1953 Quincy Gems Statistics
Team Record: 70-58
Finished 2nd in the IIIL
Manager: Vern Hoscheit (70-58)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Quincy, Illinois
Ballpark: Q-Stadium
Attendance: 75,363, Avg. 1,178
Playoffs - Quincy Gems 3 games, Waterloo White Hawks 1
Finals - Quincy Gems 3 games, Evansville Braves 0
The Quincy Gems of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1953 season with a record of 70 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the IIIL.
The Gems scored 735 runs and conceded 658 runs. Ed Barbarito led all regular hitters with a .321 average. Keith Speck topped Quincy with 13 wins, while Norris Graves recorded a 3.59 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1953 Quincy Gems who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Leppert, Marv Throneberry and Woodie Held.
Vern Hoscheit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Speck | 13 | 10 | .565 | 4.04 | 27 | 27 | 205.0 | 184 | 107 | 92 | 21 | 131 | ||||||||||
| Norris Graves | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.59 | 24 | 22 | 173.0 | 178 | 100 | 69 | 12 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Ivan Abromowitz | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.73 | 19 | 16 | 140.0 | 145 | 87 | 58 | 6 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Dale Maycock | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.63 | 30 | 20 | 161.0 | 150 | 94 | 65 | 20 | 95 | ||||||||||
| George Stein | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.12 | 49 | 3 | 129.0 | 126 | 86 | 59 | 4 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Dale Hittle | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.14 | 25 | 21 | 150.0 | 145 | 82 | 69 | 13 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Billy Bethel | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.55 | 9 | 7 | 53.0 | 43 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Dave Benedict | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.79 | 27 | 8 | 77.0 | 68 | 56 | 41 | 5 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 55 | .556 | 3.87 | 210 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1088.0 | 1039 | 634 | 468 | 84 | 606 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Barbarito | 128 | 505 | 505 | 162 | 33 | 7 | 29 | .321 | .321 | .586 | .907 | 296 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Kudajeski | 127 | 497 | 497 | 148 | 29 | 6 | 14 | .298 | .298 | .465 | .763 | 231 | |||||||||||
| Marv Throneberry | 124 | 497 | 497 | 142 | 23 | 7 | 30 | .286 | .286 | .541 | .827 | 269 | |||||||||||
| Woodie Held | 102 | 376 | 376 | 119 | 20 | 4 | 19 | .316 | .316 | .543 | .859 | 204 | |||||||||||
| Richard Hearn | 123 | 430 | 430 | 105 | 24 | 2 | 18 | .244 | .244 | .435 | .679 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Peter Gentile | 101 | 382 | 382 | 102 | 17 | 1 | 11 | .267 | .267 | .403 | .670 | 154 | |||||||||||
| Don Leppert | 63 | 266 | 266 | 77 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .289 | .289 | .368 | .658 | 98 | |||||||||||
| John Wyatt | 95 | 300 | 300 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .220 | .220 | .293 | .513 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Vern Hoscheit | 81 | 185 | 185 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 1 | .319 | .319 | .405 | .724 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Ted Atkinson | 55 | 174 | 174 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .276 | .276 | .368 | .644 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Tom Gott | 36 | 130 | 130 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .254 | .462 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Norris Graves | 30 | 68 | 68 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .309 | .559 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Gene Frye | 25 | 85 | 85 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .271 | .471 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Len Wiesner | 22 | 51 | 51 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .314 | .314 | .471 | .784 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Ivan Abromowitz | 20 | 54 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .241 | .241 | .407 | .648 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Sam Chetta | 19 | 60 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .233 | .433 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Keith Speck | 27 | 75 | 75 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .147 | .173 | .320 | 13 | |||||||||||
| George Stein | 49 | 37 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .297 | .541 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Dave Benedict | 29 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .296 | .333 | .630 | 9 | |||||||||||
| James Arend | 16 | 39 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .205 | .231 | .436 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Dale Hittle | 26 | 53 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .151 | .151 | .170 | .321 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Dale Maycock | 33 | 57 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .123 | .140 | .263 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Flack | 10 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Billy Bethel | 10 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1351 | 4384 | 4384 | 0 | 1186 | 211 | 34 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .271 | .426 | .696 | 1867 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Kudajeski | 1B | 115 | 1113 | 48 | 21 | .982 | 1.096 | |
| Don Leppert | 2B | 63 | 170 | 158 | 13 | .962 | 5.206 | |
| John Wyatt | 2B | 61 | 148 | 168 | 8 | .975 | 5.180 | |
| Ed Barbarito | 3B | 128 | 104 | 268 | 28 | .930 | 2.906 | |
| Vern Hoscheit | C | 51 | 274 | 37 | 6 | .981 | 6.098 | |
| Ted Atkinson | C | 51 | 304 | 31 | 11 | .968 | 6.569 | |
| Gene Frye | C | 21 | 108 | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.619 | |
| Sam Chetta | C | 19 | 111 | 22 | 1 | .993 | 7.000 | |
| Richard Hearn | OF | 120 | 170 | 9 | 12 | .937 | 1.492 | |
| Marv Throneberry | OF | 110 | 146 | 15 | 10 | .942 | 1.464 | |
| Peter Gentile | OF | 99 | 196 | 9 | 15 | .932 | 2.071 | |
| Tom Gott | OF | 27 | 59 | 5 | 4 | .941 | 2.370 | |
| Len Wiesner | OF | 13 | 22 | 0 | 1 | .957 | 1.692 | |
| George Stein | P | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Maycock | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Speck | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Benedict | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Hittle | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Norris Graves | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Ivan Abromowitz | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Bethel | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Woodie Held | SS | 99 | 191 | 307 | 49 | .910 | 5.030 | |
| Totals | 1187 | 3116 | 1087 | 179 | 0 | .959 | 3.541 |
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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