1953 Newport News Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 80-56
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Stan Wasiak (80-56)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 90,000, Avg. 1,324
Playoffs - Newport News Dodgers 4 games, Hagerstown Braves 0
Finals - Norfolk Tars 4 games, Newport News Dodgers 1
The Newport News Dodgers of the Piedmont League ended the 1953 season with a record of 80 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the PL.
The Dodgers scored 673 runs and yielded 585 runs. Lou Colombo led batters with significant playing time with a .310 average. Wayne Johnson and Emerson Unzicker topped Newport News with 14 wins each, while Wayne Johnson recorded a 2.48 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1953 Newport News Dodgers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Charlie Neal, John Glenn, Ralph Mauriello, Johnny Rutherford, Bob Lillis and Al Gionfriddo.
Stan Wasiak served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Unzicker | 14 | 6 | .700 | 2.92 | 36 | 21 | 154.0 | 109 | 58 | 50 | 6 | 101 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Johnson | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.48 | 24 | 20 | 149.0 | 103 | 48 | 41 | 2 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Arnold Banals | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.35 | 28 | 17 | 129.0 | 121 | 66 | 48 | 7 | 57 | ||||||||||
| McKinley Mosley | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.98 | 14 | 12 | 91.0 | 58 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Tony Cincotta | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.51 | 41 | 4 | 118.0 | 121 | 55 | 46 | 7 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Rutherford | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.98 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| James Malloch | 6 | 5 | .545 | 6.03 | 28 | 12 | 115.0 | 108 | 88 | 77 | 5 | 104 | ||||||||||
| John Ceplo | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.46 | 26 | 14 | 125.0 | 105 | 58 | 48 | 2 | 107 | ||||||||||
| Glenn McMinn | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.32 | 17 | 4 | 57.0 | 43 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Ralph Mauriello | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.80 | 18 | 12 | 90.0 | 80 | 58 | 48 | 3 | 88 | ||||||||||
| James Sprankle | 1 | 6 | .143 | 3.91 | 10 | 6 | 46.0 | 37 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 54 | .581 | 3.44 | 248 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1124.0 | 921 | 521 | 430 | 40 | 706 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lillis | 129 | 523 | 523 | 152 | 25 | 6 | 3 | .291 | .291 | .379 | .669 | 198 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Neal | 124 | 444 | 444 | 135 | 24 | 12 | 5 | .304 | .304 | .446 | .750 | 198 | |||||||||||
| Lou Colombo | 123 | 432 | 432 | 134 | 20 | 1 | 4 | .310 | .310 | .389 | .699 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Dan Lynk | 135 | 516 | 516 | 121 | 25 | 6 | 10 | .234 | .234 | .364 | .599 | 188 | |||||||||||
| John Glenn | 122 | 438 | 438 | 111 | 11 | 9 | 8 | .253 | .253 | .374 | .628 | 164 | |||||||||||
| Stan Wasiak | 111 | 373 | 373 | 98 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .306 | .568 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Morris Mack | 83 | 254 | 254 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .260 | .484 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Ray McLeod | 72 | 207 | 207 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .280 | .541 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Jim Koranda | 58 | 199 | 199 | 51 | 10 | 7 | 4 | .256 | .256 | .437 | .693 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Sam Palamara | 89 | 224 | 224 | 49 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .299 | .518 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Dick Ballestrini | 51 | 138 | 138 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .254 | .254 | .384 | .638 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Al Gionfriddo | 26 | 89 | 89 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .315 | .315 | .371 | .685 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Jack Elkins | 33 | 105 | 105 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .257 | .257 | .400 | .657 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Keith | 41 | 100 | 100 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .270 | .500 | 27 | |||||||||||
| John Ceplo | 27 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Johnson | 24 | 48 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .146 | .292 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Arnold Banals | 29 | 35 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .171 | .343 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Emerson Unzicker | 37 | 46 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Owen Maguire | 14 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .227 | .455 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Tony Cincotta | 41 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .147 | .176 | .324 | 6 | |||||||||||
| James Malloch | 28 | 39 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .154 | .282 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Mauriello | 18 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .160 | .320 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Harry Shifflett | 11 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Rutherford | 10 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Richie Colombo | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Glenn McMinn | 19 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | |||||||||||
| McKinley Mosley | 14 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .074 | .111 | .185 | 3 | |||||||||||
| James Sprankle | 10 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1489 | 4434 | 4434 | 0 | 1132 | 169 | 51 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .343 | .599 | 1523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Lynk | 1B | 134 | 1196 | 81 | 24 | .982 | 9.530 | |
| Charlie Neal | 2B | 110 | 310 | 329 | 21 | .968 | 5.809 | |
| Morris Mack | 3B | 73 | 79 | 142 | 15 | .936 | 3.027 | |
| Stan Wasiak | 3B | 67 | 78 | 146 | 10 | .957 | 3.343 | |
| Ray McLeod | C | 63 | 286 | 38 | 10 | .970 | 5.143 | |
| Dick Ballestrini | C | 41 | 189 | 17 | 9 | .958 | 5.024 | |
| Jack Elkins | C | 30 | 138 | 21 | 3 | .981 | 5.300 | |
| John Glenn | OF | 120 | 297 | 20 | 10 | .969 | 2.642 | |
| Lou Colombo | OF | 116 | 171 | 6 | 7 | .962 | 1.526 | |
| Sam Palamara | OF | 79 | 129 | 9 | 7 | .952 | 1.747 | |
| Jim Koranda | OF | 55 | 98 | 6 | 8 | .929 | 1.891 | |
| Al Gionfriddo | OF | 26 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.731 | |
| Daniel Keith | OF | 25 | 40 | 1 | 2 | .953 | 1.640 | |
| Tony Cincotta | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Emerson Unzicker | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| James Malloch | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Arnold Banals | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| John Ceplo | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Wayne Johnson | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Mauriello | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Glenn McMinn | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| McKinley Mosley | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| James Sprankle | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Johnny Rutherford | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Lillis | SS | 129 | 311 | 443 | 40 | .950 | 5.845 | |
| Totals | 1316 | 3366 | 1260 | 166 | 0 | .965 | 3.515 |
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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