1953 Reidsville Luckies Statistics
Team Record: 73-66
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Ralph Hodgin (73-66)
Location: Reidsville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Kiker Stadium
Attendance: 61,377, Avg. 883
Playoffs - Reidsville Luckies 3 games, Raleigh Capitals 2
Finals - Danville Leafs 4 games, Reidsville Luckies 2
The Reidsville Luckies of the Carolina League ended the 1953 season with a record of 73 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.
The Luckies scored 690 runs and allowed 661 runs. Jack Sanford led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .324 clip. Joseph Micich topped Reidsville with 17 wins and a team-best 3.29 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1953 Reidsville Luckies who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bob Gillespie, Bob Mabe, Ralph Hodgin and Jack Sanford.
Ralph Hodgin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Micich | 17 | 11 | .607 | 3.29 | 29 | 29 | 230.0 | 237 | 106 | 84 | 16 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Deal | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.07 | 32 | 24 | 179.0 | 198 | 101 | 81 | 18 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Mike Forline | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.21 | 29 | 23 | 188.0 | 186 | 112 | 88 | 17 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Michael Dattero | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.93 | 22 | 14 | 104.0 | 112 | 72 | 57 | 6 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Emery Rudd | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.10 | 25 | 3 | 68.0 | 61 | 38 | 31 | 8 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Paul Rumley | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.97 | 11 | 6 | 58.0 | 68 | 39 | 32 | 5 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Tom Vines | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.86 | 15 | 11 | 76.0 | 100 | 50 | 41 | 7 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Bob Mabe | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.02 | 19 | 12 | 103.0 | 106 | 52 | 46 | 7 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 56 | .529 | 4.12 | 182 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1006.0 | 1068 | 570 | 460 | 84 | 469 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Mitchell | 138 | 582 | 582 | 184 | 27 | 8 | 5 | .316 | .316 | .416 | .732 | 242 | |||||||||||
| Jack Sanford | 123 | 435 | 435 | 141 | 33 | 2 | 6 | .324 | .324 | .451 | .775 | 196 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Hodgin | 109 | 366 | 366 | 111 | 22 | 3 | 8 | .303 | .303 | .445 | .749 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Walter Frye | 128 | 475 | 475 | 108 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .280 | .507 | 133 | |||||||||||
| Stephen Walker | 127 | 453 | 453 | 95 | 16 | 0 | 1 | .210 | .210 | .252 | .461 | 114 | |||||||||||
| George Souter | 103 | 342 | 342 | 90 | 19 | 0 | 17 | .263 | .263 | .468 | .731 | 160 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Pancoe | 106 | 362 | 362 | 84 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .232 | .232 | .298 | .530 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Niro | 109 | 338 | 338 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 10 | .231 | .231 | .358 | .589 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Harry Geis | 66 | 250 | 250 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 8 | .292 | .292 | .456 | .748 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Billy Rakes | 38 | 135 | 135 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .319 | .319 | .385 | .704 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Micich | 36 | 97 | 97 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 2 | .340 | .340 | .515 | .856 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Mike Forline | 29 | 66 | 66 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .288 | .530 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Deal | 32 | 67 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .164 | .328 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Michael Dattero | 27 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .359 | .590 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Emery Rudd | 26 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .276 | .517 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Rafael Casanova | 13 | 45 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .200 | .356 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bob Mabe | 20 | 36 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .139 | .250 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Paul Rumley | 11 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .042 | .042 | .042 | .083 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tom Vines | 15 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1256 | 4164 | 4164 | 0 | 1095 | 201 | 22 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .365 | .628 | 1520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Sanford | 1B | 113 | 954 | 74 | 11 | .989 | 9.097 | |
| Stephen Walker | 2B | 127 | 372 | 356 | 18 | .976 | 5.732 | |
| George Souter | 3B | 81 | 90 | 160 | 25 | .909 | 3.086 | |
| Billy Rakes | 3B | 20 | 14 | 44 | 8 | .879 | 2.900 | |
| Joseph Niro | C | 99 | 498 | 34 | 15 | .973 | 5.374 | |
| Rafael Casanova | C | 12 | 44 | 7 | 1 | .981 | 4.250 | |
| Jack Mitchell | OF | 138 | 248 | 14 | 16 | .942 | 1.899 | |
| Ralph Hodgin | OF | 101 | 177 | 8 | 11 | .944 | 1.832 | |
| Joseph Pancoe | OF | 97 | 210 | 9 | 7 | .969 | 2.258 | |
| Harry Geis | OF | 33 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.212 | |
| Kenneth Deal | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Micich | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Forline | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Emery Rudd | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Dattero | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Mabe | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Vines | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Rumley | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Walter Frye | SS | 127 | 208 | 383 | 35 | .944 | 4.654 | |
| Totals | 1130 | 2886 | 1091 | 147 | 0 | .964 | 3.519 |
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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