1953 Charleston Senators Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 60-94
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Joe Becker (60-94)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Ballpark: Watt Powell Stadium
Attendance: 178,377, Avg. 2,317

1953 Charleston Senators Roster

The Charleston Senators of the American Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 60 wins and 94 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.

The Senators scored 583 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 754 runs. Earl York led Charleston with 16 home runs and recorded 90 runs batted in. Angel Scull paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .286 clip. Bill Powell topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.06 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1953 Charleston Senators who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jerry Fahr, Andy Tomasic, Hank Behrman, Bob Wellman, Al Kozar, Connie Johnson, Frank Biscan, Dave Melton, Vito Valentinetti, Dick Fowler, Tommy Byrne, Gus Keriazakos, Bob Boyd, Bill Powell, Bob Habenicht, Clarence Beers, Bill Jennings, Hal Hudson, Frank Campos, Don Nicholas, Dick Young and Harold Daugherty.

Joe Becker 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
Bill Powell	14	9	.609	3.06	33	30		13	2		215.0	187	92	73	14	85		121	1	0	5
Dick Fowler	10	15	.400	3.68	29	29		11	2		191.0	200	111	78	16	70		79	11	0	2
Frank Marino	8	11	.421	3.65	42	15		7	0		165.0	178	75	67	16	37		68	3	0	3
Hal Hudson	7	8	.467	4.03	28	15		4	2		105.0	113	60	47	7	46		48	1	0	1
Connie Johnson	6	6	.500	3.62	15	14		6	2		102.0	92	50	41	10	50		86	2	0	8
Hank Behrman	6	16	.273	4.87	39	16		4	1		133.0	152	84	72	8	54		88	2	0	2
Bob Habenicht	4	7	.364	3.51	45	6		2	0		123.0	120	77	48	4	72		62	4	0	4
Andy Tomasic	2	4	.333		30						0.0
Tommy Byrne	1	6	.143	5.31	12	8		3	0		61.0	68	40	36	5	27		36	1	1	1
Gus Keriazakos	1	6	.143	6.33	19	12		1	0		64.0	76	61	45	9	49		51	1	0	5
Clarence Beers	0	2	.000		12						0.0
Totals	59	90	.396	3.94	304	145	0	51	9	0	1159.0	1186	650	507	89	490	0	639	26	1	31	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
Angel Scull	150	597	545	66	156	18	5	2	48	29		38	26	.286	.337	.349	.686	190	7	4	10
Earl York	152	603	541	61	133	21	4	16	90	2		56	79	.246	.319	.388	.707	210	17	2	4
Don Nicholas	127	495	429	88	113	18	5	2	41	41		60	39	.263	.358	.343	.700	147	0	3	3
Donald Griffin	82	305	272	22	79	10	1	0	39	1		26	24	.290	.357	.335	.691	91	8	2	5
Bob Boyd	49	211	198	33	64	8	6	2	22	12		10	7	.323	.356	.455	.810	90	4	0	3
Luis Garcia	74	278	244	25	60	6	0	3	13	2		29	28	.246	.331	.307	.638	75	5	2	3
Bill Jennings	73	285	255	21	51	11	3	1	19	1		25	55	.200	.271	.278	.550	71	10	0	5
Vincent Plumbo	92	270	232	25	46	8	1	2	23	0		29	22	.198	.293	.267	.560	62	11	2	7
Dave Melton	32	97	92	8	24	4	3	0	8	0		5	11	.261	.299	.370	.669	34	3	0	0
Harold Daugherty	20	77	70	11	18	1	0	1	9	1		7	6	.257	.325	.314	.639	22	3	0	0
