1953 Albany Senators Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 78-74
Finished 4th in the EL
Manager: Jack Burns (0-0), Elmer Yoter (0-0), Jack Burns (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Albany, New York
Ballpark: Hawkins Stadium
Attendance: 80,267, Avg. 1,056

1953 Albany Senators Roster

Playoffs - Binghamton Triplets 4 games, Albany Senators 1

The Albany Senators of the Eastern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 78 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the EL.

The Senators plated 638 runs and allowed 610 runs. Joseph Belcastro paced all regular hitters by hitting .307. Joe Tully topped Albany with 15 wins, while Dave Sisler recorded a 2.6 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1953 Albany Senators who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Frank Sullivan, Ben Cardoni, Dave Sisler, Joe Albanese, Neil Chrisley, Len Okrie, Jerry Casale, Guy Morton, Ed Sadowski and Arnold Earley.

Jack Burns, Elmer Yoter and Jack Burns 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
Joe Tully	15	8	.652	3.08	29	27					196.0	177	77	67	11	54
Dave Sisler	12	7	.632	2.60	21	20					135.0	111	63	39	4	65
Stan McWilliams	12	11	.522	3.36	33	25					185.0	199	89	69	9	61
Frank Sullivan	9	6	.600	1.78	28	3					96.0	70	26	19	3	37
Robert Brake	8	5	.615	3.00	31	12					147.0	158	65	49	12	47
Charles Haag	7	13	.350	3.66	28	21					140.0	123	66	57	12	61
John Gilbert	4	3	.571	2.71	12	8					63.0	63	22	19	4	22
Jim Ehrler	3	2	.600	2.70	8	6					50.0	38	21	15	3	21
John Ahern	2	1	.667	2.85	40	0					82.0	79	31	26	3	33
Norman Luoni	1	2	.333	5.94	11	7					47.0	57	35	31	3	28
Bill Slack	1	4	.200	4.50	15	8					62.0	65	37	31	3	41
Arnold Earley	0	0			1						0.0	0	3	3		3
Jerry Casale	0	2	.000	8.00	5						9.0	15	14	8		10
Totals	74	64	.536	3.22	262	137	0	0	0	0	1212.0	1155	549	433	67	483	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 Belcastro	139	462	462		142	26	5	9						.307	.307	.444	.751	205
Frankie Staucet	145	542	542		138	28	2	5						.255	.255	.341	.596	185
Fred Lanifero	134	463	463		135	20	0	3						.292	.292	.354	.646	164
Al Van Alstyne	123	468	468		133	22	8	7						.284	.284	.410	.694	192
Jack Kaiser	124	448	448		118	20	1	5						.263	.263	.346	.609	155
Mike Durock	123	372	372		89	11	7	2						.239	.239	.323	.562	120
Ed Lavene	93	312	312		87	11	2	0						.279	.279	.327	.606	102
Len Okrie	91	284	284		54	5	0	1						.190	.190	.218	.408	62
Syl McNinch	55	201	201		52	6	1	3						.259	.259	.343	.602	69
Arnold Spence	57	159	159		27	5	2	0						.170	.170	.226	.396	36
Guy Morton	35	89	89		20	0	2	1						.225	.225	.303	.528	27
Jacob Donaldson	26	81	81		17	5	0	0						.210	.210	.272	.481	22
Robert Brake	45	78	78		16	3	1	0						.205	.205	.269	.474	21
Ed Sadowski	23	72	72		15	4	0	0						.208	.208	.264	.472	19
Joe Tully	30	69	69		13	1	0	0						.188	.188	.203	.391	14
Dave Sisler	21	46	46		11	2	0	0						.239	.239	.283	.522	13
Stan McWilliams	33	57	57		10	2	0	0						.175	.175	.211	.386	12
Charles Haag	33	46	46		9	2	0	0						.196	.196	.239	.435	11
James Ollis	11	21	21		5	1	0	0						.238	.238	.286	.524	6
Frank Sullivan	28	23	23		5	0	0	0						.217	.217	.217	.435	5
Neil Chrisley	4	14	14		4	0	0	0						.286	.286	.286	.571	4
Julio Ondani	10	30	30		4	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267	4
Norman Luoni	11	8	8		3	0	0	0						.375	.375	.375	.750	3
Bill Slack	17	17	17		3	0	0	0						.176	.176	.176	.353	3
John Gilbert	13	16	16		2	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	2
Al Antinelli	13	8	8		1	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	1
John Ahern	40	12	12		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1477	4398	4398	0	1113	174	31	36	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.253	.331	.584	1457	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joseph Belcastro	1B	89	698	61	15		.981	8.528
Syl McNinch	1B	52	437	38	5		.990	9.135
Fred Lanifero	2B	118	290	279	16		.973	4.822
Mike Durock	3B	76	90	166	19		.931	3.368
Ed Lavene	3B	66	65	123	11		.945	2.848
Len Okrie	C	89	487	55	7		.987	6.090
Ed Sadowski	C	22	110	23	3		.978	6.045
Guy Morton	C	19	87	5	2		.979	4.842
Al Van Alstyne	OF	123	314	15	12		.965	2.675
Jack Kaiser	OF	121	208	7	5		.977	1.777
Arnold Spence	OF	46	124	11	3		.978	2.935
Jacob Donaldson	OF	22	44	3	0		1.000	2.136
John Ahern	P	40						.000
Stan McWilliams	P	33						.000
Robert Brake	P	31						.000
Joe Tully	P	29						.000
Frank Sullivan	P	28						.000
Charles Haag	P	28						.000
Dave Sisler	P	21						.000
Bill Slack	P	15						.000
John Gilbert	P	12						.000
Norman Luoni	P	11						.000
Jim Ehrler	P	8						.000
Jerry Casale	P	5						.000
Arnold Earley	P	1						.000
Frankie Staucet	SS	145	242	424	40		.943	4.593
Totals		1250	3196	1210	138	0	.970	3.525

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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