1953 Williamsport Athletics Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 65-85
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: George Staller (65-85)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 64,572, Avg. 861

1953 Williamsport Athletics Roster

The Williamsport Athletics of the Eastern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 65 wins and 85 losses, finishing sixth in the EL.

The Athletics scored 642 runs and conceded 778 runs. Héctor López paced batters with significant playing time with a .270 average. Ozzie Van Brabant topped Williamsport with 16 wins, while Jim Miller recorded a 2.83 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Héctor López, Joe Murray, Joe Taylor, George Staller, Al Pinkston, Bill Stewart, Walt Kellner, Ozzie Van Brabant and Jerry Schypinski were all players from the 1953 Williamsport Athletics who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

George Staller 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
Ozzie Van Brabant	16	15	.516	3.29	36	30					238.0	221	108	87	19	117
Jim Miller	12	11	.522	2.83	30	24					178.0	186	81	56	9	73
William Riale	9	5	.643	3.11	26	15					139.0	133	59	48	7	83
Walt Kellner	7	14	.333	4.50	37	23					164.0	168	101	82	14	79
Joe Murray	6	11	.353	5.98	30	17					125.0	178	100	83	9	41
Jerome Labanz	2	3	.400	5.51	22	5					80.0	91	66	49	4	67
George Skordian	1	3	.250	2.40	10	4					45.0	51	27	12	0	24
Thomas McCall	1	5	.167	5.69	18	6					49.0	55	45	31	3	32
Totals	54	67	.446	3.96	209	124	0	0	0	0	1018.0	1083	587	448	65	516	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
Héctor López	147	567	567		153	16	4	6						.270	.270	.344	.614	195
Robert Koppenhaver	143	484	484		117	22	4	1						.242	.242	.310	.552	150
Bill Stewart	122	396	396		96	16	2	10						.242	.242	.369	.611	146
Al Pinkston	70	278	278		92	15	4	10						.331	.331	.522	.853	145
Joe Taylor	78	284	284		92	9	2	10						.324	.324	.475	.799	135
Dick Greco	69	257	257		68	14	1	7						.265	.265	.409	.673	105
Joe Golden	79	262	262		67	7	0	0						.256	.256	.282	.538	74
Tom Giuliano	70	237	237		55	5	4	5						.232	.232	.350	.582	83
Bob Gardner	76	246	246		54	10	1	0						.220	.220	.268	.488	66
Joe Mangini	60	196	196		45	8	4	5						.230	.230	.388	.617	76
Chester Cooper	58	128	128		36	5	1	1						.281	.281	.359	.641	46
James Meyer	59	172	172		35	8	0	4						.203	.203	.320	.523	55
Mike Mordarski	47	119	119		34	6	0	1						.286	.286	.361	.647	43
Dick Jok	29	100	100		26	4	1	2						.260	.260	.380	.640	38
Ozzie Van Brabant	36	80	80		18	3	0	0						.225	.225	.262	.488	21
Jim Miller	42	65	65		11	0	0	0						.169	.169	.169	.338	11
Robert Brown	13	41	41		8	2	0	0						.195	.195	.244	.439	10
Thomas Dorsey	17	42	42		8	1	0	1						.190	.190	.286	.476	12
Peter Gillespie	12	26	26		7	0	1	0						.269	.269	.346	.615	9
William Riale	26	50	50		7	0	0	0						.140	.140	.140	.280	7
Joe Murray	36	48	48		6	2	0	0						.125	.125	.167	.292	8
Jerome Labanz	25	24	24		5	0	0	0						.208	.208	.208	.417	5
Thomas McCall	18	14	14		4	0	0	0						.286	.286	.286	.571	4
Walt Kellner	37	53	53		4	0	0	0						.075	.075	.075	.151	4
George Staller	18	17	17		2	1	0	0						.118	.118	.176	.294	3
George Skordian	11	12	12		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Raymond Steele	18	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1416	4208	4208	0	1050	154	29	63	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.345	.594	1451	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Golden	1B	77	654	55	5		.993	9.208
Joe Mangini	1B	41	328	24	6		.983	8.585
Tom Giuliano	2B	70	190	174	8		.978	5.200
James Meyer	2B	50	140	123	9		.967	5.260
Robert Koppenhaver	3B	80	79	188	20		.930	3.338
Bob Gardner	3B	65	65	121	25		.882	2.862
Mike Mordarski	C	43	190	23	4		.982	4.953
Lewis Richardson	C	14	46	11	1		.983	4.071
Thomas Dorsey	C	14	51	13	1		.985	4.571
Bill Stewart	OF	120	285	12	8		.974	2.475
Joe Taylor	OF	78	191	12	12		.944	2.603
Al Pinkston	OF	70	125	6	11		.923	1.871
Dick Greco	OF	69	110	3	9		.926	1.638
Chester Cooper	OF	30	37	1	1		.974	1.267
Dick Jok	OF	29	41	4	5		.900	1.552
Walt Kellner	P	37						.000
Ozzie Van Brabant	P	36						.000
Joe Murray	P	30						.000
Jim Miller	P	30						.000
William Riale	P	26						.000
Jerome Labanz	P	22						.000
Thomas McCall	P	18						.000
George Skordian	P	10						.000
Héctor López	SS	143	261	436	51		.932	4.874
Totals		1202	2793	1206	176	0	.958	3.327

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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