1953 Fayetteville Athletics Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 44-95
Finished 8th in the CL
Manager: Buck Etchison (0-0), Bill Bergeron (0-0), Robert Eisiminger (0-0), Kemp Wicker (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Pittman Stadium
Attendance: 40,090, Avg. 577

1953 Fayetteville Athletics Roster

The Fayetteville Athletics of the Carolina League ended the 1953 season with a record of 44 wins and 95 losses, finishing eighth in the CL.

The Athletics tallied 509 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 831 runs, most in the league. William Robertson topped batters with significant playing time with a .316 average. John Barbier led Fayetteville with 10 wins, while Len Matarazzo recorded a 4.22 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1953 Fayetteville Athletics who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Buck Etchison, José Zardón and Len Matarazzo.

Buck Etchison, Bill Bergeron, Robert Eisiminger and Kemp Wicker 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
John Barbier	10	12	.455	5.29	37	24					187.0	208	139	110	19	61
Joe Vilk	9	18	.333	4.52	45	24					233.0	266	147	117	17	52
Jim Kleckley	6	7	.462	3.65	19	16					111.0	114	54	45	12	39
Len Matarazzo	6	14	.300	4.22	28	19					147.0	156	80	69	11	43
Thomas Davis	3	4	.429	4.40	27	9					90.0	94	65	44	5	51
Justin Dorosky	1	4	.200	6.00	19	7					75.0	82	57	50	10	41
Eddie Ancherico	1	6	.143	5.43	15	8					63.0	79	48	38	5	32
Stanley Somers	1	8	.111	7.00	13	8					54.0	74	52	42	3	34
Totals	37	73	.336	4.83	203	115	0	0	0	0	960.0	1073	642	515	82	353	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
William Robertson	111	424	424		134	25	5	1						.316	.316	.406	.722	172
Lee Heffner	138	523	523		131	18	4	1						.250	.250	.306	.556	160
Bill Bergeron	133	540	540		128	16	4	0						.237	.237	.281	.519	152
Malcolm McKeithan	121	444	444		123	31	4	2						.277	.277	.378	.655	168
John Wisniewski	120	422	422		98	14	5	6						.232	.232	.332	.564	140
Manuel Junco	74	305	305		78	11	3	2						.256	.256	.331	.587	101
Chuck Orner	57	171	171		54	9	2	1						.316	.316	.409	.725	70
Jordan Morris	58	210	210		53	11	2	3						.252	.252	.367	.619	77
Joe Vilk	68	117	117		40	10	0	1						.342	.342	.453	.795	53
Dick Jok	29	114	114		35	7	0	4						.307	.307	.474	.781	54
Hector Lara	34	125	125		34	9	0	4						.272	.272	.440	.712	55
Gene Armbruster	32	108	108		24	6	1	1						.222	.222	.324	.546	35
German Pizarro	22	76	76		20	5	1	0						.263	.263	.355	.618	27
Richard Ackermann	13	49	49	8	18	5	0	1	7	0				.367	.367	.531	.898	26
Buck Etchison	23	59	59		18	4	0	0						.305	.305	.373	.678	22
William Hinton	25	75	75		17	3	0	0						.227	.227	.267	.493	20
Walter Wilson	21	76	76		16	2	1	0						.211	.211	.263	.474	20
José Zardón	17	58	58		15	3	1	0						.259	.259	.345	.603	20
Thomas Dorsey	27	89	89		13	2	0	2						.146	.146	.236	.382	21
Jim Kleckley	23	41	41		10	0	0	1						.244	.244	.317	.561	13
Mike Sichko	13	53	53		10	1	0	0						.189	.189	.208	.396	11
Eddie Lempas	24	61	61		10	1	0	0						.164	.164	.180	.344	11
John Creighton	17	48	48		9	3	2	0						.188	.188	.333	.521	16
John Dobias	12	33	33		8	2	0	0						.242	.242	.303	.545	10
Thomas Davis	38	36	36		7	2	0	0						.194	.194	.250	.444	9
John Barbier	37	57	57		6	1	0	0						.105	.105	.123	.228	7
Eddie Ancherico	15	22	22		4	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	4
Justin Dorosky	19	27	27		4	0	0	0						.148	.148	.148	.296	4
Fred Weidig	10	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	3
Stanley Somers	14	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Len Matarazzo	29	47	47		2	0	0	0						.043	.043	.043	.085	2
John Fetner	10	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Herman Osburn	10	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1394	4463	4463	8	1125	201	35	30	7	0	0	0	0	.252	.252	.333	.585	1486	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jordan Morris	1B	58	479	25	11		.979	8.690
Buck Etchison	1B	16	115	7	0		1.000	7.625
John Creighton	1B	12	82	7	2		.978	7.417
Bill Bergeron	2B	93	257	226	21		.958	5.194
Eddie Lempas	2B	20	53	39	7		.929	4.600
Walter Wilson	2B	14	31	39	1		.986	5.000
Lee Heffner	3B	136	182	234	44		.904	3.059
William Robertson	C	72	331	18	5		.986	4.847
Chuck Orner	C	48	254	16	15		.947	5.625
Thomas Dorsey	C	22	101	15	3		.975	5.273
Malcolm McKeithan	OF	118	222	10	7		.971	1.966
Manuel Junco	OF	72	217	10	10		.958	3.153
Hector Lara	OF	34	70	6	7		.916	2.235
Gene Armbruster	OF	32	70	5	5		.938	2.344
Dick Jok	OF	29	45	1	5		.902	1.586
William Hinton	OF	24	34	3	2		.949	1.542
José Zardón	OF	15	33	1	3		.919	2.267
Mike Sichko	OF	13	29	1	3		.909	2.308
German Pizarro	OF	12	22	0	2		.917	1.833
Joe Vilk	P	45						.000
John Barbier	P	37						.000
Len Matarazzo	P	28						.000
Thomas Davis	P	27						.000
Jim Kleckley	P	19						.000
Justin Dorosky	P	19						.000
Eddie Ancherico	P	15						.000
Stanley Somers	P	13						.000
John Wisniewski	SS	79	125	223	30		.921	4.405
Richard Ackermann	SS	12	22	29	5		.911	4.250
Totals		1134	2774	915	188	0	.952	3.253

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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