1953 Sioux Falls Canaries Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 59-65
Finished 5th in the NL
Manager: Dale Lynch (59-65)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Ballpark: Howard Wood Field
Attendance: 51,251, Avg. 827

1953 Sioux Falls Canaries Roster

The Sioux Falls Canaries of the Northern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 59 wins and 65 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Canaries scored 691 runs and conceded 688 runs. Gerry MacKay led all regular batters with a .335 average. Ray Coombs topped Sioux Falls with 18 wins and a team-best 2.87 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Sammy Gee and Casey Wise both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Dale Lynch 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
Ray Coombs	18	5	.783	2.87	31	22					201.0	186	83	64	2	84
Gene Nelson	11	14	.440	4.33	31	23					185.0	188	99	89	9	93
Sam Meyer	11	16	.407	4.01	32	25					202.0	202	114	90	8	111
Nick Alivojvodic	9	6	.600	5.61	27	11					109.0	108	87	68	5	82
Lloyd Bryant	5	10	.333	4.63	26	18					134.0	133	83	69	5	110
Tom Rea	4	7	.364	7.11	17	12					100.0	100	90	79	2	106
Samuel Frazier	0	4	.000	6.83	12	9					54.0	65	52	41	3	38
Totals	58	62	.483	4.57	176	120	0	0	0	0	985.0	982	608	500	34	624	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
Gerry MacKay	124	462	462		155	21	14	10						.335	.335	.506	.842	234
Blas Fernandez	117	459	459		142	16	14	1						.309	.309	.412	.721	189
Dale Lynch	124	414	414		134	29	4	2						.324	.324	.428	.751	177
Robert Hanny	124	463	463		128	20	5	3						.276	.276	.361	.637	167
Casey Wise	98	390	390		116	19	7	1						.297	.297	.390	.687	152
Gary Sondermeyer	123	460	460		115	25	1	9						.250	.250	.367	.617	169
Lee Bohlender	86	319	319		90	13	5	2						.282	.282	.373	.655	119
Dean Manns	93	303	303		70	13	3	5						.231	.231	.343	.574	104
Wayne Cummings	88	244	244		61	11	3	1						.250	.250	.332	.582	81
Nicholas Peregud	59	202	202		47	5	0	0						.233	.233	.257	.490	52
Nick Alivojvodic	31	45	45		13	1	0	2						.289	.289	.444	.733	20
Ray Coombs	31	70	70		12	2	2	0						.171	.171	.257	.429	18
Gene Nelson	32	60	60		9	3	0	1						.150	.150	.250	.400	15
Samuel Frazier	13	21	21		7	2	0	0						.333	.333	.429	.762	9
Tom Rea	17	35	35		7	3	0	0						.200	.200	.286	.486	10
Joseph Puchinski	14	49	49		7	1	0	0						.143	.143	.163	.306	8
Sam Meyer	32	72	72		7	1	0	0						.097	.097	.111	.208	8
Floyd Baker	13	20	20		5	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	5
Lloyd Bryant	26	47	47		3	0	0	0						.064	.064	.064	.128	3
Bob McEvilly	11	11	11		2	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Totals	1256	4146	4146	0	1130	185	58	37	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.372	.644	1542	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Sam Meyer	P	32					.000
Gene Nelson	P	31					.000
Ray Coombs	P	31					.000
Nick Alivojvodic	P	27					.000
Lloyd Bryant	P	26					.000
Tom Rea	P	17					.000
Samuel Frazier	P	12					.000
Totals		176	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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