1953 Janesville Cubs Roster
Team Record: 43-80
Finished 8th in the WSL
Manager: Bob Dant (43-80)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Janesville, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Fairgrounds Park
Attendance: 27,544, Avg. 448
The Janesville Cubs of the Wisconsin State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 43 wins and 80 losses, finishing eighth in the WSL.
The Cubs scored 604 runs and surrendered 804 runs. John Olczak led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .365. Emil Stoyakovich and Jim Speer topped Janesville with 10 wins each, while Emil Stoyakovich registered a 3.74 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Andy Varga played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Janesville Cubs to do so.
Bob Dant served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Agnos | R | R | October 20, 1930 | 6'1" | 180 | |
| Andy Anderson | R | L | February 6, 1934 | 6'0" | 180 | Ong, NE US |
| George Beck | L | April 6, 1932 | 6'0" | 168 | ||
| Paul Beck | L | 5'11" | 195 | |||
| Ralph Brockert | L | August 20, 1929 | 5'11" | 160 | ||
| William Chaclas | L | 6'1" | 185 | |||
| Lyle Copeland | ||||||
| Bob Dant | R | R | July 10, 1923 | 5'11" | 165 | Madison, IL US |
| Jim Dayen | R | R | April 4, 1935 | 6'3" | 190 | Longview, WA US |
| Walton Doench | ||||||
| Robert Faust | R | R | October 6, 1933 | 6'3" | 210 | Chicago, IL US |
| Martin Garber | L | L | December 29, 1935 | 6'3" | 198 | Baltimore, MD US |
| Larry Good | R | June 30, 1932 | 5'10" | 165 | Kansas City, MO US | |
| Richard Grenier | L | 5'8" | 165 | |||
| John Henry | ||||||
| Ezra Hill | L | 5'11" | ||||
| Leonard Jackson | R | R | June 18, 1934 | 6'2" | 205 | Caroleen, NC US |
| Donald Kotzman | ||||||
| Sterling Kuhlman | R | R | April 6, 1932 | 5'11" | 165 | Snohomish, WA US |
| George Large | R | 6'0" | 175 | |||
| Ronald Letan | ||||||
| Gene Lippold | L | R | December 29, 1934 | 6'1" | 210 | |
| Jim Montgomery | R | R | November 9, 1934 | 6'2" | 200 | Bakersfield, CA US |
| Robert Mullett | ||||||
| John Olczak | L | L | 5'8" | 170 | ||
| George Ritchie | L | L | February 2, 1933 | 5'9" | 160 | |
| Albert Schaffer | ||||||
| Jim Speer | R | R | December 29, 1933 | 6'3" | 180 | Sandusky, OH US |
| Emil Stoyakovich | R | R | October 16, 1929 | 6'2" | 170 | |
| Larry Tuttle | R | R | ||||
| Andy Varga | R | L | December 11, 1930 | 6'4" | 187 | Chicago, IL US |
| Russ West | January 28, 1935 | |||||
| Donald Whiteford | ||||||
| Buddy Yambor | L | January 25, 1930 | 5'8" | 158 |
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.
