1953 Shelby Clippers Statistics
Team Record: 60-49
Finished 3rd in the THL
Manager: Dave Coble (60-49)
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Ballpark: Veterans Stadium
Attendance: 19,247, Avg. 353
Playoffs - Marion Marauders 4 games, Shelby Clippers 2
The Shelby Clippers of the Tar Heel League ended the 1953 season with a record of 60 wins and 49 losses, finishing third in the THL.
The Clippers scored 655 runs and conceded 557 runs. Pud Miller and Red Mincy paced all regular hitters by hitting .349. Jose Nakamura topped Shelby with 19 wins and a team-best 2.4 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1953 Shelby Clippers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rogelio Martínez, George Brunet and Danny Reynolds.
Dave Coble 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Nakamura | 19 | 11 | .633 | 2.40 | 39 | 29 | 248.0 | 220 | 89 | 66 | 11 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Joe Sheppard | 14 | 6 | .700 | 4.11 | 24 | 22 | 175.0 | 177 | 93 | 80 | 12 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Rogelio Martínez | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.51 | 28 | 18 | 164.0 | 161 | 69 | 64 | 11 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Ralph Sexton | 6 | 7 | .462 | 6.21 | 21 | 15 | 100.0 | 123 | 85 | 69 | 6 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Millard | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.80 | 10 | 3 | 45.0 | 40 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| George Brunet | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.05 | 7 | 2 | 19.0 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 54 | 39 | .581 | 3.77 | 129 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 751.0 | 743 | 378 | 315 | 44 | 239 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Mincy | 110 | 395 | 395 | 138 | 32 | 11 | 9 | .349 | .349 | .554 | .904 | 219 | |||||||||||
| Charles Ballord | 110 | 395 | 395 | 131 | 38 | 8 | 9 | .332 | .332 | .537 | .868 | 212 | |||||||||||
| Jerry McKeithan | 96 | 398 | 398 | 113 | 22 | 8 | 1 | .284 | .284 | .387 | .671 | 154 | |||||||||||
| John Gay | 99 | 373 | 373 | 112 | 19 | 8 | 11 | .300 | .300 | .483 | .783 | 180 | |||||||||||
| Robert Halkard | 88 | 328 | 328 | 106 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .323 | .323 | .454 | .777 | 149 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Ledwidge | 99 | 282 | 282 | 71 | 11 | 3 | 5 | .252 | .252 | .365 | .617 | 103 | |||||||||||
| Danny Reynolds | 45 | 182 | 182 | 54 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .297 | .297 | .412 | .709 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Gerardo Muinos | 85 | 271 | 271 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .232 | .417 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Zaven Arakelian | 20 | 67 | 67 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .299 | .299 | .567 | .866 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Jack Escarra | 27 | 97 | 97 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .196 | .196 | .299 | .495 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Ben Owens | 20 | 67 | 67 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .254 | .254 | .328 | .582 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Joe Sheppard | 36 | 75 | 75 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .253 | .480 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Rogelio Martínez | 28 | 62 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .210 | .210 | .242 | .452 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Jose Nakamura | 40 | 74 | 74 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .189 | .351 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Manuel Rojas | 10 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .233 | .233 | .367 | .600 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Millard | 11 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Sexton | 25 | 38 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .079 | .079 | .079 | .158 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Richard Bumgarner | 10 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .200 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| William Kirkendall | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 975 | 3173 | 3173 | 0 | 889 | 200 | 49 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .414 | .694 | 1313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Nakamura | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Rogelio Martínez | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Sheppard | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Sexton | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Millard | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| George Brunet | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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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