1953 Salisbury Rocots Statistics
Team Record: 44-67
Finished 8th in the THL
Manager: Frank Robinson (44-67)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina
Ballpark: Newman Park (Field)
Attendance: 21,690, Avg. 391
The Salisbury Rocots of the Tar Heel League ended the 1953 season with a record of 44 wins and 67 losses, finishing eighth in the THL.
The Rocots tallied 619 runs and allowed 692 runs. John Smith led batters with significant playing time by hitting .332. Butler Jones and Eli Grba topped Salisbury with 7 wins each, while George Crawford registered a 4.59 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Eli Grba and Jim Mahoney both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Frank Robinson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Jones | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.03 | 20 | 9 | 87.0 | 69 | 46 | 39 | 2 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Eli Grba | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.67 | 30 | 24 | 162.0 | 145 | 99 | 84 | 16 | 116 | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Hamel | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.31 | 32 | 11 | 117.0 | 164 | 83 | 69 | 8 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Joe Blasko | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.15 | 18 | 6 | 78.0 | 85 | 43 | 36 | 2 | 37 | ||||||||||
| James Sweeney | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.32 | 15 | 7 | 65.0 | 51 | 38 | 24 | 2 | 56 | ||||||||||
| George Crawford | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.59 | 22 | 15 | 96.0 | 101 | 64 | 49 | 6 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Don Schenk | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.84 | 24 | 13 | 93.0 | 94 | 65 | 50 | 6 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Bob Wenning | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.59 | 8 | 6 | 58.0 | 68 | 48 | 36 | 10 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Jim Mahoney | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10.16 | 16 | 31.0 | 47 | 48 | 35 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 36 | 52 | .409 | 4.83 | 185 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 787.0 | 824 | 534 | 422 | 52 | 507 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Smith | 110 | 446 | 446 | 148 | 29 | 8 | 5 | .332 | .332 | .466 | .798 | 208 | |||||||||||
| Jack Burns | 67 | 280 | 280 | 97 | 11 | 3 | 5 | .346 | .346 | .461 | .807 | 129 | |||||||||||
| James Spencer | 87 | 317 | 317 | 92 | 20 | 2 | 11 | .290 | .290 | .470 | .760 | 149 | |||||||||||
| Andy Madalone | 97 | 322 | 322 | 84 | 18 | 3 | 6 | .261 | .261 | .391 | .652 | 126 | |||||||||||
| Armand Diferdinando | 87 | 287 | 287 | 79 | 17 | 11 | 17 | .275 | .275 | .589 | .864 | 169 | |||||||||||
| Carmine Vinci | 80 | 288 | 288 | 75 | 11 | 6 | 5 | .260 | .260 | .392 | .653 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Quinlan | 86 | 285 | 285 | 65 | 14 | 5 | 4 | .228 | .228 | .354 | .582 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Weaver | 77 | 259 | 259 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 13 | .243 | .243 | .452 | .695 | 117 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Eury | 30 | 125 | 125 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 8 | .312 | .312 | .608 | .920 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Gibson | 36 | 108 | 108 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .278 | .278 | .481 | .759 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Bob Atwood | 39 | 124 | 124 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .218 | .218 | .315 | .532 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Edward Houseknecht | 19 | 74 | 74 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .338 | .338 | .419 | .757 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Allen Baker | 40 | 101 | 101 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .218 | .218 | .386 | .604 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Eli Grba | 35 | 63 | 63 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .413 | .746 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Don Speer | 25 | 68 | 68 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .368 | .632 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Marshall Radebach | 30 | 91 | 91 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .198 | .198 | .330 | .527 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Ed Keon | 16 | 56 | 56 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .446 | .696 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Robert Jones | 29 | 55 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .164 | .164 | .236 | .400 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Butler Jones | 20 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .257 | .457 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Don Schenk | 24 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jim Mahoney | 19 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .385 | .385 | .846 | 1.231 | 11 | |||||||||||
| John Overton | 12 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .538 | .923 | 7 | |||||||||||
| George Crawford | 23 | 31 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .194 | .355 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bob Adubato | 18 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Joe Blasko | 18 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .148 | .259 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Hamel | 33 | 39 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 3 | |||||||||||
| James Sweeney | 15 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Sheriff Robinson | 7 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Harry Harrison | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1189 | 3606 | 3606 | 0 | 967 | 184 | 53 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .268 | .422 | .690 | 1521 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Hamel | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Eli Grba | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Don Schenk | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| George Crawford | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Butler Jones | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Blasko | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Mahoney | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| James Sweeney | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Wenning | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
