1953 Pueblo Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 78-77
Finished 3rd in the WL
Manager: George Pfister (78-77)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Pueblo, Colorado
Ballpark: Runyon Field
Attendance: 103,878, Avg. 1,340
Playoffs - Denver Bears 3 games, Pueblo Dodgers 0
The Pueblo Dodgers of the Western League ended the 1953 season with a record of 78 wins and 77 losses, finishing third in the WL.
The Dodgers scored 795 runs and conceded 797 runs. Kent Pflasterer paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .350. Melvin Waters topped Pueblo with 18 wins, while Karl Spooner recorded a 2.53 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
George Pfister, Tom Kirk, Maury Wills, Glen Gorbous, Nat Peeples, Karl Spooner, Jim Gentile and Red Witt were all players from the 1953 Pueblo Dodgers who played in the Majors during their careers.
George Pfister served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin Waters | 18 | 12 | .600 | 3.68 | 33 | 31 | 247.0 | 260 | 131 | 101 | 14 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Karl Spooner | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.53 | 21 | 20 | 153.0 | 97 | 58 | 43 | 7 | 115 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Kern | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5.18 | 28 | 20 | 139.0 | 159 | 97 | 80 | 11 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Robert Hoffman | 9 | 10 | .474 | 5.00 | 31 | 21 | 153.0 | 160 | 106 | 85 | 16 | 108 | ||||||||||
| Hugh Moxley | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.06 | 26 | 23 | 162.0 | 164 | 96 | 73 | 11 | 108 | ||||||||||
| Tom Lakos | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.91 | 20 | 13 | 115.0 | 116 | 68 | 50 | 5 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Lowell Grosskopf | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.95 | 18 | 4 | 66.0 | 68 | 43 | 29 | 4 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Earl McClellan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.86 | 32 | 0 | 84.0 | 71 | 44 | 36 | 6 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Glenn McMinn | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.79 | 2 | 14.0 | 14 | 9 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Red Witt | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 6.0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 64 | .515 | 4.03 | 214 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1139.0 | 1117 | 649 | 510 | 74 | 679 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Gorbous | 156 | 607 | 607 | 204 | 29 | 10 | 11 | .336 | .336 | .471 | .807 | 286 | |||||||||||
| Kent Pflasterer | 141 | 543 | 543 | 190 | 27 | 7 | 9 | .350 | .350 | .475 | .825 | 258 | |||||||||||
| Norman Postolese | 156 | 630 | 630 | 181 | 30 | 9 | 6 | .287 | .287 | .392 | .679 | 247 | |||||||||||
| Jim Gentile | 156 | 537 | 537 | 145 | 25 | 4 | 34 | .270 | .270 | .521 | .791 | 280 | |||||||||||
| Lacey Curry | 133 | 447 | 447 | 124 | 16 | 7 | 6 | .277 | .277 | .385 | .662 | 172 | |||||||||||
| Joe Frisina | 122 | 443 | 443 | 111 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .251 | .251 | .325 | .576 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Dick Schroeder | 121 | 450 | 450 | 103 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .229 | .229 | .284 | .513 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Cucchiarini | 98 | 307 | 307 | 92 | 14 | 2 | 19 | .300 | .300 | .544 | .844 | 167 | |||||||||||
| Lou Landini | 63 | 211 | 211 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .318 | .318 | .417 | .735 | 88 | |||||||||||
| George Pfister | 67 | 194 | 194 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .299 | .299 | .335 | .634 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Jack Elkins | 29 | 94 | 94 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .309 | .309 | .447 | .755 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Tom Kirk | 29 | 86 | 86 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .302 | .302 | .512 | .814 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Melvin Waters | 35 | 94 | 94 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .202 | .202 | .245 | .447 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Maury Wills | 18 | 63 | 63 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .317 | .603 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Moxley | 30 | 73 | 73 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .233 | .233 | .356 | .589 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Nat Peeples | 11 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .235 | .235 | .529 | .765 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Lowell Grosskopf | 19 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .308 | .577 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Karl Spooner | 23 | 47 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .149 | .149 | .298 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Kern | 31 | 55 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .164 | .255 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Danny Hayling | 10 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Tom Lakos | 20 | 39 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .103 | .205 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Rene Solis | 12 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hoffman | 32 | 49 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .061 | .061 | .061 | .122 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Earl McClellan | 32 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Walt Bryja | 16 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1560 | 5092 | 5092 | 0 | 1428 | 219 | 53 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .403 | .684 | 2053 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Gentile | 1B | 154 | 1189 | 71 | 28 | .978 | 8.182 | |
| Joe Frisina | 2B | 78 | 189 | 170 | 12 | .968 | 4.603 | |
| Maury Wills | 2B | 31 | 91 | 81 | 5 | .972 | 5.548 | |
| Kent Pflasterer | 3B | 100 | 97 | 189 | 26 | .917 | 2.860 | |
| George Pfister | C | 61 | 343 | 31 | 10 | .974 | 6.131 | |
| Lou Landini | C | 61 | 340 | 31 | 10 | .974 | 6.082 | |
| Jack Elkins | C | 28 | 148 | 22 | 7 | .960 | 6.071 | |
| Norman Postolese | OF | 156 | 425 | 22 | 8 | .982 | 2.865 | |
| Glen Gorbous | OF | 156 | 313 | 19 | 10 | .971 | 2.128 | |
| Raymond Cucchiarini | OF | 96 | 132 | 10 | 1 | .993 | 1.479 | |
| Tom Kirk | OF | 24 | 44 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 1.875 | |
| Melvin Waters | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Earl McClellan | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Hoffman | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Kern | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Hugh Moxley | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Karl Spooner | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Lakos | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Lowell Grosskopf | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Red Witt | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Glenn McMinn | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Schroeder | SS | 69 | 119 | 177 | 33 | .900 | 4.290 | |
| Lacey Curry | SS | 61 | 115 | 177 | 25 | .921 | 4.787 | |
| Totals | 1289 | 3545 | 1001 | 177 | 0 | .963 | 3.527 |
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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