18	0	14						.270	.270	.422	.692	167
John Sullivan	115	414	414		101	19	5	2						.244	.244	.329	.572	136
Donald DeMarse	129	445	445		96	13	0	1						.216	.216	.252	.467	112
Ray Sanders	111	358	358		80	16	2	0						.223	.223	.279	.503	100
Preston Shepherd	52	150	150		34	2	3	0						.227	.227	.280	.507	42
Don Lassetter	32	115	115		32	6	1	4						.278	.278	.452	.730	52
Red Vogel	48	101	101		25	2	0	1						.248	.248	.297	.545	30
Dolph Regelsky	19	71	71		20	2	0	1						.282	.282	.352	.634	25
Martin Sebastian	31	97	97		18	3	2	1						.186	.186	.289	.474	28
William Hopkins	26	88	88		17	2	1	2						.193	.193	.307	.500	27
Les Pinkham	28	80	80		16	4	0	1						.200	.200	.288	.488	23
John Romonosky	21	47	47		11	1	0	0						.234	.234	.255	.489	12
Anthony LaCroix	35	70	70		10	4	0	1						.143	.143	.243	.386	17
James McClung	20	50	50		9	4	0	1						.180	.180	.320	.500	16
Enso Zanatta	16	29	29		7	1	0	0						.241	.241	.276	.517	8
John Balay	38	43	43		7	0	0	0						.163	.163	.163	.326	7
Robert Kosis	13	45	45		7	1	0	1						.156	.156	.244	.400	11
Lou Dolci	13	52	52		7	4	0	0						.135	.135	.212	.346	11
Melvin Chaplin	14	21	21		6	1	0	1						.286	.286	.476	.762	10
Robert Heins	14	35	35		6	1	0	0						.171	.171	.200	.371	7
Richard Ban	17	28	28		5	1	0	0						.179	.179	.214	.393	6
Richard Ryan	23	30	30		5	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	5
Paul Doughty	16	24	24		3	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	3
Walt Bauman	15	18	18		2	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Totals	1339	4287	4287	0	1036	186	24	54	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.242	.334	.576	1432	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Wayne Wallace	1B	134	1240	77	22		.984	9.828
Donald DeMarse	2B	97	255	302	9		.984	5.742
Martin Sebastian	2B	30	82	101	7		.963	6.100
Frank Dean	3B	66	55	151	15		.932	3.121
Ray Sanders	C	71	353	53	9		.978	5.718
Preston Shepherd	C	43	171	20	10		.950	4.442
Les Pinkham	C	18	105	9	1		.991	6.333
Larry Davidson	OF	134	217	14	10		.959	1.724
Pep Baselici	OF	108	200	9	20		.913	1.935
Don Lassetter	OF	32	81	4	2		.977	2.656
William Hopkins	OF	24	56	3	2		.967	2.458
James McClung	OF	15	28	1	2		.935	1.933
Robert Kosis	OF	12	22	3	1		.962	2.083
Anthony LaCroix	P	35						.000
John Balay	P	33						.000
Red Vogel	P	28						.000
Richard Ryan	P	23						.000
John Romonosky	P	20						.000
Paul Doughty	P	16						.000
Richard Ban	P	16						.000
Enso Zanatta	P	15						.000
Walt Bauman	P	15						.000
Robert Heins	P	14						.000
Melvin Chaplin	P	8						.000
John Sullivan	SS	115	202	370	26		.957	4.974
Dolph Regelsky	SS	19	39	55	5		.949	4.947
Totals		1141	3106	1172	141	0	.968	3.749

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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