1953 Welch Miners Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 82-43
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Jack Crosswhite (82-43)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Welch, West Virginia
Ballpark: Blakely Field
Attendance: 41,150, Avg. 658

1953 Welch Miners Roster

Playoffs - Welch Miners 3 games, Johnson City Cardinals 0

The Welch Miners of the Appalachian League ended the 1953 season with a record of 82 wins and 43 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Miners topped the league with 863 runs, spearheaded by 98 home runs. Welch allowed 571 runs, least in the league. Carl Chianese drove in 82 runs. Ernie Boushy led all regular batters with a .349 average. Paul Johnston paced the team with 18 wins, while Robert Voegtlen registered a 2.91 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers. Jack Crosswhite 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
Paul Johnston	18	8	.692	3.66	42	23					204.0	209	107	83	15	75
Robert Voegtlen	14	10	.583	2.91	32	28					195.0	167	89	63	12	106
LeRoy Schmidt	12	4	.750	3.12	29	16					153.0	141	67	53	10	61
Anthony Funari	10	7	.588	3.64	29	21					163.0	159	83	66	10	62
Martin Sadorf	6	3	.667	4.57	17	12					69.0	67	41	35	3	56
James Fields	4	2	.667	3.04	16	6					68.0	64	27	23	6	19
Randy Vance	2	1	.667	6.00	13	6					45.0	50	30	30	5	29
Harold Newton	0	1	.000	4.50	2			0			2.0	0	2	1		6		3
Totals	66	36	.647	3.54	180	112	0	0	0	0	899.0	857	446	354	61	414	0	3	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
Ernie Boushy	127	484	484		169	30	6	12						.349	.349	.510	.860	247
Raymond Carr	127	500	500		163	31	16	21						.326	.326	.578	.904	289
Carl Chianese	124	498	498	101	150	38	5	8	82	9				.301	.301	.446	.747	222
Tom Giuliano	74	263	263		97	28	2	15						.369	.369	.662	1.030	174
Samuel Germano	96	326	326		96	13	2	7						.294	.294	.411	.706	134
Ed Redmond	66	234	234		80	13	4	8						.342	.342	.534	.876	125
Herman Creasey	85	296	296		79	14	1	7						.267	.267	.392	.659	116
Bill Watts	99	300	300		65	18	0	4						.217	.217	.317	.533	95
Paul Johnston	77	170	170		55	7	2	1						.324	.324	.406	.729	69
James Meyer	52	204	204		51	9	3	5						.250	.250	.397	.647	81
Fran Traill	44	179	179		45	9	2	2						.251	.251	.358	.609	64
LeRoy Schmidt	70	165	165		41	8	0	2						.248	.248	.333	.582	55
Anthony Funari	45	96	96		28	4	2	3						.292	.292	.469	.760	45
Paul Petrosky	31	93	93		23	8	0	1						.247	.247	.366	.613	34
Joseph Kostelac	21	76	76		21	5	0	1						.276	.276	.382	.658	29
Robert Voegtlen	33	76	76		16	5	0	0						.211	.211	.276	.487	21
James Laney	18	59	59		14	4	2	1						.237	.237	.424	.661	25
Frank Whitehead	11	38	38		6	1	0	0						.158	.158	.184	.342	7
Martin Sadorf	17	21	21		2	0	0	0						.095	.095	.095	.190	2
James Fields	16	24	24		2	0	1	0						.083	.083	.167	.250	4
Randy Vance	13	16	16		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1246	4118	4118	101	1203	245	48	98	82	9	0	0	0	.292	.292	.446	.738	1838	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Paul Johnston	P	42					.000
Robert Voegtlen	P	32					.000
Anthony Funari	P	29					.000
Martin Sadorf	P	17					.000
James Fields	P	16					.000
Randy Vance	P	13					.000
Harold Newton	P	2					.000
Totals		151	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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