1953 Hot Springs Bathers Statistics

Cotton States League (CSL) - Class: C
Team Record: 63-61
Finished 5th in the CSL
Manager: Vernon Shetler (63-61)
Location: Hot Springs, Arkansas
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 43,360, Avg. 699

1953 Hot Springs Bathers Roster

Playoffs - Jackson Senators 1 game, Hot Springs Bathers 0 - One-game playoff for fourth place.

The Hot Springs Bathers of the Cotton States League ended the 1953 season with a record of 63 wins and 61 losses, finishing fifth in the CSL.

The Bathers scored 683 runs and yielded 685 runs. Stephen Korfonta paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .346 clip. Kenneth Siefert topped Hot Springs with 15 wins, while Manolo Fernandez registered a 3.21 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers. Vernon Shetler 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
Kenneth Siefert	15	11	.577	4.10	37	28					215.0	246	121	98	19	82
Clyde Baldwin	13	5	.722	4.70	33	24					184.0	210	121	96	9	91
Alex Ronay	12	12	.500	3.52	36	24					197.0	194	104	77	12	96
Robert Gibbons	10	5	.667	3.89	27	17					136.7	117	69	59	15	78
Manolo Fernandez	9	4	.692	3.20	24	10					112.7	104	63	40	4	49
Nelson Campver	9	11	.450	4.30	34	21					176.0	172	103	84	12	93
Thomas Ward	3	3	.500	7.34	14	7					57.7	78	60	47	12	33
Totals	71	51	.582	4.18	205	131	0	0	0	0	1079.0	1121	641	501	83	522	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
Harry Martin	121	491	491		169	32	13	41						.344	.344	.713	1.057	350
Stephen Korfonta	112	459	459		159	33	6	4						.346	.346	.471	.817	216
Vernon Shetler	122	467	467		144	28	1	23						.308	.308	.520	.829	243
Jackie Bales	124	426	426		119	16	8	12						.279	.279	.439	.718	187
Clarence Tuckey	123	429	429		117	21	0	5						.273	.273	.357	.629	153
Robert Adcock	100	395	395		113	26	5	13						.286	.286	.476	.762	188
Bob Passarella	123	455	455		95	16	2	7						.209	.209	.299	.508	136
Billy Giddings	70	282	282		71	13	4	2						.252	.252	.348	.599	98
Alex Ronay	37	86	86		21	7	0	0						.244	.244	.326	.570	28
Nelson Campver	36	68	68		16	1	0	1						.235	.235	.294	.529	20
Charles Ekas	28	89	89		14	1	0	0						.157	.157	.169	.326	15
Manolo Fernandez	29	54	54		12	2	0	0						.222	.222	.259	.481	14
Kenneth Siefert	38	85	85		12	3	0	0						.141	.141	.176	.318	15
John Trucks	11	29	29		11	0	0	1						.379	.379	.483	.862	14
Clyde Baldwin	35	71	71		11	2	0	0						.155	.155	.183	.338	13
Everette Fields	17	52	52		10	2	0	0						.192	.192	.231	.423	12
Robert Gibbons	31	53	53		10	2	0	0						.189	.189	.226	.415	12
Thomas Ward	14	23	23		7	1	0	1						.304	.304	.478	.783	11
Thomas Moore	14	22	22		6	0	0	0						.273	.273	.273	.545	6
Totals	1185	4036	4036	0	1117	206	39	110	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.429	.706	1731	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Vernon Shetler	1B	122	856	106	20		.980	7.885
Billy Giddings	2B	61	176	145	20		.941	5.262
Clarence Tuckey	3B	123	147	254	31		.928	3.260
Jackie Bales	C	121	508	83	26		.958	4.884
Harry Martin	OF	120	310	16	10		.970	2.717
Stephen Korfonta	OF	106	207	7	9		.960	2.019
Robert Adcock	OF	100	227	21	14		.947	2.480
Charles Ekas	OF	15	20	1	2		.913	1.400
Kenneth Siefert	P	37						.000
Alex Ronay	P	36						.000
Nelson Campver	P	34						.000
Clyde Baldwin	P	33						.000
Robert Gibbons	P	27						.000
Manolo Fernandez	P	24						.000
Thomas Ward	P	14						.000
Bob Passarella	SS	60	86	151	22		.915	3.950
Totals		1033	2537	784	154	0	.956	3.215

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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