1953 Mayfield Clothiers Statistics

Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (KITL) - Class: D
Team Record: 58-61
Finished 5th in the KITL
Manager: Austin Knickerbocker (58-61)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Mayfield, Kentucky
Ballpark: Graves County War Memorial Park
Attendance: 24,553, Avg. 413

1953 Mayfield Clothiers Roster

The Mayfield Clothiers of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1953 season with a record of 58 wins and 61 losses, finishing fifth in the KITL.

The Clothiers scored 723 runs and surrendered 683 runs. Austin Knickerbocker led all regular batters by connecting at a .338 clip. Andrew Mascia and Norman Faulconer topped Mayfield with 13 wins each, while Norman Faulconer registered a 3.2 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Austin Knickerbocker played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Mayfield Clothiers to do so.

Austin Knickerbocker 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
Andrew Mascia	13	9	.591	3.58	30	25					196.0	185	119	78	10	81
Norman Faulconer	13	10	.565	3.20	31	24					211.0	197	110	75	7	73
John Lytle	9	17	.346	3.81	34	25					203.0	196	104	86	11	80
Harv Tomter	6	4	.600	5.11	19	7					74.0	81	55	42	4	43
Jack Jones	6	6	.500	5.79	18	10					79.3	111	68	51	7	47
Virgil Brisson	4	5	.444	6.90	23	10					73.0	85	72	56	5	56
Totals	51	51	.500	4.18	155	101	0	0	0	0	836.3	855	528	388	44	380	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
Bill Sells	118	467	467		157	33	11	12						.336	.336	.531	.867	248
Austin Knickerbocker	109	397	397		134	28	2	26						.338	.338	.615	.952	244
Bob Hildenbrand	113	467	467		134	10	1	3						.287	.287	.332	.619	155
Frank Mech	112	409	409		113	19	5	4						.276	.276	.377	.653	154
Glenn Gostick	96	312	312		88	9	1	4						.282	.282	.356	.638	111
Walter Fishburn	92	326	326		88	14	7	8						.270	.270	.429	.699	140
Theodore Hiller	57	239	239		63	10	1	6						.264	.264	.389	.653	93
Clem Kovalich	60	235	235		59	7	0	7						.251	.251	.370	.621	87
Raymond Riviere	51	196	196		46	11	0	1						.235	.235	.306	.541	60
William Boak	25	112	112		38	4	1	7						.339	.339	.580	.920	65
Horace Malfa	49	162	162		32	6	3	3						.198	.198	.327	.525	53
Andrew Mascia	40	84	84		21	1	1	0						.250	.250	.286	.536	24
Frank Trawinski	16	58	58		12	0	1	1						.207	.207	.293	.500	17
Norman Faulconer	31	73	73		12	0	0	0						.164	.164	.164	.329	12
Raymond Burpoe	38	84	84		12	2	1	0						.143	.143	.190	.333	16
Robert DePalo	11	28	28		11	3	1	0						.393	.393	.571	.964	16
Harv Tomter	27	47	47		11	1	0	0						.234	.234	.255	.489	12
John Lytle	34	65	65		8	1	0	0						.123	.123	.138	.262	9
Jack Jones	19	36	36		7	0	0	0						.194	.194	.194	.389	7
Virgil Brisson	23	30	30		6	1	1	0						.200	.200	.300	.500	9
Mel Berka	13	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	3
George Telepas	12	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
William O'Donnell	11	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	2
Totals	1157	3888	3888	0	1059	160	37	82	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.272	.396	.668	1539	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
John Lytle	P	34					.000
Norman Faulconer	P	31					.000
Andrew Mascia	P	30					.000
Virgil Brisson	P	23					.000
Harv Tomter	P	19					.000
Jack Jones	P	18					.000
Totals		155	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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