1953 Hagerstown Braves Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 78-53
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Fred Dorman (0-0), Jimmy Zinn (0-0), Billy Jurges (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Hagerstown, Maryland
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 57,246, Avg. 874
1953 Hagerstown Braves Roster

Playoffs - Newport News Dodgers 4 games, Hagerstown Braves 0

The Hagerstown Braves of the Piedmont League ended the 1953 season with a record of 78 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the PL.

The Braves plated 727 runs, tops in the circuit. Hagerstown gave up 519 runs. Joe Blake topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .297 clip. Stan Slack led the team with 15 wins, while Tom Horton recorded a 2.11 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Earl Hersh played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hagerstown Braves to do so.

Fred Dorman, Jimmy Zinn and Billy Jurges 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
Stan Slack1510.6002.993124205.017993681276
Charley Miller1414.5002.673922226.02198567971
Edward Lenthe136.6843.782618143.01467360977
Jack Larson137.6503.302623180.015277667118
Tom Horton124.7502.112118141.01054833184
Willie Wilson109.5264.053320171.0155967710115
Charles Higham12.3333.4611652.0452520334
Totals7852.6003.1518713100001118.0100149739151575000000

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
James Zinn1204854851222091.252.252.336.588163
Joe Blake1143943941172675.297.297.437.734172
Billy Barrett1194184181092595.261.261.400.660167
Theodore Laguna90332332962419.289.289.449.738149
Richard Guyton80296296881121.297.297.358.655106
Robert Myers88322322831885.258.258.410.668132
Earl Hersh7925925965956.251.251.394.645102
Donald Damiano85276276651421.236.236.312.54786
Jack Concannon61209209501222.239.239.344.58472
Wendell Davis4918918947831.249.249.339.58764
William Loos2910310330622.291.291.447.73846
Ford Jordan31939322301.237.237.301.53828
Arnold Hersom28949422610.234.234.319.55330
Jim Morelli3010110119110.188.188.218.40622
James Fairchild18696917112.246.246.377.62326
Richard Notermann23656515301.231.231.323.55421
Stan Slack32777715320.195.195.286.48122
Charley Miller39808015000.188.188.188.37515
Tom Horton22565614410.250.250.357.60720
Willie Wilson36646414100.219.219.234.45315
Raymond Bortz12444413201.295.295.409.70518
Vincent Pizzitola13484811230.229.229.396.62519
Edward Lenthe27575711301.193.193.298.49117
Jack Larson28696910200.145.145.174.31912
Cecil Fogleman1249499010.184.184.224.40811
Ralph Bernardini1746468200.174.174.217.39110
Charles Higham1116160000.000.000.000.0000
Totals12934311431101087206604400000.252.252.358.611154500000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Robert Myers1B888366213.9861.205
Wendell Davis1B44431244.9911.341
James Zinn2B12037341022.9736.525
Joe Blake3B10810425741.8983.343
Ford Jordan3B1613363.9423.062
Theodore LagunaC87341509.9784.494
Arnold HersomC279583.9723.815
Ralph BernardiniC176263.9584.000
Billy BarrettOF119290198.9752.597
Richard GuytonOF7714596.9622.000
Earl HershOF7313556.9591.918
Jim MorelliOF305612.9661.900
William LoosOF285603.9492.000
Richard NotermannOF181914.8331.111
Vincent PizzitolaOF132303.8851.769
Cecil FoglemanOF123901.9753.250
Charley MillerP39.000
Willie WilsonP33.000
Stan SlackP31.000
Edward LentheP26.000
Jack LarsonP26.000
Tom HortonP21.000
Charles HighamP11.000
Jack ConcannonSS5910118818.9414.898
Donald DamianoSS568716324.9124.464
James FairchildSS1832557.9264.833
Totals1197323812941800.9623.786

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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