1953 Mount Vernon Kings Statistics

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 55-64
Finished 5th in the MOVL
Manager: Joe Schmidt (55-64)
Location: Mount Vernon, Illinois
Ballpark: Veterans Park
Attendance: 31,600, Avg. 531

1953 Mount Vernon Kings Roster

The Mount Vernon Kings of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1953 season with a record of 55 wins and 64 losses, finishing fifth in the MOVL.

The Kings plated 626 runs and surrendered 713 runs. Joe Schmidt led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .358 clip. Mike Rolla topped Mount Vernon with 14 wins and a team-best 3.81 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Roy Lee played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Mount Vernon Kings to do so.

Joe Schmidt 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
Mike Rolla	14	3	.824	3.81	19	19					151.0	149	73	64	4	64
Allen Evans	11	11	.500	5.59	30	17					161.0	208	117	100	12	64
Mel Bridges	7	10	.412	3.91	20	17					129.0	98	63	56	3	97
Robert Brookman	5	6	.455	5.40	28	10					125.0	151	85	75	7	55
Charley Francis	4	4	.500	7.42	19	10					80.0	104	73	66	3	59
Kenneth Huffman	4	5	.444	5.95	12	8					65.0	67	48	43	3	53
Joel Rolla	3	2	.600	6.46	9	5					46.0	46	45	33	6	43
Reuben Saager	2	4	.333	5.00	15	6					63.0	72	39	35	2	38
Totals	50	45	.526	5.18	152	92	0	0	0	0	820.0	895	543	472	40	473	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
Joe Schmidt	109	408	408		146	29	9	12						.358	.358	.561	.919	229
Jack McQuillen	118	471	471		129	22	10	1						.274	.274	.369	.643	174
Nick Starasta	117	429	429		128	36	4	4						.298	.298	.429	.727	184
Rogers Werner	116	431	431		118	14	9	0						.274	.274	.348	.622	150
Prince Joe Henry	92	363	363		100	12	4	3						.275	.275	.355	.631	129
Charles Henry	72	276	276		89	18	3	5						.322	.322	.464	.786	128
Dave Parisotto	77	279	279		82	13	5	1						.294	.294	.387	.681	108
Rich Ritzheimer	75	265	265		66	6	2	0						.249	.249	.287	.536	76
Lowell Mendenhall	55	204	204		62	10	7	5						.304	.304	.495	.799	101
Allen Evans	74	224	224		54	7	4	0						.241	.241	.308	.549	69
Daniel Stover	28	90	90		22	4	1	0						.244	.244	.311	.556	28
Don Gaebe	14	53	53		15	1	1	0						.283	.283	.340	.623	18
Mike Rolla	24	63	63		13	2	0	2						.206	.206	.333	.540	21
Roy Lee	13	31	31		11	3	0	0						.355	.355	.452	.806	14
Ken Hinton	14	55	55		10	1	0	0						.182	.182	.200	.382	11
Robert Himmelman	12	46	46		8	2	0	0						.174	.174	.217	.391	10
Mel Bridges	21	49	49		8	1	0	0						.163	.163	.184	.347	9
Charley Francis	24	34	34		7	1	0	1						.206	.206	.324	.529	11
Anthony Laganella	12	37	37		7	1	0	0						.189	.189	.216	.405	8
Joel Rolla	10	22	22		5	2	0	1						.227	.227	.455	.682	10
Robert Brookman	28	45	45		5	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	5
Kenneth Huffman	13	27	27		3	1	0	0						.111	.111	.148	.259	4
Kenneth Eubanks	14	10	10		2	1	0	0						.200	.200	.300	.500	3
Reuben Saager	15	21	21		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1147	3933	3933	0	1090	187	59	35	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.381	.659	1500	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Robert Brookman	P	28					.000
Mel Bridges	P	20					.000
Mike Rolla	P	19					.000
Charley Francis	P	19					.000
Reuben Saager	P	15					.000
Kenneth Huffman	P	12					.000
Joel Rolla	P	9					.000
Totals		122	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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