1953 Joplin Miners Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 4th in the WA
Manager: Malcolm Mick (71-68)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Joplin, Missouri
Ballpark: Miners Park II
Attendance: 41,006, Avg. 590

1953 Joplin Miners Roster

Playoffs - St. Joseph Cardinals 3 games, Joplin Miners 0

The Joplin Miners of the Western Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the WA.

The Miners tallied 679 runs and conceded 607 runs. Thomas Krebsbach paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .267 average. Vincent Lupica topped Joplin with 15 wins and a team-best 2.68 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1953 Joplin Miners who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jim Coates, Moe Thacker, Fritz Brickell and Jack McMahan.

Malcolm Mick 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
Vincent Lupica	15	6	.714	2.68	28	19					171.0	158	64	51	4	79
Jim Coates	12	13	.480	3.39	32	27					218.0	142	98	82	7	161
John Bethel	11	5	.688	3.80	31	17					154.0	161	76	65	6	69
Jack Dawson	8	4	.667	3.15	13	13					103.0	83	39	36	6	43
Robert Dawkins	8	14	.364	3.58	33	25					186.0	160	110	74	4	142
Leigh Lawrence	7	9	.438	4.01	24	16					128.0	118	69	57	3	62
James Aiello	4	5	.444	2.39	17	6					79.0	66	25	21	2	47
Jack McMahan	3	3	.500	3.36	15	6					75.0	79	38	28	2	19
Totals	68	59	.535	3.34	193	129	0	0	0	0	1114.0	967	519	414	34	622	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
Thomas Krebsbach	136	528	528		141	21	8	1						.267	.267	.343	.610	181
Vernon Yingling	137	519	519		128	23	4	5						.247	.247	.335	.582	174
William Enders	132	453	453		111	19	4	5						.245	.245	.338	.583	153
Paul Livick	138	497	497		110	22	6	9						.221	.221	.344	.565	171
James Loonan	97	342	342		100	16	9	3						.292	.292	.418	.711	143
Moe Thacker	91	284	284		60	11	5	4						.211	.211	.327	.539	93
Richard Foster	44	180	180		47	10	2	0						.261	.261	.339	.600	61
John Goodell	51	191	191		44	8	5	1						.230	.230	.340	.571	65
Bob James	33	132	132		34	9	1	1						.258	.258	.364	.621	48
Malcolm Mick	70	130	130		32	3	0	0						.246	.246	.269	.515	35
Jack Dorrell	44	137	137		32	8	2	0						.234	.234	.321	.555	44
Fritz Brickell	37	140	140		31	4	1	0						.221	.221	.264	.486	37
Sam Chetta	52	150	150		31	9	1	3						.207	.207	.340	.547	51
Jack Whitaker	23	76	76		23	3	1	1						.303	.303	.408	.711	31
James Aiello	31	45	45		11	0	1	1						.244	.244	.356	.600	16
John Bethel	32	52	52		11	0	0	0						.212	.212	.212	.423	11
Don Gibbs	15	22	22		9	0	0	0						.409	.409	.409	.818	9
Elmer Balzer	16	30	30		9	3	0	1						.300	.300	.500	.800	15
Robert Dawkins	35	56	56		9	1	1	1						.161	.161	.268	.429	15
Jim Coates	32	59	59		7	1	0	0						.119	.119	.136	.254	8
Jack Dawson	13	40	40		6	1	0	0						.150	.150	.175	.325	7
Jack McMahan	15	28	28		5	0	0	0						.179	.179	.179	.357	5
Vincent Lupica	29	52	52		4	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	4
Leigh Lawrence	24	41	41		3	0	0	0						.073	.073	.073	.146	3
Totals	1327	4184	4184	0	998	172	51	36	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.239	.330	.568	1380	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Robert Dawkins	P	33					.000
Jim Coates	P	32					.000
John Bethel	P	31					.000
Vincent Lupica	P	28					.000
Leigh Lawrence	P	24					.000
James Aiello	P	17					.000
Jack McMahan	P	15					.000
Jack Dawson	P	13					.000
Totals		193	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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