1953 Middlesboro Athletics Statistics
Team Record: 48-76
Finished 8th in the MSL
Manager: Julian Morgan (0-0), Bernard Pardue (0-0)
Location: Middlesboro, Kentucky
Attendance: 12,600, Avg. 203
The Middlesboro Athletics of the Mountain States League ended the 1953 season with a record of 48 wins and 76 losses, finishing eighth in the MSL.
The Athletics scored 750 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 844 runs. Oscar Rodriguez paced all regular batters with a .384 average. Gordon Wood and Jim Anders topped Middlesboro with 11 wins each, while Jim Anders recorded a 3.61 ERA, best among regular hurlers. Julian Morgan and Bernard Pardue 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Anders | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.61 | 21 | 14 | 137.0 | 141 | 68 | 55 | 4 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Gordon Wood | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.92 | 33 | 25 | 232.0 | 276 | 137 | 101 | 12 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Edward Woods | 7 | 12 | .368 | 6.89 | 27 | 20 | 162.0 | 191 | 154 | 124 | 10 | 95 | ||||||||||
| Duane Wahl | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.08 | 23 | 16 | 140.0 | 189 | 109 | 79 | 6 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Peter Meyers | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.83 | 8 | 6 | 54.0 | 57 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Crecencio Gonzalez | 4 | 9 | .308 | 6.88 | 23 | 12 | 106.0 | 156 | 99 | 81 | 12 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 42 | 51 | .452 | 5.01 | 135 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 831.0 | 1010 | 597 | 463 | 45 | 342 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Rodriguez | 94 | 352 | 352 | 135 | 21 | 11 | 10 | .384 | .384 | .591 | .974 | 208 | |||||||||||
| Bernard Pardue | 118 | 449 | 449 | 130 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .290 | .290 | .343 | .633 | 154 | |||||||||||
| George Ball | 94 | 364 | 364 | 112 | 20 | 6 | 4 | .308 | .308 | .429 | .736 | 156 | |||||||||||
| Franklin Roberson | 114 | 423 | 423 | 111 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .333 | .596 | 141 | |||||||||||
| Manuel Flores | 72 | 290 | 290 | 92 | 20 | 2 | 5 | .317 | .317 | .452 | .769 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Howard Bolton | 124 | 433 | 433 | 82 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .189 | .189 | .240 | .430 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Robert Terrell | 42 | 161 | 161 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .304 | .304 | .466 | .770 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Otho Kortz | 44 | 170 | 170 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .271 | .271 | .394 | .665 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Pete Bolin | 30 | 124 | 124 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .306 | .306 | .419 | .726 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Wood | 75 | 212 | 212 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 4 | .175 | .175 | .278 | .453 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Joseph McManus | 28 | 125 | 125 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .272 | .272 | .360 | .632 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Edward Woods | 33 | 73 | 73 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .288 | .562 | 21 | |||||||||||
| John Brandon | 19 | 69 | 69 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .362 | .638 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Duane Wahl | 31 | 70 | 70 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .271 | .271 | .314 | .586 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Jim Anders | 24 | 66 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .197 | .379 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Louis Vicari | 12 | 38 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .289 | .526 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Salvador Martinez | 10 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .294 | .529 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Crecencio Gonzalez | 27 | 51 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .157 | .157 | .196 | .353 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Joe Begani | 11 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Harry Johnson | 17 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
| John Hudson | 10 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1029 | 3566 | 3566 | 0 | 964 | 163 | 45 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .367 | .637 | 1307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Woods | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Duane Wahl | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Crecencio Gonzalez | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Anders | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Peter Meyers | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 102 | 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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