1953 Richmond Colts Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 45-86
Finished 7th in the PL
Manager: Charlie Letchas (45-86)
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Mooers Field
Attendance: 40,000, Avg. 611

1953 Richmond Colts Roster

The Richmond Colts of the Piedmont League ended the 1953 season with a record of 45 wins and 86 losses, finishing seventh in the PL.

The Colts tallied 609 runs and gave up 859 runs, most in the league. Joe Monteiro led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .311. Robert Ennis topped Richmond with 12 wins, while Tom Vines earned a 4.01 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1953 Richmond Colts who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dizzy Sutherland, Ray Poole, Charlie Letchas, Garvin Hamner and Garnett Blair.

Charlie Letchas 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
Robert Ennis	12	12	.500	5.73	27	26					168.0	192	121	107	22	95
Tom Vines	6	7	.462	4.01	18	13					110.0	116	55	49	6	49
Whit Graves	6	12	.333	6.34	32	20					159.0	162	126	112	15	147
Dewey Wilkins	5	3	.625	1.52	14	7					71.0	58	19	12	1	23
Leonidas Dansby	4	9	.308	4.88	36	6					120.0	117	88	65	7	91
Alfred Everett	3	3	.500	5.33	12	6					49.0	49	33	29	3	47
George Erath	2	5	.286	4.16	15	9					67.0	81	41	31	8	28
Ernie Clark	2	5	.286	7.41	20	7					68.0	87	72	56	8	62
Dick Knabe	1	6	.143	7.91	13	10					66.0	81	64	58	9	44
Arthur Webb	0	4	.000	4.58	19	4					59.0	61	39	30	2	73
Totals	41	66	.383	5.27	206	108	0	0	0	0	937.0	1004	658	549	81	659	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
Joe Monteiro	131	517	517		161	22	6	20						.311	.311	.493	.805	255
Ettore Giammarco	130	449	449		126	21	1	26						.281	.281	.506	.786	227
Ray Poole	131	467	467		119	25	8	3						.255	.255	.362	.617	169
Jose Burgos	123	470	470		114	22	4	1						.243	.243	.313	.555	147
Donald Pope	102	375	375		101	26	2	3						.269	.269	.373	.643	140
Frank Sangalli	81	273	273		64	17	1	1						.234	.234	.315	.549	86
Frank Santora	73	260	260		52	7	0	0						.200	.200	.227	.427	59
Charlie Letchas	71	191	191		46	8	0	0						.241	.241	.283	.524	54
Garvin Hamner	63	212	212		44	5	0	1						.208	.208	.245	.453	52
Kenneth Olin	85	224	224		43	13	2	1						.192	.192	.281	.473	63
Joe Massaro	29	96	96		25	3	0	0						.260	.260	.292	.552	28
Robert Ennis	46	95	95		24	1	1	0						.253	.253	.284	.537	27
Charley Wolf	22	91	91		19	4	2	0						.209	.209	.297	.505	27
Whit Graves	41	73	73		17	2	0	0						.233	.233	.260	.493	19
George Wright	20	60	60		11	0	0	0						.183	.183	.183	.367	11
Dick Knabe	18	29	29		9	0	0	1						.310	.310	.414	.724	12
Irv Sharp	12	29	29		7	1	0	0						.241	.241	.276	.517	8
Leonidas Dansby	42	37	37		4	0	0	0						.108	.108	.108	.216	4
Theodore Rustin	11	11	11		3	1	0	0						.273	.273	.364	.636	4
Alfred Everett	12	18	18		3	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	3
Dewey Wilkins	14	22	22		3	0	1	0						.136	.136	.227	.364	5
Ernie Clark	22	23	23		3	0	0	0						.130	.130	.130	.261	3
Tom Vines	18	39	39		3	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	3
Arthur Webb	20	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	2
George Erath	16	22	22		2	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	2
Billy Smith	10	23	23	0	2	0	0	0	1	0				.087	.087	.087	.174	2
Totals	1343	4126	4126	0	1007	178	28	57	1	0	0	0	0	.244	.244	.342	.586	1412	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Donald Pope	1B	102	784	58	17		.980	8.255
Charley Wolf	1B	22	200	13	1		.995	9.682
Frank Santora	2B	70	205	191	10		.975	5.657
Garvin Hamner	2B	51	138	164	11		.965	5.922
Frank Sangalli	3B	65	85	137	16		.933	3.415
Charlie Letchas	3B	52	54	71	12		.912	2.404
George Wright	3B	15	12	22	2		.944	2.267
Kenneth Olin	C	65	253	36	14		.954	4.446
Joe Massaro	C	26	129	4	4		.971	5.115
Joe Monteiro	OF	131	356	14	10		.974	2.824
Ray Poole	OF	130	309	15	9		.973	2.492
Ettore Giammarco	OF	129	209	11	15		.936	1.705
Leonidas Dansby	P	36						.000
Whit Graves	P	32						.000
Robert Ennis	P	27						.000
Ernie Clark	P	20						.000
Arthur Webb	P	19						.000
Tom Vines	P	18						.000
George Erath	P	15						.000
Dewey Wilkins	P	14						.000
Dick Knabe	P	13						.000
Alfred Everett	P	12						.000
Jose Burgos	SS	123	228	399	32		.951	5.098
Totals		1187	2962	1135	153	0	.964	3.452

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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