1953 Norton Braves Statistics

Mountain States League (MSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 63-63
Finished 5th in the MSL
Manager: Walt Dixon (63-63)
Location: Norton, Virginia
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 21,873, Avg. 347

1953 Norton Braves Roster

The Norton Braves of the Mountain States League ended the 1953 season with a record of 63 wins and 63 losses, finishing fifth in the MSL.

The Braves tallied 899 runs and surrendered 944 runs, most in the league. Walt Dixon led all regular batters with a .415 average. Eric Doughtie topped Norton with 17 wins, while Albert Turner recorded a 4.44 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Billy Williams played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Norton Braves to do so.

Walt Dixon 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
Eric Doughtie	17	8	.680	5.32	45	22					203.0	181	133	120	8	178
Bernard Satchik	14	10	.583	5.28	39	26					191.0	243	145	112	20	79
LeRoy Dill	8	5	.615	6.24	34	14					114.0	131	106	79	8	99
Albert Turner	8	11	.421	4.44	25	20					154.0	192	110	76	5	70
William Morgan	7	7	.500	5.17	25	14					101.0	129	80	58	5	69
Dale Gray	3	3	.500	6.64	15	8					61.0	93	70	45	7	30
Walt Dixon	2	2	.500	5.03	19	4					68.0	83	48	38	2	42
Totals	59	46	.562	5.33	202	108	0	0	0	0	892.0	1052	692	528	55	567	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
Walt Dixon	120	475	475		197	35	7	37						.415	.415	.752	1.166	357
Billy Williams	125	509	509		175	40	11	18						.344	.344	.572	.916	291
Richard Jennings	117	465	465		152	29	8	8						.327	.327	.475	.802	221
John Young	125	520	520		144	18	2	0						.277	.277	.319	.596	166
George Bolen	115	413	413		112	18	2	6						.271	.271	.368	.639	152
Rafael Casanova	87	339	339		108	30	0	6						.319	.319	.460	.779	156
Joseph Herpin	81	322	322		106	14	4	8						.329	.329	.472	.801	152
John Niro	88	283	283		66	8	1	1						.233	.233	.279	.512	79
McKinley Holland	37	154	154		49	13	4	1						.318	.318	.474	.792	73
Edwin Shepps	36	127	127		29	2	2	0						.228	.228	.276	.504	35
William Jones	64	147	147		28	6	3	0						.190	.190	.272	.463	40
Eric Doughtie	63	145	145		27	3	1	1						.186	.186	.241	.428	35
LeRoy Dill	45	67	67		14	1	0	0						.209	.209	.224	.433	15
Albert Turner	35	72	72		14	2	0	1						.194	.194	.264	.458	19
Bernard Satchik	39	66	66		12	3	0	0						.182	.182	.227	.409	15
William Roberts	14	40	40		11	3	0	3						.275	.275	.575	.850	23
Thomas Smiley	10	33	33		8	4	0	0						.242	.242	.364	.606	12
Dale Gray	15	30	30		7	1	0	0						.233	.233	.267	.500	8
William Morgan	27	37	37		6	2	2	0						.162	.162	.324	.486	12
Theodore Smith	14	15	15		2	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267	2
Totals	1257	4259	4259	0	1267	232	47	90	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.297	.437	.735	1863	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Eric Doughtie	P	45					.000
Bernard Satchik	P	39					.000
LeRoy Dill	P	34					.000
Albert Turner	P	25					.000
William Morgan	P	25					.000
Dale Gray	P	15					.000
Totals		183	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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