1953 Pueblo Dodgers Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 78-77
Finished 3rd in the WL
Manager: George Pfister (78-77)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Pueblo, Colorado
Ballpark: Runyon Field
Attendance: 103,878, Avg. 1,340
1953 Pueblo Dodgers Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 3 games, Pueblo Dodgers 0

The Pueblo Dodgers of the Western League ended the 1953 season with a record of 78 wins and 77 losses, finishing third in the WL.

The Dodgers scored 795 runs and conceded 797 runs. Kent Pflasterer paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .350. Melvin Waters topped Pueblo with 18 wins, while Karl Spooner recorded a 2.53 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

George Pfister, Glen Gorbous, Maury Wills, Tom Kirk, Nat Peeples, Karl Spooner, Red Witt and Jim Gentile were all players from the 1953 Pueblo Dodgers who played in the Majors during their careers.

George Pfister 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
Melvin Waters1812.6003.683331247.02601311011487
Karl Spooner116.6472.532120153.09758437115
Eugene Kern99.5005.182820139.015997801170
Robert Hoffman910.4745.003121153.01601068516108
Hugh Moxley911.4504.062623162.0164967311108
Tom Lakos510.3333.912013115.01166850566
Lowell Grosskopf43.5713.9518466.0684329458
Earl McClellan22.5003.8632084.0714436652
Glenn McMinn11.5005.79214.01497
Red Witt006.0036.08648
Totals6864.5154.0321413200001139.0111764951074679000000

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
Glen Gorbous156607607204291011.336.336.471.807286
Kent Pflasterer1415435431902779.350.350.475.825258
Norman Postolese1566306301813096.287.287.392.679247
Jim Gentile15653753714525434.270.270.521.791280
Lacey Curry1334474471241676.277.277.385.662172
Joe Frisina1224434431112431.251.251.325.576144
Dick Schroeder1214504501031712.229.229.284.513128
Raymond Cucchiarini983073079214219.300.300.544.844167
Lou Landini63211211671013.318.318.417.73588
George Pfister6719419458510.299.299.335.63465
Jack Elkins29949429213.309.309.447.75542
Tom Kirk29868626741.302.302.512.81444
Melvin Waters35949419400.202.202.245.44723
Maury Wills18636318200.286.286.317.60320
Hugh Moxley30737317221.233.233.356.58926
Nat Peeples1134348103.235.235.529.76518
Lowell Grosskopf1926267100.269.269.308.5778
Karl Spooner2347477000.149.149.149.2987
Eugene Kern3155555210.091.091.164.2559
Danny Hayling1016164101.250.250.500.7508
Tom Lakos2039394000.103.103.103.2054
Rene Solis1214143000.214.214.214.4293
Robert Hoffman3249493000.061.061.061.1223
Earl McClellan3221212000.095.095.095.1902
Walt Bryja1612121000.083.083.083.1671
Totals156050925092014282195310000000.280.280.403.684205300000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Jim Gentile1B15411897128.9788.182
Joe Frisina2B7818917012.9684.603
Maury Wills2B3191815.9725.548
Kent Pflasterer3B1009718926.9172.860
George PfisterC613433110.9746.131
Lou LandiniC613403110.9746.082
Jack ElkinsC28148227.9606.071
Norman PostoleseOF156425228.9822.865
Glen GorbousOF1563131910.9712.128
Raymond CucchiariniOF96132101.9931.479
Tom KirkOF244412.9571.875
Melvin WatersP33.000
Earl McClellanP32.000
Robert HoffmanP31.000
Eugene KernP28.000
Hugh MoxleyP26.000
Karl SpoonerP21.000
Tom LakosP20.000
Lowell GrosskopfP18.000
Red WittP3.000
Glenn McMinnP2.000
Dick SchroederSS6911917733.9004.290
Lacey CurrySS6111517725.9214.787
Totals1289354510011770.9633.527

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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