1953 Olean Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 63-61
Finished 5th in the PONYL
Manager: Bill Davis (0-0), Walter Lance (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Olean, New York
Ballpark: Bradner Stadium
Attendance: 27,139, Avg. 438
The Olean Yankees of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1953 season with a record of 63 wins and 61 losses, finishing fifth in the PONYL.
The Yankees plated 808 runs and conceded 718 runs. Pablo Rivera led hitters with significant playing time with a .339 average. James Reynolds topped Olean with 16 wins and a team-best 2.92 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Bobby Richardson and Lou Johnson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bill Davis and Walter Lance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Reynolds | 16 | 6 | .727 | 2.92 | 25 | 21 | 157.0 | 134 | 67 | 51 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Edward Andrews | 11 | 2 | .846 | 2.98 | 19 | 15 | 127.0 | 101 | 60 | 42 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Don Johnson | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.43 | 21 | 19 | 138.0 | 130 | 78 | 68 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Landis Neal | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.36 | 16 | 13 | 95.0 | 108 | 61 | 46 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Asquith | 6 | 11 | .353 | 5.62 | 25 | 16 | 136.0 | 165 | 108 | 85 | 74 | |||||||||||
| William Gazdik | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.75 | 34 | 9 | 144.0 | 158 | 91 | 76 | 67 | |||||||||||
| David Oliphant | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.40 | 9 | 6 | 45.0 | 53 | 40 | 32 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Frank Gallo | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.46 | 8 | 5 | 52.0 | 56 | 23 | 20 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Peter Babbles | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.70 | 10 | 6 | 47.0 | 47 | 47 | 35 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 62 | 48 | .564 | 4.35 | 167 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 941.0 | 952 | 575 | 455 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Rivera | 123 | 449 | 449 | 152 | 36 | 7 | 7 | .339 | .339 | .497 | .835 | 223 | |||||||||||
| Edward Rippili | 123 | 482 | 482 | 126 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .311 | .573 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Walter Lance | 99 | 351 | 351 | 100 | 35 | 5 | 10 | .285 | .285 | .499 | .783 | 175 | |||||||||||
| Harron Floyd | 59 | 229 | 229 | 83 | 15 | 4 | 8 | .362 | .362 | .568 | .930 | 130 | |||||||||||
| James Brown | 73 | 310 | 310 | 75 | 24 | 2 | 5 | .242 | .242 | .381 | .623 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Edward Bauer | 51 | 194 | 194 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .314 | .314 | .423 | .737 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Gladstone Smith | 49 | 190 | 190 | 59 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .311 | .311 | .432 | .742 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Frank Ricco | 56 | 189 | 189 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 8 | .307 | .307 | .519 | .825 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Richardson | 32 | 131 | 131 | 54 | 14 | 0 | 1 | .412 | .412 | .542 | .954 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Dean Underwood | 66 | 195 | 195 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .292 | .533 | 57 | |||||||||||
| James Yarber | 52 | 165 | 165 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .242 | .242 | .309 | .552 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Lou Johnson | 45 | 165 | 165 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .194 | .194 | .297 | .491 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Thomas O'Rourke | 32 | 123 | 123 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .252 | .252 | .301 | .553 | 37 | |||||||||||
| James Miller | 27 | 98 | 98 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 4 | .255 | .255 | .429 | .684 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Ray Brueno | 25 | 99 | 99 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .263 | .475 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Edward Andrews | 24 | 71 | 71 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .282 | .282 | .423 | .704 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Magnuson | 23 | 64 | 64 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .281 | .281 | .375 | .656 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Sam Claypool | 21 | 75 | 75 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .240 | .240 | .373 | .613 | 28 | |||||||||||
| James Reynolds | 28 | 65 | 65 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .338 | .585 | 22 | |||||||||||
| David Oliphant | 22 | 58 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .207 | .207 | .259 | .466 | 15 | |||||||||||
| William Gazdik | 34 | 52 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .231 | .442 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Al White | 19 | 47 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .213 | .213 | .426 | .638 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Leo Jackels | 21 | 69 | 69 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .130 | .130 | .232 | .362 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Jack White | 12 | 35 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .257 | .486 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Don Johnson | 21 | 50 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .160 | .320 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Willie Davis | 10 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .350 | .350 | .400 | .750 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Asquith | 29 | 50 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .140 | .280 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Peter Babbles | 11 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .389 | .611 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Jack Male | 12 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .121 | .152 | .273 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Landis Neal | 16 | 35 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .114 | .114 | .229 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Cimmino | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1227 | 4116 | 4116 | 0 | 1120 | 235 | 34 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .272 | .390 | .662 | 1606 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Gazdik | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| James Reynolds | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur Asquith | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Don Johnson | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Andrews | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Landis Neal | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Peter Babbles | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Gallo | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 158 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
