1953 Nashville Vols Statistics
Team Record: 85-69
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Hugh Poland (85-69)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Sulphur Dell
Attendance: 149,578, Avg. 1,943
Playoffs - Nashville Vols 4 games, Atlanta Crackers 2
Finals - Nashville Vols 4 games, Birmingham Barons 1
The Nashville Vols of the Southern Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 85 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the SA.
The Vols plated 787 runs and surrendered 763 runs. Gail Harris paced Nashville with 25 home runs, while Bob Boring, Harvey Gentry, Bill Taylor and Bob Lennon each walloped 15 or more, too. Bob Boring drove in 111 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .315. Jack Harshman recorded 23 wins on the mound for the squad, and Jim Constable added 15 or more wins, too Jack Harshman recorded a 3.27 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Harvey Gentry, Bob Lennon, Billy Gardner, Jack Harshman, Gail Harris, Jim Constable, Rube Novotney and Bill Taylor were all players from the 1953 Nashville Vols who played in the Majors during their careers.
Hugh Poland 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Harshman | 23 | 7 | .767 | 3.27 | 40 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 259.0 | 262 | 119 | 94 | 15 | 90 | 139 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Jim Constable | 19 | 13 | .594 | 3.64 | 41 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 230.0 | 241 | 114 | 93 | 14 | 89 | 183 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Pete Modica | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.38 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 104.0 | 85 | 46 | 39 | 6 | 55 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
James Singleton | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.64 | 42 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 165.0 | 196 | 103 | 85 | 10 | 77 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||
John Walsh | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.28 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 150.0 | 196 | 107 | 88 | 14 | 70 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Dick Libby | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.74 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 65.0 | 60 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dick Adair | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.09 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 | 156 | 78 | 65 | 14 | 60 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Tony Wesoloski | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.00 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 63.0 | 72 | 39 | 28 | 3 | 33 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Ron Mahrt | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.43 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 55 | 38 | 35 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Pete Mallory | 1 | 3 | .250 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Norman Fox | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8.75 | 11 | 36.0 | 40 | 24 | 35 | 35 | 21 | |||||||||||
Bob Lennon | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bob Giddings | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Jake Schmitt | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.23 | 7 | 26.0 | 37 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | |||||||||||
Totals | 85 | 69 | .552 | 4.30 | 313 | 141 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 1270.0 | 1400 | 717 | 607 | 85 | 590 | 0 | 712 | 26 | 1 | 31 | 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 Boring | 154 | 660 | 612 | 108 | 193 | 42 | 5 | 21 | 111 | 2 | 37 | 79 | .315 | .365 | .503 | .868 | 308 | 11 | 0 | ||||
Billy Gardner | 153 | 630 | 591 | 88 | 182 | 42 | 5 | 10 | 71 | 8 | 26 | 63 | .308 | .345 | .447 | .791 | 264 | 7 | 6 | ||||
Harvey Gentry | 150 | 665 | 555 | 109 | 163 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 73 | 4 | 103 | 96 | .294 | .407 | .447 | .854 | 248 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Gail Harris | 150 | 601 | 565 | 75 | 159 | 23 | 1 | 25 | 86 | 2 | 31 | 70 | .281 | .323 | .458 | .782 | 259 | 4 | 1 | ||||
Bill Taylor | 107 | 452 | 406 | 75 | 142 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 93 | 1 | 42 | 39 | .350 | .416 | .574 | .990 | 233 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Bob Lennon | 123 | 436 | 399 | 58 | 106 | 19 | 3 | 24 | 73 | 2 | 34 | 86 | .266 | .326 | .509 | .835 | 203 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Rube Novotney | 125 | 445 | 371 | 40 | 100 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 71 | 59 | .270 | .388 | .340 | .728 | 126 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Buster Boguskie | 97 | 365 | 322 | 50 | 98 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 33 | 20 | .304 | .380 | .373 | .752 | 120 | 6 | 4 | ||||
Alex Cosmidis | 92 | 307 | 267 | 55 | 80 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 30 | 18 | .300 | .379 | .348 | .727 | 93 | 4 | 6 | ||||
