1953 Reading Indians Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 101-47
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Kerby Farrell (101-47)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 106,368, Avg. 1,437

1953 Reading Indians Roster

Playoffs - Reading Indians 4 games, Schenectady Blue Jays 2
Finals - Binghamton Triplets 4 games, Reading Indians 2

The Reading Indians of the Eastern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 101 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the EL.

The Indians scored 794 runs, most in the league. Reading gave up 569 runs. Billy Harrell led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .330. Billy Ray Meyer topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.85 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1953 Reading Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Altobelli, Doug Hansen, Brooks Lawrence, Rocky Colavito, Rudy Regalado, Billy Harrell, Bud Daley, Gordy Coleman, Joe Caffie, Herb Score, Rod Graber and Earl Averill.

Kerby Farrell 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
Billy Ray Meyer	18	8	.692	2.85	34	25					215.0	176	87	68	12	80
Jim Barnhardt	12	6	.667	3.90	34	15					134.0	116	65	58	7	83
Floyd Penfold	11	7	.611	3.99	31	17					149.0	155	76	66	2	90
Billy Joe Davidson	11	18	.379	2.89	40	29					218.0	207	81	70	10	72
Marion Murszewski	10	5	.667	3.45	43	8					99.0	80	48	38	3	59
Jack Carmichael	10	8	.556	3.88	35	15					144.0	147	68	62	5	59
Norm Camp	9	1	.900	1.99	15	11					86.0	62	22	19	2	32
Bud Daley	7	1	.875	2.38	21	13					102.0	71	32	27	4	39
Herb Score	7	3	.700	4.68	23	17					98.0	64	54	51	5	126
Brooks Lawrence	0	0		5.25	7						12.0	12	8	7		6
Totals	95	57	.625	3.34	283	150	0	0	0	0	1257.0	1090	541	466	50	646	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
Billy Harrell	141	515	515		170	21	10	4						.330	.330	.433	.763	223
Joe Altobelli	148	528	528		155	28	9	4						.294	.294	.403	.697	213
Rocky Colavito	146	528	528		143	21	6	28						.271	.271	.492	.763	260
Jimmy Cleverly	133	450	450		140	15	10	0						.311	.311	.389	.700	175
Rod Graber	144	469	469		134	20	13	5						.286	.286	.416	.701	195
Joe Caffie	94	371	371		119	16	10	7						.321	.321	.474	.795	176
Rudy Regalado	89	330	330		105	9	1	7						.318	.318	.415	.733	137
Earl Averill	71	210	210		66	10	4	6						.314	.314	.486	.800	102
Ronnie King	91	227	227		49	9	3	1						.216	.216	.295	.511	67
Doug Hansen	53	190	190		48	9	2	6						.253	.253	.416	.668	79
Bob Moscrey	69	150	150		37	3	1	0						.247	.247	.280	.527	42
Donny Montgomery	45	130	130		31	2	1	0						.238	.238	.269	.508	35
Billy Ray Meyer	36	88	88		27	3	1	1						.307	.307	.398	.705	35
Isaac Seaone	43	114	114		25	2	3	1						.219	.219	.316	.535	36
Jimmy King	22	62	62		18	4	0	1						.290	.290	.403	.694	25
Bud Daley	22	39	39		9	1	0	0						.231	.231	.256	.487	10
Billy Joe Davidson	39	53	53		9	2	1	0						.170	.170	.245	.415	13
Floyd Penfold	31	51	51		8	0	0	1						.157	.157	.216	.373	11
Herb Score	24	35	35		7	0	1	0						.200	.200	.257	.457	9
Norm Camp	17	36	36		7	0	1	0						.194	.194	.250	.444	9
Bert Rechichar	10	40	40		7	4	1	0						.175	.175	.325	.500	13
Robert Mayhew	24	31	31		6	1	0	0						.194	.194	.226	.419	7
Jim Barnhardt	41	46	46		6	0	0	0						.130	.130	.130	.261	6
Jack Carmichael	43	46	46		6	2	0	1						.130	.130	.239	.370	11
Gordy Coleman	13	20	20		4	1	0	1						.200	.200	.400	.600	8
Marion Murszewski	43	25	25		3	1	0	0						.120	.120	.160	.280	4
Thomas Farrell	15	10	10		2	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Gary Kolod	13	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1660	4800	4800	0	1341	184	78	74	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.279	.396	.676	1903	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Altobelli	1B	147	1092	83	19		.984	7.993
Jimmy Cleverly	2B	121	291	221	20		.962	4.231
Bob Moscrey	2B	22	35	33	2		.971	3.091
Rudy Regalado	3B	79	75	164	14		.945	3.025
Doug Hansen	3B	46	46	84	10		.929	2.826
Ronnie King	C	87	441	41	8		.984	5.540
Earl Averill	C	54	272	27	6		.980	5.537
Isaac Seaone	C	35	208	22	3		.987	6.571
Rod Graber	OF	144	344	13	9		.975	2.479
Rocky Colavito	OF	143	263	12	5		.982	1.923
Joe Caffie	OF	93	166	7	10		.945	1.860
Jimmy King	OF	19	28	0	1		.966	1.474
Bert Rechichar	OF	10	15	0	1		.938	1.500
Marion Murszewski	P	43						.000
Billy Joe Davidson	P	40						.000
Jack Carmichael	P	35						.000
Billy Ray Meyer	P	34						.000
Jim Barnhardt	P	34						.000
Floyd Penfold	P	31						.000
Herb Score	P	23						.000
Bud Daley	P	21						.000
Norm Camp	P	15						.000
Brooks Lawrence	P	7						.000
Billy Harrell	SS	92	155	261	21		.952	4.522
Donny Montgomery	SS	35	55	109	16		.911	4.686
Robert Mayhew	SS	18	15	23	3		.927	2.111
Totals		1428	3501	1100	148	0	.969	3.222

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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