1953 Schenectady Blue Jays Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 86-65
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Skeeter Newsome (86-65)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Schenectady, New York
Ballpark: Schenectady Stadium
Attendance: 66,320, Avg. 878
1953 Schenectady Blue Jays Roster

Playoffs - Reading Indians 4 games, Schenectady Blue Jays 2

The Schenectady Blue Jays of the Eastern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 86 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the EL.

The Blue Jays scored 671 runs and allowed 671 runs. Danny Schell led all regular hitters with a .333 average. Thomas Casagrande topped Schenectady with 16 wins, while Edward Zinker recorded a 2.07 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bob Conley, Bob Bowman, Skeeter Newsome, Danny Schell, Stan Palys, Turk Farrell, Jack Meyer and Thornton Kipper were all players from the 1953 Schenectady Blue Jays who played in the Majors during their careers.

Skeeter Newsome 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
Thomas Casagrande167.6962.622624199.016468581781
Edward Zinker137.6502.07438152.01204435545
Jack Meyer1311.5422.392928218.0145655810134
Dan Ramer1012.4553.183024195.018489691149
Thornton Kipper91.9002.4910876.0662121214
Turk Farrell73.7003.39161193.0884735247
Herbert Agase78.4674.121817107.0955949353
Charles Bowers79.4382.882616128.01305141748
Totals8258.5862.8219813600001168.099244436657471000000

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
Danny Schell14955655618536518.333.333.513.845285
Bob Bowman14956056014419418.257.257.402.659225
Joseph Tesauro1294784781422172.297.297.383.680183
Paul Farrell1415145141302047.253.253.348.601179
Charlie Saverine14646446411823214.254.254.403.657187
Wally Habel1304434431171921.264.264.323.587143
Edward Waytula144488488111987.227.227.322.549157
William Spangler1244464461101862.247.247.327.574146
Edwin Simpson5215415433413.214.214.312.52648
Dave Gottschalk4113813831502.225.225.304.52942
Thomas Casagrande5610810823502.213.213.315.52834
Dan Ramer35696912030.174.174.261.43518
Herbert Agase21383810200.263.263.316.57912
Edward Zinker43515110100.196.196.216.41211
Tom Cooper29525210100.192.192.212.40411
Charles Bowers2643439000.209.209.209.4199
Skeeter Newsome3370709101.129.129.186.31413
Turk Farrell1634348010.235.235.294.52910
Jack Meyer3464647100.109.109.125.2348
Thornton Kipper1032326000.188.188.188.3756
Stan Palys621214000.190.190.190.3814
Totals15144823482301229185437700000.255.255.359.614173100000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
William Spangler1B1239935914.9878.553
Edwin Simpson1B31235116.9767.935
Wally Habel2B11527525210.9814.583
Dave Gottschalk2B3784857.9604.568
Paul Farrell3B14016127937.9223.143
Skeeter Newsome3B107202.9312.700
Charlie SaverineC1428507918.9816.542
Tom CooperC186132.9703.556
Bob BowmanOF1492842815.9542.094
Danny SchellOF148235115.9801.662
Joseph TesauroOF129262148.9722.140
Edward ZinkerP43.000
Dan RamerP30.000
Jack MeyerP29.000
Charles BowersP26.000
Herbert AgaseP18.000
Turk FarrellP16.000
Thornton KipperP10.000
Edward WaytulaSS14423145133.9544.736
Totals1358367812921570.9693.660

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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