1953 Keokuk Kernels Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 53-75
Finished 7th in the IIIL
Manager: Rudy Laskowski (53-75)
Location: Keokuk, Iowa
Ballpark: Joyce Park
Attendance: 76,405, Avg. 1,194

1953 Keokuk Kernels Roster

The Keokuk Kernels of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1953 season with a record of 53 wins and 75 losses, finishing seventh in the IIIL.

The Kernels scored 644 runs and conceded 768 runs. Rudy Johnson led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .290. Armando Diaz topped Keokuk with 10 wins and a team-best 4.12 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1953 Keokuk Kernels who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bitsy Mott, Charlie Cuellar, Nat Peeples and Art Pennington.

Rudy Laskowski 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
Armando Diaz	10	10	.500	4.12	40	22					190.0	195	101	87	24	73
Norman Gosselin	9	13	.409	4.25	34	25					195.0	193	121	92	23	91
Rudy Laskowski	7	15	.318	6.23	39	21					179.0	256	154	124	28	37
Robert Kuhlman	6	6	.500	5.51	14	11					85.0	97	57	52	16	63
Charlie Cuellar	5	4	.556	4.14	12	12					76.0	83	37	35	9	42
James Paolo	4	6	.400	6.16	22	8					73.0	79	59	50	8	62
Raúl Villamia	3	1	.750	5.83	14	5					54.0	72	43	35	5	27
Amancio Ferro	2	6	.250	5.49	18	7					59.0	65	46	36	7	42
Bob Loddeke	2	6	.250	5.51	23	4					67.0	84	56	41	12	22
Totals	48	67	.417	5.08	216	115	0	0	0	0	978.0	1124	674	552	132	459	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
Rudy Johnson	125	473	473		137	27	1	0						.290	.290	.351	.641	166
Carlos DeSouza	111	437	437		113	12	4	1						.259	.259	.311	.570	136
Neb Wilson	65	240	240		80	17	2	17						.333	.333	.633	.967	152
Emil Carlini	104	299	299		78	18	1	10						.261	.261	.428	.689	128
Gilberto Valdivia	93	306	306		75	18	1	3						.245	.245	.340	.585	104
Bitsy Mott	87	321	321		62	9	3	0						.193	.193	.240	.433	77
Harry Anderson	56	216	216		58	7	3	3						.269	.269	.370	.639	80
Richard Rostenkowski	61	187	187		48	3	1	5						.257	.257	.364	.620	68
Donald Burson	50	187	187		39	3	2	1						.209	.209	.262	.471	49
Robert Burson	39	130	130		36	5	2	1						.277	.277	.369	.646	48
Rudy Laskowski	66	110	110		30	8	0	0						.273	.273	.345	.618	38
Donald Davenport	29	91	91		22	5	1	0						.242	.242	.319	.560	29
Bob Watson	39	110	110		22	6	0	0						.200	.200	.255	.455	28
Norman Gosselin	35	65	65		15	2	0	1						.231	.231	.308	.538	20
Bob Harmon	14	55	55		12	3	0	1						.218	.218	.327	.545	18
Charlie Cuellar	15	33	33		11	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	11
George Verespy	12	45	45		11	2	1	0						.244	.244	.333	.578	15
James England	18	61	61		11	0	0	1						.180	.180	.230	.410	14
Richard Kolomay	24	74	74		11	2	0	2						.149	.149	.257	.405	19
Robert Kuhlman	21	46	46		10	2	2	0						.217	.217	.348	.565	16
German Pizarro	10	26	26		7	1	0	2						.269	.269	.538	.808	14
Armando Diaz	41	61	61		7	0	0	0						.115	.115	.115	.230	7
Jack Jones	17	44	44		5	1	0	0						.114	.114	.136	.250	6
Arnie Fritz	16	47	47		5	0	0	0						.106	.106	.106	.213	5
Hank Bruder	14	12	12		4	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	4
Amancio Ferro	24	26	26		4	1	1	0						.154	.154	.269	.423	7
James Paolo	27	23	23		2	0	0	0						.087	.087	.087	.174	2
Bob Loddeke	24	16	16		1	0	0	0						.062	.062	.062	.125	1
Raúl Villamia	18	19	19		1	0	0	0						.053	.053	.053	.105	1
Totals	1255	3760	3760	0	917	152	25	48	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.244	.336	.580	1263	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Harry Anderson	1B	54	439	23	5		.989	8.556
Richard Rostenkowski	1B	32	261	16	12		.958	8.656
Donald Davenport	1B	28	179	12	6		.970	6.821
Carlos DeSouza	2B	105	292	272	13		.977	5.371
Arnie Fritz	2B	16	38	38	6		.927	4.750
Donald Burson	3B	25	21	49	6		.921	2.800
Richard Kolomay	3B	24	29	47	4		.950	3.167
Robert Burson	3B	21	14	36	10		.833	2.381
George Verespy	3B	10	20	21	3		.932	4.100
Bob Harmon	3B	10	7	19	4		.867	2.600
Gilberto Valdivia	C	89	415	46	15		.968	5.180
Bob Watson	C	37	164	12	3		.983	4.757
Rudy Johnson	OF	104	251	11	12		.956	2.519
Emil Carlini	OF	98	192	14	11		.949	2.102
Neb Wilson	OF	62	152	3	2		.987	2.500
Armando Diaz	P	40						.000
Rudy Laskowski	P	39						.000
Norman Gosselin	P	34						.000
Bob Loddeke	P	23						.000
James Paolo	P	22						.000
Amancio Ferro	P	18						.000
Raúl Villamia	P	14						.000
Robert Kuhlman	P	14						.000
Charlie Cuellar	P	12						.000
Bitsy Mott	SS	87	156	254	28		.936	4.713
Totals		1018	2630	873	140	0	.962	3.441

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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