1953 Knoxville Smokies Statistics

Mountain States League (MSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 70-55
Finished 2nd in the MSL
Manager: Vince Pankovits (70-55)
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Chapman Highway Park
Attendance: 36,255, Avg. 580

1953 Knoxville Smokies Roster

Playoffs - Knoxville Smokies 3 games, Morristown Red Sox 1
Finals - Knoxville Smokies 3 games, Maryville-Alcoa Twins 1

The Knoxville Smokies of the Mountain States League ended the 1953 season with a record of 70 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the MSL.

The Smokies scored 920 runs and surrendered 803 runs. Paul Griffith led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .316 clip. Jim Tugerson earned 29 wins on the mound for Knoxville and a team-best 3.71 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers. Vince Pankovits 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
Jim Tugerson	29	11	.725	3.71	46	37					330.0	306	168	136	21	122
Lloyd Koehnke	11	14	.440	5.47	35	24					199.0	226	156	121	12	130
Ken Buckles	9	6	.600	4.09	24	13					132.0	133	69	60	5	73
Robert Diehl	5	1	.833	5.34	18	6					64.0	72	45	38	3	48
James Williams	5	2	.714	5.95	20	4					62.0	73	47	41	3	35
James Rengers	3	1	.750	4.81	12	9					58.0	58	47	31	4	44
Fred Sarracino	3	2	.600	6.88	17	5					51.0	77	48	39	3	32
Leander Tugerson	3	5	.375	5.55	10	8					73.0	86	58	45	6	35
Totals	68	42	.618	4.75	182	106	0	0	0	0	969.0	1031	638	511	57	519	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
Robert Grose	120	507	507		143	14	7	4						.282	.282	.361	.643	183
Paul Griffith	114	437	437		138	18	3	8						.316	.316	.426	.741	186
William Forbes	110	435	435		128	19	2	15						.294	.294	.451	.745	196
Jerry Lindley	97	357	357		112	21	8	5						.314	.314	.459	.773	164
Vince Pankovits	112	385	385		110	24	3	5						.286	.286	.403	.688	155
Art Sabulsky	68	295	295		93	17	3	5						.315	.315	.444	.759	131
Joe Galen	100	344	344		87	17	1	8						.253	.253	.378	.631	130
Leonard Schuermann	53	176	176		58	6	2	4						.330	.330	.455	.784	80
Jim Tugerson	81	182	182		56	8	1	5						.308	.308	.445	.753	81
Earl Ashcraft	29	124	124		43	7	0	6						.347	.347	.548	.895	68
Charles Bradford	66	143	143		43	7	2	0						.301	.301	.378	.678	54
Lloyd Koehnke	52	107	107		29	2	1	0						.271	.271	.308	.579	33
Brodus Haynes	18	79	79		22	6	0	0						.278	.278	.354	.633	28
David Mobley	22	78	78		21	2	1	1						.269	.269	.359	.628	28
David Clapp	13	55	55		17	5	3	1						.309	.309	.564	.873	31
Victor Steele	31	67	67		15	2	0	0						.224	.224	.254	.478	17
Ken Buckles	32	72	72		14	2	1	2						.194	.194	.333	.528	24
Robert Diehl	19	25	25		5	0	0	3						.200	.200	.560	.760	14
Leander Tugerson	14	36	36		4	1	0	1						.111	.111	.222	.333	8
James Rengers	12	20	20		3	1	0	0						.150	.150	.200	.350	4
Fred Sarracino	23	18	18		2	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	2
James Williams	21	24	24		2	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	2
Totals	1207	3966	3966	0	1145	179	38	73	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.289	.408	.697	1619	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jim Tugerson	P	46					.000
Lloyd Koehnke	P	35					.000
Ken Buckles	P	24					.000
James Williams	P	20					.000
Robert Diehl	P	18					.000
Fred Sarracino	P	17					.000
James Rengers	P	12					.000
Leander Tugerson	P	10					.000
Totals		182	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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