1953 Portsmouth Merrimacks Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
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
1953 Portsmouth Merrimacks Roster

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.


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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
Brooks Lawrence1813.5812.373427220.015477586104
Ray Kangas167.6962.912825195.01677863885
William Williams1415.4832.933631255.0210114833160
Charles Bradshaw1112.4784.233219166.01629078580
Hamilton Graham77.5004.262423169.018092801188
Totals6654.5503.2415412500001005.087345136233517000000

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 Peete1254614611272194.275.275.386.662178
Edward Neighbors1375115111231254.241.241.307.548157
Ken Guettler13144844811920530.266.266.533.799239
Herman Wheeler1374964961181826.238.238.319.556158
Bernard Jenis1143963961081431.273.273.331.604131
Dominic Della Rocca1214544541071927.236.236.333.568151
Bob Ankrum110409409901822.220.220.289.509118
Lamar North98324324701510.216.216.269.48587
John Cornwell6717917943630.240.240.307.54755
Harry Land4614614634403.233.233.322.55547
William Williams5712212228500.230.230.270.50033
Hamilton Graham25646418300.281.281.328.60921
Brooks Lawrence35797916130.203.203.291.49423
Buck Leonard10333311200.333.333.394.72713
Ken Hatcher11393910311.256.256.462.71818
Charles Bradshaw3249495100.102.102.122.2246
James Mason1222224200.182.182.273.4556
Ray Kangas2864644000.062.062.062.1254
Franklin Robinson1012121000.083.083.083.1671
Totals13064308430801036164365800000.240.240.336.576144600000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Bernard Jenis1B11410146914.9879.500
Buck Leonard1B1088901.0009.700
Bob Ankrum2B10428931419.9695.798
John Cornwell2B36701088.9574.944
Herman Wheeler3B13717928628.9433.394
Lamar NorthC944097311.9785.128
Harry LandC43182246.9724.791
Edward NeighborsOF137374308.9812.949
Ken GuettlerOF1312531813.9542.069
Charlie PeeteOF125205118.9641.728
Ken HatcherOF118101.000.818
William WilliamsP36.000
Brooks LawrenceP34.000
Charles BradshawP32.000
Ray KangasP28.000
Hamilton GrahamP24.000
Dominic Della RoccaSS12125436135.9465.083
Totals1217332513041500.9693.804

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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