1953 Duluth Dukes Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 73-52
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Al Todd (73-52)
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 106,383, Avg. 1,702
1953 Duluth Dukes Roster

Playoffs - Duluth Dukes 2 games, Aberdeen Pheasants 0
Finals - Fargo-Moorhead Twins 3 games, Duluth Dukes 2

The Duluth Dukes of the Northern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 73 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Dukes plated 837 runs and allowed 650 runs. Horace Greenwood paced batters with significant playing time with a .351 average. Ken McGonagle and Steve Gerkin topped Duluth with 10 wins each, while Ken McGonagle recorded a 3.48 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Steve Gerkin played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Duluth Dukes to do so.

Al Todd 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
Steve Gerkin103.7693.72288104.01175443915
Ken McGonagle108.5563.482519155.01597460745
Elroy Joyce93.7503.9219985.0904537427
Bobby Wood97.5623.953221164.01769472793
John Whipple89.4713.972216118.01317452942
William Wisneski52.7144.7511753.0503828233
Stanley Franczek23.4004.4014247.0583123426
Totals5335.6023.90151820000726.078141031542281000000

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
Horace Greenwood12150250217625120.351.351.448.799225
Richard Newberry12450050016320105.326.326.436.762218
Pete Kousagan12544044014320718.325.325.525.850231
Lee Jackson10339239212811124.327.327.446.773175
John Gierek1184554551212834.266.266.367.633167
Eugene Haering12644244211726315.265.265.439.704194
Keith Engstrom1144174171151640.276.276.333.609139
Bernie Gerl1213953951112238.281.281.413.694163
Stanley Franczek5712412429710.234.234.306.54038
Ken McGonagle31636314100.222.222.238.46015
Bob Miller13303012510.400.400.6331.03319
Bobby Wood35737311301.151.151.233.38417
John Whipple2239397100.179.179.205.3858
Ronald Heighens1648487100.146.146.167.3128
Lawrence Tessier1017176100.353.353.412.7657
Duane Zimmer1234346100.176.176.206.3827
Elroy Joyce1929295100.172.172.207.3796
Wesley Roberts13774000.571.571.5711.1434
Bob Isbell1118184000.222.222.222.4444
Ronald Stephens1423234000.174.174.174.3484
Steve Gerkin2837374000.108.108.108.2164
Robert Whitfield15881000.125.125.125.2501
William Wisneski1223231100.043.043.087.1302
Totals12604116411601189190565500000.289.289.402.691165600000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Bobby WoodP32.000
Steve GerkinP28.000
Ken McGonagleP25.000
John WhippleP22.000
Elroy JoyceP19.000
William WisneskiP11.000
Totals1370000.000

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.





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