1953 Schenectady Blue Jays Statistics
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
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.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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Casagrande | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.62 | 26 | 24 | 199.0 | 164 | 68 | 58 | 17 | 81 | ||||||||||
Edward Zinker | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.07 | 43 | 8 | 152.0 | 120 | 44 | 35 | 5 | 45 | ||||||||||
Jack Meyer | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.39 | 29 | 28 | 218.0 | 145 | 65 | 58 | 10 | 134 | ||||||||||
Dan Ramer | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.18 | 30 | 24 | 195.0 | 184 | 89 | 69 | 11 | 49 | ||||||||||
Thornton Kipper | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.49 | 10 | 8 | 76.0 | 66 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 14 | ||||||||||
Turk Farrell | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.39 | 16 | 11 | 93.0 | 88 | 47 | 35 | 2 | 47 | ||||||||||
Herbert Agase | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.12 | 18 | 17 | 107.0 | 95 | 59 | 49 | 3 | 53 | ||||||||||
Charles Bowers | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.88 | 26 | 16 | 128.0 | 130 | 51 | 41 | 7 | 48 | ||||||||||
Totals | 82 | 58 | .586 | 2.82 | 198 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1168.0 | 992 | 444 | 366 | 57 | 471 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny Schell | 149 | 556 | 556 | 185 | 36 | 5 | 18 | .333 | .333 | .513 | .845 | 285 | |||||||||||
Bob Bowman | 149 | 560 | 560 | 144 | 19 | 4 | 18 | .257 | .257 | .402 | .659 | 225 | |||||||||||
Joseph Tesauro | 129 | 478 | 478 | 142 | 21 | 7 | 2 | .297 | .297 | .383 | .680 | 183 | |||||||||||
Paul Farrell | 141 | 514 | 514 | 130 | 20 | 4 | 7 | .253 | .253 | .348 | .601 | 179 | |||||||||||
Charlie Saverine | 146 | 464 | 464 | 118 | 23 | 2 | 14 | .254 | .254 | .403 | .657 | 187 | |||||||||||
Wally Habel | 130 | 443 | 443 | 117 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .264 | .264 | .323 | .587 | 143 | |||||||||||
Edward Waytula | 144 | 488 | 488 | 111 | 9 | 8 | 7 | .227 | .227 | .322 | .549 | 157 | |||||||||||
William Spangler | 124 | 446 | 446 | 110 | 18 | 6 | 2 | .247 | .247 | .327 | .574 | 146 | |||||||||||
Edwin Simpson | 52 | 154 | 154 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .312 | .526 | 48 | |||||||||||
Dave Gottschalk | 41 | 138 | 138 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .225 | .225 | .304 | .529 | 42 | |||||||||||
Thomas Casagrande | 56 | 108 | 108 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .213 | .213 | .315 | .528 | 34 | |||||||||||
Dan Ramer | 35 | 69 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .261 | .435 | 18 | |||||||||||
Herbert Agase | 21 | 38 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .316 | .579 | 12 | |||||||||||
Edward Zinker | 43 | 51 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .216 | .412 | 11 | |||||||||||
Tom Cooper | 29 | 52 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .212 | .404 | 11 | |||||||||||
Charles Bowers | 26 | 43 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 | .209 | .209 | .419 | 9 | |||||||||||
Skeeter Newsome | 33 | 70 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .129 | .129 | .186 | .314 | 13 | |||||||||||
Turk Farrell | 16 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .294 | .529 | 10 | |||||||||||
Jack Meyer | 34 | 64 | 64 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .109 | .109 | .125 | .234 | 8 | |||||||||||
Thornton Kipper | 10 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 6 | |||||||||||
Stan Palys | 6 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1514 | 4823 | 4823 | 0 | 1229 | 185 | 43 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .359 | .614 | 1731 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Spangler | 1B | 123 | 993 | 59 | 14 | .987 | 8.553 | |
Edwin Simpson | 1B | 31 | 235 | 11 | 6 | .976 | 7.935 | |
Wally Habel | 2B | 115 | 275 | 252 | 10 | .981 | 4.583 | |
Dave Gottschalk | 2B | 37 | 84 | 85 | 7 | .960 | 4.568 | |
Paul Farrell | 3B | 140 | 161 | 279 | 37 | .922 | 3.143 | |
Skeeter Newsome | 3B | 10 | 7 | 20 | 2 | .931 | 2.700 | |
Charlie Saverine | C | 142 | 850 | 79 | 18 | .981 | 6.542 | |
Tom Cooper | C | 18 | 61 | 3 | 2 | .970 | 3.556 | |
Bob Bowman | OF | 149 | 284 | 28 | 15 | .954 | 2.094 | |
Danny Schell | OF | 148 | 235 | 11 | 5 | .980 | 1.662 | |
Joseph Tesauro | OF | 129 | 262 | 14 | 8 | .972 | 2.140 | |
Edward Zinker | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
Dan Ramer | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
Jack Meyer | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
Charles Bowers | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
Herbert Agase | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
Turk Farrell | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
Thornton Kipper | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
Edward Waytula | SS | 144 | 231 | 451 | 33 | .954 | 4.736 | |
Totals | 1358 | 3678 | 1292 | 157 | 0 | .969 | 3.660 |
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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