1953 Springfield Cubs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 51-102
Finished 8th in the IL
Manager: Bruce Edwards (0-0), Jack Sheehan (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 85,281, Avg. 1,115

1953 Springfield Cubs Roster

The Springfield Cubs of the International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 51 wins and 102 losses, finishing eighth in the IL.

The Cubs scored 532 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 757 runs. Ron Northey led Springfield with 20 home runs and drove in 82 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .299. Don Elston topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.7 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Paul Schramka, Sheldon Jones, Jim Willis, Harold Daugherty, Chris Kitsos, Don Elston, Herb Adams, Tony Jacobs, Ron Northey, Bruce Edwards, Jim Brosnan, Nelson Burbrink, Reggie Otero, Jack Wallaesa, John Pyecha, George Freese, Vern Fear and Dave Hillman were all players from the 1953 Springfield Cubs who played in the Majors during their careers.

Bruce Edwards and Jack Sheehan 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
Don Elston	9	17	.346	3.70	36	28		20	3		224.0	224	115	92	9	99		104	10	0	1
Eugene Tarabilda	7	10	.412	4.02	35	18		7	0		150.0	166	86	67	6	37		50	0	1	2
John Pyecha	7	11	.389	4.14	29	24		9	1		161.0	147	90	74	10	103		70	1	1	7
Jim Brosnan	4	17	.190	4.70	29	21		10	1		161.0	180	98	84	11	77		91	5	0	4
Sheldon Jones	3	5	.375	3.65	20	7		1	0		74.0	68	32	30	4	25		29	2	0	2
Vern Fear	3	10	.231	4.18	22	14		4	0		114.0	118	63	53	3	42		30	2	0	1
Jim Willis	2	3	.400	3.71	9	6		2	0		51.0	62	31	21	0	25		24	1	0	3
Dave Hillman	2	12	.143	4.42	32	15		5	1		118.0	122	76	58	10	60		50	1	0	3
Mike Mellis	1	2	.333		16						0.0
George Long	1	5	.167	7.35	13	8		2	0		49.0	53	46	40	4	40		14	1	0	4
Tony Jacobs					46						0.0
Totals	39	92	.298	4.24	287	141	0	60	6	0	1102.0	1140	637	519	57	508	0	462	23	2	27	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
Herb Adams	131	576	538	59	155	12	12	0	37	4		36	20	.288	.333	.355	.688	191		0	2
Ron Northey	149	581	489	59	146	22	1	20	82	0		82	33	.299	.406	.470	.876	230		6	4
Gene Hooks	150	606	550	60	145	20	3	1	42	7		41	51	.264	.316	.316	.632	174		1	14
Walter Derucki	150	563	511	50	141	25	8	4	51	4		43	80	.276	.337	.380	.717	194		4	5
George Freese	132	529	493	53	131	26	2	9	66	7		32	43	.266	.312	.381	.693	188		1	3
Nelson Burbrink	114	386	344	27	95	22	4	2	47	1		42	41	.276	.355	.381	.736	131		0	0
Jack Hollis	82	335	298	39	76	20	1	2	21	8		30	33	.255	.323	.349	.672	104		0	7
Hal Meek	104	341	304	38	64	17	4	1	22	1		30	61	.211	.290	.303	.593	92		4	3
Bruce Edwards	38	133	112	17	32	4	1	1	13	0		19	7	.286	.394	.366	.760	41		1	1
Robert Ludwig	37	128	109	12	25	5	0	1	12	2		16	12	.229	.328	.303	.631	33		0	3
Paul Schramka	43	125	117	6	22	4	2	1	7	2		6	18	.188	.228	.282	.510	33		0	2
Don Elston	51	98	87	8	15	1	0	0	3	0		8	14	.172	.242	.184	.426	16		0	3
Bob Sperry	14	50	49	3	9	2	2	0	6	0		0	4	.184	.184	.306	.490	15		0	1
John Pyecha	29	56	52	1	9	1	0	0	1	0		3	21	.173	.218	.192	.410	10		0	1
Scott Quakenbush	30	55	54	6	9	1	0	0	1	0		0	9	.167	.167	.185	.352	10		0	1
Jim Brosnan	34	64	59	1	9	1	2	1	4	0		3	18	.153	.206	.288	.494	17		1	1
Theodore Lotz	12	39	37	3	8	2	0	1	2	0		1	4	.216	.256	.351	.608	13		1	0
Reggie Otero	30	47	41	2	7	1	0	0	4	0		3	1	.171	.227	.195	.422	8		0	3
Dave Hillman	40	40	31	5	5	0	0	0	1	0		8	17	.161	.333	.161	.495	5		0	1
Eugene Tarabilda	35	48	42	4	5	2	0	0	3	0		3	15	.119	.178	.167	.344	7		0	3
Sheldon Jones	20	24	23	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.174	.174	.174	.348	4		0	1
Vern Fear	24	39	35	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	17	.114	.114	.114	.229	4		0	4
Mike Mellis	16	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	1		0	0
George Long	15	16	15	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	4	.067	.067	.067	.133	1		0	1
Totals	1480	4889	4399	455	1118	188	42	44	428	36	0	407	531	.254	.320	.346	.666	1522	0	19	64	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
George Freese	1B	75	646	50	9	57	.987	9.280
Bruce Edwards	1B	33	304	26	3	23	.991	1.000
Hal Meek	1B	29	270	12	8	25	.972	9.724
Bob Sperry	1B	12	105	17	5	9	.961	1.167
Reggie Otero	1B	11	69	3	0	8	1.000	6.545
Jack Hollis	2B	80	187	219	8	45	.981	5.075
Gene Hooks	2B	71	179	236	19	43	.956	5.845
Walter Derucki	3B	125	146	266	17	30	.960	3.296
George Freese	3B	16	20	33	5	3	.914	3.312
Robert Ludwig	3B	11	12	16	1	1	.966	2.545
Nelson Burbrink	C	104	458	72	8	8	.985	5.096	6
Hal Meek	C	60	223	33	7	5	.973	4.267	5
Ron Northey	OF	145	187	14	11	3	.948	1.386
Herb Adams	OF	130	321	10	4	3	.988	2.546
Gene Hooks	OF	73	114	7	5	2	.960	1.658
George Freese	OF	38	82	7	4	1	.957	2.342
Paul Schramka	OF	36	84	3	2	1	.978	2.417
Jack Wallaesa	OF	30						.000
Scott Quakenbush	OF	22	22	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Hal Meek	OF	12	3	0	0	0	1.000	.250
Theodore Lotz	OF	12	25	2	0	0	1.000	2.250
Tony Jacobs	P	46						.000
Don Elston	P	36	22	61	1	4	.988	2.306
Eugene Tarabilda	P	35	11	31	2	0	.955	1.200
Dave Hillman	P	32	5	12	0	2	1.000	.531
John Pyecha	P	29	9	32	1	4	.976	1.414
Jim Brosnan	P	29	8	19	2	0	.931	.931
Vern Fear	P	22	6	23	1	1	.967	1.318
Sheldon Jones	P	20	3	12	1	2	.938	.750
Mike Mellis	P	16	1	4	0	0	1.000	.312
George Long	P	13	1	9	0	1	1.000	.769
Jim Willis	P	9						.000
Harold Daugherty	SS	111						.000
Walter Derucki	SS	21	31	64	6	10	.941	4.524
Robert Ludwig	SS	12	16	39	6	5	.902	4.583
Totals		1556	3570	1332	136	296	.973	3.150	11	0	0

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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