1953 Newport News Dodgers Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 80-56
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Stan Wasiak (80-56)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 90,000, Avg. 1,324
1953 Newport News Dodgers Roster

Playoffs - Newport News Dodgers 4 games, Hagerstown Braves 0
Finals - Norfolk Tars 4 games, Newport News Dodgers 1

The Newport News Dodgers of the Piedmont League ended the 1953 season with a record of 80 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the PL.

The Dodgers scored 673 runs and yielded 585 runs. Lou Colombo led batters with significant playing time with a .310 average. Wayne Johnson and Emerson Unzicker topped Newport News with 14 wins each, while Wayne Johnson recorded a 2.48 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1953 Newport News Dodgers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Al Gionfriddo, John Glenn, Bob Lillis, Ralph Mauriello, Charlie Neal and Johnny Rutherford.

Stan Wasiak 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
Emerson Unzicker146.7002.923621154.010958506101
Wayne Johnson147.6672.482420149.01034841271
Arnold Banals87.5333.352817129.01216648757
McKinley Mosley73.7001.98141291.0582820442
Tony Cincotta73.7003.51414118.01215546756
Johnny Rutherford601.0001.986650.0361311015
James Malloch65.5456.032812115.010888775104
John Ceplo66.5003.462614125.010558482107
Glenn McMinn33.5003.3217457.0432621222
Ralph Mauriello38.2734.80181290.0805848388
James Sprankle16.1433.9110646.0372320243
Totals7554.5813.4424812800001124.092152143040706000000

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
Bob Lillis1295235231522563.291.291.379.669198
Charlie Neal12444444413524125.304.304.446.750198
Lou Colombo1234324321342014.310.310.389.699168
Dan Lynk13551651612125610.234.234.364.599188
John Glenn1224384381111198.253.253.374.628164
Stan Wasiak111373373981220.263.263.306.568114
Morris Mack8325425457900.224.224.260.48466
Ray McLeod7220720754400.261.261.280.54158
Jim Koranda58199199511074.256.256.437.69387
Sam Palamara8922422449660.219.219.299.51867
Dick Ballestrini5113813835903.254.254.384.63853
Al Gionfriddo26898928201.315.315.371.68533
Jack Elkins3310510527712.257.257.400.65742
Daniel Keith4110010023210.230.230.270.50027
John Ceplo2735357000.200.200.200.4007
Wayne Johnson2448487000.146.146.146.2927
Arnold Banals2935356000.171.171.171.3436
Emerson Unzicker3746466000.130.130.130.2616
Owen Maguire1422225000.227.227.227.4555
Tony Cincotta4134345100.147.147.176.3246
James Malloch2839395100.128.128.154.2826
Ralph Mauriello1825254000.160.160.160.3204
Harry Shifflett1117173000.176.176.176.3533
Johnny Rutherford1019193000.158.158.158.3163
Richie Colombo1012122000.167.167.167.3332
Glenn McMinn1919192000.105.105.105.2112
McKinley Mosley1427272100.074.074.111.1853
James Sprankle1014140000.000.000.000.0000
Totals14894434443401132169514000000.255.255.343.599152300000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Dan Lynk1B13411968124.9829.530
Charlie Neal2B11031032921.9685.809
Morris Mack3B737914215.9363.027
Stan Wasiak3B677814610.9573.343
Ray McLeodC632863810.9705.143
Dick BallestriniC41189179.9585.024
Jack ElkinsC30138213.9815.300
John GlennOF1202972010.9692.642
Lou ColomboOF11617167.9621.526
Sam PalamaraOF7912997.9521.747
Jim KorandaOF559868.9291.891
Al GionfriddoOF2644101.0001.731
Daniel KeithOF254012.9531.640
Tony CincottaP41.000
Emerson UnzickerP36.000
James MallochP28.000
Arnold BanalsP28.000
John CeploP26.000
Wayne JohnsonP24.000
Ralph MaurielloP18.000
Glenn McMinnP17.000
McKinley MosleyP14.000
James SprankleP10.000
Johnny RutherfordP6.000
Bob LillisSS12931144340.9505.845
Totals1316336612601660.9653.515

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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