1953 Wellsville Braves Statistics

Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League (PONYL) - Class: D
Team Record: 59-67
Finished 6th in the PONYL
Manager: Ted Sepkowski (59-67)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Wellsville, New York
Ballpark: Tullar Field
Attendance: 44,509, Avg. 706

1953 Wellsville Braves Roster

The Wellsville Braves of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1953 season with a record of 59 wins and 67 losses, finishing sixth in the PONYL.

The Braves scored 765 runs and surrendered 794 runs. Ted Sepkowski led all regular batters by connecting at a .339 clip. George Player topped Wellsville with 14 wins and a team-best 4.57 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Ted Sepkowski played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Wellsville Braves to do so.

Ted Sepkowski 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
George Player	14	14	.500	4.57	37	31					242.0	273	160	123		126
Leslie Davis	10	11	.476	4.68	32	25					200.0	213	132	104		132
John O'Neill	7	3	.700	4.73	15	13					99.0	98	62	52		78
Jack Crance	7	11	.389	4.70	43	11					138.0	153	94	72		80
Louis Altomer	3	5	.375	4.26	14	9					57.0	49	54	27		54
Bill Bethea	3	6	.333	7.44	17	8					52.0	66	53	43		54
Totals	44	50	.468	4.81	158	97	0	0	0	0	788.0	852	555	421	0	524	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
Ted Sepkowski	124	445	445		151	27	2	37						.339	.339	.658	.998	293
James Mullen	116	466	466		143	29	1	14						.307	.307	.464	.770	216
Chuck Johnston	126	484	484		141	33	4	0						.291	.291	.376	.667	182
Robert Smith	109	378	378		106	20	5	4						.280	.280	.392	.672	148
Joseph Soto	126	440	440		96	21	4	6						.218	.218	.325	.543	143
Doug Smith	104	354	354		87	16	3	6						.246	.246	.359	.605	127
Bill Wright	114	382	382		86	16	2	5						.225	.225	.317	.542	121
Charles Russo	79	278	278		75	16	0	7						.270	.270	.403	.673	112
Ed Husted	85	260	260		57	17	4	4						.219	.219	.362	.581	94
Charles Cadario	47	159	159		41	11	2	5						.258	.258	.447	.704	71
George Player	44	107	107		24	7	0	0						.224	.224	.290	.514	31
Hazen Minda	12	53	53		15	4	0	0						.283	.283	.358	.642	19
Herbert Taylor	13	45	45		10	1	0	0						.222	.222	.244	.467	11
Leslie Davis	32	70	70		10	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	10
John O'Neill	16	37	37		9	0	0	0						.243	.243	.243	.486	9
Jack Crance	43	42	42		9	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	9
Edward Serley	12	14	14		5	1	0	0						.357	.357	.429	.786	6
Virgil Tieken	16	28	28		5	1	0	0						.179	.179	.214	.393	6
Bill Bethea	27	30	30		5	1	0	1						.167	.167	.300	.467	9
Sylvester Henry	14	16	16		4	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	4
Louis Altomer	14	21	21		3	1	0	0						.143	.143	.190	.333	4
William Augustoni	19	9	9		2	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	2
John Mitchell	18	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Totals	1310	4132	4132	0	1086	222	27	89	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.394	.657	1629	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jack Crance	P	43					.000
George Player	P	37					.000
Leslie Davis	P	32					.000
Bill Bethea	P	17					.000
John O'Neill	P	15					.000
Louis Altomer	P	14					.000
Totals		158	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.

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