1953 Asheville Tourists Statistics

Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
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
1953 Asheville Tourists Roster

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.


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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
Fred Kipp155.7502.242220165.01225441755
Stan Jarvis1511.5773.154424203.018995716117
Robert Wegner114.7332.931816132.01165643447
Ellwood May86.5713.271916124.01195845643
Thomas McMullen86.5714.672414115.71207160365
Tom Jones87.5335.213617145.0174108841179
Lynn Rogers44.5004.2613869.7684333256
Owen Maguire36.3334.1117970.0674732464
Richie Colombo21.6676.5018045.7513833320
John Gilbert22.5005.2613549.7563829222
Bud Shaney005.4015.09330
Totals7652.5943.7922512900001124.7109161147448568000000

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 Pignatano12143343313724136.316.316.473.790205
Donald Thomas1415235231321971.252.252.321.574168
Jasper Spears11245245212826123.283.283.414.697187
Don Lewis1054014011211943.302.302.392.693157
Frank Jeffers1013643641152555.316.316.453.769165
Harry Shifflett10340140110623118.264.264.436.701175
Daniel Keith58231231971993.420.420.6191.039143
Gene Castiglione9233233281810.244.244.274.51891
Donald Currie8326926962607.230.230.331.56189
Hank Justice72209209511013.244.244.344.58972
Julio Ondani48182182481634.264.264.451.71482
Emil Syngel3313713746324.336.336.474.81065
Frank Marinkovich3615715745325.287.287.427.71367
Maurice Galand4015315341611.268.268.340.60852
Sam Palamara2510610640410.377.377.434.81146
Hardy Cofer26888828316.318.318.580.89851
Fred Kipp28676723432.343.343.582.92539
Tom Jones39606016120.267.267.350.61721
Stan Jarvis51737315410.205.205.288.49321
William Palumbo15505013200.260.260.300.56015
Robert Wegner18464610220.217.217.348.56516
Richie Colombo2432329100.281.281.312.59410
Ronald Dacko1234349210.265.265.382.64713
Thomas McMullen2545459400.200.200.289.48913
William Gill1217177000.412.412.412.8247
Lynn Rogers1522225200.227.227.318.5457
Ellwood May1940405210.125.125.225.3509
Owen Maguire1722224000.182.182.182.3644
John Gilbert1312123000.250.250.250.5003
Bob Loddeke1810102100.200.200.300.5003
Ray Hathaway10441000.250.250.250.5001
Rudolph Dillard1412121000.083.083.083.1671
Totals15264984498401410239836100000.283.283.401.684199800000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Donald Currie1B837155417.9789.265
Daniel Keith1B585303917.9719.810
Gene Castiglione2B7421520217.9615.635
Donald Thomas2B6216620014.9635.903
William Palumbo2B1439553.9696.714
Julio Ondani3B48391169.9453.229
Emil Syngel3B29436115.8743.586
Joe PignatanoC935325922.9646.355
Hank JusticeC622814011.9675.177
William GillC102443.9032.800
Ronald DackoC104973.9495.600
Don LewisOF1012661314.9522.762
Frank JeffersOF101176127.9641.861
Harry ShifflettOF921501014.9201.739
Frank MarinkovichOF2868510.8802.607
Sam PalamaraOF255533.9512.320
Maurice GalandOF243746.8721.708
Hardy CoferOF234001.9761.739
Stan JarvisP44.000
Tom JonesP36.000
Thomas McMullenP24.000
Fred KippP22.000
Ellwood MayP19.000
Robert WegnerP18.000
Richie ColomboP18.000
Owen MaguireP17.000
Lynn RogersP13.000
John GilbertP13.000
Bud ShaneyP1.000
Jasper SpearsSS10218229134.9334.637
Totals1264360711752200.9563.783

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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