1953 Green Bay Bluejays Statistics

Wisconsin State League (WSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 80-42
Finished 1st in the WSL
Manager: Phil Seghi (80-42)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Bluejay Field
Attendance: 71,013, Avg. 1,164

1953 Green Bay Bluejays Roster

Playoffs - Green Bay Bluejays 2 games, Wausau Lumberjacks 0

The Green Bay Bluejays of the Wisconsin State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 80 wins and 42 losses, finishing first in the WSL.

The Bluejays paced the circuit with just 518 runs allowed. Green Bay scored 804 runs. Charles Tiberghein topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .311 clip. Mel Heim paced the team with 19 wins, while John Luthern, too added 15 or more wins, too Mel Heim earned a 2.14 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Dick Brown and Russ Nixon both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Phil Seghi 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
Mel Heim	19	8	.704	2.14	31	24					198.0	145	77	47	7	107
John Luthern	16	7	.696	2.90	37	25					208.0	163	89	67	6	126
DeLeon Bastock	14	10	.583	3.50	36	28					203.0	141	105	79	12	130
John Lang	11	9	.550	3.82	29	27					158.0	119	93	67	2	169
Lawrence Dresen	7	4	.636	2.52	16	11					100.0	65	36	28	7	78
Hazen Davis	6	1	.857	4.09	18	3					66.0	52	44	30	2	58
Bruce Hemmerle	4	2	.667	4.33	25	4					81.0	77	49	39	2	57
Totals	77	41	.653	3.17	192	122	0	0	0	0	1014.0	762	493	357	38	725	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
Charles Tiberghein	114	437	437		136	17	3	8						.311	.311	.419	.730	183
Glen Phillips	119	426	426		121	20	5	6						.284	.284	.397	.681	169
Bill Williamson	119	379	379		109	16	7	14						.288	.288	.478	.765	181
William Mostransky	122	430	430		103	20	4	1						.240	.240	.312	.551	134
Duane White	113	399	399		102	12	7	4						.256	.256	.351	.607	140
Steve Jankowski	112	405	405		100	13	5	8						.247	.247	.363	.610	147
Tommy Vaughan	114	386	386		96	20	1	13						.249	.249	.407	.655	157
Dick Brown	96	321	321		91	22	1	3						.283	.283	.386	.670	124
Russ Nixon	43	137	137		46	6	5	0						.336	.336	.453	.788	62
Roy Nixon	54	182	182		46	5	1	1						.253	.253	.308	.560	56
Mel Heim	45	87	87		19	1	1	2						.218	.218	.322	.540	28
John Luthern	39	79	79		11	2	0	1						.139	.139	.203	.342	16
John Lang	29	53	53		10	1	0	0						.189	.189	.208	.396	11
John Alexy	18	60	60		9	3	2	0						.150	.150	.267	.417	16
Glenn Rediger	19	40	40		7	2	0	0						.175	.175	.225	.400	9
DeLeon Bastock	36	81	81		7	2	0	0						.086	.086	.111	.198	9
Hazen Davis	18	27	27		6	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	6
Lawrence Dresen	16	39	39		6	3	1	0						.154	.154	.282	.436	11
Bruce Hemmerle	25	27	27		2	0	0	0						.074	.074	.074	.148	2
Bob Jones	12	12	12		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1263	4007	4007	0	1027	165	43	61	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.256	.365	.621	1461	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
John Luthern	P	37					.000
DeLeon Bastock	P	36					.000
Mel Heim	P	31					.000
John Lang	P	29					.000
Bruce Hemmerle	P	25					.000
Hazen Davis	P	18					.000
Lawrence Dresen	P	16					.000
Totals		192	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.

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