1953 Spartanburg Peaches Statistics

Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 96-54
Finished 1st in the TSL
Manager: Jimmy Bloodworth (96-54)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 71,264, Avg. 950

1953 Spartanburg Peaches Roster

Playoffs - Charlotte Hornets 3 games, Spartanburg Peaches 0

The Spartanburg Peaches of the Tri-State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 96 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the TSL.

The Peaches scored 951 runs, best in the league. Spartanburg conceded 718 runs. Joseph Fuller led all regular hitters by connecting at a .342 clip. Eugene Law earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Dolan Nichols added 15 or more wins, too Eugene Law recorded a 2.55 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1953 Spartanburg Peaches who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jimmy Bloodworth, Dolan Nichols and Billy Moran.

Jimmy Bloodworth 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
Eugene Law	24	6	.800	2.55	43	32					286.0	286	106	81	15	69
Dolan Nichols	18	13	.581	4.77	39	34					234.0	266	149	124	8	126
Mark Wylie	14	1	.933	2.98	20	18					151.0	144	69	50	1	49
Roger Frebel	11	5	.688	3.14	42	9					146.0	142	70	51	9	65
Ben Smyth	9	4	.692	3.90	16	15					117.7	119	55	51	9	40
Ernie Trujillo	9	8	.529	4.95	20	18					132.7	156	88	73	11	70
Jimmy Bloodworth	6	4	.600	3.39	24	5					101.0	97	45	38	8	33
Totals	91	41	.689	3.61	204	131	0	0	0	0	1168.3	1210	582	468	61	452	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
Joseph Fuller	150	666	666		228	32	8	13						.342	.342	.473	.815	315
James Finn	150	598	598		186	44	8	19						.311	.311	.507	.818	303
Doc Bowden	149	502	502		147	22	3	26						.293	.293	.504	.797	253
Phil Qualben	101	395	395		141	25	5	10						.357	.357	.522	.878	206
Billy Moran	88	316	316		90	17	5	8						.285	.285	.446	.731	141
Jimmy Bloodworth	92	252	252		87	15	3	11						.345	.345	.560	.905	141
Bob Radley	95	301	301		82	8	2	5						.272	.272	.362	.635	109
Charlie Fontana	75	285	285		81	20	3	8						.284	.284	.460	.744	131
Richard Mohn	89	311	311		73	13	3	5						.235	.235	.344	.579	107
James Harris	43	173	173		54	7	0	0						.312	.312	.353	.665	61
Richard Blanchard	29	116	116		32	2	2	0						.276	.276	.328	.603	38
Eugene Law	43	102	102		23	2	0	0						.225	.225	.245	.471	25
Donny Montgomery	21	65	65		22	2	0	0						.338	.338	.369	.708	24
Mark Wylie	26	63	63		20	7	0	0						.317	.317	.429	.746	27
William Moody	16	70	70		20	4	0	2						.286	.286	.429	.714	30
Ernie Trujillo	21	58	58		19	3	1	1						.328	.328	.466	.793	27
John Chalfant	16	50	50		13	3	0	1						.260	.260	.380	.640	19
Dolan Nichols	39	87	87		13	4	0	0						.149	.149	.195	.345	17
Ben Smyth	16	48	48		12	4	0	1						.250	.250	.396	.646	19
Eugene Pollard	12	41	41		11	1	0	1						.268	.268	.366	.634	15
Roger Frebel	42	46	46		7	2	0	0						.152	.152	.196	.348	9
Vance Logan	10	30	30		6	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	6
James Ladd	11	14	14		1	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143	1
Totals	1334	4589	4589	0	1368	237	43	111	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.298	.441	.739	2024	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Phil Qualben	1B	101	855	53	17		.982	8.990
Donny Montgomery	1B	13	102	11	1		.991	8.692
Eugene Pollard	1B	12	110	5	3		.975	9.583
Doc Bowden	2B	147	329	238	42		.931	3.857
Jimmy Bloodworth	3B	33	38	56	4		.959	2.848
Richard Blanchard	3B	25	31	36	6		.918	2.680
John Chalfant	3B	10	7	11	4		.818	1.800
Richard Mohn	C	83	442	36	11		.978	5.759
Bob Radley	C	68	343	47	9		.977	5.735
Joseph Fuller	OF	150	295	16	9		.972	2.073
James Finn	OF	150	390	24	13		.970	2.760
Charlie Fontana	OF	75	105	10	6		.950	1.533
William Moody	OF	16	29	1	6		.833	1.875
Eugene Law	P	43						.000
Roger Frebel	P	42						.000
Dolan Nichols	P	39						.000
Mark Wylie	P	20						.000
Ernie Trujillo	P	20						.000
Ben Smyth	P	16						.000
Billy Moran	SS	88	180	262	32		.932	5.023
James Harris	SS	41	69	123	19		.910	4.683
Totals		1192	3325	929	182	0	.959	3.569

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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