1953 Vidalia Indians Statistics
Team Record: 41-82
Finished 8th in the GSL
Manager: Lowell Hamons (0-0), Jake Daniel (0-0), Don Cross (0-0)
Location: Vidalia, Georgia
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 38,665, Avg. 629
The Vidalia Indians of the Georgia State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 41 wins and 82 losses, finishing eighth in the GSL.
The Indians scored 695 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 909 runs. Jim Burns topped all regular batters by hitting .347. Michael Callahan and Charles Price led Vidalia with 7 wins each, while Fred Plushanski registered a 4.23 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Joe Shipley and Jake Daniel both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Lowell Hamons, Jake Daniel and Don Cross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Price | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.78 | 16 | 11 | 98.0 | 102 | 62 | 52 | 8 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Michael Callahan | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.36 | 23 | 16 | 128.0 | 98 | 75 | 62 | 6 | 90 | ||||||||||
| Fred Plushanski | 6 | 16 | .273 | 4.23 | 43 | 18 | 217.0 | 247 | 132 | 102 | 14 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Jim Vanderbeek | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.19 | 21 | 9 | 86.0 | 91 | 51 | 40 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Glenn Schultz | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.14 | 27 | 10 | 91.0 | 97 | 71 | 52 | 6 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Clayton Haney | 3 | 6 | .333 | 7.64 | 22 | 10 | 73.0 | 80 | 78 | 62 | 3 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Robert Badour | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.85 | 10 | 5 | 46.0 | 53 | 42 | 35 | 7 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Joe Shipley | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.04 | 15 | 9 | 70.0 | 52 | 51 | 47 | 3 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 32 | 58 | .356 | 5.03 | 177 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 809.0 | 820 | 562 | 452 | 47 | 488 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Burns | 120 | 461 | 461 | 160 | 29 | 3 | 21 | .347 | .347 | .560 | .907 | 258 | |||||||||||
| Robert Driggers | 82 | 328 | 328 | 102 | 16 | 7 | 8 | .311 | .311 | .476 | .787 | 156 | |||||||||||
| Mayes Dobbins | 105 | 371 | 371 | 96 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .259 | .259 | .315 | .574 | 117 | |||||||||||
| Edward Russell | 68 | 277 | 277 | 81 | 14 | 2 | 5 | .292 | .292 | .412 | .704 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Grady Hollis | 60 | 228 | 228 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .246 | .246 | .346 | .592 | 79 | |||||||||||
| William Patriss | 64 | 228 | 228 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .224 | .224 | .294 | .518 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Edward Bauer | 38 | 154 | 154 | 48 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .312 | .312 | .494 | .805 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Darrell Corder | 51 | 188 | 188 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .255 | .255 | .324 | .580 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Jake Daniel | 37 | 141 | 141 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .284 | .284 | .397 | .681 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Bert Briscoe | 34 | 133 | 133 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .414 | .699 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Frank Bettineschi | 29 | 110 | 110 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .327 | .600 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Edward Kopacz | 35 | 133 | 133 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .211 | .211 | .429 | .639 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Donald Ricketson | 25 | 96 | 96 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .281 | .281 | .406 | .688 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Don Cross | 28 | 78 | 78 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .295 | .295 | .321 | .615 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Wright | 27 | 91 | 91 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .264 | .484 | 24 | |||||||||||
| William Meyers | 17 | 66 | 66 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Harold Sweet | 23 | 68 | 68 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .353 | .588 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Fred Plushanski | 46 | 86 | 86 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .209 | .395 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Richard Musser | 18 | 60 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .233 | .233 | .400 | .633 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Clayton Haney | 29 | 47 | 47 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .255 | .255 | .340 | .596 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Michael Callahan | 24 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .186 | .349 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Charles Price | 16 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .175 | .325 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Robert Badour | 10 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Austin McCluskey | 14 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Thomas O'Neal | 10 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Jim Vanderbeek | 23 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .121 | .121 | .242 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Perry Hannah | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .625 | 1.000 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Joe Shipley | 15 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .148 | .259 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Schultz | 31 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1089 | 3584 | 3584 | 0 | 964 | 160 | 35 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .383 | .652 | 1371 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Plushanski | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Glenn Schultz | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Callahan | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Clayton Haney | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Vanderbeek | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Price | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Shipley | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Badour | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 177 | 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.
