
1953 Asheville Tourists Statistics
Team Record: 83-67
Finished 2nd in the TSL
Manager: Ray Hathaway (83-67)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 64,186, Avg. 856
Playoffs - Anderson Rebels 3 games, Asheville Tourists 1
The Asheville Tourists of the Tri-State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 83 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the TSL.
The Tourists scored 914 runs and surrendered 784 runs. Joe Pignatano led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .316 clip. Fred Kipp and Stan Jarvis topped Asheville with 15 wins each, while Fred Kipp earned a 2.24 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1953 Asheville Tourists who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ray Hathaway, Fred Kipp and Joe Pignatano.
Ray Hathaway 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Kipp | 15 | 5 | .750 | 2.24 | 22 | 20 | 165.0 | 122 | 54 | 41 | 7 | 55 | ||||||||||
Stan Jarvis | 15 | 11 | .577 | 3.15 | 44 | 24 | 203.0 | 189 | 95 | 71 | 6 | 117 | ||||||||||
Robert Wegner | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.93 | 18 | 16 | 132.0 | 116 | 56 | 43 | 4 | 47 | ||||||||||
Ellwood May | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.27 | 19 | 16 | 124.0 | 119 | 58 | 45 | 6 | 43 | ||||||||||
Thomas McMullen | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.67 | 24 | 14 | 115.7 | 120 | 71 | 60 | 3 | 65 | ||||||||||
Tom Jones | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.21 | 36 | 17 | 145.0 | 174 | 108 | 84 | 11 | 79 | ||||||||||
Lynn Rogers | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.26 | 13 | 8 | 69.7 | 68 | 43 | 33 | 2 | 56 | ||||||||||
Owen Maguire | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.11 | 17 | 9 | 70.0 | 67 | 47 | 32 | 4 | 64 | ||||||||||
Richie Colombo | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.50 | 18 | 0 | 45.7 | 51 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 20 | ||||||||||
John Gilbert | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.26 | 13 | 5 | 49.7 | 56 | 38 | 29 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||
Bud Shaney | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 5.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 76 | 52 | .594 | 3.79 | 225 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1124.7 | 1091 | 611 | 474 | 48 | 568 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Pignatano | 121 | 433 | 433 | 137 | 24 | 13 | 6 | .316 | .316 | .473 | .790 | 205 | |||||||||||
Donald Thomas | 141 | 523 | 523 | 132 | 19 | 7 | 1 | .252 | .252 | .321 | .574 | 168 | |||||||||||
Jasper Spears | 112 | 452 | 452 | 128 | 26 | 12 | 3 | .283 | .283 | .414 | .697 | 187 | |||||||||||
Don Lewis | 105 | 401 | 401 | 121 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .302 | .302 | .392 | .693 | 157 | |||||||||||
Frank Jeffers | 101 | 364 | 364 | 115 | 25 | 5 | 5 | .316 | .316 | .453 | .769 | 165 | |||||||||||
Harry Shifflett | 103 | 401 | 401 | 106 | 23 | 11 | 8 | .264 | .264 | .436 | .701 | 175 | |||||||||||
Daniel Keith | 58 | 231 | 231 | 97 | 19 | 9 | 3 | .420 | .420 | .619 | 1.039 | 143 | |||||||||||
Gene Castiglione | 92 | 332 | 332 | 81 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .274 | .518 | 91 | |||||||||||
Donald Currie | 83 | 269 | 269 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 7 | .230 | .230 | .331 | .561 | 89 | |||||||||||
Hank Justice | 72 | 209 | 209 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .244 | .244 | .344 | .589 | 72 | |||||||||||
Julio Ondani | 48 | 182 | 182 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 4 | .264 | .264 | .451 | .714 | 82 | |||||||||||
Emil Syngel | 33 | 137 | 137 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .336 | .336 | .474 | .810 | 65 | |||||||||||
Frank Marinkovich | 36 | 157 | 157 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .287 | .287 | .427 | .713 | 67 | |||||||||||
Maurice Galand | 40 | 153 | 153 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .268 | .268 | .340 | .608 | 52 | |||||||||||
