
1953 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 58-95
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Bruno Betzel (58-95)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 83,992, Avg. 1,098
The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 58 wins and 95 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.
The Chiefs plated 627 runs and gave up 779 runs, most in the league. Johnny Blatnik paced Syracuse with 18 home runs and accounted for 76 RBI. Héctor Rodríguez topped all regular batters by hitting .302. Lynn Lovenguth and Duke Markell led the squad with 11 wins each, while Duke Markell recorded a 3.86 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1953 Syracuse Chiefs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Lee Griffeth, Héctor Rodríguez, Roy Partee, Jack Robinson, Len Okrie, Hank Workman, Jim Robertson, Art Schult, Johnny Welaj, Claude Corbitt, Marv Blaylock, Duke Markell, Johnny Blatnik, Benny Zientara, Jim Brideweser, Hank LaManna, Harley Hisner, Carden Gillenwater, John Douglas, Frank Verdi, Kurt Krieger, Leroy Williams, Jim Blackburn, Lynn Lovenguth and Bill Drescher.
Bruno Betzel 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lynn Lovenguth | 11 | 13 | .458 | 4.68 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 179.0 | 191 | 118 | 93 | 17 | 86 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Duke Markell | 11 | 17 | .393 | 3.86 | 52 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 247.0 | 258 | 136 | 106 | 25 | 98 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Art Hartley | 10 | 16 | .385 | 4.08 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 194.0 | 194 | 96 | 88 | 15 | 54 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Jack Griffore | 10 | 16 | .385 | 4.28 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 187.0 | 210 | 97 | 89 | 20 | 50 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Bob Landeck | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.95 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 120.0 | 137 | 70 | 66 | 6 | 29 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Marvin Williams | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.89 | 35 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 140.0 | 149 | 95 | 76 | 10 | 93 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||
Arthur Dyck | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.40 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 65.0 | 92 | 50 | 39 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Jack Robinson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.29 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 49 | 35 | 30 | 6 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Kurt Krieger | 23 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Joe Budny | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 57 | 91 | .385 | 4.47 | 308 | 148 | 0 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 1183.0 | 1280 | 697 | 587 | 104 | 468 | 0 | 504 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Héctor Rodríguez | 148 | 634 | 527 | 90 | 159 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 12 | 96 | 62 | .302 | .417 | .391 | .808 | 206 | 8 | 3 | ||||
Carden Gillenwater | 147 | 590 | 506 | 56 | 126 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 75 | 9 | 79 | 52 | .249 | .352 | .320 | .672 | 162 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Johnny Blatnik | 138 | 537 | 463 | 66 | 123 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 76 | 1 | 62 | 105 | .266 | .363 | .432 | .795 | 200 | 9 | 3 | ||||
Hank Workman | 123 | 427 | 376 | 53 | 97 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 56 | 2 | 43 | 18 | .258 | .340 | .396 | .737 | 149 | 4 | 4 | ||||
Frank Verdi | 90 | 377 | 330 | 50 | 89 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 42 | 31 | .270 | .352 | .336 | .689 | 111 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Jim Brideweser | 84 | 375 | 320 | 52 | 87 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 45 | 30 | .272 | .370 | .381 | .752 | 122 | 5 | 5 | ||||
Benny Zientara | 98 | 370 | 299 | 45 | 77 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 66 | 19 | .258 | .393 | .341 | .735 | 102 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Art Schult | 86 | 318 | 288 | 30 | 70 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 24 | 31 | .243 | .310 | .382 | .692 | 110 | 4 | 2 | ||||
Marv Blaylock | 70 | 291 | 254 | 37 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 30 | 53 | .240 | .325 | .346 | .672 | 88 | 2 | 5 | ||||
John Douglas | 77 | 283 | 246 | 27 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 32 | 35 | .211 | .302 | .260 | .562 | 64 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Dick Kinaman | 57 | 185 | 168 | 14 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 21 | .232 | .295 | .310 | .605 | 52 | 3 | 2 | ||||
