1953 Bristol Twins Statistics
Team Record: 54-72
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: George Detore (54-72)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: Shaw Stadium
Attendance: 34,810, Avg. 553
The Bristol Twins of the Appalachian League ended the 1953 season with a record of 54 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Twins scored 653 runs and allowed 780 runs. Robert Ryan led batters with significant playing time with a .308 average. Ronald Sheetz topped Bristol with 12 wins, while Walter DeLotelle registered a 3.3 earned run average, best among regular hurlers. George Detore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Sheetz | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.89 | 18 | 18 | 132.0 | 116 | 73 | 57 | 8 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Frank Wilburn | 10 | 14 | .417 | 3.64 | 29 | 24 | 168.0 | 156 | 106 | 68 | 11 | 107 | ||||||||||
| Walter DeLotelle | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.30 | 41 | 11 | 172.0 | 162 | 89 | 63 | 4 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Richard Shinnick | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.04 | 18 | 18 | 136.0 | 112 | 75 | 61 | 4 | 106 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Smith | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.13 | 9 | 6 | 46.0 | 46 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| William Morgan | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.20 | 14 | 5 | 64.0 | 70 | 55 | 37 | 3 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Bob Wadsworth | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.79 | 12 | 8 | 56.0 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 3 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Milton Vest | 2 | 8 | .200 | 7.20 | 13 | 10 | 50.0 | 68 | 51 | 40 | 2 | 38 | ||||||||||
| William Dennis | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.00 | 16 | 1 | 54.0 | 66 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 50 | 52 | .490 | 4.18 | 170 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 878.0 | 855 | 557 | 408 | 41 | 521 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Ryan | 127 | 478 | 478 | 147 | 27 | 11 | 13 | .308 | .308 | .492 | .799 | 235 | |||||||||||
| David Jacobs | 123 | 493 | 493 | 139 | 22 | 11 | 2 | .282 | .282 | .383 | .665 | 189 | |||||||||||
| Donald Malehorn | 113 | 380 | 380 | 112 | 18 | 8 | 4 | .295 | .295 | .416 | .711 | 158 | |||||||||||
| James Scarth | 112 | 360 | 360 | 99 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .275 | .275 | .358 | .633 | 129 | |||||||||||
| Luther Icenhour | 98 | 360 | 360 | 92 | 14 | 3 | 4 | .256 | .256 | .344 | .600 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Leroy Burbage | 106 | 368 | 368 | 89 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .242 | .242 | .293 | .535 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Joe Oxendine | 73 | 277 | 277 | 80 | 12 | 6 | 11 | .289 | .289 | .495 | .783 | 137 | |||||||||||
| Donald Bradley | 72 | 268 | 268 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .235 | .235 | .295 | .530 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Frank Wilburn | 64 | 151 | 151 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .232 | .232 | .344 | .576 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Glass | 46 | 158 | 158 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .184 | .184 | .266 | .449 | 42 | |||||||||||
| John Brandon | 26 | 86 | 86 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .291 | .291 | .407 | .698 | 35 | |||||||||||
| John Schneider | 34 | 108 | 108 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .259 | .491 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Walter DeLotelle | 41 | 71 | 71 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .254 | .254 | .296 | .549 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Donald Deveau | 21 | 79 | 79 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .228 | .228 | .291 | .519 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Sheetz | 27 | 69 | 69 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .261 | .493 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Allen Proctor | 16 | 58 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .207 | .207 | .276 | .483 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Donald Lease | 14 | 50 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .260 | .480 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Richard Shinnick | 18 | 49 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .224 | .388 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Benny Rich | 12 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Bob Wadsworth | 12 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Theodore Smith | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .182 | .455 | .636 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Morgan | 17 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .125 | .208 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Milton Vest | 13 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
| William Dennis | 16 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1212 | 3974 | 3974 | 0 | 1029 | 158 | 54 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .361 | .620 | 1433 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter DeLotelle | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Shinnick | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Sheetz | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| William Dennis | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| William Morgan | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Milton Vest | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Wadsworth | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Smith | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 141 | 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.
