1953 Roanoke Ro-Sox Statistics
Team Record: 39-53
in the PL
Manager: Elmer Yoter (39-53)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Roanoke, Virginia
Ballpark: Maher Field
Attendance: 39,302, Avg. 854
The Roanoke Ro-Sox of the Piedmont League ended the 1953 season with a record of 39 wins and 53 lossesRoanoke withdrew July 24.
The Ro-Sox scored 444 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 543 runs. Guy Morton led all regular batters by hitting .302. John Patula topped Roanoke with 8 wins, while James Difrederico earned a 3.49 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1953 Roanoke Ro-Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jerry Casale, Arnold Earley, Neil Chrisley and Guy Morton.
Elmer Yoter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Patula | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.93 | 23 | 19 | 126.0 | 98 | 69 | 55 | 2 | 98 | ||||||||||
| James Difrederico | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.49 | 22 | 9 | 80.0 | 87 | 47 | 31 | 5 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Casale | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.89 | 8 | 44.0 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 37 | ||||||||||||
| Fred Zirella | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.08 | 16 | 6 | 75.0 | 73 | 47 | 34 | 5 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Bill Slack | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.64 | 16 | 7 | 64.0 | 64 | 41 | 33 | 4 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Dick England | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.17 | 34 | 3 | 94.0 | 103 | 70 | 54 | 12 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Leo Groeschen | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.14 | 13 | 6 | 50.0 | 52 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Arnold Earley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.44 | 6 | 16.0 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 30 | 36 | .455 | 4.33 | 138 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 549.0 | 517 | 345 | 264 | 29 | 357 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Morton | 87 | 311 | 311 | 94 | 16 | 2 | 8 | .302 | .302 | .444 | .746 | 138 | |||||||||||
| Jack Stallings | 92 | 320 | 320 | 82 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .331 | .587 | 106 | |||||||||||
| George Contratto | 77 | 286 | 286 | 81 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .283 | .283 | .350 | .633 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Richard Hidalgo | 85 | 299 | 299 | 78 | 19 | 3 | 8 | .261 | .261 | .425 | .686 | 127 | |||||||||||
| John Pfeiffer | 77 | 244 | 244 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 7 | .213 | .213 | .373 | .586 | 91 | |||||||||||
| Bob Caselli | 56 | 188 | 188 | 51 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .271 | .271 | .367 | .638 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Bob Brock | 61 | 195 | 195 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .221 | .221 | .292 | .513 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Harold Gruner | 36 | 136 | 136 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .272 | .272 | .404 | .676 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Dick Pedrotti | 51 | 122 | 122 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .262 | .262 | .467 | .730 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Julio Ondani | 32 | 90 | 90 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .322 | .589 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Carmine Vinci | 34 | 103 | 103 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .223 | .223 | .311 | .534 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Jack Burns | 26 | 98 | 98 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .255 | .480 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Furfaro | 20 | 73 | 73 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .205 | .205 | .288 | .493 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Neil Chrisley | 12 | 47 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .277 | .277 | .426 | .702 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Marshall Radebach | 22 | 65 | 65 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .185 | .185 | .385 | .569 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Bill Slack | 30 | 43 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .256 | .256 | .349 | .605 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Gibson | 11 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .310 | .345 | .655 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Armand Diferdinando | 12 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .343 | .600 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Casale | 14 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .542 | .875 | 13 | |||||||||||
| John Patula | 25 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .250 | .432 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Fred Zirella | 17 | 28 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .321 | .536 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Dick England | 34 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | |||||||||||
| James Difrederico | 22 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Red Whitson | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Leo Groeschen | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jack Hartsell | 13 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 972 | 2866 | 2866 | 0 | 723 | 117 | 33 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .252 | .361 | .613 | 1035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Contratto | 1B | 76 | 654 | 55 | 7 | .990 | 9.329 | |
| Jack Burns | 1B | 16 | 153 | 21 | 1 | .994 | 1.875 | |
| Jack Stallings | 2B | 92 | 238 | 270 | 28 | .948 | 5.522 | |
| Dick Pedrotti | 3B | 38 | 31 | 55 | 14 | .860 | 2.263 | |
| Vincent Furfaro | 3B | 19 | 13 | 29 | 4 | .913 | 2.211 | |
| Julio Ondani | 3B | 14 | 13 | 23 | 1 | .973 | 2.571 | |
| Guy Morton | C | 87 | 466 | 45 | 17 | .968 | 5.874 | |
| Richard Hidalgo | OF | 79 | 149 | 15 | 7 | .959 | 2.076 | |
| Bob Brock | OF | 57 | 120 | 4 | 9 | .932 | 2.175 | |
| Bob Caselli | OF | 51 | 93 | 4 | 1 | .990 | 1.902 | |
| Harold Gruner | OF | 35 | 54 | 2 | 2 | .966 | 1.600 | |
| Marshall Radebach | OF | 16 | 17 | 0 | 2 | .895 | 1.062 | |
| Neil Chrisley | OF | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | |
| Armand Diferdinando | OF | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.400 | |
| Dick England | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| John Patula | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| James Difrederico | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Zirella | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Slack | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Groeschen | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Casale | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Arnold Earley | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| John Pfeiffer | SS | 44 | 94 | 127 | 12 | .948 | 5.023 | |
| Carmine Vinci | SS | 33 | 63 | 81 | 16 | .900 | 4.364 | |
| Totals | 817 | 2184 | 732 | 122 | 0 | .960 | 3.569 |
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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