1953 Durham Bulls Statistics
Team Record: 64-75
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: Marv Owen (64-75)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Athletic Park
Attendance: 53,823, Avg. 774
The Durham Bulls of the Carolina League ended the 1953 season with a record of 64 wins and 75 losses, finishing seventh in the CL.
The Bulls scored 633 runs and conceded 667 runs. John Radulovich paced hitters with significant playing time with a .349 average. Eddie Neville topped Durham with 21 wins and a team-best 2.28 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
George Alusik and Duke Maas both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Marv Owen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Neville | 21 | 8 | .724 | 2.28 | 41 | 27 | 264.0 | 243 | 99 | 67 | 10 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Larry Donovan | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.44 | 31 | 18 | 136.0 | 117 | 82 | 52 | 9 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Joe Lewis | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.18 | 22 | 14 | 119.0 | 108 | 59 | 42 | 5 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Dan Searle | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.41 | 25 | 18 | 132.0 | 150 | 66 | 50 | 7 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Duke Maas | 6 | 16 | .273 | 3.03 | 30 | 21 | 175.0 | 167 | 82 | 59 | 5 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Millard Grissom | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.65 | 31 | 13 | 148.0 | 161 | 86 | 60 | 7 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.01 | 24 | 10 | 101.0 | 121 | 65 | 45 | 7 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 58 | 64 | .475 | 3.14 | 204 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1075.0 | 1067 | 539 | 375 | 50 | 452 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Radulovich | 101 | 395 | 395 | 138 | 28 | 4 | 19 | .349 | .349 | .585 | .934 | 231 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Frazier | 109 | 450 | 450 | 105 | 20 | 3 | 5 | .233 | .233 | .324 | .558 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Richison | 91 | 363 | 363 | 96 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .264 | .264 | .375 | .639 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Ray Cabanaw | 107 | 371 | 371 | 89 | 19 | 7 | 9 | .240 | .240 | .402 | .642 | 149 | |||||||||||
| Harry Durkin | 68 | 261 | 261 | 82 | 10 | 6 | 6 | .314 | .314 | .467 | .782 | 122 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Caldwell | 102 | 318 | 318 | 82 | 13 | 0 | 2 | .258 | .258 | .318 | .575 | 101 | |||||||||||
| John Sass | 82 | 246 | 246 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .228 | .228 | .341 | .569 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Patrick O'Neill | 49 | 204 | 204 | 54 | 7 | 7 | 3 | .265 | .265 | .412 | .676 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Jack Schultz | 62 | 211 | 211 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 9 | .237 | .237 | .403 | .640 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Tex Warfield | 70 | 243 | 243 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 8 | .206 | .206 | .346 | .551 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Sidney Ford | 39 | 157 | 157 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .268 | .268 | .357 | .624 | 56 | |||||||||||
| George Alusik | 33 | 118 | 118 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .331 | .331 | .475 | .805 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Maurice Mikesell | 49 | 145 | 145 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .276 | .531 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Neville | 72 | 130 | 130 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .262 | .262 | .346 | .608 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Jack Graham | 53 | 176 | 176 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .193 | .193 | .267 | .460 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Dick Eaton | 32 | 120 | 120 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .258 | .258 | .358 | .617 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Tom Sarna | 36 | 100 | 100 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .260 | .260 | .380 | .640 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Jess Bucy | 34 | 121 | 121 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .207 | .207 | .264 | .471 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Frederick Flemming | 23 | 76 | 76 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .211 | .211 | .421 | .632 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Millard Grissom | 46 | 75 | 75 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .173 | .173 | .293 | .467 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Les Eggers | 27 | 85 | 85 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .153 | .153 | .259 | .412 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Don Petschow | 15 | 45 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .267 | .511 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Joe Lewis | 25 | 47 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .383 | .617 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Larry Donovan | 31 | 47 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .191 | .213 | .404 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 37 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .316 | .526 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Dan Searle | 25 | 44 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .182 | .341 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Karl Kluckhohn | 16 | 50 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .140 | .280 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Duke Maas | 31 | 55 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .109 | .109 | .109 | .218 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Mike Lotz | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1476 | 4702 | 4702 | 0 | 1173 | 217 | 50 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .249 | .249 | .368 | .617 | 1730 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Radulovich | 1B | 101 | 860 | 49 | 21 | .977 | 9.000 | |
| Dick Eaton | 1B | 32 | 268 | 21 | 8 | .973 | 9.031 | |
| Ray Cabanaw | 2B | 106 | 268 | 302 | 31 | .948 | 5.377 | |
| Jack Graham | 2B | 27 | 49 | 61 | 9 | .924 | 4.074 | |
| Maurice Mikesell | 3B | 42 | 48 | 84 | 14 | .904 | 3.143 | |
| Tom Sarna | 3B | 36 | 47 | 66 | 17 | .869 | 3.139 | |
| Karl Kluckhohn | 3B | 12 | 14 | 34 | 6 | .889 | 4.000 | |
| Ralph Caldwell | C | 80 | 428 | 29 | 18 | .962 | 5.712 | |
| John Sass | C | 72 | 393 | 37 | 8 | .982 | 5.972 | |
| Charlie Richison | OF | 91 | 183 | 7 | 11 | .945 | 2.088 | |
| Tex Warfield | OF | 63 | 167 | 5 | 3 | .983 | 2.730 | |
| Jack Schultz | OF | 62 | 146 | 9 | 10 | .939 | 2.500 | |
| Patrick O'Neill | OF | 48 | 66 | 6 | 3 | .960 | 1.500 | |
| Sidney Ford | OF | 39 | 53 | 3 | 3 | .949 | 1.436 | |
| Jess Bucy | OF | 33 | 49 | 5 | 2 | .964 | 1.636 | |
| George Alusik | OF | 32 | 41 | 3 | 1 | .978 | 1.375 | |
| Frederick Flemming | OF | 23 | 45 | 3 | 4 | .923 | 2.087 | |
| Les Eggers | OF | 23 | 49 | 3 | 1 | .981 | 2.261 | |
| Eddie Neville | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Millard Grissom | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Donovan | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Duke Maas | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Dan Searle | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Davis | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Lewis | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Andrew Frazier | SS | 75 | 147 | 219 | 24 | .938 | 4.880 | |
| Harry Durkin | SS | 60 | 109 | 159 | 15 | .947 | 4.467 | |
| Totals | 1261 | 3430 | 1105 | 209 | 0 | .956 | 3.596 |
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.
