1953 Portsmouth Merrimacks Statistics
Team Record: 72-63
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Bob Ankrum (72-63)
Location: Portsmouth, Virginia
Ballpark: Frank Lawrence Stadium
Attendance: 64,000, Avg. 948
Playoffs - Norfolk Tars 4 games, Portsmouth Merrimacks 1
The Portsmouth Merrimacks of the Piedmont League ended the 1953 season with a record of 72 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.
The Merrimacks scored 594 runs and allowed 590 runs. Charlie Peete led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .275 average. Brooks Lawrence topped Portsmouth with 18 wins, while Ray Kangas added 15 or more wins, too Brooks Lawrence registered a 2.37 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1953 Portsmouth Merrimacks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Brooks Lawrence, Buck Leonard and Charlie Peete.
Bob Ankrum 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 |
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Brooks Lawrence | 18 | 13 | .581 | 2.37 | 34 | 27 | 220.0 | 154 | 77 | 58 | 6 | 104 | ||||||||||
Ray Kangas | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.91 | 28 | 25 | 195.0 | 167 | 78 | 63 | 8 | 85 | ||||||||||
William Williams | 14 | 15 | .483 | 2.93 | 36 | 31 | 255.0 | 210 | 114 | 83 | 3 | 160 | ||||||||||
Charles Bradshaw | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.23 | 32 | 19 | 166.0 | 162 | 90 | 78 | 5 | 80 | ||||||||||
Hamilton Graham | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.26 | 24 | 23 | 169.0 | 180 | 92 | 80 | 11 | 88 | ||||||||||
Totals | 66 | 54 | .550 | 3.24 | 154 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1005.0 | 873 | 451 | 362 | 33 | 517 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Peete | 125 | 461 | 461 | 127 | 21 | 9 | 4 | .275 | .275 | .386 | .662 | 178 | |||||||||||
Edward Neighbors | 137 | 511 | 511 | 123 | 12 | 5 | 4 | .241 | .241 | .307 | .548 | 157 | |||||||||||
Ken Guettler | 131 | 448 | 448 | 119 | 20 | 5 | 30 | .266 | .266 | .533 | .799 | 239 | |||||||||||
Herman Wheeler | 137 | 496 | 496 | 118 | 18 | 2 | 6 | .238 | .238 | .319 | .556 | 158 | |||||||||||
Bernard Jenis | 114 | 396 | 396 | 108 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .331 | .604 | 131 | |||||||||||
Dominic Della Rocca | 121 | 454 | 454 | 107 | 19 | 2 | 7 | .236 | .236 | .333 | .568 | 151 | |||||||||||
Bob Ankrum | 110 | 409 | 409 | 90 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .220 | .220 | .289 | .509 | 118 | |||||||||||
Lamar North | 98 | 324 | 324 | 70 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .216 | .216 | .269 | .485 | 87 | |||||||||||
John Cornwell | 67 | 179 | 179 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .307 | .547 | 55 | |||||||||||
Harry Land | 46 | 146 | 146 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .233 | .233 | .322 | .555 | 47 | |||||||||||
William Williams | 57 | 122 | 122 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .270 | .500 | 33 | |||||||||||
Hamilton Graham | 25 | 64 | 64 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .281 | .328 | .609 | 21 | |||||||||||
Brooks Lawrence | 35 | 79 | 79 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .291 | .494 | 23 | |||||||||||
Buck Leonard | 10 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .394 | .727 | 13 | |||||||||||
Ken Hatcher | 11 | 39 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .256 | .256 | .462 | .718 | 18 | |||||||||||
Charles Bradshaw | 32 | 49 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .102 | .102 | .122 | .224 | 6 | |||||||||||
James Mason | 12 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 6 | |||||||||||
Ray Kangas | 28 | 64 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 4 | |||||||||||
Franklin Robinson | 10 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1306 | 4308 | 4308 | 0 | 1036 | 164 | 36 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .336 | .576 | 1446 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernard Jenis | 1B | 114 | 1014 | 69 | 14 | .987 | 9.500 | |
Buck Leonard | 1B | 10 | 88 | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.700 | |
Bob Ankrum | 2B | 104 | 289 | 314 | 19 | .969 | 5.798 | |
John Cornwell | 2B | 36 | 70 | 108 | 8 | .957 | 4.944 | |
Herman Wheeler | 3B | 137 | 179 | 286 | 28 | .943 | 3.394 | |
Lamar North | C | 94 | 409 | 73 | 11 | .978 | 5.128 | |
Harry Land | C | 43 | 182 | 24 | 6 | .972 | 4.791 | |
Edward Neighbors | OF | 137 | 374 | 30 | 8 | .981 | 2.949 | |
Ken Guettler | OF | 131 | 253 | 18 | 13 | .954 | 2.069 | |
Charlie Peete | OF | 125 | 205 | 11 | 8 | .964 | 1.728 | |
Ken Hatcher | OF | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | |
William Williams | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
Brooks Lawrence | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Charles Bradshaw | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
Ray Kangas | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
Hamilton Graham | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
Dominic Della Rocca | SS | 121 | 254 | 361 | 35 | .946 | 5.083 | |
Totals | 1217 | 3325 | 1304 | 150 | 0 | .969 | 3.804 |
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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