1953 Madisonville Miners Statistics

Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (KITL) - Class: D
Team Record: 67-53
Finished 2nd in the KITL
Manager: Everett Robinson (67-53)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Madisonville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Municipal Park (Stadium)
Attendance: 37,324, Avg. 622

1953 Madisonville Miners Roster

Playoffs - Paducah Chiefs 2 games, Madisonville Miners 0

The Madisonville Miners of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1953 season with a record of 67 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the KITL.

The Miners topped the league with just 656 runs allowed. Madisonville scored 790 runs. Buddy Davis led all regular batters by connecting at a .317 clip. Rudy Árias paced the team with 16 wins, while Shelby Kincaid registered a 3.18 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Joe Hicks and Rudy Árias both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Everett Robinson 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
Rudy Árias	16	10	.615	3.64	37	27					220.0	183	105	89	8	76
William Johnson	12	10	.545	4.31	32	22					165.0	145	104	79	6	103
Shelby Kincaid	11	9	.550	3.18	26	18					170.0	161	95	60	7	71
James Williams	8	6	.571	4.50	27	11					102.0	115	71	51	5	65
Bob Bennett	5	3	.625	4.58	11	8					53.0	50	37	27	3	36
Wendell Clifton	4	0	1.000	3.51	15	7					59.0	45	39	23	3	43
Bill Harrison	4	2	.667	5.75	16	5					61.0	83	46	39	2	16
Totals	60	40	.600	3.99	164	98	0	0	0	0	830.0	782	497	368	34	410	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 Pass	120	455	455		132	33	2	2						.290	.290	.385	.675	175
Everett Robinson	120	443	443		131	40	4	12						.296	.296	.485	.781	215
Buddy Davis	102	410	410		130	27	6	9						.317	.317	.478	.795	196
Lee DeWan	94	364	364		108	13	10	11						.297	.297	.478	.775	174
Joe Hicks	67	270	270		105	11	13	16						.389	.389	.704	1.093	190
Dick Heihs	88	357	357		103	18	4	1						.289	.289	.370	.658	132
Clyde Berry	72	280	280		64	9	2	5						.229	.229	.329	.557	92
James Mitchell	68	248	248		63	13	4	1						.254	.254	.351	.605	87
Robert Klein	67	230	230		54	15	1	1						.235	.235	.322	.557	74
Johnny Sansone	34	145	145		43	13	3	1						.297	.297	.448	.745	65
Shelby Kincaid	45	126	126		35	5	0	2						.278	.278	.365	.643	46
Larry Richardson	32	98	98		30	2	3	0						.306	.306	.388	.694	38
Rudy Árias	41	87	87		26	4	2	0						.299	.299	.391	.690	34
Robert Lesko	31	94	94		23	4	1	3						.245	.245	.404	.649	38
Alvin Conway	26	96	96		20	4	2	0						.208	.208	.292	.500	28
James Mahoney	16	56	56		14	3	1	0						.250	.250	.339	.589	19
William Johnson	39	85	85		14	5	1	3						.165	.165	.353	.518	30
Wendell Clifton	20	31	31		9	3	0	0						.290	.290	.387	.677	12
Bob Bennett	14	27	27		5	0	0	0						.185	.185	.185	.370	5
Foy Boyd	13	15	15		4	1	0	1						.267	.267	.533	.800	8
Bill Harrison	16	23	23		3	0	0	0						.130	.130	.130	.261	3
James Williams	27	28	28		2	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143	2
Totals	1152	3968	3968	0	1118	223	59	68	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.282	.419	.701	1663	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Rudy Árias	P	37					.000
William Johnson	P	32					.000
James Williams	P	27					.000
Shelby Kincaid	P	26					.000
Bill Harrison	P	16					.000
Wendell Clifton	P	15					.000
Bob Bennett	P	11					.000
Totals		164	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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