John Golich | 47 | 205 | 182 | 26 | 64 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 16 | .352 | .424 | .489 | .913 | 89 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Bill Pavlick | 83 | 250 | 213 | 27 | 61 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 36 | 36 | .286 | .390 | .362 | .751 | 77 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Jack Harshman | 86 | 184 | 149 | 27 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 40 | 0 | 33 | 26 | .315 | .446 | .631 | 1.077 | 94 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Robert Pottenger | 60 | 150 | 132 | 17 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 24 | .212 | .307 | .318 | .625 | 42 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Jim Constable | 42 | 94 | 82 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .207 | .244 | .220 | .464 | 18 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Tom Korczowski | 18 | 69 | 62 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 11 | .177 | .261 | .210 | .471 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dick Adair | 36 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .360 | .385 | .360 | .745 | 9 | 0 | 3 | ||||
John Walsh | 38 | 57 | 52 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .154 | .200 | .154 | .354 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
James Singleton | 42 | 63 | 58 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .138 | .180 | .138 | .318 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Pete Modica | 42 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .167 | .189 | .194 | .384 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Tony Wesoloski | 15 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .312 | .562 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Ron Mahrt | 21 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .294 | .200 | .494 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Jake Schmitt | 7 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||
Pat Tomkinson | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | |||||||||||
Billy Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Norman Fox | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Dick Libby | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Totals | 1714 | 5782 | 5147 | 787 | 1493 | 262 | 25 | 142 | 742 | 29 | 0 | 537 | 730 | .290 | .362 | .433 | .796 | 2231 | 0 | 46 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gail Harris | 1B | 150 | 1283 | 60 | 21 | 140 | .985 | 8.953 | ||||
Buster Boguskie | 2B | 81 | 184 | 228 | 12 | 59 | .972 | 5.086 | ||||
Alex Cosmidis | 2B | 65 | 150 | 148 | 9 | 38 | .971 | 4.585 | ||||
Bob Boring | 2B | 19 | 48 | 54 | 4 | 19 | .962 | 5.368 | ||||
Bob Boring | 3B | 135 | 113 | 327 | 32 | 33 | .932 | 3.259 | ||||
Billy Gardner | 3B | 19 | 14 | 36 | 2 | 7 | .962 | 2.632 | ||||
Rube Novotney | C | 124 | 624 | 44 | 8 | 8 | .988 | 5.387 | 3 | |||
Robert Pottenger | C | 52 | 175 | 14 | 3 | 4 | .984 | 3.635 | 2 | |||
Harvey Gentry | OF | 150 | 410 | 13 | 9 | 2 | .979 | 2.820 | ||||
Bob Lennon | OF | 117 | 167 | 21 | 6 | 4 | .969 | 1.607 | ||||
Bill Taylor | OF | 107 | 151 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .958 | 1.505 | ||||
Bill Pavlick | OF | 77 | 117 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .984 | 1.571 | ||||
John Golich | OF | 47 | 73 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .939 | 1.638 | ||||
James Singleton | P | 42 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .923 | .857 | ||||
Pete Modica | P | 42 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .964 | .643 | ||||
Jim Constable | P | 41 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .912 | .756 | ||||
Jack Harshman | P | 40 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.075 | ||||
Dick Adair | P | 36 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .583 | ||||
John Walsh | P | 34 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 5 | .968 | .882 | ||||
Ron Mahrt | P | 19 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .684 | ||||
Tony Wesoloski | P | 15 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .667 | ||||
Pete Mallory | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
Norman Fox | P | 11 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .857 | 1.636 | ||||
Dick Libby | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Jake Schmitt | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Bob Giddings | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Bob Lennon | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Harvey Gentry | SS | 135 | 241 | 408 | 40 | 86 | .942 | 4.807 | ||||
Billy Gardner | SS | 135 | 241 | 408 | 40 | .942 | 4.807 | |||||
Tom Korczowski | SS | 18 | 35 | 57 | 8 | 15 | .920 | 5.111 | ||||
Totals | 1744 | 4080 | 2011 | 223 | 435 | .965 | 3.493 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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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