Bill Drescher | 55 | 151 | 133 | 12 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 13 | .278 | .360 | .368 | .728 | 49 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Roy Partee | 64 | 209 | 185 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 23 | 35 | .178 | .269 | .222 | .491 | 41 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Johnny Welaj | 57 | 144 | 131 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 14 | .214 | .280 | .244 | .524 | 32 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Lynn Lovenguth | 55 | 96 | 83 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .241 | .337 | .277 | .614 | 23 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Jim Robertson | 28 | 90 | 72 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | .264 | .398 | .292 | .689 | 21 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Claude Corbitt | 31 | 96 | 87 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .218 | .284 | .276 | .560 | 24 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Duke Markell | 52 | 93 | 86 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .186 | .239 | .198 | .437 | 17 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Jack Griffore | 31 | 72 | 66 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .212 | .235 | .273 | .508 | 18 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Leroy Williams | 17 | 67 | 59 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .203 | .288 | .254 | .542 | 15 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Marvin Williams | 39 | 49 | 42 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .262 | .340 | .333 | .674 | 14 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Art Hartley | 34 | 65 | 52 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .173 | .306 | .192 | .499 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Arthur Dyck | 28 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .296 | .345 | .333 | .678 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Bob Landeck | 46 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .267 | .405 | .333 | .739 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jack Robinson | 26 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1681 | 5598 | 4841 | 619 | 1214 | 191 | 38 | 56 | 565 | 56 | 0 | 652 | 632 | .251 | .345 | .341 | .686 | 1649 | 0 | 44 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Douglas | 1B | 76 | 600 | 47 | 5 | 59 | .992 | 8.513 | ||||
Marv Blaylock | 1B | 67 | 578 | 36 | 4 | 44 | .994 | 9.164 | ||||
Hank Workman | 1B | 17 | 106 | 4 | 5 | 10 | .957 | 6.471 | ||||
Benny Zientara | 2B | 90 | 205 | 187 | 9 | 45 | .978 | 4.356 | ||||
Frank Verdi | 2B | 67 | 178 | 148 | 6 | 37 | .982 | 4.866 | ||||
Héctor Rodríguez | 3B | 116 | 127 | 256 | 12 | 21 | .970 | 3.302 | ||||
Johnny Welaj | 3B | 19 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 4 | .860 | 2.263 | ||||
Roy Partee | C | 59 | 212 | 26 | 9 | 7 | .964 | 4.034 | 1 | |||
Dick Kinaman | C | 47 | 184 | 26 | 4 | 6 | .981 | 4.468 | 2 | |||
Bill Drescher | C | 35 | 146 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .981 | 4.514 | 1 | |||
Jim Robertson | C | 26 | 98 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .973 | 4.192 | 1 | |||
Carden Gillenwater | OF | 147 | 388 | 25 | 12 | 6 | .972 | 2.810 | ||||
Johnny Blatnik | OF | 130 | 256 | 11 | 10 | 2 | .964 | 2.054 | ||||
Hank Workman | OF | 93 | 177 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .953 | 1.946 | ||||
Art Schult | OF | 79 | 150 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 1.949 | ||||
Johnny Welaj | OF | 22 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.682 | ||||
Leroy Williams | OF | 15 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 1.667 | ||||
Duke Markell | P | 52 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .909 | .577 | ||||
Bob Landeck | P | 45 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
Marvin Williams | P | 35 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 1.143 | ||||
Lynn Lovenguth | P | 34 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .676 | ||||
Art Hartley | P | 34 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.235 | ||||
Jack Griffore | P | 31 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.387 | ||||
Jack Robinson | P | 26 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .615 | ||||
Arthur Dyck | P | 24 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .875 | ||||
Kurt Krieger | P | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
Joe Budny | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Jim Brideweser | SS | 84 | 158 | 242 | 22 | 46 | .948 | 4.762 | ||||
Héctor Rodríguez | SS | 32 | 48 | 100 | 10 | 13 | .937 | 4.625 | ||||
Frank Verdi | SS | 20 | 26 | 50 | 6 | 8 | .927 | 3.800 | ||||
Claude Corbitt | SS | 17 | 24 | 39 | 2 | 9 | .969 | 3.706 | ||||
Totals | 1566 | 3809 | 1436 | 152 | 332 | .972 | 3.349 | 5 | 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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