1953 Burlington Flints Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 49-79
Finished 8th in the IIIL
Manager: Johnny Vander Meer (49-79)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 49,370, Avg. 771

1953 Burlington Flints Roster

The Burlington Flints of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1953 season with a record of 49 wins and 79 losses, finishing eighth in the IIIL.

The Flints scored 611 runs and allowed 782 runs, most in the circuit. Jim St. Clair led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .306 clip. Phil Amato topped Burlington with 15 wins and a team-best 3.32 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Hank Ruszkowski and Johnny Vander Meer both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Johnny Vander Meer 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
Phil Amato	15	9	.625	3.32	28	26					190.0	173	85	70	8	97
Ed Williams	8	10	.444	4.98	50	13					141.0	145	104	78	12	100
Edwin James	5	6	.455	5.18	18	13					92.0	124	63	53	11	35
Bill Blanton	5	11	.312	4.81	31	22					172.0	191	107	92	14	94
Gerald Blackburn	4	12	.250	6.20	28	16					138.0	128	110	95	7	147
Johnny Vander Meer	3	4	.429	3.21	19	4					70.0	75	41	25	3	46
Walter Miller	2	4	.333	5.95	21	5					62.0	70	49	41	5	43
Ernie Clark	2	5	.286	5.40	16	10					65.0	73	55	39	6	52
Bob Curley	0	6	.000	5.36	7	7					47.0	50	35	28	3	32
Totals	44	67	.396	4.80	218	116	0	0	0	0	977.0	1029	649	521	69	646	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
Hal Treinen	125	492	492		137	28	6	10						.278	.278	.421	.699	207
Kirby Jackson	123	464	464		136	19	13	9						.293	.293	.448	.741	208
Jim St. Clair	112	435	435		133	20	5	8						.306	.306	.430	.736	187
Louis Ruehl	128	479	479		129	22	5	1						.269	.269	.342	.612	164
Edward Kneuper	101	391	391		117	29	0	12						.299	.299	.465	.765	182
William Bowman	116	381	381		89	9	2	5						.234	.234	.307	.541	117
Bob Carson	84	308	308		71	13	2	1						.231	.231	.295	.526	91
Dick Bush	95	273	273		66	12	1	3						.242	.242	.326	.568	89
Vince Costello	65	195	195		46	6	0	2						.236	.236	.297	.533	58
Grady Watts	34	121	121		28	5	0	1						.231	.231	.298	.529	36
Ed Trytek	27	97	97		18	2	0	3						.186	.186	.299	.485	29
Otho Kortz	22	82	82		16	2	0	0						.195	.195	.220	.415	18
Phil Amato	28	70	70		15	7	0	0						.214	.214	.314	.529	22
Edwin James	24	49	49		13	1	0	0						.265	.265	.286	.551	14
Ed Williams	50	43	43		11	1	0	0						.256	.256	.279	.535	12
Vincent Downs	16	54	54		11	0	1	1						.204	.204	.296	.500	16
Hank Ruszkowski	22	64	64		11	1	0	1						.172	.172	.234	.406	15
William Stenger	18	48	48		10	1	0	0						.208	.208	.229	.438	11
Johnny Vander Meer	29	26	26		8	3	0	0						.308	.308	.423	.731	11
Gerald Blackburn	28	48	48		8	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	8
Gene Bennett	15	50	50		8	0	2	0						.160	.160	.240	.400	12
Bill Blanton	31	56	56		8	1	1	1						.143	.143	.250	.393	14
Bobby Wood	13	14	14		4	0	0	0						.286	.286	.286	.571	4
William Thompson	12	14	14		3	1	0	0						.214	.214	.286	.500	4
Ernie Clark	16	22	22		2	1	0	0						.091	.091	.136	.227	3
Walter Miller	21	20	20		1	0	0	0						.050	.050	.050	.100	1
Totals	1355	4296	4296	0	1099	184	38	58	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.256	.357	.613	1533	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Vince Costello	1B	52	371	29	19		.955	7.692
Grady Watts	1B	29	251	24	5		.982	9.483
Louis Ruehl	2B	115	370	269	23		.965	5.557
Gene Bennett	2B	13	24	27	8		.864	3.923
Hal Treinen	3B	105	126	238	35		.912	3.467
Otho Kortz	3B	14	8	31	6		.867	2.786
William Bowman	C	58	332	35	11		.971	6.328
Dick Bush	C	57	290	35	8		.976	5.702
Hank Ruszkowski	C	20	116	10	6		.955	6.300
Kirby Jackson	OF	119	241	15	18		.934	2.151
Jim St. Clair	OF	112	309	18	15		.956	2.920
Edward Kneuper	OF	86	121	3	7		.947	1.442
Ed Trytek	OF	27	29	1	4		.882	1.111
Vincent Downs	OF	11	22	1	3		.885	2.091
Ed Williams	P	50						.000
Bill Blanton	P	31						.000
Gerald Blackburn	P	28						.000
Phil Amato	P	28						.000
Walter Miller	P	21						.000
Johnny Vander Meer	P	19						.000
Edwin James	P	18						.000
Ernie Clark	P	16						.000
Bob Curley	P	7						.000
Bob Carson	SS	81	146	249	23		.945	4.877
William Stenger	SS	11	15	21	3		.923	3.273
Totals		1128	2771	1006	194	0	.951	3.348

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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