1953 Paducah Chiefs Statistics

Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (KITL) - Class: D
Team Record: 67-53
Finished 3rd in the KITL
Manager: Lee Peterson (67-53)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Paducah, Kentucky
Ballpark: Brooks Stadium
Attendance: 53,607, Avg. 893

1953 Paducah Chiefs Roster

Playoffs - Paducah Chiefs 2 games, Madisonville Miners 0
Finals - Paducah Chiefs 3 games, Fulton Lookouts 0

The Paducah Chiefs of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1953 season with a record of 67 wins and 53 losses, finishing third in the KITL.

The Chiefs scored 690 runs and yielded 696 runs. Pete Aviotti led all regular hitters by hitting .321. Marty Kutyna topped Paducah with 17 wins, while Lee Peterson added 15 or more wins, too Lee Peterson recorded a 2.7 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Marty Kutyna played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Paducah Chiefs to do so.

Lee Peterson 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
Marty Kutyna	17	7	.708	2.89	34	26					215.0	215	121	69	8	107
Lee Peterson	15	7	.682	2.70	33	18					187.0	187	94	56	9	40
Gene Puckett	11	9	.550	4.18	29	22					183.0	184	106	85	10	75
James Greer	9	8	.529	5.40	27	15					128.3	144	123	77	6	89
Kreisler Speas	5	2	.714	3.29	15	8					68.3	89	33	25	4	24
Dick Spiller	4	6	.400	5.45	16	13					74.3	75	61	45	2	63
William Langston	3	8	.273	4.02	17	12					112.0	120	73	50	4	58
Totals	64	47	.577	3.78	171	114	0	0	0	0	968.0	1014	611	407	43	456	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
Douglas Young	117	443	443		141	22	8	20						.318	.318	.540	.858	239
Pete Aviotti	103	408	408		131	27	5	8						.321	.321	.471	.792	192
Charles Braun	115	429	429		113	17	7	3						.263	.263	.357	.620	153
Bill Wilhelm	96	358	358		104	21	1	14						.291	.291	.472	.763	169
Frank DeMichele	107	374	374		93	19	2	0						.249	.249	.310	.559	116
Thomas Burns	80	303	303		77	17	1	5						.254	.254	.366	.620	111
John Briggs	71	256	256		68	13	5	3						.266	.266	.391	.656	100
Jack Chinchar	79	292	292		66	18	0	13						.226	.226	.421	.647	123
Billy Weddle	62	204	204		58	11	3	4						.284	.284	.426	.711	87
Victor Steele	40	140	140		36	8	0	0						.257	.257	.314	.571	44
Richard Gumbert	41	114	114		30	5	3	1						.263	.263	.386	.649	44
Marty Kutyna	46	101	101		24	2	2	0						.238	.238	.297	.535	30
James Greer	52	103	103		24	5	1	2						.233	.233	.359	.592	37
Lee Peterson	36	76	76		18	2	0	0						.237	.237	.263	.500	20
William Langston	20	54	54		12	1	0	0						.222	.222	.241	.463	13
Merle Wise	13	41	41		8	3	0	1						.195	.195	.341	.537	14
Dick Spiller	16	26	26		7	1	0	0						.269	.269	.308	.577	8
Fred Baranek	22	56	56		7	1	0	0						.125	.125	.143	.268	8
Gene Puckett	29	72	72		6	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	6
Kreisler Speas	15	25	25		4	1	0	0						.160	.160	.200	.360	5
Totals	1160	3875	3875	0	1027	194	38	74	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.265	.392	.657	1519	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Marty Kutyna	P	34					.000
Lee Peterson	P	33					.000
Gene Puckett	P	29					.000
James Greer	P	27					.000
William Langston	P	17					.000
Dick Spiller	P	16					.000
Kreisler Speas	P	15					.000
Totals		171	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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