Sam Palamara | 25 | 106 | 106 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .377 | .377 | .434 | .811 | 46 | |||||||||||
Hardy Cofer | 26 | 88 | 88 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .318 | .318 | .580 | .898 | 51 | |||||||||||
Fred Kipp | 28 | 67 | 67 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .343 | .343 | .582 | .925 | 39 | |||||||||||
Tom Jones | 39 | 60 | 60 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .350 | .617 | 21 | |||||||||||
Stan Jarvis | 51 | 73 | 73 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .205 | .205 | .288 | .493 | 21 | |||||||||||
William Palumbo | 15 | 50 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .300 | .560 | 15 | |||||||||||
Robert Wegner | 18 | 46 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .348 | .565 | 16 | |||||||||||
Richie Colombo | 24 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .281 | .312 | .594 | 10 | |||||||||||
Ronald Dacko | 12 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .382 | .647 | 13 | |||||||||||
Thomas McMullen | 25 | 45 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .289 | .489 | 13 | |||||||||||
William Gill | 12 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .412 | .412 | .412 | .824 | 7 | |||||||||||
Lynn Rogers | 15 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .318 | .545 | 7 | |||||||||||
Ellwood May | 19 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .225 | .350 | 9 | |||||||||||
Owen Maguire | 17 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 4 | |||||||||||
John Gilbert | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||||
Bob Loddeke | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||||
Ray Hathaway | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | |||||||||||
Rudolph Dillard | 14 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1526 | 4984 | 4984 | 0 | 1410 | 239 | 83 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 | .283 | .401 | .684 | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donald Currie | 1B | 83 | 715 | 54 | 17 | .978 | 9.265 | |
Daniel Keith | 1B | 58 | 530 | 39 | 17 | .971 | 9.810 | |
Gene Castiglione | 2B | 74 | 215 | 202 | 17 | .961 | 5.635 | |
Donald Thomas | 2B | 62 | 166 | 200 | 14 | .963 | 5.903 | |
William Palumbo | 2B | 14 | 39 | 55 | 3 | .969 | 6.714 | |
Julio Ondani | 3B | 48 | 39 | 116 | 9 | .945 | 3.229 | |
Emil Syngel | 3B | 29 | 43 | 61 | 15 | .874 | 3.586 | |
Joe Pignatano | C | 93 | 532 | 59 | 22 | .964 | 6.355 | |
Hank Justice | C | 62 | 281 | 40 | 11 | .967 | 5.177 | |
William Gill | C | 10 | 24 | 4 | 3 | .903 | 2.800 | |
Ronald Dacko | C | 10 | 49 | 7 | 3 | .949 | 5.600 | |
Don Lewis | OF | 101 | 266 | 13 | 14 | .952 | 2.762 | |
Frank Jeffers | OF | 101 | 176 | 12 | 7 | .964 | 1.861 | |
Harry Shifflett | OF | 92 | 150 | 10 | 14 | .920 | 1.739 | |
Frank Marinkovich | OF | 28 | 68 | 5 | 10 | .880 | 2.607 | |
Sam Palamara | OF | 25 | 55 | 3 | 3 | .951 | 2.320 | |
Maurice Galand | OF | 24 | 37 | 4 | 6 | .872 | 1.708 | |
Hardy Cofer | OF | 23 | 40 | 0 | 1 | .976 | 1.739 | |
Stan Jarvis | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
Tom Jones | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
Thomas McMullen | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
Fred Kipp | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
Ellwood May | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
Robert Wegner | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
Richie Colombo | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
Owen Maguire | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
Lynn Rogers | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
John Gilbert | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
Bud Shaney | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
Jasper Spears | SS | 102 | 182 | 291 | 34 | .933 | 4.637 | |
Totals | 1264 | 3607 | 1175 | 220 | 0 | .956 | 3.783 |
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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