1953 Savannah Indians Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 68-73
Finished 4th in the SAL
Manager: Les Bell (68-73)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 84,142, Avg. 1,194

1953 Savannah Indians Roster

Playoffs - Jacksonville Braves 3 games, Savannah Indians 1

The Savannah Indians of the South Atlantic League ended the 1953 season with a record of 68 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the SAL.

The Indians scored 640 runs and conceded 708 runs, most in the circuit. Al Isreal topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .304. Alfred Burch led Savannah with 14 wins and a team-best 3.26 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1953 Savannah Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Art Ditmar, Ken Johnson and Tommy Giordano.

Les Bell 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
Alfred Burch	14	13	.519	3.26	39	27					254.0	241	128	92	20	130
Lemuel Tyson	11	12	.478	3.40	37	28					212.0	148	91	80	11	140
Courtney Stempel	9	12	.429	4.03	30	23					163.0	137	91	73	9	125
Tony Napoles	8	9	.471	1.99	45	2					77.0	90	39	17	3	32
Art Ditmar	7	0	1.000	2.43	10	9					74.0	53	21	20	5	41
George Skordian	5	7	.417	3.90	18	14					90.0	84	47	39	5	51
Mason Bowes	4	2	.667	4.13	16	10					85.0	74	47	39	3	44
Stanley Stachurski	3	3	.500	3.58	26	2					78.0	80	44	31	3	46
Ken Johnson	2	3	.400	5.45	6						33.0	41	24	20		11
Andrew Tranavitch	2	8	.200	6.42	20	13					101.0	132	81	72	10	63
Totals	65	69	.485	3.72	247	128	0	0	0	0	1167.0	1080	613	483	69	683	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
Tommy Giordano	141	552	552		155	26	5	24						.281	.281	.476	.757	263
Joseph Singleton	138	576	576		145	27	0	9						.252	.252	.345	.597	199
Wiley Williams	132	517	517		144	15	2	20						.279	.279	.431	.710	223
Al Isreal	111	405	405		123	21	7	3						.304	.304	.412	.716	167
Buddy Reedy	139	513	513		123	22	7	2						.240	.240	.322	.561	165
Charles Kaiser	132	450	450		104	14	5	1						.231	.231	.291	.522	131
Harry Minor	89	302	302		78	15	0	13						.258	.258	.437	.695	132
Bill McCloskey	100	361	361		70	10	1	9						.194	.194	.302	.496	109
Joe Mangini	53	202	202		48	7	3	2						.238	.238	.332	.569	67
Enid Drake	77	200	200		43	7	1	5						.215	.215	.335	.550	67
Bo Waddle	54	172	172		40	3	1	1						.233	.233	.279	.512	48
Alfred Burch	54	102	102		25	1	2	0						.245	.245	.294	.539	30
Andrew Tranavitch	27	60	60		13	5	0	2						.217	.217	.400	.617	24
Courtney Stempel	30	61	61		9	3	0	0						.148	.148	.197	.344	12
Art Ditmar	12	30	30		7	0	0	0						.233	.233	.233	.467	7
Lemuel Tyson	37	61	61		7	1	1	0						.115	.115	.164	.279	10
Tony Napoles	45	16	16		5	0	0	0						.312	.312	.312	.625	5
Al Spaziano	10	20	20		5	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	5
Fred Weidig	19	37	37		5	0	0	1						.135	.135	.216	.351	8
Mason Bowes	16	29	29		4	0	0	0						.138	.138	.138	.276	4
George Skordian	18	30	30		4	1	0	0						.133	.133	.167	.300	5
Stanley Stachurski	26	21	21		3	0	0	2						.143	.143	.429	.571	9
Thomas McGroarty	10	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Bob Unger	10	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Berresford	12	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1492	4740	4740	0	1161	178	35	94	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.245	.357	.602	1691	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Wiley Williams	1B	82	659	51	17		.977	8.659
Joe Mangini	1B	53	470	42	6		.988	9.660
Tommy Giordano	2B	96	304	273	8		.986	6.010
Charles Kaiser	3B	85	88	170	21		.925	3.035
Al Isreal	3B	58	65	108	23		.883	2.983
Harry Minor	C	80	403	47	9		.980	5.625
Enid Drake	C	50	213	16	5		.979	4.580
Joseph Singleton	OF	137	357	13	9		.976	2.701
Buddy Reedy	OF	137	248	18	16		.943	1.942
Bo Waddle	OF	48	95	3	6		.942	2.042
Fred Weidig	OF	13	23	1	2		.923	1.846
Tony Napoles	P	45						.000
Alfred Burch	P	39						.000
Lemuel Tyson	P	37						.000
Courtney Stempel	P	30						.000
Stanley Stachurski	P	26						.000
Andrew Tranavitch	P	20						.000
George Skordian	P	18						.000
Mason Bowes	P	16						.000
Art Ditmar	P	10						.000
Ken Johnson	P	6						.000
Bill McCloskey	SS	96	204	250	28		.942	4.729
Totals		1182	3129	992	150	0	.965	3.486

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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