1953 Raleigh Capitals Statistics
Team Record: 83-57
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Herbert Brett (83-57)
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Ballpark: Devereux Meadow Park
Attendance: 75,130, Avg. 1,073
Playoffs - Reidsville Luckies 3 games, Raleigh Capitals 2
The Raleigh Capitals of the Carolina League ended the 1953 season with a record of 83 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Capitals led the circuit with just 557 runs allowed. Raleigh scored 702 runs. Jack Hussey paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .292. Bernard Rossman topped the squad with 20 wins, while Albert Cleary added 15 or more wins, too Bernard Rossman registered a 2.45 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Bill Voiselle played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Raleigh Capitals to do so.
Herbert Brett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Rossman | 20 | 5 | .800 | 2.45 | 37 | 31 | 257.0 | 220 | 93 | 70 | 15 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Albert Cleary | 18 | 13 | .581 | 4.00 | 38 | 31 | 243.0 | 223 | 122 | 108 | 12 | 116 | ||||||||||
| Bill Voiselle | 13 | 3 | .812 | 2.51 | 22 | 18 | 158.0 | 133 | 48 | 44 | 10 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Lunsford Lewis | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.21 | 41 | 9 | 126.0 | 99 | 51 | 45 | 11 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Harry Helmer | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.47 | 36 | 22 | 197.0 | 186 | 98 | 76 | 9 | 116 | ||||||||||
| Thomas McCall | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.94 | 19 | 11 | 89.0 | 89 | 49 | 39 | 10 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Adam Twarkins | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.38 | 14 | 10 | 74.0 | 90 | 44 | 36 | 4 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 78 | 51 | .605 | 3.29 | 207 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1144.0 | 1040 | 505 | 418 | 71 | 463 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Tanner | 136 | 579 | 579 | 164 | 42 | 8 | 10 | .283 | .283 | .435 | .718 | 252 | |||||||||||
| George Hallow | 137 | 565 | 565 | 160 | 20 | 8 | 8 | .283 | .283 | .389 | .673 | 220 | |||||||||||
| Jim Edwards | 140 | 547 | 547 | 146 | 23 | 13 | 9 | .267 | .267 | .406 | .673 | 222 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Jacobs | 141 | 557 | 557 | 143 | 21 | 0 | 4 | .257 | .257 | .316 | .573 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Jack Hussey | 141 | 476 | 476 | 139 | 32 | 2 | 29 | .292 | .292 | .550 | .842 | 262 | |||||||||||
| William Romano | 141 | 540 | 540 | 134 | 19 | 7 | 3 | .248 | .248 | .326 | .574 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Taylor | 85 | 263 | 263 | 74 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .281 | .281 | .365 | .646 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Woodrow Wrenn | 88 | 250 | 250 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .216 | .216 | .284 | .500 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Bill Fowler | 44 | 161 | 161 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .248 | .248 | .385 | .634 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Bernard Rossman | 43 | 96 | 96 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .240 | .448 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Dewey Benson | 29 | 71 | 71 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .268 | .310 | .577 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Albert Cleary | 36 | 94 | 94 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .202 | .202 | .287 | .489 | 27 | |||||||||||
| LaVern Mayer | 17 | 49 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .306 | .510 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Bill Voiselle | 22 | 58 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .155 | .155 | .241 | .397 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Thomas McCall | 19 | 33 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .242 | .485 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Harry Helmer | 38 | 67 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .134 | .254 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bob Pearson | 13 | 40 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .175 | .175 | .250 | .425 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Adam Twarkins | 14 | 31 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .226 | .387 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Lunsford Lewis | 42 | 41 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .073 | .073 | .073 | .146 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1326 | 4518 | 4518 | 0 | 1162 | 204 | 45 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .371 | .628 | 1675 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Hallow | 1B | 137 | 1235 | 67 | 18 | .986 | 9.504 | |
| William Romano | 2B | 141 | 388 | 408 | 27 | .967 | 5.645 | |
| Arthur Jacobs | 3B | 141 | 122 | 310 | 27 | .941 | 3.064 | |
| Hugh Taylor | C | 79 | 449 | 37 | 5 | .990 | 6.152 | |
| Woodrow Wrenn | C | 77 | 371 | 41 | 9 | .979 | 5.351 | |
| Jack Hussey | OF | 137 | 193 | 15 | 3 | .986 | 1.518 | |
| Rudy Tanner | OF | 135 | 301 | 9 | 10 | .969 | 2.296 | |
| Bill Fowler | OF | 44 | 86 | 4 | 4 | .957 | 2.045 | |
| Dewey Benson | OF | 18 | 31 | 0 | 1 | .969 | 1.722 | |
| LaVern Mayer | OF | 17 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.882 | |
| Lunsford Lewis | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Cleary | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Bernard Rossman | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Helmer | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Voiselle | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas McCall | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Adam Twarkins | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Edwards | SS | 132 | 263 | 416 | 39 | .946 | 5.144 | |
| Bob Pearson | SS | 10 | 12 | 29 | 3 | .932 | 4.100 | |
| Totals | 1275 | 3481 | 1338 | 146 | 0 | .971 | 3.780 |
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.
