1953 Batavia Clippers Statistics
Team Record: 46-78
Finished 7th in the PONYL
Manager: George Kinnamon (46-78)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Batavia, New York
Ballpark: Dwyer Stadium
Attendance: 25,813, Avg. 416
The Batavia Clippers of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1953 season with a record of 46 wins and 78 losses, finishing seventh in the PONYL.
The Clippers plated 698 runs and yielded 836 runs. Román Mejías paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .322. James Pomykala topped Batavia with 10 wins, while Lester Humphreys registered a 4.39 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Román Mejías played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Batavia Clippers to do so.
George Kinnamon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Pomykala | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.58 | 27 | 21 | 179.0 | 190 | 117 | 91 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Lester Humphreys | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.39 | 23 | 14 | 123.0 | 128 | 82 | 60 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Zimmerlink | 5 | 8 | .385 | 6.29 | 20 | 16 | 103.0 | 118 | 88 | 72 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Tom King | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.20 | 11 | 3 | 45.0 | 39 | 25 | 16 | 20 | |||||||||||
| David Jimenez | 4 | 11 | .267 | 5.91 | 27 | 17 | 128.0 | 119 | 107 | 84 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Russel Betts | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.22 | 12 | 8 | 64.0 | 58 | 44 | 30 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Hayward Babin | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.53 | 19 | 5 | 57.0 | 57 | 52 | 35 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Charles Berry | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.02 | 16 | 6 | 59.0 | 83 | 55 | 46 | 41 | |||||||||||
| George Ferguson | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.31 | 11 | 7 | 61.0 | 75 | 46 | 36 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Art Frantz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 38 | 58 | .396 | 5.16 | 167 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 819.0 | 867 | 616 | 470 | 0 | 640 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Panko | 123 | 506 | 506 | 162 | 21 | 4 | 13 | .320 | .320 | .455 | .775 | 230 | |||||||||||
| Román Mejías | 117 | 484 | 484 | 156 | 30 | 10 | 8 | .322 | .322 | .475 | .798 | 230 | |||||||||||
| Tom Cayavec | 107 | 413 | 413 | 124 | 17 | 5 | 14 | .300 | .300 | .467 | .768 | 193 | |||||||||||
| George Kinnamon | 112 | 368 | 368 | 106 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .288 | .288 | .359 | .647 | 132 | |||||||||||
| Mike Zanardi | 90 | 336 | 336 | 89 | 11 | 2 | 5 | .265 | .265 | .354 | .619 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Roberto Sanchez | 104 | 361 | 361 | 85 | 24 | 3 | 4 | .235 | .235 | .352 | .587 | 127 | |||||||||||
| William Shires | 61 | 216 | 216 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .301 | .301 | .338 | .639 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Don Sides | 66 | 209 | 209 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .344 | .598 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Dean Miller | 41 | 146 | 146 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .295 | .295 | .342 | .637 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Charles Berry | 72 | 195 | 195 | 42 | 9 | 7 | 4 | .215 | .215 | .395 | .610 | 77 | |||||||||||
| William Gay | 48 | 130 | 130 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .215 | .215 | .269 | .485 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Douglas Fleming | 32 | 111 | 111 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .216 | .216 | .279 | .495 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Zimmerlink | 40 | 60 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .233 | .233 | .300 | .533 | 18 | |||||||||||
| David Lowenthal | 24 | 82 | 82 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .159 | .317 | 13 | |||||||||||
| James Pomykala | 29 | 67 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .164 | .328 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Robert Austin | 18 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .360 | .360 | .400 | .760 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Albert Hodous | 11 | 42 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .286 | .500 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Richard Conner | 18 | 56 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .214 | .375 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Melvin Mrdjenovich | 13 | 40 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .175 | .175 | .200 | .375 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Lester Humphreys | 25 | 50 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .180 | .320 | 9 | |||||||||||
| David Jimenez | 28 | 55 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .127 | .127 | .127 | .255 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Anderson | 17 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .207 | .207 | .414 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Russel Betts | 12 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .227 | .409 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Lanson Persley | 11 | 38 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .105 | .105 | .211 | .316 | 8 | |||||||||||
| George Ferguson | 12 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .227 | .364 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Jack Lewis | 21 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .069 | .069 | .138 | .207 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Hayward Babin | 19 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .154 | .231 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tom King | 12 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1283 | 4119 | 4119 | 0 | 1084 | 160 | 47 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .364 | .627 | 1500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Pomykala | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| David Jimenez | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Lester Humphreys | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Hayward Babin | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Russel Betts | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Tom King | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| George Ferguson | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Art Frantz | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 131 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