Al Kozar	24	98	83	14	18	1	0	0	12	0		12	2	.217	.337	.229	.566	19	4	3	0
George Corona	26	93	76	11	17	3	0	0	8	1		14	10	.224	.352	.263	.615	20	3	1	2
Fred Gerken	40	119	93	12	17	3	2	0	15	1		20	12	.183	.345	.258	.603	24	1	3	3
Tommy Byrne	34	67	55	9	16	1	0	2	8	2		10	9	.291	.400	.418	.818	23	1	0	2
Frank Campos	20	60	51	3	15	2	1	0	3	0		8	7	.294	.390	.373	.762	19	0	0	1
Bill Powell	40	83	72	6	13	2	0	0	7	0		5	18	.181	.234	.208	.442	15	2	0	6
Frank Marino	50	60	56	5	12	2	0	2	3	0		1	8	.214	.228	.357	.585	20	1	0	3
Dick Fowler	32	75	67	7	11	1	0	2	4	0		3	11	.164	.200	.269	.469	18	2	0	5
Bob Van Eman	13	47	41	2	9	1	0	0	1	1		6	10	.220	.319	.244	.563	10	0	0	0
James Babcock	17	39	32	3	8	1	0	0	5	0		5	5	.250	.351	.281	.633	9	0	0	2
Lawrence Ciesielski	17	37	32	1	7	0	0	0	2	0		4	6	.219	.306	.219	.524	7	0	0	1
Connie Johnson	16	38	36	4	7	0	0	0	2	0		1	12	.194	.216	.194	.411	7	0	0	1
Hank Behrman	39	41	35	1	6	0	0	0	5	0		3	12	.171	.237	.171	.408	6	0	0	3
Bob Wellman	11	19	17	5	5	0	1	0	4	0		2	6	.294	.368	.412	.780	7	0	0	0
Hal Hudson	30	32	25	2	5	0	0	0	1	1		3	1	.200	.286	.200	.486	5	0	0	4
Bob Habenicht	45	29	29	1	5	1	0	1	2	0		0	5	.172	.172	.310	.483	9	2	0	0
Andy Tomasic	31	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0	0
Clarence Beers	12	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0
Gus Keriazakos	19	19	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	9	.067	.176	.067	.243	1	0	0	2
Totals	1367	4189	3707	449	918	123	32	36	394	95	0	385	444	.248	.322	.327	.649	1213	84	22	75	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Earl York	1B	147	1063	71	18	107	.984	7.714
Al Kozar	2B	22	50	62	5	14	.957	5.091
Luis Garcia	3B	70	81	149	15	17	.939	3.286
Don Nicholas	3B	44	37	89	22	7	.851	2.864
George Corona	3B	20	11	37	11	4	.814	2.400
Vincent Plumbo	C	79	341	32	8	6	.979	4.722	7
Donald Griffin	C	76	396	40	10	4	.978	5.737	9
Lawrence Ciesielski	C	12	51	5	1	2	.982	4.667	1
Angel Scull	OF	141	377	18	15	4	.963	2.801
Bob Boyd	OF	48	89	3	1	1	.989	1.917
Don Nicholas	OF	40	100	2	2	0	.981	2.550
Fred Gerken	OF	26	55	1	3	0	.949	2.154
Frank Campos	OF	14	15	2	0	0	1.000	1.214
Bob Van Eman	OF	11	20	0	3	0	.870	1.818
Bob Habenicht	P	45	7	28	3	3	.921	.778
Frank Marino	P	42	10	29	2	2	.951	.929
Hank Behrman	P	39	2	17	2	3	.905	.487
Bill Powell	P	33	8	20	1	0	.966	.848
Andy Tomasic	P	30	4	11	0	1	1.000	.500
Dick Fowler	P	29	6	31	4	3	.902	1.276
Hal Hudson	P	28	4	19	1	3	.958	.821
Gus Keriazakos	P	19	1	6	1	0	.875	.368
Connie Johnson	P	15	5	12	2	0	.895	1.133
Tommy Byrne	P	12	1	11	0	0	1.000	1.000
Clarence Beers	P	12	1	9	0	1	1.000	.833
Bill Jennings	SS	69	108	184	13	29	.957	4.232
Don Nicholas	SS	28	53	90	19	16	.883	5.107
Dave Melton	SS	27	29	45	5	6	.937	2.741
Harold Daugherty	SS	20	33	58	8	15	.919	4.550
James Babcock	SS	12	11	20	2	1	.939	2.583
Totals		1210	2969	1101	177	249	.958	3.364	17	0	0

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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