1953 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
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
1953 Syracuse Chiefs Roster

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.


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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
Lynn Lovenguth1113.4584.683425100179.019111893178687305
Duke Markell1117.3933.865230110247.02581361062598155003
Art Hartley1016.3854.083427122194.01949688155479106
Jack Griffore1016.3854.283124131187.02109789205060005
Bob Landeck69.4004.95451241120.0137706662932101
Marvin Williams612.3334.89352040140.014995761093604010
Arthur Dyck26.2505.402482165.092503952819403
Jack Robinson12.3335.292620051.049353063012102
Kurt Krieger230.0
Joe Budny40.0
Totals5791.3854.47308148056501183.012806975871044680504140350

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 Rodríguez14863452790159217462129662.302.417.391.80820683
Carden Gillenwater1475905065612616447597952.249.352.320.67216214
Johnny Blatnik138537463661231351876162105.266.363.432.79520093
Hank Workman123427376539723195624318.258.340.396.73714944
Frank Verdi903773305089133129124231.270.352.336.68911105
Jim Brideweser84375320528720612794530.272.370.381.75212255
Benny Zientara98370299457714133606619.258.393.341.73510214
Art Schult86318288307012284712431.243.310.382.69211042
Marv Blaylock70291254376110152433053.240.325.346.6728825
John Douglas7728324627526302133235.211.302.260.5626405
Dick Kinaman5718516814396212011221.232.295.310.6055232
Bill Drescher5515113312379011401613.278.360.368.7284911
Roy Partee6420918512335011712335.178.269.222.4914101
Johnny Welaj571441311128400811114.214.280.244.5243211
Lynn Lovenguth5596831120300701114.241.337.277.6142311
Jim Robertson289072151920051157.264.398.292.6892112
Claude Corbitt319687101950015089.218.284.276.5602401
Duke Markell52938631610050626.186.239.198.4371701
Jack Griffore31726631440030110.212.235.273.5081814
Leroy Williams17675991211070616.203.288.254.5421511
Marvin Williams3949424111104059.262.340.333.6741402
Art Hartley34655249100301010.173.306.192.4991003
Arthur Dyck283027281001014.296.345.333.678911
Bob Landeck463730380103075.267.405.333.7391000
Jack Robinson261211000000013.000.083.000.083000
Totals16815598484161912141913856565560652632.251.345.341.68616490446100


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
John Douglas1B7660047559.9928.513
Marv Blaylock1B6757836444.9949.164
Hank Workman1B171064510.9576.471
Benny Zientara2B90205187945.9784.356
Frank Verdi2B67178148637.9824.866
Héctor Rodríguez3B1161272561221.9703.302
Johnny Welaj3B19222174.8602.263
Roy ParteeC592122697.9644.0341
Dick KinamanC471842646.9814.4682
Bill DrescherC351461232.9814.5141
Jim RobertsonC26981130.9734.1921
Carden GillenwaterOF14738825126.9722.810
Johnny BlatnikOF13025611102.9642.054
Hank WorkmanOF93177490.9531.946
Art SchultOF79150412.9941.949
Johnny WelajOF2236110.9741.682
Leroy WilliamsOF1523230.8931.667
Duke MarkellP52111931.909.577
Bob LandeckP45630031.000.800
Marvin WilliamsP35142612.9761.143
Lynn LovenguthP3432021.920.676
Art HartleyP3493311.9771.235
Jack GrifforeP311528021.0001.387
Jack RobinsonP2641210.941.615
Arthur DyckP2451611.955.875
Kurt KriegerP23.000
Joe BudnyP4.000
Jim BrideweserSS841582422246.9484.762
Héctor RodríguezSS32481001013.9374.625
Frank VerdiSS20265068.9273.800
Claude CorbittSS17243929.9693.706
Totals156638091436152332.9723.349500

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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