1953 Maryville-Alcoa Twins Statistics

Mountain States League (MSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 78-46
Finished 1st in the MSL
Manager: Jim Poole (78-46)
Location: Alcoa, Tennessee; Maryville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Hunt Field
Attendance: 25,000, Avg. 403

1953 Maryville-Alcoa Twins Roster

Playoffs - Maryville-Alcoa Twins 3 games, Kingsport Cherokees 2
Finals - Knoxville Smokies 3 games, Maryville-Alcoa Twins 1

The Maryville-Alcoa Twins of the Mountain States League ended the 1953 season with a record of 78 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the MSL.

The Maryville- Twins paced the league with 1045 runs. Alcoa allowed 730 runs, least in the league. Hugh Hamil led hitters with significant playing time with a .369 average. Ray Johnston topped the squad with 21 wins, while Defoy Padgett, too added 15 or more wins, too Ray Johnston recorded a 1.9 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Willie Kirkland played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Maryville-Alcoa Twins to do so.

Jim Poole 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
Ray Johnston	21	4	.840	1.90	36	25					232.0	195	79	49	3	71
Defoy Padgett	17	4	.810	2.68	32	18					168.0	136	76	50	6	111
Charles Lovell	10	6	.625	6.21	26	16					113.0	133	98	78	7	74
Carl McMillan	10	12	.455	4.28	30	21					181.0	178	118	86	8	105
John Omerza	7	10	.412	5.55	34	18					154.0	183	130	95	7	98
David Wilkinson	5	5	.500	4.85	10	9					78.0	81	59	42	6	55
Totals	70	41	.631	3.89	168	107	0	0	0	0	926.0	906	560	400	37	514	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
Hugh Hamil	120	483	483		178	44	5	23						.369	.369	.623	.992	301
Willie Kirkland	125	513	513		167	20	24	35						.326	.326	.663	.988	340
Joyce Laney	124	493	493		166	45	2	0						.337	.337	.436	.773	215
George Giles	119	457	457		151	26	13	1						.330	.330	.451	.781	206
Jack Wigley	125	495	495		143	16	4	0						.289	.289	.337	.626	167
William Blackstock	97	357	357		111	15	3	2						.311	.311	.387	.697	138
Jim Campbell	69	265	265		69	14	4	3						.260	.260	.377	.638	100
James Robinette	47	185	185		63	14	3	11						.341	.341	.627	.968	116
Robert Butts	40	151	151		48	7	3	0						.318	.318	.404	.722	61
Ray Johnston	53	130	130		40	2	1	1						.308	.308	.362	.669	47
Lawrence Redden	52	128	128		30	6	0	1						.234	.234	.305	.539	39
Defoy Padgett	36	78	78		22	7	0	0						.282	.282	.372	.654	29
Clifford Hancock	21	80	80		22	6	1	0						.275	.275	.375	.650	30
Floyd Clift	15	55	55		20	7	1	0						.364	.364	.527	.891	29
Carl McMillan	31	76	76		14	2	0	0						.184	.184	.211	.395	16
Thomas Richardson	11	33	33		11	2	1	3						.333	.333	.727	1.061	24
John Trombetta	13	38	38		9	0	0	1						.237	.237	.316	.553	12
Jimmy Bawcom	11	32	32		8	1	0	0						.250	.250	.281	.531	9
David Wilkinson	10	34	34		8	1	1	0						.235	.235	.324	.559	11
John Omerza	34	48	48		6	2	0	1						.125	.125	.229	.354	11
Charles Lovell	30	50	50		6	2	1	0						.120	.120	.200	.320	10
William Brown	10	24	24		4	1	0	0						.167	.167	.208	.375	5
Totals	1193	4205	4205	0	1296	240	67	82	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.456	.764	1916	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Ray Johnston	P	36					.000
John Omerza	P	34					.000
Defoy Padgett	P	32					.000
Carl McMillan	P	30					.000
Charles Lovell	P	26					.000
David Wilkinson	P	10					.000
Totals		168	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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