1953 Duluth Dukes Roster

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 73-52
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Al Todd (73-52)
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 106,383, Avg. 1,702
1953 Duluth Dukes Statistics

Playoffs - Duluth Dukes 2 games, Aberdeen Pheasants 0
Finals - Fargo-Moorhead Twins 3 games, Duluth Dukes 2

The Duluth Dukes of the Northern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 73 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Dukes plated 837 runs and allowed 650 runs. Horace Greenwood paced batters with significant playing time with a .351 average. Ken McGonagle and Steve Gerkin topped Duluth with 10 wins each, while Ken McGonagle recorded a 3.48 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Steve Gerkin played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Duluth Dukes to do so.

Al Todd served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Vern BeltRRAugust 17, 19276'1"160Emerson, NE US
Don BrownRAugust 21, 19306'1"185Buffalo, NY US
Bob CurleyRRSeptember 20, 19265'10"180Covington, KY US
Robert DavisLLMay 1, 19306'2"170Benton Harbor, MI US
Keith EngstromR6'2"173
Amancio Ferro
Stanley FranczekRR6'0"170
Steve GerkinRRNovember 19, 19126'1"162Grafton, WV US
Bernie GerlLOctober 12, 19266'2"190
John GierekRNovember 19, 19296'2"195
Horace GreenwoodL5'7"167
Eugene HaeringLFebruary 4, 19296'2"200
Ronald Heighens
Kenneth HulsebusRR5'9"160
Bob IsbellLLJune 13, 19325'10"160Paulding, OH US
Daniel JacksonRRDecember 25, 19266'3"216, LA US
Lee JacksonS5'7"
Elroy JoyceRRJune 22, 19256'2"185Stokes County, NC US
Robert Juehring
Pete KousaganRRJuly 1, 19226'1"210Uhrichsville, OH US
Ken McGonagleRR6'0"175
Bob MillerLLJuly 17, 19336'5"210
Lyle MortensonSeptember 25, 1933
William NeeLL6'1"170
Richard NewberryRR5'8"165
Wesley Roberts
Edward Schaefer
Clifford SerbinSRJune 28, 19275'11"180
Jim SnowRRJanuary 8, 19325'9"180Hartford, CT US
Ronald Stephens
Mickey StubblefieldRRFebruary 26, 19265'9"165Mayfield, KY US
Lawrence TessierRR6'0"195
Thomas WardRR6'2"185
John WhippleLR5'9"170
Robert WhitfieldOakford, PA US
William WisneskiRR5'10"175
Bobby WoodRRMay 24, 19326'3"210
Duane ZimmerRRNovember 16, 19275'7"155Minot, ND US

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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