1953 Owensboro Oilers Statistics

Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (KITL) - Class: D
Team Record: 49-71
Finished 8th in the KITL
Manager: Marvin Crater (49-71)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Owensboro, Kentucky
Ballpark: Miller Field
Attendance: 64,375, Avg. 1,073

1953 Owensboro Oilers Roster

The Owensboro Oilers of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1953 season with a record of 49 wins and 71 losses, finishing eighth in the KITL.

The Oilers plated 688 runs and allowed 840 runs, most in the league. Marvin Crater led batters with significant playing time by hitting .357. Elvie Pfautz topped Owensboro with 12 wins and a team-best 3.69 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Jack McMahan played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Owensboro Oilers to do so.

Marvin Crater 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
Elvie Pfautz	12	13	.480	3.69	30	24					195.0	211	134	80	9	94
Jack McMahan	10	8	.556	3.85	21	17					145.0	165	84	62	3	34
John Sellen	10	11	.476	4.48	32	23					205.0	215	125	102	9	83
Bill Dietrich	7	8	.467	7.02	21	15					101.3	103	105	79	5	116
Chuck Gageby	3	4	.429	7.33	20	4					73.7	97	77	60	5	71
Earl Newsome	2	9	.182	6.83	15	13					87.0	112	80	66	10	64
Richard Kimball	1	8	.111	5.81	12	10					69.7	87	55	45	4	42
Totals	45	61	.425	5.07	151	106	0	0	0	0	876.7	990	660	494	45	504	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
Donald Miller	120	464	464		130	19	7	9						.280	.280	.409	.690	190
Kenneth Davis	112	422	422		127	24	10	10						.301	.301	.476	.777	201
Vic Caradona	112	439	439		124	24	5	2						.282	.282	.374	.656	164
Marvin Crater	103	342	342		122	31	3	0						.357	.357	.465	.822	159
Joey Tucker	76	314	314		98	15	3	2						.312	.312	.398	.710	125
Anthony Young	74	287	287		84	11	3	1						.293	.293	.362	.655	104
Lewis Gilbert	75	254	254		73	14	6	8						.287	.287	.484	.772	123
John Liptak	73	242	242		67	15	7	1						.277	.277	.409	.686	99
Henry Stewart	53	203	203		58	7	3	1						.286	.286	.365	.650	74
Russ Blankenship	32	122	122	14	34	8	3	0	16	1				.279	.279	.393	.672	48
James Wilson	37	143	143		32	8	0	0						.224	.224	.280	.503	40
John Sellen	38	101	101		24	3	1	0						.238	.238	.287	.525	29
Robert Forchee	20	71	71		18	2	2	0						.254	.254	.338	.592	24
Jack McMahan	22	63	63		15	4	0	0						.238	.238	.302	.540	19
Elvie Pfautz	31	69	69		13	0	0	0						.188	.188	.188	.377	13
Chuck Gageby	28	41	41		12	1	0	1						.293	.293	.390	.683	16
Leroy Browning	15	54	54		11	1	0	1						.204	.204	.278	.481	15
Bill Dietrich	21	38	38		8	0	0	0						.211	.211	.211	.421	8
Robert Self	11	26	26		7	1	0	0						.269	.269	.308	.577	8
Earl Newsome	15	35	35		7	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	7
Dave Cook	19	52	52		7	1	1	0						.135	.135	.192	.327	10
Ray Weinhold	10	29	29		5	0	0	0						.172	.172	.172	.345	5
Bud King	10	17	17		2	0	1	0						.118	.118	.235	.353	4
Richard Kimball	13	22	22		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1120	3850	3850	14	1078	189	55	36	16	1	0	0	0	.280	.280	.386	.666	1485	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
John Sellen	P	32					.000
Elvie Pfautz	P	30					.000
Jack McMahan	P	21					.000
Bill Dietrich	P	21					.000
Chuck Gageby	P	20					.000
Earl Newsome	P	15					.000
Richard Kimball	P	12					.000
Totals		151	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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