1953 Bluefield Blue-Grays Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 43-82
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Ivan Kuester (43-82)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 33,569, Avg. 537

1953 Bluefield Blue-Grays Roster

The Bluefield Blue-Grays of the Appalachian League ended the 1953 season with a record of 43 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Blue-Grays tallied 649 runs, worst in the circuit, and surrendered 833 runs. Orlando Leroux paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .332 average. Lefty Phillips and Dempsey Cheatwood topped Bluefield with 7 wins each, while Dempsey Cheatwood earned a 4.03 ERA, leading regular hurlers. Ivan Kuester 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
Dempsey Cheatwood	7	8	.467	4.03	58	2					116.0	123	65	52	4	59
Lefty Phillips	7	12	.368	4.87	39	28					209.0	235	148	113	16	106
Earl Walton	6	12	.333	5.26	25	17					106.0	117	70	62	4	50
George Kenyon	6	14	.300	6.25	40	18					170.0	218	153	118	12	101
Frank Repchik	5	3	.625	3.71	10	9					68.0	64	36	28	3	25
Thomas Cooke	2	4	.333	6.00	11	3					45.0	54	35	30	2	27
John Tennant	2	4	.333	6.07	12	4					46.0	53	38	31	5	28
Richard Reeder	2	8	.200	7.94	16	13					68.0	77	70	60	5	74
Lewis Saum	1	5	.167	6.26	15	9					69.0	101	60	48	6	32
Totals	38	70	.352	5.44	226	103	0	0	0	0	897.0	1042	675	542	57	502	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
Orlando Leroux	125	464	464		154	33	1	16						.332	.332	.511	.843	237
Andy Lano	128	492	492		142	38	3	4						.289	.289	.402	.691	198
Joseph Giel	128	463	463		113	24	1	7						.244	.244	.346	.590	160
Robert Payne	114	388	388		99	15	3	3						.255	.255	.332	.588	129
Alex Morrow	128	446	446		92	19	2	5						.206	.206	.291	.498	130
James Walthall	76	286	286		87	12	6	1						.304	.304	.399	.703	114
Russ Johnson	53	218	218		68	12	0	9						.312	.312	.491	.803	107
Robert Staback	71	256	256		65	13	1	10						.254	.254	.430	.684	110
Rolando Olmo	50	175	175		46	4	2	0						.263	.263	.309	.571	54
Jack Powell	30	102	102		29	1	0	0						.284	.284	.294	.578	30
Billy Batten	28	104	104		28	5	1	0						.269	.269	.337	.606	35
Alden Fetherman	31	86	86		21	3	0	1						.244	.244	.314	.558	27
Lefty Phillips	41	75	75		14	4	0	0						.187	.187	.240	.427	18
William Ballinger	18	57	57		13	1	0	0						.228	.228	.246	.474	14
Frank Hampton	19	61	61		10	3	0	1						.164	.164	.262	.426	16
Frank Repchik	14	29	29		8	0	0	0						.276	.276	.276	.552	8
Thomas Cooke	25	35	35		8	1	0	0						.229	.229	.257	.486	9
George Kenyon	43	65	65		8	1	0	0						.123	.123	.138	.262	9
Frank Billings	15	34	34		7	0	1	1						.206	.206	.353	.559	12
Earl Walton	28	33	33		6	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	6
John Tennant	20	36	36		6	0	0	1						.167	.167	.250	.417	9
Jerry Fetrow	16	38	38		6	0	0	0						.158	.158	.158	.316	6
Richard Reeder	17	24	24		5	0	0	0						.208	.208	.208	.417	5
Lewis Saum	15	28	28		5	0	0	0						.179	.179	.179	.357	5
Dempsey Cheatwood	58	34	34		5	0	1	0						.147	.147	.206	.353	7
Totals	1291	4029	4029	0	1045	189	22	59	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.361	.621	1455	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dempsey Cheatwood	P	58					.000
George Kenyon	P	40					.000
Lefty Phillips	P	39					.000
Earl Walton	P	25					.000
Richard Reeder	P	16					.000
Lewis Saum	P	15					.000
John Tennant	P	12					.000
Frank Repchik	P	10					.000
Totals		215	0	0	0	0	.000

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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