1953 Macon Peaches Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 67-74
Finished 5th in the SAL
Manager: Billy Kerr (67-74)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Macon, Georgia
Ballpark: Luther Williams Park
Attendance: 64,452, Avg. 914

1953 Macon Peaches Roster

The Macon Peaches of the South Atlantic League ended the 1953 season with a record of 67 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the SAL.

The Peaches scored 630 runs and conceded 628 runs. Red Lavigne led hitters with significant playing time with a .293 average. Joe Kuncl topped Macon with 16 wins, while Cal Howe earned a 2.5 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Cal Howe and Hank LaManna both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Billy Kerr 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
Joe Kuncl	16	18	.471	2.79	39	31					252.0	251	100	78	12	79
Cal Howe	11	7	.611	2.50	55	7					144.0	110	46	40	6	57
Sid West	10	13	.435	4.97	36	30					210.0	243	132	116	7	58
Wes Carr	7	8	.467	2.93	20	17					135.0	128	55	44	3	53
Robert Scalisi	7	11	.389	4.88	33	25					166.0	170	102	90	11	87
John Waselchuk	5	5	.500	3.80	27	8					90.0	82	42	38	7	54
George Long	4	3	.571	5.88	14	13					72.0	81	53	47	3	48
Harry Wise	2	2	.500	4.66	12	6					58.0	78	36	30	8	23
Totals	62	67	.481	3.86	236	137	0	0	0	0	1127.0	1143	566	483	57	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
Red Lavigne	135	502	502		147	24	1	12						.293	.293	.416	.709	209
Dean Padgett	141	536	536		138	23	9	10						.257	.257	.390	.647	209
Mel Rue	132	478	478		120	19	3	0						.251	.251	.303	.554	145
Paul Mauldin	104	395	395		114	18	6	5						.289	.289	.403	.691	159
Paul Tretiak	116	399	399		100	11	2	0						.251	.251	.288	.539	115
Richard Czaplewski	67	247	247		80	7	1	2						.324	.324	.385	.709	95
Tommy Perez	100	310	310		73	12	2	7						.235	.235	.355	.590	110
Tyree Newton	86	327	327		71	10	2	1						.217	.217	.269	.486	88
Neb Wilson	75	256	256		64	17	2	10						.250	.250	.449	.699	115
Hank LaManna	75	239	239		63	9	1	12						.264	.264	.460	.724	110
Rube Walker	77	256	256		55	2	1	3						.215	.215	.266	.480	68
Billy Kerr	58	156	156		41	8	1	4						.263	.263	.404	.667	63
Andrew McGowan	50	113	113		29	5	1	0						.257	.257	.319	.575	36
James Batchelor	29	87	87		18	1	2	0						.207	.207	.264	.471	23
Sid West	36	82	82		17	1	0	0						.207	.207	.220	.427	18
Robert Scalisi	33	59	59		16	1	1	0						.271	.271	.322	.593	19
Wes Carr	20	49	49		14	1	0	1						.286	.286	.367	.653	18
Joe Kuncl	40	84	84		14	3	0	0						.167	.167	.202	.369	17
George Long	14	30	30		7	0	0	0						.233	.233	.233	.467	7
Cal Howe	55	38	38		6	0	0	0						.158	.158	.158	.316	6
Richard Lloyd	17	33	33		5	2	0	0						.152	.152	.212	.364	7
Harry Wise	12	19	19		3	0	0	0						.158	.158	.158	.316	3
William Lovett	10	26	26		2	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	2
John Waselchuk	27	30	30		1	0	0	0						.033	.033	.033	.067	1
Totals	1509	4751	4751	0	1198	174	35	67	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.252	.346	.598	1643	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dean Padgett	1B	141	1318	74	10		.993	9.872
Tyree Newton	2B	83	223	250	13		.973	5.699
Paul Tretiak	2B	57	158	138	11		.964	5.193
Hank LaManna	3B	54	48	103	13		.921	2.796
Richard Lloyd	3B	11	7	22	2		.935	2.636
Rube Walker	C	74	344	36	7		.982	5.135
Billy Kerr	C	48	214	40	7		.973	5.292
James Batchelor	C	24	140	11	1		.993	6.292
Red Lavigne	OF	132	274	13	13		.957	2.174
Paul Mauldin	OF	99	219	6	11		.953	2.273
Neb Wilson	OF	69	114	2	3		.975	1.681
Richard Czaplewski	OF	65	148	8	3		.981	2.400
Tommy Perez	OF	43	86	3	4		.957	2.070
Andrew McGowan	OF	34	39	0	3		.929	1.147
Cal Howe	P	55						.000
Joe Kuncl	P	39						.000
Sid West	P	36						.000
Robert Scalisi	P	33						.000
John Waselchuk	P	27						.000
Wes Carr	P	20						.000
George Long	P	14						.000
Harry Wise	P	12						.000
Mel Rue	SS	132	244	409	44		.937	4.947
Totals		1302	3576	1115	145	0	.970	3.603

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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