1953 Union City Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 51-69
Finished 7th in the KITL
Manager: Earl Naylor (51-69)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Union City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Turner Memorial Field
Attendance: 33,392, Avg. 557
The Union City Dodgers of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1953 season with a record of 51 wins and 69 losses, finishing seventh in the KITL.
The Dodgers scored 675 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 712 runs. Anthony Matsikoudes topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .260 clip. Tommy Sheridan led Union City with 11 wins and a team-best 4.04 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Earl Naylor played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Union City Dodgers to do so.
Earl Naylor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Sheridan | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.03 | 31 | 20 | 158.7 | 152 | 91 | 71 | 6 | 114 | ||||||||||
| John Dickerson | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.82 | 30 | 19 | 127.0 | 154 | 86 | 68 | 3 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Earl Gorden | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.11 | 20 | 17 | 120.3 | 106 | 72 | 55 | 5 | 92 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Nalley | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.44 | 19 | 7 | 83.7 | 96 | 51 | 32 | 3 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Petrovich | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.38 | 16 | 10 | 77.0 | 75 | 61 | 46 | 3 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Wiley Walker | 4 | 10 | .286 | 6.80 | 22 | 10 | 94.0 | 122 | 84 | 71 | 8 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Ray Gilbert | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.13 | 14 | 6 | 59.7 | 65 | 39 | 34 | 2 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Lloyd Woodling | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.25 | 13 | 6 | 53.0 | 59 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 28 | ||||||||||
| John Bohna | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.91 | 8 | 6 | 55.7 | 61 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 45 | 55 | .450 | 4.56 | 173 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 829.0 | 890 | 551 | 420 | 36 | 526 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Matsikoudes | 113 | 466 | 466 | 121 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .260 | .260 | .303 | .562 | 141 | |||||||||||
| Earl Naylor | 96 | 288 | 288 | 95 | 15 | 3 | 12 | .330 | .330 | .528 | .858 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Enrique Salazar | 118 | 396 | 396 | 92 | 12 | 8 | 1 | .232 | .232 | .311 | .543 | 123 | |||||||||||
| Julius Stasko | 89 | 296 | 296 | 84 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .284 | .284 | .351 | .635 | 104 | |||||||||||
| William Lezotte | 89 | 335 | 335 | 81 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .296 | .537 | 99 | |||||||||||
| John Bohna | 84 | 283 | 283 | 77 | 10 | 4 | 5 | .272 | .272 | .389 | .661 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Daum | 49 | 191 | 191 | 69 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .361 | .361 | .461 | .822 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Dick Schlueter | 71 | 220 | 220 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .318 | .564 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Ransome Crisp | 42 | 125 | 125 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .312 | .312 | .408 | .720 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Hardy Cofer | 31 | 118 | 118 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .314 | .314 | .449 | .763 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Wiley Walker | 57 | 151 | 151 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .298 | .536 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Al Shinn | 35 | 134 | 134 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .366 | .604 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Mitchell | 30 | 120 | 120 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .325 | .575 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Lowell Mendenhall | 19 | 74 | 74 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .324 | .324 | .595 | .919 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Donald Kenway | 27 | 96 | 96 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .292 | .531 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Jack Fiskness | 27 | 101 | 101 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .198 | .198 | .287 | .485 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Robert Bishop | 26 | 89 | 89 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .202 | .202 | .247 | .449 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Sheridan | 35 | 61 | 61 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .393 | .656 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Henry Coladonato | 13 | 50 | 50 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .340 | .640 | 17 | |||||||||||
| John Dickerson | 30 | 50 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .400 | .660 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Henry Alberts | 19 | 60 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .217 | .317 | .533 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Dan Pritchett | 12 | 39 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .333 | .590 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Donald Lang | 19 | 60 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .300 | .467 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Earl Gorden | 24 | 45 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .267 | .444 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Nalley | 19 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .267 | .500 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Hekking | 11 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ray Gilbert | 14 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .333 | .611 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Lloyd Woodling | 16 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Rellihan | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Petrovich | 16 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .074 | .111 | .185 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1241 | 3987 | 3987 | 0 | 1044 | 162 | 48 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .351 | .613 | 1401 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Sheridan | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| John Dickerson | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Earl Gorden | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Nalley | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Petrovich | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Gilbert | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Lloyd Woodling | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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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